The worst thing about a building collapse is that it silences the dead
or the unconscious victims under the ruins, leaving them voiceless and unable to
call out for rescue. The disaster occurring today in the Brazilian Senate is
like that. It is collapsing upon the dead and the unconscious: senators who are
making accommodations or are indignant but who are all perplexed and
powerless.
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Brazil Has No Senate. It's Been Buried Under Corruption, Omission and Incompetence written by João da Silva,
July 11, 2007
A great article by the Senator.He just regained my credibility in him. He might be accused of anything, but not of corruption nor lack of ethics. He was decent enough not to crowe when his old Nemesis Senator Roriz resigned. I think he should rethink his strategy of taking just one issue like "Educação já" to the streets and concentrate more on macro issues like corruption and inertia (on the part of our ministers) that are plagueing our country.
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Great article...again !!!!!!!! written by CH.C.,
July 12, 2007
In Brazil not much has changed in the last 200 years !
Today Brazil remains an Archaïc country governed by Filthy people !
A large country not even able to produce a car/truck without foreign money and foreign technology...for example !
A country caressing daily its own navel and proud of their great achievements of their exports !!!!! Except that even today their TOTAL exports are still at......BELOW US$ 1000.- ANNUALLY...PER CAPITA !!!!!!
Not so great...by any standards !!!!!!
LAUGH...LAUGH...LAUGH...!!!!!!
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BRAZILIAN .....Ethics Council ?????? WHIO CARES ABOUT ETHICS....IN BRAZIL ??????? written by CH.C.,
July 12, 2007
That same Ethics Council....suggested that all those found guilzt by the inbestzigators of the vote buying scandal...be expulsed from the Senate/Congress !!!!
End Results ?
100 % of those found guilty were...PARDONED....IN A SECRET VOTE (OF COURSE)...BY SENATORS.....AS CORRUPTED AS THOSE THEY PARDONED !!!!!
Sad Brazilian Reality !!!!! Sad Brazilian (IN)Justice.
Ohhh but Brazilians (IN)Justice puts behind bars...FOR 4 YEARS....a young mother, aged 19, because she has stolen.....A TUBE OF BUTTER !!!!!"yessssss....
Ohhh but Brazilians (IN)Justice puts behind bars...FOR 4 YEARS....a young mother, aged 19, because she has stolen.....A TUBE OF BUTTER !!!!!"yessssss....
Ms.Ch.c., are you the young mother who stole a tube of butter?. I am realy sorry if you are still rotting in the jail.But, if you need any help, please do let us know. We have a large association all over Brasil to bail out pathetic girls like you.
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The problem with Cristovam written by cú fedido,
July 12, 2007
I'd love to put Cristovam and the butter guy in a room, and you know, see what happens.
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how about the truth on billboards written by FORREST ALLEN BROWN,
July 12, 2007
to clean house in brasil would not be much unlike trying to do it in any other country in the world
just talking about it wont do .
dont make studdies just releastr all you know to the press and TV and let the people get the real storie and put them out of office as a brasilian soap the road .
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... written by bo,
July 12, 2007
We live in a country where the population is divided between an aristocratic elite, in which the senators are called "Excellencies" and not "Citizens," and the mass of the people, who are either abandoned or the recipients of miniscule revenue transfers.
Been saying that for years. Makes me naseaus when I'm at a restaurant and the governor of the state or a congressman walks in, it's as if they were KINGS and not representatives of the people that are held accountable by the people.
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Back to basics -not back to `base´ written by Daiu,
July 13, 2007
I hope the day will come when Brasilians will not have to vote.The present system only serves to perpetuate an undemocratic,elitist group who act like medieval despots.Worse still they remain unaccountable both to the electorate and their political parties.Those senators and congress reps who are under suspicion of corruption should be censored and expelled from their parties if found guilty,their bank accounts frozen and FORBIDDEN from standing for public office-for ever. NB.Tonight on Cultura TV the presenter talked about politicians going back to their `Bases´in Portuguese, it being Thursday-tomorrow very few politicians appear in Brasilia,and anyway the July parliamentary recess is due.One might be forgiven for thinking that politicians go back to their bases to hold clinics and consult the people who voted for them!No chance!
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in brasil & the US written by FORREST ALLEN BROWN,
July 13, 2007
LETS PULL A SPRANOS END ON them
and in the states also as they should be taken out and tard and featherd and run out on a rail
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... written by Frits Scholer,
July 18, 2007
The majority of Brasilians don't seem to mind and even favor the show politicians put on for them when election time comes. As a european visitor it seems that awareness of the issues and a critical attitude must be cultivated. I read in a magazine there that 1 real of tax money lost on corruption is worth 10 reais when used in public spending (say on education or tackling unemployment) and to me that makes sense. To battle corruption will take a few generations, but take heed of the warning by the senator that traditionally a lot of time has been wasted already. This is urgent! Educate and give truth and justice and security a chance in this beautiful country.
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And what does he do to improve it? written by Bia,
May 16, 2009
The words are beatiful, but unfortunately the same senator yesterday withdrawed his signature for investigating the enormous corruption at Petrobras, the brazilian oil company. Lost his chance to contribute for his biography.
The worst thing about a building collapse is that it silences the dead
or the unconscious victims under the ruins, leaving them voiceless and unable to
call out for rescue. The disaster occurring today in the Brazilian Senate is
like that. It is collapsing upon the dead and the unconscious: senators who are
making accommodations or are indignant but who are all perplexed and
powerless.
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