another post for yet another day ...

Well, I'm working on something about the mobs shutting-down the town-halls, but it ain't gonna git fineeshed tonite, ... so, ... here's something else:

Miguel Tinker Salas - "The Right-Wing Counter-Attack in Latin-America"

I would submit that events in Honduras are not isolated, but rather part of a conservative counterattack taking shape in Latin America. For some time, the right has been rebuilding in Latin America; hosting conferences, sharing experiences, refining their message, working with the media, and building ties with allies in the United States. This is not the lunatic right fringe, but rather the mainstream right with powerful allies in the middle class that used to consider themselves center, but have been frightened by recent left electoral victories and the rise of social movements.

What's up with all that crazee hyphenatin' 'eh?

So, basically, while the bulk of the people (I'd say 70-80 percent) of the populations of those countries have been exploiting the weaknesses of an over-stretched, crisis-ridden USA, to put into action 50 years of mobilization and class consciousness in what seems like an inexorable wave of sanity against failure, the failed forces of economic and military power have been taking advantage of their advantage in resources and have been plotting their own schemes (imagine a diseased bird distressingly pooping out some unforeseen discharge) to stem and/or turn the tide.