Brazzil

... and how has the PT _really_ been any different? The author appears to be full of crap!

Oh...Lula and PT are hostages of the system! ¬¬
No way...

Economist????? "Movement of Landless Rural Workers" ??

No Land? No Money? U.S Threat? Privatization? = All of Brazils problems...

Surely an Uneducated President with a corrupt Government can solve all
our problems! Let this government own all the industries surely they can
manage it better than the private sector?
Better to be more like N. Korea at least they can afford Nuclear weapons
to fight against the BUSH threat..
We need a great leader, close our borders from those who are raping our economy!
Give me a break!! It is an internal problem, not an external problem!
Quit blaming others and get off your fat asses with your fat Government retirement plans and do some work, give some land to the landless and train them
to work for Petrobras etc.
No wonder the landless are landless with economist like this guiding this country!
Where did you learn economy anyway from Chavez?

Alckmin represents the interests of the financial capital, transnational corporations, Bush administration, Brazilian BOURGEISIE and agribusiness farmers, which are anxious to take the reins of the government.
BOURGEISIE? – people still actually use this word in the 21st century?

Can we finally drop the manifestos and bulls**t? Lula wants to keep the country IGNORANT and poor, and has repeatedly placed a wedge between the haves and have-nots. It is not about redistributing ONE FINATE source of income Mr. President; it is about the creation of new sources of income! The left simply doesn’t get it.

Alckmim, on the other hand, wants to see a more educated and more informed Brazilian population so that the country can move beyond selling what “God dropped at your door” to actually DEVELOPING products that the world’s markets want.

It is not the big bad BOURGEISIE you need to fear João, but your own insignificance in this new modern world.

The world will take you serious anymore if you come to the bargaining table with a banana in one hand and a copy of “Das Kapital” in the other. Brazil needs to wake up from this stagnant agricultural coma, shake it’s victim mentality, and begin educating its population so that the country can finally enter this new millennium with a sense of importance and with a sense of purpose.

BUT, Lula is holding Brazil back. In his view it is OK to be stupid. “Look at me, I didn’t even go to University and now I am president of the republic”. Enough already you buffoon. We KNOW you are not educated. His answer for the poor is to throw rice and beans at them (bolsa Familia). “Give a man a fish” set off any synapses?

A vote in Lula is a vote accepting corruption. It is a vote accepting that Brazil will always remain the sleeping giant. It is a vote accepting defeat, because we have already achieved our best. A vote for Lula signifies that there is no other option than incompetence. Is this the Brazil you want? Not me. If Geraldo fails, we’ll toss him out too in 4 years, but at least we tried something different. Voting for Lula means everything is JUST FINE the way it is.

Place no faith into the ramblings of retired leftist hippies, they have no relevance in this new world.

Agree 100%. Must cut dependence on the "Evil Empire" (because, they WILLgo down, and we shouldn't be with them at the time they do). All of those that don't see or refuse to see what the Government has done to try and rectify the huge injustice done to the poor, have clearly never experienced poverty. Enough of silence.... Poor must get up and fight for a just society, and Alckmin certainly is not offering that.

"Must cut dependence on the "Evil Empire""

Does that mean avoiding George Lucas films?

With whom Brazil has the 2 greatest trade surpluses ? With the ones they criticize the most...USA, EU and Japan !
With whose money did Brazil develop, even during the last 4 years ? From the money they critize the most...USA, EU and Japan !
With whose technology did Brazil develop ? From the countries they critize the most....USA, EU and Japan !

ALL Brazilian car manufacturers, without exception, are.......foreigners ! Creating hundreds of thousands direct and indirect jobs....in Brazil ! Same for computers, IT, drugs, GM seeds, just to name a few !

All this also created tens of billions of US$ direct and indirect taxes...for your government(s) !

Funny.....so funnny !

Doesnt the MST remember how critical they have been against Lula when at the end of last year (and during all his mandate) his government said they were on track for their promise to settle the 400'000 families and that the MST said time and time again that they were betrayed because FAR LESS than half were settled.....based on the MST figures ??????
Doesnt the MST remember that the goverment and INCRA PROMISED to deliver by the end of January 2006, the list with all the names of families that were settled ? And the MST then said they would ask NGO's and lawyers to audit that list ? And that such a list was never provided....despite the promises ?????
Just read and re-read articles published in this same site...during all the Lula mandate.
Doesnt the MST remember why they entered illegally the Congress and smashed it, and all the marches, road blockades, and demonstrations in Brasilia ?
During the whole first mandate of Lula, the MST did not understand why he is not delivering his promises and at election time, the MST suddently understands !

Funny....sooooo Funnny !

The only certainty is that ALL Brazilians, from left to right, HAVE NO MEMORY AT ALL......ON PURPOSE OBVIOUSLY !!!!!

...typing mistake....first line should read....with whom does Brazil have the 3 biggest trade surpluses....

My inlaws have turned their back on Brazil because of your band of organized thieves. They worked 10 years to get a modest piece of land, only to have it overrun and be told by the Mayor's office to be glad you own SOME land. Brazil is a worthless nation exactly because your ilk exists! To gain further insight about what kind of nation these Stalinists are bringing about, read the wisdom from a great EX-Brazilian Olavo de Carvalho at www.olavodecarvalho.org and read his book "O Imbecil Coletivo".

"EX-Brazilian", when did he stop being brazilian?

Why stop with land? Why not set up a carjackers union? You could call it Movimento Sem Carro. Or maybe a pickpockets and bankrobbers union? You could call it "Movimento Sem Grana"! Just think, with every carjacking and pocket picked the distribution of wealth in Brazil becomes more even. Of course to truly carry out "social justice", you could start lining up property owners in front of a firing squad for contributing to the evil Capitalist Empire.

To those who would have Alckmin be president. I suggest that you all pick up a copy of 'Globalization and its Discontents' by Joseph Stiglitz. Stiglitz served as chief economic adivsor to Clinton's second admin. and I believe also headed the World Bank for a bit. Understand that a guy like Alckmin will slavishly follow what's left of the Washington Consensus. Income gaps will only yawn further between rich and poor. If you know anything about the U.S., you'll notice that our income inequality is increasing rapidly and we are swiftly rolling back to a robber-baron type economy (i.e., no middle class). Check out our stagnant wages, housing costs, edcucation costs, etc. Those who are in love with markets and think that they are infallible fail to realize that markets possess no soul. If you want to live like this have fun and see how far you get unless you were born on third base rounding the bag to score a big run.

Just got back from a hard day of juggling balls at the intersection and decided to share the good news with you all!.
After careful research of Brazilian life, politics etc. I have developed a new game for the PC, X-box version will be ready by next fall.

To really understand BRASIL you must play this game which explains all and the unexplainable! Don't waste time reading this blog-grog any longer!!

Introducing: Gilligan's Island Sim City Jungle
Included: Politician corruption, Black Market, Rio death squad,PCC, expansion pack.
Learn how to build big overpopulated cities! Command the PCC! Construct Favellas! Practice population control techniques in Rio! Command legions of illiterate voters! Build competitive Samba schools! Be a bank tycoon!
Formula 1 urban race mode! NAFTA mode, where you tell the U.S. what to do!
Learn how to manage a marginal society, practice your techniques in Bribery, intense bureaucracy and over-taxation and much much more!
Now at newspaper stand near you!

ROFL. But why purchase the original, when you can buy a pirate copy on any street corner?

There was a long time I didn't come to this site. It certainly improved by requiring information from the people that type in, so the casual Nazi doesn't bother to fill it out in order to leave his hate message. But the "hardcore" Nazis are still here, and so is pile of misinformed and unbacked opinions from a bunch of people with nothing else to do.

The funny thing is these Nazis has this belief that everything good comes from the USA. Bulls**t. The "ch.c" Nazi is the perfect example of idiot. My father works for a Brazilian company that produces certain chemical products, and that region is known as a petro-chemical center for at least 5 decades. It has lots of companies, and many of those companies are brazilian.

Could you just shut the f*** up? You know s**t about Brazil. Seriously, these forums should be moderated. But I guess that way the owner of this site would lose lots of clicks.

I think that the "ch.c" indicates that the writer is from Switzerland. If so, so much for your "USA=Nazi" rant.

If you want to find some Nazis, I suggest that there might still be a few left alive and hiding out in your part of the world.

What is the greatest example of race obssessed society? The US, that has very rigid racial rules, or Brazil? I think the Nazis are in the US, and some of them come to this site to spread their hate.

Indeed.... crawling with CIA operatives...!

They know nothing of Brasil and yet opinions are abound. The "Ugly American" attitude is why the entire world despises the United States. I feel sorry for those decent Americans breathing the same air with those imperialist savages!

Peace...

that Brazilians are talking about Nazis !
Afterall most Nazis officers went to Brazil and other S.A. countries.
Therefore it could be that your grand father was one of them !!!!!!!

You Brazos whine about a few gringos telling the truth as they see it!
But I have been n some Brazilian boards recently where the topic was about
the U.S. I have never in my life seen so much HATRED displayed toward the
U.S. from any nation or group in my life than from Brazos, Even the Taliban
and Al qaeda have more respect for the U.S. than you Brazos..You are a real shame in the way you act and are full of hatred that you direct toward the U.S.
And as we all know most of you have only visited Disney Land....
I should copy and paste the stuff I have read recently from these groups, then you really would be embarrassed! Of course Cara de Pau, is the face of Brazilians in General, uneducated, under experienced swine. Stay on Orkut with all the rest of the whiners.................

They read just 1,8 book per year...as per an article that appeared in this site a while ago !
I said...read....not necessarily.... buy !

As to the Brazilian s**t, everyone could or should only read Brazilian Newspaper or News sites.
Better yet, you can even see it......from Brazilian TVs !
Just click on the hundreds of short videos available, free of charge, at O'Globo.com !
These are Brazilian sources not foreign because had they been foreign you would have accused and criticized them !

See your own mess, filmed by Brazilians reporters, and if you disagree....just complain to those who did the reporting.
Fortunately the smells are not included !

So shameful that I start to understand why Brazilians prefer to watch the TV soap operas, instead of watching the TV news !

As to the Brazilian incomes, mentionned in one post, dont just look at the latest 2 or 3 years in Brazil.

Sadly for you, you just got back recently to your purchasing power of 1980 !!!!!
Yessss !

What next ?

Just look at the depreciations of your currencies in the last 60 years.
You had no less than 8 times changed your currency name since 1942 !
In those 8 times, 4 or 5 times you dropped 3 zeros to the new currency
And the last time, with the real in 1994, you divided your new currency by a 2,75

Finally even today the Reais, despite the recent strength, is worth HALF from when it was issued in 1994 !!!!!

Curious how Brazilians have a short memory....on purpose !

Are they the ones the world should take as an example.for corruption, crimes, insecurity, doing business, wealth inequality, injustice, impunity, poverty, economic growth, infrastructure, lack of basic and even higher education.......just to name a few ?

Why dont Brazilians look at their own ratings and rankings but want to give lessons of how things should be done ?

Brazil is simply an archaïc and medieval country ! Nothing else than a Tropical mess....wether it pleases you or not !

These user messages are nothing but misinformation from people that probably never set foot in Brazil. My advice is that you clean up the mess in your own country (and in the places where the US causes mass murder and torture as well) before speaking of Brazil.

You are so stupid you don't even realize. You should do more of what you are talking about, i.e., READ, but not Nazi sites like this one.

To add to my prior post. I am appalled at the amount of hatred that is hidden behind the faces of most Brazilians, even considering they are predominantly Catholic. but then again I understand you got to vent somehow somewhere and
why not vent on the U.S. the rest of the world is! Kind of empowers you to vent more since everyone else is. But hey as a Brazilian citizen lets face it, you are not empowered by your government, you are forced to vote on the same corrupt leaders over and over also. Not being empowered is a form of silent slavery, lets face it in truth most Brazilians will complain about the same things the gringos do!! And why not curruption, anarchy, lawlessness, lack of empowerment is self evident and first affects the Brazilian before it does the foreigner. What a pity when you have no hope or power to improve your homeland. Hey, go ahead and be hatefully, bash the U.S. because we are here for you to be bashed on. But in the future if the U.S. gets destroyed many will weep, but if Brazil gets destroyed who will notice?

Why dont you look at your own country medias...such as O'Globo.com, free of charge ?
Stop watching your TV soap operas, poverty abound in ALL Brazilian regions....even in SP and Rio !
Rio alone has well over 600 favelas ! Correct or just an imagination of foreigners who know nothing about Brazil ?

And reading or listening to what your government says is simply worthless because full of lies !
You better read the stats from your own IBGE, or your ratings and rankings from Brazilian sources or International agencies !

Curiously none agree with your government statement !

As an example just go to today's news on this site, showing clearly that despite 10 cuts in interest rates in 1 year....your economy did not grow so much. And that despite all these interests cuts, Brazil still has the world highest interest rate after inflation.
After inflation your rates are still 9,3 % TODAY, the second worst being Turkey at 6,2 % !

Truly uniq

Truly unique interests rate...that are not helping You the citizens.
You really beat every one...since you are the Nbr 1....OF THE WORST !
Saying differently....cannot be right....by definition !
No one can say that the student with the worst note in a classroom....IS THE BEST.....by simple definition !

Therefore constantly defending your bad policies will bring you nowhere....or more precisely......keep you at the bottom of
the economic growth rate of ALL developing nations !

Contrary to your imagination, this is fact, not supposition or lies as you constantly provide !
Facts agreed by Brazilian stats sources !

Answer :
In Brazil it is year 1838, 50 years before they abolished slavery in their Constitution !

Hi everyone.
I believe is the job of every human being make an assessment on their views and perceptions concerning other cultures. So that people don't get stuck in time , or be consumed by rage. When I read Mr. Stedile's article I felt a bit uncomfortable. His article is not only offensive to Americans, but to myself ( not that I lost my Brazilian identity, after living in the U.S. for eight years.) It is offensive to me, when it directs towards the people who have been so friendly and supportive to me,and the culture that have important values I learned to share (rather you like these values or not.) Mr. Stedile calls the U.S. an "empire" tell me only one colony the U.S had or has, give some facts, please. Do you want to do a land reform or revolution? Why do you want to attack agrobusiness, if agrobusiness adds to the Brazilian GDP? I don't get it. BTW I am not from the upper class, I have been strugling all these years to make my way to an American university. My advise for Brazilians is go to live in another culture, it opens your mind a lot.
Thanks for reading this.

The moment WE realize that OUR problems are spiritual... WE then will realize how rich WE are. The real natives of these Americas were and still are the indians,...the Tupiniquins and Pataxos, the Siouxs and the Cherokees, and they are absolutely right ...still, after all these centuries, that no action should be approved and acted upon if the outcome is not good for the next 7 generations(These individual Nations could be compared to Japan or Sweden in their thought process of building a sustainable society). Unfortunately , rascism still exists in the hearts of many, and, as I call the U.S.A. these " Disunited States of America", Mr. Gore Vidal calls it the "United States of Amnesia", because it's sad how easily one forgets about history, or worse yet, never really learned it to even learn to respect it. The Florida ballots can show the amount of corruption the American people are going through... a scheme ploted by "daddy" Bush while he was C.I.A. director prior to serving as V.P. to an already compromized Ahlzheimer's Ronnie Reagan...and another 25 years have elapsed, not to mention Che Guevara's assassination 40 years ago, just so Nixon could set the "WAR ON DRUGS", and zillions of tax-dollars later, we've created a country of drug-addicts and slow thinking zombies ( unless those who are on "speed" or "Starbucks" coffee). The talk about corruption in Brazil is NOTHING in comparison to Mr. Bush's embezzleing of the American people, and while the great American middle-class has worsened its position in the last 5 years, I must say that I heard from the poor of the poor people of Brazil that they feel their condition has improved in the last 5 years...and, THAT is a feat in itself!! While one president is street-wise and has balls to go all the way, the other one (who went to YALE) was still learning how to read with 1st-graders, while the WTC was being smashed by his "enemies". One cannot forget history, and I don't mean brain-washing CNN "news",...I mean as the Confederates wanted to move down to Brazil, Americana et al.in the mid-1860's, the Jewish community of Olinda, Pernambuco, moved to New Holland, nowadays vulgarly known as Wall Street, after being forced to flee from the Dutch colony in Brazil and being disbamdled by the Portuguese and their Inquisition. What a stupid mistake in the name of religion, but one has to live with their mistakes and hopefully learn from them ...The Dutch were, and still are so ahead of the game ( example that they've legalized their drugs,...for like the "prohibited-fruit", if you can eat it, then it doesn't taste as good! Imagine how much they've saved in lives, money, energy, prevention and so on.). Yes, mistakes are made, ...but a sign of insanity is trying to keep on doing the same thing over and over and over...and expecting different results. I am not catholic, but I love its dramatic appeal...and that's why the C.I.A. also killed JFK, a catholic himself, because Brazil was booming naturally and in great proportions, but one has to ponder that America never truly liked competition (even though it is what propels it). America needed to invent a new war to sustain its economy and, most importantly, cut out the competition. Finally, brazilians, will wake up and put in their history books that "The Revolution of 1964" was really just another "coup-d'Etat"performed and plotted by C.I.A.'s meddling, and please remember that "Rede Globo de Televisao" was America's biggest ally in controlling the masses with their "soap-operas"...so we could buy, buy, buy! But...Brazilians ARE STILL happy people, because they haven't sold their souls for material and illusionary conforts..the stakes are now too high for the confort-zone not to be compromised.
It seems the indians were right all along...and they must be tired of all of our bickering. So...hush and be grateful, remembering that "Thanksgiving Day" is really an Indian celebration... in fact, in Brazil they celebrate it everyday!

The John Wayne Syndrome:

Americans naïvely patronizing and/or criticizing other customs.

Demanding to find America everywhere they go, insisting on orange juice and eggs (sunny-side up) for breakfast, English menus and white socks with sandals.

Invading other country while making no effort to communicate with the natives, traveling in packs while talking in a condescending manner.

Always thinking the rest of the world is ganging up on us (i.e. outvoted 172 to 2 in the United Nations).

Last but not least, the proverbial overseas American question "how much is that in real money?"

The cowboy persona is not only alive and well, but getting bigger and uglier. Anti-American sentiments around the world points, in part, to the American personality. The world public opinion do not just dislike American foreign policy; they dislike Americans.

Give Americans enough rope and they will hang themselves. The US ship is sinking fast. All one has to do is to sit and watch the despicable bullies fight all the way to the bottom.

Peace

At least you can buy a piece of land, set up an automatic debit for the property taxes, call a lawn service to keep it mowed, pay them with a credit card, come back years later and it will be just like you left it. I have seen it first hand: Work a good chunk of your life in Brazil to get a piece of land and have it STOLEN while the authorities give the thieves a smiling nod of approval. TRY DEFENDING THIS YOU BRAZIL DEFENDERS! Anyone who can legally leave Brazil SHOULD leave Brazil. It is NOT a nation for honest people who play by the rules.

“The Ugly American,” perhaps “The Obnoxious American” or “The Clueless American?”

Just ask the French… They will gladly tell you!


hehehe.... Viva cowboy bush.

Recently I went to Buenos Aires and what did I find 95% of the tourist were from Brazil. Furthermore as I encountered them everywhere I went in
the city they were: Naively patronizing and/or criticizing Argentinians. Invading other country while making no effort to communicate with the natives, traveling in packs while talking in a condescending manner
on and on...
Go to New York the Brazilians live in packs there too!

The only pack of Americans you will find here are those who are on vacation,
overpaying for excursions in Rio.

Many Brazilians that I have spoken to who travel, the first thing they say is I am glad to be back to Brazil so I can eat beans and rice again!! Most all other countries do not eat 1/3 of a plate beans and rice twice a day.

Imagine how Americans are used to eating bacon and eggs, rather than fruit
and a ham and cheese sandwich for breakfast.
In fact in some Brazilian hotels that I have been to where they serve bacon and eggs I noticed how fanatically Brazilians load up there breakfast plate with enormous amounts of bacon

My Brazilian visa card charged me in dollars for all my purchases in Argentina in pesos. Most major appliances and electronics in Uruguay are quoted in U.S.D.
on and on...It is real money compared to the peso, real etc.

Once in awhile I encounter some loud mouth Americans in Latin America, but everywhere I go in the world I always encounter groups of highly noisy Brazilians. " Brazilians are famous for this in other countries.

Just to add I have been to more than 50+ Brazilian cities where I have learned much about Brazilian history. In 90% of my conversations, Brazilians are astounded
how I know much more Brazilian history than they do. Frankly it is sad BRAZILIANS do not know anything for the most part about Brazil and in fact even less about the U.S. or other countries.

Turn off Faustão for awhile and leave the farm!

Last week The Washington Times launched Operation SAVE BRITAIN to help readers have a say in the UK election by writing to undecided voters in marginal constituencies in England.

As a member of a country with a proper democracy, apart from a lamentable failure to introduce a proportional representation system, I think Americans ought to sort their own elections out first. Keep out of UK politics and stop the Bus**tler. Remember the war in Iraq was illegal and you are a pariah state. No wonder North Korea and Iran want nuclear weapons, with your arrogant attempts to establish a global hegenomy.

Have you not noticed that the British don't give two s**ts what Americans think of us? Each email someone gets from some arrogant Yank telling us why to NOT vote for Charles Kennedy is going to backfire, you stupid, fat, litigious, banjo-playing yokels ... I don't give a tinker's cuss if our election is going to have an effect on your war on terror. I really don't. Oh, yeah - and stop guzzzling down burgers, you fat bastards.

Consider this: stay out of British electoral politics or any other nation for that matter. Unless you would like a company of football hooligans to descend upon the offices of The Washington Times, bag the lot of you, and transport you to the Pitcairn Islands, where you will be at the mercy of the local sex gang. Up the Arsenal!

KEEP YOUR f**kIN' YANK HANDS OFF OUR ELECTION. HEY, WANKERS, REMEMBER THE VIETNAM WAR? WE DIDN'T WANT YOU, OR YOUR s**tTY HOLLYWOOD FILMS HERE, WELL APART FROM MICHAEL MOORE - HE'S KIND OF CLEVER. FOR THE 99.999% OF YOU WHO DON'T WANT PRIMEMINISTER GALLOWAY, I SAY THIS ... TOUGH s**t! LET'S HOPE THE GLORIOUS IRAQI RESISTANCE KILL SOME MORE OF YOUR TROOPS.

PROUD SWP MEMBER VOTING FOR GEORGE GALLOWAY!

A British Citizen

I totally agree with the above post.

As a German, I am somewhat offended by the continual arrogant attitude of Americans toward the rest of the world. It's strange that a country with a higher infant mortality rate than Thailand has such an attitude.

First of all, American arrogance is what caused the 9/11 attacks. You Americans were meddling too much with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Finally the oppressed Arabs said "Enough!" and bombed you. And then, after the attacks, you had the guts to deploy forces to Afganistan, angering the Arabs even more! When will you ever learn!!

And boy! Your sorry government services! It's hard to believe that an industrialized country doesn't even provide basic healthcare to it's citizens. Here in Europe, everone is assured excellent healthcare, no matter what their income. We Europeans don't have to worry about our HMO's covering necesarry medical treatments such as colonoscopies. And then your welfare system! In America, your glorious land of plenty, if you can't find a job in two years, then your're out on the streets! In Europe, we take care of our needy. Also, may I add that poverty levels in Europe are much lower than in the U.S.

I hate it when you gas-guzzling SUV driving Americans get so patriotic and belittle us. Europe is far superior to America, whether you like it or not.

Most Americans spent most of their lives in the United States. In fact, most cannot even point on a map where Mexico is located, pathetic.

And yet, seeing the above posts, Americans think of themselves as bonified experts on foreign relations. What a bad joke!

Clean your house first before worrying about someone else’s. Open your mind and realize that most of the negative attributes people associate with Americans is worldwide, in part to the aggressive American foreign policy augmented by the indifference of its people.

That’s my 2 cents.

yeah, we are.......we (in general) hate other countries, anybody opposed to us, we hate ourselves...........That's why america is on top of the world...let's enjoy it while it lasts.

MP

Here in Europe, everone is assured excellent healthcare

LOL hehehehe

Good advice from a Britt "bloke" who's empire has meddled in others affairs for centuries. Here is the challenge give me 1 country that Brittan has not meddle
in.
Who's the Wanker????????
The Irish should have kicked your sheep loven asses! Almost did right?

You're a typical leftist hypocrite! You don't seem to know about the Guardian in 2004 asking readers to send letters to Clark County, Ohio to defeat George Bush.

Here is a link to the story in case you want to be educated:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1021/p01s01-woeu.html

Yes, there are in fact Nazis in the US. To see how they are treated, check this link:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10...ndex.html
Not what you expected? Try opening your eyes.

Now about the Washington Times letter writing campaign. This concept was originally put forward by the Guardian newspaper to try to get people to vote for John Kerry in the 2004 US presidential election. Please see this link for more info:
http://www.slate.com/id/2109217/
Actually I think that this type of interference is wrong in both cases, but payback is a bitch, isn't it?

Come on people, let's get real. Every country in the world has good and bad things about it. The only differences are which things and the proportions of good and bad among them.

http://www.pcabusers.net/forum...hp?t=36966

Taken with what's written above, this sorta proves that there are nutcases on both sdes of the Atlantic.

Now can we return to actual discussion of the merits of the article that these comments are supposed to be about?

Really every country, nation etc. has its problems no doubt and always will.
The U.S. should become isolationist and take care of there own country, like
N. Korea.
Let the puzzies in Europe, Asia, the middle east etc. destroy itself as it has in the past.
And we in the Americas can go to the beach and BBQ..oh and Samba..

The original text in this blog is full of blatant emotional rhetoric. I understand the writer's disdain for American arrogance personified by George W. Bush, and am ashamed that the US government has not developed better a chain of political trust with Brazil and other South American countries.

However, the author in question (like many other old-school leftist idealists) fails to recognize that the US organizations (government, business, educational institutes, altruistic non-profit organizations, etc..) have given millions upon millions of dollars to help Brazil in its development. The author's irrational and inflammed accusation of the US (and the its citizens) clearly defines his lack of intelectual reasoning. I am surprized that there are still people out there writing about and believing this kind of "Marxist" dribble.

1. You can spell colour wrong and get away with it.
2. You can call Budweiser beer.
3. You can be a crook and still be president.
4. If you have enough money you can be elected to do anything.
5. If you can breath you can get a gun.
6. You can invent a new public holiday every year.
7. You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
8. You get to call everyone you've ever met "Buddy".
9.You can think you're the greatest nation on earth when you're not at all.

Hehehe….puke city!

Americans are a*****es. Even God knows that Americans are a*****es. Why should anyone be surprised that they elect a*****es on the same evolutionary level they currently subsist on? Most of these a*****es don't even acknowledge evolution, and they use their own idiocy and pathetic belief systems to try to convince the world that they are right. As if that makes any difference!

Americans are whores. They have no souls. They have no blessings. They have no purpose except to keep the various nations miserably but functioning properly, well lubed and looking to make it go down easy. I don't really hate anything or anyone, because that would expend too much of my energy.

Americans, what exactly do you have going for you? Really? Tell me. I really want to know.

There is no point, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Why do you insist on thinking there is? The people you vote for use your futile attempts to express your personal opinion as a mandate for whatever the f**k they want to do. If you vote, you are the problem. Accept that. If you vote, you are responsible for collateral damage. You are a little Eichmann. Maybe even a tiny, whiny Eichmann. And an a*****e, an insignificant a*****e who maybe only paid for the bombs, but an a*****e. And I don't like you. I will never love you!

No doubt, the truth hurts like hell.

Don't forget the "World Series" even though, they are the only ones playing!

"However, the author in question (like many other old-school leftist idealists) fails to recognize that the US organizations (government, business, educational institutes, altruistic non-profit organizations, etc..) have given millions upon millions of dollars to help Brazil in its development."

WHAT? I am kind of sick of listening to people that believes that everything in the world was invented by the US, and everything happened happened because of the US, and the US gives money away. Some news for you: THERE'S NO FREE LUNCH.

Where did you get this idea of "give millions"? Non sense.

"PROUD SWP MEMBER VOTING FOR GEORGE GALLOWAY!

A British Denizen "

That must make George Galloway the "Al Qaida" candidate! I always said that leftists were aligned with those who strap bombs to children and blow up shopping centers. Thanks for admiting to us who you are!

I've been saying that for at least 50 years

Costinha you said a*****es almost a dozen times, glad you got that off your chest!
If you do not know what Americans have going for them, I guess you are now to old to learn it. Hell we got Lula here and government full of crooks. As Lula
said this is a great country where an uneducated man can become president!!
Here is a big difference here if you know how to compare.

Hell, they are defending their homeland from coward marines.

Long live the Iraqis, short live the monkey Bush.

The American foreign policy is going down in disastrous defeat all over the world. America wants to rule the world but it can’t.

It can’t do it physically since it lacks the raw resources or power.
It can’t do it mentally since it lacks the spirit or will.
It can’t do it morally since it lacks the moral high ground.
It can’t do it financially since it lacks the wealth.
If it keeps on trying to run the world, it can only meet with more defeats than it already is running into.

The myth of America being a superpower that can remake the world is just that, a myth. They will bemoan the toll already paid in blood, as if that were reason to spill even more blood. But the reasons for defeat lie in a basic reality that neoconservative policies failed to reckon with: America cannot run the world. Will Americans ever learn?
American militarism must end or else America will end!

Anti-Redneck,

Truly Americans can not run the world, world history proves that no one can. Being that you are so opinionated who do you think should?
Perhaps the Muslems?

How is the average American : races obsessed, arrogant, has no soul, no purposes except bargaining everything they assume they can bargain and they make use of their dishonest mentality diminish and humiliate everything and everyone they aren’t able to buy. They have no moral and mental capacity to construct anything worthy. Like any music of good quality samba domesticate the soul of the salvages animals, the beach is public and the ones who accept your companies are truly ignorant ones. But Costinha is right life is short and there’s much more out there than you. And I don’t like you and I will never love you!

Rectifying they do humiliate everything and everyone they aren't able to buy because it's not on sale!!

I have never humiliated a prostitute in Brazil yet!! They accept dollars!
No soul, we got soul music!
Beating on drums are what American indians and African tribesman do for fun!
We rock!

What a bunch of disgusting, ignorant, racist, cowardly diatribe from the various brazilian, British and the lone bleeding heart German swinebucket...Euros are so mired in political confusion, they don't know where their head is from their old world ass.
Europe is the only 'continent' were its Eurotrash (fancy term for the general population)is a protected species - but certainly not endangered. I wonder how much longer it will be before they turn their continent into another wor-torn s**thole again, only to be saved by others. Yeah, real wise and sanctimonious - history loves you doesn't it?
Couldn't swat a fly to save your own asses...

As for the brazilian foul commentary, that is to be expected, can't really blame them, product of their environment. Look at their leaders, gov't, economy, crime, social divisions. Garbage in, garbage out.

Manfreid, you said that you are a German. May I ask you something? Which part of German are you from? Because if you are from the West part of germany you should be grateful to the U.S. I do not need to go throught historical details, do I?... Marshall Plan... Does it ring a bell? The fact that the U.S. stayed in the West part of Germany after World War II , and the American "Values" of democracy, freedom... made it possible to your country to find itself again in the world. Also it(Maybe) may have prevented you and your family from being murdered, tortured, or even raped by the "Communists" troops of Stalin.
However, if you are from the East part of Germany, then I can understand the nature of your comment. Quoted from the Germany Magazine Der Spiegel,"Friedrich Ebert Foundation released a study claiming that 6.5 million Germans live in poverty, without much prospect of improving their lot. That's 8 percent of all Germans. Disturbingly, that figure soars to 20 percent in the States that comprised the former East Germany."
You see, former East Germany: Communist rule, dictatory Regime. Just like the one in Cuba, and the one Mr. Stedile wants for Brazil.
Now, I read some comments stated above (not yours though) that the U.S. have Nazis. This "may" be truth, since The U.S. has something called "Freedom of Speech." However, I am sure that the FBI has a close eye on them, and they will never be elected to representative houses.
On the other hand, this statement Is true in Germany. Once again, only in the East part of Germany, where a Nazi political party called NPD got elected, Thanks to the communists "Values." Also quoted from Der Spiegel, " The NPD has also exploited xenophobic attitudes in East, where many blame immigrants for their economic problems. In addition, resistence to the far right isn't as strong in Eastern Germany as in the West because responsability for the Holocaust wasn't addressed as intensely there during the decades of Communist Rule."
I Hope you do not take it personal, it is just facts. that's because I hate when people has narrow views, and make hasty generalizations about culture, any culture. I am living in the U.S.( somehow Brazil could not offer me. And I don't blame my country. On the contrary, I will go back to it some day, and help in anyway I can) and my experiences here are shaping my perception of the U.S. culture. I am not saying it is a perfect culture, but which culture is? In my opinion, nobody is better than the former President Clinton to explain this concept. He gave a speech in Georgetown University called "Securing the Common Good: A vision For America" the transcript of the speech can be found
worth it reading. Just to the information itself, I don't want to convince nobody in here.
And the Clinton foundation website is
Sao Paulo is one of the cities that participates in the "Global Iniciative" in his foundation.
Once again, nobody needs to like him or the U.S. culture to check out these websites. Is just that, I assume any reasonable person who wants to have a reasonable view about anything, needs to see the both sides.
Good luck!!!!!!!!

I should have done something wrong, and I did not provide the address. But I will.
I apologize!
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,443075,00.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,437593,00.html
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/101806-ts-cf-gn-ts-new-covenant-address-at-georgetown-university.htm
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/aboutcpf.htm

has been US foreign policy. Evasive, invasive and criminal.

Peace

Polo, forgive them. For the most part they’ve been educated since birth on a heavy dose of beans and anti-Americanism. This is not something new, but has been a constant theme running through Latin America since the 19th century. Famous leftists books like Eduardo´s Galeano’s the “the open veins of Latin America” are must reads for those unfortunate enough to attend University in Banana land. This outdated anti-US, anti-imperial diatribe (along with others like Cardoso’s Dependency and Development in Latin América) is still read and worshiped more today in Latin America than the bible is at Sunday school.

The interesting part for me, and there are many, about Latin America’s hatred towards the US is how completely irrational and unhealthy it is. You see from the ramblings of Brazilian posters here that they don’t wish to see the US “correct their ways”, or to “do right thing” (like what any sane thinking individual would want of any nation), what our Latin American Idiots want is the complete and total collapse of the US: a meltdown that hopefully for our banana sucking fool, would unleash a storm of misery for all Americans for generations to come. This is what they wish and hope for.

They don’t understand how interconnected the planet is and that the “collapse of the American Empire” would pull down the rest of the world’s economy along with it.

Another intriguing point about the Anti-American mentality in Banana land is that they whine, wince and endlessly convulse with bile about things that have ZERO impact on the lives of most cachaça swilling simpletons. IRAQ, Afghanistan, illegal combatants, and etc. These issues that seem to get the blood boiling for our Brazilian-bumkins here, and make up the majority of their media’s reporting, have NOTHING TO DO AT ALL WITH BRAZIL. However, issues such as the 55,000 killed in Brazil last year are taboo discussions. Christ, there are two guerilla wars being fought RIGHT NOW in Brazil One in Sao Paulo (by the way the ugliest city in the world) with the PCC, and one in RIO with other drug traffickers. But, it is more important for our Latin American idiot to wage a verbal war on the US and it’s foreign policy in the Middle East, than to take issue with those killing their family and friends in their own backyard. Is this rational?

Corruption is another interesting point of view for the Latin American idiot. Corruption is something that is ONLY allowed in Latin America. When Enron went tits-up, Brazilians were frothing at the mouth, pointing to the US that a corrupt business was allowed to perpetuate such a fraud on the American People. Why they would care so much about Enron was beyond me.

In the End, all have been charged and are being sentence in regards to Enron, (Kenneth Lay is now flower fertilizer). This type of swift justice does not happen in Brazil – and as soon as sentences were being handed down in the ERON case, Brazilians suddenly got very quiet about the issue. Why? Because a corruption scandal in any other nation gives them some form of solace that, yes, corruption is NOT just a Brazilian problem. However, when those involved with corruption scandals around the world are CHARGED, CONVICTED and SENTENCED, Brazilians grow pale. The lesson here is that Yes, Corruption is not a Brazilian invention, but IMPUNITY certainly is. Corruption is also REWARDED in Brazil.

Let’s take a look to PAULO MALUF. Here is a man whose very name is synonymous with corruption. ACTUALLY, there is a new verb in the Brazilian language “MALUFAR”, meaning to “STEAL FROM THE STATE”. Maluf has been robbing Sao Paulo for 35 years and estimates are in the billions in terms of what he has taken. He’s been officially charged 155 times with corruption. So, what did our brilliant population of Brazil (well actually, just the morons of sao Paulo) do with Paulo Maluf two weeks ago? They overwhelmingly voted him in as Federal Deputy! Yes, his punishment for 35 years of public theft was a new term in office. You don’t get any dumber than that. And it was NOT just Maluf, but also Collar, Braga, et.al A list far too long to reproduce here.

So, don’t waste too much time with Brazilians on this board; their posts are the perfect snapshots of our average retarded Latin American Idiot. You will not find a rational discussion here.

I don't know what the f**ker is smokin, but I want some of that s**t!

"Beating on drums are what American indians and African tribesman do for fun!
We rock! "

Love it! Just try and imagine the world without the American Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul...

Good post aaarrrggggggg!
Well in a couple of days the Brazilian population is once again forced to go vote Lula back into office, Maluf is on top again as you pointed out, the stars are lining up for another championship year!

In my opinions it is open season on Brazilian hatred for things they have no clue about!
Look at Brazilian history in relation to the world, what have they invented, what sacrifices or contributions have they made willingly for rest of world???
Do a search on google an see, practically nothing!

Brazil's black market has made a big contribution however to Brazil's corrupt, various mafias, cartels, Muslim terrorist organizations etc.

They have an intense hatred for the U.S. because it is totally opposite in principle to Brazil.

Take out of Brazil first all American money, influence, businesses etc. and then see how things change here, then take out all the other countries money, influence, businesses etc. such as Germany, Spain, etc. and whats left, I repeat whats left, again I repeat whats left???

No wonder Americans appear snobbish! There is not much Brazilians contribute to their own society!

Of course they are worried about privatization, because of course foreigners are the only ones capable of paying for and running a successful national or international company.

The Brazilian Govt. is the only one capable of running a national company,
along with a handful of very intelligent Brazilian entrepreneurs!
For the rest of smart Brazilians who could be successful, they cant because of Govt. taxation and bureaucracy!

Snobbish Americans!!

Do you have any clue of what you are talking about? Do you know anything of Brazil at all? Why do americans think that they ALLOW other things to happen in this planet? Who told you American money runs Brazil???

As far as I know Brazil is the only country in America that can say "no, thanks" to the US, because most of the economy it's NOT attached to it. Not even Canada can say that, if the US dies Canada dies together. So, you see? Are you going to post hate messages in Canadian forums too because most of their economy is bound to the US?

So in what world of fantasy do these gringos live in? Invented? What about the airplane? With a public demonstration before thousands of people in Paris? But still the american idiot will make up a story to pretend an american did it.

Oh shut up! The bush government is corruption driven, slowly becoming day after day in a dictatorship, and you want to talk about Brazil? CLEAN UP THE MESS IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY FIRST.

YOU CAN'T EVEN HELP YOURSELVES, SEE KATRINA AS AN EXAMPLE THE MILLIONS OF POOR IN THE US, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN DO ANYTHING REGARDING THE REST OF THE WORLD?

He is constipated by some good ol’ fried Spam washed down with some Bud. He needs a dosage of good ol’ fashion american diarrhea, rather than through his mouth. I have a wooden spoon that will relieve that peckerwood in no time.

Happy trailing proud American white trash!

kkkkkk

Right on arrrgggggg.

Since so many Brazilians here are so focused on others' problems and passing judgment, it must mean that they're quite proud of the qualities BRAZIL is most known internationally for...
So for their reading pleasure, I took the liberty of gathering up a list....of qualities shown on this discussion board as on others.

TOP 10 LIST OF THINGS THAT MAKE BRAZILIANS PROUD:

10. SYMPATHY WITH TERRORISM
9, CORRUPTION AND NEPOTISM, INCOMPETENCE
8. ARMED GANG INSURRECTION IN MAJOR CITIES
7. SLUMS/GHETTOS/FAVELAS
6. IGNORANCE AND CULTURAL INTOLERANCE AS TOUGHT EVEN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
5. POLITICAL ISOLATION AND MASS PARANOIA
4. IMMENSE POVERTY LEVELS, CRIME, DRUGS, A.I.D.S., EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
3. INFLATION, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
2. CLASS WARFARE, DIVISION
1. AND NOW...HUGO CHAVEZ, AND HE'S NOT EVEN THEIRS!!!

I couldn't even fit on the list the raping of the forests and lands into extinction; forced takeovers of private lands by peasants and squatters and the rampant violence that ensues because of the lack of respect for law and order - which in itself is absent is most of that country. Nice.
And THEY'RE preaching to the world?

So, how the futbol going anyway? [LOL]
Sure, there may be worse off countries, but I can certainly think of ONE small little latin country that really has reasons to be proud: COSTA RICA.

Who told you American money runs Brazil???

I never said that!

As far as I know Brazil is the only country in America that can say "no, thanks" to the US

Take a course on foreign investment my friend.

What about the airplane?

Santos Dumont has not been conclusively credited with the invention of the airplane, in fact there are a number of contenders for this title.

The bush government is corruption driven, slowly becoming day after day in a dictatorship

Bush's term will soon end, there is no dictatorship in the U.S. now or in the future. As for corruption what Govt. isn't to some degree? Wait the Mensalão scandal was that the Bush or Lula govt?

YOU CAN'T EVEN HELP YOURSELVES, SEE KATRINA AS AN EXAMPLE THE MILLIONS OF POOR IN THE US

I would say considering the devastation they could have been alot worse off it happened in Brazil instead! Plus Americas poor by far has a higher standing of living than the poor here, plus most of them are literate.

I would prefer to be poor in the U.S. than poor in Brazil anyday, of course you would not know the difference since you could not tell the difference between the poor and rich when you visited Disney land!

Your Samba class should be starting about now, better get of the computer before your hatred boils over!!

Shut your ass up. You pretty boring, dude.

10. SYMPATHY WITH TERRORISM

WHAT!? Are you stupid? Are you saying that based on what?

I would say that taking into consideration the tens of thousands of people murdered in Iraq, the US is more terrorist friendly than anyone else.

9, CORRUPTION AND NEPOTISM, INCOMPETENCE

Look at the US and you will find that we have so much in common.

8. ARMED GANG INSURRECTION IN MAJOR CITIES

Who are the greatest consumers of drugs in the World? Yes, the US. Thanks for giving so many dollars to drug traffickers and other criminals all over the world.

7. SLUMS/GHETTOS/FAVELAS

Tell that to the millions of poors in the US.

6. IGNORANCE AND CULTURAL INTOLERANCE AS TOUGHT EVEN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A Nazi trying to tell us about "cultural intolerance"??? Hhahahahahhaha. You don't mix and keeps very strict rules for race. The only tolerance happens at DNA level, everything else is bulls**t.

5. POLITICAL ISOLATION AND MASS PARANOIA

Hahhahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha. I can't believe in this one. So the US isn't isolated and paranoid? Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha. Bush did a great job of making the whole world hate you, now enjoy.

4. IMMENSE POVERTY LEVELS, CRIME, DRUGS, A.I.D.S., EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN

So does the US.

3. INFLATION, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT

Inflation? Where? I recently heard the unemployment levels have diminished once again, and it's getting lower and lower.

2. CLASS WARFARE, DIVISION

Hhhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahaha. So is the US a very "united" country? Hahahahahahahahahhaahahahhahahahaha

1. AND NOW...HUGO CHAVEZ, AND HE'S NOT EVEN THEIRS!!!

Let me try to explain something, Venezuela and Brazil are different countries! Yes, it's true. You can check in the World Atlas. Hahahhahahahahaha. American's geographical knowledge is really ridiculous, then they want to talk about "ignorance", THEY CAN'T EVEN POINT IN A MAP WHERE IRAQ IS.

Santos Dumont has not been conclusively credited with the invention of the airplane, in fact there are a number of contenders for this title.

So you call taking the plane off the ground, flying around the Eiffel Tower and landing safely in front of thousands of people before everyone else did, with everything caught on tape, "inconclusive"?? Haha.

But a story of a private experiment told by some american, that no one saw, and even the "flight" was just of a few meters you do believe?? Hahahahahahaha.

Try again.

I would say considering the devastation they could have been alot worse off it happened in Brazil instead! Plus Americas poor by far has a higher standing of living than the poor here, plus most of them are literate.

I would prefer to be poor in the U.S. than poor in Brazil anyday, of course you would not know the difference since you could not tell the difference between the poor and rich when you visited Disney land!

You live in a bubble. Poors in Disneyland? Hahahahahahahahahah

SOME consider Santos dumont to be the "Father of Aviation" as well as the inventor of the airplane.
No doubt he invented A airplane and flew it in Paris, but he is not the only one who did at that time or even before. Because you are Brazilian of course you believe it was him. I have been to Santos Dumonts house, I bet you could not figure how to get up the stairs!
I think Santos Dumont was very intelligent, even as in inventing the Wrist Watch.
If he is the father of aviation, the inventor of the first Airplane, made the first flight, then history should give him the credit.
You can go to the diferent encyclopedias etc. and you will understand the same thing I am reading. If I remember right when I went to Santos Dumonts house I was told by the Brazilian guide that they considered Wright Brothers as the first inventor, but the first successful recorded flight was by Santos Dumont. if you have a problem with this statement go to Petroplis and argue with your Brazo counterparts.
By the way do you know who patented the Airplane? It was not Santos Dumont!

But of course you are a dumb-ass, need to study more, travel more etc.

written by Manfreid, 2006-10-19 12:40:08

As a German, I am somewhat offended by the continual arrogant attitude of Americans toward the rest of the world. It's strange that a country with a higher infant mortality rate than Thailand has such an attitude

SO, INSULT THAILAND TO MAKE YOUR POINT? HYPOCRITICAL FOOL...
THAILAND, THE FAVORITE PLACE FOR VACATIONING GERMAN PERVERTS AND PEDOPHILES SEEKING AN OUTLET FOR THEIR REPRESSED, MISERABLE SOULS...AND QUICK TO SELL THE THAIS OUT JUST TO MAKE 'A POINT'.
SO, 'AS A GERMAN', YOU STILL SHOW YOUR CONTEMPT FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD BEYOND THE CONFINES OF YOUR OWN SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND STUPEFYING BEER HALLS...CHEERS.
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First of all, American arrogance is what caused the 9/11 attacks. You Americans were meddling too much with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Finally the oppressed Arabs said "Enough!" and bombed you. And then, after the attacks, you had the guts to deploy forces to Afganistan, angering the Arabs even more!
OH, THE NERVE...
SO, THAT'S JUST THE SAME AS THE NAZI'S JUSTIFICATION FOR KILLING JEWS AND OTHER 'UNDESIRABLES'. THEY MEDDLED WITH AND POLLUTED GERMAN SOCIETY. YOUR HYPOCRISY AND RACIAL TENDENCIES ARE SELF-EVIDENT STILL. BLISSFULLY IGNORANT AND CONFUSED, JUST LIKE MOST OF GERMAN SOCIETY STILL REMAINS TODAY.YOUR DISINGENUOUS SYMPATHY TOWARD MUSLIMS DOES NOT ABSOLVE YOU FROM YOU OWN RACIAL ARROGANCE AND WHAT IT HAS INFLICTED UPON THIS WORLD, SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO SOME GOOD, CLEAR YOUR HEAD WITH SOME LOGIC AND PREACH IT TO A FELLOW GERMAN PIG.
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And boy! Your sorry government services! It's hard to believe that an industrialized country doesn't even provide basic healthcare to it's citizens.

WHY SHOULD IT HAVE TO? SINCE WHEN IS THAT A LEGITIMATE FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT? FASCISM ALSO PROVIDES GOOD HEALTHCARE FOR ITS SHEEP TOO, RIGHT? YOU SHOULD KNOW.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR SELF-RELIANCE WHICH IS WHAT HAS MADE US STRONGER,
AND THE PART OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT IS SICK IS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT MEDDLING AND INEFFICIENCY - AND PRECISELY WHY EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS AND ITS OVER-CONTROLLED ECONOMIES ARE ROTTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT. FUNNY HOW THE VERY "EFFICIENT" GERMANS CAN BUILD WEAPONS AND CARS, BUT TOO STUPID TO REALIZE THAT YOUR SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT, WHICH CODDLES AND ENCOURAGES MEDIOCRITY AND LAZINESS, IS WHAT IS RUINING YOUR PERCEIVED "EFFICIENT" AND PRODUCTIVE WAY OF LIFE. THAT IS WHY THE USA WILL ALWAYS OUTPRODUCE YOU - AND EVEN WHEN GANGED-UP AS THE "E.U", THE STAGNANT EUROS STILL CANNOT WEAKEN THE U.S. ECONOMY.

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We Europeans don't have to worry about our HMO's covering necesarry medical treatments such as colonoscopies.

SURELY YOU NEED A COLONOSCOPY AND A GOOD ENEMA TO REMOVE THAT MASS OF MISINFORMED TOXIC MATERIAL YOU'VE BEEN STORING UP BUT UNABLE TO EXPEL. TRY REMOVING YOUR HEAD FROM YOUR RECTUM - IT USUALLY WORKS...
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And then your welfare system! In America, your glorious land of plenty, if you can't find a job in two years, then your're out on the streets! In Europe, we take care of our needy. Also, may I add that poverty levels in Europe are much lower than in the U.S.

IN OUR ECONOMY, IF SOMEONE "CAN'T", "CAN'T" FIND A "JOB" IN TWO(!) YEARS, THEN WE TAKE NATIONAL PRIDE IN SEEING THAT PERSON ON THE STREETS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME SELF-ESTEEM AND
CLEARMINDEDNESS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH "TAKING CARE OF THE NEEDY" BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF THAT AVAILABLE HERE IN NON-GOVERNMENTAL FORM. WE DO HAVE A LITTLE MORE INTELLIGENCE THOUGH TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A NEEDY PERSON AND A LAZY PARASITE. ANY WONDER WHY EUROPE IS SO FULL OF
THEM?
IN EURO-FANTASYLAND, A LAZY PERSON THAT "CAN'T" FIND A JOB IN TWO YEARS IS REWARDED BY GOVERNMENT BY TAKING FROM THOSE WHO EARNED THEIR MONEY.
THIS IS TO BE PROUD OF?
IT'S OBSCENE. WHEN WILL YOU LEARN?
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I hate it when you gas-guzzling SUV driving Americans get so patriotic and belittle us. Europe is far superior to America, whether you like it or not.

IF THE SHOE FITS YOU MISERABLE CONFUSED TWIT, THEN WEAR IT. YOU LIKE THE FEELING OF OPRESSION - EUROs FEED ON IT LIKE PATE ON THEIR BREAD BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BLOOD AND IN THEIR HISTORY STILL TODAY. RACIAL INTOLERANCE, GENOCIDE, WARFARE, SOCIAL UPHEAVAL ON A GRAND SCALE. THE WORLD STANDARD. THAT IS IT'S LEGACY.
AMERICA IS WHAT IT IS TODAY BECAUSE THE SMARTER INDUSTRIOUS EUROPEANS, AMONG OTHERS, HAVE LEFT THOSE DECAYING COUNTRIES BEHIND FOR A BETTER LIFE HERE AND ARE BEATING THEIR OWN KIND AT THEIR OWN GAME STILL TODAY.
EUROPE IS SUPERIOR?
WELL...THEY'RE TRYNG REAL HARD AND HAVE MADE GOOD PROGRESS SINCE 1945
IS ALL I CAN SAY. I GIVE THEM THAT.

Hey idiot, he was the first to do such a flight! The Wright brothers did a flight of a few meters in some private area and patented it. See the difference?

Shut up! Why do you insist in talking about Brazil after all? Santos Dumont is the inventor of the airplane here for everyone and that's what is taught in school.

written by A brazilian, 2006-10-20 13:34:16

So you call taking the plane off the ground, flying around the Eiffel Tower and landing safely in front of thousands of people before everyone else did, with everything caught on tape, "inconclusive"?? Haha.

But a story of a private experiment told by some american, that no one saw, and even the "flight" was just of a few meters you do believe?? Hahahahahahaha.

YOUR RANTS ARE LEGENDARY. PATRIOTISM? WOW. ADMIRABLE.

BUT ARE SERIOUSLY TRYING TO DEBATE THIS?
ARE YOU THAT DESPERATE FOR SELF-WORTH AND PRIDE?
TELL ME, I'M REALLY CURIOUS, SERIOUSLY, ARE BRAZ SCHOOLS TEACHING THIS TO KIDS?
I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE FROM ANOTHER BRAZILIAN.

ANY OTHER GEMS OF REVISIONIST HISTORY YOU CARE TO SHARE WITH US? LOL

You are about as dumb as the Brazilian commenting..
In fact you are probably not German at all.

Go stick your head in the oven and turn it on!

You write as someone who has been scorned by the U.S. welfare sys. or the German Welfare sys. or the Brazilian welfare sys. oops do not really know if Brazil has one?

Go get a job and if you are working maybe your boss should know what you are doing right now! dummkopf

Come to think about it if Brazil had the same amount of years (thousands) to grow as Germany had then it would probably be bigger than the U.S. and your
beloved Germany.

written by A brazilian, 2006-10-20 14:44:06


Shut up! Why do you insist in talking about Brazil after all? Santos Dumont is the inventor of the airplane here for everyone and that's what is taught in school.

DID MR. DUMONT ALSO INVENT INTERNET? 'CAUSE WE GOT A GUY OVER HERE WHO MADE THE SAME CLAIM - HIS NAME WAS AL GORE. SO YOU MAY HAVE COMPETITION THERE TOO! [LOL]
THIS IS DAMNED HILARIOUS.

A Brazilian, this is all great for laughs and comic relief, but teaching stuff like this revisionist history to schoolchildren is just borderline morally criminal.
What grade are you in?

Once upon a time, I was taught in school that when Nazi Germany took over European countries, that was wrong, and the United States sacrificed almost a half million of its own young people to reverse those situations in the name of freedom.

In the same vein, I grew up being taught that the Soviet Union's annexations of Eastern Europe was an evil deed, and that for many years in a period called the Cold War, the American military objective was aimed at overturning this unjust oppression.

It's a new world now. It is the United States that is now sweeping the world, scooping up all these other countries in the name of capitalist democracy, and telling lies about why it has to go to war.


And instead of railing against the powerful giant stealing freedom from all these helpless victims, as it did in years past, the American press is now cheering it, justifying it in the increasingly ambivalent names of capitalism and democracy. Worse, the American people are cheering it, too, something that's never really happened in U.S. history, when the people support a war that they know is based on lies.

The evil empire, number one threat to peace in the world, is now the United States. No more Red Menace. No more Third Reich. Now it's a War on Terror executed by the biggest terrorist of all – America. U.S. Marines butchering hundreds of unarmed women and children all over the world. Now the shoe is obviously on the other foot. The United States has now assumed the role of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia at their worst and all rolled into one.

I am now ashamed to say that I am an American. May God have mercy upon our souls.

No, that was Al Gore!

The American Double Standard
written by mp, 2006-10-20 17:20:00


The evil empire, number one threat to peace in the world, is now the United States. No more Red Menace. No more Third Reich. Now it's a War on Terror executed by the biggest terrorist of all – America. U.S. Marines butchering hundreds of unarmed women and children all over the world. Now the shoe is obviously on the other foot. The United States has now assumed the role of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia at their worst and all rolled into one.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY TO SEE THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THREE FORCES YOU OUTLINED, I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR HOPELESS STATE OF CONFUSION AND THERE IS NO HELPING THAT BUT YOUR OWN SELF. THE LONGER YOU CONTINUE TO LISTEN, BELIEVE AND REINFORCE WITHIN YOURSELF THE HYSTERICAL RANTS OF TODAY'S ISLAMISTS AND CRACKPOT DESPOTS, THE LOWER YOU WILL SINK INTO DESPAIR.
IF THE USA EVER ONCE SET OUT TO DO WHAT EVIL REGIMES OF YESTERYEAR SET OUT TO DO, THEN REST ASSURED OUR BELOVED PLANET WOULD BE EITHER ENTIRELY ENSLAVED INTO THE DARK AGES - OR BURNT TO A NUCLEAR CRISP...AS SOME OF THE NATIONS WHO ARE OVERTLY AND ENTIRELY HOSTILE TO AMERICAN PRINCIPLES WOULD DO TODAY IF NOT FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE USA AND ITS ALLIES.
WHAT BECOMES OF YOUR ASSERTIONS AFTER ANALIZING THAT THOUGHT MR. "MP"???
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I am now ashamed to say that I am an American. May God have mercy upon our souls.

SO AM I, SO AM I....
MAY GOD GRANT YOU PEACE AND RELIEF FROM THE DEMONS THAT CLOUD YOUR SOUL.

The worst thing of all this 'logical' and 'sane' discussion: What are Brasilian bashers doing in a site about Brazil? What are they doing living here, making business here or in a close relationship with a Brazilian? Do you realize that those ignorant monkeys, banana sucking fools, prostitutes, miserables, illiterate, eternal peanuts eaters are the ones who accept your companies? You guys must deal with a double life or you must be so false with these people that you say one thing in front of them and anotherbehind them. You insult Brazilians and still want to visit this site about Brazil, maybe visit Brazil and live here. Why don't you go away since you don't like Brazilians and insult them as easily as you change your clothes?

I read somewhere once, that one day men would call good evil and evil good, so where was that written???

If I understand what mp is saying I think that is about what this is...
Lets call good evil and evil good.

The Nazis, Taliban, Al qaeda, Saddam Hussein etc etc

Hummmm where they good or evil?

You know I guess nowadays most people would not know the difference?

On the one hand countries complain that Americans don't know enough about the rest of the world. When an interest is taken in some countries the locals then complain about American arrogance and insensitivity.
The best part is that there are a bunch of self-hating Americans out there who will jump at the opportunity to bash America any chance they can.

There is only one thing holding Brasil back, and that is Brasil itself.
Look, I've been to Brasil many times on business and I like the people I've met. I have enjoyed the conversations with Brasilians, there have been many heated discussions about politics, government and so on, but in the end we respected each other. What I can't figure out is why some Brasilians have an inferiority complex when it comes to dealing with Americans. After getting to know some Brasilians I've told them that I enjoy working with them becuase, as an American I feel as if I'm being treated as an equal, not like in Asia where Americans are considred a necessary evil, or Europe where if you are not European you're nothing. It's the Europeans I can't stand, the Europeans treat everyone like servants and with distain. Spain and Portugal raped the South American continent, and people hate America for it.... go figure.

Son... I been concerned with the American foreign policy when you were still in diapers, sucking on lollypops and watching bugs bunny on TV, OK!

Now then, why don’t you stop making a fool out of yourself along with he rest of your patriotic clonie idiots, and stop talking for us Americans. You do not represent our points of view by any strectch of the imagination. Furthermore, I'm not being rude - you really are stupid!

Regards

Paulista:
I read your comment, and I think that first, you must consider that it may not be Americans writing these things. I've never heard any American make bad comments about Brasilians.
The truth of the matter is that many Americans have misconceptions about Brasil, especially those in the business world, who get a lot of information from Europeans. The Europeans go to Brasil, party and have sex with a bunch of women. Then brag about it when they go back home or when talking to other people. I've heard stories from the Germans, French, Dutch, you name it of the "conquests" in Brasil.

This is from a true American in Pittsburgh, PA. Brasil is a beautiful country, with so much going for it. I envy the Brasilian outlook on life, and how Brasilians are able to enjoy many of the things AMericans pass by because we are in so much of a hurry. I envy the fact that the Brasilian women still act like women, your food is great, you have everything a country could want, mountains, beaches, farmland and jungle.
Don't take it personally that alot of Americans don't appreciate Brasil. Many people do appreciate the country for it's beauty, and it's culture.
I try not to take it personally when people bash America, but just like Brasil... there is something in common:
It's OK for an American to say things about America, but outsiders better leave us alone. I've found the same thing in Brasil. It's OK for Brasilians to say things about Brasil, but Brasilians will rally together when outsiders start saying things.

I guess it's OK for you to speak for all Americans, huh? Typical liberal.

While American foreign policy is not without mistake, let's look at the other countries. France has left most of their former colonies as hell on earth, the Belgians same thing. The English screwed up India, but look what they did for Hong Kong, Singapore and other places. The Spanish pillaged and plundered Peru, Mexico and Central America.
But then again, like most liberals, you can't support your point of view, you merely call names or you make statements and proclaim that anyone not agreeing with you is an idiot.
Well, sir I'm not being rude, but you are a douche.

Dear "not so ugly American":

Unfortunately, you are the exception rather then the rule. In general, Americans are perceived as arrogant and rude, not only in Brasil, but all over the world. Don't take my word for it. Do some research and you will come to that same conclusion.

Likewise, yes, there are decent people in America as any where else, but they are becoming somewhat of a minority.

Peace

It's really simple: My sons have a heritage in Brazil and I WANT IT BACK, starting with their grandfather's land! You socialists are limiting my children's future. They deserve a safe, prosperous future both (or in their choice of) in Brazil and in the US. However, their future in the US is not a problem.

MP:
"...and stop talking for us Americans. You do not represent our points of view by any strectch of the imagination"

You said it buddy. You're claiming de facto ownership over what "us Americans" should believe.
"our points"? Well,if you mean, for example, a bunch of guys holed-up in a San Francisco basement having a disgusting orgy, then I know where you're coming from. That's about all I could glean from your inane commentary.

Couldn't respond to my question? Too much work, isn't it? Got dementia yet?
Pop a pill for me, old timer wisenheimer.

written by carioCAO, 2006-10-20 19:16:54

"Unfortunately, you are the exception rather then the rule. In general, Americans are perceived as arrogant and rude, not only in Brasil, but all over the world. Don't take my word for it. Do some research and you will come to that same conclusion."

Oh, get a life man....what, did you do a thesis on this?
Can I find it on Wikipedia?
Is there a scientific approach to the study to American arrogance, moron?

That damn near any group of tourists aren't annoying ? When I lived in NY it was awful. Watching the Eurotrash with their black socks and sandals walking the streets, complaining that food was bad, NY was too fast yada yada yada. I've seen travel groups make mockery's of every land they have been, which is why I don't travel in these tourist groups.

Yes, I've seen the nasty American, but also the Nasty Japanese, Chinese,German (the damn backpackers), the drunken Aussies and English.
You get to see it all.
In some small way, I think we all expect foreign lands to "be like home", which obvisously they are not.
I will also say this, as an American, I'm tired of people on the street always trying to sell me stuff, and looking at me as a dollar bill when I travel. I want to go out and enjoy the countries I visit, many times it's almost impossible because I get mobbed wherever I go. I know I will pay more than I should for stuff as a tourist, but sometimes it goes a bit too far.

Shut your lollipop-sucking mouth before I ram your coned forehead up your gaping a*****e and make you to dance the Macarena for nickels outside of your nearest Wal-Mart, stupid.

As a Brazilian I totally agree with “The not so ugly American” when he says: “It's OK for Brasilians to say things about Brasil, but Brasilians will rally together when outsiders start saying things.”

That’s absolutely true!

When we are talking with other Brazilians we normally complain about how things are in Brazil, we have a lot of problems. But when we hear other people talking bad things about Brazil we start to protect our country. And the opposite it’s true Americans can talk bad things about US, but they don’t like to hear other people talking bad tings about US. This is normal in every part of the world.

In Brazil we don’t know how things are in US because the news doesn’t cover everything so we have a lack of information about US. A lot of Brazilian people think they know how things are in US, believe me, they don’t! And Americans don’t know how things are in Brazil either. So the discussion here will last forever.

Other thing is the problem with PCC. The entire problem starts when the Sao Paulo state government started to transfer some prisoners to a maximum security prison tearing apart the gangs. What the gang members already in the streets do? They attack! Exactly like terrorists, and it’s very difficult to prevent terrorist attacks. Unfortunately only this news arrives in the US. What the news doesn’t say is how crime decreases in Sao Paulo in the last few years. I lived in Sao Paulo, and I can say that streets are a lot safer, but we have to resolve the problem with the PCC.

Brazil has one of the best HIV treatments in the world. Some years ago Jose Serra former Healthy Minister did pioneer new policies on HIV/AIDs treatment that were adopted elsewhere in the developing world and was consider by the UN the best HIV treatment in the world in that year. In Brazil we have some medicaments called “Generics”. Jose Serra breaks the medicaments patents and start producing medicaments in a good price for all the people with quality.

I hope that everyone here can visit Brazil one time. A Dutch woman wrote one time saying that in Brazil we have the costume to eat a sandwich holding it with a napkin and we always wash our hands before every meal. For us this is completely normal and it looks funny for me seeing somebody paying attention on this kind of detail.

Other particular things about Brazil are:

- In restaurants we have a “smoking area” and a “non-smoking area”. For me that didn’t smoke is fantastic because I can appreciate my food without smelling that horrible thing.
- It’s the only country on the south hemisphere that is part of the Genome Project.
- In the year of 2000 Brazil’s election was completely computerize and in less than 24 hours we know who was elected.
- There are 14 car factories in Brazil and another 4 being built. Some neighbor countries don’t have any.
- 97,3% of the children and adolescents between 7 and 14 years are studying.
- The cell phones market is the second in the world with 650.000 every month.
- In Brazil exist 6,860 companies that hold the ISO 9000 certificate. In Mexico there’s only 300 and 265 in Argentina.
- We have the second best market in helicopters and airplanes.
- The Brazilian publicity agencies are one of the best and respected in the world.
- The Brazilian people are very helpful and always trays to communicate with the tourists even with signals, I hope somebody one day can see that.


We have our problems but we have a lot of good things too. The beaches in the northeast of Brazil are the best. Sao Paulo is a “stone city” as we call because of the numbers of the buildings and the lack of green parks, and there’s a lot of car traffic and pollution but I love it! It’s my city! I’m living in Daytona Beach, Florida now and I can’t wait to see Sao Paulo again. I’m not saying that I don’t like here. I like here too but Sao Paulo is my city.

I don’t have any complain about any American they always have been good with me and I always try to be good to then. If every people do this little thing that is being good with each other the world would be a lot better. And understand that is our differences that make us human beings. (A little bit of philosophy )

Peace guys!!!

"Must cut dependence on the "Evil Empire""

Does that mean avoiding George Lucas films?

I have been to brazil 3 times and love it. I did not care about your politics but my fiance told me only the uneducated voted for Lula. Personally I did not know until I saw this site. I now agree with her. I am not here to belittle a country, but to be a friend. I am an American that loves Brazil but I can see the problems. America is one of your best friends but here on this site I see jealousy. I see the poverty, and yes America has some. But in the US I have never seen anyone "protect" your car for money in a parking lot (these people need to get a job). I have never gone to a shopping center to get a card that I keep on me so no one steals my car. Matter of fact I have never seen a car without power stearing and still today I see no airbags or other basics on a car. I have never seen houses with walls around them to keep out thieves, and in the bad neighborhoods there are shards of glass and nails at the top of the walls. Where i live I can sleep with the door open and sleep in peace. My fiance' also told me to keep a ring at home so I would not be a target for thieves. What is this? Everywhere we went she told me to watch out for my personal belongings and was afraid to put anything in the trunk of the car. My God she made me paranoid that everyone was a thief, crook, robber & killer. I hope things in Brazil do change for the better. From what i found out the main problem is the high tax rate. it seems the government doesn't realize if they cut taxes then people have more to spend and everytime a person spends the government gets more taxes but everyone prospers. Get away from socialism and you will live much better. I plan on retiring in Brazil and want to see Brazil prosper and grow. Do you?

On my way back this last time I ran into an american that lived in Sao Paulo for two years and he said he was happy to be back as he was robbed by gun point more than one time. personally i have never had a gun in my face and hopeep I don't. I see you blame the US for your problems but the problems you have don't exist in the US. Maybe it is time you look at your own problems and blame yourselves. Make a change. Being poor is not an excuse to steal from another. Work and rely on yourself for a living. Do not rely on the government. They owe you nothing.

Like I said love your country. It is beautiful. Most are friendly, but it is the thieves and murders that hinders you. Is the US perfect? NO....no country is but we live a better lifestyle for a reason. Not that we are any better but we work hard for what we get and the tax system stimulates growth.

How Americans lack knowledge on history! The same proportion as Brazilians. I haven't readed so many stupidities as in those comments. Brazilian industries were constantly destroyed when they were only beggining to exist by lobbysts getting paid by international companies (what did Ford in Brazil against ROMI ISETTA and several uncountable others examples) hence why today many industries in Brazil have they head office abroad. Wake up!

Most of the problems that arise today are because of the imbalances in the global economy. Also goverments play a central role to allow free trade or not. One of the main problems is inflation of the worlds money supply which inevitably leads to crises. Wether its deflation or hyperinflation, there is really no one to blame but each nation states monetary policy, not America alone or Brazil alone.

The world must work together to solve the money supply, free trade, economic and social conditions that exist. In all likelyhood, there will be more crises in the years to come. There is too much money created and too many differences within the global political system.

Some countries are slowly consolidating their goverment and monetary system, which many great economist of the previous century would applaud, like Europe with the creation of the European Monetary union and a single currency. This however does not solve crises which lies in the creation of money out of thin air.

Yeah, I get it. The whole world hates America soooo much that they all want to immigrate there by the Millions each year. They have to build a fence now to keep the people out!

What a bunch of ignorant morons post here, my my...

People wanna go to the US to make money, not to love the land. Americans jsut can't grasp that... my my...

Costy babey, let´s throw the shoe on the other foot for a second...

"People wanna go to Brazil to bang the hoes, not to love the land. Brazilians jsut can't grasp that... my my..."

Not nice is it....

Agreed. Nothing nice from the USA, but war, death, murder, blood shed, atrocities, and on and on... Hence, America the most hated nation in the world and the biggest treat to world peace.

Shame on Bush and his Nazi cabinet.

... and once again, Costinha displays supreme ignorance, in addition to tunnel vision.

Chapter 100121322...
And the Brazilian vs Americans bull s**t debate continues on...Americans will be glued to their TV Sets worrying about what Brazilians think of them and vice-versa. What a waste of time.

Well...appears Folha neswpaper got the jump on the idiot Brazo authorities.They have the news that will soon be released officially: Braz ATC was responsible for the crash by instructing pilots to the altitude where the crash occurred.
Awwww, s**t! No roast American churrasco.
Now the monkeys posting here can go back to their squalor and wallow in their socialist self-pity.
Cheers, you just got Lula for another 4,5,6...40 years(?) and together with Chavez, Lula can do the samba while your economy goes a la merda.

Speak up! You are entitled to your own stupid opinion, brain amp**atee.

Go figure! 100,000 sperm and YOU were the fastest.

God Damned Loser, hehehe

' Many months since I last entered this site... and nothing has changed. Still the same low level, zero-content (besides xenophobia) discussion... "you american a*****es wanna rule the world but you´re a bunch of stupid fat hamburguer eaters, your President stole the election and the whole world hates you! Die americans!" "You f**king brazilians are a bunch of corrupt, depraved, misinformed and poor bastards who don´t know the US, except for the few of you who spent a weekend in Disneyland!" "YOU ARE NAZIS!" "NO, YOU ARE THE NAZIS!" "NO, YOU!" "NO, YOU!"

As a Brazilian with lots of American friends, all I have to say about this neverending exchange of insults is... yawn. I´d better do something else than checking this site. Bye bye... forever!

MST is a terrorist group. Stedile is an a*****e. Period.

That's why they can't THINK

Polo and aaarrrggggggg suffer from head in the ass disease.

I first want to say that I love Brasil. My wife is Brazilian and we own farms in Rio Grande do Sul. We go there for vacation and to visit family. In fact, my brazilian nephew is living with us in the US and studying here. As anyone can see, I hold Brasil very close to my heart.

However, I have been alarmed for some time now due to all of the radical ideologies that have arisen since Mulla's election to the presidency. Granted that he is a quasi-socialist, he has kept the Brazilian economy afloat. However, his Petistas and MST buddies are causing irreparable harm to the country in various ways. The Petistas are corrupt as hell and the MST is just a bunch of bums that want something for nothing. It makes me sick to see them invade someone's farm. I am just happy that Gauchos do not tolerate that kind of SH**. Those people do not know how lucky they are that someone hasn't already gotten disgusted by their actions and decided that it was time for open season on MST burros. Thank God that there are no MST in KY.

Anyway, I would like to get back to my main point after my MST rant. Those conspiracy theorists and bums who want to blame their problems on the "Elites" of Brasil should just get off their lazy buts and work hard like everyone else does. How do they think that the "Elites" got to be "Elites?" They worked HARD for it and I applaud them for their accomplishments. If the left-leaning bums in Brasil want to live in a better country, first try to get a decent government. Hell, some petists are so brainwashed with Lula that they speak of him as if he is Jesus Christ! That is sick. He could not walk and chew bubblegum at the same time.

After the left-leaning bums in Brasil get a decent government, then they can work to better their lives. Nothing is done without commitment and HARD work.

You cannot have a successful democracy without an educated population (to paraphrase T. Jefferson). Educate the people, Brasilians want to get ahead and feed their kids and make a better life...so make it possible...TEACH THEM HOW!!!!!