As a pale faced, blue-eyed person, I can heartily agree with this. I love the 'things white people like' blog... but if there's one thing we REALLY love, it's destroying the global economy. Unfortunately, holding a mid-range IT job hasn't given me much opportunity to fulfill my personal dreams of forcing at least 50% of the world population living on cat food (whiskas, not fancy feast!) and scraps from dumpsters... at least not direct opportunity. Fortunately, I was able to vote Republican repeatedly, helping bring Bush in office, which has resulted in more wealth destroyed than was created in entire history of civilization before him!
Now excuse me while I go for a delightful walk outside. Maybe I can tell a homeless person "GET A JOB" or an immigrant "GO BACK TO MEXICO". Yes, there are few things more fun than being white.
Tell me how it is untrue historically. Maybe, he was just trying to shame. There is so much bad going on in the world. Why didn't we go to Sudan instead of Iraq? Why didn't we go to Rwanda instead of Yugoslavia? Do you know anything about what is going on in the Congo right now and why?
Highly generalized, unfitting and absurd accusation. I'm hoping this is something that was lost in translation.
Lula's letting his rhetoric get ahead of him here, but this is a man who has always been a harsh critic of the sort of neoliberal economic platforms that are at the root of the global financial crisis. When he was elected president, the pundits were panicked that he would run the Brazilian economy, yet Brazil has eliminated its debt and has seen its GDP grow at the same rate as China's. If I'm the same room as all the G-20 leaders, Lula's the guy I'm most interested in hearing from.
