Respect mah authoritye!

No really, she goes there ;

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is questioning the priorities of lawmakers criticizing the U.S. intervention in Libya.

She's asking bluntly, "Whose side are you on?"

Which prompts AllahP to ask, "What’s next, MoveOn.org running ads needling Boehner for being a hippie?".

Now I'm sure the MBM will just be all over this, since, as they so often declare, they are driven by a quest to expose "Hypocrisy".  But I wouldn't hold my breath...

If you're wondering how Secretary Clinton is being hypocritical in her remarks, well, let's all just take a trip down memory lane, back to 2006 to revisit some of her past pronouncements on similar matters:

"Since when has it been part of American patriotism to keep our mouths shut?" - Hillary Clinton 2006

"Blind faith in bad leadership is not patriotism" - Hillary Clinton 2006

And one of my all time faves:

"Dissent is the highest form of Patriotism" - Hillary Clinton 2006

So just as I often call on the President to revisit his professed criticisms of "The Imperial Presidency" from the 2008 campaign, so too would I remind Mrs. Clinton to heed some of her own advice from the recent past.  Or, you know, read the myriad bumper stickers affixed to the back of countless Volvos and Subarus in the DC area or the tony NY suburbs where she lives.

But I'll give Hillz her props; at least she didn't call the Congressional critics a bunch of RAAAAAAAACISTS!

[Cross Posted at The Conservative Commune]

Rocketman

In recent days, the situation in Honduras has entered a new and in some ways more bizarre phase.  Unfortunately, for Zelaya’s leftist supporters, it hasn’t been going exactly as they expected.  It seems that the largest throng that man who had visions of Chavez like power can draw to his stronghold in the Brazilian embassy is around 85 people; and that’s with the UN catering the demonstration !  I wonder if Chavez is embarrassed by his role in this entire fiasco, both in assisting Zelaya in his failed attempt to stage a phony, and illegal, plebiscite that would be used to support his unconstitutional bid for another Presidential term as well as helping to sneak him back into the country. 

What should be embarrassing to the US Department of State and the Obama administration is the shameful way they have openly intervened in the Honduran situation, as well as convincing other nations to join in the misguided sanctioning of the Central American nation.  In fact on September 3  the administration formally cut off all aid to our ally, regardless of the lack of consensus as to whether a coup actually took place or not.

Well, the matter has been settled by the Congressional Research Service, the same body that discovered that Obamacare didn’t preclude illegal immigrants from participating in the public system, when they declared today that Zelaya’s removal from office by the authority of Honduras’ Parliament and Supreme Court was completely legal.  And although unorthodox, as Honduras Constitution has no provision for impeachment, the arrest does not constitute an illegal coup.  However, that said, his forced deportation by the military does appear to be against the law and is currently under investigation by Honduran authorities.

Well, that might just leave a mark.  And it seems that all of the meddling, by an administration that made the point ad nauseum of their reluctance to meddle in the affairs of other nations, was based upon the flawed premise of a coup that never took place!  Maybe Obama and the folks at State are being bombarded by the same mind rays and toxic gasses that Zelaya claims the Israelis are assaulting him with while he’s holed up inside the Brazilian embassy.  Let’s hope that all parties come to their senses, quit repeating this tired, and now debunked, assertion of a coup, restore their aid, and look forward to recognizing the outcome of the legitimate, peaceful Honduran elections in November.

I mean, although Chavez is disappointed, I’m sure, that he can’t hang out the mission accomplished flag, he can smell the hope!, can you?  Must be an affectation of all of the Smart Power ! that’s been excercised of late…

Rocketman