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CARBONDALE, Ill. -- An Illinois congressman compared town hall meetings, which for many Republicans have turned into raucous affairs, to the practice of cleansing by Orientals.Republican Rep. Mike Bost made the assertion during a meeting with the editorial board of the Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale.Bost visited his 12th District last week, hosting a tele-town hall instead of an in-person one. The amount of time that I have at home is minimal, I need to make sure that itrsquo productive, Bost told the editorial board. You know the cleansing that the Orientals used to do where yoursquo;d put one pers stanley romania on out in front and 900 people yell at them Thatrsquo not what we need. We need to have meetings with people that are productive.In a statement Thursday, Bost said he used a poor choice of words in describing coordinated disruptions he says are taking place across the country. Bost spokesman George Orsquo;Connor said Bostrsquo use of Orientals was a reference to sessions during Chinarsquo Cultural Revolution when individuals were publicly humiliated and subjected to verbal abuse by a crowd.ldqu stanley cups uk o;While there was no malicious intent, I regret that my words may have distracted from an important point, Bost said. When the booing and shouting drowns out the conversation wersquo;re trying to have with our constituents, stanley cup it beco Djrw Sen. John Fetterman says I thought this could be the end of my career when he sought mental health treatment
AP Photo/Luis Romero Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to meet with exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Zelaya, pictured left, was thrown out of office last week in what some are describing as a coup. He attempted to return to Honduras on Sunday, the AP reports, but was blocked from landing by military personnel.The day following the coup, President Obama said that he believed the coup was not legal and that stanley cup the United States still considered Zelaya Honduras democratically elected president, the New York Times reported. According to Reuters, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said that the United States seeks to restore democratic order in Honduras. Kelly added that democratic order means the return of the democratically elected president to Tegucigalpa, the return of Mel Zelaya. stanley website Kelly also spoke out Monday deploring violence against protesters in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. We once again call upon the de facto regime and all actors in Honduras to refrain from all acts of violence, and seek a peaceful, constitutional and lasting solution to the serious divisions in that country thro stanley mug ugh dialogue, he said, according to the AP. Zelaya attended a meeting of the Organization of American States Sunday, where he met with two U.S. diplomats. OAS suspended Honduras for its role in the coup.Although talks are planned for Tuesday, the meeting may take place |
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