Web Monitor
16:40 UK time, Tuesday, 22 September 2009
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"I never drank that post-racial Kool-Aid. He [President Obama] was not Harry Houdini. He was not going to be 'abracadabra, presto change-o' overnight poof, racism disappears. I never thought that. "
• In an interview with Mac Margolis, Brazil's President that he feels paternal about smaller countries but insists he is not the leader of Latin America:
"Once in a while, people ask me: Lula, are you a leader in Latin America? I say, no. No one chose me to be leader. But I am absolutely certain that Brazil's relations with Latin America never has never been so clear, transparent and honest as it is today. When Paraguay gets nervous over Brazil, I have to understand Paraguay. I cannot be aggressive if Paraguay yells at me. Brazil has far more power and wealth. It's like the relationship of a father and son. A father doesn't hit his child every time his child yells at him. He tries to reason with him. That's how big countries have to act."
• Never mind the Sugababes, Web Monitor was rather taken by the planned pursuits of musical duo Chas and Dave whose split was also announced today. what Dave will do instead:
"I don't think he wanted to do the gigging any more. He has horses and he loves driving them round his grounds and painting gypsy wagons which he's very good at so I don't think he'll miss the gigging."
Web Monitor would like to presume that former Sugababe Keisha Buchanan is also leaving to pursue a gypsy caravan painting career.
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