RSSAruban Prime Minister In Defeat Still Does not Understand Freedom of the Press (Oduber loses to Diario)
Aruban PM Nelson Oduber loses his court case against Diario for “insultation and slurring on his integrity”. I know that there is a joke and at least the reference of an oxymoron within that statement. Aruban PM Oduber, you can thank your lucky stars you do not hold a political position in the US with the thin skinned reaction you have to how the media criticizes and scrutinizes you and your party. New-flash … in a democracy the Press is not supposed to agree with a political party and carry its water, that would be called propaganda. The Press is supposed to act as a watch-guard for the people.
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Oduber’s reaction is that he will not appeal. “I have lost enough time in this case already. It has become clear to me that everybody can publish anything they want about the government, and not be prosecuted. We have actually been outlawed.”
Are you joking? At this point after PM Oduber made this comment, Oduber began to sing, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”. Oduber, your drama is astounding. You are a politician, people will always disagree with your position and question it. That is what is supposed to occur in a DEMOCRACY.
Amigoe, June 29, 2007: Oduber looses case against Diario
Posted June 29, 2007 by Scared Monkeys Amigoe, Aruba, Bizarre, Corruption, Diario, Judicial, Media, Politics | 41 comments |
Daily Commentary – Friday June 29th, 2007 – Panama City Tricks For Finding Illegal Aliens
Dana enjoys:
- Panama City Tricks For Finding Illegal Aliens
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WellPoint Insurance Exec David Colby and WellPoint Sued for Sexual Battery by Sarah Waugh
As reported to Scared Monkeys.com by Larry Garrison, The NewsBreaker, Sarah Waugh is suing WellPoint Insurance former executive David Colby for sexual battery. The complete complaint for damages are as follows:
Complaint of damages for sexual battery, breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract and negligence.
A California woman who claims she had an intimate affair with former WellPoint Inc. executive David Colby has sued him and the insurer, alleging Colby committed sexual battery while carrying on relationships with more than 15 women since 2004.
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One wonders just how bad this scandal truly is when one is forced to resign as David Colby eventually was by WellPoint. However, how long did WellPoint know what was going on prior to any action being taken. The law suit reads like a Peyton Place instead of an insurance carrier.
Indianapolis-based WellPoint, the nation’s largest insurer, forced Colby to resign May 30 as chief financial officer for an unspecified violation of the company’s conduct code. Troughton would only describe the violation as “nonbusiness” and nothing illegal.
Since Colby resigned, The Wall Street Journal and several other newspapers have detailed Colby’s romantic entanglements. Larry Garrison, president of California’s SilverCreek Entertainment, said he is negotiating a book-movie deal with several women who claim they were involved with Colby.
Garrison said Thursday he’s talked to more than 20 women who claim relationships with the executive.
“Every day I’m getting calls, it’s unbelievable,” he said. (Journal & Courier)
The Dana Pretzer Show – Thursday, June 28th, 2007 – Special Guests Clint Van Zandt, Carolyn Johnson & Barbi Kinsey
The Dana Pretzer Show on Scared Monkeys Radio: Thursday June 28th 9pm et
Special Guests:
- Clint Van Zandt- Jessie Davis Murder Case
- Carolyn Johnson - Mother of missing person Clinton Nelson
- Barbi Kinsey – Sister of missing person Patty Vaughan, Find Patty Vaughan.com
- Jerry from Ohio – Scared Monkey who helped search for Jesse Davis gives his insights to volunteering for a missing persons search.
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Posted June 28, 2007 by Scared Monkeys Crime, Murder, Podcast, Scared Monkeys Radio, You Tube - VIDEO | 3 comments |
Fidel’s Castro Cuba Looks to Improve their Declining Tourism … How About Ending Communism?
Communist Cuba looks to improve their declining tourism in the Caribbean with new 
measures that border on the laughable. The will work on new investments, repair hotels, reduce landing fees and here’s a good one … reduce theft by plastic wrapping luggage. I guess they could bring back hijacking planes to Cuba like in the 70′s to force people to land on Cuba and take in the sight? (That would be a joke)
Visitors fell to 2.2 million last year from 2.3 million in 2005. It was the first drop since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States hurt the travel industry worldwide in 2002.
The number of tourists dropped 7% in January and 13% in February compared with the same period in 2006, the Tourism Ministry reported, before ending publication of monthly figures for the first time in years. (TVNZ)
What is up with these Caribbean locals that use every excuse in the world for their declining tourism other than the obvious? Is there something in the water that prevents the truth from being told?
Minister Marrero blamed the “complicated international scene” for his sector’s woes, Granma said, in particular “high oil prices, wars, terrorism and climate change.”
(Fidel Castro asks Venezuela President Hugo Chavez for Tourism advice)
Did the Cuban Minister just blame global warming for the tourism decline? The fact of the matter is Cuba is a communist country where I would dare say that if allowed, more Cubans would leave in a mass exodus than tourists would enter. Cuba was once the peril of the Caribbean for American tourists because of its close proximity to the US. However, that little “embargo” thing that exists today makes Cuba quite a different story along with its political climate.
Cuba, do you really want to increase your tourism? Throw Castro and the communists out of power and watch your tourism increase 1000%.
