Sep 29, 2009 01:12
1) To preserve democracy in Honduras, Micheletti and his cronies oust democratically elected President Zelaya at gunpoint; to protect the Honduran constitution, they suspend the civil liberties granted therein; to prevent anyone from thinking they're dictators, they raid and shut down major news outlets.
2) A government census worker is murdered in Kentucky, most likely because he worked for the government.
3) There was a facebook poll asking if President Obama should be assasinated. (I'm telling you, Facebook is evil.)
Here's the scoop on democracy, folks - it only works if we agree not to kill each other when the other side wins. Without that, we got nothing.
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