Everyone knows this....... but it is still good to have high officials say it ...over and over

"Dominican authorities are involved in drug-trafficking," DT reports.

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But US authorities in the DR are more involved in drug-trafficking as well as Colombian authorities in the DR.

Why aren't they mentioned, too?

Everyone knows of the corruption at all levels, what is being done about is more improtant.

Nothing!!!!!!!

I agree ..why can't the Prez LF & RD Gov do anything?

Why can't the US, its embassy ambassador Fannin pressure he RD via threatening a toursim boycott (along with support fof EU & Canada who ALL are the reciepents of drugs)?

Fannin was briefed on RD corruption & drug issues before he even took office. Where is he at on this issue since he is there in the capital? These stiff shirts are too busy wasting our taxes via planning high-priced tea parties rather than working improved relations for Dominicans & Americanos. RD inflation is due to price gouging despite DR-CAFTA lower/eliminated tarrifts!

It's true, some US DEA have been found involved in drugs & thus relieved of duties BUT oftentimes charged accordingly. But the reality is US authorities in drugs is the "exception" to the rule...Whereas RD Gov officials being engaged in drugs are the "general rule" not the exception.

Prez LF if more concerned about keeping his network in tact than RD society overall & the poor.

one word - legalize

Is there some documentation on the US DEA agents involved/. I am curious , I missed that article.

Lets not blame the US to much because everyone complains when we interfere and blames us when we don't. Besides what do we know about controlling drugs? May be better off to get Sinapores help or maybe not.



So far, the steps to loosen up have been small. Last year, the government ended a 13-year ban on chewing gum but only for medical use. Bungee-jumping and bar-top dancing were recently allowed and laws criminalizing oral sex are under review.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD..../01/15/singapore.executions.reut/

Written by: carbelk99, 1 Sep 2008 11:39 PM
From: United States
So everybody knows that *****


Belial is not the only one that is not Dominican that post like crazy on this site .. maybe you should look up the person with the most comments. ..... and that comment about africans .. 80% of dominicans have African blood .... at least he's from the Island.....

carbelk99, that comment was very racist. And most of all extremely ignorant, it shows stupidity on your part by the way. I mean really most real Dominicans have African blood in them, I have dated the whitest Dominican girls and I could still tell they had black blood in them.
He is not the only person that is not Dominican posting on this site; we have a lot of Americans, white Americans, Cubans and Europeans. If they have the right to post so should he and there are a lot of Haitians in DR. who do you think does all the work?


You should do a DNA test, you might find some of that BLOOD YOU HATE SOO MUCH INSIDE OF YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!

Point the finger at the real problem.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200808...._ylt=AtKo7RgwZVtLgXe3Kfg7aKe3IxIF

Here is the telling part:
"U.S. law enforcement has detected a wave of flights that depart Venezuela and drop large loads of cocaine off the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, "

and i guess because the flights originate in Venezuela, they are conducted by Venezuelans. when dealing with united states press releases, i believe nothing i hear, and 20% of what i see. like it or hate it, the USA has cemented its place in history as having the greatest liars in government.

"Written by: dreadlocks, 2 Sep 2008 8:09 AM
From: United States
and i guess because the flights originate in Venezuela, they are conducted by Venezuelans. "
Maybe.
But there they are passing through Ven. airspace with impunity. Considering all of the Military hardware Chavez has bought only a fool would believe that he doesn't know about it.

so then, anthonyc, i guess we can stretch your " logic " to express the idea that all flights originating out of the USA are being operated by americans. i mean, look at all the military hardware in america.

Written by: dreadlocks, 2 Sep 2008 9:49 AM
From: United States
so then, anthonyc, i guess we can stretch your " logic " to express the idea that all flights originating out of the USA are being operated by americans. i mean, look at all the military hardware in america.

You can safely assume that planes leaving US airspace have been approved by the FAA. IF you know anything about flying you would know you can't fart in US airspace without filing a flightplan.

Anyway these Ven. Flights are ORIGINATING out of Venezuela. Something that didn't happen much before Chavez and his love affair with the FARC.

well, anthonyc, since, to use your terms "you cannot fart in american airspace without a flight plan", could it be that nefarious actors from the USA are using airspace in which flatulence goes undetected, such as Venezuela? or what about some boys from other parts of the world, who are into international drug movements? how about maybe some russians, or other international crime syndicates? to insinuate a connection between venezuela and flights originating in venezuela is tortured logic!

I am not talking about who is on the planes.....Jeez.

I am stating that Drug Flights originating from Venezuela and then dropping their shipments in the D.R. have increased dramatically since Chavez took power.
These planes are originating in Ven. airspace and flying through Ven Airspace.

Are you suggesting that members of the Chavez Government are totaly oblivious to this?

i am not big on speculation, anthonyc. speculation is oftentimes self-serving and slanted. i am more a guy who likes facts; just ask Goulet.

Please can anyone tell me where O.Norh is? Maybe working for Bush.

i would not be surprised . he has recycled people from the Oliver North days to serve in his cabinet. no wonder the country has been stuck in the past, with no fresh ideas, and old, cold war zeitgeist.

"Written by: BASTA, 2 Sep 2008 6:50 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Please can anyone tell me where O.Norh is? Maybe working for Bush."

Working for FOX News as a war correspondent.

Oliver North is a MAN i Admire very much.

he is a very admirable guy to some people. to the people whose neighborhoods he flooded with drugs, he is not too well liked. then again, you probably admire him because of the damage he did to minority neighborhoods, and we all know how much you love black people!!

"Written by: dreadlocks, 2 Sep 2008 8:05 PM
From: United States
he is a very admirable guy to some people. to the people whose neighborhoods he flooded with drugs, he is not too well liked. then again, you probably admire him because of the damage he did to minority neighborhoods, and we all know how much you love black people!!"


This from a person who earlier in this thread stated......."i am not big on speculation, anthonyc. speculation is oftentimes self-serving and slanted. i am more a guy who likes facts; just ask Goulet. "

go read some of the declassified documents regarding e-mails he sent while he was running iran contra. this is common knowledge, if, in fact, one has knowledge. in your case, the jury is still out.

"Written by: dreadlocks, 2 Sep 2008 10:06 PM
From: United States
go read some of the declassified documents regarding e-mails he sent while he was running iran contra. this is common knowledge, if, in fact, one has knowledge. in your case, the jury is still out."

read those e-mails years ago. The unedited ones.
There was nothing, NADA that even hinted at Col North haveing anything to do with illegal narcotics.

nobody says that north was selling drugs on the street. what implicates him is his connection to guys like Michael Palmer, the notorious weed smuggler, who received 300.000 dollars for the use of his aircraft in the affair. i know that you read the classified documents when you were with the pentagon, but the truth is there for all who wish to see it. it is all over the internet. when the iran contra situation got muzzled by the boland amendment, a lot of the funding came from drug activities. go look at some of the information on wikipedia, and you tell me if he had nothing to do with anything!

to the people whose neighborhoods he flooded with drugs, he is not too well liked. then again, you probably admire him because of the damage he did to minority neighborhoods, and we all know how much you love black people!!...............wow what a stretch.....Ollie North ....drug dealer....talk about the grassy knoll

oliver north, the guy who got into bed with well known drug dealers, such as the aforementioned michael palmer. in my book, if you know a guy to be a major importer of drugs, and you do business with him nonetheless, then you are acting in complicity. also, they knew that noreiga was involved in drug trafficking, but recruited his services just the same. read, GC, read. start with simple articles from wikipedia.

not another wanker from wiki....no no no the horror

i will have you know that wiki can be relied upon for solid basic information. your antipathy has no basis other than a built in prejudice. besides, if i am given a choice for a source of information, i will take my chances with wikipedia, rather than with anthonyc, the guy who did not know that trinidad has oil. at least wiki knows that. but then again, i would rather get my learning from Mad magazine , rather than looking to Dr anthonyc.

Professor Anthonyc sometimes has substantial things to say....

about automobile racing. above and beyond that , clueless is the word

Written by: dreadlocks, 3 Sep 2008 7:18 AM
From: United States
i will have you know that wiki can be relied upon for solid basic information. your antipathy has no basis other than a built in prejudice.

My response

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/200....ing-proves-a-royal-embarrassment/

Wiki is an online user made encylopedia. While a good reference for further reading it is by no means garenteed acurate. In Fact a good portion of information is written by businesses or organizations to get them selves more exposure. If you look up almost anything DR related it links you back to DR1. I do not have a problem with WIKI. I just know it is not peofessionally written

if you read my post carefully, you will notice wherein i used the term "basic". the important aspect of it is that it cites reference texts which you can access in order to get different aspects of the issue. nobody says it is reference material. and, no reading material is " guaranteed accurate". to the best of my knowledge, all material is written by humans, and, as we all know, all humans have their own axes to grind.

"Drugs Adviser says it again: Dominican Government officials are involved"
Enough said.

Back to the real subject.

Chavez being involved in Drug trafficing.

the subject has nothing to do with chavez. it pertains to the DR. now i know why we cannot get too many intelligent remarks on this forum; people respond to the issue at hand with whatever is in their minds at a given moment. this forum has gone to hell in a handbasket in a few short months. no wonder so many posters who had great postings six months ago have departed. Greshams Law; bad money drives out good!

Dread just because someone agrees with you does not make what they post great...

many of the posters who have departed did not agree with me. we never always agree on things; that is too simplistice a view of the world. but at least those guys framed the discourse within structural parameters, making for issues which could be rationally ventilated. Belial takes a beating from so many people on this forum for his political leanings, but, like him or leave him, he never makes an assertion without references to articles, and the insertion of data. that allows people to counter with contrary information, making for spirited, meaningful, and educative discourse. at the end of the day, you have learnt something. if the only benefit i expect to derive from this site is to exercise my fingers, i will buy nintendo. the site has descende to the level of kindergarten sandbox, with ad hominem, blatantly partisan postings which serve no purpose but to clutter the broadband. why do you think some of the heavyweights have given up and left?

he never makes an assertion without references to articles, and the insertion of data. " are you joking dread ?................"..blatantly partisan postings which serve no purpose but to clutter the broadband." Yes Belial clutters with communist propaganda...and his data and references are laughable .....Yes we all know what a paradise he promotes as a probable paid stooge of commie socialist propaganda .....You Dread are just upset because you watched Sarahs speech last night and the empty suits poll numbers are falling like a stone

Can you imagine how Belial feels knowing that If Obama does not get elected Hugo and Raul are finito

i would not watch sarah palin if you paid me. she is just a counterfeit copy of hilary clinton, just not half as formidable. what kind of person advocates abstinence, not sex education, as the way to reducing teenage pregnancy? the usa has the highest rate of unwanted pregnancy in the developed world, but this loser feels that promoting abstinence, not education, is the answer. well, if you cook something in your home, and it tastes like crap, don't bother giving me the recipe. her abstinence mantra failed in her own home, so, why is she arrogant enough to advocate it for others. Nancy Reagan gave us her famous "just say no" statement about drugs thirty years ago. i guess that blunted the drug problem more tha did education, rehab, and all the other initiatives!

Dread look it up ....Clinton should have stuck with " say NO ".....and dread your mind is always drawn to the sex angle on everything...there is treatment for this problem but at your age it wont be long before it is all just a memory....Since you have already refused to be neutered at the vets

it is already a memory, thank you. and Clinton...well, at least democrats never seem to preach to people about sexuality. that is why when they get caught with whores, or getting BJs from interns, it is just a lapse in judgement, not morality. but when the guy who advocates against gay marriage gets caught trying to pick up guys in the bathroom of an airport, it is all so Republican!

I prefer to think of it this way " Dutch " Reagan refused to take his jacket off in the oval office out of respect for the Presidency.....Bubba on the other hand used to meet Monica there....he was your kind of guy

well, given my sexual preference, he is my kind of guy. your guy takes off his pants in airport restrooms in respect of republican traditions; do it on the sly, then chastise everybody else. republicans are only angry about sex because they aren't getting any!

I am not into that cheap physical stuff...I prefer to think of my elevated spirit and what I can do for mankind....I am sometimes called the Albert Schweizter of the Caribbean ...not a dirty filthy swine who only thinks of his baser instincts like yourself

Dread recently told me about his visit to his Urologist he said and seriously

"My Internist referred me to a Female Urolgist.



I saw her yesterday and she is gorgeous! She's unbelievably sexy.



She told me I would have to stop Masturbating.



I asked her why and she said, "Because I'm trying to examine you...".

since when is a little nookie cheap and base? maybe you are not looking for it in the right places. sometimes, not only has your spirit to be elevated, but other things too.. at least once in a great while, whether you need it or not!

Oink Oink Dread

i concur.