Of course he denies it. A politician telling the truth? Come on now.....
I have my certificate......
LOL! You really are a good girl, even if you did dye your hair purple and expose one shoulder.
That is sad but is it really true???
Girls look a lot more developed than they did when I was eight or nine. I was 13 before I even started all that business, but darn, watch out world when it did...geesh. Nothing scarier than sudden onset of hormones...
I read that the answer to teen pregnancy is to get the girls involved in sports or dance or music, something all consuming for the high school period.
A young woman I know well who was not athletic is the only one of her friends from HS who did not have a baby before she was 18. She never told me until later but it was because she went to a clinic and got the pill and a supply of condoms. I applaud her sense of responsibility, but I am also sorry for her that she really never knew what a loving relationship with a man was about.
It seems to be about being attractive and self protection. That is sad, at any age. I think convents are a nice idea from age 8-28. lol
What are you guys talking about? I have my certificate hanging right next to my college diploma. Don't you?
You would have to get that certificate at about age 8 or 10 over here! Ooh, thats not even funny. Sad is more like it.
You guys got me going. When I first read certificate of virginity, I mumbled to myself and was going to let it pass and then I read your comments! ROFL!!!!
I was ready to believer her till mom got in on it with her certificate, haha
LOL, I know Right? I guess they have to prove they are untouched before getting hitched over there? Can you imagine if that had to happen here? rofl!
"Her mother was also quite upset at the allegation and said she had a certificate of virginity for her soon to be married daughter. hmmm."
LOL..Sorry that was funny...Cert of Virginity..HA!
I saw a segment on cnn today. The girl that was named as being the prostitute was interviewed and she denied even knowing who they were talking about. Her mother was also quite upset at the allegation and said she had a certificate of virginity for her soon to be married daughter. hmmm.
Prostitution in the Dominican Republic is legal, but a third party may not derive financial gain from prostitution (brothels or similar establishments are illegal).[1] However, the government usually does not enforce prostitution laws.[2]
The Dominican Republic has gained a reputation of being a major destination for international sex tourism. Sex tourism is common, especially in Las Terrenas, Cabarete, Sosua, and Boca Chica.[1] Child prostitution is a problem, particularly in major urban areas and popular tourist destinations,[3][4] but there has been a decrease in child prostitution since 2001, with the increase in policing and the decrease in corruption.[5][6]
According to newspaper reports there are about 30,000 children and adolescents involved in the sex industry.[6][7] The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has started prosecuting individuals who are engaging in child prostitution.[8]
HIV prevalence in the country's estimated 100,000 female sex workers ranges from 2.5% to 12.4%, depending on the locale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_Dominican_Republic
I'm going to give the guy the benefit of the doubt,
"The senator is New Jersey's Robert Menendez, a 59-year-old divorced father of two who is set to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."
I think he was just practicing his "Foreign Relations."
So is it a conspiracy or is it the ugly truth. Sadly, I am inclined to believe it based on the bad behavior over time, from both parties. And if so, nail that sucker!
Did he use his expense account to pay for the party?? 58 grand for a weekend?? Wowie!!
You'd think they'd remember scandals of the past and try not to repeat. And then they take it to new levels.
At least he wasn't married so there is no sad wife at home. But still . . .
gross!
Oh boy!..Will these politicians ever learn?...
One of the trips involved official travel for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which he chairs, while the other two were personal trips, Menendez's spokeswoman Patricia Enright said. The senator is not required to publicly disclose information concerning personal travel, she said.
The senator made a payment of $58,500 from his personal funds to Melgen's company on January 4 for the full operating costs of the two flights Menendez took in August and September 2010 to the Dominican Republic, Enright said. It was an "oversight" on the part of the senator not to have paid for the flights at the time he took them, she said.
New Jersey state Sen. Sam Thompson, a Republican, sent a complaint to the Senate Ethics Committee in November calling for an investigation, saying Menendez may have violated Senate ethics by "repeatedly flying on a private jet to the Dominican Republic and other locations ... and soliciting prostitutes." Thompson said he did not hear back from the Ethics Committee.
At an event in Washington on Thursday night, when asked by CNN whether be violated Senate finance rules, Menendez said, "These are nameless, faceless, anonymous allegations. You should find out from them."
The Senate Ethics Committee said it could not comment. Enright said the senator assumes the committee is reviewing the matter, but he has not been contacted.
CNN asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday whether he thought Menendez was handling the controversy properly.
"First of all, Bob Menendez is my friend," Sen. Reid said. "He is an outstanding senator. He is now the new chair of the Foreign Relations Committee. Any questions in this regard direct to him. I don't know anything about it."
"I think the issue of the trips alone are probably not enough to suggest that he doesn't have the right to assume the chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee," Sloan said. "I think if all the allegations together prove to be true, that would certainly suggest questions about Sen. Menendez's fitness for the chairmanship and perhaps even his position in the Senate."
The executive director for CREW, which sent the Williams e-mails to the FBI, said people should "withhold judgment given the many questions about the source of these allegations and the timing of these allegations. I think the best thing is to wait for the FBI to investigate and figure out what really happened here, if Sen. Menendez did something wrong and if not, who's really behind this effort to smear him."
If this story evolves into a scandal and Menendez is forced to resign, the Democrats' majority in the Senate would likely get one vote thinner. New Jersey law allows Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, to appoint an interim senator until a special election, which would be no sooner than November.