The last couple of days all I can find in the media is stories about the Right Wing Military Coup in Honduras. There is little truth in the stories. The truth is the mechanisms of Government worked to stop a man from becoming a dictator. The military is not in charge of the country, the same political party has power, the legislature and the courts are running things and a new president has been appointed from the same party. Elections will be held on schedule.
Please link this WSJ article.
You might ask why this matters to any of us. It matters because our Government is supporting the Communist President trying to become a dictator by incremental destruction of the constitution. That's right your President is agreeing with and working with Chavez, Noriega, and Castro. This is the same President that cannot bring himself to support the Green Movement in Iran.
Remember the story of the Nazi's coming for one group at a time until only the one man is left and there is no one to protect him. Freedom for other people is important for our Freedom. The rule of law is important.
Could it happen here? Could a man subvert the rule of law and the constitution and gradually move us to a dictatorship? Could this happen by slowly exerting authority over every aspect of our lives? Such as Salaries, the type of car we drive, our health care, when we can burn our fireplace, illegally fire inspectors who point out fraud and abuse, and what our kids are taught in schools we must send them to. Can you think of any place these things are happening?
If you are not scared I do not why not.
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