Ex-President Bill Clinton was Against the Iraq War … Really? Bill Clinton Rewrites History

I was for it, before I was against it … sound familiar?

Chalk another one up to revisionist history of the Bill Clinton White House. This is the baggage that Hillary Clinton must deal with as Barack Obama gains ground.  Did people forget the term “Clinton fatigue”? If not, by the time the primaries get started, you will.

That was then:

“I supported the President when he asked the Congress for authority to stand up against weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,” said Clinton in 2003 while delivering commencement remarks at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss.

This is now:

Former President Bill Clinton portrayed himself as having been against the Iraq war “from the beginning” while campaigning Tuesday for his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, in Iowa.

“Even though I approved of Afghanistan and opposed Iraq from the beginning,” said Clinton, “I still resent that I was not asked or given the opportunity to support those soldiers.”

Clinton has long been critical of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and called it a “big mistake” as far back as November of 2005.

But like his wife, the former president supported giving President Bush the authority needed to go to war.

Others questioning the comments stating, We’re in the era of instantaneous fact checks.

Stacy Peterson Missing Person Case: Do Police Have Drew Peterson Over a Barrel

Police have been looking into reports that a large blue barrel was removed from the Peterson home with the help of a mystery individual. Police are now stating according to reports that they have identified the person believed to have helped Drew Peterson remove the blue barrel.

Deepak Kalpoe’s Car Being Washed the Night Natalee Holloway Disappeared

Kalpoe neighbor states that the Kalpoe car was being washed the night Natalee Holloway went missing. So why hose down a car in the middle of the night?

HOSING DOWN THE KALPOE CAR EARLY IN THE MORNING

Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary – Wednesday, November 28, 2007 – “If I Was The Prosecuting Attorney In The Natalee Holloway Case”

• Dana calls out a prominent media personality for tampering with the case and attempting to influence public opinion.

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Natalee Holloway: TES headed back to Aruba

TES is scheduled to arrive in Aruba in about a week to conduct a deep water search to bring Natalee home. It’s been a long two and a half years of planning and we are finally in the position to accomplish our goal and bring this family some much needed closure. Only the efforts of TES and Underwater Expedition, guided by Louis Schaffer and Tim Trahan coupled with the equipment and vessel provided by John Silvetti with the Silvetti Group will make this happen. We are extremely grateful for these opportunities that have been made possible by these outstanding organizations. All the support over the last two and half years in the search for Natalee from around the world has been immeasurable.

Texas Equusearch: www.texasequusearch.org

Natalee Holloway: Renée Gielen, You May Just want to Stay in Aruba to Complete your so-called Documentary

Why blame the victims when the suspects are right in front of your nose? Go to the US? The story, the suspects and the crime are all right there in Aruba.

Renee Gielen announced last week in the Amigoe that she was working on a documentary on the Natalee Holloway case and that she will also go to the US especially for this to further investigate. Of course her theories have been widely criticized as a joke. Instead of heading to the US, Gielen may want to stay on the Caribbean island of Aruba where the suspects of the crime actually reside.

Amigoe, November 26, 2007” Exclusive images of Joran during the stopover

ORANJESTAD/WILLEMSTAD – These exclusive pictures are from Renée Gielen, TV-producer and documentary maker, who lives and works in Curacao. She has been following the Holloway-case from the beginning in May of 2005. She was one of the few people that knew that Joran van der Sloot’s flight from the Netherlands to Aruba was going to make a stopover in Curacao last Friday. While at the airport of Aruba, all sorts of camera crew, photographers, and journalists were waiting in vain for his arrival.

Van der Sloot arrived with KLM in Curacao on Friday afternoon. According to reports, he was the first passenger to enter the airplane in Schiphol and was the last one to leave the aircraft after landing in Curacao. He left for Aruba with Dutch Antilles Express (DAE) a few hours later, all this time escorted by the Aruban chief of police Dolphi Richardson.

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Natalee Holloway: New Lead Aruban Prosecutor Hans Mos … New Evidence Against Joran Van der Sloot and Kalpoes …

Its deja vu all over again in Aruba … Suspects arrested, media coverage and soon to be search. Let’s just hope the prosecutors in Aruba get it right this time.

Greta Van Susteren sits down to interview the new lead prosecutor in Aruba, Hans Mos. This is quite a different approach to dealing with the media from the past. Think Aruba does not still think they are in the eye of the storm, the whole world is watching and their image hangs in the balance.

Aruba, its not very often that you get a second chance to make a first impression … Don’t blow it again … JUSTICE FOR NATALEE!!!

Second part of interview follows:

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Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary – Tuesday, November 27, 2007 – Aruban Prosecutors Refraining From Discussing New Evidence In The Natalee Holloway Case With The Press

• Dana discusses what we know about the new evidence in the Natalee Holloway case which led to the re-arrest of three suspects, Joran van Der Sloot, Deepak Kalpoe and Satish Kalpoe.

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Joran Van der Sloot Ordered Held by Judge for 8 More Days … Also, So Much for No Body No Crime

Today for Joran van der Sloot it was an Aruban Ground Hog Day … the judge saw Joran’s shadow and ordered the suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Hollway to spend another 8 days behind bars.

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A judge today in Aruba ordered that suspect in the Natalee Holloway disappearance, Joran Van der Sloot, be held for eight more days. Joran Van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers are being held and charged with the voluntary manslaughter of Natalee Holloway.

 Joran Van der Sloot ordered to stay behind bars for another 8 days

So much for Paulus Van der Sloot’s comment to his son Joran of “no body, no crime”.

Joran says to the brothers: You said that he (Joran’s father) said that if there’s no corpse there’s no case, or I don’t know what more sorts of shit.

Joran says to the brothers: That’s not true, the only thing he (Joran’s father) said that if there’s no body there don’t have a case.

Aruban prosecutors are going forward with their prosecution of the three suspects with or without a body. There’s no doubt in my mind that she’s dead,” said Hans Mos, Aruba’s chief prosecutor.

Aruba’s chief prosecutor said Friday that there is enough evidence to prove Natalee Holloway is dead — even if the Alabama teenager’s remains are never found.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that she’s dead,” said Hans Mos. “I think we have enough evidence to prove the girl is not alive anymore, even without a body.”

Mos further explained that Aruban law does not require a body to prove someone is dead “and any day that passes now is just more evidence that she is not alive anymore.”

Joran Van der Sloot to Stay in Custody for 8 more days in Natalee Holloway case

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CNN) — A judge Monday granted the prosecution’s request to hold Joran van der Sloot for a total of 16 days “on the suspicion of manslaughter” in the case of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.

Van der Sloot, 20, was arrested Wednesday in the Netherlands and taken back to Aruba, where he is a suspect in the disappearance of 18-year-old Holloway in May 2005.

Two other suspects, brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 24, and Satish Kalpoe, 21, were arrested in Aruba the same day as van der Sloot.

Wife of Missing Steve Fossett Asks Court to Declare him Dead

The wife of missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett asked the court today to legally declare him dead. Attorney Michael A. LoVallo filed the motion today in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of the Fossett family. 63 year old Steve Fossett went missing on September 3, 2007 after he took off in his single engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nevada. The request to declare Steve Fossett dead is the first step in the process of resolving the multi-millionaires estate surpassing eight figures in liquid assets and other holdings.

The request was a step toward resolving the legal status of Fossett’s estate, which according to court papers is “vast, surpassing eight figures in liquid assets, various entities and real estate,” LoVallo said.

Fossett, 63, disappeared Sept. 3 after taking off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nev., heading toward Bishop, Calif.

Fossett was on a pleasure flight and not looking for a dry lake to use as a surface on which to set the world land speed record, as was initially reported, according to the petition filed on behalf of Peggy V. Fossett.

He did not have a parachute, nor did he take a watch that had a transponder and could have sent out a distress signal, the petition said. There was a transponder aboard but no signal was received. (Yahoo News)