[StJacques]

Well; what am I supposed to say here? There is obviously more than one comic strip sequence unfolding before the UN this week. Bolivia has a leftist coca farmer for its President, so should any of us be really surprised? Yes; there is more than one nut running a South American regime.

[StJacques]

ping

[wideawake]

Somebody should tell the dude with the Foreigner/Journey hairstyle that Coke hasn't had coke in their drinks for decades.

[oldleft]

After attacking "Neo-Liberalism" as a fatal recipe for Bolivia, he asked for respect for the environment taking into account that "we indigenous peoples live in harmony with Mother Earth."

That "mother earth" crap is a bunch of hooey. The Native Americans lived with "mother earth" because they had no technology and a life expectancy of around 25. It was never a choice. This guy's an idiot.

[Enterprise]

All I can say to Evo is hells bells, legalize it in your OWN country. Watch the people's teeth fall out and watch them all stop working.

[JackDanielsOldNo7]

[Right Wing Assault]

OK, we will import your coke, but you have to let us export candy bars to you that have rat poison in them. It's just part of our culture, you know, mon? You can't disrespect that, hey? It's just who and how we are, you know? So, get with our deal, OK?

This whole UN Stupid Olympics is damn great fun, isn't it?? Who's up next? I can't wait.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Canseco!!!!
I wondered what happened to you after Basaball!!!

[Tulsa Ramjet]

'Basaball, has been veddy goot to me. Cocoa leaf has been veddy goot to me.

[headstamp]

1970's time warp on that hairdo.

[Cicero]

Really killing. Whoever wrote the article in La Prensa has a great sense of humor:

"Y para concluir su animada intervención, que contrastó con otros discursos rutinarios que pasaron sin pena y sin gloria, el presidente boliviano pidió a Estados Unidos, "con mucho respeto" que "retire las tropas de Irak si queremos respetar los derechos humanos."

[Enchante]

"medicinal consumers"

Can't wait for the photos here..... Whitney Houston, Nick Nolte, and all the other "medicinal consumers" we can think of........

[Ben Ficklin]

"Bolivia has a leftist coca farmer for its president."

There are two lefts in Latin America.

The coca farmers in Bolivia want the same thing as the Zapatistas in Mexico, a pre-columbian collective.

Amlo and Evo share the same position on their countries hydrocarbons.

[RichInOC]

"Cocaine's a hell of a drug."

[Chode]

she don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie...

[Alia]

After attacking "Neo-Liberalism" as a fatal recipe for Bolivia, he asked for respect for the environment taking into account that "we indigenous peoples live in harmony with Mother Earth."

Translation: I'm an elite masquerading as a peasant. We eat dirt for supper, dirt for breakfast. We evacuate our bodily matter around trees, preferably closer to our neighbor's hut, than our own.

And to conclude his animated speech, which contrasted with other routine speeches that passed without shame and without glory, the Bolivian President requested of the United States, "with much respect" to "withdraw the troops from Iraq if you want to respect human rights," hours after U.S. President George W. Bush assured the Iraqi government that "we will not abandon you."

Alia translation of Bolivian President: "Withdraw your troops from Iraq or we will not respect your personal human rights to live. We will loosen the "illegal" coca "natural" products upon your culture."

[microgood]

Actually, the Inca runners use to use it to run across the Andes as at such high altitudes the Coca leave, when chewed on in conjunction with lime (which releases the ingredient) gave them much greater endurance. It was also used by farmers in the high altitudes of the Andes for endurance.

I also know some people that travelled to Quito, Ecuador, which is a real high altitude airport and it was given to airline passengers in tea as late as the 70s to help adjust to the altitude.

My Spanish Teacher in high school showed us a coca pouch used by the natives of Chile to store the leaves, which of course does not give you the high refined coke or crack does. He is right, however, it is a very big part of their past and is still used at high altitudes all over the Andes.

[Malsua]

Nice Erik Estrada hair-do.

[Covenantor]

Evo, Devo, Evo, Devo...whatever.

Nice hats btw.

[Wolfie]

Reminds me of those tobacco execs testifying before Congress.