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• • 15 Oct 09
  • 3:03 pm

  Is there perhaps some distortion of reality going on here with regards to the facts and how the Honduran people really view the whole situation? : "The international press would have you believe that Honduras is in disarray. Nothing could be further from the truth. A constitutional change of government occurred, without violence; and this constitutional change has brought the people of Honduras together in defense of their constitution and their freedoms. Hondurans and foreigners, both sides of the political spectrum, stand solidly together to support HONDURAS. Tens of thousands of people have staged rallies throughout the country in support …

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• • 11 Oct 09
  • 12:44 am

  I would submit that the reason "community organizers" may be having a bad year is due to their own shady behavior, which far overshadows people merely attempting to point it out. Anyone sympathetic to the supposedly angelic charter of ACORN should be calling them out on the carpet for what they've done on their own accord, rather than constructing a smoke-screen of excuses, justifications and finger-pointing in another direction.

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• • 11 Oct 09
  • 12:03 am

  It's inexplicable the position of Obama in this case. Even those who voted for him are scratching their heads. This is someone who went on and on about "the people", "democracy", etc etc. All that's out the window in the case of Honduras here, as well as regarding Iran and the struggle of its people to attain some semblance of self-determination and freedom of expression, political and otherwise. Shame on you Obama. Not only are you turning out to be no fan of individual human freedom, you are guilty of misleading the American people into assuming that you were.

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• • 13 Oct 09
  • 7:30 pm

  I'm afraid I don't buy all the excuses and rationalizations. blackhorse. Obama is not even doing the bare minimum up until now assumed to be a basic duty of any U.S. President -- standing up for freedom and standing against those who would deny it. And when he does, belatedly, it's half-hearted at best.

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• • 14 Oct 09
  • 10:10 pm

  It is a desire over a reality in many cases Maria. Desire comes before reality, usually. However, the problem with Obama is that he doesn't even seem to harbor the desire, or the spirit, and that's troubling. Obviously there are world forces and competing interests that make it difficult to say things like:

  "I am here to promote the Freedom Doctrine. The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today, is the whole southern half of the globe: Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, the lands of the rising people. Their revolution is the greatest in human …

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