Brazzil

The first step that has to be taken is to fire Dunga as the coach of the Brazilian national team.

Filipao would have been my first choice to replace Dunga, but he is not available.

Luxemburgo the coach of Palmeiras would be my second option.

Then...

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You miss the point of the article. It was about Brazil's failure to educate its citizens. Let me see it you get it using Cristovam Buarque's final words.

"...the acceptance of mediocrity in education condemns us to be the losers of the educational Olympics."

Soccer was used in this article to show how second place was not good enough but when it came to education:

"(Brazilians)lack this same behavior and emotion.... Year after year, (Brazilians) place near last but the matter does not awaken indignation and goes unnoticed."

Brazil Won't Tolerate Mediocrity or Second Place... in Soccer

A good article with an apt title. The objective of Senator.Buarque to talk about the performance of our female soccer team that just got a silver medal (The girls did play very good soccer and probably beaten Argentina in Men´s games, if they were allowed to play!) was to draw attention to the fact that the enthusiasm to compete is lacking in our Educational system. His intention was certainly not to complain about the performance of our Women´s soccer team- Contrary to the heavy criticisms that were launched against our Men´s team (as well as the coach) by the President of the Republic. One will find info on the controversial statements made by the Prez in the sister magazine www.brazzilmag.com

As for the comments of Ricardo:

The first step that has to be taken is to fire Dunga as the coach of the Brazilian national team.

Filipao would have been my first choice to replace Dunga, but he is not available.

Let me remind Ricardo that Dunga was NOT the coach for our Female Soccer team and hence he gets NO credit for the Women winning Silver medals. I am not sure if Ricardo got to watch the matches played by our ladies and they did a splendid job.Their names nor that of the coach are the household ones in Brasil and a couple of the players are very poor.Unfortunately that is how the government and the press like to treat our women athletes. As for your suggestion to "fire" Dunga as a coach for men´s team, I don't think he gives two hoots about his "job", as he is already wealthy and cares much about the criticisms by you, me or for that matter Lula.

You said: "You miss the point of the article."

The did not miss the point of the article since I did not read the article.

I just posted my opinion about the first step that has to be taken to improve our national team.

By the way, nobody remembers who comes second.

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The problem is that BRazil's best players are mostly going to Europe and Brazil's soccer is falling behind. That's sad. When Brazil lost to Argentina, that was creepy. Brazil needs to pay their plyers more money and quit exporting the Ronaldinho's to European teams. Notice that Ronaldinho NEVER FREAKING plays his best when he's representing Brazil because his contract says he is not supposed to get injured so he doesn't and usually when he plays for Brazil he plays like crap.

If only Brazilians were to display one quarter of their passion, attention, interest and energy towards a variety of additional topics and activities such as Science, Technology, literature, and other forms of sport activities, as oppose to this nearly exclusive focused obsession on soccer, perhaps Brazil would not only have winners of Nobel Prize & Pulitzer Prize Winners, Olympic gold, NASA scientists (as opposed to dead scientists resulting from catastrophic explosions in Maranhao), and several Gold / Silver / Bronze Olympic medals (as opposed to just a couple here & there), as well as a much superior quality of life for its citizens, along with REAL respect from a World which (feigning respects) belittles our nation by automatically associating Brazilians (wherever we may live or visit) with Soccer, Carnaval and Promiscuity… These three topics represent the overwhelming majority of the opinions I have heard from nationals for the USA, Canada, Australia and European Union countries… Likewise, these topics inevitably appear among the first questions asked whenever they discovered my country of origin, for the past several years!

As much as the United Kingdom is also devoted for soccer & passionate about cricket, while citizens of the United States & Canada are obsessed with baseball & football (their fans are just as enthusiastic), they surely are not totally consumed by one-track minded activity and do not demonstrate the same level of obsession, as they do not place all of their “eggs” in a “single basket of National Pride & Honor”!

Paradoxically, I suspect that it might turn out for the better in case Brazil were to lose its worshiped & prized No.1 position in World Soccer so that its people could finally “wake up and smell the coffee”, and perhaps start developing interest for and the necessary efforts engaged for many other relevant (and far superior) activities…

build grate buildings __________ no money spent on maintence

build bridges _________________ no money spent on maintence

spends tons of money os its military __________ no mantience

most the country and business is doen this way just half a** done

why not the team sports .

you get what you pay for

but when the worlds best gets beat
the nation has a hart attic over it and the president
brings it up as if the country was invaded by monkeys

ITS A GAME

I fully agree with your comments. It's ridiculous the Brazilian proclivity to plan, build and then neglect, which you correctly described...
I remember when I was a child in Brazil, hearing about the Great Mega-Projects under construction (ranging from roads & bridges to major dams – Hydro & Nuclear), all of which now concluded, and most of which are now crumbling for lack of maintenance... The only exception being the Rio-Niteroi bridge, which the last time I visited over 2 years ago, was still "functioning" and untouched by decay...

Yet, ever since my college years here in NYC (long ago), when I wrote a paper with the title above (Brazil - the country of contrasts), I keep on running into additional issues which (to this day) continue to provide evidence for the essay I wrote several years ago...

"we are the worst in forest destruction and in income concentration, in the number of illiterate adults, in malaria and dengue fever cases.

The international evaluations all place Brazil among the worst in reading capacity and mathematics ability. We are also the world's worst in juvenile crime. These shameful classifications do not, however, cause us to suffer as much as placing second in soccer. This is why we are good in soccer and very bad in other practices: we accept mediocrity in everything else while demanding excellence in soccer."

MEDIOCRITY RATING IS STILL TOO GOOD !
BRAZIL IS THE WORST OF THE WORST ON EARTH.

No country on earth ranked as middle income country export ONLY us$ 1000.- PER CAPITA...... EXCEPT BRAZIL.
No country on earth has as much poverty than Brazil when compared to its GDP per capita !

MORE SIMPLE.....THERE IS NOT !!!!!!


And Brazilians with their chief Robin the Crook boast themselves several times daily as to HOW GOOD THEY ARE !!!!!

I challenge anyone to prove me wrong with facts and stats...NOT WORDS denials !!!!!!

The author misses two important points. First, a lot of these same girls literally had their gold medals stolen from them four years ago. Cristiane dribbled through a
defender early in extra time and had her point-blank shot on goal blocked volley-ball
style by a defender who came sliding in late with her hands up - an obvious penalty
and red card that the referee incredibly did not call - literally the worst call that I have
ever seen. The suffering for Cristiane was compounded by Barcellos' crazy decision to
have Marta take the penalty in the World Cup final down a goal although Cristiane is
a better finisher and better under pressure. Second, the circumstances surrounding the recent second place finish, rather than reflecting misplaced priorities in Brasil,
evidence the continued structural constraints thrown up by the so-called developed
world to impede Brasilian progress. After finishing second in the last Olympics and World Cup, the Brasilian girls were seeded sixth in this Olympics. The discriminatory
treatment was so abusive that, while Germany won the World Cup and the U.S. won the
Olympics, the two countries never had to play each other in either event. The
Brasilian girls had to play the Germans three times (1-1-1 with an advantage on goal differential) and the U.S. twice (1-1 with a 4-1 goal differential). Brasil has thus earned the #1 seed for the next women's World Cup on the field but will never get it.
This kind of crap is the difference between a player like Cristiane carrying the flag
at an Olympic closing ceremony with a gold medal around her neck instead of lying
in a heap on the field crying her eyes out. An article like this ignores the obvious
and fails to support a group of very deserving girls who have been wronged repeatedly over the last four years.

Yes i have been all over the world and have seen many things in other
countries falling apart do to no money .
but brazil has to do the right thing to maintain its buildings and grate tourtist venues .

i have seen buildings in brazil that rivail I M Ping in art as a building . and it is just ashame for people in brazil to complain more about a game than a bridge or building .

take the jesus in rio if it fell due to no maintence the world not brazil would loose something (is that not so )

but if you loose a futbal game the it is spoken about from the halls of congress to low life bars .

why not speack such things about LULA and the brazilian coruption machine ,
loose a game you could be killed , in booth ways . but robe the nation you get relectied again and again .

to me the current mood in the states is its time for a change and we the people are shopping around for a better form a goverment .

trying to get away from FEDZILLA the all consuming life style of the goverment and its big payoffs for not doing the right thing for the people

that is why you have so many people from the US leaving the country
we are just fed up with eating there spoils

not ping .
if any one cares or even knows as of whom i am talking about.

have you not read on this site around a year ago or so what happened ????
Wellll they found out that the workers kept around 80 % of the ticket prices for themselves....for Yeaaaaars !
Most probably shared with some state/city officials...of course.

and as usual....not a new news since then about the investigations, judicial lawsuits, and even less verdict rendering from the INjustice Dept ! No doubt the workers were not fired and are back to their previous job.
Business as usual !

"build bridges _________________ no money spent on maintence"

The US has this problem also. Lets not forget about a year ago a bridge actually fell down. Late last month the department of transportation actually ran out of money for infracture projects, including repairs. If congress and the bush admin. do not find funds in the next few days there will be a big spike in the unemployment figures for this month as a lot of projects come to a halt. At least the lawyers will be happy.

is selling off its toll roads to other countries who raise tolls but dont do the maintence and cant be sued if something goes rong as it is set up that way .

with 56% of the forign owned compines in the US not paying taxes this year and 50 % of US owned compaines doing the same the tax burder falls to the little man .

whom also has to bail out the realstate industry .
the hurracain victiums . many of whom walk up to a window as soon as they get off the buss wanting there FEMS chque and then going over to get free meds with out a prescription ,
and set around complaining about not enough TV , and child care for them .
they also get mad when they get caught drinking and using drugs in the shelters and go to jail .

yes right now the US congress needs a kink jerked in its A**
it is time to do what is right or kill them all

BUT THAT IS JUST ME

LONG LIVE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!

Speaking of Barack Obama:

Barack Obama is a racial-minority individual and does not like racism:

WORLDWIDE PROLIFERATION OF SCANDALS:

(I) I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention. Many people know what Bush did. And many people will know what Bush did—even until the end of the world. Bush was absolute evil. Bush is now like a fugitive from justice. Bush is a psychological prisoner. Bush often worries. In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.

(II) It is opined that Bill Clinton committed terrifying, racist, hate crimes during his presidency, and I am not free to say anything further about it. Numbers 32:23: “Be sure your sins will find you out.”

(III) What if basically all racial-minority people would subscribe to the interpretations that George Herbert Walker Bush committed monstrous, racist, hate crimes while he was the President of the United States? It will eventually come out: it is only a matter of time.

(IV) I know it may be hard to believe. However, it is absolutely true that Ronald Wilson Reagan committed horrible, racist, hate crimes during his presidency.

Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang, J.D. Candidate
B.S., With the Highest Level of Academic Honors at Graduation, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are thousands of copies on the Internet (by March 29, 2009) indicating the contents of (I), (II), (III), and (IV). And there are thousands of copies in very many countries around the world.)

“BAD NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES: ON THE HATE CRIMES AND ETERNAL INFAMIES OF GEORGE W. BUSH, BILL CLINTON, GEORGE H.W. BUSH, AND RONALD REAGAN” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG

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‘If only there could be a ban against invention that bottled up memory like scent & it never faded & it never got stale.’ Off the top of my head, it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.