Hugo Chavez is a coca-head
Have you ever listened to Hugo Chavez and thought to yourself: “That thug must be on something?”
Well, you were right. Via the Miami Herald (hat tip - reader Craig) comes Chavez’s admission that he chews coca–you know, that same stuff that gets refined into cocaine:
Venezuela’s controversial President Hugo Chávez has revealed that he regularly consumes coca — the source of cocaine — raising questions about the legality of his actions.
Chávez’s comments on coca initially went almost unnoticed, coming amid a four-hour speech to the National Assembly during which he made international headlines by calling on other countries to stop branding two leftist Colombian guerrilla groups as terrorists and instead recognize them as “armies.”
”I chew coca every day in the morning . . . and look how I am,” he is seen saying on a video of the speech, as he shows his biceps to the audience.
Chávez, who does not drink alcohol, added that just as Fidel Castro ‘’sends me Coppelia ice cream and a lot of other things that regularly reach me from Havana,” Bolivian President Evo Morales “sends me coca paste . . . I recommend it to you.”
It was not clear what Chávez meant. Indigenous Bolivians and Peruvians can legally chew coca leaves as a mild stimulant and to kill hunger. But coca paste is a semi-refined product — between leaves and cocaine — considered highly addictive and often smoked as basuco or pitillo.
”It is another symptom that [Chávez] has totally lost the concept of limits,” said Aníbal Romero, a political scientist with the Caracas Metropolitan University. “It shows Chávez is a man out of control.”
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haha. it’s a Bush conspiracy, i’m sure.
anyway, we all knew that dude was on something. he just doesn’t look ‘with it’…and certainly when he opens his mouth, it confirms it.
Is his parrot on it to or do we know?
It’s obvious he was on something at the U.N. and his sulfur diablo speech, maybe it was’nt sulfur he was smelling but coca paste seething out of his pour’s, his own stench so to speak.
I don’t need this university to tell me that “Chavez is a man out of control”…Duh…
No wonder he doesn’t seem grounded in the real world.
No wonder Hollyweird and leftards love him. He hooks them up.
Quite frankly, I think drug abuse is the reason why congress is so messed up.
I think we need to start giving them random drug tests and firing anyone caught with a ‘positive’.
You don’t say. My, my…I’d never have know!
This explains why all the Hollywood stars and models are hangin’ out.
See, just cause you use drugs doesn’t mean that you can’t be a great statesman.
Well, OK there might be a conflict if you are a Muslim & a drug user… but as long as you can tow the party line it’s all good.
Oh yes, it helps if you are articulate too.
Oops! Left the “n” off known!
I was preoccupied listening to the weather report on television…we’re going to have temps down around eight degrees tonight - Yipes!!
Stay warm everybody - and PLEASE, remember to take care of your outside pets tonight during this awful,awful cold!
They’d do the same for you.
They should have busted him for it when he came to the US, I’m sure he didnt leave his stash behind. He makes me sick.
They don’t bust the drug smugglers coming over from Mexico, AJ, so why would they bust one of the left’s buddies?
/sarc off
HAHAHA breakfast of champions huh Chavez, you crackhead.
lol, good point SHoward.
“It shows Chávez is a man out of control.”
I don’t think that the sulpher sniffer is out of control because of his coca habit.
He is out of control because he is insane. The coca just makes him repeat himself.
The one terrible thing that President Reagan did to this country was to issue an executive order that forbids the assignation of foreign heads of state.
No wonder he see’s the devil and smells sulfur, he’s hallucinating. oh wow man, the colors….
So that’s what the problem is!
Hey, hands off! Diplomatic pouches are sacred! West Nile virus was just a coincidence. OK?
What next, huh, toss out the UN & turn it into a residence for veterans?
He is a drug addict w/power…pretty scary.
Nasarallah of Hamas is just a serial killer w/power….we have to eliminate these types of people.
Loved the comment about the hollywood stars and models…so true.
DUDE!
He’s just chewing the cocoa that you or I wouldn’t, as dictator in chief.
As an argument FOR or AGAINST?
Congressman “Pantload” Delahunt, who brokered a home heating oil deal in 2005 between Chavez and Massachusetts, just had a house party with the ‘Cokehead from Caracas’ on Friday.
Now I wonder if home heating oil is the only deal Massachusetts is brokering with Chavez?
As Chavez’s pictured parrot buddy Sonny the Cuckoo Bird might say, I’m Cuckoo for Coca Paste.
I’m not quite comfortable with Venezuela. I’m glad that Delahunt, my former Congressman, and the rest of the Massachusetts delegation have brokered deals with Venezuela. There’s no reason for people to go without heat. No matter what the source, making sure Americans have heat should be the higher priority.
And let’s be honest. We’d rather it be Venezuela than Saudi Arabia? Right?
well, using drugs will really make him a hero to the left wing nuts in this country — after all, drug use and left wing politics go hand in hand.
Well if Hillary is elected we now know which foreign leader Bill is going to spend the most time with.
Coca leaves are about as dangerous as tea leaves.
I am sure Hugo’s pen pals in Hollyweird were well aware of this AM “herbal” therapy when they planned their “trips” to visit him…
Yes, and quickly too.
I don’t mind Venezuela, but I do mind their leader/dictator. This is a guy who is trying to nationalize everything in Venezuela. He silenced opposition radio stations and wanted to change their Constitution so that he could be dictator in chief forever. I wonder if these same congressman who brokered deals with him for “affordable heating oil” would have done so if Chavez referred to Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as the “devil”?
It explains alot about Chavez. Not that he would be any kind of prize without the drugs. A thug is a thug. Hollywood’s hero Chavez is certainly their type of guy.
Actually, Rusty, if Venezuela enters into deals with places like Iran, and that commerce feeds terror organizations, then it is no better than Saudi Arabia.
And no, no one minds that the heating oil deal was done, but navywife91 has a great point: if he had called leftist icons the devil the deal never would have been allowed.
#26, if Hillary is elected and sends Bill to deal with Chavez, he will have to avoid inhaling.
Navywife91 said;
He silenced opposition radio stations and wanted to change their Constitution so that he could be dictator in chief forever. I wonder if these same congressman who brokered deals with him for “affordable heating oil” would have done so if Chavez referred to Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as the “devil”?
Of course they would, they share the same socialist beliefs. Corporations bad, government health care good. Individual rights bad, welfare state good. Heck they are cut from the same cloth.
#24 Rusty said:
What’s wrong with the people of Venezuela?
Your homies didn’t broker a deal with Venezuela, they brokered a deal with Chavez, a sworn enemy to our form of government and to our national interests.
How about if they spend their budget on less important things?
Yeah, tell that one to your “Massachusetts delegation.” Fair minded Americans have been trying to tap “sources” from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska for decades now, but delegations of “concerned” democrats (like those from Massachusetts) have blocked these “sources” every time.
Speak for yourself. I’m familiar with many poor Venezuelans (who incidentally, make the poorest Beantowners look like the Kennedys)who still haven’t seen one centavo of promised aid from Chavez since 1999. Still proud that your State is taking Venezuelan aid from out of the mouths and off the backs of some of Venezuela’s most destitute citizens? What’s Joe Kennedy’s vig on that kind of sweet action?
Not quite, but you don’t get high chewing coca leaves. It’s quite common in the Andean areas of Peru and Bolivia and is used to dull the senses (e.g. hinder hunger, sustain long working hours). Given the nature of Chavez one would have a hard time determining if he chews coca because he’s an idiot or if he’s an idiot because of chewing coca (I’m sure it’s the former).
There is a completely legal method for using coca leaves in the Andean countries that has a quicker and stronger effect than chewing leaves: mate de coca (coca tea). It’s mainly used to prevent altitude sickness. I even sent a box of “tea” bags to my son when he was in Afghanistan.
@BrianNY #34
Good response to Rusty, especially the last part. All of those people who support Chavez giving money to Cuba, other like-minded politicians in Latin American, for Russian weapons, and the people of Massachusetts always seem to forget that every dollar he gives away he’s taking from Venezuelan poor, those unfortunate souls that he allegedly represents.
#33:
Well said, indeed.
Hopefully in the process of leaving Massachusetts.
So tired of seeing Joe Kennedy’s commercial….
What’s the other gasoline brandname Citgo is trying to sneak through under?
Wanna make sure not one penny goes from me to Chavez.
And, folks are quite correct: leftist Massachusetts congressional reps likely love hearing Chavez refer to Booooosh (and I am no Bush fan) as the devil; if anyone thinks that this heating oil deal would have been done if Chavez had insulted American leftists…well, let’s just say that there is a well known bridge for sale in New York.
BTW, Chavez REALLY looks likes like Curly Howard in that picture!
And seeing that parrot on Chavez’s shoulder, all I can think of is the Stooges’ “Disorder in the Court”.
LMAO!
…sorry, was referring to #34.
But, #33, I agree with your good post, also
Are Bill and Hugo best buds?If not they soon will be now that the word is out.Bills nose is always reddish purple so thats nothing new.I can see it now “Coca me bro”
Chavez consumes coca paste, not coca leaves. This is more serious consumption. I guess after losing the last referendum, he could use some anesthesia.
#35 Don Miguel said:
I haven’t seen it here at MM, but other sites are quoting Chavez as claiming that his buddy in crime, Evo Moralez from Bolivia, sends him refined cocoa “paste” which is described as both illegal in Venezuela, and illegal to transport across borders. If true, this sounds like a completely different ballgame then unprocessed leaves.
And many thanks to your son who was in Afghanistan.
#39 nbarry said:
Oops, that’s what I meant to say, and you beat me to it as well.
I don’t know what sortof deal Massachusetts made with Chavez, but I do know Article 1, section 10 of the Constitution forbids states from “brokering deals” with foreign powers. Something to look into…. Not that it matters anyway, just for “FYI”. No one pays much attention to the Constitution these days. To accept ads from Joe Kennedy and Chavez shows how low the MSM will go. When it comes on, we switch channels. The people of Venezuela go hungry while Chavez pockets millions with Kennedy’s help. Disgusting…
No better way to control the masses than with drugs. No Russian ever went without his Vodka. All Chavez is doing is introduing a substance to help aleviate the pain of the masses. It also helps that it supresses hunger, because crop yields are notoriously low in Socialist nations.
I mean, why work when the government will provide it for you, right?
Sad, but very true. I, too, fear that the living document of our Constitution has flat-lined.
Nothing like the moral equivicancy of the Left to help guide this great nation. How’s that old saying go, ” Better to deal with the devil you do know…” Or better yet, “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good.”
My question continues to be: If we have the resources in our own country (natural gas, crude oil, and even nuclear power could all provide energy for heat), why not remove the artifical barriers we have placed on tapping these resources, and provide for ourselves?
#44 crashemt said:
From what I understand, 1) Liberals don’t mind high gas prices, they just don’t want Americans making too much money off of the situation, and 2) Liberals, especially from Massachusetts, seem to place the priorities of Alaskan caribou over those of poor Americans who “can’t afford” heating oil.
True. And as for cheap energy, someone named Kennedy is against wind farms in Mass since it might spoil his view. Better to have old people freezing in their aprtments than upset a Kennedy. Fallback, make deals with Thugs on Drugs.
#24 Rusty said:
Hey Rusty, tell that to one of your delegation (Rep. Ed Markey - 7th District, Massachusetts) who is putting the Alaskan polar bear before the cold, huddled masses of Mass.
Copy of Rep. Markey’s latest anti-home heating oil bill.
Let’s be honest, Massachusetts Democrats would rather buy oil from their Marxist friends in Venezuela than develop more product at home, right?
He and Spicoli probably chew it while watching “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” over and over.
Picture of him with bird..
“Say hello to my little friend!”
Doesn’t this explain the latest report about the drug traffic expanding from Columbia into Venezuela? There is a good book by Mark Bowden titled “Killing Pablo” Pablo Escobar, used the socialist movement in Columbia for cover. Judges were an endangered spieces in those days in Columbia. There is another book that came out but a novel, titled “Point of Entry” by Peter Schechter, he lays out the scenario of how the Drug smuggling route south of us, can be used to smuggle terrorist into our country. Mark Bowden also wrote “Black Hawk Down” in that book he described how the Somalians would chew khat. Chavez chews coco leaves, I see a pattern forming. Drug Dealers and Terrorist unholy alliance or one in the same?