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Stopped at CNN, and the first link I see is this:
CNN.com – Texas team begins search for teen in Aruba – Jun 25, 2005
Must have been a slow news day.

..yet again. Apparently now he is saying the he WAS on the beach with her, alone, but that he did not hurt her. Get your stpry straight you stupid fuck.
The Dark Side of Planet Huff

I don’t often agree with Justice O’Conner, but damn she said it well, or rather, James Madison did.
Seizing Property Excerpts – Yahoo! News
“Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms. As for the victims, the government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse result. “(T)hat alone is a just government,” wrote James Madison, “which impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own.”‘ Justice Sandra Day O’Conner in dissent.
Update 9:11pm – I’ve noticed today that quite a few other blogs have also posted on this. I will try to list some of them here:
Toys in the Attic
Juggernuts
Gut Rumbles
There are a bunch more, I will try to post them if I have the time (and if I remember.
Baldilocks
She also posted text from the Fifth Amendment which is below:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

One of the recurring themes that seems to be popping up in the comments on some of my Natalie Holloway posts go along the line of: “Why doesn’t the U.S. just go in there and solve the problem?”. Well, for those fuckwits, the FBI cannot do that, even IF INVITED by the Aruban governemt. They CAN help, and are to some extent. It is pretty clear from reading all of the reports, that Aruba is doing everything in it’s power to solve the mystery, and wants it taken care of. U.S. law would have demanded the four suspects already in custody to have been released after 48 hours, they would not be held here for anywhere near the length of time that they have been in Aruba. Without having been charged over that length of time, ends up being a violation of the fourth, fifth, and sixth amendments.

So much for our basic human rights. As a nation we no longer have a right to keep or defend our personal property. Fucking assholes are going to keep it up until everything is owned by the socialist state. The Supreme Court decided that Local Officials know better than the federal courts how best to use PRIVATE land. No, I DO. Local officials are only interested in bringing in more tax revenue, at least until it is their fucking house on the chopping block.
CNN.com – High court?OKs personal property seizures – Jun 23, 2005

The Democrats are all over the Administration about comments that Carl Rove made about liberals, but it’s ok for Dick Durbin to compare Guantanamo to the Nazi death camps and our Soldiers to the Nazis. What a crock of shit.
CNN.com – Democrats: Rove should apologize or resign – Jun 23, 2005

Paul Van Der Sloot, the father of suspect Joran Van Der Sloot was arrested about 2pm. I can’t decide if all of these people actually have information that they are hiding, or if the dutch system of law is just fucked up and they arrest everyone even remotely connected to the case. Hell, I am blogging about it, good thing I am not in Aruba or I might be in fucking jail right now.
In other related news, a search and rescue team from Texas and their dogs seem to be there, and will get started searching for her soon. Hopefully they will find some clues in her disappearence (sp?).
CNN.com – Judge arrested in Aruba case – Jun 23, 2005

Came across this and thought it was pretty cool.
Global Voices Online?Blog Archive ? How To Hack Chinese MSN Spaces to Use Banned Words

It’s about time.
FOXNews.com – Politics – House OKs Bill Tying U.N. Funds to Reform

Damn, I had not even heard this case. All the missing blondes must have been taking up the news cycle at that point. Hell, I would be willing to fly out there and pull the fucking switch on this dude. He should consider himself lucky if he lives long enough to make it to his execution I have the feeling.
CNN.com – Father convicted of murdering 9?of his children – Jun 17, 2005

All I can say about this is Holy Crap.
Mother says she beheaded daughter
Mother says she beheaded daughter
First she drowned ‘demon’ 6-year-old in bath

It wouldn’t have mattered what the autopsy said, as a parent I can understand how what I feel is not going to be changed, even when I am wrong.
CNN.com – Schiavo’s parents not swayed by autopsy results – Jun 16, 2005

Dog Snot Diaries
Don’t know if this is true or not, but if so, fuck Barry Bonds.

People Weekly: Putting Things Right: Facing charges and seeking psychological help, runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks writes a check to her city.(Update)@ HighBeam Research
Money may not buy happiness but, as Jennifer Wilbanks can attest, it can cover the down payment on a little peace of mind. On May 31, a month after Wilbanks, 32, made headlines as the “runaway bride,” her lawyer handed over a check for $13,249.09 to the city of Duluth, Ga., to help cover the costs of the police search conducted after she bolted days before her April 30 wedding. In exchange for Wilbanks’s cash, the town–which devoted an additional $30,000 in manhours to the case–won’t sue for the full bill. “We’re not whining,” says Duluth mayor Shirley Fanning Lasseter. “Now we can get this over and behind us.”

Just some articles and links to crime in Aruba that is supposed to be non-existant. Some of them, mind you, are a few years old, therefore may not apply, but should at least clear up the myth that there is no crime in Aruba.
The Evening Standard (London, England); 4/1/2004
A BARBER who was unmasked as Britain’s biggest ever crack cocaine dealer was behind bars today and facing a lengthy jail term – but police are still trying to trace his missing millions.
Evidence from around the world suggests Lincoln White created an international drugs empire, amassing a [pounds sterling]170 million fortune.
White, who told the court he was a “freelance barber”, imported the cocaine from Panama, Mexico, Aruba, and Grenada before turning it into crack at Tulloch’s flat.

Crack in Aruba? Gee, what a surprise
Caribbean Update : INCREASE IN CRIME.(Aruba crime in tourist areas)(International Pages)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article) @ HighBeam Research
Caribbean Update
December 01, 2001
There has been an increase in crime in Aruba, reports the U.S. State Dept. (Nov. 9, 2001),which notes: “Although strolling downtown or in other tourist areas after dark used to be generally safe, Americans should note that there has been a sharp rise in armed robberies.
Newspapers report these incidents as being mostly drug related. There have been incidents of theft from hotel rooms. Petty crime and credit card fraud continues to be a problem.”
Copyright 2001
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AP Worldstream
03-26-2004
Dateline: ORANJESTAD, Aruba
Authorities have detained four Dutch marines on drug-smuggling suspicions, sending two back to the Netherlands and keeping two in custody in Aruba while the military investigates, a spokeswoman said Friday.
The four suspects, who have not been identified by name, were low-ranking marines serving in a 200-strong military presence at the Savanega base in this Dutch Caribbean territory, spokeswoman Lt. Melanie van de Haak said.
They were detained March 17 during raids at their homes in Aruba, and “had been suspects during an ongoing investigation,” she said.
I came across several links related to the casinos in Aruba and the Gambino crime family. The mob in casinos? Tell me it isn’t so. Do a google search for more info on that one.

AP Worldstream
03-08-2004
Dateline: AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
A majority of the people imprisoned in the Netherlands are foreigners or immigrants, the Central Bureau for Statistics said Monday.
At the end of September 2003, 55 percent of the Dutch prison population was born abroad, compared with 50 percent 10 years ago, the government agency said.
The increase could reflect the drive in recent years to crack down on crime, especially drug offenses.
The overall number of people in prison rose by 7 percent to around 13,000 from September 2002, the statistics office said.
Around 9 percent of prisoners are from Suriname, the former Dutch colony, and an additional 9 percent from the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, both Dutch possessions in the Caribbean. Moroccans comprise 7 percent and Turks 5 percent.
About 2 percent of prisoners are illegal immigrants awaiting deportation. That figure does not include the 46,000 asylum seekers detained in dormitory-like “deportation centers” while their applications are processed.
Of the 1,600 prisoners serving a sentence of longer than four years, 70 percent were convicted of violent crimes and 25 percent of drug offenses. The Netherlands is believed to be one of the world’s largest producers of the synthetic party drug Ecstasy, and a gateway for cocaine traffic through Europe.
Copyright 2004, AP News All Rights Reserved

FOXNews.com – U.S. & World – Who Are the Sex Offenders Next Door?
You would be surprised to know the truth. I checked out the GBI‘s web site recently, as it allows you to check by county for registered sex offenders. Even in my small town there are several.

The search of the day has changed. Apparently “Jennifer Wilbanks Photos” is old hat, not now it is “Natalie Holloway Pictures”. Fucking dumbasses.