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To: revtown; Pessimist
"You made fark:" Little Green Footballs too.
38 posted on 02/18/2010 7:20:07 PM PST by atomic conspiracy (Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
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Taken from wikipedia:

The coup followed a year-long political crisis in Niger related to President Tandja’s efforts to extend his mandate beyond December 2009, when his second term was originally scheduled to end. Arguing that the people wanted him to remain in office, Tandja dissolved the National Assembly in May 2009 and subsequently appointed a new Constitutional Court, enabling him to push forward with a constitutional referendum in August 2009 that extended his mandate for an additional three years. The new constitution also enhanced Tandja’s power by scrapping the semi-presidential system of government in favor of a presidential system.

Um wait a sec... that’s exactly what Zelaya pretended to do in Honduras last yr. Will Hillary start to revoke visas?

All the wannabe dictators do the same, dissolve congress then reform the constitution to remain. See the pattern?

Beware America, beware.


39 posted on 02/18/2010 8:24:02 PM PST by HonCitizen (if to live, the fewer the men, the greater share of honor (Sheakspeare, Henry V))
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