Almanaque do Povo
Por falar em NYT: Nos dias que precedem a viagem do Papa Bento XVI aos EUA, eis uma curiosa peça multimédia. Aí estão registadas 25 vozes de católicos norte-americanos de diferentes idades, géneros, ascendências e sensibilidades. Uns afastados, outros comprometidos, esperançados, confusos. Washington D.C. e New York são as cidades no roteiro, mas, como indicam vários desses testemunhos, é Boston que paira sobre o (in)consciente colectivo católico norte-americano. Uma visita a acompanhar.
PSD[ownhill?]: Pelas minhas contas, Fernanda Câncio era já jornalista ainda eu acabava a escola primária. Ao longo dos anos vi trabalhos seus para televisão, reportagens na imprensa, li um dos livros publicados (sobre vida suburbana, tema que me é caro). Teremos mundividências muito diferentes, mas nunca foi preciso partilhar com alguém a forma de perspectivar a realidade para lhe reconhecer qualidade profissional; a mim, banal leitora do seu trabalho, parece-me que ela a tem. Daí que esta declaração, sobretudo para quem já votou no partido de quem a faz, seja incompreensível. Sou típica eleitora de centro, mas o pêndulo tem tombado as mais das vezes para os sociais-democratas; custa-me particularmente, pois, que o partido esteja largado a quem faça tais juízos na vez de fazer oposição. Em tempos não-tão-idos, o PSD preocupava-se com a vida dos pequenos e médios empresários, com o desenvolvimento regional, com a população idosa, com a reconversão da indústria - agora, pelo menos um dos vice-presidentes da comissão política nacional acha que assim é que é, assim é que se faz.
Lendo e aprendendo: Certo é que sempre que passo pelo Combustões fico a saber algo mais. Os recentes posts sobre Banguecoque são disso exemplo.
Etiquetas: S.O.S Blogues; Bento XVI nos EUA; Combustões; PSD
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A catástrofe financeira vista por Bush
Jon Stewart, do Daily Show, aborda com extraordinário sentido de humor a catástrofe financeira que se abateu nos Estados Unidos e as explicações dadas por Bush em Wall Street:
Bush: Venho aqui como um camarada optimista. Quero lembrar-vos que não é a primeira vez desde que sou Presidente que enfrentamos desafios económicos.
Bush: Herdámos recessão...
Bush: E houve os ataques de 11 de Setembro de 2001...
Bush: E depois tivemos escândalos empresariais...
Bush: E tomei as difíceis decisões de enfrentar os terroristas e os extremistas em duas frentes: Afeganistão e Iraque.
Bush: E depois tivemos... desastres naturais devastadores...
Jon Stewart: Eis a maior loucura disto tudo: a sua Presidência é ainda pior do que eu me lembrava! E eu tenho prestado muita atenção! Mas quando ouvimos isso tudo junto... you sucks!
Vídeo legendado em português:
Olá
Um momento de humor, apanhado já enm sei onde, tencionava gaurá-lo para um post, mas assim tb está bem
John Cleese's Letter to America
In view of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy), as from Monday next.
Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium," and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.
2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour', 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix "ize" will be replaced by the suffix "ise."
3. You will learn that the suffix 'burgh' is pronounced 'burra'; you may elect to respell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you find you simply can't cope with correct pronunciation.
4. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels (look up "vocabulary"). Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.
5. There is no such thing as "US English." We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of "-ize."
6. You will relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out Task #1 (see above).
7. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but to be celebrated only in England . It will be called "Come-Uppance Day."
8. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
9. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
10. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.
11. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric immediately and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.
12. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling "gasoline") - roughly $6/US per gallon. Get used to it.
13. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called "crisps." Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with mayonnaise but with vinegar.
14. Waiters and waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive with customers.
15. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as "beer," and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as "Lager." American brands will be referred to as "Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine," so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.
16. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" was an experience akin to having one's ear removed with a cheese grater.
17. You will cease playing American "football." There is only one kind of proper football; you call it "soccer". Those of you brave enough will, in time, will be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of Jessies - English slang for "Big Girls Blouse").
18. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the "World Series" for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable and forgiven.
19. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
20. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due, backdated to 1776.
Thank you for your co-operation.
John Cleese
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