Interesting though that the futbol (pronounced fu-tschee-ball in portugese!) club from Salvador da Bahia choose her. Salvador is the african-descent capital of Brasil, so a typical Salvadorian is much darker and more athletically built than her! But, wow.
Thanks to Everaldo, the nightguard at my pousada, for showing my this wonderful side of brasil! If I understood him correctly, the musa’s are the “mascot” of their team for a year, and every major brasilian club has one. They also have a yearly beauty contest, and in the following year, the game starts anew with the Musas for 2009 …
www.brazilianportuguesepod.com is a great way to learn Brazilian Portugese online, and to get used to the stream of laid-back sounds that Brazilian is! 121 short and well-done podcasts to teach you the basic vocabulary, phrases, and pronounciation of the language. Thanks André and Marcos!
»Palin is a Jacobin. A radical fundamentalist Christian who believes that the US invasion and continuing occupation of Iraq is “God’s war” and who thinks that all young Americans should be over there fighting Islam, just as one of her sons is. She also thinks that homosexuals should be jailed (and perhaps even burned at the stake) and that “creationism” (a pseudo-science that preaches the world was created in just seven days) should be taught in all public schools. So convinced is she of the satanic properties of Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species” that she tried to have the book banned from the library of the small town where she was mayor, and when that didn’t work she tried to fire the librarian.«
Excerpted from John Hemingway’s blog article, President Palin, which is a worthwhile read. Although his conclusion on why Sarah Palin was chosen is drastic …
