Ser de derecha significa, en primer lugar, reconocer el caracter subversivo de los movimientos salidos de la Revolución Francesa, sean ellos el Liberalismo, la Democracia o el Socialismo. Ser de derecha significa, en segundo lugar, detectar la naturaleza decadente de los mitos racionalistas, progresistas, materialistas, que preparan la llegada de la civilización plebeya, el reino de la cantidad, la tiranía de la masa anónima y monstruosa.
Arquivo da categoria ‘estadistas’
Uribe: O que é direita:
11 de maio de 2012Até Obama já descobriu que “”Governar é Abrir Estradas”"
11 de outubro de 2010So we’re already paying for our failure to act. And what’s more, the longer our infrastructure erodes, the deeper our competitive edge erodes. Other nations understand this. They are going all-in. Today, as a percentage of GDP, we invest less than half of what Russia does in their infrastructure, less than one-third of what Western Europe does.
Right now, China’s building hundreds of thousands of miles of new roads. Over the next 10 years, it plans to build dozens of new airports. Over the next 20, it could build as many as 170 new mass transit systems.
Everywhere else, they’re thinking big. They’re creating jobs today, but they’re also playing to win tomorrow. So the bottom line is our shortsightedness has come due. We can no longer afford to sit still.
So that’s why, last month, I announced a new plan for upgrading America’s roads, rails and runways for the long-term. Over the next six years, we will rebuild 150,000 miles of our roads — enough to circle the world six times.
We will lay and maintain 4,000 miles of our railways — enough to stretch from coast to coast. And we will restore 150 miles of runways and advance a next generation air-traffic control system that reduces delays for the American people.
Obras viárias urbanas transportes prefeitura são josé dos campos governo psdb eduardo cury via norte viaduto santa inês, teotônia vilela, tancredo neves
23 de janeiro de 2010|
Relação de Obras Viárias
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| Via Norte |
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Via Norte Trecho 1 (Obra Concluída) Início: 10/7/2007 Custo: R$ 6,8 milhões |
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Via Norte Trecho 2 (Obra em Andamento) Início: 31/1/2008 Previsão de Término: 31/3/2010 Custo: R$ 15,3 milhões |
| Via Oeste |
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Via Oeste – ligação entre os bairros Jd. das Colinas e Jd. das Indústrias (Pista Sul concluída) Início: 28/1/2008 Custo: R$ 5,8 milhões |
| Duplicação SP-50 |
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Duplicação da SP-50 Trecho Urbano (Obra Concluída) Início: 8/7/2008 Custo: R$ 1,8 milhão |
| Benedito Friggi |
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Av. Benedito Friggi (Obra Concluída) Início: 22/10/2007 Custo: R$ 3,4 milhões |
| Jd. das Flores e Eugênio de Mello (SP-62) |
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Restauração asfáltica, acostamento e ciclovia entre os bairros Jd. das Flores e Eugênio de Mello (SP-62) (Obra Concluída) Início: 13/8/2008 Custo: R$ 1,4 milhão |
| Recapeamento de Avenidas |
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Recapeamento da Av. Pedro Friggi, das alças do viaduto Vista Verde, da Av. Numa de Oliveira, da Av. Sebastião H. C. Pontes (Obra Concluída) Início: 22/4/2008 Custo: R$ 4,2 milhões |
| Lineu de Moura |
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Recapeamento e implantação de ciclovia na Av. Lineu de Moura (Obra Concluída) Início: 26/8/2008 Custo: R$ 2,5 milhões |
| Florestan Fernandes |
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Alargamento, recapeamento e implantação de baias de refúgio na Av. Florestan Fernandes(Obra Concluída) Início: 20/10/2008 Custo: R$ 2,09 milhões |
| Teotônio Vilela |
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Drenagem, pavimentação, recapeamento e implantação de terceira faixa na Av. Teotônio Vilela (Obra em Andamento) Início: 27/5/2008 Previsão de Término: 25/01/2010 Custo: R$ 6.112.805,79 |
| Tancredo Neves |
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Duplicação da Av. Tancredo Neves – Fase 3 (Obra Concluída) Início: 23/6/2008 Custo: R$ 2,2 milhões |
| Jd. Uirá e Av. Saíras |
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Duplicação e restauração asfáltica do trevo do Jd. Uirá e da Av. Saíras (Obra Concluída) Início: 30/6/2008 Custo: R$ 623 mil |
| Avenida Octavio Frias de Oliveira |
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Interligação da Via Dutra com Carvalho Pinto – Fase 3 Parceria com o governo do Estado (Obra Concluída) Início: agosto de 2008 Custo: R$ 84,3 milhões |
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Viaduto Talim – Fase 1 – integra a obra de interligação da Rodovia Via Dutra com Carvalho Pinto – Parceria com o governo do Estado (Obra Concluída) Início: agosto de 2008 Custo total das obras: R$ 84,3 milhões |
| Portal de Minas |
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Pavimentação asfáltica do Portal de Minas (Obra Concluída) Início: 1/7/2008 Custo: R$ 430 mil |
| Programa de Melhorias Viárias (PMV) e Plano Comunitário de Melhorias (PCM) no bairro Portal de Minas (Obra Concluída) Início: 29/8/2008 Custo: R$ 667 mil |
| Viaduto Santa Inês |
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Viaduto Santa Inês (Obra em Andamento) Início: 24/8/2009 Previsão de Término: 20/1/2010 Custo R$ 9,7 milhões |
rodovias paulistas melhores rodovias do brasil Serra aprende com ADEMAR DE BARROS RODOVIA CASTELO BRANCO OBRA DE ESTADISTA GOVERNAR É ABRIR ESTRADAS
23 de dezembro de 2009| História das Rodovias |
A Nova Era das Rodovias Brasileiras
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A rodovia Castelo Branco (SP 280) representou um marco no rodoviarismo brasileiro. Nela foram introduzidas novas técnicas de engenharia rodoviária que serviram de base para os projetos da Bandeirantes, que liga São Paulo a Campinas, Ayrton Senna e Carvalho Pinto.
Os primeiros estudos da sua construção são de 1953, segundo o DER-SP, já o projeto é de 1961. A construção teve início em 1963, quando foi criada a Comissão para Obras Especiais, no governo Ademar de Barros. Na época, a rodovia era denominada de Auto- Estrada do Oeste. Sua função seria abrir um novo caminho em direção a Mato Grosso e Paraná. Em 1967, através do decreto 48.275 passou a ser denominada de Rodovia Castelo Branco, homenagem do Governador do Estado de São Paulo de então, Roberto de Abreu Sodré, ao ex-presidente, que apoiou a construção, apesar de ser considerada por muitos uma obra faraônica de Ademar de Barros, mal visto pelo governo militar.
A Castelo Branco foi inaugurada em três etapas. A primeira, em 10 de novembro de 1968, ligando São Paulo a Torre da Pedra, numa extensão de 170km. O segundo trecho foi em 31 de janeiro de 1971, com mais 58 km até o entroncamento de São Manuel e Avaré. A terceira e última fase, com 74km, foi até o acesso a SP 125, já próximo do Norte do Paraná.
Na década de 60, foi considerada a maior rodovia da América Latina. O traçado original foi respeitado até hoje e a rodovia é considerada uma das mais seguras do país. Foi a primeira rodovia do Brasil com três faixas de rolamento de cada lado , com trechos em que o canteiro central possui 30 metros de largura.Segurança como Prioridade
Segundo o engenheiro-chefe da obra, entre 1963 e 1971, Raul Renato Tucunduva Filho, a segurança foi uma das prioridades. “A Castelo foi a primeira rodovia brasileira com faixas pintadas refletivas. Para garantir a uniformidade da qualidade da mistura, construímos uma usina de asfalto especialmente para isso” lembra Tucunduva, que recorda os comentários de que a obra era mais uma loucura do Ademar de Barros. “Apesar das críticas, a Castelo atingiu sua capacidade máxima no trecho inicial antes do previsto e, hoje, a concessionária responsável está sendo obrigada a construir as marginais” esclarece o engenheiro.
No dia em que foi liberada ao público, ocorreu o primeiro acidente com vítima fatal. Um jovem de Itapetininga capotou com um fusca e faleceu. O acidente criou o mito de que a rodovia tinha ventos muito fortes que causavam capotamentos. “Muitas pessoas tinham medo de usar a Castelo” recorda Paulino Oliveira, atual diretor do DR – 2 do DER, que estreou a nova rodovia num velho jeep. “Ao sair de São Paulo fui perguntando onde era o acesso à nova estrada, pois, na época, não existiam as marginais de São Paulo.”Primeiro Acidente
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Os acidentes que ocorrem na Castelo Branco, principalmente depois de Barueri, são ocasionados por motorista que dorme ao volante. A rodovia é tão segura que foi projetada para não permitir o ofuscamento dos faróis de quem vem em sentido oposto.
As maiores obras de arte da Castelo são consideradas o Cebolão, no encontro das marginais, a ponte sobre o Rio Tietê e o grande viaduto na serra de Botucatu.
Em 30 de março de 1998, o trecho inicial da Castelo Branco até o km 79, passou a ser administrado pela Via Oeste, concessionária privada, que dentre outras obras está realizando a construção das marginais para desafogar o excesso de tráfego existente atualmente, quando mais de 100.000 veículos trafegam na rodovia num único dia.
O engenheiro Tucunduva, que comandou as obras da Castelo na sua fase mais importante, recorda com emoção o dia da inauguração:
“A sensação que nós tínhamos é que estavamos iniciando uma nova era.” E a Castelo Branco foi, de fato, o primeiro quilômetro de um novo tempo do rodoviarismo brasileiro.
NAPOLEÃO BONAPARTE 240 ANOS HOJE anaiversário frases cérebres
15 de agosto de 2009«Il n’y a que deux puissances au monde, le sabre et l’esprit: à la longue, le sabre est toujours vaincu par l’esprit.»
NAPOLEON
Estadista George Bush se despede, salve o 43th presidente
16 de janeiro de 2009Address to the Nation
East Room, The White House
Washington, DC
January 15, 2009
8:01 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Fellow citizens: For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence — a time set apart. Tonight, with a thankful heart, I have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey that we have traveled together, and the future of our nation.
Five days from now, the world will witness the vitality of American democracy. In a tradition dating back to our founding, the presidency will pass to a successor chosen by you, the American people. Standing on the steps of the Capitol will be a man whose history reflects the enduring promise of our land. This is a moment of hope and pride for our whole nation. And I join all Americans in offering best wishes to President-Elect Obama, his wife Michelle, and their two beautiful girls.
Tonight I am filled with gratitude — to Vice President Cheney and members of my administration; to Laura, who brought joy to this house and love to my life; to our wonderful daughters, Barbara and Jenna; to my parents, whose examples have provided strength for a lifetime. And above all, I thank the American people for the trust you have given me. I thank you for the prayers that have lifted my spirits. And I thank you for the countless acts of courage, generosity, and grace that I have witnessed these past eight years.
This evening, my thoughts return to the first night I addressed you from this house — September the 11th, 2001. That morning, terrorists took nearly 3,000 lives in the worst attack on America since Pearl Harbor. I remember standing in the rubble of the World Trade Center three days later, surrounded by rescuers who had been working around the clock. I remember talking to brave souls who charged through smoke-filled corridors at the Pentagon, and to husbands and wives whose loved ones became heroes aboard Flight 93. I remember Arlene Howard, who gave me her fallen son’s police shield as a reminder of all that was lost. And I still carry his badge.
As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. But I never did. Every morning, I received a briefing on the threats to our nation. I vowed to do everything in my power to keep us safe.
Over the past seven years, a new Department of Homeland Security has been created. The military, the intelligence community, and the FBI have been transformed. Our nation is equipped with new tools to monitor the terrorists’ movements, freeze their finances, and break up their plots. And with strong allies at our side, we have taken the fight to the terrorists and those who support them. Afghanistan has gone from a nation where the Taliban harbored al Qaeda and stoned women in the streets to a young democracy that is fighting terror and encouraging girls to go to school. Iraq has gone from a brutal dictatorship and a sworn enemy of America to an Arab democracy at the heart of the Middle East and a friend of the United States.
There is legitimate debate about many of these decisions. But there can be little debate about the results. America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil. This is a tribute to those who toil night and day to keep us safe — law enforcement officers, intelligence analysts, homeland security and diplomatic personnel, and the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.
Our nation is blessed to have citizens who volunteer to defend us in this time of danger. I have cherished meeting these selfless patriots and their families. And America owes you a debt of gratitude. And to all our men and women in uniform listening tonight: There has been no higher honor than serving as your Commander-in-Chief.
The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems. Under one, a small band of fanatics demands total obedience to an oppressive ideology, condemns women to subservience, and marks unbelievers for murder. The other system is based on the conviction that freedom is the universal gift of Almighty God, and that liberty and justice light the path to peace.
This is the belief that gave birth to our nation. And in the long run, advancing this belief is the only practical way to protect our citizens. When people live in freedom, they do not willingly choose leaders who pursue campaigns of terror. When people have hope in the future, they will not cede their lives to violence and extremism. So around the world, America is promoting human liberty, human rights, and human dignity. We’re standing with dissidents and young democracies, providing AIDS medicine to dying patients –- to bring dying patients back to life, and sparing mothers and babies from malaria. And this great republic born alone in liberty is leading the world toward a new age when freedom belongs to all nations.
For eight years, we‘ve also strived to expand opportunity and hope here at home. Across our country, students are rising to meet higher standards in public schools. A new Medicare prescription drug benefit is bringing peace of mind to seniors and the disabled. Every taxpayer pays lower income taxes. The addicted and suffering are finding new hope through faith-based programs. Vulnerable human life is better protected. Funding for our veterans has nearly doubled. America’s air and water and lands are measurably cleaner. And the federal bench includes wise new members like Justice Sam Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts.
When challenges to our prosperity emerged, we rose to meet them. Facing the prospect of a financial collapse, we took decisive measures to safeguard our economy. These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted. All Americans are in this together. And together, with determination and hard work, we will restore our economy to the path of growth. We will show the world once again the resilience of America’s free enterprise system.
Like all who have held this office before me, I have experienced setbacks. There are things I would do differently if given the chance. Yet I’ve always acted with the best interests of our country in mind. I have followed my conscience and done what I thought was right. You may not agree with some of the tough decisions I have made. But I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions.
The decades ahead will bring more hard choices for our country, and there are some guiding principles that should shape our course.
While our nation is safer than it was seven years ago, the gravest threat to our people remains another terrorist attack. Our enemies are patient, and determined to strike again. America did nothing to seek or deserve this conflict. But we have been given solemn responsibilities, and we must meet them. We must resist complacency. We must keep our resolve. And we must never let down our guard.
At the same time, we must continue to engage the world with confidence and clear purpose. In the face of threats from abroad, it can be tempting to seek comfort by turning inward. But we must reject isolationism and its companion, protectionism. Retreating behind our borders would only invite danger. In the 21st century, security and prosperity at home depend on the expansion of liberty abroad. If America does not lead the cause of freedom, that cause will not be led.
As we address these challenges — and others we cannot foresee tonight — America must maintain our moral clarity. I’ve often spoken to you about good and evil, and this has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in this world, and between the two of them there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. This nation must continue to speak out for justice and truth. We must always be willing to act in their defense — and to advance the cause of peace.
President Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” As I leave the house he occupied two centuries ago, I share that optimism. America is a young country, full of vitality, constantly growing and renewing itself. And even in the toughest times, we lift our eyes to the broad horizon ahead.
I have confidence in the promise of America because I know the character of our people. This is a nation that inspires immigrants to risk everything for the dream of freedom. This is a nation where citizens show calm in times of danger, and compassion in the face of suffering. We see examples of America’s character all around us. And Laura and I have invited some of them to join us in the White House this evening.
We see America’s character in Dr. Tony Recasner, a principal who opened a new charter school from the ruins of Hurricane Katrina. We see it in Julio Medina, a former inmate who leads a faith-based program to help prisoners returning to society. We’ve seen it in Staff Sergeant Aubrey McDade, who charged into an ambush in Iraq and rescued three of his fellow Marines.
We see America’s character in Bill Krissoff — a surgeon from California. His son, Nathan — a Marine — gave his life in Iraq. When I met Dr. Krissoff and his family, he delivered some surprising news: He told me he wanted to join the Navy Medical Corps in honor of his son. This good man was 60 years old — 18 years above the age limit. But his petition for a waiver was granted, and for the past year he has trained in battlefield medicine. Lieutenant Commander Krissoff could not be here tonight, because he will soon deploy to Iraq, where he will help save America’s wounded warriors — and uphold the legacy of his fallen son.
In citizens like these, we see the best of our country – resilient and hopeful, caring and strong. These virtues give me an unshakable faith in America. We have faced danger and trial, and there’s more ahead. But with the courage of our people and confidence in our ideals, this great nation will never tire, never falter, and never fail.
It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your President. There have been good days and tough days. But every day I have been inspired by the greatness of our country, and uplifted by the goodness of our people. I have been blessed to represent this nation we love. And I will always be honored to carry a title that means more to me than any other – citizen of the United States of America.
And so, my fellow Americans, for the final time: Good night. May God bless this house and our next President. And may God bless you and our wonderful country. Thank you. (Applause.)
END 8:14 P.M. EST
Discurso de Posse de Ronald Wilson Reagan 1981 estadista discursos antológicos retórica discursos históricos déficit público liberais
31 de dezembro de 2008Inaugural Address
January 20, 1981
Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President, Vice President Bush, Vice President Mondale, Senator Baker, Speaker O’Neill, Reverend Moomaw, and my fellow citizens:
To a few of us here today this is a solemn and most momentous occasion, and yet in the history of our nation it is a commonplace occurrence. The orderly transfer of authority as called for in the Constitution routinely takes place, as it has for almost two centuries, and few of us stop to think how unique we really are. In the eyes of many in the world, this every-4-year ceremony we accept as normal is nothing less than a miracle.
Mr. President, I want our fellow citizens to know how much you did to carry on this tradition. By your gracious cooperation in the transition process, you have shown a watching world that we are a united people pledged to maintaining a political system which guarantees individual liberty to a greater degree than any other, and I thank you and your people for all your help in maintaining the continuity which is the bulwark of our Republic.
The business of our nation goes forward. These United States are confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions. We suffer from the longest and one of the worst sustained inflations in our national history. It distorts our economic decisions, penalizes thrift, and crushes the struggling young and the fixed-income elderly alike. It threatens to shatter the lives of millions of our people.
Idle industries have cast workers into unemployment, human misery, and personal indignity. Those who do work are denied a fair return for their labor by a tax system which penalizes successful achievement and keeps us from maintaining full productivity.
But great as our tax burden is, it has not kept pace with public spending. For decades we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children’s future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this long trend is to guarantee tremendous social, cultural, political, and economic upheavals.
You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we’re not bound by that same limitation? We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow. And let there be no misunderstanding: We are going to begin to act, beginning today.
The economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several decades. They will not go away in days, weeks, or months, but they will go away. They will go away because we as Americans have the capacity now, as we’ve had in the past, to do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price.
We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we’re sick — professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truckdrivers. They are, in short, “We the people,” this breed called Americans.
Well, this administration’s objective will be a healthy, vigorous, growing economy that provides equal opportunities for all Americans with no barriers born of bigotry or discrimination. Putting America back to work means putting all Americans back to work. Ending inflation means freeing all Americans from the terror of runaway living costs. All must share in the productive work of this “new beginning,” and all must share in the bounty of a revived economy. With the idealism and fair play which are the core of our system and our strength, we can have a strong and prosperous America, at peace with itself and the world.
So, as we begin, let us take inventory. We are a nation that has a government — not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.
It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the Federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people. All of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the States; the States created the Federal Government.
Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it’s not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work — work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.
If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on Earth, it was because here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before. Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on Earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay that price.
It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government. It is time for us to realize that we’re too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We’re not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline. I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing. So, with all the creative energy at our command, let us begin an era of national renewal. Let us renew our determination, our courage, and our strength. And let us renew our faith and our hope.
We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we’re in a time when there are not heroes, they just don’t know where to look. You can see heroes every day going in and out of factory gates. Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. You meet heroes across a counter, and they’re on both sides of that counter. There are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity. They’re individuals and families whose taxes support the government and whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, culture, art, and education. Their patriotism is quiet, but deep. Their values sustain our national life.
Now, I have used the words “they” and “their” in speaking of these heroes. I could say “you” and “your,” because I’m addressing the heroes of whom I speak — you, the citizens of this blessed land. Your dreams, your hopes, your goals are going to be the dreams, the hopes, and the goals of this administration, so help me God.
We shall reflect the compassion that is so much a part of your makeup. How can we love our country and not love our countrymen; and loving them, reach out a hand when they fall, heal them when they’re sick, and provide opportunity to make them self-sufficient so they will be equal in fact and not just in theory?
Can we solve the problems confronting us? Well, the answer is an unequivocal and emphatic “yes.” To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I’ve just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world’s strongest economy.
In the days ahead I will propose removing the roadblocks that have slowed our economy and reduced productivity. Steps will be taken aimed at restoring the balance between the various levels of government. Progress may be slow, measured in inches and feet, not miles, but we will progress. It is time to reawaken this industrial giant, to get government back within its means, and to lighten our punitive tax burden. And these will be our first priorities, and on these principles there will be no compromise.
On the eve of our struggle for independence a man who might have been one of the greatest among the Founding Fathers, Dr. Joseph Warren, president of the Massachusetts Congress, said to his fellow Americans, “Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of . . . . On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important questions upon which rests the happiness and the liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves.”
Well, I believe we, the Americans of today, are ready to act worthy of ourselves, ready to do what must be done to ensure happiness and liberty for ourselves, our children, and our children’s children. And as we renew ourselves here in our own land, we will be seen as having greater strength throughout the world. We will again be the exemplar of freedom and a beacon of hope for those who do not now have freedom.
To those neighbors and allies who share our freedom, we will strengthen our historic ties and assure them of our support and firm commitment. We will match loyalty with loyalty. We will strive for mutually beneficial relations. We will not use our friendship to impose on their sovereignty, for our own sovereignty is not for sale.
As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it, now or ever.
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. We will maintain sufficient strength to prevail if need be, knowing that if we do so we have the best chance of never having to use that strength.
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have. It is a weapon that we as Americans do have. Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism and prey upon their neighbors.
I’m told that tens of thousands of prayer meetings are being held on this day, and for that I’m deeply grateful. We are a nation under God, and I believe God intended for us to be free. It would be fitting and good, I think, if on each Inaugural Day in future years it should be declared a day of prayer.
This is the first time in our history that this ceremony has been held, as you’ve been told, on this West Front of the Capitol. Standing here, one faces a magnificent vista, opening up on this city’s special beauty and history. At the end of this open mall are those shrines to the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
Directly in front of me, the monument to a monumental man, George Washington, father of our country. A man of humility who came to greatness reluctantly. He led America out of revolutionary victory into infant nationhood. Off to one side, the stately memorial to Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence flames with his eloquence. And then, beyond the Reflecting Pool, the dignified columns of the Lincoln Memorial. Whoever would understand in his heart the meaning of America will find it in the life of Abraham Lincoln.
Beyond those monuments to heroism is the Potomac River, and on the far shore the sloping hills of Arlington National Cemetery, with its row upon row of simple white markers bearing crosses or Stars of David. They add up to only a tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom.
Each one of those markers is a monument to the kind of hero I spoke of earlier. Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, The Argonne, Omaha Beach, Salerno, and halfway around the world on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Pork Chop Hill, the Chosin Reservoir, and in a hundred rice paddies and jungles of a place called Vietnam.
Under one such marker lies a young man, Martin Treptow, who left his job in a small town barbershop in 1917 to go to France with the famed Rainbow Division. There, on the western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire.
We’re told that on his body was found a diary. On the flyleaf under the heading, “My Pledge,” he had written these words: “America must win this war. Therefore I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I will endure, I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone.”
The crisis we are facing today does not require of us the kind of sacrifice that Martin Treptow and so many thousands of others were called upon to make. It does require, however, our best effort and our willingness to believe in ourselves and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds, to believe that together with God’s help we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us.
And after all, why shouldn’t we believe that? We are Americans.
God bless you, and thank you.
Note: The President spoke at 12 noon from a platform erected at the West Front of the Capitol. Immediately before the address, the oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger.
In his opening remarks, the President referred to Rev. Donn D. Moomaw, senior pastor, Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, Calif.
The address was broadcast live on radio and television.
Os 90 anos do estadista primeiro ministro chanceler alemanha alemão Helmut Schmidt
25 de dezembro de 2008Karel Hvížďala sur Helmut Schmidt
Dans le journal de la capitale tchèque Pražský deník, le journaliste et écrivain Karel Hvížďala rend hommage à l’ancien chancelier allemand Helmut Schmidt qui fête aujourd’hui son 90ème anniversaire. Il est actuellement l’ “Allemand le plus populaire”. A travers son combat contre les terroristes de la Fraction armée rouge, Schmidt est devenu “la personnalité favorite de la nation. Il a offert aux Allemands l’opportunité de s’identifier pleinement à leur Etat démocratique. Schmidt a été chancelier de 1974 à 1982 – pas si longtemps que ça en fait. Il n’a pas été l’artisan du rapprochement avec l’Occident comme Adenauer, il n’a pas été l’architecte de la politique de l’Est comme Brandt et il n’a pas non plus réunifié l’Allemagne comme Helmut Kohl. Il a pourtant été très respecté. La chancelière Angela Merkel déclare que Schmidt a toujours suscité la confiance de ses concitoyens. C’est le plus grand éloge que l’on puisse faire d’un politique. .. Une règle élaborée par Schmidt s’applique toujours : ‘Chaque remède de crise doit être simple afin que les gens le comprennent.’ Cela correspond à la conviction actuelle selon laquelle il est nécessaire en temps de crise, de surmonter l’ambiance négative qui prédomine au sein de la société, d’encourager les gens à être optimistes et de les unir au lieu de les diviser.” (23.12.2008)
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Um exemplo de “Coronel”: o Rei do Gado e fundador de Andradina-SP
9 de setembro de 2007música do Antoninho Andrade candidato a prefeito em 1968 em Andradina. Antoninho e Paizinho:
ANTÔNIO JOAQUIM DE MOURA ANDRADE
É SENSACIONAL.
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na foto abaixo: O grande Interventor e depois Governador de São Paulo Adhemar Pereira de Barros em visita à Andradina em 1939.

Fundador de Andradina-SP e de Nova Andradina-MS, seus parentes fundaram Águas de São Pedro-SP, para quem não sabe, na sua época, o Rei do Café era Geremia Lunardelli.
Deus tenha piedade dos historiadores que falam mal dos “coronéis” de antigamente.
“”"”"”"A fundação de Andradina foi idealizada, em 1932 pelo fazendeiro Antônio Joaquim de Moura Andrade, maior criador de gado do Brasil que tinha a apelido de Rei do Gado.
Moura Andrade conseguiu que se construisse um novo ramal ferroviário, a Variante, interligando as estações de Araçatuba e Três Lagoas da Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil.
O traçado antigo da NOB, Ramal Araçatuba – Lussanvira (a atual Pereira Barreto), por ter sido construído muito próximo ao rio Tietê, estava muito sujeito à malária.
A Variante passaria na Fazenda Guanabara, propriedade do Rei do Gado, seguindo em direção ao Mato Grosso do Sul.
Seu desejo pela urbanização era tanto que ele, Antônio de Moura Andrade, encomendou ao engenheiro Benelow & Benelow, a elaboração de um projeto para a urbanização da futura povoação.
Devidamente planejada, o povoado surgiu em 11 de julho de 1937, em terras da Fazenda Guanabara de propriedade de Moura Andrade. Nesta data chegou o primeiro trem de ferro da Estrada de Ferro NOB à nova povoação.
Moura Andrade, loteou em pequenos sítios, parte da Fazenda Guanabara, para os pioneiros recém-chegados. Instalou luz elétrica movida a motor diesel. Quase todos os comércios da nova povoação pertencia a ele no início, inclusive um Banco. Atraiu, muitos comerciantes para a nova povoação vendendo a preços baixos, os lotes urbanos.
Com bom marketing, Moura Andrade atraiu muitos compradores para os sítios. Exemplo deste marketing, foi se colocar quatro enormes toras de madeira em frente a estação de trem da NOB, junto as quais, colocou um grande cartaz com a seguinte frase:
“Esta é a prova da fertilidade das terras de Andradina”.
Em homenagem a seu criador, a povoação passou a ser conhecida, desde então, como a:
“Terra do Rei do Gado” .
Cinco meses após ter formado o povoado, Andradina foi elevada a Distrito, pela Lei Estadual nº 3.126 de 10 de novembro de 1937.
O distrito foi elevado à condição de município em 30 de dezembro de 1938 pelo interventor federal no estado de São Paulo, Ademar de Barros, através do Decreto-Lei estadual nº 9.775.
A sede da prefeitura foi instalada no Grupo Escolar Dr. Álvaro Guião. O Dr. Álvaro era secretário da Educação de Adhemar de Barros.
A posse do primeiro prefeito, Evandro Brembati Calvoso, ocorreu em 10 de janeiro de 1939.
A poetiza Cora Coralina viveu em Andradina, naqueles tempos, quando escreveu o célebre “Poema ao Milho”.
Posteriormente, Andradina perdeu parte de seu território para a formação dos novos municípios de Castilho e de Nova Independência.”"”"”"”"”















