Sunday, October 29, 2006

Privatizações

Então, hoje, eleição. Opinei muito pouco sobre esta, menos do que a media de comentários políticos traçados neste blog. O segundo turno foi uma surpresa imensurável que trouxe a possibilidade de mais discussões para a nossa sociedade. Uma delas, que talvez decidiu a eleição, foi a privatização. Isto assusta o brasileiro… Olhemos com calma para as que aconteceram. Uma que é um sucesso indiscutível é a das teles. Há 10 anos atrás telefone era declarado no imposto de renda, artigo de luxo mesmo para membros da classe media. Hoje, na escola de minha filha (8 anos), mais da metade das crianças tem celular. Seria então estranho dizer que esta não foi um sucesso.

 

Vamos então a privatização mais polemica, A Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD).  Esta foi vendida por aproximadamente 4 bilhões de dólares (47%) quando o seu valor de mercado era estimado em 10 bilhões. Observa-se que ouvi uma depreciação de 20% na venda, e esta foi feita para um grupo nacional liderado pela ex-estatal CSN. Os oposicionistas falam que a companhia valia 100bi, mas observem que hoje, depois de um enorme crescimento a CVRD esta avaliada em 40bi.

 

Então, valeu a pena? Vejam a citação a seguir do presidente desta

 

“A privatização da Vale foi um bem, em todos os sentidos. A empresa multiplicou investimentos, melhorou seu desempenho, se abriu ao mercado, gerou empregos e ampliou o número de fornecedores”, diz Agnelli. “Além disso, o Tesouro Nacional não precisou mais colocar dinheiro na empresa.”

 

Hoje CVRD vale por volta de 40bi e investiu dentro do Brasil 16bi desde a privatização. É uma das principais responsáveis pelo o equilíbrio nas transações com exterior, uma grande geradora de empregos e alavancadora do progresso. Em minha opinião, uma privatização bem sucedida.

 

Em um estado corrupto igual o Brasil deixar a CVRD, ou qualquer outra riqueza nas mãos dos políticos e pedir para ser lesado.

 

Bom teria muito mais a dizer, mas acho que agora o futuro está decidido. A opção passa por um estado pesado e assistencialista que consome 39% do pib, um valor comparável ao das sócias democracias como Noruega e Finlândia.

 

Tenho muitos outros pontos a tocar, mas deixo isto para um conversa de buteco ao acaso com os meus amigos mais próximos. Mês que vem vou comprar mais umas ações da Vale, pois esta ainda é nossa…

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Friday, October 27, 2006

Easy like sunday morning

 

Song of the day: Easy (Faith no more)

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Subservience in Chief

Where were the thoughts

Now is the emptiness

 

Instead of complaints

Judgment

 

No jail anymore

The freedom is blooming

 

The boss is now subservient

No blog

No feelings…

No feelings no blog

 

For now

Nothing is for now

Tomorrow is the only goal

 

In the place of perfection

Fakeness

And it amazing complexity

 

For all the bad I live

What has last

Is a rising desire

To live even more

 

No old Douglas no more…

 

A brand-new Douglas is coming

In this brand-new day

But for tomorrow

Not today

 

It is the way I go

Roller-coaster

(for now you must know)

 

And you?

Do you dare to get a ticket to ride?

Do you dare?

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Sunday, October 22, 2006

“Generosity and perfection are your everlasting goals”

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But she dont care

She said that linving with me    was bringing her down, yeah !
For she would never be free   when I was around...

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Thursday, October 19, 2006

That is all

Once a girl told me that even though I was quite perverse my mind was for just one girl and it was her!!! Her expectation that is was her was definitely far from the reality, but, the affirmation that I in my mind there is space for just one “love” made me wonder. I was doubtful for a while but know I have the feeling that she is becoming right. It means, step-by-step, my mind is tending to concentrate in only one. Only one can make me happy or depressed.

My body is going in the opposite direction; it is true, and probably it is the reason why men have two heads… (And not two minds…)

When you sigh my inside just flies, butterflies…

 

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

And so?

So, what will be the offspring of an angle with a devil?

 

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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Shadows

Now I am only a shadow of myself. It is the way I feel. I know the readers of these pages will not understand.

I am quite successful in my career but it is just a reflex of the past. My nice papers, my nice ideas, all these CV are past. Three years ago I was an acceding researcher. My papers were loved for the simplicity, originality and usefulness. Most of the papers I had were thought between 2002 and 2004. All of them indeed. Now, the ones I am sending are considered fuzzy, confusing, complicated and useless. Not good enough to be a shadow of the past. It has to improve to become it. Oxford was my highest achievement. For a guy who couldn’t speak English few years ago studying in the most important European university was quite meaningful.

But after that? I didn’t do anything, I am respect, not for what I am, but mainly for what I was.

With girls it is the same. I am worse now. From a successful man, much over average, to one common guy, maybe above average. What has happened? Where did my bright go?

It is like it is raining on me for a long, long time…

 

Ok, I will stop with this corny text. The emptiness that fulfills me cannot be spread out trough the world. I will keep it inside… but I don’t know how long can I still survive…

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Across The Universe

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe.
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my openedmind,
Possessing and caressing me.

Jai guru deva. Om.
(guru)(deva)

Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world.

Images of broken light which dance before me like a millioneyes,
They call me on and on across the universe.
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box,
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva. Om.
(guru)(deva)

Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter, shades of love are ringing through my openedears
Inciting and inviting me.
Limitless undying love, which shines around me like a millionsuns,
And calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva. Om.
(guru)(deva)

Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world.
Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world.

Jai guru deva.
Jai guru deva.
Jai guru deva.
Jai guru deva.
Jai guru deva.
Jai guru deva.

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

London, London

“Green grass

Blue eyes

Gray sky

Good bless

Silent pain and happiness

While my eyes

Go looking for flying saucers in the sky…

I choose no way to look, I choose no way”

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