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2005-02-01 Afghanistan/South Asia

World To U.S.: Don't Spray Opium Poppies

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Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-01 1:37:22 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Funny; the guy on the right in that pic looks like an English teacher of mine . . .

Posted by The Doctor 2005-02-01 9:12:02 AM|| 2005-02-01 9:12:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 That's Richard "Cheech" Marin on the left and Tommy Chong on the right. Cheech got his nickname when as a child he liked fried pork rinds, called chicharones in Mexico.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-02-01 9:32:01 AM|| 2005-02-01 9:32:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Duuude, that's, like, my stash! You spray it and I hafta go into rehab, which is, like, major bummers."

Posted by Mike 2005-02-01 10:22:31 AM|| 2005-02-01 10:22:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Within the last year, I saw Tommy Chong in an interview state "Tommy Chong is not a pot head."

What's the HTML tag for hysterical laughter?

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2005-02-01 2:14:00 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-02-01 2:14:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 But Afghan leaders and aid organizations have expressed dismay that only $120 million has been earmarked for rural development programs to help farmers switch to legal crops, compared to $300 million for crop eradication programs.

One question: does rural development cost as much as poppy eradication? If not, then this "dismay" is misplaced.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-01 2:44:30 PM|| 2005-02-01 2:44:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 "Leading relief groups" are not exactly what I call "world"...

Posted by True German Ally 2005-02-01 2:47:27 PM|| 2005-02-01 2:47:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 It's CBS. What do you expect?

Posted by Dishman 2005-02-01 3:31:21 PM|| 2005-02-01 3:31:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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