I have avoided blogging for the last month because I have been trying to get out of the political discussions that have pervaded my blog for the last few months.  It has seemed so bizarre that the virtually no one in the media (except right wing blogs and radio) is challenging Pres. Obama's attempt to borrow our way to prosperity.  (In actuality, it is not borrowing since not even China wants our debt.  Rather it is printing money to ease today's recession - setting up a stag-flation situation like occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s.)  Spending more than you make worked so well for American consumers that the Government thinks it is the way to prosperity.

Now, we have bizarre politics on the international scene.  Pres. Obama and most of the rest of the world have said relatively little while Iran kills or arrests young people there who are protesting what appears to be a fraudulent election.  Of all countries - it is France - who has spoken out with the strongest condemnation of Iran's oppression of it's citizens.  

While killing and arresting those who disagree with a fraudulent election is ok, what is not ok is for a country to get rid of a dictator in the making.  Last week the military in Honduras escorted Pres. Jose Manuel Zelaya out of the country.  The US and others in the International community has condemned the "military coup d'etat".   Interestingly, however, the removal of Pres. Zelaya was not planned by the military and the military did not interfere with the replacement of Pres. Zelaya with his constitutional successor.   It seems that the military was acting on orders from the Honduran Supreme Court who ordered Pres. Zelaya arrested after he repeatedly ignored rulings against him by the Court.  (It seems being escorted out of the country is worse than being arrested for abuse of power charges).  Not only did the Supreme Court vote for his ouster, so did the Honduran Congress (including his own party) and the Honduran Attorney General.  Pres. Zelaya's successor - Pres. Roberto Micheletti - is from Zelaya's own party.

The international community is now insisting that Pres. Zelaya be returned to power in Honduras.  Apparently the Honduran Supreme Court, Congress and Attorney General should have no say in the matter.  Pres. Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is promising to overthrow the new regime.  Something is wrong when the U.S. is siding with the Castro, Chavez and Ortega. 

Lets make sure to put Zelaya back in.  That way we can have a solid block of leftist dictators in Latin America.  It is just was we need right now.   Then perhaps we should start working on repeal of the 22nd Amendment.  Apparently, it is still a great time to be a dictator.