Oh, boy, I DO second this motion!

Poster of The Year, courtesy of José Reyes, over there at Cubanology.

For our English speaking readers, the sign reads:

"Honduras is the example for the world. We don't have oil nor dollars, but we've got balls".

'nuff said.

PD: Can someone, please, page POTUS and his entourage? Should we extend the message to the Americans still blinded by The One?

Tell me who your friends (or your posters) are...

or whose' face do you wear in your hat, or your T-shirt... and that will say it all.

Honduras has become the last pro-democracy bastion in Latin America.

And, believe it or not, the Obama administration has chosen to side with the Chavez-wannabe that wants to destroyed all the leaps the small country has made towards democracy and the rule of law.

Hondurans are outraged with Obama position - yes, that same president that decided he couldn't "meddle" in Iran's conflict when thousands of civilians were being killed while protesting the stolen presidential elections.

They feel America has betrayed them, and I - personally - can not agree more.

For a very long time the US has been hitting hard Latin America's power grabs, "banana republics" and so on. But now, when it has the chance the side with democracy, what have we got? Shame on you, Mr. President.

Shame on you.

Super H/T to Babalu Blog

My 4th of July's tale

For the first time in my life, I had a close encounter with the symbol of America - the bald eagle. It was on 4th of July's Eve, when I took my kiddo - along with some good friends - to the local zoo. I've never seen bald eagles before; mind you, this Cuban (American) Mom has been so for only a few years.

I am not a huge fan of zoos; although I believe they do great things for animals, specially those that are not fit to live in their natural environments anymore, I can't help the feeling that I rather see those animal living in their natural habitats...

But this trip gave me - among a lot other great sights - the chance to see bald eagles and to witness the singing-barking conversation this lovely couple was having, up close and personal.

What a coincidence, I thought, just in the eve of the 4th of July, which is a dearest celebration for me, way beyond barbecues, friends and fireworks.

And when I told my son "Look, they are bald eagles, they are the symbol of America, the symbol of your homeland", he was really quick to note the obvious: "Mama, pero ellas no son calvas". (Mom, but they are not bald).

They really are magnificent animals. I tried to keep them in my mind as the symbol of this year's 4th of July, specially in the middle of the thunder storms that are loving us way too much this summer.

And when I was ready to start whining about the weather being the single item that didn't work with us and with the fireworks this year, I first read about a father who has lost his son in Afghanistan, right on Independence Day.

What on earth should I complain for, because of the rain on the 4th of July?
In this life, everthing is so relative... depending on the set of eyes you're using to look at them.
Thank you, Aaron.

Yet another proof of POTUS media manipulation

When a liberal columnist like Helen Thomas - which I was quite unfamiliar with until yesterday - refuses to be muzzled by The White House manipulations, well... I guess that says it all, right?

The Media Research Center is congratulating her. And after yesterday's rant, that is flying all over the net, during an interview with CNSNews.com, she blasted:

“Nixon didn’t try to do that,” Thomas said. “They couldn’t control (the media). They didn’t try.“What the hell do they think we are, puppets?” Thomas said. “They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them.”

Thomas said she was especially concerned about the arrangement between the Obama Administration and a writer from the liberal Huffington Post Web site. The writer was invited by the White House to President Obama’s press conference last week on the understanding that he would ask Obama a question about Iran from among questions that had been sent to him by people in Iran.

“When you call the reporter the night before you know damn well what they are going to ask to control you,” Thomas said.“I’m not saying there has never been managed news before, but this is carried to fare-thee-well--for the town halls, for the press conferences,” she said. “It’s blatant. They don’t give a damn if you know it or not. They ought to be hanging their heads in shame.”

Really? How come nobody have noticed it before we have been having a State Run Media, biased and blindly in bed with the current administration and its cronies, waaaay before election day?

I guess only these crazy, right-wingers Cuban Americans - who, BTW, know a thing or two about censorship and state-run media - and their American conservatives allies were the only ones seeing the fireball that was coming...

Oh, boy... the more one stirs the landfill, the more it stinks.

Slapping POTUS' face; no speeches needed

Sign reads: We are not Chávez's puppets)

This photo says it all. It's from El Nuevo Herald article on the interim government decision to suspend some constitutional guaranties in order to regulate protests.

Rolando Dubon, congressman from the Liberal Party - Manuel Zelaya's own party - explains (my own translation):

"This is being done (because) there is a risk that there are many people from other countries in Honduras, and there is the concern that they could try actions against the citizenry and the new government," although he didn't gave more details about the presence of foreigners.

People I know with relatives in Honduras have been telling me that it's vox populi the fact that many Venezuelans are organizing protests pro-Zelaya in Honduras territory.

And knowing myself who Chávez and his thugs coaches on public demonstrations are ... should I connect the dots?

The Drudge Report posted this Reuter's story on Honduras resisting pressure from everywhere - including the US administration - to allow Zelaya's return. Double standard, anyone?

Crash course notice

Could we forward this crash-course on the events in Honduras to POTUS, please?

IMHO, a little bit of education on the topic wouldn't be harmful...

At least a post it note, delivered via Gibbs, with a summary blurb about this "democratic coup"?

It's like knocking in a stone-deaf's door - maybe they are too busy hiding ACORN scandals, naming Czars and ousting IG's that have discovered the putrid smell of the current administration ways to do business?

Aaaggg!

The country we have become

A few lonely rangers in this former profession of mine still have some ethics and decency - and guts, if I may add.

Gibbs is the worst clown of this circus we've got ourselves into...



May be not every thing is lost?

Not quite sure after seeing this other; a formal declaration on the life that lies ahead under a gangster's government:



I want to keep the faith in the American people, I want to believe that most of us will not allow this administration to take us to the road of destruction, I really want to believe so...

It's just that some days is harder than usual...

H/T to at Babalu Blog