My new favorite newspaper is the Wall Street Journal. Tyler had to start getting for one of his classes. I steal it and read it when I can. Today I read a couple of articles that in turn intrigued me and alarmed me. I will write about the alarming one.
The alarming issue currently is the US attitude towards what is going on in Honduras. They are a Democracy. In their way of doing things,( I don't know if they call it a constitution or not and I don't have the paper in front of me currently because Tyler took it back), the law forbids having a Pres. in office for more that one term. This Pres., whose name starts with a Z, is apparently a lackey of the evil Venezuelan Pres. Hugo Chavez. You know him, the one who calls us Godless, etc. Well this Honduran guy decides that he want to stay in power and tries to change the law so that he can run again. Their law states that if anyone tried to do this, they should be put out of office, which is what happened. So, the US is strong arming Honduras to put him back in office! So is Venezuela. Why is our Pres. Supporting this known US hater and socialist? Why should We force a country to change their laws that make them a fair democracy? It wouldn't surprise me if our President didn't try to change our Constitution eventually and try to run again, after his second term, heaven forbid, or what the heck, why have an election at all? Everyone thinks that he is the chosen one or something, so why have elections anymore at all?
Okay, I went and stole the paper from Tyler's room. The former Pres. of Honduras was Zelaya.
Here is a quote from the article: "Article 239 of the Honduran constitution states that any president who tries for a second term automatically loses the privilege of his office. By insisting that Mr. Zelaya be returned to power, the US is trying to force Honduras to violate its own constitution.
It is also asking Hondurans to risk the fate of Venezuela. They know how Venezuela's Hugo Chavez went from being democratically elected the first time, in 1998, to making himself dictator for life. He did it by destroying his country's institutional checks and balances. When Mr. Zelaya moved to do the same in Honduras, the nation cut him off at the pass." "The most recent example of the Obama-style Good Neighbor Policy was the announcement last week that visa-services for Honduras are suspended indefinitely, and that some $135 million in bilateral aid might be cut." That is only the beginning, apparently much worse is also going on without us knowing it. Lets hope that we can "cut those off at the pass" who would do away with our checks and balances!
The other intriguing thing was an editorial letter from J. Thomas Rosch. He is a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission in Washington. He suggests that if we want to have competition for health insurance without a public option, money should be put in the hands of the people who need it with the stipulation that they can only spend it on Health Insurance. The insurance companies would have to compete by price for their business and the individual would have the choice of who to give their business to. I think I like that idea. I will have to investigate it more. The problem is that the politicians in control don't think we can make decisions for ourselves, so they should have all the power and make all decisions for us. They are like Satan!
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