Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Boycott Alabama! Er.... Aruba!.... Republican Governor of Alabama proves how stupid he is... Again.
From Democratic Underground....
Natalee Holloway's disappearance is a tragedy to her friends and family, but I'm really not sure why this particular case has garnered hundreds of hours of air time on cable news. Oh wait - I know why. It's because cable news SUCKS.
But the utter pointlessness of the endless speculation on the Alabama teen's fate does not appear to have put off Alabama's governor Bob Riley, who jumped on the Natalee Bandwagon last week by announcing that Americans should boycott Aruba.
"There are no other alternatives to get Aruban authorities to take this as seriously as they should," Riley said. According to the Associated Press, "Riley was asked if parents should allow their children to go to Aruba on similar trips as long as Holloway's disappearance is unsolved. 'I would not allow my daughter to go to Aruba,' he said."
Perhaps the governor should start looking a little closer to home. Last week DUer TahitiNut helpfully provided a shortlist of children who have gone missing in Alabama since Natalee Holloway's disappearance. From the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:
LACRISA DARLENE EAGLE
-Endangered Runaway
DOB: Apr 1, 1992 Age: 13
Missing: Sep 5, 2005 Race: White
GADSDEN, Alabama, US
JASMINE VALENCIA
-Endangered Missing
DOB: Dec 7, 1999 Age: 5
Missing: Aug 27, 2005 Race: Biracial
MOBILE, Alabama, US
JAYDA VALENCIA
-Endangered Missing
DOB: Jan 3, 2002 Age: 3
Missing: Aug 27, 2005 Race: Biracial
MOBILE, Alabama, US
JASMINE SHARDAE HUDSON
-Endangered Runaway
DOB: May 15, 1990 Age: 15
Missing: Jun 20, 2005 Race: Black
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, US
NAKETA DARRELL HAMPTON
-Endangered Missing
DOB: Dec 21, 1994 Age: 10
Missing: Aug 29, 2005 Race: Black
ATMORE, Alabama, US
NIKITA SHAREE EAGLE
-Endangered Runaway
DOB: Aug 24, 1990 Age: 15
Missing: Sep 5, 2005 Race: White
GADSDEN, Alabama, US
And they aren't the only ones. So what are we to make of this? I guess the conclusion that Bob Riley would have us reach is that we should start boycotting Alabama.
Natalee Holloway's disappearance is a tragedy to her friends and family, but I'm really not sure why this particular case has garnered hundreds of hours of air time on cable news. Oh wait - I know why. It's because cable news SUCKS.
But the utter pointlessness of the endless speculation on the Alabama teen's fate does not appear to have put off Alabama's governor Bob Riley, who jumped on the Natalee Bandwagon last week by announcing that Americans should boycott Aruba.
"There are no other alternatives to get Aruban authorities to take this as seriously as they should," Riley said. According to the Associated Press, "Riley was asked if parents should allow their children to go to Aruba on similar trips as long as Holloway's disappearance is unsolved. 'I would not allow my daughter to go to Aruba,' he said."
Perhaps the governor should start looking a little closer to home. Last week DUer TahitiNut helpfully provided a shortlist of children who have gone missing in Alabama since Natalee Holloway's disappearance. From the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:
LACRISA DARLENE EAGLE
-Endangered Runaway
DOB: Apr 1, 1992 Age: 13
Missing: Sep 5, 2005 Race: White
GADSDEN, Alabama, US
JASMINE VALENCIA
-Endangered Missing
DOB: Dec 7, 1999 Age: 5
Missing: Aug 27, 2005 Race: Biracial
MOBILE, Alabama, US
JAYDA VALENCIA
-Endangered Missing
DOB: Jan 3, 2002 Age: 3
Missing: Aug 27, 2005 Race: Biracial
MOBILE, Alabama, US
JASMINE SHARDAE HUDSON
-Endangered Runaway
DOB: May 15, 1990 Age: 15
Missing: Jun 20, 2005 Race: Black
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, US
NAKETA DARRELL HAMPTON
-Endangered Missing
DOB: Dec 21, 1994 Age: 10
Missing: Aug 29, 2005 Race: Black
ATMORE, Alabama, US
NIKITA SHAREE EAGLE
-Endangered Runaway
DOB: Aug 24, 1990 Age: 15
Missing: Sep 5, 2005 Race: White
GADSDEN, Alabama, US
And they aren't the only ones. So what are we to make of this? I guess the conclusion that Bob Riley would have us reach is that we should start boycotting Alabama.
# posted by The Punisher @ Tuesday, November 15, 2005 
