1.1 million Brazilians petition government to give Edward Snowden asylum

[Jesus Malverde]

Edward Snowden is a popular guy in Brazil. The NSA leaker received 1.1 million signatures in a petition that aims to convince its president to grant him asylum.

“The Brazilian government had said it required a formal request from Snowden to grant asylum. Today, more than a million people have done what Snowden cannot and presented this request in his name,” Ricken Patel director of an international campaigning group, said in a statement according to an Agence France-Presse report.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/14/11-million-brazilians-petition-government-give-edw/

[mimi85]

1. Adios, Eduardo! nt

[MADem]

2. A million brazilian....reminds me of an old Dubya joke.

I won't click on the Moonie Times link, though!

He's more popular in Brazil than Justin Bieber isn't here, at any rate... only just over a quarter million people want to get rid of the Beeb!

[madinmaryland]

3. "how much is a.." You beat me to that response! nt

[Luminous Animal]

6. What old dubwa joke? And why does it remind of it?

[MADem]

7. Because of the large number and the word "Brazilian."

You seriously don't remember this?

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/jokes/bljokebushbrazilian.htm

[Luminous Animal]

8. That is a remarkably stupid joke and how does that relate to 1.1 million actual human beings

petitioning their government.

[MADem]

9. You're the only one on this board that didn't find it funny as hell during the Bush regime.

Apparently.

[Luminous Animal]

10. Apparently, you think Brazilians are funny.

[MADem]

11. Apparently, you're desperately spoiling for a fight.

Poor you.

[Luminous Animal]

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Nobody likes me
Everybody hates me
Guess I'll eat a worm.

Long fat slimy ones
Little skinny juicy ones

Oh those willy wily worms

First one choked me
Second on croaked me
Third one slid right down
Fourth one had a wreck
Fifth one broke his neck.

Oh those willy willy worms

[Warren DeMontague]

13. ...Sung to the tune of "Magilla Gorilla"

you can thank me later.

[MannyGoldstein]

4. Brazil is a country of darker-skinned peoples with puny weapons

If Snowden goes there, he'll be snatched, I suspect.

[JDPriestly]

5. Agreed. Snowden is where he is safe. Twenty years from now, he will be viewed as a hero

in the US. Right now he is viewed as a villain. If they kill him or arrest him, he will still be viewed as a hero 20 years from now. That's they way history works.