Helio Wakasugui wrote: > I can see that Sarah Palin is much like our own brazilian president Lula, a > dumb politician who plays the populist card and appeals to an even dumber > audience. Lula is the "working class man" who went to the top, idol of the > masses... he can't even speak correct portuguese, and the poor and ignorant > people just love him because he's an ignoramus just like them.
Hi Helio! "Working Class" and "masses" in the same paragraph or in this case, the same sentence, is elitist hate speech, at least around here. In this you exhibit the same attitude as Obama, which has attracted some criticism. Do you really hate Lula, or just the constituency he appeals to - the people whose efforts create the life you enjoy, but who should be rarely seen, never considered and never heard? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva From the article he looks as though his positions are more like those of Obama than those of Palin. "Lula da Silva put social programs at the top of his agenda during his campaign and since his election. Lula states that one of the main problems in Brazil today is malnutrition. According to FAO, Brazil has 15.6 million malnourished people. In order to tackle this issue, the Lula government devised Fome Zero (Zero Hunger).[5] This program unifies a series of programs with the goal to end hunger in Brazil; including programs to create cisterns in Brazil's semi-arid region, to fight child labor, to strengthen family agriculture, to distribute a minimum amount of money to the poor and many other things. The biggest program of Fome Zero is Bolsa FamÃlia, which gives financial aid to families with very low income (below R$60 per person, or R$120 for families with children up to 15). It requires that the families send their children to school and keep their mandatory personal vaccination-booklets duly updated. Fome Zero has a governmental budget and accepts donations from the public and international community." -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
