Posted on 11/08/2005 9:57:00 AM PST by 11th_VA
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Bob Riley called for a travel boycott of Aruba on Tuesday until authorities on the Dutch Caribbean island cooperate more fully with the family of a Mountain Brook teenager who has been missing since a graduation trip in May.
Riley asked the governors of the other 49 states to join him in urging a boycott of Aruba on behalf of the family of Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old Mountain Brook High graduate last seen on the island May 30.
Her mother, Beth Holloway-Twitty, joined Riley at the Alabama Capitol for the boycott announcement. She contends Aruban authorities have failed to adequately investigate the possible murder of her daughter, who was with a teenager, Dutch national Joran van der Sloot, and Surinamese brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe on the night she disappeared.
They were held for a time and released.
We kept the light on for you! Glad to see you here.
Nope. Irrelevant when you think about it.
Oh, let me guess you are going to say Yes I am
Well, you're wrong
and guess what else.
What?
I won't believe you!
I don't care what you think or believe. Maybe you should take a subtle hint.
Any parent, ANY PARENT wouldn't stop after a few months of their missing child not being found and the apparent murderers going free.
Of course, I'm not disputing that, and I never suggested that the parents stop looking.
It's just another attempt to make some noise and get Natalee back.
Ain't company grand? :)
I would also have a little more sympathy for the parents if they would stop harping on Joran's hanging out in casinos, staying out late and drinking, when that's exactly what their daughter was doing.
You damn skippy!!!!!
As far as I am concerned, this whole thing with regards to the Aruban authorities didn't look right from the beginning. The Aruban authorities are more incompetant and inept as the Keystone Kops.
>>>As the father of two teenaged girls, I would never rest until I found out the truth>>>
As the mother of three will be soon teenage daughters, I say the same!
Excellent!
Wow, you would have thought I insulted your 6th century religion or something.
Since it bears repeating, excelling in morality and ethics is the exception not the rule for kids of broken families.
Sooner the better, wouldn't you agree?
All the evidence points to Joran and his posse dropping something in her drink, and while she could still walk, taking her to their car, and from there to the gang rape site.
Goes without saying that you're citing the obvious to the choir.
No one expects to be drugged and raped at a "tropical paradise."
It's naive to even suggest that. Common sense would tell you that this is a dangerous world we live in.
>>>The ONLY reason Aruba hasn't thrown them out is because of the media and government pressure to this day because Natalee's family refuses to give up on JUSTICE for Natalee.>>>
It is well known that there is an elistist attitude of the Dutch in Aruba. Which is why the mother of that black man pitched such a fit when he was arrested. She KNEW it would be the usual of blaming the poor for the rich attitude of "I can do whatever I want" and Joran definitely has that attitude. If it weren't for the media's attention (and Greta's too, much to the dismay of many Freepers) they WOULD have gotten away with throwing away the black guy to get the rich elite off the hook.
Makes me sick.
Never been there never plan on going. End.
What is your point exactly? If you had been paying close attention to this Aruban debacle, you would know that the parents have bent over backwards (more like bent into pretzels) to let this "investigation" run its course. Natalie's parents have plenty of evidence of deliberate negligence in the "investigation". They have been lied to repeatedly, which is why the family chose to go public and keep the pressure on the govt.
They have waited and waited for the cooperation of the officials in Aruba to do the right thing and have held back on calling for a boycott, knowing it will hurt many law abiding citizens in Aruba.
After this latest insulting slap in the face by the Aruban govt, Beth & Dave have finally ask for their government's help and intervention. People who question their motives or this govenor's should be ashamed.
Maybe you should pay attention. I wasn't talking about the parents.
What about the video on the net showing her bottomless floating around a pool on a pool raft? Seems like poor judgement to be frolicking around in the nude in front of other dudes like that video implies she did. That one kind of turned me off to the whole deal. She was acting "grown up" and I think that kind of stems from having her childhood ripped like any other kid who gets destroyed through divorce.
Depends on what "issues" they're dealing with......LOL.
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