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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 11:59 AM
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If Reagan was Teflon, and George W. Bush was rocks, Obama is cardboard

http://counterpunch.com/


What Leaving Honduras Hanging Says About Obama
The Man Who Wasn't There


It’s a dangerous precedent for the people of Latin America when President Barack Obama sides with coup-mongering oligarchs, as he did in recognizing the tainted presidential elections in Honduras. But it’s an even more dangerous precedent for the world, because it shows how easily he caves in to right-wing extremists in Washington.

If Reagan was Teflon, and George W. Bush was rocks, Obama is cardboard. People who need help can’t lean on him; conservatives roll right over him.
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I'm not sure just what I think about the Honduras mess but I thought you all should see what is being
said in this article.

I agree the election was rigged but our govt. seemed to go back and forth as to which side we were on?
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:06 PM
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1. Seriously - is this a Democratic board still? I'm just curious. n/t
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:08 PM
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2. we should just ignore what others are saying about our president?


what do you mean?
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:46 PM
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11. How about just not repeating made-up bullshit? nt
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Laelth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:10 PM
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4. Seriously - is the Democratic Party still democratic? Even remotely liberal? I am quite curious.
:dem:

-Laelth
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 05:43 PM
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12. You're curious; they're yellow
Demanding fealty to an administration just because of a name is basically what's going on here. It's obvious, and it's tiresome.

The cult of the personality is an outrage to the marrow, and it makes me gag.
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 08:00 PM
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14. What do you mean by "they're yellow"? Was that a racist reference to cowardice via skin tone?.
Edited on Tue Dec-08-09 08:16 PM by ClarkUSA
Just curious.

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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-09-09 12:57 AM
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16. Where did you get THAT ugly bit of character assassination?
To those with a rudimentary acquaintance with American usage of the English language, "yellow" means cowardly.

The joke comes from the ground-breaking Swedish film "I am Curious Yellow", although it's admittedly a bit obscure.

Attempting to silence opponents by tarring them as despicable is a chickenshit display of unscrupulousness, and completely avoids the issue at hand.

WHERE THE FUCK do you discern racism there? Is it a habitual insult to silence others, or am I just special? Are those who dare to disagree with you automatically deserving of scorched-earth fury that's designed to disgust others?
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-09-09 01:22 AM
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17. It is a habitual insult to silence others,
That poster thinks they can do it with impunity.
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-09-09 11:11 AM
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19. no, it's just called being a dick. apparently if one supports the president they are now a coward,
Edited on Wed Dec-09-09 11:13 AM by dionysus
on top of being a cultist, warmonger ect.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:09 PM
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MUAD_DIB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:17 PM
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6. I'm concerned too! Why isn't Obama fixing everything?
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:18 PM
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7. lol - I've been here, unpaid, since the 2000 coup d'etat


good try
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:19 PM
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:20 PM
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9. Not according to your profile you haven't.
Edited on Tue Dec-08-09 12:27 PM by HiFructosePronSyrup
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:26 PM
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10. at the beginning I posted as donsu


in loving memory of Ch. Sakura's Donsu, CD and Ch. Sakura's Ensho, CD
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-09-09 01:22 AM
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18. Papers please
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 12:11 PM
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5. Ensho has kook event.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 06:18 PM
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 08:01 PM
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15. !!!
:rofl:
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