On the Honduras thing: Only certain parts of their constitution can be amended, and the section on term limits is not one of them. In fact, what it says is that anyone who tries to go for another term, or tries to alter that section immediately forfeits his office and is barred form any office for 10 years. There is no "due process" to follow at that point. He either leaves, or gets dragged out kicking and screaming. Calling this a "coup" is incorrect - the military did its job. Pay careful attention to the spin language on this story--it'll give you a preview of what can happen here.

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O'Grady: Honduras Defends Its Democracy

That Mr. Zelaya acted as if he were above the law, there is no doubt. While Honduran law allows for a constitutional rewrite, the power to open that door does not lie with the president. A constituent assembly can only be called through a national referendum approved by its Congress.

But Mr. Zelaya declared the vote on his own and had Mr. Chávez ship him the necessary ballots from Venezuela. The Supreme Court ruled his referendum unconstitutional, and it instructed the military not to carry out the logistics of the vote as it normally would do.

The top military commander, Gen. Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, told the president that he would have to comply. Mr. Zelaya promptly fired him. The Supreme Court ordered him reinstated. Mr. Zelaya refused.

Calculating that some critical mass of Hondurans would take his side, the president decided he would run the referendum himself. So on Thursday he led a mob that broke into the military installation where the ballots from Venezuela were being stored and then had his supporters distribute them in defiance of the Supreme Court's order.

The attorney general had already made clear that the referendum was illegal, and he further announced that he would prosecute anyone involved in carrying it out. Yesterday, Mr. Zelaya was arrested by the military and is now in exile in Costa Rica.

Hugo Chávez asks for a lesson to coup-makers in Honduras

Honduran coup; impeachment on steroids?
Yes. This.

Obama concerned over expulsion of Honduran leader
Yeppers--he was backing Ze Liar:

Coup Rocks Honduras
The Obama administration and members of the Organization of American States had worked for weeks to try to avert any moves to overthrow President Zelaya, said senior U.S. officials. Washington's ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, sought to facilitate a dialogue between the president's office, the Honduran parliament and the military.

Honduras supreme court 'ordered army coup'
Manuel Zelaya, the president of Honduras, was arrested by the army in a coup ordered by the country's supreme court.

World tells Honduras to reinstate ousted president
Goodbye, sovereignty!
But saying Dinnerjacket and the mullahs to stop killing their own people is 'meddling.'

Leftist leaders hold emergency meeting over Honduras coup
Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, and other leaders met in Nicaragua Sunday night to offer a response to the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.

EU condemns Honduras coup, demands detainees freed

Protests mount in Honduras after military coup

Hondurans March in Support of New Government

Honduran army cuts media after military coup

Honduras' Zelaya invited to address UN Assembly
Zelaya Seeks UN Help to Regain Presidency in Honduras
U.N. Backs Ousted Honduran President

Exiled Honduras President Zelaya says he'll return on Thursday, won't seek new term
Pwease wet me back, I won't do it again!

Ousted Zelaya to be arrested if returns to Honduras

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Comradeship: Obama Adopts the Communist Party’s Position on Honduras

Banana Democrats

Fetishizing the Presidency - The Plank
The New Republic.


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All Obama, all the time: The president is getting overexposed
No kidding. I was tired of him by January of last year.

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U.S.'s debtor status worsens dramatically
In the midst of the longest, and probably deepest, postwar recession last year, the U.S. investment position with the rest of the world sharply deteriorated.

At the end of 2008, America's net international investment position was minus $3.47 trillion, the Commerce Department reported Friday. That represents the difference between the value of U.S. assets owned by foreigners ($23.36 trillion) and the value of foreign assets owned by Americans ($19.89 trillion).

At the end of 2007, the U.S. net international investment position was minus $2.14 trillion. Thus, America's net indebtedness with the rest of the world increased by $1.33 trillion, or 62 percent, during 2008. It was by far the biggest annual increase in data that go back to 1976.