Mark’s Soap Box

Joran van der Sloot is claiming that Natalee Holloway, the wayward Alabama High School graduate who was partying in Aruba; fell from the balcony of a friends house while being drunk on whiskey, and high on Cocaine.

Van der Sloot’s new story fits with the time line and is very specific on the details, he told the Telegraaf. Aruban officials have already dismissed the new statement as ‘fantasy and lies’.

Unbelievable. These idiots are hell-bent on being the most incompetent clowns on the planet. Aruban prosecutor must be too busy with fishing to investigate.

DutchNews.nl is reporting that Former Police Chief Gerard Dompig says the claim is at least worth checking out. I agree.

van der Sloot claims he and a friend dropped the body into a swamp. CNN says it was on the North end of the Island. Well how many can there be? Look and see if her body is there! Duh.

This is truly amazing; the “confession” is going to be broadcast. Unreal. I suppose we should be grateful they waited a year to do the interview.

“Obviously, our initial response was skeptical,” van Westerloo said. “However, we did feel that this interview required thorough research. We’ve spoken to a variety of experts and several critics. These findings resulted in a TV special which will air this Sunday. It’s up to the viewers to form their own opinions on the matter.

Some backwater Alabama “news” station is claiming the the “facts” in the confession don’t add up. Funny a Police Chief says they do. Well it is NBC.

I am not sure who is more in need of publicity; Beth Holloway-Twitty- or Joran van der Sloot. Shut up, both of you.

Asked why van der Sloot gave the interview, Blanken said, “You should ask him. Maybe he wanted to be on camera or make some money.”

He could learn a thing or two from Beth Holloway-Twitty-.

“When [van der Sloot] really wants to tell the truth, [we hope] he will,” said Blanken, who took over as chief prosecutor in September. “He didn’t tell the truth [this time].”

Yea, and with dopes like you in the Prosecutor’s office, no one is safe in Aruba.

Tags: aruba, natalee holloway

It is being reported that Joran van der Sloot has confessed to disposing of Natalie Holloway’s body in Aruba in 2005.

Joran’s dad passed away just before Valentine’s day. Some are speculating that the “secrets” drove him to his grave. Seems odd, since he was playing Tennis when he ‘keeled over.’

Previously on the Island

• More Holloway-Twitty Nonsense
• Missing Teen Mother leaves Aruba
• Beth and Jug(head) Twitty — STFU

Tags: aruba, joran van der sloot, natalee holloway

Illegal immigrant population in U.S. plummets, according to a new report | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times

This is great news. Unfortunately it’s because jobs are being lost NOT because of enforcement. The only exception being in Arizona where Sheriff Joe actually does enforce the law.

The only question remains is how many Illegal Aliens are still holding jobs that real Americans should have?

Tags: illegal aliens, imigration, los angeles

USDA kills animal ID plan — Billings Gazette

This is more proof that Government can’t handle managing our economy, much less Healthcare. They can’t even handle managing a small, but vital part of our economy on NON-voters. After spending $143 Million over several years, they have given up o managing the livestock food chain in the U.S.

Yes these are the people I want running our Health Care System. That is sarcasm, in case you missed it.

The program was supposed to track every animal from birth to death and then to the table. If you moved your livestock to a new field you had to log it, along with who was in the field with them. Sell an animal, log it; then the new owner has to log all of the animal’s movement and associations.

Why did they give up

Did they give up because it was unworkable, or because they want to push of the responsibility to others while claiming they are “in touch” with the people?

Vilsack said he will turn to state and tribal veterinarians for a uniform way to track animals shipped across the country. Tracking animals moving intrastate will be left up to each state government

Sounds like they are just passing the buck to me.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am all for local responsibility. However this Administration wants to manage our lives from Birth to Death, and they have failed at managing a much smaller population of cattle. Why don’t they use this model for Health Care? Simple, they lose control of us.

The only good thing that comes out of this is that we now know the Government can’t manage any part of the Economy in any meaningful way. Then again; Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, “Cash for Clunkers,” and Welfare should have shown us that before. Sadly, the Marxist/Socialist/Communist/Progressives will keep trying.

Wake up People, stop buying the “Government will help you” B.S.

Tags: big governement, farm, healthcare, obama, obamacare, ranch, USDA

Brooklyn dog mugged for his jacket outside grocery store in Park Slope – NYPOST.com

I am not sure which is more stupid; a dog owner leaving her dog tied up outside a store in NYC during a raging winter storm, someone stealing the dog’s coat, the dog having a Burberry coat, or dog owners thinking that dogs are people.

“How could anyone steal a coat off someone’s back in the freezing cold?” McPherson railed to The Post.

Because some idiot left them tied up out front in a winter storm! Oh wait, it’s a dog, not a person

McPherson said she knew she had to find a way to make it up to the traumatized Lexie.

“I felt so bad, I bought him two new coats,” she said.

I love dogs, but come on. Does the dog really need TWO more coats? It’s not as if the dog is actually working outside. What’s next, the Doggie Psychiatrist? You just know this is how the owner responds to all her “problems.” Shopping Therapy, it does the self-absorbed good.

I think Lexie would feel better if you gave that money to the Salvation Army. Then they could buy coats for real people.

Tags: crime, dog, nyc, winter