Posted on 06/29/2009 2:59:33 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
MIAMI | The Honduran military on Sunday ousted leftist President Manuel Zelaya and exiled him to Costa Rica - an action rejected by much of the world, including the United States and its sometimes foe, Venezuela.
The apparent catalyst for the coup came last week when Mr. Zelaya decided to go ahead with a nationwide referendum on whether he could purse a second term in office. Honduran electoral law limits leaders to one four-year term. Continues...
Have you hugged a Latin American tyrant today?
Being America-haters themselves, liberals have always had the hots for America-hating communist dictatorships, so on Sunday libbies were having paroxysms of fury that Honduras's Hugo Chavez-wannabe Manuel Zelaya got his butt ousted from power in what the New York Times insists on falsely calling a military "coup". It turns out that Zelaya's removal was ordered by Honduras's Supreme Court, the military was merely complying. Hey, I thought liberals loved court-ordered things, like court-ordered busing, court-ordered racial quotas and stuff?
Obama was so upset at what had happened in Honduras, he didn't go out for ice cream. Instead of waiting a whole week to respond, he swiftly issued a statement expressing 'deep concern' that the military had not allowed Zelaya's abuse of the constitution to go forward via an illegal referendum. Also expressing 'deep concern' were such beacons of democracy as Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chavez. "I call on all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter," said Obama's Teleprompter in an angry statement.
Hillary Clinton was furious, too! "The action taken against [Zelaya] violates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and thus should be condemned by all!", she said, insisting that the autocrat must be restored to power in order to have freedom there.
Liberals insist we should never interfere in any other nation's internal affairs, except for Honduras. Castro has butchered around 100,000, North Korea is starving, beating and executing people in "labor camps" and Iran's mullahs slaughter protesters in cold blood, but it's Honduras that has liberals upset.
Like a good little liberal, Zelaya had no use for his country's constitution. Under the Honduran system, oddly just like under the American system, the president doesn't have the authority to unilaterally change the constitution, so Zelaya insisted he did, attempting a rewrite by having Chavez ship him the requisite illegal ballots in order to hold an illegal referendum to let him seek another term. The Honduran Supremes ruled the planned vote unconstitutional, basing their ruling on something called 'the plain text of the constitution'. Congress would have to approve the referendum to call for a constituent assembly.
After the military was ordered by the high court not to cooperate in the illegal referendum, Zelaya fires the chief of the armed forces, who then gets reinstated by the high court. So late last week, Zelaya -- like all good democracy lovers -- led a mob of street thugs to raid the military installation storing Chevez's ballots, instructing them to pass 'em out. (President orders up street thugs. Mobs, unions. Sounds like a community organizer whose name escapes me right now.)
Under orders from the high court, the military arrested Zelaya, letting him off easy by exiling him to Costa Rica in his pajamas.
With North Korea and Iran in a bidding war to see who could be tougher with the weenie in the White House, now Chavez is upset with Obama, too, accusing him of organizing the "coup". He also accused Obama of running a banana republic.
Yet, to Obama, Honduras -- like everything else -- is just one of those 'distractions'. He's busy instilling the idea that we need to ruin our health-care system by having government run it -- then wham! "Coup" happens in Honduras. He's plugging away the notion that the feds can control the weather by raising taxes under Crap & Trade -- then wham! Another distraction -- North Korea threatens to launch missiles at Hawaii. This is what happens when you're a narcissist and the world of 'distractions' revolves around you.
Anyway, that's...
My Two Cents...
"JohnHuang2"
A man holds a constitution of Honduras as demonstrators opposed to Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, protest in Tegucigalpa, Friday, June 26, 2009. President Manuel Zelaya is promoting a Sunday referendum on constitutional changes that has plunged the country into crisis by setting the president at odds with the military, the courts and the legislature that have branded the vote illegal. (Photo/Esteban Felix)
The red is what interests me. Other photos of Zelaya supporters show many of them wearing red as well.
I’m not finding direct evidence of it but I seriously suspect ACORN involvement. The Zelaya supporters are the unions and poor and I’m reading that various social groups are organizing their protests (rioting)
Students wearing gags on their mouths protest against Honduras President Manuel Zelaya outside the Venezuelan embassy in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, June 25, 2009. President Zelaya's attempt to hold a referendum on reforming the constitution has pitted him against the country's top courts, the attorney general, military leaders and even his own party, all of whom argue the vote is illegal. (Photo/Fernando Antonio)
I hate to say it, but dead men dont return.
Supporters of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya shout slogans outside the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, June 25, 2009. President Zelaya's attempt to hold a referendum Sunday on changing the constitution has pitted him against the country's top courts, the attorney general, military leaders and even his own party, all of whom argue the vote is illegal.(Photo/Fernando Antonio)
That was the mistake they made in Venezuela back in 2002.
They were humane, and exiled the horse’s @ss. I guess they should’ve Ceaucescu’ed him.
I think Hugo Chavez’ merry band wears red. That said, I think ACORN does have some backdoor ties to these people.
Note that the ballots were obtained from Venezuela. VZ is also involved in our elections, because they make and program the electronic voting machines used in many places, and there has been some question about the honesty of these machines.
I am sure all these things are connected.
I’m picking up some sort of ethnic difference, between photos of supporters. Classic ACORN, drive a racial and class wedge.
2 Leftist leaders supporting another.
Reckon Hugo & Bozo would go peacefully?
“Note that the ballots were obtained from Venezuela.”
Yep. Two sets of ballots, probably. The ones the people were to fill out so they could be disposed of, and the other set of ballots that was already filled out ‘correctly’.
If the UN, Chavez, Castro, and Obama are all opposed to an action, you know it must be a good thing.
It’s good news, none the less. If the MSM will stop covering MJ, maybe we’d hear more good news...
Like Chavez, Zelaya doesn't think much of term limits and his country's constitution.
On another note, The Messiah should be worried about a coup of his own. He might one day be praying for exile.
I was thinking the exact same thing. There is a marked difference between the supporters of Zelaya and the anti-Zelaya protestors. The Zelaya supporters look like they have no idea what they are there for, other than they were promised “free stuff”.
If there were any doubts as to the leaning of our president, they are clear now...
Obama siding with Castro and Chavez against the ouster of a potential dictator who as trying to circumvent his nation’s constitution says it all...
We have a wanna-be dictator occupying the White House...
And we don’t do anything about our socialist dictator.
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