Brazzil

...but as long as you elect older politicians, despite their promises.....they have no other commitments than preserving or even increase their status or power.

Nobody in this world has yet been able to transform an old black/white TV into a crisp collored flat screen TV !!!!!

New plans, new technicians,new technologies, new plants, new tools are needed to do that.

Therefore old politicians and old black/white TV have another thing in common ! They are just good for....garbage !!!!!!

Therefore it is up to you...Brazilian society....if you want a true change...to vote for new politicians who have honesty, many new visions...and commitments for a change !!!

....Brazilian politicians lead....in corruption either as corrupted or corruptors !!!!

What has been demonstrated so far....is the Caixa 2 from the PT party and some bribes and corruptions !!!

But who has a doubt that every political party, from left to right, does not also have a Caixa 2....for exactly the same purpose as the PT party ???????

the evil and racist republican supporting brazilian oligarchy, in cahoots with local blanco/criollo landowners and industrialists destroyed brazil and latin america.

they even co-opted lula to join the imperialist republican gringos to forgo many of the promises he made, when he ran for presidency, such as land reform, taxing the rich, better education and health care for the majority of brazilians.

the racist and imperialist gringos and the white oligarchy in brazil are all behind 99% of the problems in the country afflicting the poor.

Listen to the Brazilians whine, complain and point fingers at what they refer to as "imperialist gringo's". It never ceases to amaze me that on the right hand, Brazil begs for money from the IMF, hoards it, hides it and then states there is never enough, but the left hand continues to manipulate the "people" responsible for electing them. You fools elected Lula, you fools allowed them to steal your borrowed money, you fools allow them to pass laws protecting them from prosecution, and it is you fools that are know globally as just that, fools.

What do Brazilians want to do, replace what they have got with the same or worse. How do they get out of the mess, by throwing stones at everyone, blaming non-Brazilians.

No one said change would be easy, nothing has really changed in Brazil yet everyone is shocked. Brazilians may have to look to the 'gringos' to help them, as distatsteful as that is.

What Brazilians need to understand that even us gringos have corruption and are lied to by our politicians, but we get what we vote for. We don't like it, respect or want it, it just is.

Most politicians start out with good intentions but see they cannot change the world single handed.

It is the Banana syndrome. 'Start out green and straight and end up bent and yellow'.

Some Brazilians blame non-Brazilians. Some Brazilians accept full responsibility for what is going on. Some Brazilians blame other Brazilians. Most Brazilians have no idea of what is really going on.

Some Americans blame the Hispanics and blacks for their problems and some Americans face their problems with maturity and intelligence.

Some Brazilians are not shocked by the political scandals (they are use to corruption) and some Brazilians are horrified.

Some Americans think that Bush is a great president and some Americans think that he is an idiot.

Got it? Please, avoid generalizations. It is naïve and foolish.

I agree with the above comments on generalizations. However the problem in America is that we tolerate and put racists in key possisions. As long as that is the case more Katrina-like situations (poor-versus-middle-class) will continue to divide America and this will occur in Brazil aswell. Brazil and America are two different countries with their own unique problems. While Brazil and America have good and bad things going on the worst thing you can possibly do is take your eye off the racists. Why would you show an ounce of mercy toward ANYONE who is plotting the demise of those you SAY you love and care about? If ANYONE threatens those I love they are AUTOMATICALLY my enemy and I treat them as such. The gist of this is that people make excuses for the evil bastards instead of dealing with them as Malcolm X stated "by any means necessary" and for the typical reply "Malcolm X is dead" I just quoted him fourty plus years later DIDN'T I? Threatening with violence should simply PROVE they are your enemy. TREAT THEM AS SUCH!!!!

I am not sure what to make of the response to generalization. But I can tell you this we are alike in many ways Brazilians and people from the United States. Many of our people want to blame rather than take responsibility. They blame Bush, they blame WTO or IMF, they say it is because of racists, the man is keeping me down. They say everthing except what did I do wrong and what should I do better next time. Why blame Bush because he is a Republican(?) Yet which party created the "Great Society", which party expanded welfare creating a state of perpetual poverty in this country. That welfare state of poverty resulted in horror that occured in New Orleans. What race is the Mayor of New Orleans, and what race is the New Orleans politician under indictment for missappropriation of FEMA funds? WHo did they hurt more by their inaction and possible crimes? Yes more than New Orleans needs to be fixed. To deny racisim exsists would be foolish, to believe it is systemic is also foolish. But is a convient excuse. In Brazil it seems to be the same, Bush is not a socialist or a populist so he is to blame for Brazils problems. Brazil has a history of political corruption, long before IMF, the WTO and President Bush. Blaming others is a convient excuse for not accepting the responsibility for your own actions. Martin Luther KIng pointed a finger as the racists, but he also worked towards a solution.