Honduran Coup: The U.S. Connection - Democratic Underground

Downwinder

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Fri Aug-07-09 11:06 AM
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Honduran Coup: The U.S. Connection

Foreign Policy In Focus

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6329

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Judi Lynn

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Fri Aug-07-09 12:21 PM
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1. This catastrophe has taught us we can never ever be sure about any of our own politicos.

Many of us never had a reason in the world to suspect Lanny Davis would involve himself in something this filthy. It just goes to show you you never REALLY can know what a person's capable of, unfortunately, when it comes to all out deceitfulness.

He has always portrayed himself as a good guy, and it seemed real....

From the article:

Davis claims that the coup was a "legal" maneuver to preserve democracy. But that's a hard argument to make, given some of its architects. One is Fernando Joya, a former member of Battalion 316, a paramilitary death squad. Joya fled the country after being charged with kidnapping and torturing several students in the 1980s, but he has now resurfaced as a "special security advisor" to the coup makers. He recently gave a TV interview that favorably compared the 1973 Chilean coup to the June 28 Honduran coup.

Sad, sad, sad.

Known criminals running this show, holding absolute power over people who are their indisputable moral superiors.

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Fri Aug-07-09 12:35 PM
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2. Speak for yourself. They are all attorneys,

hired guns for the highest bidder.

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flamingdem

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Fri Aug-07-09 01:21 PM
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3. It's what John Dean calls the authoritarian personality, no logic deters them nt

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flamingdem

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Fri Aug-07-09 01:22 PM
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4. I mean Davis is the paid poodle for the authoritarian megapack nt

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Downwinder

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Fri Aug-07-09 01:28 PM
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5. And I'll bet Yoo could argue convincingly against torture.

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Judi Lynn

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Fri Aug-07-09 02:29 PM
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6. Short note: Fruit-of-the-Loom Boycott Grows

Fruit-of-the-Loom Boycott Grows
August 7, 2009

WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (OneWorld.net) - British and American students are engaging in a day of action today against a major clothing company that closed a factory in Honduras after workers formed a union. Some 100 universities are already boycotting the Fruit of the Loom-Russell Corporation for human rights abuses in its factories abroad.

http://us.oneworld.net/article/365950-students-protest-companys-anti-union-stance

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Fri Aug-07-09 02:44 PM
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7. I got my check on the 4th, so I went shopping. I could not

remember which brands not to buy so, I didn't buy anything. Saved over $100.

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