Wacky election candidates reveal problems at heart of Brazil politicsBy Maria Luisa Cavalcanti

BBC Brasil


Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva is expected to be voted in by more than a million people "What does a federal deputy do? Truly, I don't know. But vote for me and I will find out for you."

This is one of the political slogans of a man who is expected to enter the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, in the general election on 3 October with the backing of more than a million voters.

If the phrase sounds like some sort of joke, perhaps you will not be surprised to learn that this particular candidate is a professional clown.

Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, or Tiririca as he is known, started working in a circus at the age of eight in the impoverished north-eastern state of Ceara, and is now a TV comedian.
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This is what I myself think on the subject:

1. Tiririca is actually a professional clown.
2. Brazilian Chamber of Deputies is full of amateur clowns...
3. Had I been born in Sao Paulo State, I would vote for Tiririca ehe ehe ehe!
4. Voting for a professional clown would be my way of protesting against amateurs!

May God bless Tirica... At least, I shall laugh and laugh and laugh a lot!

Paulo Cesar Sampaio
Pastor/fan of Tiririca ehe ehe ehe
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KORAN PROTEST PASTOR TO GET £100,000 BILL



Preacher Terry Jones, who planned to burn the Koran, is to receive a £100,000 bill
Monday September 20,2010
By Lianne Kolirin MAVERICK preacher Terry Jones, who sparked an international crisis over plans to burn the Koran, is to receive a £100,000 bill for police security.


More than 200 officers, including members of a SWAT team, were on duty at the church in Florida where Jones planned a burning of the holy book.

A huge security operation was put into place even though the pastor called off the protest, which was condemned by US President Barack Obama.

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The police bill in Gainesville comes to more than £50,000 and the Sheriff’s office spent a similar amount after putting almost all its officers on duty.

Pastor Jones, 58, and members of his Dove World Outreach Centre planned to throw 200 copies of the Islamic book on a bonfire on the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America.

The event was cancelled after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates called Jones and told him soldiers in Afghanistan would be put at greater risk by the stunt. With 48 hours until the planned burning, Jones scrapped the event saying he had secured a promise from the backers of a mosque at Ground Zero that it would be moved to a new site.

He flew to New York for talks with the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is behind the project, but he was snubbed.

The bill could bankrupt Jones and his church but he insists he will not pay, saying: “If we had known this in advance, we would have refused the security.”
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This is what I myself think about the subject:

1. Terry Jones tried to call the world's attention to himself, to his church;
2. Someone at Terry's church should have warned him about consequences of his acts;
3. Many muslims burn flags, bibles, etc and nothing happens in Western world;
4. Western has been super tolerant with Islamism; not the opposite is true;
5. In fact, we should all respect someone's religion.

Life is too short. We should all live in peace. Peace, please!

Paulo Cesar Sampaio
Pastor/pacifier
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Susan Boyle: she deserves all the very best...

I must say my heart went out to her since I saw her singing!
She is actually a great singer, hidden for quite a good time!
But the Lord made her sing in public (Britains Got Talent).
Now, Susan deserves all she will certainly get!
A reader (radical, for sure!) might say: how the Lord could possibly use her!?
Easy to explain: the Lord has his own ways of doing things...!
The Lord has his own ways of taking people out of poverty-misery-hidden places!
May God bless Susan Boyle. She deserves it all!

Paulo Cesar Sampaio
Pastor/good music lover...
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"Do everything without complaining or arguing" (Philippians 2.14)

We do many things.
We do not do many things.
Things were made to be done
Things were made to be destroyed - sometimes.
Life is like this: some good & some bad things taking place every single day!
We complain a lot! Hu-mans complain too much; animals do not! But, we are all animals, right?

We argue a lot! Hu-mans argue too much; animals do not! Aren't we all animals!?
In which way(s) are we hu-mans better than animals?
In fact, many animals are far much better than hu-mans!
Many hu-mans behave worse than animals!

May God forgive all hu-mans and protect, and protect all animals!

Paulo César Sampaio
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