Again my friends - apologies for not having written on my blogs for longer than I thought. There are a few important things that I wanted to mention to you before these become old news as all of it becomes sooner or later.
What do you think about the statement in the title: “Smile and You Shall Receive?” Is it really so in life? In your life or in my life? It’s true of course that with sweetness you are catching more flies than with bitter or with other tastes, so it must be true. Why am I asking? Today in the newspapers I read that Ayaan Hirshi Ali, the Dutch politician that went to the US is now in France and asking for French nationality. You have heard about her of course, known for her outspoken criticism of conservative Islam.
She hopes to get French citizenship because, than she will not have to worry about the costs of her security. You see, when she went working and living in the US the Dutch government kept paying the costs for her security, but after 18 months they stopped with it. In the US she had to find funds to pay for her own security as the US government did not intend to pay for it.
I mean, don’t you all find it ridiculous that one is praised as an activist, as a hero, until it comes down to money. Than everyone turns and looks at the opposite direction like they have nothing to do with it. How is it possible that money is more important than anything else, or so it seems?
We will see if France will grant her the citizenship and if they will start paying for her security. For her sake I do hope that sooner or later some country will take the task upon themselves.
About Joran van der Sloot. His lawyer gave a statement that he has been in talks with the Dutch police force denying everything that he said on the movie taped in the car of Patrick van der Eem. He said, he was stoned while making the ridiculous declarations. LOL, I really laughed about it a lot, as this guy smokes constantly, and the tapes were from different days, and on different occasions, and he was always smoking . His attorney stated that he will remain in The Netherlands and always available if the Dutch Police needed him, and at any time. I guess he is praying that The Netherlands will keep him here and will not send him back to Aruba.
I will keep you updated when I know any news in regards.
I’m a big Starbucks customer, as many people know. A smile from the barrista gets a tip from me.
[ # 1160 ] Comment from Bob [February 14, 2008, 12:27 am]
The whole world loves a smile, so it does help you get what you want, thanks for the update on the whole Van der Sloot fiasco, and your right people don’t put their money where their mouth is.
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. His attorney stated that he will remain in The Netherlands and always available if the Dutch Police needed him, and at any time. I guess he is praying that The Netherlands will keep him here and will not send him back to Aruba.
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