Brazil Future Economic Super Power?

Nov 19, 2009 - After decades of political instability, poverty and uncertanty has Brazil finally hit her stride?  We all know that Brazilians know how to party and play (football) but can they roll with the G8 and give them a run for their money?  In 2001 Goldmen Sachs placed Brazil with Russia, India and China as the economies that would come to dominate the world.   Some may find it queer to place a country with a growth rate as skimpy as its swim suits, an economic fragility that consistantly suffered with any financial crisis, chronic political instability and a history of squandering economic potential could have so effectively put those wose behind them to pave the way for such a prosperous future.  China is said to lead the world out of our currant economic down turn with Brazil hot on their heals.  Brazil did not avoid the down turn but was among the last in and the first out.  Their economy is growing at a rate of 5% annualy and will pick up in the short term as new deep sea oil fields come online.  Brazil also enjoys a food and mineral trade with many Asian countries. Sometime after 2014 Brazil is scheduled to become the worlds 5th largest economy saying to Great Britan and France uhm excuse me I beleive that's my seat.  In many ways Brazil is said to outclass the other up and comers (Chine, India and Russia).  Unlike China and Russia it is a democracy.  Unlike India it has no insurgent, ethnic, religious hostility or unfriendly neighbors.  Unlike Russia it exports more than oil and arms and treats it's investors with respect.  Is that code for arss kissing? - 4 Comments

Reuters on the U.S. Dollar

Oct 13, 2009 - The next big political issue? The U.S. dollar Posted by: James Pethokoukis The state of the dollar probably hasn’t been a first-tier political issue in the United States since, say, the presidential election of 1896. - 1 Comment

Black Tea-Partyer calls out Garofalo over ‘white power’ statement

Oct 07, 2009 - Black Tea-Partyer calls out Garofalo over ‘white power’ statement By Patrik Jonsson Comedienne-activist and “Matchmaker” star Janeane Garofalo pounded Tea Party activists during Bill Maher’s “Real Time” a couple of days ago, equating this summer’s “Tea Party” protests with a darker chapter in US history: the white power movement. Ms. Garofalo said: “Tea-baggers, the 9/12ers, these separatist groups that pretend that it’s about policy are clearly white identity movements. - 4 Comments

What Rassmusen, Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls TELLS US

Sep 27, 2009 - What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls Saturday, September 26, 2009 Few nations are as generous with their time and money as the United States, but right now Americans are a suspicious bunch. Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. Thirty-six percent (36%) are Very Angry. - 0 Comments

SCOTUS Gun Case Could Broaden Other Rights

Oct 02, 2009 - In announcing on Wednesday that it would review a case that asks whether individuals have a fundamental right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court did more than just step into a heated debate over gun control. Although McDonald v. - 0 Comments

Tom Brokow's World Implodes

Sep 15, 2009 - http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/15/media-malpractice-tom-brokaws/   Media Malpractice: Tom Brokow's World Implodes By Jeffrey Lord on 9.15.09 @ 6:08AM Tom Brokaw. With the passing of Walter Cronkite, Mr. Brokaw is considered perhaps the new "dean" of journalism. As such the former NBC News anchor is periodically summoned forth to assess the current world, an occasion that presented itself recently on the venerable NBC Sunday newser Meet the Press. - 15 Comments

What is "Actual" Cheating?

Sep 24, 2009 - Another thread was discussing one rather questionable website which facilitated and promoted actual cheating on a spouse.   I found myself really angry because I felt what this man was doing was tarnishing the marriage vows.  I was angry because he was married and had children BUT chose to do this for notoriety.   This morning while having coffee with a few of my BFF's we discussed this and my anger was perhaps valid BUT we did find that what was the largest dilemma was the vast differences in interpreting what actually cheating on a spouse is.   There was a stance that online flirting was cheating but another felt it was harmless.    There was a feeling that as long as nothing becomes "physically" exchanged then it isn't cheating...but another disagreed.    One friend felt that anything her man did, whether it was flirting in a chat room, looking at porn online, or sending an email to another female with content not work-related was actually cheating. - 32 Comments

Are Men Obsolete?

Sep 21, 2009 - By Robin of Berkeley July 22, 2009 http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/are_men_obsolete.html   When I snapped out of my left wing trance last year, I was lost in space.  I had no conservative friends and was clueless about web sites and books.     I had heard something vaguely about Talk Radio.  So I scanned my AM dial and found Michael Savage.  (It took several months, and a chat with a rather bemused new friend, before I even realized there were other hosts as well.)     Being a lifelong liberal, I'd never heard anybody like Savage in my life.  He yelled;  he called people "vermin."  He was unbridled masculinity, not the touchy feeling kind I was used to.  And he totally accepted himself:  his moods, passion, temper.     But what shocked me the most was his saying that men have become "feminized."  I'd never been so offended.  "Well, what's wrong with men being more feminine?"  I shouted back at my radio.  "Is there something wrong with femininity?"   Men being way more in touch with their yin and less with their yang sounded good to me. - 21 Comments

Barack Obama surrenders to Russia on Missile Defence

Sep 17, 2009 - Nile Gardiner Nile Gardiner is a Washington-based foreign affairs analyst and political commentator. He appears frequently on American and British television and radio, including Fox News Channel, CNN, BBC, Sky News, and NPR. Barack Obama surrenders to Russia on Missile Defence blogged a couple of weeks ago that the Obama administration was about to abandon its plans for Third Site missile defence installations in Poland and the Czech Republic. - 5 Comments