Honduran regime's crackdown on dissent condemned »
Posted By kellekrapache128 2 months, 4 weeks ago in News
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras ? The de facto government of Honduras that took power three months ago found itself increasingly isolated Monday after suspending basic civil rights and closing down television and radio stations allied with ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Governments ranging from the United States to Chile to France condemned the moves, as did the Organization of American States, Human Rights Watch and the leading candidate for president in Honduras.
"We are very concerned by the de facto regime's suspension of fundamental liberties," said Charles Luoma-Overstreet, a State Department spokesman in Washington. "We call on the de facto regime to lift the decree and take the necessary steps to initiate a meaningful negotiation with President Zelaya."
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Wolfie20072 months, 4 weeks ago
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So is Obama and his thugs going to covertly back Chavez and attempt to overthrow the legal and Constitutional Government of Honduras? Looks to me like the reinstatement of the "banana republic" rules. Why do the democrats love dictators so much?
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cowboygrandpa2 months, 4 weeks ago
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Here is a sample of one you call a patriot.
http://www.quickchange.com/reagan/1987.html
Ronald Reagan - The Bonzo Years
1987
1/8/87
NBC reports that John Poindexter told Donald Regan he'd condoned the diversion of funds because he "felt sorry for the contras."
1/9/87
The White House releases the finding - signed by President Reagan on January 17, 1986 - authorizing the sale of arms to Iran and ordering the CIA not to tell Congress. Also released is the 2 1/2 page memo justifying the policy, which the President had not read.
1/12/87
The White House announces that George Bush's press secretary, Marlin Fitzwater, will replace Larry Speakes.
1/20/87
George Bush says President Reagan "is certain to this very day that he did not authorize arms-for-hostages." Contra Arms Crew Said To Smuggle Drugs - The New York Times
1/25/87
Four university professors are kidnapped in Beirut, bringing to 14 the number of Americans taken hostage under President Reagan, who once promised "swift and effective retribution" for such incidents. Several hostages have actually been in captivity longer than any under President Carter, who President Reagan frequently criticizes.
1/26/87
The Tower Commission interviews President Reagan about the Iran-contra scandal. Though he is said by a source to lack a "highly detailed recollection," he acknowledges having authorized the arms sale to Iran in August 1985. This corroborates Robert McFarlane's testimony and directly contradicts Donald Regan's.
1/28/87
"On the surface, selling arms to a country that sponsors terrorism, of course, clearly, you'd have to argue it's wrong, but it's the exception sometimes that proves the rule." - George Bush on Good Morning America.
2/11/87
President Reagan tells the Tower Commission that after discussing it with Don Regan, he now remembers that he did not authorize the arms sale in advance. Commission members are disheartened when, while reciting his recollection from a staff-supplied memo, he mistakenly reads his stage instructions aloud.
2/19/87
Retrieved computer messages show that Oliver North shared secret information with the Iranians. Says a source, "Ollie was running his own covert operation within the authorized covert operation."
Yep this is the great man Republicans hold up as their example of how a president should rule. Hahahahahahahahaaaaaa !!!!!! -
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