(Somewhat) In memoriam: the King of Pop, the prince of Late Night, America’s sex symbol, and oh yeah, 156 Chinese protesters
Over the past week, death seemingly wormed its way into every major headline. First it was Ed McMahon, legendary side-kick to the more legendary Johnny Carson. Sexy pin-up Farrah Fawcett followed suit with MJ moonwalking to his grave just hours later. The Grim Reaper then added Billy “Who?” Mays, Steve McNair, and Robert McNamara to his already sizable collection.
In fact, major news networks struggled to keep up with the slew of celebrity deaths as various planned tribute broadcasts switched from McMahon to Fawcett to the grandiose spectacle that was the Michael Jackson memorial.
Possibly the stupidest bumper sticker that I’ve ever seen
Driving home from the gym today, I was behind a car that had a bumper sticker that read “No More World Drama, Vote Obama”.
I know it’s meant to be hyperbole and I understand that Obama has higher approval ratings in foreign countries than George W. Bush did or John McCain probably would have had, but has Obama saved us from world drama? I don’t think folks in Iran, North Korea, Iraq or Honduras would agree (and that’s just in the past month).
Until Obama finds a way to bring democracy to Iran (and dismantling their nuclear weapons program), stop North Korea from developing nuclear arms, quell violence in Iraq and allow Honduras to have a government that is not authoritarian, then I’ll believe that Obama can actually stop world drama.
This is not a coup in Honduras
The alleged coup in Honduras is actually a defense of democracy and of the Right.
President Obama has come out against both, puzzling freedom-loving Americans. Does Obama oppose term limits on presidents? That is the issue in Honduras - the ousted president intended to extend his term, Chavez-style.
While Obama was “giving some rub” to Hugo Chavez at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, perhaps a bit of that desire for term limit abolishment rubbed off on him.
One has to wonder why an American president would oppose the democratic interests of a majority of the people of Honduras. Perhaps Obama wants to abolish term limits here as well…
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