[Grovenet] Evo Morales II

[Steele, Mike]

A quicker way there is via Youtube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoeXYWJjAD8

--Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Steele, Mike 
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:05 PM
To: 'Forest Grove local interests list'
Subject: Evo Morales

G-Nuts...there was a poignant moment last night, rare enough on American
TV, when Jon Stewart interviewed, via a translator, the president of
Bolivia, Evo Morales on The Daily Show.  Morales comes from the Aymara
tribe of indigenous people and is probably the first indigenous person
to lead a S. American country since the Spanish conquest.  

I think Morales was a little baffled at first (and who knows what gets
lost in translation?) as he was facing a comedian...but he showed great
dignity, a soft-spoken firmness, a deep concern for the underprivileged,
and a total commitment to what he called The Millennium for Life.  It
was such a powerful moment.  If you missed the interview, here is a link
to it...Geri says it'll be the 9th one down or so in "Most Recent
Videos."  The title is "President Evo Morales."

The link:  http://tinyurl.com/abcxj

What's missing is the blustering, the swaggering, the snickering, the
hubris, the thoughtlessness of "our leader."

--Mike