Thank you!

Thank you DT and staff I hope 2009 gives you great success...keep up the fight for freedom of the press

let us hope brevity will be josean the PRD employee his new years resolution as in the above post....Happy New year amigito

give my regards to Hippo where ever you are hiding him

Happy new yearrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A very happy New Year to most.

I hope everyone has a sucessful 2009, where the heck is Belial the little nimrod

Cubanito a Happy triumphant 26 of July to you too!

happy new year to DT, and all my buddies on the board. good health, and good luck to you all.

Chauncey my New Years gift to you, from someone I admire and respect!

http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=86268

Happy "News" Year 2009 for Dominican Today!

Happy New Year DT, and to all my friends and other people on this board (even the annoying types).

Felíz Año Nuevo!!! para todos ustedes!!

y espero que este 2009 sea de bendiciones, y progreso!! :D

happy new year to all. i wish everyone health,happiness and lots of success.

Que todos...todos sin excepción! LOL. tengan un Prospero Año nuevo lleno de trabajo, felicidad y paz!
Y recuerden......
Tranquilidad viene de tranca! LOL.

Happy New Year Lie-onel!

Castanos stated that 2008 was highlighted by a culture of smoke and mirrors that gave the false impression of constitutionality and transparency.


Source DR1

Corruption still worrisome


The ruling on the Sun Land case, the dismissal of members of the Chamber of Accounts and the pardons issued by President Leonel Fernandez have made a negative stain on institutionalism in the DR, says Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman, spokesman for the Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (FINJUS). Castanos Guzman is quoted in El Caribe as saying the public has stood by with astonishment at a series of events which reflect the existence of a culture that threatens the quality of democracy and the climate of good governance. He added that in recent weeks the public has seen that strength of those institutions that defend democracy has weakened, and shows signs of getting weaker.

Continued:

He added that in recent weeks the public has seen that the strength of those institutions that are supposed to defend democracy has weakened, with signs of getting weaker. Castanos stated that 2008 was highlighted by a culture of smoke and mirrors that gave the false impression of constitutionality and transparency.

A prosperous and happy new year to all.........

Josean

Just for you

http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=86258

SANTO DOMINGO.- La terminación y puesta en operación del Metro de Santo Domingo se constituyó en el hecho más trascendental del sector gubernamental durante el 2008, obra de la que en la actualidad se benefician miles de dominicanos para desplazarse a diferentes puntos desde Villa Mella hasta el Centro de los Héroes.

El año que concluye estuvo cargado de hechos y ejecutorias trascendentales, entre las que sin lugar a dudas, aparte del Metro, también se puede citar entre las más destacadas el manejo que han dado las autoridades gubernamentales a la economía nacional para enfrentar los embates de la crisis internacional, que en la actualidad afecta a la mayoría de los países del mundo.

Here is another reason to be thankful that in 1965 the US nipped this in the bud

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD....12/31/cuba.anniversary/index.html

In a speech this week, the president warned Cubans -- who on average earn the equivalent of less than $20 a month -- to prepare for belt-tightening.

Feliz Ano Nuevo!

Jander

Just for you:

El Listin is just buttering up Lie-onenl to see if it can get a pardon for their owner the "honorable" Mr. Baez by February 27, 2009!


"Báez Figueroa was considered an aggressive deal-maker and helped build BANINTER into the country's number 2 private commercial bank, in the process amassing an empire of varied businesses. Among others, BANINTER controlled the country's largest media group, including Listín Diario, the oldest and leading newspaper; four television stations, a cable television company, and more than 70 radio stations."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_B%C3%A1ez_Figueroa

So put that in your Holiday pipe and smoke it!

By the way Happy New Year and duck while your ridding the METRO near Villa Mella; the natives are restless!

Here is what the US forgot to "nip in the bud":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMBS2ETPGZg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIDsU9-lU84

jander another gift just for you; My Uncle Sam underwear wearing friend!


http://www.prisonactivist.org/archive/pps+pows/pplist-alpha.shtml

Jander,

To paraphrase Inspector Callahan a little:

I know what you're thinking.

"Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as the truth is the most powerful weapon in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky?

Well, do ya, punk?

Happy New Year to ALL and the DT Staff.
DT are you sure you want to put up with another year of our comments, Just Kidding.

Happy New Year everyone, may it be a happy, healthy, peaceful and propserous one

Thank you DT and staff ....You guys are the best

Josean,

Here is a view of Caracas, just so you dont think the DR has a lock on poverty.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29756124@N03/

Good man Josean !

You stand up for what you beleive is right and that is a virtue!

Happy New Year !!

Happy New Year everybody!
I hope this is the DR year of guadua angustifolio.
DR can grow a lot of this and stop importing hardwood, softwoods etc.
Someone told me that they chop down forests for charcoal near the Hatian border. This grows at 21 cm. per day and is ideal for charcoal!
This user-and environmental-friendly 'grass' is presently employed for a multitude of uses; Furniture & crafts work, raw construction material, panels (plywood, laminates, floors), paper industry, charcoal industry, pharmaceutical industries, musical instruments, houses, etc.

The reason for that is simple: no other natural resource possesses more: versatility, lightness, flexibility, endurance, hardness, strength, climatic adaptability, seismic-resistance, rapid growth, easy handling and visual warmth! To top this of, it is also the most cost effective building material that easily meets international phyto-sanitary and environmental requirements.

S.

http://www.guaduabamboocostarica.com/guadua-angustifolia.html
Happy Bamboo!
S.

Drunkard Revival Kit
One gallon of pre-mixed Bloody Bulls
Two large bottles of Propel Sports Water
Multivitamins
A telephone

When horrifically hungover, the simple act of assembling a revival cocktail can seem a gargantuan task. Just glancing at a bottle of vodka might gag you. You can bypass both of these obstacles by premixing and refrigerating a jug of Bloody Bulls before you go to work on Friday. A Bloody Bull is nothing more than a Bloody Mary (the spicier the better) fortified with 2 oz. of beef bullion. If you want to makes things real easy on yourself, place a large thermos of the cocktail beside your bed before you go to sleep tues night. This will save you the inconvenience and indignity of shoving yourself vertical and taking the cure in the kitchen.

It is kinda ( not really ) sad that the USA is totally finished!
Advisors say China!
The inevitable shockwave will drive more investors out U.S. stocks and in into China where they will profit not only from internal economic growth but also from currency appreciation and domestic spending as well.

And the result will enrich those investors who understand that capital ALWAYS flows to the highest return in good times and bad…

…and are taking this opportunity to scoop up world-class assets at 20%, 30%, even 50% off their past highs in advance of the pending recovery.

That’s why it’s crucial that you add our top China stocks to your holdings now and why I’ve sent you this Special Alert.

If you can buy our top stocks today—while they’re still bargains—you could be looking at 20% to 40% gains in the next 12 months as the flight to safety lands squarely in China.

But also DR if president goes for self-sufficiency!

S.

China, Russia, Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuea must be No. 1 for co-operation with DR in the New Year!
Every day more flights from Moscow!

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Flight Carrier Origin Arrival Status Track
OR 343 Arkefly (AMS) Amsterdam 03:18 PM En Route
Delayed
AA 2415 American Airlines (MIA) Miami 03:14 PM Scheduled
On-time
TOM 33 Thomsonfly (LGW) London 05:00 PM En Route
On-time
DL 563 Delta Air Lines (ATL) Atlanta 03:53 PM Scheduled
On-time
SS 867 CORSAIR (POP) Puerto Plata 04:10 PM Scheduled

US 1967 US Airways (CLT) Charlotte 04:14 PM Scheduled
On-time
UA 2080 ^ United Airlines (CLT) Charlotte 04:14 PM Scheduled
On-time
UN 553 Transaero Airlines (DME) Moscow 04:44 PM En Route
Delayed
AA 1781 American Airlines (JFK) New York 04:11 PM Scheduled
On-time
MP 603 Martinair (AMS) Amsterdam 04:41 PM En Rout

http://www.punta-cana-airport.com/Arrivals.cfm'
Could be No. 1 for tourism in five years!
S.

Yes sir,

10 international flights, 5 of them US airlines, 2 Dutch, 1 French, 1 UK, 1 Russian. No Chinese, Venezuelan, Cuban or Vietnamese flights. On the Russian carrier, with the exception of the planes on order remainder of the fleet is American Made, all 38 of them;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaero_Airlines#Fleet

Texasshoe,
Well put. And a Happy New Year to You and your Family.

Miros,

Thanks and same to you and yours.

tS hopefully the US economy can live from Boeing's orders for spares for a number of years while new equipment is supplied by Russia and Airbus. The new 'Dreamliner' form Boeing is substantially built in Europe and Japan as US suppliers faild to bid.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080409/BIZ/12252107/
Of course the US auto industry has had huge export success though paying wages less than half those in Europe.
S.

I guess you truly dont get it. Who cares where it is being built, who owns the company and where do the profits go-the US of course. The US auto makers are doing just fine in the plants elsewhere in the world. Last I heard Ford was Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Troller & Volvo. GM Was Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Oldsmobile,Opel, Pontiac, Saab,Saturn,Vauxhall. Chrysler is Dodge, Jeep. Paccar Inc. (trucks), Peterbuilt, Leyland, Kenworth, DAF. IF you notice on the following list there are no auto manufacturers owned by the UK and the leading brands such as Jaguar and Land Rover are owned by Tata of India, Rolls Royce and Mini are owned by BMW and even Aston Martin is not owned by the Brits. The auto industry in the US will do just fine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry