On Jul 5, 2008, at 3:27 AM, phrv wrote:

> If Ingrid had not been linked to the "Betancourt" family
> (a multi-billionaire French family that owns most of Loreal),

Oh, *that* "Betancourt". Kewl. Thought the name was familiar, now I  
remember it from when I used to read the Forbes 400, heh, religiously,  
every year, in the 1980's. 

As for whether or not Swiss "public radio" are EuroWeenies, or  
leftists, I'll leave it to the quibble-istas to haggle about. I think  
I first saw the story being trumpeted in the Guardian or somesuch,  
which is as EuroWeenie and leftist a rag as there is, and that kind of  
source is where the preponderance of the echo chamber on this story  
is, now. With the exception of the Colombian military denying it on  
Voice of America, anyway. .

And, of course, now the commie-symp "mainstream" media in the US is  
now full of general FUD on the story, including, no surprise, this  
morning's Boston Globe. Azzoles.

Cheers,
RAH