In Honor of Sean McGrew and his Columbian Heritage

CokeGreaterThanPepsi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vYnas6q3Sg&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6vYnas6q3Sg&has_verified=1

(Maybe this is why Petersen let them play the song pregame for Apple Cup)

Swaye

I will now really honor his Columbian heritage.

Dennis_DeYoung

Colombian*

TierbsHsotBoobs

If the dude was a REAL Colombian, he would be playing divegrass instead.

DerekJohnson

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

If the dude was a REAL Colombian, he would be playing divegrass instead.

Does this mean you're going to tell him to LEAVE!!??!!?

TierbsHsotBoobs

DerekJohnson said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

If the dude was a REAL Colombian, he would be playing divegrass instead.

Does this mean you're going to tell him to LEAVE!!??!!?

I'm going to wait until he actually sucks.

Doogles

All the blow comes out of Bolivia now, but still.

TierbsHsotBoobs

Doogles said:

All the blow comes out of Bolivia now, but still.

South American Cocaine Sourcing Superiority Guy

Dennis_DeYoung

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Doogles said:

All the blow comes out of Bolivia now, but still.

South American Cocaine Sourcing Superiority Guy

It's actually Peru.

But, whatever. They're all achieving great things in cocaine production. It's mostly that Colombia's economy is diversifying and there is considerable uptick in economic output from other sectors (mostly oil and coal).

Even businesses like Starbucks have recently entered Colombia because of this growth.

FARC (a left-wing rebel group made up of a largely rural, agriculturally minded partisans) also been weakened by this economic growth—much of their funding comes from cocaine production—and in 2014 a ceasefire was declared.

Colombian economy superiority guy, 'frigging' right.

RaceBannon

FARC (a left-wing rebel group made up of a largely rural, agriculturally minded partisans) also been weakened by this economic growth

So its true - terrorists just need jobs

Swaye

RaceBannon said:

FARC (a left-wing rebel group made up of a largely rural, agriculturally minded partisans) also been weakened by this economic growth

So its true - terrorists just need jobs

From Obama's lips to your ears.

GrundleStiltzkin

Dennis_DeYoung said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Doogles said:

All the blow comes out of Bolivia now, but still.

South American Cocaine Sourcing Superiority Guy

It's actually Peru.

But, whatever. They're all achieving great things in cocaine production. It's mostly that Colombia's economy is diversifying and there is considerable uptick in economic output from other sectors (mostly oil and coal).

Even businesses like Starbucks have recently entered Colombia because of this growth.

FARC (a left-wing rebel group made up of a largely rural, agriculturally minded partisans) also been weakened by this economic growth—much of their funding comes from cocaine production—and in 2014 a ceasefire was declared.

Colombian economy superiority guy, 'frigging' right.

Kinda reminds me when Butthead got The Touch in court.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH188MDvxb4

dnc

Anyone else come to this thread expecting to find lolitas?

HFNY

What if the USA and Mexico legalized coke? The USA could use tax revenues (like from pot) to help fund anti-gang activity in Mexico (and the USA).

These gangs are like the Al Capone and the post WWII mobs. All they care about is power and money so legalizing coke would lower its price and end their monopoly, just like ending Prohibition hurt the Rum Runners and Bootleggers. Far less profits mean far less money to spend on advanced weaponry, buying judges and law-enforcement, and recruiting new foot soldiers.

Doogles

HFNY said:

What if the USA and Mexico legalized coke? The USA could use tax revenues (like from pot) to help fund anti-gang activity in Mexico (and the USA).

These gangs are like the Al Capone and the post WWII mobs. All they care about is power and money so legalizing coke would lower its price and end their monopoly, just like ending Prohibition hurt the Rum Runners and Bootleggers. Far less profits mean far less money to spend on advanced weaponry, buying judges and law-enforcement, and recruiting new foot soldiers.

If the US tried to legalize coke, whatever politician behind the bill would be assassinated by the cartel within a week. If you want to win the war on drugs you legalize it. It's the nightmare of every Uber violent criminal organization in the world.

Dennis_DeYoung

It's almost like if you make a high-margin, high demand product illegal, there will still be a market for it.

Who could ever imagine that you would have to spend trillions in tax dollars fighting criminals instead of banking trillions in tax revenue?!

This is why I root for the bad guys in movies. The good guys are morons.

AEB

You think the cartels are behind the criminalization of drugs? Really? Ask Hospira about its Narcan business. Hospira trades under the ticker HSP and I'm sure they've got a huge lobby ensuring heroin stays illegal. Just sayin...

ThomasFremont

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQbselazX0

Tequilla

slightly off-topic, but the Cocaine Cowboys documentary movie is really good and highlights what the cartel was all about ...

As with most things in life, things aren't a big deal to the masses until they are