Economia
Bom humor: o dilema da cooperação internacional
Um trecho pequeno do mais novo livro do engraçadíssimo P.J. O'Rourke:
"We were going to stop global warming by signing the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gas emissions. Then we realized the Kyoto protocol was ridiculous and unenforceable and that no one who signed it was even trying to meet the emissions requirements except for some countries from the former Soviet Union. They accidentally quit emitting greenhouse gases because their economies collapsed. However, if we withdraw from diplomatic agreements because they’re ridiculous, we’ll have to withdraw from every diplomatic agreement, because they’re all ridiculous. This will not foster international cooperation. But if we do foster international cooperation, we won’t be able to protect Americans at home and abroad, because there has been a lot of international cooperation in killing Americans. Attacking internationals won’t promote world peace, which we can’t have anyway if we’re going to eliminate human rights abuses, because there’s no peaceful way to get rid of the governments that abuse the rights of people – people who are chained to American gym-shoe-making machinery, dying of gym shoe lung, and getting paid in shoelaces, thereby improving U.S. business and trade opportunities, which result in economic expansion that causes global warming to get worse”. [P.J. O’Rourke, Peace Kills, p.7]
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- The Nobel Peace Prize For 2009 - Barack Obama
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special...
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Boa leitura para o final de semana A World Connected - Superstar Tsunamis v. Silent Killers Trecho: Today, however, the WHO is adrift in a sea of political correctitude. It gives lip service to Third World needs, but devotes a lot of attention to...
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O engraçadíssimo P.J. O' Rourke CATO Institute + P.J. O'Rourke = bom humor. Eu bem queria estar lá... The Cato Institute invites you to a luncheon featuring P. J. O'Rourke, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute, and author,...
Economia
Bom humor: o dilema da cooperação internacional
Um trecho pequeno do mais novo livro do engraçadíssimo P.J. O'Rourke:
"We were going to stop global warming by signing the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gas emissions. Then we realized the Kyoto protocol was ridiculous and unenforceable and that no one who signed it was even trying to meet the emissions requirements except for some countries from the former Soviet Union. They accidentally quit emitting greenhouse gases because their economies collapsed. However, if we withdraw from diplomatic agreements because they’re ridiculous, we’ll have to withdraw from every diplomatic agreement, because they’re all ridiculous. This will not foster international cooperation. But if we do foster international cooperation, we won’t be able to protect Americans at home and abroad, because there has been a lot of international cooperation in killing Americans. Attacking internationals won’t promote world peace, which we can’t have anyway if we’re going to eliminate human rights abuses, because there’s no peaceful way to get rid of the governments that abuse the rights of people – people who are chained to American gym-shoe-making machinery, dying of gym shoe lung, and getting paid in shoelaces, thereby improving U.S. business and trade opportunities, which result in economic expansion that causes global warming to get worse”. [P.J. O’Rourke, Peace Kills, p.7]
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- Ngo's, Relief & Human Rights Organisations:
Amnesty International AusAID Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) CARE Child Wise - ecpat in Australia Crimes of War Project Crisis Web Ecpat.org GuideStar.org - The National Database of Nonprofit organizations Human Rights Center...
- The Nobel Peace Prize For 2009 - Barack Obama
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special...
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Vá a Brasília...mas ponha a mão na carteira Eis aí um fórum em um lugar, no mínimo, curioso... :-) IV Global Forum on Fighting Corruption The IV Global Forum on Fighting Corruption – From Words to Deeds, will be held from June 7 to 10,...
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Boa leitura para o final de semana A World Connected - Superstar Tsunamis v. Silent Killers Trecho: Today, however, the WHO is adrift in a sea of political correctitude. It gives lip service to Third World needs, but devotes a lot of attention to...
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O engraçadíssimo P.J. O' Rourke CATO Institute + P.J. O'Rourke = bom humor. Eu bem queria estar lá... The Cato Institute invites you to a luncheon featuring P. J. O'Rourke, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute, and author,...