Posted on 08/30/2009 5:09:01 PM PDT by don-o
If the Obama administration were a flotilla of ships, it might be sending out an SOS right about now. ObamaCare has hit the political equivalent of an iceberg. And last week the president’s international prestige was broadsided by the Scots, who set free the Lockerbie bomber without the least consideration of American concerns. Mr. Obama’s campaign promise of restoring common sense to budget management is sleeping with the fishes.
This administration needs a win. Or more accurately, it can't bear another loss right now. Most especially it can't afford to be defeated by the government of a puny Central American country that doesn't seem to know its place in the world and dares to defy the imperial orders of Uncle Sam.
I'm referring, of course, to Honduras, which despite two months of intense pressure from Washington is still refusing to reinstate Manuel Zelaya, its deposed president. Last week the administration took off the gloves and sent a message that it would use everything it has to break the neck of the Honduran democracy. Its bullying might work. But it will never be able to brag about what it has done.
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Where can I find stuff made in Honduras so I can buy it?
I don't believe that. The operation was most likely cleared in Washington- may have been instigated there.
Seriously, Zelaya doesn't have a leg to stand on, and neither does obama on this.
Bananas and coffee are Honduras’ principle exports.
I don’t know which brands are from the country.
Great point! Conservatives need to start a “HELP KEEP HONDURAS FREE: BUY HONDURAN PRODUCTS” campaign.
Remember that the American Democrat party has long been the enemy of democrats around the world. Or perhaps far more loyal to leftism than to democracy. For years they called communist insurrectionists “agrarian reformers”, and when they took over and brutalized some poor nation, the Democrats would forget about that barbarity and instead focus on the next batch of “agrarian reforms”, who were butchering helpless peasants for “the cause”.
What could possibly motivate Democrats to *always* embrace tyranny and viciousness? Why do they so *hate* poor, oppressed people? What deity in the blood drenched philosophy demands human sacrifice?
They not only support such tyranny, but they bitterly oppose those who try to thwart it, or end it. Why do Democrats always choose the path of evil?
Like Limbaugh said, "I want him to fail."
Thanks - looks very good. Will read later. Bookmarked.
You're in luck, check out The First Honduran Online Mall at Honduras.Net
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Let this be a lesson to ALL patriots ousting a would-be dictator: kill him and be done with it.
In other words, leftists are liars...
Can this administration get anything right?
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I just emailed my Senators in VA and my representative:
I am appalled to read that Hondurans will be denied US Visas! Their Supreme Court and Congress legally removes their president for attempting to override their constitution and this is the US response? Please help reverse this decision!
I wish I could do more!
There’s a very good buy on coffee. Have you bought through this site? Anyone?
Anybody going to DC on 9/12 should bring signs supporting Honduras.
This is outrageous and just proves that we the people have voted in a Socialist Government.
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