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Postby mends » 04 Jul 2007, 11:33

Porque hoje é 4 de Julho

The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics
By Francis Scott Key 1814



Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
"I used to be on an endless run.
Believe in miracles 'cause I'm one.
I have been blessed with the power to survive.
After all these years I'm still alive."

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Postby mends » 20 Aug 2007, 09:41

excertos de um post do Azevedo, com um ou dois comentários meus...

1 - Toda guerra é má e traz péssimos resultados, enquanto toda paz é boa e só traz benefícios à humanidade?

Pfuiii.....

2 - A invasão do Iraque foi uma decisão unilateral dos EUA?

A decisão não foi unilateral – não como se diz. Ataques unilaterais a países os EUA tinham feito antes — alguns sob o governo Clinton...

3 - Bush e Tony Blair mentiram sobre as armas de destruição em massa?

Com os dados que tinham, Bush e Tony Blair não mentiram. Com os documentos disponíveis e sabendo o que Bush e Blair sabiam, não derrubar Saddam Hussein correspondia a correr o risco de dar a Osama Bin Laden uma base de operações bem mais forte do que o Afeganistão.

4 - Havia laços entre a Al Qaeda e o governo do Iraque?

O serviço secreto dava conta de que teria havido pelo menos 10 contatos entre a Al Qaeda e o governo do Iraque, um deles deles documentado.

5 - A guerra foi uma desculpa para tomar as reservas de petróleo do Iraque?

Essa é a melhor, proque é a acusação dos imbecis de miolo mole que mais afronta alógica (“nuncanahistóriadeztimundo” o petróleo foi tão CARO quanto depois do Início da Guerra...)

É mais fácil e barato comprar petróleo do que tomá-lo pela guerra.

6 - Era necessário macular as liberdades civis nos EUA, conforme se acusa?

Na Segunda Guerra, por exemplo, as liberdades civis nos EUA sofreram muito mais do que com os tal Ato Patriótico.


Fica evidente o comportamento pusilânime da Europa. Os EUA acudiram a Europa três vezes no passado para preservar a liberdade. Na vez em que foi atacado, o continente lhes virou as costas. Será que a França, por exemplo, se lembra de quantos corpos americanos fertilizaram o solo e a democracia na Normandia?
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Postby mends » 24 Oct 2007, 10:58

nada como uns dias no primeiro mundo pra ficar com mais raiva ainda da banânia :lol:

fui visitar a gringolandia com a kari, o fernando e a minha mãe. uma semana na disney, um dia em hannover, pra visitar tuck...

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e os demais em nova york.

não preciso falar que o fernando adorou a disney. mas tem algumas coisas que ele gostou mais:

a) o hotel, e principalmente, o "belelé zigantão" (buzz lightyear gigante, em fernandês)

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ah, e pra se ter uma idéia do quanto o "belelé" era "zigantão":

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b) os carros: o macqueen, o tow mater e os nascar da universal

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o mater

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e os nascar

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hannover é uma região linda, principalmente no outono. vale muito a pena ir pra lá.

continuo em outro post...
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Postby Wagner » 24 Oct 2007, 11:37

achei a disney do caramba, a cidade que moro linda no outono tb...

mas lemnre-se que turismo eh uma coisa, viver eh outra...

nada com passar uns meses na gringolandia para ter raiva da...gringolandia.... heheh
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Postby mends » 24 Oct 2007, 12:38

pq tanta raiva em seu coraçãozinho?
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Postby Danilo » 24 Oct 2007, 15:18

mends wrote:continuo em outro post...

E a foto do metrô pra podermos comentar 'que metrô feio...'?

Wagner wrote:nada com passar uns meses na gringolandia para ter raiva da...gringolandia....

Vale o 'a grama do vizinho é mais verde'?
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Postby mends » 24 Oct 2007, 15:28

mais fotos:

deu pra dirigir uns barcos...

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...fazer papel de bobo...

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...conferir o pior de NY...

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(2nd avenue subway station)

..o mais triste...

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e o melhor, a gastronomia. 2 refeições memoráveis na viagem: Murphys on the Green, em Hannover, e Carmine's, em NY (vc come esperando que o Michael Corleone entre com os rapazes)

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Postby Rafael » 24 Oct 2007, 18:15

Nãose esqueçam de dar uma clicadinha nas propagandas...

Ajudem a fazer uma A Saidera independente...
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Postby mends » 21 Jan 2008, 09:24

E está definido o Superbowl.

O meu time, New Englando Patriots, vai enfrentar os "gigantes bocós" (ver Madagascar, o desenho), os NY Giants, que ganharam dos Green Bay "Cheese-heads" Packers em Green Bay.

É uma pena que Tom Brady, tríplice coroa este ano, e como recorde de passes para touchdowns na temporada (50), recorde de todos os tempos, não vá enfrentar Old Brett (Brett Favre), quarterback do Packers, um dos melhores de todos os tempos. Favre é plástico, faz umas coisas "impossíveis", e parece o John Wayne. Brady é mais objetivo. Seria algo como Ronaldinho (Favre) enfrentando Kaká (Brady).

Quem vai pegar Brady é Eli Manning, caçula de uma "dinastia" de quarterbacks - filho de Archie Manning e imão de Peyton Manning - que começou a jogar bola esse ano justamente no último jogo da regular season, contra o próprio Patriots.

Ah, e o New England chega ao Superbowl INVICTO. Dezoito vitórias. Arrasador.

Como será o jogo? Na regular season, New England ganhou por 38 a 35, apertado. Mas Eli na verdade só tem uma jogada boa. Seu wide receiver, Plexico Burress, é fora de série, mas as outras opções, como o safety Kevin Boss, são de lua, bem irregulares. Brady comanda o melhor ataque dos últimos anos, com os wide receivers Wes Walker e Randy Moss, o running back Lawrence Maroney e o tight end David Thomas. A defesa é comandada pelo gigante Adalius Thomas, que vai encher o Giants de sacks, se tudo correr bem.

E o jogo vai ser no meu aniversário. Logo, não há como o Patriots perder...
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Postby mends » 24 Jan 2008, 17:27

Patriots: New 'America's Team' or Public Enemy No. 1?
By Vic Carucci | NFL.com



You love them. You hate them. Either way, you care. You care very deeply. Television ratings say so. So does Internet traffic, my e-mail inbox, talk radio, and any other forum where sports fans can vent.


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No, it's not Darth Vader... it's Bill Belichick. Some fans can't tell the difference.

Even Time magazine and the Times of London recently devoted space to those ultra-strong feelings (read: hate) evoked by the New England Patriots. The Patriots' incredible popularity/unpopularity begins with their incredible success. The best somehow have a way of bringing out the worst in people -- especially those whose loyalties are with the rest.

The NFL has had several such teams that fans have loved to hate: The Dallas Cowboys (insufferably labeled "America's Team"), the San Francisco 49ers, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Miami Dolphins, who had the league's last perfect season. The Pats are one victory away from joining the Dolphins in perfection. That would also give them their fourth Super Bowl crown in seven years.

Show me a dynasty and I'll show you a bull's eye.

But it is hardly a stretch to say that no team in league history has generated the sort of emotions that the Patriots have produced on their way to 18-0.

That is because no team has had the combination of flashpoints that the Pats have beyond their perfect season. The biggest, of course, is "Spygate," when they were caught videotaping the signals of the New York Jets' defensive coaches during the season opener. Commissioner Roger Goodell fined Bill Belichick $500,000 and the franchise $250,000. He also stripped the Patriots of a first-round draft pick.

Since then, the Pats have been labeled "cheaters." Their three Super Bowl victories have been called "tainted." And Goodell has been criticized for not punishing Belichick more severely. Fans and media members have said Belichick should have been suspended as well as fined. After "Spygate," the New York Post went as far as to put an asterisk next to the Patriots in its NFL standings.

Mario Ruiz, a hip-hop artist from Los Angeles, released a song called "Patriots Hater." Among the lyrics: "The coach, he's a jerk … Got the whole country hatin' on him …We know you cheat, Bill Belicheat."

But it doesn't end there.

Belichick's personality is another thorn in the collective side of Patriot haters. To anyone who doesn't know him, he can come off as humorless and aloof. Many reporters find him condescending and frustratingly secretive when it comes to player injuries. The image they portray does nothing to endear him to the masses, even if he is the best and most talented coach the NFL has ever seen.

Belichick lost more points with the public after being accused of running up the score in consecutive lopsided victories over Miami and Washington in October and another over the Buffalo Bills in November. After the Bills' game, a caller to a Buffalo radio station said Bills coach Dick Jauron should have ordered his players to intentionally injure Tom Brady because he was still on the field when the outcome had long been determined.




Brady also manages to rub the anti-Patriots faction the wrong way with off-the-charts statistics and matinee-idol looks. No longer is he viewed as the sixth-round draft pick who beat the odds and made the most of his chance to be a starter.

Now Brady is a megastar, complete with a supermodel girlfriend. One would think his record-setting 50 touchdown passes would enhance his standing as one of the NFL's all-time best quarterbacks. But Patriot haters prefer to say he is simply benefitting from: 1) the team's cheating; and 2) the addition of Randy Moss, who also made league history with 23 touchdown catches, and other receiver upgrades.

"I hear how people hate this team," Patriots tight end Kyle Brady says. "A lot of people don't want to see this team succeed. Sometimes people love an underdog and they want to see us lose. Sometimes they want to see the big guy on the block go down."

That would help explain the creation of so many anti-Patriots websites and blogs. There's even a blog that sells a T-shirt, for $15.95, professing one's hatred for the Pats.

Yet, when it came to voting for major postseason awards, support was hardly lacking for Belichick or Brady. Belichick was chosen NFL Coach of the Year in a landslide by a media panel that included reporters who have been openly critical of the coach for "Spygate." Brady was voted the league's Most Valuable Player, also in a landslide.

The New York Giants' late surge to the Super Bowl has made them one of the more fascinating stories in the league and their fan base is enormous. But when it comes to drawing a television audience, the Patriots have had no equal. Their regular-season games against the Giants, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and Dallas were the four highest-rated programs on any network during the fall viewing season, surpassing "Dancing With the Stars" and "CSI."

Whether you tuned in because you love them or hate them doesn't matter. What matters is that you tuned in. What matters is that you care.

Very deeply
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Postby mends » 30 Jan 2008, 14:44

The New England Patriots are on the steps of the ultimate accomplishment in a team sport. But no matter what the outcome of Super Bowl XLII, the winner will be NFL fans who love the game and the drama it can present.

Do the Patriots go 19-0 and claim the right to be called the greatest team ever? Or do the Giants end the Patriots' quest for perfection with an upset that would rival the New York Jets' win over Baltimore in 1969?

The best decision Tom Coughlin made this year was to play the Week 17 matchup with the Patriots with his starters in for the entire game. Granted, his team lost 38-35, but it set the stage for this Super Bowl. Not only did the game create momentum for the Giants heading into the playoffs, but it was money in the bank for their Super Bowl preparation.

The Giants believe they can win this game. I have talked with enough players to believe there is a quiet confidence brewing among the New York players, who like their chances. Members of the Baltimore Ravens and Philadelphia Eagles -- teams that came close to beating New England this season -- like the Giants' chances, too.

On the other hand, the Patriots look impossible to stop. They make most opponents feel like they have to play a perfect game to win. New England has a way of making opponents feel like they've failed if they have a 10-play drive that results in a field goal instead of a touchdown, and it emphasizes how much pressure there is on opposing teams to score on every possession. The three interceptions thrown by Tom Brady in the AFC title game against the Chargers actually made the Patriots look human.

So which team comes into the game with more pressure on their shoulders?

No team that I can recall has handled the mounting pressure of a perfect season better than the Patriots. They act like they're on a business trip and they're ready to close the deal. New England has so many ways to beat a team, and the weather conditions in Phoenix are perfect for a high-powered offense. The Patriots have cooled off a bit in recent weeks, but they sure look ready for the final challenge.

The Giants, on the other hand, remind me of the Patriots team that entered Super Bowl XXXVI against St. Louis as huge underdogs with nothing to lose, a New England team that shocked the Rams, 20-17.

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Postby mends » 30 Jan 2008, 14:55

Brady handles Media Day like he does a blitzing linebacker
By Vic Carucci | NFL.com



GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The ultra-talented arm got him here, got him three Super Bowl rings, got him two Super Bowl MVPs, got him a league MVP award, got him prominent space in the NFL record book.


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Tom Brady was easily the most popular player at Media Day, with a crowd around him that never thinned throughout the hour-long session.

Yet, it's the cool, the poise, the incredible composure under the highest stress that football can deliver that puts Tom Brady in the conversation of all-time greatest quarterback in the history of the league.

Those were the same qualities on display Tuesday morning as Brady held court, surrounded by hundreds of reporters and photographers from throughout the world, during Super Bowl XLII Media Day at University of Phoenix Stadium.

He was bombarded with a wide range of questions -- including a marriage proposal from a woman, dressed in a wedding gown, from a Mexican television network -- and handled them all with the smoothness and grace of someone who had done this three times before. That included a polite refusal to the marriage offer.

"I'm a one-woman man," Brady said. "But you're beautiful ... anybody who would have the opportunity to marry you would be a lucky man."

Brady was his most impressive when someone, noting that he had such a mammoth media platform, wanted him to discuss his purpose in life. Not surprisingly, he took a long pause before responding.

"That's a deep question," Brady said. "I throw a football and I happen to do that (well) enough to get here and have this platform. But I don't think any of us cure cancer. You think about the impact you have on people's lives and if we can perform some type of entertainment for people to change the subject a little bit on life, I think that's a great thing.

"But at the same time, we're all blessed to be doing this. We're all blessed to have the opportunity to live out childhood dreams. You truly are living a dream. All of us grew up (wanting) to be a professional athlete. And all of us wanted to play in a Super Bowl. And to have this spectacle and to enjoy this and to have these experiences, we're all going to remember this for the rest of our lives."

Always keeping proper perspective. Always finding the right way to respond.

Super Bowl XLII: Giants vs. Patriots


The game ...

» Inside Super Bowl XLII | Manly Super Blog
» Super Bowl X-factors | XLII facts

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Tuesday:
» Super Bowl XLII Media Day coverage
» Kirwan: Scouting report | Pats game plan
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» Carucci: No mystery to Belichick | On winning
» Belichick's unlikey source for advice | Playbook
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» Patriots touch down | Notes, quotes, anecdotes
» Video: Patriots leave for Arizona | Discussion
» Kirwan: First look at Super Bowl XLII | Preview
» Super Debate: Manning or Samuel? | Eli's success

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It was very much like watching Brady engineer one of his multiple winning scoring drives in the Super Bowl. It was very much like seeing him throw touchdown pass after touchdown pass during the 2007 season, when he put up the staggering numbers that once only belonged to the likes of Dan Marino and Peyton Manning.

Behemoth pass rushers can't rattle Brady, so why should it be any different with the men and women of the press?

Tom, how's your ankle? "Ankle's good, ankle's fine." What's your favorite band? "U2." What's your favorite movie? "Braveheart." How's your Zen-ness holding up?

His Zen-ness?

"I'm pretty low key, I'm pretty consistent," Brady said. "I just try to never be too up, never be too down, just take things in stride. Hopefully, that's Zen-like."

On the topic of where he ranks among the best at his position, Brady knew enough to avoid self-promotion. When pressed on whether he believed he was "already there," Brady shook his head.

"No, I don't think so at all," Brady said. "I think this is my eighth season, and there's so much football left for me to play. I'm 30 years old. I've been very healthy in my career. Hopefully, physically, my skills continue to improve. Hopefully, mentally, I continue to gain a better understanding of the game."

On a couple of occasions, he was given the chance to complain about his high-profile life -- about being chased by paparazzi while in New York after leading the Pats to their sixth AFC crown. Brady never bit.

"With everything in life, there's a little bit of give and take," Brady said. "When you've won as many football games as we have, it demands probably a little bit more attention. I understand that, and you just try to go about your life and enjoy it as best as you can.

"You accept everything that happens in your life. You can't change it, so I think you've got to change the expectation that you may have. To think that I'll be able to go out in Boston and hang out and walk down Newbury Street doesn't happen. So, you know what? I don't do it."

Brady's most honest moment came when he said, "I wouldn't change places with too many people."

Let's see, superstar quarterback with matinee-idol looks and a supermodel girlfriend. Nope, that pretty much covers every man's wish list.

When asked which actor he would want to portray him in a movie, Brady first responded with Mel Gibson. Then, giving it a little more thought he said, "Tom Hanks. He's the best, isn't he?"

Even when Brady was asked a question about pressure -- whether there was more of it because the Patriots are one victory away from the only 19-0 season in league history -- he responded as if he weren't feeling any whatsoever.

"There's pressure in Super Bowls, there's pressure in the regular season, there's pressure when you walk out of your house," he said. "Whoever deals with it the best and doesn't let it affect the way you prepare or play, that's the way you're able to go out and achieve whatever you set your goals to achieve."

Translation: Brady is ready to lead the Pats to the completion of a perfect season.

If he does, he should be regarded as the all-time greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL.
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Postby mends » 01 Feb 2008, 10:07

Uma plataforma política dessas, aqui em Banânia, renderia internação no Juquery...que McCain vença e dê o exemplo!

Security Is Job One
By DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN
February 1, 2008

Americans have always wanted to make a better life for their children than the one they inherited. In the pursuit of this goal, Republicans have always trusted the courage, good sense, resourcefulness and decency of the American people -- who expect in turn a government that respects their values and is committed to enhancing their personal, political and economic freedoms.

The first responsibility of the next president will be to keep this country safe from an enemy that so despises us they would unleash any terror to cause us harm. John McCain has a record of courageous service and broad experience of years of involvement in every military and national security issue that has faced this nation. He is the only candidate prepared to be commander in chief from the first day in office.


The sad failures of government-centered economic development have proven that private markets are the only true hope for sustained prosperity. Republicans believe that government should do only those things we cannot do individually, should tax no more than is necessary, and should spend only on genuine national priorities. Mr. McCain will preserve these principles, and thus also preserve and enhance Americans' economic freedom.

Entrepreneurs lie at the heart of innovation, growth and advancing prosperity. Hard work, ingenuity and entrepreneurialism are a proven route to meeting one's goals and providing for children and family. Mr. McCain is committed to preserving their freedom, ensuring that they are not shackled by excessive regulation, starved of risk capital, or taxed into submission.

Over the past year, Mr. McCain has outlined a vision for steps toward a U.S. tax code that is simpler, fair and flatter. He will begin by keeping taxes low -- making permanent the current income and investment tax rates, and defending those rates against Democrats' partisan goal of taxing our economy into collapse. He has proposed that it should require a three-fifths majority vote in Congress to raise taxes.

Mr. McCain also proposes immediate elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax. This is a growing burden on middle-class families that also raises marginal tax rates by a substantial four percentage points on average.

The tax code should be more pro-growth, and enhance our international competitiveness. Otherwise the United States runs the risk of becoming a tax-unfriendly location in global markets. Mr. McCain has proposed to cut the corporate tax rate to 25%, permit first-year expensing of all equipment investment, and institute a permanent and reformed 10% R&D tax credit. Although more reform would be beneficial, these steps would reduce the burden of our tax code and support faster, sustained growth in the U.S. At a time when the economy is weak, they would also help American workers and their families if adopted right now.

John McCain is committed to restoring the trust of taxpayers that the government will spend their money wisely. Since Ronald Reagan left office, government spending adjusted for inflation has increased $2,500 for every man, woman and child in the country. Sadly, wasteful spending may be the enduring image of recent Congresses. It has been bad for Republicans, bad for governance, and it is bad economic policy. When Congress sends a pork-laden spending bill to President McCain's desk, he will veto it.

Congress just passed another omnibus appropriation bill stuffed with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10 billion. Washington needs to get the message: No Earmarks. Not 10,000. Not one. Zero. Mr. McCain will deliver the message.

Mr. McCain will return the Republican Party to its principle that government should do its job, and can do it with less of America's money. This means reducing spending on health-care programs, and reducing the threat that higher health-care costs present to our businesses and families -- while maintaining the quality of our medical science. Thus Mr. McCain has proposed a comprehensive, market-driven health-care reform that places the American family at the center of a reformed and flexible health-care system. It has been called supply-side medicine for health care.

Mr. McCain will re-affirm American leadership in global trade. It is essential that American workers have access to the 95% of the world's customers that are outside our borders. The U.S. should engage in multilateral, regional and bilateral efforts to reduce barriers to trade, level the global playing field and build effective enforcement of global trading rules. Opening new markets for trade in goods and services is an indispensable aspect of economic freedom, for entrepreneurs and workers, and a proven road to greater prosperity.

As a student of history, Mr. McCain rejects those who preach the false virtues of economic isolationism -- those who urge the U.S. to bury its head in the sand. The world made the grave error of building walls against trade 75 years ago, which contributed to the Great Depression. Since then, the U.S. has been in the forefront of the fight for reduced barriers to trade. It has reaped the benefits of sustained growth in standards of living, an awesome display of innovation and technical advance, an explosion in the variety, quality and affordability of consumer goods, a rise in home ownership, and ascendancy to the position of world's greatest economy.

Our continued prosperity will require leadership. Others seeking the presidency tailor their views to political considerations. That is not leadership. Others around the globe succumb to their fears and endorse state-driven acquisition of power and wealth. That is not freedom. And it will not work.

In less than a week we will have as close to a national primary as we have ever had in this country. John McCain intends to win it by standing for the principles and policies that first attracted him to the Republican Party. He is proud to stand on those principles. He is the only conservative Republican who can both succeed in this contest and lead the party to victory in November against anyone
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Re: Americans...

Postby mends » 04 Feb 2008, 18:04

Como vimos, os Patriots perderam. E perderam como ganharam o primeiro Superbowl: em 2001, os underdogs eram eles, os Patriots.

Bom, mesmo quem não sabe o que é um sack ou um fumble, ao ver o placar do jogo, entende que foi um jogo de defesa. 17 a 14 é um placar baixo até pra primeiro quarto, que dirá para o jogo. A defesa dos Giants ganhou o jogo, a prova é que o touchdown da vitória foi feito a 35 segundos do final do quarto período. E a defesa dos Giants ganhou o jogo porque fez o que ninguém fez na temporada inteira, passar os offensive linebackers do time de Massachussets, que protegem o quarterback para que ele possa lançar. Brady pode ter sentido o tornozelo, mas sua linha de proteção simplesmente não fez seu trabalho. Ataque dá espetáculo, mas é a defesa que ganha o jogo, e os Giants provaram isso.

E Plaxico Burress merecia, mais do que ninguém, ser campeão. Um garoto que chegou como promessa de estrelato nos Steelers, era meio bad boy, foi como free agent pra NY e acertou a cabeça quando foi pai. É talentoso pra cacete. E é sintomático que o touchdown final seja passe longo de Manning para Burress, pq essa é a ÚNICA jogada dos Giants. A jogada que segurou o time aos trancos e barrancos na temporada inteira. Tão manjada que ninguém dava nada por ela - o NYG é o primeiro wildcard, se não me engano, a ser campeão.

O que me chateia mais, como torcedor do Patriots, é que, desde 2000, o perdedor do Superbowl não consegue nem ir aos playoffs na temporada seguinte. Vou ter que tirar a minha camisa do Bears do armário? (tudo menos verde, palmeiras aqui e green bay packers por lá, ehehe).
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