Quotes of the day
posted at 10:45 pm on September 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
“The Department of State announces the termination of a broad range of assistance to the government of Honduras as a result of the coup d’etat that took place on June 28…
The Department of State recognizes the complicated nature of the actions which led to June 28 coup d’etat in which Honduras’ democratically elected leader, President Zelaya, was removed from office. These events involve complex factual and legal questions and the participation of both the legislative and judicial branches of government as well as the military.
Restoration of the terminated assistance will be predicated upon a return to democratic, constitutional governance in Honduras.”
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“Unfortunately, we won’t suffer a single minute for our decision. The people of Honduras, who have worked hard to establish a stable democracy so they can finally pull themselves out of abject poverty, will pay instead. They do not deserve this treatment from us. They deserve our praise and all the help we can possibly give them.
To borrow an oft-used Obamaism, let me be clear. Our government is demanding that the current government of Honduras violate its own laws to return a man to power who ignored the lawful orders of his own courts and deliberately attempted to violate the Honduran Constitution to satisfy his own desire to remain in office longer. Our position is shameful and wrong and it needs to change.
The President should turn around on this issue right now. He has put us on the side of tyrants and that is never a place the United States should be.”
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No kidding. Whenever I read comments at a site like DU or DKos it creeps me out. There really are two Americas – a collectivist one and an individualist one. My America demands you take responsibility for your actions…theirs demands you be a slave to the “needs” of your brother.
We each think the other are monsters for their ideology, but at least the individualist respects your choice to be a monster unto yourself.
blankminde on September 3, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Gotta love all the thought that went into this “smart diplomacy”
GarandFan on September 3, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Has the white house envisioned the end game to this?
rob verdi on September 3, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Yeah, but this time he’s sorry that he is an ass and not the rest of us.
Cindy Munford on September 3, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Being a hopeful and self-assumed tyrant himself, Obama is on key.
Liam on September 3, 2009 at 11:48 PM
The way things are going, he just may go down in history as the 44th and last POTUS.
No joke.
Dave R. on September 3, 2009 at 11:30 PM
and the first naked Emperor Hussein the First. Sieg Heil !
Steve Z on September 3, 2009 at 11:48 PM
And Republicans are a**holes?
Speakup on September 3, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Will somebody please wake me up from this horrible nightmare?
cannonball on September 3, 2009 at 11:48 PM
I cannot believe he’s doing this, but, actually it makes sense. It is what he is all about.
I’ll be there.
4shoes on September 3, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Pledge allegiance to Hugo and Fidel and you’ll get your assistance back.
Buy Danish on September 3, 2009 at 11:50 PM
You’ve been ‘clear’ enough. State facts and avoid opinions, AP. This site is better off without your ~ahem~ ‘expertise’.
Liam on September 3, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Wish I could help you but even booze can’t get us out of this nightmare.
Dire Straits on September 3, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Have faith in the American people, the ending will be sweet.
califdreamnred on September 3, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Shame on us.
Saltysam on September 3, 2009 at 11:52 PM
FIFY
Liam on September 3, 2009 at 11:54 PM
A nation that has turned its back on God goes into judgment. This is always a very sobering stage. I think this is where we are.
daesleeper on September 3, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Nah…you didn’t vote for this idiot…he never asked or cared what you thought…shame on him.
AUINSC on September 3, 2009 at 11:54 PM
And Hillary is backing up the bastard…..
Will Hill, if you had a snowsball chance in hell to knock off Obama,
that boat has left the dock. I suggest Bill & yourself find a little villa
in Venzeula, because you won’t live in peace if you stay in America.
izoneguy on September 3, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Well, they are in for a rude awakening….they are about to run out of my money.
izoneguy on September 3, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Shame on 22% of the voters and those that sat it out…the other 30% are a$$holes.
califdreamnred on September 3, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Make that the Washington Examiner and I’m in.
Dusty on September 3, 2009 at 11:57 PM
She shares his views on this one; she has always had a soft spot for Latin American socialist dictators.
Vashta.Nerada on September 3, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I can’t believe my eyes but I just turned on CNN to see if they are talking about this Jones scandal, and they are burying Michael Jackson right now.
Buddahpundit on September 3, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I wonder what the ‘unintended consequences’ of this is going to be…?
Seven Percent Solution on September 3, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Should’ve said Zelaya, but I can’t imagine our focus when dealing with honduras being anything other than with respect to chavez in venezuela.
ernesto on September 3, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Liam, I’m not sure you understand the QOD. AP only posts excerpts from others and provides the link for the full text.
Usually, this is one of AP’s great signature events at the end of each day.
Saltysam on September 3, 2009 at 11:59 PM
I’m ashamed of the Department of State. And shocked. No words can describe how sorry I feel for the people of Honduras.
TN Mom on September 3, 2009 at 11:59 PM
I have a feeling she’s being forced on this issue. Word is her crony Lanny Davis has been representing Honduran “business” interests against Zelaya in DC.
elduende on September 4, 2009 at 12:00 AM
“You need to return to democratic, constitutional governance by ignoring your own constitution and rejecting democracy.” The President of the United States is a Marxist.
Jim Treacher on September 4, 2009 at 12:00 AM
You have more of an inside track on this, but I recall in the pre-internet days she was pretty boisterous in defense of Allende.
Vashta.Nerada on September 4, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Ah, but he throws in his own views, most often with subtlety. As I’ve been seeing, his personal biases are coming more to the fore.
Merely an observation, if you will.
Liam on September 4, 2009 at 12:03 AM
The most beautiful thing about the United States of America is that I don’t have to take care of or give a damn about you if I don’t want to.
Why does the left forget this fact? So what if I’m being “mean” to someone? Do not legislate my attitude and personality.
I like to give my money to charity. I trust charity to take care of people. I don’t trust Gov’t to take care of people. Gov’t should not be in the same business as charity.
uknowmorethanme on September 4, 2009 at 12:03 AM
I hope Palin will make a strong statement on this issue. It would be easy enough for her to do, Obama having chosen the side of tyranny and all.
I’d be very disappointed if she remained silent while our long time ally, Honduras, is railroaded by Obama, (which is exactly what I expect Romney to do because his focus groups are probably unfamiliar with the circumstances and won’t be able to lead him down the correct path).
FloatingRock on September 4, 2009 at 12:06 AM
AUINSC on September 3, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Unfortunately, the President’s role, first and foremost, is international relations. He is a personification of our nation.
Yeah, since I spoke loudly against and voted against him, I’d love to cross my arms and point my nose in the air and claim “T’aint my fault”…
…but at the water’s edge, I must accept the responsibility of my nation.
Shame on us.
Saltysam on September 4, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Chavez deserves no respect, and we should deal with Honduras as we should be dealing with Columbia, as a democratic ally against totalitarians like Chavez.
That first line was a play on words, but Venezuela is not the regional powerhouse you think it is. Chavez is not popular anymore, food lines are growing, and the country is going bankrupt. They don’t even have a worthwhile military, as they rely on FARC to do their dirty work now.
Vashta.Nerada on September 4, 2009 at 12:06 AM
I share your sentiment, but where do you think this issue rates on the priority scale with most of America?
Saltysam on September 4, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Where is Danny Glover, Sean Penn and Harry Bellafonti?? I’m sure they will have Chavez’s back!!
Dire Straits on September 4, 2009 at 12:10 AM
NEVER go there. Any shame on America is because of our alleged ‘leaders’.
That’s why we get to vote every two years and remove a sitting president every four.
Love it, man! Have a little faith!
Liam on September 4, 2009 at 12:11 AM
An important thing to notice is that Obama wouldn’t be taking this position in favor of Marxist despots if it wasn’t wildly popular with US Latinos.
Buddahpundit on September 4, 2009 at 12:11 AM
The Dominionist argument…
Yes, we have turned our back on God, insofar as God as Concept, God as why we exist, how to live, how to treat one another, how the world operates and so on.
The Deism enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and followed by Jefferson and Lincoln may very well save us but not the Christian Right, let them scream and rave about the End Times from the churches till they are blue in the face.
/soapbox
Holger on September 4, 2009 at 12:12 AM
The lefties claim that the Honduras current gov’t is nothing more then a right wing dictatorship and practices police brutality on its citizens. The lefties also claim from that Kos report the Honduras government is illegal. I can find no reports of their claims at all. If they are worried about police brutality then they better worry about our neighbor Mexico because it has plenty there and probably Venezuela. Bottom line BO has no excuse for his actions.
garydt on September 4, 2009 at 12:13 AM
The libs think dumping on Honduras is safe because its not a kitchen table topic, imagine what would be going through channels to become law if we weren’t here along with the other alternative media to ring the warning bells.
Speakup on September 4, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Ratings change every day. They aren’t the end-all and be-all.
The media issue polls to make news, to keep the sheep herd in line. What was the theme of Spike Lee’s movie Do the Right Thing: “Fight the Powers That Be.”
Liam on September 4, 2009 at 12:16 AM
They work for Obama, so be ashamed of him first and foremost.
FloatingRock on September 4, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Oh I have no doubt ideologically she’s more in tune with the hard left than the right but, although I have no proof except my gut and what I see in the public space, I sense she’s more of a pragmatist at least when compared to Obama. I may be wrong.
Either way, on this point, its moot, Honduras is being screwed by the leftists in this government in support of their fellow Marxists in the hemisphere.
elduende on September 4, 2009 at 12:20 AM
There is no need to worry folks I’m sure “Family Guy” Robert Gibbs will give a whiz bang answer about this Honduras thing at the White House Presser. That is IF someone asks the question about Honduras!
Dire Straits on September 4, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Obama is going to bomb on Honduras. Wait for it. He won’t just have egg on his face, but he’ll also have crow to eat on his breakfast plate.
Liam on September 4, 2009 at 12:23 AM
That’s not true. Cubans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Peruvians, Nicas, and more importantly Hondurans living in the States stand against Zelaya.
elduende on September 4, 2009 at 12:23 AM
To play devil’s advocate, was the Judiciary allowed under the Honduran Constitution to remove the President if he violates the Constitution? If not, then it was technically a Coup.
For instance, Congress can remove POTUS but our Judiciary cannot.
Holger on September 4, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Yup….
AP nailed it but didn’t quite deduce what is going on in the Won’s head…..
Best case scenario: he is just shouting out to his homeboy Hugo and wants Hugo to get what Hugo wants….
Worst case: he is looking longingly at aiding the “international precedent”(shoutout to the liberal wing of SCotUS)that a nation’s constitution and the safeguards versus extraconstitutional overreach by el Jefe can become the norm here and he never has to stand election again….
sven10077 on September 4, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Honduras to Obama/Hillary/Whoever….
Chupar un huevo.
Limerick on September 4, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Liam on September 4, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Well, I would love to see this rate higher than “health care” or “stimulus”. It would mean the American revolution is alive and well.
But, the great political center in this country has never been known to stand very tall on matters of State.
Saltysam on September 4, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Most of them have no idea what’s going on in Honduras, or that Honduras has been an ally for decades, and that it’s not just another banana republic. If American’s were aware of our alliance with Honduras and of Zelaya’s failed coup attempt and how he was following the path of Chavez, Obama wouldn’t dare side with Chavez for fear of a cry for impeachment, I like to think.
FloatingRock on September 4, 2009 at 12:28 AM
What obama is dling is scoring free political points. He appears to be pushing the current Honduran government to have elections knowing that they intend to do so, in order to be able to say at a later time “they had elections because of our pressure”
Ropera on September 4, 2009 at 12:31 AM
a good summary from a native
Sorry if a Presidnte…let’s call him Barry decides that he can be el Presidente for life and it is against the Constitution….and he declares “well I own Congress so see no impeachment so I won”….
I’d take the word of the Honduran Chief Justice…..let’s call him Juan Roberts….that “gosh Senor Pentagon perhaps you should step in and restore order and law” to be a better moral position than, “hey I wants my job back Michelle is angry I left”…..
YMMV
sven10077 on September 4, 2009 at 12:31 AM
ABO 2012.
WisCon on September 4, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Hmmm… I’ve actually wondered about that. I’ve considered sporting a Honduran flag on my car in solidarity with Honduras but live in a heavily Hispanic infiltrated agricultural area of Washington state and wasn’t sure how it would be interpreted.
FloatingRock on September 4, 2009 at 12:32 AM
It’s late and the “I pledge to be a servant to Obama” video just scared the shit out of me. I crave the company of patriots!
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50632298
Oh, and in an effort to stay on topic, bad on Obama for the whole Honduras brouhaha.
I cannot believe how quickly this country is hurtling toward its end.
haikusrock on September 4, 2009 at 12:34 AM
I need a pair of rose colored glasses. Get me out of this funk. I want to believe, I really do!
Saltysam on September 4, 2009 at 12:34 AM
The Obama administration has used the progressive socialist “living constitution” method of interpretation in constructing U.S. policy for the Honduran situation. What the Honduran Constitution actually says is irrelevant. We must interpret what it says in the light of what we want it to say because it is a living document. We must be in tune with great leaders like Castro, Chavez, and Morales; therefore provisions in the constitution that required Zelaya to be fired if he were to violate those provisions are void. This is entirely consistent with the view of all progressive socialists. That which advances the socialist ideal is true and right, regardless of the unfortunate existence of laws that are violated and regardless of the primative concept of absolute truth.
stefano1 on September 4, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Probably there aren’t any, but I’d love to see poll numbers on this issue broken down by country of origin.
FloatingRock on September 4, 2009 at 12:38 AM
I know the Constitution forbids the President from seeking a second term but does the Constitution allow the Judiciary to order the removal of the President?
If not then it is technically a Coup, granted backed up by the Judiciary.
If our Congress removed the President it is perfectly legal and not a Coup, even if they have to order the Military or another Government agency to forcibly eject the man from the White House.
Holger on September 4, 2009 at 12:39 AM
I think we need to admit that the vast majority of those who migrate here from Latin America are those who are the most willing to live under a Marxist regime. If you tell them “we are going to take everything away from the gringos and give it to you”, far from being opposed to the plan, they will think it’s the most beautiful thing they have ever heard.
Buddahpundit on September 4, 2009 at 12:39 AM
!Viva la constitucion de Honduras
Saltysam on September 4, 2009 at 12:40 AM
To suffer the pain of what we have done to ourselves by letting Obama become president is one thing, but it another degree of pain to see that Obama, in our name, is inflicting harm on another country whose citizens want to be free. How low can we go?
GaltBlvnAtty on September 4, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Sure….watch Jimmah and the Mrs inaugural parade. Then watch Jimmah’s malaise speech, or sweater speech, or Desert One speech. Better yet, just print up a the electoral map from the day after election ’80.
Carter-the-Taller is falling faster then the old rabbit hunter ever did.
Limerick on September 4, 2009 at 12:41 AM
Considering that Obama looks down on the trade agreement with Columbia and instead sides with Chavez and FARC, I think your best case scenario can be eliminated as a possibility.
FloatingRock on September 4, 2009 at 12:42 AM
I am very disappointed that people on the right are not calling this situation what it is: The Precedent’s support of Zelaya’s attempted coup, with the complicity of his adminstration and the Congress. It is not shameful, it is pathetically criminal. No one with a brain has any excuse to see this situation any differently. It is all out in the open and in black and white in the Honduran Constitution. I wish conservatives will get the clear heads to call it what it is. Continuing to hear about the “government coup”, either in the affirmative from the left or the negative from the irght, is pathetic. It is Zelaya’s coup. Obviously.
progressoverpeace on September 4, 2009 at 12:43 AM
God help us if the Pentagon were to become part of this disgrace.
Saltysam on September 4, 2009 at 12:45 AM
I see you were already stressing that it was Zelaya’s coup. Good job, FloatingRock. Someday it will get through.
progressoverpeace on September 4, 2009 at 12:47 AM
Let’s see what happens now, if Ogabe decides to have a gladhand session with Zelaya while telling him that he will be able to return to power in Honduras.
Ogabe was creeping me out before, but this sort of shiite…man oh man.
Bishop on September 4, 2009 at 12:47 AM
How the Pentagon is going to play out the next 3 1/2 years is a significant question.
GaltBlvnAtty on September 4, 2009 at 12:47 AM
This is where Libs suddenly become “strict constructionists” when it suits them….
Look our Constitution has a huge hole in it(in theory) as regards “impeachment as a safeguard from tyranny”….
Frau Botox will NOT under any circumstances impeach Barry unless he switches parties….
sad fact….
so if Barry decides one day, “I uh am thinking term limits is now arbigated by my uh executive order…” and Nan won’t stop him do they get to subvert the Constitution or does the branch of government who is in theory the last bastion of non-partisan judgement on the Constitution get a say?
I’d go with “easily as justifiable as misusuing the commerce clause to regulate internal state farming”….
YMMV…..
btw….
THE CONSTITUTION
What happened in Honduras on June 28 was not a military coup. It was the constitutional removal of a president who abused his powers and tried to subvert the country’s democratic institutions in order to stay in office.
The Honduran constitution does not establish an impeachment process by Congress. However, in 2003 the constitution was amended, giving the Supreme Court, and not Congress, the duty to handle the processes initiated against “the highest ranking officials of the State.” This amendment also eliminated the benefit of immunity that high-ranking officials had enjoyed until then. Thus, the president is subject to prosecution–just like any other citizen.
It is also important to note that after Zelaya’s ouster, the army didn’t seize or retain power. The Honduran Congress, as specified by the constitution, promptly swore in the speaker of Congress as the new president. Consequently, power stayed in civilian hands. The army merely enforced a court ruling, as provided for in the constitution.
The Honduran constitution is atypical in Latin American because of its repeated emphasis on presidential term limits. Due to the country’s authoritarian past, when both civilian and military dictatorships were the rule, the Honduran constitution bans any sort of presidential re-election.
The document is quite clear about this: Article 4 states that attempts to violate the alternation in the office of the presidency constitute “treason.” Article 42.5 even says that any person who incites, promotes or supports presidential re-election will lose his or her citizenship.
And Article 239 says that any person who has held the office of the presidency cannot be president or vice president again. Furthermore, it states that the officeholder “that violates this provision or proposes its reform, as well as those who support such a violation directly or indirectly, will immediately cease in their functions and will be unable to hold any public office for a period of 10 years.”
I added the italics for emphasis. Note the use of the word “immediately.”
so you explain to me how Barry is not looking for one of the two cases I offered based on this….
the Honduran system worked as intended.
sven10077 on September 4, 2009 at 12:49 AM
He’s taking it all the way. He doesn’t care how it looks. Allah is going to have to drop that “Did he really mean to …?” stuff pretty soon.
progressoverpeace on September 4, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Stay informed. Call your Congressman, Senator, This is this most Vile thing we have done too another nation!
READ WEEKLY. BOOKMARK.
http://www.hondurasthisweek.com/
I have no affiliation with this group but they sure seem to know what is going on. They are some expatriates I think from Britain and US
Sanmon on September 4, 2009 at 12:50 AM
One thing is becoming clearer everyday. Obama is not a good poker player.
He went “all in” before bothering to look at the facts of the Honduran Constitutionally-backed action. Now he’s trying to bluff after the cards have been turned face up, pretending not to notice he has already lost.
It’s clear he doesn’t understand the game. At all. And that’s dangerous.
BobMbx on September 4, 2009 at 12:52 AM
The sentiments of the 2nd article are well intended.
However, the poor people of Honduras will not “pay” from this insane decision. When you’re as poor as they are, and you subsist on 50 cents a day/week, you don’t care about Obama or Hillary’s inane decisions.
Who will suffer is Obama, may it be so, because the little-brained twerp doesn’t realize what he’s just done.
Hillary will suffer because she let him.
Constitutions, democracy, liberty and freedom, the world over, will suffer.
It coudn’t happen to a nicer bunch, our current idiots in chief.
Go Honduras! This little, and poor, country spreads more light to the world than we do, for shame.
Schadenfreude on September 4, 2009 at 12:52 AM
I scan the field and don’t see anyone that can fill the shoes that took that oath in Jan. ’81.
(Man, someone pass the tequila, cause this dark cloud won’t get off-a-me tonight)
Saltysam on September 4, 2009 at 12:53 AM
Eventually L they’ll be joined in that refrain by the majority of Americans too. Wait. My, would you look at barry’s poll numbers. hah. Chupar un huevo Barry.
I’m sure there are a few but the majority are pretty level headed. I would love to see the polling too.
Dude, I don’t know where you get that, but my family fled Communist guerrilla oppresion and came to this country with nothing almost 60 years ago. I have never met any latino that has fled any one of these countries that has not been proud to find a home here that has given them the opportunity to get ahead. How many Eastern Europeans that lived Communism have you seen clamoring for Communism in the US? I have seen none.
There may be some native born Puerto Ricans that have thrown their lot in with the blacks, that think as you say, and there are a lot of Mexicans that think that way, but never confuse those that have lived with Marxism abroad with those that want it here. (I can guarantee you that the people that want Marxism here are the ones that have never lived with Marxism before).
elduende on September 4, 2009 at 12:54 AM
It does seem to be out in the open more these days, as if Ogabe is daring someone to confront him on any of it. The Van Jones thing is a bellweather in my eyes; if Ogabe keeps that turd employed then the mask is off for good and we all get to imagine real hard on what the next few years will bring.
Bishop on September 4, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Saltysam at 12:53. Those are storm clouds. They are gathering, which is a good thing.
GaltBlvnAtty on September 4, 2009 at 12:57 AM
I’d offer you optimistic words for the next few years … but all I can say is that at least the eligibility issue is still outstanding. That’s the last legal emergency button outside of Congress’ control. I wish people hadn’t sullied it so, for no good reason, but it still exists.
progressoverpeace on September 4, 2009 at 1:01 AM
Sample of Honduran view:
Every empire takes a fall, and the seed of deceipt, well you grew it home. Mrs. Clinton is not actually the best person to be making judgements, after all she has had a torrent of scandals. Barack Hussein Obama, I think no one is clear on intentions or where the country is going (although you can get a slight image) but I sure hope the republicans and conservatives get a hold of themselves soon, or they will be approving a bill to make mandarin the second language, and a proposal for re-writing your name: AMERIHUA.
http://www.hondurasthisweek.com/
Help the Hondurans out, we may be next if we do not stop this!
Sanmon on September 4, 2009 at 1:01 AM
I’m surprised Glen Beck hasn’t added this to his list. Obama’s selection of Czars is one thing, but how does it all apply in practice? So far much of Beck’s theory has been relegated to the realm of possibility, whereas Obama’s alliance with Zelaya and Chavez illustrates how it can apply in practice.
Same goes for Mark Levin.
So Obama has a Diversity Czar that idolizes Chavez—and??? So, what???
Oh, yeah, Obama supports Zelaya, an acolyte of Chavez.
Why do they virtually ignore this issue?
FloatingRock on September 4, 2009 at 1:02 AM
If 0 keeps up at this pace and we keep the pressure on, it may be the least of his worries. We can “hope”…and work hard.
califdreamnred on September 4, 2009 at 1:05 AM
We need our real Constitutional scholars to come out and attack The Precedent’s position, head on, saying that he is supporting Zelaya’s coup. I have no idea where our legal minds are? None of them seems to have a mouth, and I would have thought that they liked this whole situation, academically. And people need to start asking Congress and the administration, “Why are you supporting Zelaya’s coup attempt?” And they had better have their facts available, which shouldn’t be tough. It’s a pretty straight-forward story. Not much nuance, to speak of.
progressoverpeace on September 4, 2009 at 1:07 AM
Maybe they won’t, now that policy is clear.
Otherwise…good question.
Saltysam on September 4, 2009 at 1:07 AM
We need a program to get volunteer human shields to Honduras. I volunteer myself but don’t have the resources to get there.
Holger on September 4, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Let’s hope not, Honduras is the next dot and it should be connected.
FloatingRock on September 4, 2009 at 1:10 AM
we need a program to get human shields to Honduras. I volunteer myself but do not have the resources to get there.
Viva Libertad!
Holger on September 4, 2009 at 1:11 AM
Look, this is really obvious. Obama wants to create one big happy family.
Hugo, Castro, Zelayo and Obamo.
The Marxist Brothers.
Daggett on September 4, 2009 at 1:13 AM
http://www.elheraldo.hn/
FU BARRY! Commie Fk!
elduende on September 4, 2009 at 1:14 AM
Buy Honduran cigars and smoke them. They make some of the finest cigars in the world. I recommend Hoyo de Monterrey, either their regular or up-market Excalibur brand. The Punch brand, particularly their “Grand Cru” is another wonderful cigar also hand-made in Honduras.
Both brands are owned by General Cigar. You can indulge yourself with a superlative smoke, with your pleasure enhanced by the knowledge that you are supporting a U.S. company and the free people of Honduras who make their living rolling the cigars.
Assegai on September 4, 2009 at 1:21 AM
This is payback.
The Democrats are punishing Honduras because Honduras helped support the US during the Cold War- particularly by helping evil Ronald Regan support those monstrous Contras against the peaceful communists of Nicaragua.
Which is of course what makes this so outrageous.
The lefty morons can’t tell the difference between our friends and our allies. Mainly because they think America was wrong during the Cold War and they wish the USSR had won.
Sackett on September 4, 2009 at 1:27 AM
For more Honduran exports to the US.
Check out Honduran bananas (Dole) (Chiquita), coffee, shrimp, textiles, and finished clothing that bear Honduran labels.
elduende on September 4, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Honduras:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1922.htm
elduende on September 4, 2009 at 1:32 AM
I hope the great people of Honduras stay strong and do not submit to this disgraceful blackmail.
rockmom on September 4, 2009 at 1:36 AM
The national flag of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will be hoisted at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on September 20, media reported Sunday.
RU Fkin kidding me???????????????
elduende on September 4, 2009 at 1:39 AM
Not quite right. They can certainly tell the difference, and they are loyal to their friends.
But the lefty morons are enemies of the US as it was founded and defined in the constitution. Our enemies believe in statism, fascism and dictatorship instead of liberty. So it’s only natural that the enemies of the US are their friends.
Daggett on September 4, 2009 at 1:39 AM
Does this mean we’re so far in debt that we now belong to China? I wouldn’t be surprised.
Daggett on September 4, 2009 at 1:39 AM
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