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NJ C Rep comments on Dodd denies Ecuador claim he'll probe Colombian raid Dodd is lying... Lied to them stating that he looked into it and lied about denying he said anything... His people are the liberals in the US who are trade protectionist...
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NJ C Rep comments on Cartagena Ocean Front Apartment What are the minimum and maximum days for a rental?
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NJ C Rep comments on Mc Cain in COL Go McCain Go! Seriously, I think it is a great thing for a US Presidential candidate to visit Colombia...
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NJ C Rep comments on Sirius and XM Radio in Colombia you won't be able to get anything. The satellites in orbit (sirius uses 3) only hover above the US and rotate around so your receiver in Medellin does not have the range nor the line of sight to reach the satellites, thus no music.
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NJ C Rep comments on New Colombia flights: what happen, man? What happened was that American airlines has filed an appeal and is crying foul over the whole thing. This may drag on for a few (weeks or months... who knows).
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NJ C Rep comments on Four airlines selected for new Colombia service, AA loses route I can't wait until they announce....
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NJ C Rep comments on Four airlines selected for new Colombia service, AA loses route Actually, if you look at Jet Blue's "where we fly Map" It looks like they have a new graphic ready to expand the map but screwed up the original. This is gonan sound silly but there is asmall blue speck west of aruba. That is where central america would be. I am guessing it will wind down to Colombia and South America carribean coast. I think they are waiting until AA apeal is heardand the DOT's FINAL descission is handed down. I am convinced that Jet Blue will make a huge deal of Colombia but the details come first... http://www.jetblue.com/wherewefly/
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NJ C Rep comments on ¿how soon ? United Kingdom Consist of Great Britian (England Scotland &Wales) and Northern Ireland. That is why the The IRA (Irish Republican Army) resides in Northern Ireland and has comitted terrorist acts over the years in the name of Northern Ireland independence. I think I have a grasp of history... What is odd is that someone from the UK should have an appreciation for domestic terrorism. Apparentky he does not since his sympathies lie with the FARC to a smaller degree (Despite the fact that FARC members have collaborated with IRA operatives).
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NJ C Rep comments on ¿how soon ? Campy is from the UK? That's odd because if memory serves me correctly, the FARC colaborated with the IRA... Interesting times...
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NJ C Rep comments on no more war posts We will always be there to kick Chavez's at $$ as long as he feels it is nesessary to bend over and talk out of his at $$...
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NJ C Rep comments on ¿how soon ? Venezuela and Ecuador are copable in providing safe harbor and aid to murderers of men women priest nuns and children... It is not enough to say "but the otehr guys are worse" to justify a political bias towards socialist ideas. True and wholesome change that defines the greatness of history comes boldly but peacefully. The FARC represents no such things... You want to change the US or Colombia, I suggest you vote... If you want to change things in Venezuela and Ecuador, I suggest you vote... while you still can...
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NJ C Rep comments on Please advise I still say let the singles young guys try to take her off your hands...
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NJ C Rep comments on Please advise The "honorable" thing to do is to help her move on. To do that is to find the man of her dreams,, someone who is better than you in her eyes. If that happens, I doubt she will take you to the cleaners with the divorse. I suggest letting some of the young single guys on here take a shot with her, do you have a picture of her to motivate the masses of single good guys on PBH? more pioctures the better. You do that and I will bet the lucky guy on PBH who suceeds will return the favor by convincing her to walk away peacefully... thoughts?
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NJ C Rep comments on GRINGO BOYFRIEND NOT GOING TO COLOMBIA Any updates on your visit and your boyfriend?
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NJ C Rep comments on Obama vs. McCain Bush & Bush & Saud: I am a Republican but even I am not comfortable with the personal closeness that exixt between the families. I am not even going to the financial ties. The Clintons and Saud: There are no obvious personal ties to the Saud family. I woudl guess that their investment profolio may show investments in the Gulf. I don'tthink that was a motive for Clinton's involvement in Kosovo or Bosnia. I think he did it because of the ethnic cleasing issue with no strong Russian president to deter him. McCain and Saud: I do not believe that there are any busines ties and definetly no personal ties. McCain's money coems from beer distribution from his wife side. Not a hot seller in Saudi Arabia. I do beleiev that ehw ill maintain a similar relationship that previous presidents did with Saudi Arabia in general but I think he will be tougher on them should an issue arrise. That would put him in line with Reagan. Obama & Saud: Yes... apostasy is punishable in some circles by death or imprissionate but if he was a Muslim as a minor, it was in Indonesia. At that time, Indonesia was not and is still not a strict muslim country. I do not think that you would see any apostasy if he was because it would be very hard to prove. If teh Catholic faith you have documentation up the ying yang but a Muslim needs only to pledge himself to Allah and the prophet. I have a feeling that he was not a muslim nor has any devotion to Saud. I don't know his investment portfolio that reaches out to saud but I don't thnk he has one that would be of any concern. On policy, I think he would change much except for reduced military aid. Muslim Voters in the US: Before 9-11 they favored Bush in general and because of Cheney's belief in a Palastinian state and Clinton's pro Israel apperance. After 9-11, it is all about the PATRIOT ACT. Reoublicans lost soem support because some muslims felt targeted despite Bush's overatures to muslims. Iraqi-Americans may be more supportive of republicans but I am sure that many others are leaning Democratic.Since Obama is against teh patriot act as is, I would say the edge goes to him because McCain supports the act and doesn't seem interested in out reach at this time but that can change.
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NJ C Rep comments on Obama vs. McCain Dea on the drinks... There is a fun cuban place in midtown by Colombus circle... Well worth it. Azcuar...
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NJ C Rep comments on Obama vs. McCain To say that Bush lied about the capabilities of Iraq in regards to nuclear poliferation, you would have to say that Clinton, Britian, IAEA, UN, The Security Council, Russia, France and basically the entire world lied. What this showed is our inabilitie to rather strong intelligence in a conflict that we are not prepared for. In the US, we have been conditioned by the Cold War and a James Bond approach to espianoge. As I recalled, very few people questioend the evidence that was being provided but didn't think that a military response was wararnted. We knew they had a program, we knew that the embargo made it difficult to resume the program to the level it was in the 1980's before the Gulf war. We knew he already had biological capabilities and missle capability to reach 1000 miles. Our posistion was that he needed do demonstrate transparency into those programs and failure to do so had consequences. There were 12 major reasons why Saddam Hussein needed to be removed from power and nucl;ear poliferation was one of them. Our failure to understand Hussein's resistance to providing transparency into nuclear poliferation does not negate the other major reasons. It was a mistake to leave him in power in 1991.
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NJ C Rep comments on Colombia: The land of coffee, where it's spring all year round Be nice to the article. I thought it was cute.
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NJ C Rep comments on Obama vs. McCain Yes... McCain: Will support Free trade and Plan Colombia extension. I am not 100% on teh war on drugs but I am certain that we would maintain the military aspexcts in relations to Colombia while trying to reduce demand in the US. His wife was addicted to pain killers so I have to check his views on rehabilitation programs. Obama: More than likely he will be against free trade without major revisions. He voted for Free trade with Peru but is against it in regards to Colombia. If the bill came up before election time, he may vote for it but he needs to be oppsoed to it to carry favor with organized labor in the US. As far as Plan Colombia goes, I am sure you will see great reduction in military aid. You may see that replaced with differences on the diplomatic front to offer support to Colombia. As far as drugs go, I think you will see a vastly difference in philosophy in dealing with rehabilitation and criminalzation in the US. Clinton: This is a wild card because she would be more progressively minded than Bill Clinton was. I have the sense that she will be a hybrid of the McCain and Obama's posistions. I think she would accept a free trade deal with revisions faster than Obama and continue some kind of Plan Colombia. As far as curbing demand in the US goes, I would expect her to mirror Bill Clinton's policies.
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NJ C Rep comments on Obama vs. McCain Ever since 2000, McCain and Bush have been odds on a varietry of issues. contrary to the nonsense that Bush and McCain are the same. They have a very chilly relationship. There are issues they agree on such as immgration reform, Iraq and abortion and issue they do not such as perscription drugs, spending, judicial nominations and taxes. If John McCain would have been a clone of Bush, then the nomination would have been handed to him. Instead John McCain was attaceked by alot of Bush allies in the primaries. The Talk Radio host who helped Bush get elected weer attackink McCain the whole way thru. The comment of a hundred years needs to be put into proper context. McCain view is that we have to stay in Iraq until we are not wanted and until the government in Iraq is able to protect it's own citizens. Soemoen asked him on why a timeline would not work. McCain said as long as it takes to acheived the above stated goals. The person who asked him said, 5 years? 10 years? McCain said 100 years if it takes that long. He went on further to explain we have a military presence in South Korea and Japan and that troop presence does not measure sucess, only the preservation of peace. Calling McCain the same thing as Bush is basically comparing Uribe to Samper & Pastrana in reference to the FARC or ELN...
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NJ C Rep comments on Obama vs. McCain Let me say that first that I am a proud supporter of John McCain. He is a man of integrity and the NYT article that came out has been rejected by most people. Nobody has fought harder against corruption and for lobbying/campaign finance reform than John McCain. Like all of us, he learned from mistakes in the past. On the deficit, there is few people that would cut spening like John McCain would.All his political life he has decried wastful spening projects great and small. On the courage fronts, he has done plenty to demonstrate courage and I think calling him "stubborn and stupid" was uncalled for. On Iraq, let me say this. Any president that is elected has the job of bring the mission to a sucessful conclusion. There job is to make it work and not to go back in a time machine and pretend we can change history.. Any fanticies you have about a democrat bringing them home the day they take office, get that out of your head now. Having siad that, John McCain believed it was the right thing to go into Iraq. So did I and so do alot of Americans. He thought the war was ran horribly and was one of a few republicans calling for Defense Sec Rumsfield to resign. He wasn't for the same od thing in Iraq. The rescent sucess of the "surge" was an idea that he came up with.
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NJ C Rep comments on Full Time teacher needed in Bucaramanga I am finishing up to become a social studies teacher in the US. Someday I love to come to Colombia for a few weeks to teach a class...
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NJ C Rep comments on Full Time teacher needed in Bucaramanga Do they usually have summer school teachers from outside Colombia who come in and teach for a few weeks or teachersr teaching Americans abroad?
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NJ C Rep comments on What is the word on Caldas? Isn't there anyone that can better inform me on here????
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NJ C Rep comments on Airport taxes in Bogota What would the Tax be flying avianca to Bogota to Los Angeles and the Tax leaving Bogota or Cartagena flying to New York flying Avianca? US citizen
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NJ C Rep comments on President For Colombia McCain and Bush didn't really get along. although they agree on the Iraq qar, McCain thought it could have been better thought and wanted Bush's defense seceretary to resign. He is anything but the same ol' thing.
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NJ C Rep comments on President For Colombia It depends on your point of view. I voted for McCain this past tuesday. He is a supporter of Free trade and will promote international co-operation. He also wanted to end US farm subsidies (a plus for Colombian agriculture exports to the US). He woild have continued Plan Colombia. Hillary would most likely continue what Bill did as far as Colombia goes.
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NJ C Rep comments on Thanks Chavez! No thanks from me.... He will get thanks the day he disarms the FARC, apologizes for supporting them al these years and ALL 700 hostages go home... Thanking anyone else short of that is is political posturing...
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NJ C Rep comments on Jet Blue to Colombia Update?? I hear two basic things... 1. Jet Blue seems to be the favorite since some other international carriers left orlando... 2. A descission is expected very soon...
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NJ C Rep comments on GRINGO BOYFRIEND NOT GOING TO COLOMBIA That is nuts... I understand wanting to be careful and having concerned parents but caving in to them is extreme. One has to wonder how many other time the boyfriend caved in to his folks. I always believed the best traits of a husband is to stand up to his folks and their passive agressive manipulation. It sounds like there is a more totaritarian regime in Birmingham than there is in Bogota... I always looked at it like this... If you can't stand up for yourself, how can you stand up for your spouse or kids? You are right... He will be missing out on alot.. and perhaps much more than a great trip to a great country...
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NJ C Rep comments on San Lorenzo (Ecuador) to Tumaco (Colombia) I have friends who traveled from Ecuador to Colombia and back. I will ask them when I see them.
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NJ C Rep comments on hi everyone . . . this hit home! I have been there man... Don't let this ruin the month of December for you... hang in there
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NJ C Rep comments on Abortions in Medellin Right wing is a position in hockey and I can't skate... Don't be so quick to lable positions just because you don't agree with them. As far as solutions for this young lady goes, here is an option for you... www.la-casa.org
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NJ C Rep comments on Abortions in Medellin I am not too sure if we can help you with that. Yes... abortions are illegal here but in the big picture, legal abortions in the states or anywhere else aren't "safe" either. Way too many under reported complications for the mother. The safest thing for the three parties to do is to have your cousin man up and take care of the people in his life.
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NJ C Rep comments on America football in Bogota The Game is indoors at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.... Overall the Patriots defense is rock solid overall... better against the pass than the run. Sometimes they are down right scary... This is going to be a great game but I am nervous. The players I am most worried about on the Colts is Peyton Manning and the Tight End Dallas Clark...
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