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Okay, now I get it. Cows are indeed an international language we can all understand...thanks for my first big laugh of the day.

Caribbean travel websites?

The Official website of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) it is jointly owned by all of the Governments in the Caribbean...

-- Today's Press release...

Article: Caribbean's new website launched in New York

Date: Published on Friday, March 28, 2008

Source: www.CaribbeanNetNews.com - Caribbean Net News Online

Link:

NEW YORK, USA: The Caribbean's positioning as a valuable and viable brand took a major step forward this month with the launch of the Caribbean Tourism Development Company's (CTDC) new consumer travel site www.caribbeantravel.com.

CTDC, the marketing and business development unit owned equally by the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) and the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), presented the new site to members of the travel press, describing it as a colourful and content-rich site designed to be the central portal to all things related to Caribbean travel.

Extending her congratulations to CTDC, Caroline Racine, Director of Caribbean Franchise Development for Choice Hotels International, said the new website represented "another landmark initiative in Caribbean collaboration" as she commended the partners from both the public and private sector.

"The Caribbean has only scratched the surface to increase its share of international travel and tourism revenues, and this branding strategy should help reap rewards not just for the businesses that operate in the region, but for the people and communities who call the Caribbean home," she said.

The CTDC will soon introduce an interactive consumer web video contest with the theme "Why My Life Needs the Caribbean,"offering Caribbean vacations as prizes for winners.

"Our goal with CaribbeanTravel.com is to create a one-stop shop for travelers and travel agents with all necessary information, images and vacation offers at their fingertips," said Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, co-CEO of the CTDC and Secretary General of the CTO. "Our goal since day one of the creation of the CTDC has been to create buzz and business for the Caribbean," said CHA Director-General Alec Sanguinetti, who doubles as co-CEO of the CTDC.

Choice Hotels International, the strategic hotel partner of the Caribbean Hotel Association, seeks to help increase the profitability of Caribbean small hotels with state-of-the-art revenue management systems, a powerful reservations system, a US$175 million marketing campaign, and dedicated Brand Performance Consultants.[-End]

Can our government now be defined as "oppressive", if not tyrannical?

I would to "tyrannical" and "oppressive" the term, "all powerful," to wit:

Democrats dominate the major media.

-How Americans saw the mainstream media (TV and print) election coverage in 2008: Rasmussen poll -- 69% for Obama, 6% for McCain; Pew Research poll -- 67% for Obama, 11% for McCain; Sacred Heart University poll -- 68% for Obama, 9% for McCain; Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll -- 67% for Obama, 11% for McCain; U. of Cal. Department of Public Policy survey of journalists nationwide during the 2008 election -- 52% supported Obama, 19% McCain.

-9/2009 Sacred Heart U. Poll: 69.9% saw national news media as promoting the Obama presidency while 26.5% disagreed.

-8/15/12 Rasmussen Poll: 59% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the media favored Obama, 18% Romney.

-Number of Republican president candidates the New York Times endorsed since 1960? Not one.

6/1/13 …: In a Gallup Poll released in the heart of the gun control debate last April (after months and months of hysterical coverage), only 4% of Americans saw gun control as a priority.

-The pro-democrat media has ten times more viewers than pro-Republican Fox News (5/25/11 huffingtonpost.com).

Here's an example of the media's objective "news":

-5/5/13 …

DAN RATHER: All of these things we’ve said about what the president could do, should do, might have, could have, but the central thing to keep in mind is his opponents - you talk about taking them out to dinner, making nice with them - these people politically want to cut his heart out and throw his liver to the dogs. That does make it very, very difficult to come on nice to them.

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Yeah, it causes indigestion over dinner don’t you think?

Democrats dominate the government K-12 “education” system:

-… Top All-Time [political campaign] Donors, 1989-2012: The NEA (teachers’ union) gave $43,613,263: 71% to democrats, 5% to Republicans; the AFT (teachers’ union) gave $34,698,466: 86% to democrats, 0% to Republicans.

They dominate universities:

-3/29/05 Washington Post: 72% of higher education teachers are liberal, 15% conservative; at elite schools: 87% are liberal, 13% conservative.

-2/7/11 … Dr. Haidt argued that social psychologists are a “tribal-moral community” united by “sacred values” that hinder research and damage their credibility — and blind them to the hostile climate they’ve created for non-liberals; nearly 80 percent of psychology professors are Democrats, outnumbering Republicans by nearly 12 to 1.

-April 2012 report on American universities … “In some areas it [liberal dominance] is so extreme that it amounts to virtual exclusion of any but left-of-center faculty members.”

-5/21/13 … Not a single conservative was invited to speak at Ivy League commencement events in 2013; of the top 100 universities listed by U.S. News and World Report 62 chose liberal speakers versus 17 conservatives; in 2012 96% of their political contributions for president went to Obama.

They dominate labor unions:

… Top All-Time [political campaign] Donors, 1989-2012:

-Of the top 21 biggest political donors 13 are labor unions who gave less than 2% to Republicans.

-The NEA (teachers’ union) gave $43,613,263: 71% to democrats, 5% to Republicans; the AFT (teachers’ union) gave $34,698,466: 86% to democrats, 0% to Republicans.

-In 2008 The International Assn of Fire Fighters gave 75% of its political cash to democrats, 25% to Republicans.

-In 2008 National Air Traffic Controllers Assn gave 83% of its political cash to democrats, 17% to Republicans.

-The National Treasury Employees Union (includes IRS employees) political contributions in 2012: 94% went to democrats, 4% to Republicans.

10/21/10 WSJ: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is the biggest outside spender of the 2010 elections. It gave 0% to Republicans between 1989 and 2012.