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Peru President Suggests Coca in Salads
Peru's President Alan Garcia speaks during a press conference with foreign reporters at the presidential palace in Lima, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
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sounds good to me. whats the big deal? it's a plant.
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#2 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:01 PM ESTexactly. But, of course, the US government wants to regulate and control a plant. amazing.
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and proponents of farmers and privacy are considered nuts.
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After all, tomatoes and tobacco are regulated by govt. Both have poisonous leaves. On a lighter note: I say plant the coca leaves in the same fields that bacterial laden spinach comes from and let the S. Am. leaders eat THOSE in a salad (do I hear a "Three Stooges" laugh here?). Then we'll find out who the real men are!
#5 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:57 PM ESTI'm guessing that it doesn't take a lot of coca salad to fill you up.
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#6 - Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:12 AM ESTNever touch the stuff. Haven't been south of the border. Never wanted to go there. Never needed to. This story makes it even less likely. Travel should include intellect. You don't travel much do you?
There is a reason it's called the Third World. Not much to do except nothing. No opportunity there. They all try to come to the First World. Then, when they get here they can't let go of the Third World ways and so they bring those with them and sell them to the First World so they can send the $ back to the Third World so everyone there can get to the First World. GET IT?
So what's the Second World? It's the places people get to on the way to the First World. Sometimes they stay there...in limbo...just waiting for a sign. Poor things.
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#7 - Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:56 AM ESTThe first world is/was the US/NATO/"The West," the second world was the USSR/Warsaw Pact/"The Iron Curtain," the third world is/was that collection of countries that, either because of deliberate policy on their part or by virtue of being of no interest to either the US or USSR, remained unaligned throughout most of the Cold War in the 20th century.
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There is a reason it's called the Third World. Not much to do except nothing. No opportunity there. They all try to come to the First World. Then, when they get here they can't let go of the Third World ways and so they bring those with them and sell them to the First World so they can send the $ back to the Third World so everyone there can get to the First World. GET IT?
So what's the Second World? It's the places people get to on the way to the First World. Sometimes they stay there...in limbo...just waiting for a sign. Poor things.
huh?
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Att. firewoman: please widen your outlook on things a bit. Consider travelling. People are people everywhere, believe me.
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