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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (57391)	7/2/2009 10:23:34 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

"Obama taking the side of the tyrant" No; he's taking the side of lawn order. Constitutional process. Impeachment, not coup. The process of democracy.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (57391)	7/2/2009 11:55:43 AM
From: nigel bates	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

>>Honduras...... How do you explain Obama taking the side of the tyrant (sic)...<< I know, it's a real puzzle. Could it have something to do with this ? narcosphere.narconews.com "...The same Congress that, after the military had kidnapped, beaten and dumped President Manuel Zelaya in Costa Rica had declared one of its own, Roberto Micheletti as the coup "president" today passed an emergency law stripping Hondurans of the following rights from the country's constitution: 1. The right to protest. 2. Freedom in one's home from unwarranted search, seizure and arrest. 3. Freedom of association. 4. Guarantees of rights of due process while under arrest. 5. Freedom of transit in the country...."

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (57391)	7/2/2009 12:11:17 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 149317

Isn't the current Honduran President a plant by the military whereas the deposed one is who got elected? Obama is saying the same thing as the other leaders are saying. =========================== ...excerpt The OAS said it was "gravely concerned about the political crisis in the Republic of Honduras as a result of the coup d'etat" which it said "has produced an unconstitutional alteration of the democratic order." Zelaya, who was elected in 2005 to a non-renewable four-year term, was due to hold talks in Washington Wednesday with US officials, one day ahead of his planned return to his Central American nation of 7.5 million people. news.smh.com.au