Brazzil

The national symbol of Brazil should be the Burro. And the motto of the country should be Amanha. You deserve what you get. You demand nothing in your voting, so what is the problem. You are a nation of madness doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. You have no will, you are told what to do, when to wait, what to say, who will be available to vote for. You are sheep, being led to a slaughter of stupidity. You dont care. If you did you would do something about it, but then you would have nothing to complain about. Ergo, you are getting exactly what you have asked for, what is the problem. You have succeeded in your Democracy. You are a success. It is you that has caused everything that has happened to you and is happening to you. Maybe it is the bogeyman.

You have succeeded in your Democracy.

Have we?

quer 5 minutes peru o nao, this hole or that

maybe later, maybe tomarrow? it isn't even a thought.

Stop F'g with your own best intere$t$ over that of what peoples needs are today, tomarrow and thence on

Are you doing anything to better the situation discussing this issue with your colleagues in the Congress? Or are you expecting the masses to go on the streets,breaking the public and private properties to protest against the blackouts?

Come on, Senator, take the lead and invite your colleagues to do the same.Remember, the vast majority of the people who are the vicims of these blackouts dont have money to buy newspapers or access the Internet to read your articles. Your voters trusted you to take care of their interests and now to ask them to help you to solve their problems is ludicurous.

Somehow, you remind me of a Swiss fella who goes by the name of ch.c in this site. He comes out pointing out the numerous problems our country has with thousand of statistical data. Never with a solution.At least you are an elected Senator of Brazil and therefore in a better position than we are and could easily propose measures in the Congress to take corrective measures against these blackouts and in other areas such as education.

Perfect description of what is happening in Thirld World Countries !

As to the idiot Joao, sorry junkie, we already talked about the solutions :
RULE OF LAW AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
If only you applied your own existing laws, 30 to 50 % of your preblems would be reduced and some eliminated.

Also, Just look at some successful countries around the world, and copy what they did and do ! No need to copy 100 % another economic/social model !
Just pick a successful idea from here, another one from there, and still another one from elsewhere.

Just look at the success of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Taiwan, just to name a few !
THEY WERE ALL POORER THAN BRAZIL, 4 decades ago ONLY ! They all surpass you now....hands down, hands up, hands in the pocket and even when fingers in their noze.
Even more curious, is that NONE of these countries have oil, gas, copper, zinc or whatever commodities in their ground !!!!

Simple demonstration that success is not that diffcult to achieve if one provide the necessary reforms for :
- A positive environment
- Good education
- Accountablity
- Rule of Laws

Good ideas are not what is lacking, but the lack of will to implement them !

I am always amused of how proud you are with the many interests rates reductions Brazil had recently (15 to be exact) !
It is all over your medias and government speeches.
It remains that you still have have the world highest rates......after inflation. Yesssssss around 9 %,
And this rate did not change that much since 2003, It only went from around 13 to 9 % !
Uneheard in the whole planet these days but YOU applaude !
Yesssssss....you applaude the fact that YOU ARE TAKEN FOR A RIDE......by your government !

It is even worse from your banks. They are charging loans an average of above 50 %, and in some cases such as the overdraft rates well over 100 %, when the inflation is below 4 % !
Impressive......for them, not so for you !
Yesssss...you buy 1 and pay for 2 or 3.

you better agree with my critics because as long as you applaude your banks policies, they will certainly not reduce this world highest differential on rates they charge !

Why in other developing countries with similar rating or even lower than Brazil and with similar or even higher inflation rates, they have access to cheaper loans rates than you ??????

Just think of it !!!!!! Yesssssss.....brazilians are idiots to accept whatever their oligarchy decides !

Feel free to take their defense, this is exactly what they expect from you ! Guess why !!!!!!

Laugh.....laugh....laugh !!!!!

Simple demonstration that success is not that diffcult to achieve if one provide the necessary reforms for :
- A positive environment
- Good education
- Accountablity
- Rule of Laws

Good ideas are not what is lacking, but the lack of will to implement them !

You are getting better. This is what the politicians should do.Think,suggest and IMPLEMENT the measures,instead of whining and asking the people to go demonstrate on the streets.

Solutions are plenty, they abound everywhere !
Brazil has to find ITS SOLUTIONS !
Just look elsewhere than where you look ! simple ! Not in the direction of those who fail but of those who succeed !

And statistics per se are worth nothing. They are good for comparisons purposes provided they are done with the same and equal inputs !
Example 1 : assume I earn $ 100 per month. Is that high or low....in my city, in my country ? But is it also high or low even if adjusted for PPP elsewhere ?
It is high or low only compared to something....but is worth nothing per se !
Thus comparative stats is the most important to make a compliment or a critic against a person/country/society.
Being Nbr 1 or 10'out of 200 is of less importance (things may change somewhat yearly).
But those ranked 50th, 100th or 150th cant say they are better than those ranked in the first 10 !

Stats are also too many times voluntarily faked. Example the extreme poverty rate (less than 1 US$ per day) and the poverty level (less than US$ 2.- per day)
These US$ 1.- and 2.- benchmarks were fixed in the very early 1990's.
Therefore if in 1995 one earned US$ 1,80 per day he was considered poor. If in 2007 that same person earns 2,50 he is out of the poverty stats! Right ?
Sadly....correct for the stats, but sadly wrong in the reality.
Simply due to inflation rate and the currency value !
Reality being that one earning Us$ 2,50 in 2007......IS MUCH POORER.....than one earning US$ 1,80 in 1995 !!!!!!

Who is responsible for such manipulation ? BOTH Rich and Poor countries governments.
The Rich countries governments allow this mathematic manipulation, so that they will be least accused by the poorers !
The Poorer countries governments allow this mathematic manipulation, so that they can hide better their failures, and instead show their "great" positive achievements on poverty reduction !!!!

And as long as the benchmarks of US$ 1.- and Us$ 2.- are not readjusted to more accurately reflect the true buying power OVER TIME of its value, BOTH Rich and Poor Nations Governments will continue to lie and cheat ....ALL OF US, IN REGARD TO THE WORLD REAL POVERTY RATE !!!!!

Quite strange too, that no government from rich or poor countries, from left or right ideology, that no large International NGOs, no Internationl Media from left or right, have underlined and publicized on a regular basis and with BIG FANFARE..........SUCH A LIE THAT THEY WANT ALL OF US TO SWALLOW !!!!!!

ô genti boa,
nem li falo...em minha casa, num tem água, num tem energia, acabo tudo
a genti acostumamo com a falta de tudo. :-
são pessoas rica quem gasta, são pessoa rica que vive pedino dinhero emprestado lá fora
i nosso país ainda mais endividado...graças a nossos riçassos sem limites no cartão

Who is responsible for such manipulation ? BOTH Rich and Poor countries governments.
The Rich countries governments allow this mathematic manipulation, so that they will be least accused by the poorers !
The Poorer countries governments allow this mathematic manipulation, so that they can hide better their failures, and instead show their "great" positive achievements on poverty reduction !!!!

An Interesting post.Years ago, I participated in a seminar conducted by a Professor from Virginia Tech and he mentioned the same! There was a lively discussion about it and he proved it giving various statistics.

Regarding your statement that Brazil has to find its own solution, I agree with you. I think that Globalization is irreversible and this and the democracy are new to us. We are a potentially a wealthy nation and in order to grow, we need good leadership and Long Range planning. We need to vote right people into office and learn to demand more out of them. Good education, free and alternative press and rule of laws are essential tools for the people to learn how to enjoy democaracy and accomplish prosperity. There is plenty of Brain Power in this country and we need to harness it adequately.

Changing the topic, I read in the local press the comment made by Lula in London before leaving for India that he would like to bring Indian Pharmaceutical companies to Brazil.I also read a few months ago that Swiss and U.S. pharma companies are outsourcing their reasearch and development to Indian Labs. What is the reason for Swiss companies to do it? If you know something about it,please do share your thoughts with us.

Started off with a tough posting by CH and then Joao is called an idiot by the same.

The article by the Senator is the same old hash he blogs on alomost a daily basis, a typical leftist whiner, who points to all the problems but never offers a real solution, unfortunatly, he is reflective of Brazilian society in general. It's how the PT came to power...as well as the cause from their quick fall from power...I hate to say it...same old...same old.

What you all miss is that there is a powerful group of people within Brazil who like things EXACTLY the way they are. I deal with them on a daily business basis, a selfish bunch indeed, worried only about their own bank accounts and power. I am not against people earning a rich living, but this bunch is as heartless as they come. I have learned how to deal with them, but I will never trust them.

As the poor Senator points out, black outs are no big deal when they impact the poor, just the rich. This my 1/2 communist friend is democracy. I live in South Florida in Boca Raton, when power was lost due to the recent hurricane, my neighborhood was restored in less than 48 hours...the poorer areas of Miami were without power for weeks...and we even had our big generators running for the two days we were down, while the Latin community in S. Florida waited in 4 hour long lines for bags of ice and bottles of FREE water . It is simply the way a capitalistic society works, always has...always will.

The article by the Senator is the same old hash he blogs on alomost a daily basis, a typical leftist whiner, who points to all the problems but never offers a real solution, unfortunatly, he is reflective of Brazilian society in general. It's how the PT came to power...as well as the cause from their quick fall from power...I hate to say it...same old...same old.

Your comments sound like music into my ears! Thanks.

What people like Cristovam want is a revolution. What they do is to incite indignation and hatred, that's why even being a senator he does nothing, just complains. His goal is not to solve the situation but lead Brazil to the point where the people will want to fix things by themselves, therefore a Communist revolution. He is the most perfect example of scum this country has.

AES, you stupid a*****e, you know nothing about Brazil, its culture (ass-shaking music is not our culture) and thinking. You are just another fool talking about things you don't know about. If I were you I would worry about what goes on in the US, because for what I see you are being screwed every time more.

You are right :ass shaking music is not your culture" but it is part of it (a part I enjoy very much thank you), but so is Carnaval, corruption, poverty, injustice, racisim, jetinho, drugs, guns and organized crime...your right...it does sound like any other democracy. Perhaps a revolution is exactly what you need, we fought ours to be free of the British King. You should fight yours to be free from yourselves!

I have feeling that some guys here lost their Brazilian wifes to another man.


LOLLLLLL

No one with some free time in their lifes would spend so much time talking about another country.


So much anger and need to make the country look bad,must come from a broken heart


sorry dude

next time make sure you don't play a fool to a Brazilian woman

LOLLLLLL

'Ass shaking?' Are you talking about Samba?
Argentina is Tango.

In the U.S. not only cannot white men jump but they cannot dance either, they certainly cannot Samba because they are too much in their heads they do not know how to manifest their souls in movement. Maybe it is cultural, but it is almost genetic. Whites in the U.S. neither know how to dance, nor swear. It is one of the most common observations of Black American culture. Both are the objects of comedy and redicule.

'You are just another fool talking about things you don't know about. If I were you I would worry about what goes on in the US, because for what I see you are being screwed every time more.'

Could you be more specific? What are you talking about?

'Ass shaking?' Are you talking about Samba?

I am talking about stupid stereotypes and images sold for attracting tourists. Such Brazil, the party land, only exist in the heads of the gringos who have seen it in some tourism agency advertisement. Some, in their ignorance, might think this is our culture. Nothing farther from the truth.

a revolution is exactly what you need, we fought ours to be free of the British King

Burger King? Haha. Aren't you Hispanic? That means the British King weren't your king, right? You should have said that you fought that French king that invaded Mexico in the past. That would be more correct.

Be careful what you wish for, the US is not free from the leftist scum.

"Be careful what you wish for, the US is not free from the leftist scum."

American first, Hispanic second.

That is an accurate statement, unfortunatly, we will see a left leaning Congress and a Democratic president in the very near future. Years of work in welfare reform, tax cuts, freedom of expression will be rolled back...because of the rights ability to totally f**k things up for the last 20 years.

Are you not pleased that the million or so Brazilian illegal immigrants will soon have legal status under the Z Visa program? Congress will pass it next week and Bush will sign it. All of a sudden all those "low lifes" that left Brazil will be able to come from the dark and have a path towards an American citizenship and stay here legally indefinatly. The will be able to return home for a visit without the fear of not being able to return home. Although I am not a supporter of the bill, prefering to secure the borders before any amnesty, you have to admit, this is really something.

Actually the bill states that before anything else; first is the securing of the border, the absolute sealing of the border, before ANY of the other provisions begin.

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written by aes, 2007-06-05 09:41:30

Excuse me AES,cant make much sense out of the link!

The blackout affects profoundly the poor in Rio, where they wait as Cristovam described, for the next bus many times without a place to protect oneself in the rain, and even worse, at busstops where there is no light at night, making them the easy target of muggers and other low life scum preying on the vulnerable, while Prefeito Cesar Maia and other leaders seem oblivious to the problem....by the way, congratulations to AES for saying what many think but are afraid to admit. It takes courage to admit mistakes, doesn't it?

It takes courage to admit mistakes, doesn't it?

You are right,Josue, it does take lot of courage to admit the mistakes,PROVIDED one recognizes that he made a mistake.In the case of Prefeito Cesar Maia,probably he blames the previous administrations for making the mistakes and they wouldnt admit that they made mistakes and Cesar goes on not taking any corrective measures. Remember, lately it has become easier to pass the buck to others and we forgot the magic words "Sorry, we made a mistake".

It is so easy to solve the problems of Rio that you mentioned and it just requires just a litlle bit of leadership.