Posted on 06/19/2005 10:14:36 PM PDT by stlnative
Along with her appearance on CourtTV, Ashleigh and her husband, Howard Gould, are expecting a baby - she might be taking it easy for a little while.
we are in dire need of an uplifting devil's panties thread after all of these sad, frustrating, infuriating stories lately.
Thanks to you both I've wondered about her.
She really was fabulous doing live shots there after 9-11.
If your assessment is correct, and I think you made some good arguments, the most intriguing character in this case then, will be Mr. Paulus Van der Sloot.
Is he a teacher? a civil servant? a former prosecutor with no legal training? What is motivating him to want to be a Judge in this small island? Fixed trial outcomes?
If his 17 yr old son arrived home between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. what was VDS Sr. doing at 3:00 am near McDonalds? Where was the son at 3:00 a.m.? What type of facilities are close to McDonalds? Were father and son together? What car were they driving? Who else was present?
Diabolical.
From SM:
-ARUBA RADIO IS ON A JAG AGAINST THE "ARROGANCE" OF THE TWITTYS AGAIN. SAY MR. TWITTY SHOULD BE QUESTIONED BY COPS FOR HIS HOSTILE ATTITUDE. REPORTING THAT NATALEE SIGNED IN HER AOL EMAIL ACCT ON 7 JUNE. THE TWITTYS HAVE STIRRED THE HIVE... WILL IT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION OF THE CASE? I WISH YOU WOULD ALL LISTEN TO THIS DAILY RADIO BROADCAST
Well if there's "no crime" on this island, being a judge sounds like a pretty cushy scenario. That is reason enough, IMO.
Jockeys for her don't wear out!
Another Jockeys For Her fan here...cost more up front but are cheaper in the long run. Watch for a sale & give them a try.
Think carefully.
Sometimes liars use pieces of truth in their explanations.
Joran was quoted as saying that he and Natalee swapped e-mails. Perhaps he obtained her password and was hacking into her account. These are not novices.
think and think again
that's another plausible scenario;)
very good;)
sp
Interesting,,Twittys getting the Arrogant American designation. Will it ever end?
Illustrates how important it is for their to be a united country. And how destructive it is for domestic people, you know who I mean, to stir this pot for those who would take advantage of it.
Somehow when the first reference to "cowboys" was made, I knew, I just knew it would come to this.
Also illustrates the colonial era posture of the Dutch. Probably a way to keep the natives in check. I can see the Dutch bureaucracy twittering over the aggressive Americans.
We truly need to show Aruba how arrogant, how really arrogant, we can be.
I don't for one minute believe Natalee logged on to her AOL account. IF her account was accessed my guess would be it was by a family member.
The one thing I get from this radio report is that these announcers/reporters are hostile towards the Twitty family.
Oh why just show Aruba. Why not every Dutch holding over there. The entire Netherland Antilles.
The natives aren't the villains in this piece. My guess is they suffer under this.
Along those lines of bringing up things to take the heat off of Van der Sloot, the point seems to be to throw suspicion on Natalee's friends from Mountain Brook and/or Natalee's family. This slimeball type was being interviewed by Bridget Quinn on FNC a couple days ago...did not catch who he represented...anyway, this Aruban said that it was Natalee's friends and family who should be taking lie detector tests about her disappearance. Then added, as the time ran out, "but nobody wants to hear that" and shrugged his shoulders in mock resignation and victimhood. I about lost it.
Truly I don't know. But my "feeling" is that Paulus VDS is some sort of small fish, but has some knowledge of "things." You know, kinda like the cocky mafia member who isn't really influencial, but hangs out and does some cover ups and dirty work. Maybe he fled the Netherlands because of some difficulty there, (got caught up in something nasty) it got "hot" for him and he had friends who set him up in Aruba. Maybe they gave him some petty job with the appearance of decency. All the while, he remains "beholden" to them.
Now his kid has brought all this attention to the island...and Paulus is on the hot seat. He had to help his son (dispose of Natalee??)in order to maintain his position. The govt. really does not care what happened to Natalee - or truly now, even Joran VDS. They would rather it just all went away. But Natalee's mother, family, the US media, and Americans would not let it just go away. Now all the "players/takers" those who have been benefitting from crime are all in a panic for fear of what will be found, and who might be implicated in participating in the underworld activities of Aruba's elite.
I would think if I am even close with any of my assumptions, Paulus VDS is between the rock and hard place. He is probably shaking in his boots. He is a small fry in this -- who knows just enough and might, in order to save himself and his son say too much. Hence he might be considered quite expendable.
The imagination of some people on this thread is enlightening.
Texas search group bringing people from 5 different states.
They are having trouble with the charter and it is very expensive!
He is hoping a corporation will donate transportation and/or donate money to help with this search. His equipment will work 24 hours a day in the water searching for her.
This will cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Aruba should pay for it in my opinion, but they won't, so I hope someone in this country will step up and help out!! I'm willing to bet they do.
Also says they will not let the search team dogs on the plane. They'll have to charter a plane?
See #734
Sorry, I didn't see your post.
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