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Pterodactyl Donating Member (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 12:57 PM
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13. Unacceptable!
"Under the siege, constitutional guarantees are suspended, private vehicles without authorization are banned from the streets, groups are not allowed to meet; bars, restaurants and discos must close at midnight and residents are prohibited from carrying firearms, the officials said."

This is not acceptable. Bolivia is going to have to do a lot better than that if it wants to be a respectable nation and not a banana republic.

If they keep this up, watch how the terms will change from the "Bolivian government" to the "Bolivian regime".
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  - Bolivian 'state of siege' declared amyrose2712  Sep-12-08 08:58 PM   #0 
  - And who's bankrolling this eastern insurrection?  RufusTFirefly   Sep-12-08 09:06 PM   #1 
  - DING! DING! DING! n/t  amyrose2712   Sep-12-08 09:30 PM   #2 
  - Evo might want to read up on Patrice Lumumba  RufusTFirefly   Sep-12-08 09:41 PM   #3 
     - I'm sure he has. You would be surprised...  High Plains   Sep-13-08 12:25 PM   #11 
        - I'm pretty sure he has too. And you're right.  RufusTFirefly   Sep-13-08 09:15 PM   #38 
        - Socialist reforms or 'death', Bolivian president says  bemildred   Sep-13-08 09:25 PM   #39 
  - Great post! n/t  CLG_News   Sep-13-08 12:33 PM   #12 
  - Well, the International Republican Institute has been busy  High Plains   Sep-13-08 03:06 PM   #15 
     - and hasn't John McCain been leader of that group for the last 10 years? or is  Hestia   Sep-13-08 03:43 PM   #22 
  - at least there was a warning > don't mess with  bluesmail   Sep-12-08 09:59 PM   #4 
  - Dyncorp, Blackwater. The "new" US economy strikes again  iconicgnom   Sep-12-08 10:18 PM   #5 
  - Ecuador, Honduras support Bolivia, Venezuela in expulsion of U.S. envoys  bemildred   Sep-12-08 10:24 PM   #6 
  - Bolivia province under martial law  bemildred   Sep-13-08 12:32 AM   #7 
  - This is the first I've heard of "talks"--and wouldn't you know, it's Al Jazeera.  Peace Patriot   Sep-13-08 06:16 AM   #9 
     - Also those crazy nuts want to take pensions away from the elderly  AlphaCentauri   Sep-13-08 12:01 PM   #10 
        - I think it's a matter of $50 million, for the pensions ($35/mo!) for the elderly poor--  Peace Patriot   Sep-13-08 06:11 PM   #35 
  - I called Boxer and Pelosi today and asked why we're supporting  sfexpat2000   Sep-13-08 12:38 AM   #8 
  - The Money Party: Million Dollar Assholes: Carville, Shrum & Greenberg  mod mom   Sep-13-08 10:59 PM   #43 
  - Unacceptable!  Pterodactyl   Sep-13-08 12:57 PM   #13 
  - Well. no. They have an armed insurrection on their hands  sfexpat2000   Sep-13-08 03:12 PM   #18 
  - ?  Pterodactyl   Sep-13-08 04:08 PM   #25 
     - When armed mobs are putting lives and property at risk,  sfexpat2000   Sep-13-08 04:11 PM   #27 
     - OK, you win.  Pterodactyl   Sep-13-08 10:15 PM   #40 
        - Bombing and killing sympathizers of Morales is unconstitutional  AlphaCentauri   Sep-13-08 10:41 PM   #41 
        - Of course not, but apparently you don't think Bolivians deserve constitutional protections.  Pterodactyl   Sep-14-08 04:19 PM   #48 
           - Where were you during discussions of US involvement in overthrowing the Bolivian government  Judi Lynn   Sep-14-08 04:38 PM   #50 
           - Where was I?  Pterodactyl   Sep-14-08 05:49 PM   #52 
              - The Bolivian Constitution is not suspended.  bemildred   Sep-14-08 05:53 PM   #53 
                 - I agree with you. Totally!  Pterodactyl   Sep-14-08 05:58 PM   #54 
                 - Not suspended.  Pterodactyl   Sep-14-08 06:03 PM   #55 
                    - Do you know that your constitutional rights are suspended right now?  bemildred   Sep-14-08 06:09 PM   #56 
                       - OK. So you think the Patriot Act was a good idea, then?  Pterodactyl   Sep-14-08 06:21 PM   #57 
                          - LOL.  bemildred   Sep-14-08 06:27 PM   #58 
                             - ROTFL!  Pterodactyl   Sep-14-08 10:00 PM   #59 
           - Morales supporters are Bolivians too  AlphaCentauri   Sep-15-08 02:49 PM   #64 
        - The first duty of any government is the safety of the populace. n/t  sfexpat2000   Sep-14-08 01:09 AM   #44 
           - OK, OK! They should give up freedom for security. You win.  Pterodactyl   Sep-14-08 04:16 PM   #47 
              - You need to have some contact with the facts of the situation.  Judi Lynn   Sep-14-08 04:30 PM   #49 
                 - So the threshold for curtailing constitutional rights is 30 people?  Pterodactyl   Sep-14-08 10:18 PM   #60 
                    - Well, here is a more close to home example  AlphaCentauri   Sep-15-08 12:31 PM   #61 
     - Like the U.S. did in WWII?  LanternWaste   Sep-15-08 01:32 PM   #62 
  - Interesting  gaspee   Sep-13-08 03:35 PM   #21 
  - Nope.  Pterodactyl   Sep-13-08 04:06 PM   #24 
  - Take time to learn more about the subject you are discussing.  Judi Lynn   Sep-13-08 04:13 PM   #28 
  - Bolivian Armed Forces Reject Chavez Intervention  ohio2007   Sep-13-08 01:02 PM   #14 
  - Misleading headline. Chavez offered support, not intervention. n/t  sfexpat2000   Sep-13-08 03:13 PM   #20 
     - So where does Russia stand on the issue posted by this " pro-autonomy "  ohio2007   Sep-13-08 05:13 PM   #30 
        - The people who were killed were ambushed, and pro-government. Did you not take time to read  Judi Lynn   Sep-13-08 05:27 PM   #32 
        - What does Russia have to do with this?  sfexpat2000   Sep-13-08 05:30 PM   #33 
        - More on the violence you want to share with DU'ers:  Judi Lynn   Sep-13-08 05:46 PM   #34 
        - When President Mikheil Saakashvili order to kill Russian Soldiers serving as peace keepers  AlphaCentauri   Sep-13-08 10:46 PM   #42 
  - Revolt of the Rich  bemildred   Sep-13-08 03:08 PM   #16 
  - Surprising, and GREAT seeing this article actually published by Newsweek!  Judi Lynn   Sep-13-08 04:00 PM   #23 
  - It being in Newsweak was interesting.  bemildred   Sep-13-08 05:23 PM   #31 
  - "The rich are revolting! The rich are revolting". ...I agree, ...  happydreams   Sep-14-08 05:04 PM   #51 
  - I guess BushCo needs to correct Latin American before January  CatholicEdHead   Sep-13-08 03:09 PM   #17 
  - Chile to Call Summit to Discuss Bolivian Crisis, Bachelet Says  bemildred   Sep-13-08 03:12 PM   #19 
  - Well, that's interesting--UNASUR's entry into the Bush-instigated mess in Bolivia.  Peace Patriot   Sep-13-08 06:58 PM   #36 
     - I think you've got it.  bemildred   Sep-13-08 07:48 PM   #37 
        - I should add that this is why the Bushwhacks/Corpos have to demonize Chavez  Peace Patriot   Sep-14-08 12:27 PM   #45 
  - Call for Bolivia  roody   Sep-13-08 04:10 PM   #26 
  - My god, had no idea Fr. Roy Bourgeois was imprisoned and tortured by US planted dictator Hugo Banzer  Judi Lynn   Sep-13-08 04:25 PM   #29 
  - "Washington" is acting like a spoiled, little brat  gtar100   Sep-14-08 01:09 PM   #46 
  - Reporters Without Borders urges president and opposition prefects to restore calm after ten day  AlphaCentauri   Sep-15-08 01:53 PM   #63 
 

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