Denmark Vesey

Monday, July 21, 2008

EVO MORALES
Bolivian President, urging farmers to combat high food prices by boosting production of cash crops including coca leaves, which are processed into cocaine

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Anonymous said...: Lil Wayne Says Barack Obama Signals the End of the World
After spending time on his tourbus doing some reading, rapper Lil Wayne has decided that the end of the world is a mere four years away. Wayne was reportedly studying up on the ancient Mayan civilization and the prophecies of the long-gone society.

"The world is about to end in 2012… ’cause the Mayans made calendars, and they stop at 2012," he tells Blender magazine. "I got encyclopedias on the bus."

Wayne, real name Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., went on to name signs of the world's demise, including the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States.

"The world is about to end as we know it. You can see it already. A planet doesn’t exist - there’s no more Pluto. Planes are flying into buildings - and not just the Twin Towers. Mosquitos bite you and you die. And a black man and a woman are running for president."; Jul 21, 2008, 1:56:00 PM
All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalo said...: i aint mad
it is a cash crop
i argued it should be the new gold standard per value per oz; Jul 21, 2008, 2:55:00 PM

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