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flamingdem

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21. He really is quite anti-communist / socialist
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 02:54 PM
Jan 2013

and this can be seen with the poor relationship towards Cuba and Venezuela, one area where I fault Obama. The State Department really blew it on Honduras -- there is a human rights crisis there as a result of undermining President Zelaya and not rejecting the coup thugs, one of whom is now running for President -- all because Zelaya was friendly with Chavez, and this is a disaster that has gone basically unreported. I understand being an Americanist but not to the point where one is blinded by the idea of other countries, weaker countries choosing a different system.

It's all words, it's all bullshit. POWER is what counts in the end.

I really hope that he addresses the multiple errors in Latin America in his second term but sadly there is not much impetus towards doing anything.

it means he's coming for us Enrique Jan 2013 #1
Ha! The Repukes are probably having a meltdown over that phrase octoberlib Jan 2013 #4
Repugs are thinking: flamingdem Jan 2013 #10
he mentioned fighting communism in the next few lines bigtree Jan 2013 #17
He really is quite anti-communist / socialist flamingdem Jan 2013 #21
That's what I heard & collectives are not unidirectional, top-down, authoritarian. patrice Jan 2013 #2
All partners are equal Fumesucker Jan 2013 #8
Learning. If one remebers past mistakes, one is less doomed to repeat them. nt patrice Jan 2013 #9
Indeed Fumesucker Jan 2013 #16
"high soaring"? what I heard was, tte, what happens was/is/will be about the work you do together. patrice Jan 2013 #18
Like the blind men and the elephant, the perceptions differ markedly depending on perspective n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #22
I agree to that, so I could never rationally say what one perceives isn't one's perception, but that patrice Jan 2013 #26
Absolutely, THIS is the new model, not capitalism flamingdem Jan 2013 #12
last time citizens took up him at his word this happened: virgo7 Jan 2013 #3
Obama: I want to be very clear in calling upon the Egyptian authorities to refrain from any violence Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #6
Well, he's obviously not Egyptian so what's the beef? Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #7
His admonishment to the Egyptian "authorities" is in stark contrast to the treatement endured Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #29
Wondering here if PNAC has given up it's lust to control Egypt. nt patrice Jan 2013 #15
Yeah, Obama should wear better disguises and stay out of CA. patrice Jan 2013 #19
yes, where was the protection for these protesters? Fight2Win Jan 2013 #24
Collective action...like the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is beaten and jailed. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #5
As I understand it, it's Occupies, each one it's own thing. patrice Jan 2013 #11
That is my understanding ChazII Jan 2013 #14
And around here, at least for a while, "our" Occupy was the Tea Party. nt patrice Jan 2013 #20
+100000 Fight2Win Jan 2013 #25
Always thought you vendetta types were more about vengeance than anything else. Silence can patrice Jan 2013 #27
1000 points of light... HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #13
With Martin Luther King Jr agrees with this message Fight2Win Jan 2013 #23
I believe Martin Luther King would be irate at what has happened to the poor in this country Fight2Win Jan 2013 #28
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