Dec 2 2009

What Do the Dalai Lama and the F-22 Have in Common?

Answer: Obama won’t pose for a picture with either of them:

When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska’s Elmendorf Air Force Base last month, the unit there parked a shiny new F-22 fighter plane in the hangar. But according to multiple sources, White House aides demanded the plane be changed to an older F-15 fighter [...]

Oct 30 2009

Zelaya returns

Today’s news brings word that Manuel Zelaya will return as the president of Honduras thanks to American diplomatic pressure. It is perfectly fitting that the signal diplomatic triumph of President Obama’s first year in office is the restoration to power of the lawfully deposed Honduran thug and friend of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega and [...]

Sep 5 2009

Obama’s Honduran mistake, Part Two

As Scott discussed here, the Obama administration has decided to cut off all non-humanitarian aid to Honduras in an attempt to pressure the country’s interim government to accept the return of its deposed president. The deposed president, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya, is a friend of Hugo Chavez who illegally sought to emulate Chavez’s ascent [...]

Jul 22 2009

HeistWatch - Day 1

Day 1 after the Washington Times reported that the chief of staff to impeached Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, Enrique Flores Lanza, may have stolen millions of dollars in cash from the Central Bank of Honduras, three days before Zelaya himself was arrested for treason…
So far, I have found only one newspaper that has even so [...]

Jul 19 2009

Reuters Still Stuck on "Coup"-pid

I reckon the antique media still thinks they’re living back in the days of “Uncle Walter.”
Reading this Reuters story about “talks” between negotiators for deposed leftist wannabe-dictator and the legitimate government of Honduras is a little like reading Pravda: It all seems perfectly sane, perfectly rational — but originating from a long time ago [...]

Jul 1 2009

Krauthammer on Obama administration’s support of Honduran leftist dictator-want-a-be

Krauthammer on the Obama administration’s defense of leftist Honduran President Zelaya, a man who was ousted by the country’s Attorney General, Congress, and Supreme Court - because he was trying to strong arm his way to an illegal referendum to make himself Presidente for life: “Whenever you find yourself on the side of Hugo Chavez, [...]