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Nuts to brown-eyed visionaries
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | April 6, 2009 | Ralph R. Reiland

Posted on 04/06/2009 10:47:22 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

I'm boycotting Brazil nuts.

The top nut in Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (big enough to be known simply as Lula, like Beyonce or Madonna) told British Prime Minister Gordon Brown that the world's current economic crisis was caused by "white people with blue eyes."

Waving his finger at Brown, Lula, a socialist, said people in poor countries shouldn't have to pay for the mistakes of people in rich countries. "It is a crisis caused and encouraged by the irrational behavior of white people with blue eyes," he said, "who before the crisis appeared to know everything, but are now showing that they know nothing."

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blueeyes; brazil; eyes; gordonbrown; lula; lulu; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 04/06/2009 10:47:22 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Please, how can I join your boycott when I have NEVER either bought or eaten a BRAZIL nut.
I have an idea. If I ignore that jerk, I will be joining the boycott of a brazil NUT!!


2 posted on 04/06/2009 10:54:20 AM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf (NY Times: We print the news as it fits our views)
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To: CaptainAmiigaf

Lula is a nickname the Brazilian president got when he was a union thug. It means “Squid”.

His popularity is sinking fast in Brazil, and people there are concerned that he will bring a lot of backroom political pressure/extortion to bear in the selection his successor.


3 posted on 04/06/2009 11:00:33 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I think Lula is right. Doesn’t both Clinton and Carter have blue eyes?


4 posted on 04/06/2009 11:58:11 AM PDT by chopperman
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