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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 01/12/2010 : 06:28:24
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I seem to recqall, sometime back, writing a Scattershot concerning the history of that great American tooth destroyer, Coca-Cola. Initally, that gunk had enough blow in it to tweak anyone after a few glasses, and did.
Well, it seems that Bolivia, not content to be merely on the soft drink sidelines, is reviviing something similiar to Coke's original recipe.
“Coca Colla” — It’s The Real Thing From Coca LeavesPosted in January 11th, 2010 by Glenn Church in Bolivia, Evo MoralesBolivian President Evo Morales announced that his government will come out with a carbonated drink called “Coca Colla.” Yes, it will be made from coca leaves.
Billed as an energy drink, it will appear slightly similar to Coca Cola in packaging with a red label and black swoosh. Morales hopes to produce the drink in a joint venture with a private company.
Bolivia’s new constitution recognizes coca as a “cultural heritage, a natural and renewable resource of biodiversity in Bolivia and a factor of social cohesion.”
Morales is known to regularly chew on coca leaves, even when he appears at international conferences around the world.
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"It's the real thing" all over again!
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
 Posted - 01/12/2010 : 06:46:13 [Permalink]
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Morales isn't the only one (though he may be the only one to do so at an international conference). I recall seeing a program on.... well, I forget. Discovery? Anyhow, they showed locals (usually women) chewing on coca leaves as they went about afternoon chores.
In the summers back in my undergraduate days, I worked on the grounds crew for a local golf course to earn some extra money. Most of my afternoons were spent mowing rough on a big deck mower. It was too loud to listen to music (and you had ear plugs anyhow), so a good way to pass the time was to get your buzz on chewing on some Red Man (or Beech-Nut). So I sort of sympathize... |
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Hal
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 01/12/2010 : 07:40:00 [Permalink]
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President Evo Morales announced that his government will come out with a carbonated drink called “Coca Colla.” ...
Billed as an energy drink, it will appear slightly similar to Coca Cola in packaging with a red label and black swoosh. Morales hopes to produce the drink in a joint venture with a private company. |
Unless this joint venture is with a certain private company based in Atlanta, I think there may be a flaw (or two) in the plan. I don't imagine a private company would have much luck trying to sue a foreign government for trademark infringement, but I expect CC has a little bit of influence in Washington. |
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Cocaine Cola....
