As an American, where a good portion of the population think that guy with ‘Martin’ in his name is president, another portion think it’s that daft Al Gore, and the remaining portion can’t decide between Bush, Eminem, and the purple teletubby, it was quite strange to see a country actually agreeing not only on who is president, but seeming to actually like him.
After three months in office, leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva enjoys widespread popularity, according to a opinion poll released Wednesday.
The survey by the respected polling company Ibope found that 75 percent of respondents approve of Silva’s government, while 13 percent disapprove. [Story]
Especially given the Brazilian forecast:
- 1.5 percent economic growth last year (This doesn’t mean anything to me, but they talked like it was bad so I’ll include it)
- 61% think inflation will rise
- 56% feel unemployment will grow
Yet the presidents sits tight with an 80% confidence rating. Milling over this seeming incongruity, I put my finely honed investigative tools to work (I installed the Google toolbar, without the feedback of course–stealth-mode yo) to get some answers.
The economy basically sucks, 56% think more people are going to be out of jobs, how is there any room for approval in these circumstances? The answer was easier and better than I expected: BOOBIES
Exuberant breasts exposed by beauty queens at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival or those stretching scanty bikini tops on Brazil’s beaches often have little to do with nature’s generosity.
Apart from endowing with silicone eight out of every 10 Brazilian (news – web sites) women who choose breast enlargement surgery, Silimed, as the Brazilian manufacturer is called, exports 65 percent of its output and is the world’s No. 3 supplier of breast implants.
This summer, Silimed will open a new plant capable of producing 500,000 silicone packs annually, more than three times the size of its current capacity of 150,000 pieces, as it prepares an assault on the U.S. market — the world’s biggest. [Story]
This is truly a great time to be alive, my friends, a day in which we may see the beauties of breast inflation available to the needy masses. Although there was one possibly disturbing revelation:
“They say now that a Brazilian woman goes to the dentist as often as she goes to the plastic surgeon,” she said. Silimed sells to Pitanguy and one of its models even bears his name.
I pray to the good lord that this just means they have naturally strong teeth and fluoridated water.
I vote fluoridation.