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Rousseff's approval ratings languish: two thirds consider her government “bad or terrible”
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's approval ratings languished in September, held down by the country’s economic and political crises, as her opposition in Congress considers opening impeachment proceedings. Read full article
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Oct 01st, 2015 - 04:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0arf!
Didn't the 'opposition' recently make a claim she had lied about, and misused, the economic data, thus undermining congress and breaching the law?
Oct 01st, 2015 - 05:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And hasn't she had until 15th October to come up with the lies, sorry, evidence that she is as white as snow. OK the piss-holes are yellow, but she is white!
Chris and Ilsen
Oct 01st, 2015 - 09:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Changing our leader was a god send. Business and industry groups are hailing a potential new reform agenda and it seems there may be impetus to shock our economy out of the rut we are now in and drive growth again.
Mind you unemployment isn't growing and our economy is growing but the threat of a recession seems to he receding every week. Now mind you, should China hit the skids big time then we will feel it instantly and deeply, but so far we are nowhere near on problems like Brazil.
China hitting the skids might send us into a short and sharp recession but it would push Brazil over the edge into depression.
Thankfully our system lets us reject ineffectual leaders much easier than Brazil or even most republics.
Skip
Oct 01st, 2015 - 11:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thank you for your insightful post.
Dilma's (and the PT's) incompetence is the main causes of Brazil's crisis. She can make all the cosmetic changes she wants in Government - such as announcing the closing of 10 Ministries, and cutting commissioned jobs - but in reality, she's just transferred the public servants from one Ministry to another. Cutting 3,000 commissioned jobs out of a total of 113,000, is not even scratching the surface . When will she realize that the crisis will only start to subside after the business community regains the necessary confidence to invest ? and if she's still around, it's unlikely to happen any time soon.
Oct 02nd, 2015 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 02 ChrisR
Oct 02nd, 2015 - 09:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“...misused, the economic data, thus undermining congress and breaching the law?” The former president from the opposition party says not so.
Says Ex-President Cardoso in answer to the question. The opposition has the necessary votes to open impeachment proceedings today?
“The impeachment depends on you having a convincing argument, not only for Congress, but for the people. Those who wish to impeach haven't built a compelling narrative so far. Take the fiscal ”pedaling“. You can argue, as jurists have done, that there's no way to characterize a crime.”
www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2015/09/1686367-rousseff-made-a-pact-with-the-devil-to-save-her-government-
@ 6 Terry Hillock
Oct 03rd, 2015 - 05:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wait and see, it won't be long now.
@7 ChrisR
Oct 03rd, 2015 - 11:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Although he has already admitted that he doesn't really care for Brazilian politics, and therefore doesn't know much about the subject, the 'brainless one' at #6 has suddenly become the expert. The reference. He will repeat his tiresome arguments like a broken record ....and will carefully select dubious opinions from socialists, or reproduce excerpts out of context, to try to support his liberal views. He has no opinion based on his own experience, so he depends exclusively on that of others.
If by any chance Dilma is impeached, he will then deny he ever suggested that she couldn't be.....sad.
Meanwhile, Chile has been flooded with thousands of Brazilian tourists that have blessed our country touring mostly the central region. Middle to upper class, bringing immense increase to retail sales in our shopping malls, buying branded goods at lower prices. At a small wine shop that I have a modest percentage of ownership, over 15% of our sales are to Brazilian nationals! God bless Brazil!
Oct 04th, 2015 - 11:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0When asked about what's going on the Brazilians in general just shrugged their shoulders and said that corruption was just a part of Brazilian culture.
@ 8 Jack Bauer
Oct 04th, 2015 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0At the risk oif being berated by the Brainless One (that's like have a wet rag thrown at you) I agree!
8 Jack Bauer
Oct 04th, 2015 - 09:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well you don't have to be an expert to discover you and “killer” are fullofshit, all takes is a decent education that gives you the skill set to research almost any issue. Then that cited information is more than enough to adequately vanquish your uninformed and unqualified opinions. As for whether “Dilma is impeached” so far, it doesn't look likely as far as current legal opinion is concerned. Of cause that is not the word of God, but former President Cardoso's opinion is as close as we're going to get. If she is or not it's no skin of my nose it's only you “two amigos” who've got you're knickers in a twist. “He will repeat his tiresome arguments” well if you where an original thinker there should be no problem refuting them. But, up to now neither one of you have had much success and it's not my professed interest.
@11 Terence
Oct 05th, 2015 - 05:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“... all takes is a decent education that gives you the skill set to research almost any issue”.
First of all, while that is probably correct, it becomes a problem for you because you lack a decent education. Your views are usually biased due to the fact you are clearly a socialist and a liberal. Second, you implicitely exclude experience as having any value....is that because you don't have much of that either ?
So, bad education, little experience, little man, big head...
12 Jack Bauer
Oct 05th, 2015 - 10:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Your views are usually biased due to the fact you are clearly a socialist and a liberal.” A man whom has stated “It's a matter of comparing the military, to where this ...government is taking us..and I prefer the former.” http://en.mercopress.com/2015/01/26/brazil-supportive-of-mercosur-as-long-as-it-does-not-turn-into-a-burden is in no position to moralize about anyone else . As you have clearly indicated a preference for a dictatorship over a democratically elected government. Speculating again as to what my political position may be is rather an excise in futility. But, one thing is for sure marxists are as wrong as as you are. They also share the same penchant as you; that their convictions entitle them to preach to others.
“..you implicitely exclude experience as having any value” Where and when? or it's just another example of you talking the talk, but failing to walk the walk. So the conclusion of your blather is yet another personal attack with no proof supporting any of your whines. But then a person who's military experience was in the army and seems unduly fixated on the functions of the pioneer corps would not have a need to ever prove anything.
@13 Terence
Oct 06th, 2015 - 11:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So you admit that you are just a lousy socialist and a liberal. Thank you.
Your insistence that I have “clearly indicated a preference for a dictatorship over a democratically elected government”, is continual proof you aren't as intelligent as you think you are. You keep on insisting, but what I have said, or implied in as many words, is that in 1964 I preferred the military option to that of where Brazil was headed - in my opinion, towards communism. And if that choice ever arises again - and I hope it doesn't - I would obviously not opt for communism. You imply you wouldn't but I think you would , as under communist rule you wouldn't have to think for yourself - just do as you are told to - and that fits in perfectly with your weak personality.
So, don't take my words out of context and try to twist them.
Care to volunteer proof of your military achievements ? Or am I expected to believe you - because you say so ? You think and argue like a true liberal, so I reckon I already know the answer.
But care to tell us WHERE you were in 1964 ?
14 Jack Bauer
Oct 07th, 2015 - 03:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“..but what I have said, ... is that in 1964 I preferred the military option ”
No no, you're caught telling porkies again, it's a indisputable, which your subsequent attempted cover-up shows the guilt of your bizarre thinking.
This what you originally stated: “It's a matter of comparing the military, to where this damned PT government is taking us.....and I prefer the former.”
14 Jack Bauer.
I will categorically state again I have no more time for for marxists than I do for wing-nuts like you. “you wouldn't have to think for yourself” is you to tee as you prefer a military that would take away any individuality and insist on uniformity.
“tell us WHERE you were...”Oh my Jack is defeated on all counts, the only possible options left are the personal attacks or irrelevant deflections. Which are both fallicies.
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” Mark Twain
”A truth that's told with a bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.” (William Blake)
@15 Terence
Oct 07th, 2015 - 07:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Lamentable. Why do you insist on embarassing yourself ? Do you have difficulty in understanding English ? The various ways that I have expressed my views on the '64 takeover and democracy, are very clear to everyone - except to 'brainless' Terence. You just keep coming back, splitting hairs and interpreting what your liberal mind wants to see....
You can categorically ....“categorically”?? Wow, big strong word for a little man with a complex , who refuses to tell us his whereabouts in 1964, for fear of being proved a fake. Irrelevant to you, as the truth is to socialists.
And you know where you can shove your quotes... if there's any room left with your head already up there.
16 Jack Bauer
Oct 07th, 2015 - 08:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0There's no hair-splitting, you're condemned out of your own mouth, it's in black and white. In spite of your lame-assed protests, the genie is out of the bottle and you are revealed you all.
“I have expressed my views on the '64” You may well have on other occasions, but in this quote you specifically mention “..this damned PT government..”so you MUST be referring to the current government as they weren't the government in 1964. So you can wiggle all want, you can't take those words back.
“who refuses to tell us his whereabouts in 1964” Rubbish I chose not to because it has absolutely no relevance. I was seconded to bomber-command's, squadron 101 at RAF Finningley. 16 Jack Bauer
There's no hair-splitting, you're condemned out of your own mouth, it's in black and white. In spite of your lame-assed protests, the genie is out of the bottle and you are revealed you all.
“I have expressed my views on the '64” You may well have on other occasions, but in this quote you specifically mention “..this damned PT government..”so you MUST be referring to the current government as they weren't the government in 1964. So you can wiggle all want, you can't take those words back.
“who refuses to tell us his whereabouts in 1964” Rubbish I chose not to because it has absolutely no relevance. But, I was seconded to bomber-command's, squadron 101 at RAF Finningley. Please note unlike you pongos, we have no requirement for a pioneer corps on aircraft
I guess you don't like quotes as yours conclusively prove you're a liar, and secondly you cannot find any qualified opinions that support your implausible beliefs. So you can insult all you want, but you just keep putting your foot in your own mouth, and and have failed to refute any of my contentions.
I guess you don't like quotes as yours conclusively prove you're a liar, and secondly you cannot find any qualified opinions that support your implausible beliefs. So you can insult all you want, but you just keep putting your
@17 Terence
Oct 07th, 2015 - 10:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I can see that you have nothing worthwhile to offer. Your arguments are the same, time and time again.....demanding proof of opinions, or accepting them as the Gospel truth when they emanate from some fucking socialist, to the point of arrogantly asking “ Can Marcelo and I both be wrong”....the simple answer is “yes”. Other people's views and experience are of no value, according to you, unless they coincide with your rather limited views. You sympathize with the left, which usually implies that dialogue with you, is useless. Not surprising at all, I saw other socialist twits reacting in the same way, when questioned about their convictions.
I have never tried to “wiggle out” of, or “weasle out” of anything I've ever posted. Sure I hate the damned PT government .....millions do. Get over it. As I have mentioned before, I think you should read the PT's infamous “Foro de São Paulo”; it's their 'manifesto' and it outlines their true objectives.
It's interesting how you word your military experience very carefully : “was 'seconded' to bomber-command's, squadron 101.....”
Being “seconded” does not mean much, no 'noble' implications : Obviously you weren't a pilot, otherwise your self-proclaimed importance would have made you blurt that out at the first opportunity you had....but no, you were, as I said, just an errand boy, or a turd cleaner, who could be 'seconded' to anywhere that your menial services might be required.
And since when do quotes - other people's witty observations - always prove something ? If you take them too literally, it proves you can't think outside the box. Like socialists. Like people who have no drive.
And if you are such an idiot as to post the same paragraph twice, it says a lot about your inability to concentrate on what's important. Another socialist trait.
Terence, do me a favour : Pls spare me the continuation of your ridiculous post. Enough is enough.
18 Jack Bauer
Oct 08th, 2015 - 04:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0“experience are of no value” are the gospel according to the alias of Jack Bauer. Meaning your version of reality is so important it will countenance no scrutiny or examination, how modest of you. Anyone who doesn't share your paranoid reactionary view is automatically prescribed as a socialist. Whereas you and what you appose are just the opposite sides of the same coin “It would seem, that in order to endure, both communism and fascism,..have had to be bolstered from within by intensive and reckless propaganda...This links them more closely...One comes into being as an expression of man's faith in man; the other as an expression of man's distrust in man.” Le Boutellier, Cornelia, American Democracy and Natural Law (New York: Columbia University Press, 1950), page 42.
“It's a matter of comparing the military, to where this ...PT government is taking us..and I prefer the former.” equals an advocate of fascism. “You sympathize with the left” by your jaundiced definition means anyone who doesn't share appetite for dictatorships. The RAF invested three years training me at Cosford and Yatesbury, but you pongos in the pioneer corp would take all of ten weeks for your training before you were invested with the order of shovel first class.
“If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary” Mark Twain
“No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.” Henry David Thoreau
“Actions Really Do Speak Lounder Than Words And Promises Mean Nothing Without Proof.” Anon.
Careful now, don't let your brains go to your head!
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain
@19 Terence
Oct 08th, 2015 - 03:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Have you noticed that you never say anything original ? appears that you can only express yourself through the voices of others....Never your own.
The only reason why someone who has supposedly had some sort of an education would support socialism, is because they failed in life and depend on handouts to survive. The day the money ends, you're up shit creek without a paddle. I wasn't aware that you needed 3 years training to learn how to clean latrines. Good riddance Terence.
20 Jack Bauer
Oct 08th, 2015 - 11:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ah! the tired old twin fallacies of the diversion and the personal attack. So since I have exposed your own incriminating words of your preference for fascism over democracy, you've realized the futility of trying to wiggle out of it. So unless you can point to where ever I have claimed I “support socialism” we can add it your endless unproven supply of porkies. “needed 3 years training to learn how to clean latrine” sounds like your talking from your experience in the pioneer corp, I guess you were a little slower than than even the average pongo. But, then the army wasn't looking for brains.
“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.” Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
“Mediocrity bears but one flower ENVY”. anon
“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.” Franklin D. Roosevelt,
“Losers are always in the wrong” Spanish Proverb
You have delusions of adequacy. (Walter Kerr)
I wish I had a lower I.Q., maybe then I could enjoy your company.
@21 Terence
Oct 09th, 2015 - 06:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You seem to like this 'wiggling' thing, don't you ? Is that what you did for 3 years on Tuesday nights in the barracks ?? Besides wiggling in the barrel, you 'wiggled' out of your ignorant statement “The PT is a minority party”. Ring a bell ?
The fact that that you feel offended when I mention what a shit the PT and its leaders are, implies you defend it. So defending that crap, like you do, makes you a socialist idiot. No proof needed. You don't even live here, so why don't you worry about where you do, where you collect your handout ?
It's laughable that you think you are clever...If you were, you'd be normal.
Nothing original to say .....but what to expect from a latrine cleaner ?
I liked your quote from FDR , but its missing something ; Instead of
“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth”......it would be more exact if it read : “Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth, but it sure fools a lot of idiots”.....and it's clear you are one of them.
Did you bother to take a look at the PT's manifesto “Foro de São Paulo”... if you can't understand Portuguese, I'm sure you can manage a translation online.
Even you.
22 Jack Bauer the confirmed fascist
Oct 09th, 2015 - 09:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“The PT is a minority party” Is echoed by this competent political journalist. The PT is not a majority party, if not then what's the alternative, quick even an ordinary foot-slogger from the pioneer corps can figure this one out to wit: “Opinion: It Is Not a Coup, But It Looks Like 09/23/2015”..Dilma Rousseff as President... no president could govern with a minority in the legislature...“ MARCELO COELHO, FOLHA COLUMNIST http://en.mercopress.com/2015/10/01/rousseff-s-approval-ratings-languish-two-thirds-consider-her-government-bad-or-terrible#comment416627
So you can try to fiddle with the semantics all you want, but, the substance is correct. Thus, I have even legal history on my side, “The law respects form less than substance, equity looks at intent, not at form” and ”The law does not concern itself with trifles“.
What you miss in your verbiage, is the burden of proof rests with who ever makes an assertion. You may feel you stand on the right hand of God, but when you fail to meet this basic burden, then it's simply meaningless nonsense. The fact that you can't grasp this simple and fundamental point. Is simply your ignorance and there's no requirement for me to justify a legitimate challenge. To me this issue is fundamentally about ”fairness“. I don't care who you like or don't. But, if you promote your personal opinion as proven fact then you better be prepared to step up to plate and defend it.
”You don't even live here,“ a perfect example of your utter twaddle. If this is true let us all know where I really live, genius, otherwise it's just another of the many, many porkies you throw about. Must have learnt this tactic from your hero Goebbels.
”your quote from FDR , but its missing something“ You even attempt to mess around with historical quotes, when you cannot even comply with the minimalist requirements to make an assertion, just more of your garbage.
”PT's manifesto “Foro de São Paulo”” Yes I did, just a bunch of sel
@23 Terence
Oct 10th, 2015 - 10:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are either very obstinate or stupid, or both..
““The PT is a minority party” Is echoed by this competent political journalist. The PT is not a majority party, if not then what's the alternative ” ??????
I''ll tell you once again, but I'm not sure it'll get through your thick skull : The PT is the 2nd largest party in Brazil, considering : it has the president, more senators, more governors, more congressmen and 'rules' over more inhabitants than any other individual Party. There, was that too difficult to understand ? Ah, and before you come back with the usual crap that because the PT alone, does not have a majority in Congress, and as such is obliged to form a coalition with other Parties - which is correct, as I have also already pointed out - does not make the PT a minority Party.
As for your “competent political journalist” he may not be all that competent after all, and the only reason you stick to his nuts like a tick, is because you agree with his 'opinion'.....Yes, 'opinion', which is something 'he' believes in....but that does not make it AUTOMATICALLY the truth. Opinions and the truth may coincide or they may not, but that does not preclude the right to have an opinion. .....I've defended that all along, but you seem to have difficulty in understanding English, as you keep on insisting that I “promote my personal opinion as a proven fact, etc...”. First of all, you idiot, if it's not my “personal” opinion, then whose is it ? someone else's ? like what you “promote”? Second, I can “step up to the plate and defend it”, but I don't need to prove anything. Least of all to you.
Definition of “opinion” for you, once again : “judgement or belief based on grounds short of proof”, “ view held as probable”....“short of proof”, key words meaning “proof unnecessary”.
You should go back to school and open your small mind to other people's opinions. Or, you could always get lost.
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