The War on Drugs and its Consequences.

Cocaine: The New Front Lines

Colombia’s success in curbing the drug trade has created more opportunities for countries hostile to the United States. What happens when coca farmers and their allies are in charge?  

A true war on crime would eradicate not only the crops but the dealers and users of these drugs in the countries who demand this recreational drug.

In New York state alone, the draconian laws passed under John D. Rockefellar in the late 60′s, incarcerated thousands of young businessmen, including one who just had a baby with a beautiful woman.

To my utter disgust, Beyonce’s husband was recently on the cover of Forbes Magazine.  Thankfully I hadn’t decided yet to extend my subscription when I saw this drug dealer.  The decision to cancel the subscription to Forbes Magazine was very easy.

The irony of spending $8 billion dollars on the war on drugs is that Colombia’s rank as the world’s biggest producer is now in jeopardy.

Peru may have passed Colombia in 2010, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, as the leading producer of Cocaine.

To make matters worse, Ecuador, Venezuela,and Bolivia have become important partners in the war on drugs. They have welcomed cartels to operate freely in their nations.

THE SATURDAY ESSAY JANUARY 14, 2012
Cocaine: The New Front Lines
Colombia’s success in curbing the drug trade has created more opportunities for countries hostile to the United States. What happens when coca farmers and their allies are in charge?
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Visiting Head of State from Iran is in South America and Central America

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Visiting Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicarauga.  Is Colombia being isolated by these rendezvous?   Will he be welcomed in Cuba by the Castros? I’m still not too sure  which way the Americas are leaning?

I repeat.

Visiting Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua.  Is Colombia being isolated by these rendezvous?   Will he be welcomed in Cuba by the Castros? I’m still not too sure  which way the Americas are leaning?

What do you do with the liberated lions of Bolivia?

A Cousin of the Lions of Bolivia

 

When Evo Morales, signed a law banning live animals from traveling circuses in Bolivia it created a problem that has found a solution in Keenesburgh, Colorado.

Pat Craig’s “passion for castoff carnivores started just after high school, when a friend gave him a tour behind the scenes at a small zoo. There he saw unwanted animals being held in small cages, destined to be put to death.”

“He started with a black leopard named Freckles, a zoo castoff from North Carolina after receiving approval to keep large carnivores on the farm. Next came a mountain lion from a Utah amusement park and then a pet black bear from California.”

When  Pat Craig was just 20, he received his first batch of cats. “Police had seized eight lions, three leopards and a jaguar from a Colorado doctor who was raising them for their pelts.”

Having arrived on Wednesday, February 16, on a chartered cargo flight were the Bolivian lions, that thankfully for the law Bolivian President Evo Morales signed, will now live out their lives not being exploited by humans.

Mr. Craig dreams about the day when people will stop trafficking in exotic animals, making what he does unnecessary.

How did I come upon this beautiful act of human kindness? I was watching the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on the DVR and the guest was Bob Barker who is an animal activist. The only link I had, was just the name of the city where Mr. Barker said he would be.

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