Hugo Chavez Chews Coca Leaves During Speech
Robert Paul Reyes
January 27, 2008
" Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez switched from coffee to another stimulant during a speech on Saturday -- he popped a coca leaf into his mouth and chewed it while defending the use of the plant.
Bolivian President Evo Morales, an advocate of the Andean nation's indigenous coca growers, brought Chavez coca leaves while in Caracas for a summit of Latin American leaders allied with Chavez."
Quotation from Reuters
When the G7 has an economic summit they never come to any radical solutions for the world's intractable economic woes. Imagine the outcome if the representatives of the world's economic powers followed the lead of Chavez, and snorted cocaine during the summit.
Instead of releasing a boring press release like, "We have agreed to get tougher with China on the critical issue of currency controls," they might shock us with this statement: We have decided to devalue the American dollar and prop up the Mexican peso in an attempt to make Mexico the economic giant of the new millennium.
Some American politicians would be wise to follow Hugo's example. Sen. John McCain puts me to sleep when he's speaking; if he snorted cocaine it would pep up his delivery. Mike Huckabee is an entertaining speaker, but if he chugged from a bottle of moonshine he might substitute his PG-rated jokes with some X-Rated material.
Hugo's speeches have been known to run for over four hours, perhaps he should distribute coca leaves to his audience so they won't lose interest.
Bolivian President Evo Morales, an advocate of the Andean nation's indigenous coca growers, brought Chavez coca leaves while in Caracas for a summit of Latin American leaders allied with Chavez."
Quotation from Reuters
When the G7 has an economic summit they never come to any radical solutions for the world's intractable economic woes. Imagine the outcome if the representatives of the world's economic powers followed the lead of Chavez, and snorted cocaine during the summit.
Instead of releasing a boring press release like, "We have agreed to get tougher with China on the critical issue of currency controls," they might shock us with this statement: We have decided to devalue the American dollar and prop up the Mexican peso in an attempt to make Mexico the economic giant of the new millennium.
Some American politicians would be wise to follow Hugo's example. Sen. John McCain puts me to sleep when he's speaking; if he snorted cocaine it would pep up his delivery. Mike Huckabee is an entertaining speaker, but if he chugged from a bottle of moonshine he might substitute his PG-rated jokes with some X-Rated material.
Hugo's speeches have been known to run for over four hours, perhaps he should distribute coca leaves to his audience so they won't lose interest.
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