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Niger president tightens grip on power
The Times ^
| August 8, 2009
Posted on 08/09/2009 5:44:43 PM PDT by Loyalist
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Before anyone gets all upset, this article is about the president of Niger, although the tactics he used may put us in mind of another president.
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posted on
08/09/2009 5:44:43 PM PDT
by
Loyalist
To: Loyalist
The mods just had a coronary! LOL
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posted on
08/09/2009 5:47:45 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
(For every clinic bombed or burned, 17 to 18 churches are burned down. MSM? MSM?)
To: Loyalist
Hmmm...you know for a moment I had to think about whom you were referring to.
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posted on
08/09/2009 5:50:25 PM PDT
by
chris37
To: icwhatudo
LOL...could see it coming!
To: Loyalist
The Kenyan Imposter is impressed, takes notes.
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posted on
08/09/2009 5:52:35 PM PDT
by
y6162
(uish..)
To: Loyalist
Dangerous headline there, one little spelling error and POW!
To: Loyalist
[The] president...has secured another three years in office and unlimited runs at future terms, in a referendum that opposition officials have called a coup d’etat in all but name. Preview of coming attractions.
To: Loyalist
May America have the courage to do what Honduras did when this happens here.
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posted on
08/09/2009 5:55:47 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: icwhatudo; All
"The mods just had a coronary! LOL" Me TOO!!!
(note to self....make that Lenscrafters appointment..ASAP)
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posted on
08/09/2009 5:57:20 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Loyalist
If you are going to insult our President this way, I guess it’s just as well that you can’t spell. The lamestream media would pick up on it in no time, and the lefty bloggers, etc.
To: Loyalist
"Tandja’s move to extend his tenure, condemned by the US"I wonder why Obama condemned Niger's President for a successful coup, but didn't condemn Honduras' President for unsuccessfully trying the same exact thing?
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posted on
08/09/2009 5:58:22 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Loyalist
Tandja consolidating power. Castro being eased up on. Kim Jong-il gets his Clinton photo op. Chavez get's drooled over...
It's good to be an oppressive dictator when the obama administration is in power.
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posted on
08/09/2009 5:58:25 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: Loyalist
This thread is doomed to the fate of the first thoughtless reply...don’t be that guy. Chris Matthews is getting a tingle up his leg right now.
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posted on
08/09/2009 6:05:20 PM PDT
by
Sender
(It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
To: Arthur McGowan
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If you are going to insult our President this way, I guess it’s just as well that you can’t spell" I think you might have misread the title and did not read the article...
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posted on
08/09/2009 6:05:53 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
(For every clinic bombed or burned, 17 to 18 churches are burned down. MSM? MSM?)
To: Arthur McGowan
That’s the exact title in the linked article: “Niger president tightens grip on power”
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posted on
08/09/2009 6:08:02 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
(DRAFT BARBOUR 2012!)
To: Loyalist
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posted on
08/09/2009 6:11:38 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
To: Arthur McGowan
If you are going to insult our President this way, I guess it’s just as well that you can’t spell. The lamestream media would pick up on it in no time, and the lefty bloggers, etc.
I wouldn't expect some of the mainstream media and most of the lefty bloggers to have much general geographic knowledge, so yes, some may pick it up.
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posted on
08/09/2009 6:12:52 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: Loyalist
Niger’s Constitutional Court had ruled that Tandja could not hold the referendum, but he dissolved the court in June and replaced its members. He also dismissed parliament and arrested opposition figures. Hondurans now know how fragile freedom is. I wish every American did.
To: Loyalist
Sounds just like our 2012 & 2010 elections are going to happen. God help America
To: Yossarian
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