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Just a Day after our Report!

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A day after President Chavez and his supporters called for our crew to be thrown out of Venezuela, the United States has stepped up the pressure. We have heard that President Uribe in nearby Colombia isn’t too happy about his neighbor to the east, especially as he and with help from us makes amazing strides against the cartels…

and now comes this statement from the Director of the U.S. Office of Drug Control Policy, “At a point where neglect becomes complicity, it is an active policy not to engage and deal with this problem,” said John Walters while in Bogota.

Like our report, the United States called Chavez out and accused the Venezuelan strongman allowing his country to become a haven for international cocaine trafficking by neglecting to tackle the problem.

“I think it is about time to face up to the fact that President Chavez is becoming a major facilitator of the transit of cocaine to Europe and other parts of this hemisphere,” said Walters. He also told Reuters that “He is making Venezuela into a haven, he is making a haven that is being used to victimize not only this hemisphere but Europe and Africa.”

According to reports, the cocaine is transported into Venezuela from Colombia across a 2,200 km border where guerrillas from the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and other armed groups operate in jungle areas. In recent weeks Chavez has claimed FARC is not a terrorist organization. Aircraft and speed boats run cocaine from Venezuela into the Caribbean to Europe. Other shipments head north through Central America and Mexico to the US market.

Walters also said Chavez failed to take basic measures to root out corrupt officials, control ports and airfields to contain smuggling or share data on aircraft and vessels carrying cocaine overseas. “You cannot move 200, 300 metric tonnes of cocaine through Venezuela without having substantial infrastructure that is not hard to find in many of its aspects,” he said.

 

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Comment by JULIO MARTINEZ

You are a BIG liar. La guerra mediatica está a millón. Los venezolanos decidimos que nuestro Presidente este en el poder y Ustedes por más paja que hable e inventen NO podrán con NOSOTROS.

Dejen vivir en paz a los países. Son unos terroristas mediáticos, nos tienen inundados de mentiras y calumnias. Esa es la gente que llama democrática y que quieren la paz del mundo???. No lo creo.

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

KT—

Thanks for the compliment but your letter was good too— you brought up about people working and not being able to see his coverages throughout the day—

 
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Comment by Adam Housley
January 20th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

Rod-

My dream is to host a show from the west coast, I think everything is soooo New York/east coast centered. The other dream would to be a special assignment correspondent, which would include an hour special here and there.

Adam

_______________________________________________________________________

I hope this is not just going to stay a dream!!!

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

and Adam,

I am living through Danielle what I should have done–

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

Comment by Adam Housley
January 20th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Susan-

Very cool and nice that you support her so much.

Adam
——————————————————————————————–

Adam– I am trying to keep the population growth down– less people to worry about–

so this serves my purpose– self-interest :D

 
Comment by Tammy

Good Morning All!

Okay Alfredo I’m too tired to read ALL of the posts you have but am very interested to know is the coca paste that he is chewing on every day the most potent part? I’m just wondering if once you process it – it dilutes it some? Also…..the last post says that it cannot be injested but has to be smoked? So what did he say he was doing?

This question is for you too Rod.

 
Comment by Patty

Karen T…I think we ALL are when we get bunched together :-)

Adam…Bull pen??? hummmmmmmmm so what you sayin? I know what’s in the bottom of those pens!!! *LOL*

 
Comment by Max

Karen2: Glad you liked it :)

Adam: The bull pen would be a good name, but then you’d have to start investigating rodeos!

 
Comment by Karen T

Patty…are you trying to say that I’m diversified? hahahahaha (just joking)

 
Comment by Alfredo


CHAVEZ VIDEO. HE SAYS HE CHEWS COCA PASTE EVERY DAY

b. Coca Paste

Coca paste is a chunky, off-white to light-brown, putty-like substance that exists primarily as an intermediate product in the processing of coca leaves into powder cocaine. Coca paste is derived from coca leaves by mixing the leaves with an alkaline material (e.g., sodium bicarbonate), an organic solvent (e.g., kerosene), and water. The mixture is agitated and the cocaine alkaloid and the organic solvent naturally separate from the water and the leaves. The water and the leaves are removed from the mixture and discarded. Using an acid, the cocaine alkaloid and the kerosene are separated and the kerosene is drawn off the mixture. Additional sodium bicarbonate is added and a solid substance separates from the solution. This solid substance, the coca paste, is removed and allowed to dry. U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Cocaine: Cultivation and Cocaine Processing: An Overview (1991).

Chemically, coca paste is a base form of cocaine (similar to freebase cocaine and crack cocaine) and typically contains residual toxins from the conversion process. Because coca paste is a base, it is hydrophobic – not readily absorbed into water – and, thus, cannot be injected, insufflated, or ingested. While most coca paste is converted into powder cocaine, the paste itself is smoked in South American countries that produce cocaine. R. Jones, “The Pharmacology of Cocaine Smoking in Humans,” 99 National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph Series 30-41 (1990). During the early 1980s, several cities in the United States also experienced sporadic episodes of coca paste smoking. U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Crack Cocaine: An Overview. (1989). However, coca paste is typically not imported into the United States. Id.

http://www.ussc.gov/crack/CHAP2.HTM

 
Comment by Alfredo

Karen Rebeca adam look at this.

Cocaine
Cocaine is an alkaloid found in the leaves of the coca plant. The coca plant is botanically classified as a shrub and grows in a variety of climates and soil conditions. It is mainly cultivated at altitudes ranging from 500 to 1 500 metres in the tropical forests along the eastern slopes of the Andes. The coca plant lives up to 50 years and grows to a height of up to three metres.
Coca leaves are harvested throughout the year. The bushes are stripped thoroughly by hand. Once the leaves have been harvested, they are immediately dried in the sun until they are almost brittle. The dried leaves are directly transferred to a coca market or an illicit drug laboratory.

Natural cocaine is manufactured in three phases:
The first phase involves extracting crude coca paste from the coca leaves.
In the second phase, the coca paste is purified, turning it into cocaine base.
The third phase involves converting the cocaine base into cocaine hydrochloride.
It takes 100 to 150 kilograms of dry leaves to produce one kilogram of dry paste. The leaves are soaked in water, a strong alkali like lime is added to release the alkaloids, and a solvent like kerosene or petrol/diesel is stirred in to dissolve the alkaloids. The solvent does not mix with the water. The solvent is separated from the water by draining the water out the bottom of the container and pouring the solvent out the top. Thereafter, sulphuric acid is added to separate out the alkaloids. The remaining paste is separated from the solvent by means of filtration and dried in the sun.

Next, the paste is converted into a base. This process usually takes place in a ‘base lab’. This phase determines the quantities and proportions of different alkaloids in the end product. The conversion involves dissolving the paste in water and adding sulphuric acid to it to further acidify the solution. Potassium permanganate is added to the solution, causing oxidation which destroys [?] the oils and impurities almost immediately. Cocaine hydrochloride made from properly oxidized base can consist of as much as 82 per cent cocaine base.

The last step of the process is to convert the base into ‘crystal’, the South American term for cocaine hydrochloride. The base is dissolved in ether, and hydrochloric acid is added to separate out the cocaine hydrochloride crystals. Once the crystals have been collected by means of filtration, they are dried. This process is rarely carried out with less than three kilograms of base, and as much as 50 kilograms can be converted at one time.

Crack and cocaine freebase is cocaine base obtained from cocaine hydrochloride or paste. Crack has largely replaced cocaine freebase. While cocaine hydrochloride is sniffed/snorted, crack is smoked.

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Cocaine
Cocaine is an alkaloid found in the leaves of the coca plant. The coca plant is botanically classified as a shrub and grows in a variety of climates and soil conditions. It is mainly cultivated at altitudes ranging from 500 to 1 500 metres in the tropical forests along the eastern slopes of the Andes. The coca plant lives up to 50 years and grows to a height of up to three metres.
Coca leaves are harvested throughout the year. The bushes are stripped thoroughly by hand. Once the leaves have been harvested, they are immediately dried in the sun until they are almost brittle. The dried leaves are directly transferred to a coca market or an illicit drug laboratory.

Natural cocaine is manufactured in three phases:
The first phase involves extracting crude coca paste from the coca leaves.
In the second phase, the coca paste is purified, turning it into cocaine base.
The third phase involves converting the cocaine base into cocaine hydrochloride.
It takes 100 to 150 kilograms of dry leaves to produce one kilogram of dry paste. The leaves are soaked in water, a strong alkali like lime is added to release the alkaloids, and a solvent like kerosene or petrol/diesel is stirred in to dissolve the alkaloids. The solvent does not mix with the water. The solvent is separated from the water by draining the water out the bottom of the container and pouring the solvent out the top. Thereafter, sulphuric acid is added to separate out the alkaloids. The remaining paste is separated from the solvent by means of filtration and dried in the sun.

Next, the paste is converted into a base. This process usually takes place in a ‘base lab’. This phase determines the quantities and proportions of different alkaloids in the end product. The conversion involves dissolving the paste in water and adding sulphuric acid to it to further acidify the solution. Potassium permanganate is added to the solution, causing oxidation which destroys [?] the oils and impurities almost immediately. Cocaine hydrochloride made from properly oxidized base can consist of as much as 82 per cent cocaine base.

The last step of the process is to convert the base into ‘crystal’, the South American term for cocaine hydrochloride. The base is dissolved in ether, and hydrochloric acid is added to separate out the cocaine hydrochloride crystals. Once the crystals have been collected by means of filtration, they are dried. This process is rarely carried out with less than three kilograms of base, and as much as 50 kilograms can be converted at one time.

Crack and cocaine freebase is cocaine base obtained from cocaine hydrochloride or paste. Crack has largely replaced cocaine freebase. While cocaine hydrochloride is sniffed/snorted, crack is smoked.

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Cocaine
Cocaine is an alkaloid found in the leaves of the coca plant. The coca plant is botanically classified as a shrub and grows in a variety of climates and soil conditions. It is mainly cultivated at altitudes ranging from 500 to 1 500 metres in the tropical forests along the eastern slopes of the Andes. The coca plant lives up to 50 years and grows to a height of up to three metres.
Coca leaves are harvested throughout the year. The bushes are stripped thoroughly by hand. Once the leaves have been harvested, they are immediately dried in the sun until they are almost brittle. The dried leaves are directly transferred to a coca market or an illicit drug laboratory.

Natural cocaine is manufactured in three phases:
The first phase involves extracting crude coca paste from the coca leaves.
In the second phase, the coca paste is purified, turning it into cocaine base.
The third phase involves converting the cocaine base into cocaine hydrochloride.
It takes 100 to 150 kilograms of dry leaves to produce one kilogram of dry paste. The leaves are soaked in water, a strong alkali like lime is added to release the alkaloids, and a solvent like kerosene or petrol/diesel is stirred in to dissolve the alkaloids. The solvent does not mix with the water. The solvent is separated from the water by draining the water out the bottom of the container and pouring the solvent out the top. Thereafter, sulphuric acid is added to separate out the alkaloids. The remaining paste is separated from the solvent by means of filtration and dried in the sun.

Next, the paste is converted into a base. This process usually takes place in a ‘base lab’. This phase determines the quantities and proportions of different alkaloids in the end product. The conversion involves dissolving the paste in water and adding sulphuric acid to it to further acidify the solution. Potassium permanganate is added to the solution, causing oxidation which destroys [?] the oils and impurities almost immediately. Cocaine hydrochloride made from properly oxidized base can consist of as much as 82 per cent cocaine base.

The last step of the process is to convert the base into ‘crystal’, the South American term for cocaine hydrochloride. The base is dissolved in ether, and hydrochloric acid is added to separate out the cocaine hydrochloride crystals. Once the crystals have been collected by means of filtration, they are dried. This process is rarely carried out with less than three kilograms of base, and as much as 50 kilograms can be converted at one time.

Crack and cocaine freebase is cocaine base obtained from cocaine hydrochloride or paste. Crack has largely replaced cocaine freebase. While cocaine hydrochloride is sniffed/snorted, crack is smoked.

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http://www.saps.gov.za/drugs/coke.htm

b. Coca Paste

Coca paste is a chunky, off-white to light-brown, putty-like substance that exists primarily as an intermediate product in the processing of coca leaves into powder cocaine. Coca paste is derived from coca leaves by mixing the leaves with an alkaline material (e.g., sodium bicarbonate), an organic solvent (e.g., kerosene), and water. The mixture is agitated and the cocaine alkaloid and the organic solvent naturally separate from the water and the leaves. The water and the leaves are removed from the mixture and discarded. Using an acid, the cocaine alkaloid and the kerosene are separated and the kerosene is drawn off the mixture. Additional sodium bicarbonate is added and a solid substance separates from the solution. This solid substance, the coca paste, is removed and allowed to dry. U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Cocaine: Cultivation and Cocaine Processing: An Overview (1991).

Chemically, coca paste is a base form of cocaine (similar to freebase cocaine and crack cocaine) and typically contains residual toxins from the conversion process. Because coca paste is a base, it is hydrophobic – not readily absorbed into water – and, thus, cannot be injected, insufflated, or ingested. While most coca paste is converted into powder cocaine, the paste itself is smoked in South American countries that produce cocaine. R. Jones, “The Pharmacology of Cocaine Smoking in Humans,” 99 National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph Series 30-41 (1990). During the early 1980s, several cities in the United States also experienced sporadic episodes of coca paste smoking. U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Crack Cocaine: An Overview. (1989). However, coca paste is typically not imported into the United States. Id.

http://www.ussc.gov/crack/CHAP2.HTM

CHAVEZ VIDEO: DIXIT

I CHEW COCA PASTE EVERY DAY. THAT EVO SENDS TO ME FROM BOLIVIA. AND LOOK AT ME!
i RECCOMEND IT TO ALL.

 
Comment by Patty

Hiya Adam, I’m surprised that you didn’t know what we’d all do for you. You dear Adam are the one that keeps the blog going, not us. Without you, your personality, your story telling, there wouldn’t be any reason for us to be here!
You are to humble….it isn’t us that do the work, the hours, its you! You have put the personality to the tv screen that never happens. You answer us, support us through bad days, and laugh with us on the good days. You made a extended cyber family here. Each one of us contributing something different. Talk about diversified bunch!!!
And to think you do it for us ;-) For that, I thank you. I can probably say we all thank you. It cant be easy, we all give you such a hard time by digressing. Most of the time you have to be sitting back shaking your head, wondering what did i ever do to deserve this! *L*
Now Im off to email Fox also.
Have a good night all!

 
Comment by Metoo

Rebeca, thank you for the links, after seeing them I can’t help but tear up. All they want is freedom. Something I have known all my life thanks to the men and women of the military and strong leaders now and in the past.

God help us for our future, I think once someone is in the office of Pres. they usually change their minds on a lot of things once they see the real story and it is on them to make the choices.

I think the USA is probably doing what they can to help. Remember International Law and some in the liberal press that are always out to “get ” the US Gov. doing unconventional things and trying to make a name for themselves by exposing it. That makes some things very hard.

 
Comment by Karen T

I didn’t know that the Vienna Convention had anything to do with drugs, all this time I was under the impression they were concerned about hostages and their treatments… shows you how little I know. Thank you Alfredo!

Now maybe they can help with this problem.

 
Comment by Karen T

hang on Rod and MeToo… still reading what Alfredo posted (they have actual definitions on these??!!)

 
Comment by Rod Venger

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to take over farms or milk plants if owners refuse to sell their milk for domestic consumption and instead seek higher profits abroad or from cheese-makers.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/20/venezuela.farms.ap/index.html

 
Comment by Metoo

Adam, I started a call-in campaign and got Time Warner to bring Fox News to my town so a few can cause a lot of things to happen. As other’s did I also wrote to request you a weekend show, ie, Oliver North’s show. Lt. Col. North, Greta and you have a way with words that make anything interesting. I must add Shep to that list. I know they have writers to help, but they do have to deliver it and I hope they have input in it. Your blog is all you so I know if left to your skills, you will make us proud. I like a person to be able to interact with their guest instead of reading only what is written for them to say.

As other’s have written,

IF YOU ENJOY ADAM’S BLOG AND WANT TO HELP GET HIM ON A SHOW OF HIS ON, PLEASE WRITE, CALL OR E-MAIL fOX NEWS. Everyone please help.

 
Comment by Alfredo

Vienna convention English.

Article 1
DEFINITIONS
1. Except where otherwise expressly indicated or where the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply throughout the Convention:
a) “Board” means the International Narcotics Control Board,
b) “Cannabis” means the flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant (excluding the seeds and leaves when not accompanied by the tops) from which the resin has not been extracted, by whatever name they may be designated.
c) “Cannabis plant” means any plant of the genus Cannabis,
d) “Cannabis resin” means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from the cannabis plant.
e) “Coca bush” means the plant of any species of the genus Erythroxylon.
f) “Coca leaf” means the leaf of the coca bush except a leaf from which all ecgonine, cocaine and any other ecgonine alkaloids have been removed.
g) “Commission” means the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Council.
h) “Council” means the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
i) “Cultivation” means the cultivation of the opium poppy, coca bush or cannabis plant.
j) “Drug” means any of the substances in Schedules I and II, whether natural or synthetic.
k) “General Assembly” means the General Assembly of the United Nations.
1 Note by the Secretariat: The Preamble to the Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, reads as follows:
“The Parties to the Present Protocol,
“Considering the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, done at New York on 30 March 1961 (hereinafter called the Single Convention),
“Desiring to amend the Single Convention
“Have agreed as follows:”
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l) “Illicit traffic” means cultivation or trafficking in drugs contrary to the provisions of this Convention.
m) “Import” and “export” mean in their respective connotations the physical transfer of drugs from one State to another State, or from one territory to another territory of the same State.
n) “Manufacture” means all processes, other than production, by which drugs may be obtained and includes refining as well as the transformation of drugs into other drugs.
o) “Medicinal opium” means opium which has undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use.
p) “Opium” means the coagulated juice of the opium poppy.
q) “Opium poppy” means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L.
r) “Poppy straw” means all parts (except the seeds) of the opium poppy, after mowing.
s) “Preparation” means a mixture, solid or liquid, containing a drug.
t) “Production” means the separation of opium, coca leaves, cannabis and cannabis resin from the plants from which they are obtained.
u) “Schedule I”, “Schedule II”, “Schedule III” and “Schedule IV” mean the correspondingly numbered list of drugs or preparations annexed to this Convention, as amended from time to time in accordance with article 3.
v) “Secretary-General” means the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
w) “Special stocks” means the amounts of drugs held in a country or territory by the Government of such country or territory for special government purposes and to meet exceptional circumstances; and the expression “special purposes” shall be construed accordingly.
x) “Stocks” means the amounts of drugs held in a country or territory and intended for:
i) Consumption in the country or territory for medical and scientific purposes,
ii) Utilization in the country or territory for the manufacture of drugs and other substances, or
iii) Export;
but does not include the amounts of drugs held in the country or territory,
iv) By retail pharmacists or other authorized retail distributors and by institutions or qualified persons in the duly authorized exercise of therapeutic or scientific functions, or
v) As “special stocks”.
y) Territory” means any part of a State which is treated as a separate entity for the application of the system of import certificates and export authorizations provided for in article 31. This definition shall not apply to the term “territory” as used in articles 42 and 46.
2. For the purposes of this Convention a drug shall be regarded as “consumed” when it has been supplied to any person or enterprise for retail distribution, medical use or scientific research; and “consumption” shall be construed accordingly.
Article 2
SUBSTANCES UNDER CONTROL
1. Except as to measures of control which are limited to specified drugs, the drugs in Schedule I are subject to all measures of control applicable to drugs under this Convention and in particular to those prescribed in article 4 c), 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 37.
2. The drugs in Schedule II are subject to the same measures of control as drugs in Schedule I with the exception of the measures prescribed in article 30, paragraphs 2 and 5, in respect of the retail trade.
3. Preparations other than those in Schedule III are subject to the same measures of control as the drugs which they contain, but estimates (article 19) and statistics (article 20) distinct from those dealing with these drugs shall not be required in the case of such preparations, and article 29, paragraph 2 c) and article 30, paragraph 1 b) ii) need not apply.
4. Preparations in Schedule III are subject to the same measures of control as preparations containing drugs in Schedule II except that article 31, paragraphs 1 b) and 3 to 15 and, as regards their acquisition and retail distribution, article 34, paragraph b), need not apply, and that for the purpose of estimates (article 19) and statistics (article 20) the information required shall be restricted to the quantities of drugs used in the manufacture of such preparations.
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5. The drugs in Schedule IV shall also be included in Schedule I and subject to all measures of control applicable to drugs in the latter Schedule, and in addition thereto:
a) A Party shall adopt any special measures of control which in its opinion are necessary having regard to the particularly dangerous properties of a drug so included; and
b) A Party shall, if in its opinion the prevailing conditions in its country render it the most appropriate means of protecting the public health and welfare, prohibit the production, manufacture, export and import of, trade in, possession or use of any such drug except for amounts which may be necessary for medical and scientific research only, including clinical trials therewith to be conducted under or subject to the direct supervision and control of the Party.
6. In addition to the measures of control applicable to all drugs in Schedule I, opium is subject to the provisions of article 19, paragraph 1, subparagraph f), and of articles 21 bis, 23 and 24, the coca leaf to those of articles 26 and 27 and cannabis to those of article 28.
7. The opium poppy, the coca bush, the cannabis plant, poppy straw and cannabis leaves are subject to the control measures prescribed in article 19, paragraph 1, subparagraph e), article 20, paragraph 1, subparagraph g), article 21 bis and in articles 22 to 24; 22, 26 and 27; 22 and 28; 25; and 28, respectively:
8. The Parties shall use their best endeavours to apply to substances which do not fall under this Convention, but which may be used in the illicit manufacture of drugs, such measures of supervision as may be practicable.
9. Parties are not required to apply the provisions of this Convention to drugs which are commonly used in industry for other than medical or scientific purposes, provided that:
a) They ensure by appropriate methods of denaturing or by other means that the drugs so used are not liable to be abused or have ill effects (article 3, paragraph 3) and that the harmful substances cannot in practice be recovered; and
b) They include in the statistical information (article 20) furnished by them the amount of each drug so used.
Article 3
CHANGES IN THE SCOPE OF CONTROL
1. Where a Party or the World Health Organization has information which in its opinion may require an amendment to any of the Schedules, it shall notify the Secretary-General and furnish him with the information in support of the notification.
2. The Secretary-General shall transmit such notification, and any information which he considers relevant, to the Parties, to the Commission, and, where the notification is made by a Party, to the World Health Organization.
3. Where a notification relates to a substance not already in Schedule I or in Schedule II,
i) The Parties shall examine in the light of the available information the possibility of the provisional application to the substance of all measures of control applicable to drugs in Schedule I;
ii) Pending its decision as provided in subparagraph iii) of this paragraph, the Commission may decide that the Parties apply provisionally to that substance all measures of control applicable to drugs in Schedule I. The Parties shall apply such measures provisionally to the substance in question;
iii) If the World Health Organization finds that the substance is liable to similar abuse and productive of similar ill effects as the drugs in Schedule I or Schedule II or is convertible into a drug, it shall communicate that finding to the Commission which may, in accordance with the recommendation of the World Health Organization, decide that the substance shall be added to Schedule I or Schedule II.
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4. If the World Health Organization finds that a preparation because of the substances which it contains is not liable to abuse and cannot produce ill effects (paragraph 3) and that the drug therein is not readily recoverable, the Commission may, in accordance with the recommendation of the World Health Organization, add that preparation to Schedule III.
5. If the World Health Organization finds that a drug in Schedule I is particularly liable to abuse and to produce ill effects (paragraph 3) and that such liability is not offset by substantial therapeutic advantages not possessed by substances other than drugs in Schedule IV, the Commission may, in accordance with the recommendation of the World Health Organization, place that drug in Schedule IV.
6. Where a notification relates to a drug already in Schedule I or Schedule II or to a preparation in Schedule III, the Commission, apart from the measure provided for in paragraph 5, may, in accordance with the recommendation of the World Health Organization, amend any of the Schedules by:
a) Transferring a drug from Schedule I to Schedule II or from Schedule II to Schedule I; or
b) Deleting a drug or a preparation as the case may be, from a Schedule.
7. Any decision of the Commission taken pursuant to this article shall be communicated by the Secretary-General to all States Members of the United Nations, to non-member States Parties to this Convention, to the World Health Organization and to the Board. Such decision shall become effective with respect to each Party on the date of its receipt of such communication, and the Parties shall thereupon take such action as may be required under this Convention.
8. a) The decisions of the Commission amending any of the Schedules shall be subject to review by the Council upon the request of any Party filed within ninety days from receipt of notification of the decision. The request for review shall be sent to the Secretary-General together with all relevant information upon which the request for review is based;
b) The Secretary-General shall transmit copies of the request for review and relevant information to the Commission, the World Health Organization and to all the Parties inviting them to submit comments within ninety days. All comments received shall be submitted to the Council for consideration;
c) The Council may confirm, alter or reverse the decision of the Commission, and the decision of the Council shall be final. Notification of the Council’s decision shall be transmitted to all States Members of the United Nations, to non-member States Parties to this Convention, to the Commission, to the World Health Organization, and to the Board;
d) During pendency of the review the original decision of the Commission shall remain in effect.
9. Decisions of the Commission taken in accordance with this article shall not be subject to the review procedure provided for in article 7.
Article 4
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
The parties shall take such legislative and administrative measures as may be necessary:
a) To give effect to and carry out the provisions of this Convention within their own territories;
b) To co-operate with other States in the execution of the provisions of this Convention; and
c) Subject to the provisions of this Convention, to limit exclusively to medical and scientific purposes the production, manufacture, export, import, distribution of, trade in, use and possession of drugs.
Article 5
THE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL ORGANS
The Parties, recognizing the competence of the United Nations with respect to the international control of drugs, agree to entrust to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Economic and Social Council, and to the International Narcotics Control Board, the functions respectively assigned to them under this Convention.

http://www.unodc.org/pdf/convention_1961_en.pdf

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Comment by Rod Venger

Yes, the coca leaf and the paste is an Alkaloid. -Rod-

 
Comment by Rod Venger

True KT. O’Reilly pretends to listen, but mostly he just hears himself. Adam connects when he can. -Rod-

 
Comment by Alfredo

Convención de Viena de 1961.

Artículo 1

DEFINICIONES
1. Salvo indicación expresa en contrario o que el contexto exija otra interpretación, se aplicarán al texto de la presente Convención las siguientes definiciones:
a) Por “Junta” se entiende la Junta Internacional de Fiscalización de Estupefacientes.
b) Por “cannabis” se entiende las sumidades, floridas o con fruto, de la planta de la cannabis (a excepción de las semillas y las hojas no unidas a las sumidades) de las cuales no se ha extraído la resina, cualquiera que sea el nombre con que se las designe.
c) Por “planta de cannabis” se entiende toda planta del género cannabis.
d) Por “resina de cannabis” se entiende la resina separada, en bruto o purificada, obtenida de la planta de la cannabis.
e) Por “arbusto de coca” se entiende la planta de cualesquiera especies del género Erythroxilon.
f) Por “hoja de coca” se entiende la hoja del arbusto de coca, salvo las hojas de las que se haya extraído toda la ecgonina, la cocaína o cualesquiera otros alcaloides de ecgonina.
g) Por “Comisión” se entiende la Comisión de Estupefacientes del Consejo.
h) Por “Consejo” se entiende el Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas.
i) Por “cultivo” se entiende el cultivo de la adormidera, del arbusto de coca o de la planta de cannabis.
j) Por “estupefaciente” se entiende cualquiera de las sustancias de las Listas I y II, naturales o sintéticas.
k) Por “Asamblea General” se entiende la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas.
l) Por “tráfico ilícito” se entiende el cultivo o cualquier tráfico de estupefacientes, contrarios a las disposiciones de la presente Convención.
m) Por “importación” y “exportación” se entiende, en sus respectivos sentidos, el transporte material de estupefacientes de un Estado a otro o de un territorio a otro del mismo Estado.
n) Por “fabricación” se entiende todos los procedimientos, distintos de la producción, que permitan obtener estupefacientes, incluidas la refinación y la transformación de unos estupefacientes en otros.
o) Por “opio medicinal” se entiende el opio que se ha sometido a las operaciones necesarias para adaptarlo al uso médico.
p) Por “opio” se entiende el jugo coagulado de la adormidera.
q) Por “adormidera” se entiende la planta de la especie Papaver somniferum L.
r) Por “paja de adormidera” se entiende todas las partes (excepto las semillas) de la planta de la adormidera, después de cortada.
s) Por “preparado” se entiende una mezcla, sólida o liquida, que contenga un estupefaciente.
t) Por “producción” se entiende la separación del opio, de las hojas de coca, de la cannabis y de la resina de cannabis, de las plantas de que se obtienen.
u) Por “Lista I”, “Lista II”, “Lista III” y “Lista IV” se entiende las listas de estupefacientes o preparados que con esa numeración se anexan a la presente Convención, con las modificaciones que se introduzcan periódicamente en las mismas según lo dispuesto en el artículo 3.
v) Por “Secretario General” se entiende el Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas.
w) Por “existencias especiales” se entiende las cantidades de un estupefaciente que se encuentran en un país o territorio en poder del gobierno de ese país o territorio para fines oficiales especiales y para hacer frente a circunstancias excepcionales; y la expresión “fines especiales” se entenderá en consecuencia.
x) Por “existencias” se entiende las cantidades de estupefacientes que se mantienen en un país o territorio y que se destinan:
i) Al consumo en el país o territorio para fines médicos y científicos;
ii) A la utilización en el país o territorio para la fabricación y preparación de estupefacientes y otras sustancias; o
iii) A la exportación;
pero no comprende las cantidades de estupefacientes que se encuentran en el país o territorio:
iv) En poder de los farmacéuticos u otros distribuidores al por menor autorizados y de las instituciones o personas calificadas que ejerzan, con la debida autorización, funciones terapéuticas o científicas, o
v) Como existencias especiales.
y) Por “territorio” se entiende toda parte de un Estado que se considere como entidad separada a los efectos de la aplicación del sistema de certificados de importación y de autorizaciones de exportación previsto en el artículo 31. Esta definición no se aplica al vocablo “territorio” en el sentido en que se emplea en los artículos 42 y 46.
2. A los fines de esta Convención, se considerará que un estupefaciente ha sido “consumido” cuando haya sido entregado a una persona o empresa para su distribución al por menor, para uso médico o para la investigación científica; y la palabra “consumo” se entenderá en consecuencia.

Artículo 2

SUSTANCIAS SUJETAS A FISCALIZACIÓN
1. Con excepción de las medidas de fiscalización que se limiten a estupefacientes determinados, los estupefacientes de la Lista I estarán sujetos a todas las medidas de fiscalización aplicables a los estupefacientes en virtud de la presente Convención y, en particular, a las previstas en los artículos 4 c, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 y 37. – 2 -
2. Los estupefacientes de la Lista II estarán sujetos a las mismas medidas de fiscalización que los de la Lista I, salvo las medidas prescritas en el artículo 30, incisos 2 y 5, respecto del comercio al por menor.
3. Los preparados distintos de aquellos de la Lista III estarán sujetos a las mismas medidas de fiscalización que los estupefacientes que contengan, pero con respecto a dichos preparados, no se exigirán las previsiones (artículo 19) ni las estadísticas (artículo 20) que no correspondan a los referidos estupefacientes, ni será necesario aplicar lo dispuesto por los artículos 29, inciso 2 c, y 30, inciso 1 b ii).
4. Los preparados de la Lista III estarán sujetos a las mismas medidas de fiscalización que los que contengan estupefacientes de la Lista II, excepto que no será necesario aplicar en su caso las disposiciones del artículo 31, párrafos 1 b y 3 a 15, ni, en lo que respecta a su adquisición y su distribución al por menor, las del artículo 34, apartado b, y que, a los fines de las previsiones (artículo 19) y estadísticas (artículo 20), solo se exigirá la información relativa a las cantidades de estupefacientes que se empleen en la fabricación de dichos preparados.
5. Los estupefacientes de la Lista IV serán también incluidos en la Lista I y estarán sujetos a todas las medidas de fiscalización aplicables a los estupefacientes que figuran en esta última Lista y, además, a las siguientes:
a) Las Partes adoptarán todas las medidas especiales de fiscalización que juzguen necesarias en vista de las propiedades particularmente peligrosas de los estupefacientes de que se trata; y
b) Las Partes prohibirán la producción, fabricación, exportación e importación, comercio, posesión o uso de tales estupefacientes, si a su juicio las condiciones que prevalezcan en su país hacen que sea éste el medio más apropiado para proteger la salud y el bienestar públicos, con excepción de las cantidades necesarias únicamente para la investigación médica y científica, incluidos los experimentos clínicos con dichos estupefacientes que se realicen bajo la vigilancia y fiscalización de la Parte o estén sujetos a su vigilancia y fiscalización directas.
6. Además de las medidas de fiscalización aplicables a todos los estupefacientes de la Lista I, el opio estará sometido a las disposiciones del apartado f del párrafo 1 del artículo 19, y de los artículos 21 bis, 23 y 24, la hoja de coca a las de los artículos 26 y 27, y la cannabis a las del artículo 28.
7. La adormidera, el arbusto de coca, la planta de cannabis, la paja de la adormidera y las hojas de la cannabis estarán sujetos a las medidas de fiscalización prescritas en el apartado e del párrafo 1 del artículo 19, en el apartado g del párrafo 1 del artículo 20, y en los artículos 19, 20, 21 bis y 22 a 24; 22, 26 y 27; 22 y 28; 25; y 28 respectivamente.
8. Las Partes harán todo lo posible para aplicar las medidas de fiscalización que sean factibles a las sustancias no sujetas a las disposiciones de esta Convención, pero que puedan ser utilizadas para la fabricación ilícita de estupefacientes.
9. Las Partes no estarán obligadas a aplicar las disposiciones de la presente Convención a los estupefacientes que se usan comúnmente en la industria para fines que no sean médicos o científicos, siempre que:
a) Por los procedimientos de desnaturalización apropiados o por otros medios, logren impedir que los estupefacientes utilizados puedan prestarse a uso indebido o producir efectos nocivos (artículo 3, inciso 3) y que sea posible en la práctica recuperar las sustancias nocivas; y
b) Incluyan en los datos estadísticos (artículo 20) que suministren las cifras correspondientes a la cantidad de cada estupefaciente utilizado de esta forma.

Aquí podrás leer el texto completo

http://www.unodc.org/pdf/convention_1961_es.pdf

Vienna convention.
If coca is an illegal substance, chavez chews coca every day coca paste, is not legal
consumer

Bolivian president sends him coca paste, it is an illegal substance, is it considered an alkalloid?
he sends it, smuggling? or traffiking?

Any lawyers. this could send both to jail very soon, what a confession, in front of the whole Assambly and foreign Embassadors WOW!

I’ll keep searching.

Did you know that Chavez dissmised all the tolls and higways and roads personel this week? why?

 
Comment by Karen T

Rod, one thing about Adam from the begining… he always listened to us… he always asked (or sometimes we just flat out told him), we answered and if he was able to.. he complied with the requests. I have never seen that happen, anywhere! so cool.

 
Comment by Karen T

Adam, we want you to do the show. There must be thousands of people that come into your blog and do not make any posts. There’s a good chance that they too want to see you host a show. You’re right about the slant towards the east coast, it would be refreshing to have a west coast perspective.

Anyone that reads this might want to consider adding that information to your letter (the east coast / west coast thing)

 
Comment by Rod Venger

Adam’s Apple. It’s the fruit from the tree of knowledge.

But it’s hokey too. -Rod-

 
Comment by Rod Venger

Comment by Adam Housley
January 20th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

Rod-

My dream is to host a show from the west coast, I think everything is soooo New York/east coast centered. The other dream would to be a special assignment correspondent, which would include an hour special here and there.

Adam

We think alike, Adam. O’Reilly is sometimes out here, but frankly he’s a bad fit. Not that I have any love for this city, but you could pull it off, say what needs saying, present the facts, without people instinctively wanting to lynch you for it…unlike Mr. O.

Special assignments were something else I’d pondered. Your talents lie out there, not in a studio, but live shots are so limiting, as everyone else has noted. Grunging it for a few weeks and then coming back for an hour special would give everyone the best of both worlds.

Aren’t you glad everyone is writing your future for you? ;) -Rod-

 
Comment by Karen T

I vote yes on the bullpen

 
Comment by Karen T

Adam Ranking Alert!! Your blog is doing very well! Good Job Adam!

Thanks frmad !

 
Comment by frmad

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Comment by Karen T

k2… thanks, I didn’t fully read Susan’s before I sent mine, hers was much more effective because she added about the Venezuelan story and she add that’s she’s fox news fan. plus hers was shorter and got the point across

John…that would be right up Adam’s alley hahahah

 
Comment by John

How about this as a suggestion for Adam’s show tiltle : ” The Bullpen ” .

 
Comment by Karen2

Karen T

Very nice letter to Fox.

You write very well.

 
Comment by Karen2

Max,

Just finished dinner – Chicken Fried Steak! Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thank you :)

 
Comment by Karen T

I would even settle for a 1-2 hour special every now and then.

 
Comment by Karen T

Geraldo and Kimberly Guilfoyle do weekend shows and they’re still gathering information during the week.

 
Comment by Karen T

Rod… one day on the weekend should be fine.

 
Comment by Karen T

Comment by Karen T
January 20th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Greta,

Adam Housley is bragging that the two top blog postings ever for readers….are his. The Tookie Williams Post and the O.J. back to jail post

Although he adores you and thinks your blog is wonderful (I agree), it doesn’t change the stats. His blog is really starting to pick up momentum.

Hope you’re doing well, your threads are great!
Karen T.

 
Comment by John

Adam……………..regarding the top read posts of all time , The Tookie Williams and OJ posts………..CONGRATULATIONS………… BTW, do you know what Tookie and OJ have in common?……………….No, not that……………………….They both have goofy names.

 
Comment by Rod Venger

Time will tell. I’d hate to see Adam take to studio work full time though. -Rod-

 
Comment by Karen T

Thanks Rod, I just hope between mine, Susan’s and everyone elses that it works. Susan wrote a fantastic one

 
Comment by Rod Venger

That’s nice KT :) -Rod-

 
Comment by Karen T

This is the email that I sent off and I know of 5 other people doing something similar

To Whom It May Concern,

Adam Housley has been covering stories of interest to FNC viewers over the past few years. Mr. Housley, along with his exceptional crew, has reported on stories in a trustworthy and passionate way. He has a way of captivating the viewers to not only listen to his reporting but take an interest in wanting to hear more about each story.

Because many of the live reports we get on various shows from Adam Housley are just a few minutes of live reporting, we would like the opportunity to hear more on the issues he is covering. The efforts of Mr. Housley’s Producers and Photographers/Cameramen combined with Mr. Housley’s unique ability to get our attention on serious issues are worth the consideration of expanding Mr. Housley’s reporting to the viewers. Additionally, many of us work during the weekday/daytime hours and we do not have the opportunity to watch Mr. Housley do any live reports.

Many of us are hoping you would consider having Adam Housley host his own show or at the very least a special so we can get more in depth reporting on the serious issues of today. The loyalty does exist on the viewer’s end, please allow us the opportunity, we do not get reporting like Adam Housley does anywhere else but on FNC.

Sincerely,

Karen Thompson
Henderson, Nevada

 
 
Comment by Karen2

Rod,

Oh, I won’t tell her now. We helped with college, but she is on her own now. So, we’ll see what the future holds.

 
Comment by Karen T

Their = They’re

 
Comment by Karen T

Their reporting now that 8.5 million voters are going out today to vote. Will Castro get relelcted? Is Raul on the ballot?

 
Comment by Max

Susan: Have fun cooking!

Jen: Thanks. I prefer color photography, as you can see more details.

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ
 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

Jen–

I watched that one or another one a few weeks back–his son as a few others who managed to get out were on it– it was sad– And it was on the history channnel– I like that channnel–

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

KT–

I should have had my television on– darn!

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

You all have a good day– off to the kitchen– I just emailed North–

Rebeca y ALfredo– lastima que no los encontre– We are working on getting Adam more air time here so the Venezuela story gets more exposure— so keep your fingers crossed– a ver que pasa- Alfredo– check out the link Jen left and email Fox and ask Adam have a segement about Venezuela– you too Rebeca– the more, the merrier—-

Rebeca– I still have a few more videos to go– and so far– I am more angry than I was last night– especially when I see poor people- kids- and the elderly- que miseria de vida–

xxxxxxx

 
Comment by Karen T

They said inflation over there is 22 1/2%

 
Comment by Karen T

Susan… nope… I’m too opinionated hahahaha

But! They reported that Chavez is trying to take over the Nation’s banks!

 
Comment by Jen S

I just missed the Jim Jones – Jonestown show on History Channel. :(
That is the first thing I think of when I hear Guyana-I see Patty mentioned it.

Max–Photos from your dad are excellent. I love black and white photos – I use to love to take pictures with my old Brownie camera. I still have it for some reason- no film now.

 
Comment by Karen T

Susan… nope… I’m too opinionated hahahaha

 
 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

K2–

This makes me happy about your children– I bet you are one proud mom– do a slide show of your kids– Please— I would love to see them—

I will be making one of Danielle– with her pictures from the places she has been to–so Adam can identify with the pictures–they both have seen the same places– (when she gets back- she is bringing her lap top and we are going to download her pictures)

we decided to go to the Wildlife Zoo together– although I have a picture of her right next to me here of her petting one of those Buddhist bengal tigers— she has the guts as Adam has—

She did all of her accomplishments on her own–all by her lonesome self—-

by the way– I am a divorcee- have been for many years– I can’t live with myself, so why bother- I almost married a lawyer way back when– I am glad I didn’t– he has a gambling problem– but he did take me to Oregon– :D

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

Jen– hon–

I am going to make lasagna- again– so we have some here– I only got one plate of it – Ken’s mom called me this morning to thank me and to tell me she loved the lasagna–

I am headed to the kitchen now- do you think I should have emailed North? I don’t remember if I did- war stories would be a good one for Adam to be on– I think I will- if they get it twice- well I will just tell them I am persistent– :D

they can tie in all these dictators together– I am headed to do that- and to the kitchen– I feed Ken at 6:00 so time to start my mess again–

Don’t sin anymore today–

 
Comment by Karen2

Susan,

Congratulations to your daughter. Quite an accomplishment. Also, pass along my thanks to her for her service to us and our country.

My son is going to New Zealand in late Feb. He enrolled in NOLS (national outdoor leadership school). He is college junior.

My daughter just graduated college. Liberal arts degree – wants to become a professor. She is very liberal…..we’re don’t know where she got it! So, her plan is to work, study for GRE, apply to grad school and eventuall become a college professor.

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

KT–

Did Fox read it?

 
Comment by Max

I’m happy enough to see most of the world through the TV screen, there are some places i’d like to go, but most i’m not too bothered. I find i get a good feel for places from various media. When i went to America it was exactly as i had thought it would be!

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

Jen–

I know– you are so funny— maybe he will get those t-shirts going and let you and me have one?

 
Comment by Jen S

Comment by Adam Housley
January 20th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
August 13th….born on a Friday! Seriously
——————————————–
Susan– Does he really think he’s telling us something we don’t know :?:
We Are Seriously Underpaid!

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

Adam–

Danielle is single and she wants to hit the Latino countries next– she was talking about working there– I think she wants to see the whole world– a compulsive thing of hers-

She told me it would be awhile for me and grandchildren and I told her to take her sweet time–like maybe not to worry about it for about fifty years– :D I want her to see the whole world–

 
Comment by Karen T

Fox News Live is on… I just sent them an email to read live on the air. I hope they’ll read it.

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

Adam–

you can hire me as your agent– and you don’t have to pay– Jen comes along with me– as she has to kind of pick up after me– :D

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

Rod–

he has been on almost all of them– but I think Shep and Adam would make a cool team

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

Jen–

I did that one too–

fleas– how awful– you poor thing- :D

Signed,

A sinner too

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

Adam dear–

Not only do I support you, I think you are awesome– and I am so glad you got your cute self out of Venezuela– I was freaking out– you would have thought my kid was there—
Plus you have taught me sooooooooo much– you should be a teacher-

I copied your post and posted it on Greta’s– :D :D :D

 
Comment by Rod Venger

KT,

once or twice, yeah :D

Colleges are a traditional source of the raw materials needed for the revolution. Inquisitive, malleable minds are the building blocks of socialism. -Rod-

 
Comment by Jen S

:idea:

send your e-mails to: yourcomments@foxnews.com

in the subject line enter “Questions for Adam Housley”
That should go to him and he will show the big wigs that his viewers are demanding action! ;)

Susan—I know it’s a day of rest…but I’m a sinner. I did a lot of scratching today and everyone thought I had fleas.

 
Comment by Rod Venger

Has anyone asked Adam what he wants? He may not want to be like Shepard Smith…or maybe he does, who knows? -Rod-

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

And I think she would love to have a job like Adam’s and she can do it– she is brilliant– and not because she is my daughter as I have another who has been a problem– and a son in law enforcement– he lives in Virginia–

You should see her thesis– I only got to the first few pages– I can’t understand any of it—

 
Comment by Karen T

k2 I didn’t know about Harry Belafonte! hahahah

Rod, you’ve noticed how many liberal professors there are?

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

K2—

She just got her Masters– foreign diplomacy–

she was in the Air Force- she owed them two years as they helped her with her schooling- so she worked in Special Intelligence- she lived one year in England– traveled all over the place and the second year she lived in South Korea– and after that she went to Australia to get her Masters which she just completed- and is coming back at the end of this month– she is brilliant– takes after my dad– no marriages and no kids— :D :D :D

She just got back from New Zealand– she loved it there!

 
Comment by Karen T

I’m going to ask for Adam to have his own show or special instead of being on somebody elses show.

 
Comment by Rod Venger

KT,

The usual suspects would be students and teachers/professors, yes, just like it is here. -Rod-

 
Comment by Susan- Phx- AZ

I just emailed about ten different people- Neil Cavuto– Shep- Fox and Friends- OTR- John Gibson- O’Reilly– etc– I didn’t do Red Eye–

I am a great fan of Fox News. I love all the anchor people as well as your correspondents, in particular Adam Housley. However, since he has limited air time, I was wondering how he can be aired on someone’s show to give all the viewers the full coverage of what he has just covered in Venezuela. I believe his latest coverage about the cocaine traffic flow coming into this country is alarming as it involves us. This coverage needs more attention than the few minutes of air time.

Thank you,

My full name

 
Comment by Karen2

Karen T

That says a lot. Maybe an email to Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, Sean Penn – they must have the inside story.

 
Comment by Karen T

Are these well educated people that support him?

 
Comment by Karen T

k2 / rod… I’m looking for something valid here so I can get a better understanding of why they support him, but I can’t find anything on the internet

 
Comment by Karen T

here’s one report

Venezuelan Politics blog reported that an average 33 Venezuelans were murdered each day last year, which comes to 1000 murders per month.

Iraq’s and Venezuela’s populations are roughly comparable: 27.5 million versus 27.7 million. In the last three months, there have been 1498 civilian fatalities in Iraq. During this same time, roughly 3000 Venezuelans have been murdered.

For the last three months of 2007, a Venezuelan was twice as likely to lose his life to violence as an Iraqi. It looks like its time for Hugo to put more attention on his abysmal security situation and less attention on Hollywood.

 
Comment by Rod Venger

KT,

Mostly they complain about the criticism…and you’re right, they say little to counter it. Whiny leftists are the same everywhere. -Rod-

 
Comment by Karen2

Karen T
Good point.

 
Comment by Karen T

The Chavistas… what are they saying that Chavez has done that’s good? All they do is deny the accusations, but I never hear of them stating any facts.

 
Comment by Karen2

Rod,
saw a nice prison on the show Prison Break….looks like a place Chavez would enjoy. Lots of poor, down and out people he could organize! it would be perfect for a man of his humanitarian interests.

 
Comment by Rod Venger

..where he meets a new friend…and becomes a crack o…

 
Comment by Rod Venger

K2,

Or maybe he mysteriously disappears into a prison…

 

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