[lit-ideas] Lula, the Leftist Revolutionary, Meets Dr. Seuss
- From: Eric <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:01:22 -0500
>>Leftists now rule as well in ... Brazil
Maybe not for much longer. Lula is considered a
national joke to Brazilians. The "squid" (Lula
means squid in Brazilian Portuguese) has a regime
of such monumental corruption you can't even
compare it to the US GOP. In the past couple
years, he's lost cabinet members, party bosses,
regional party chiefs to charges of corruption,
jail time, and disgrace.
This incident is famous in Brazil. It happened on
live TV.
A famous Brazilian writer of children's
books--Yves Hublet--their equivalent of Dr. Seuss
if you will--was attending the Brazilian Congress
Library on a session about children's books.
Hublet is chairman of the Brazilian writer's union.
So Yves Hublet--who looks like Santa Claus and
carries a silver headed cane--entered the Congress
during the Corruption Trial of Jose Dirceu, former
Lula minister and then Brazilian representative.
As he sat in Congress listening to Dirceu defend
himself with arrogant leftist rhetoric. Yves
Hublet lost it.
Yves Hublet, a notable leftist himself, ran down
into the Senate floor, on live TV, and began
thrashing Dirceu, Lula's politician, with his
cane. Santa Claus attacks!
Right now I'm looking at a clipping from "Folha de
Sao Paulo" newspaper showing Hublet and his mighty
cane. Hublet demands the impeachment of Lula in
that article.
The story was a nationwide hit. Hublet became more
of a celebrity. In fact, national editorials said
that Yves Hublet struck a blow for all Brazilians.
Today, I believe, Lula lost yet another cabinet
minister to corruption charges. Will have to check
BBC to find out. So much for the noble leftist
revolutionaries.
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