Let Not the Honduran Constitution Go Quietly

Down in Central America a quiet drama is being played out in Honduras.  The president of Honduras, Manuel Zalaya, was expelled by the Supreme Court of the country and the legislature for attempting to change his term limits by referendum.  The Honduran constitution Article 239 states; "Anyone who violates this provision or who proposes its reform, as well as those who support that violation directly or indirectly, will immediately cease to hold their respective positions, and will be disqualified from any public post for 10 years.

Despite what appears to be clear language preventing power grabs that seem to have been invented in Latin America, the forces of the Left in the United States and others in the U.N. have circled the wagons to get the would-be dictator back into power.  President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton along with their good buddy Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are doing their damndest to dislodge the interim government.  The full court press is on for the U.N. to deliver a resolution condemning Honduras for protecting itself from despotism.  Uh, wait a minute, I thought we were supposed to be for the guys protecting their constitution.  But such is the leftist psychosis in Washington.  I don't know how many of you listen to Denis Prager, but God Bless him for broadcasting his radio show from Honduras in a show of solidarity with the Honduran people by right thinking people here in the states.  Conservatives are wary that the Sol Alinski, Hugo Chavez path to power will be taking place here.

Why?   How could that be?   I have said it before, by removing the Honduran legislative, judicial and military insurrection from public sight, Obama and company preserve their own paths to ultimate power here in the U.S..  Hugo Chavez would have been stopped in his tracks if the Venezuelans had taken the same steps as Honduras.  But they did not and hence we have another tin-pot dictator in Latin America.  Some of the amazing bounty Chavez has produced for his country is a shrinking free press, arbitrary jailings, nationalization of industry and private property and a warping of the constitution and democracy that has made him de facto president for life.  Remember this is the same Hugo Chavez that Jimmy Carter and Sean Penn adore.  The same Hugo Chavez that is trying to become a nuclear buddy with Russia and is buying huge amounts of arms and weaponry to destabilize the balance of power in the region.  The American people can ill afford to have these leftist governments popping up in the Southern hemisphere and supported by the barrel of a gun.

The American people also cannot afford to let the Venezuelan chain of events happen here.  Obama was scarcely elected when Kool Aid drinking legislators were talking about removing term limits for the U.S. presidency.  It is no great stretch of reason that if the Cult of Obama reached critical mass we could have that push take place again.  The so-called Fairness Doctrine and versions of it, which dramatically reduce freedom of speech, are still looming out there as Democrats sting from the lash of conservative radio.   Our U.S. government has effectively nationalized parts of the auto and banking industry.  The Venezuelan template is coming true inside our borders.  The possibility that we have begun the slide into a leftist authoritarian state is very real.  I hope and pray that our system of checks and balances will survive further erosion (and Democratic control) and keep us from the abyss.  Were our nation confronted with a usurper like Zelaya in Honduras,  I would hope our military, legislature and judicial powers would step forward to protect our freedoms and constitution.