Posted on 04/19/2006 10:32:18 AM PDT by RGVTx
I'm really enjoying a "schadenfreude" moment after reading your post.
I'm doing a little gloating, too. Beth said the island didn't want to let her go without finding Natalee.
Beth has brought Aruba face-to-face with economic reality.
Perhaps Prime Minister Oduber might have managed to come up with a more sincere hug for Beth on June 9, 2005, if he could have foreseen then the eventual economic results of his tepid concern for solving Natalee's disappearance.
Joran on June 9, 2005
That look on Oduber's face says it all.
Didn't he later say he just wanted this case to go away?
That look on his face said it first.
I bet Oduber is more sick and more tired of this case than he ever imagined. Good!
At the bottom of the website is a link to Various Photos, with larger versions of the casino pictures:
http://judicial-inc.biz/J_Oran_va_der_sloot_photos.htm
Here is a link to photos about Paulus' white shirt:
http://judicial-inc.biz/j_paulas_van_der_sloot.htm
The Natalee Holloway affair plays a major role
There's something about the word 'major' that makes me smile. YES! Thanks, shebacal!
He's sick and tired already? Gee, their financial woes are just beginning. ;)
Jossy was a guest on a radio call in show tonight ( Dana ?). Both SM and BFN have talked about it. This is from BFN and one of the questions and Jossys answer.
HOST how much has tourism been hurt
JOSSY - it's 30 percent down
http://blogsfornatalee.com/forums/index.php?topic=3965.630
This was the show...
Dana Pretzer show with Jossy
Read it. Thanks!
If they admit to 30%, I say it's closer to 60%. Cam w/no one on beach, cruise ships not stopping - from 'one happy island' to 'one deserted island'.
Did you see the part where he said they painted the rocks and sand to mark the spot to return there. IMO, what bull!!
Did you see the part where he said they painted the rocks and sand to mark the spot to return there. IMO, what bull!!
That was refering to a sequence of events that took place 6-10/6-11? and someone made a video of. They were called the Chicago Tapes. I have never seen them, but they are available for viewing on the net, except one that is no longer availabe to be seen. Maybe someone has a link?
The videos of the rock painting can be seen here:
http://www.arubassilence.com/
Here's another linke for the aru-bay videos.
http://www.scaredmonkeys.net/viewtopic.php?t=199
Thanks Truthluva.
Anyone that has not seen these probably should watch them.
It was some extremely questionable activities that was going on.
Thanks for the links, Sheba.
That's a wealth of pictures there.
I missed hearing Dana's show, but read about it at SM.
SM reports Jossy said tourism is down 15-20%. I recall Dave recently saying it was down 15%. No matter the numbers, the key word is 'down.'
I'd like to recommend a theme song for Aruba.
Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire.
"Well, I fell into a burning ring of fire,
I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher.
And it burns, burns, burns, that ring of fire."
I was referring to the part - as if the reason for painting the rocks was to 'MARK' the spot to return to them at a later date. IMO, they were painted to 'cover up' something and not as a marker.
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