November 30, 2009

And What Problems Would Those Be?

One final Brazil story for the day. An amazing story of a Brazilian rode from Brazil to the US on his motorcycle (!) in the belief that Obama could solve his patent problem.

Unbelievable.
Paulo Roberto Vieira stumbled into the Brazilian consulate on L Street NW bedraggled, nearly broke and at the end of his rope.
he had just ridden his motorcycle from his home town in southern Brazil to Washington, a monumental, 18,000-mile quest for official recognition of his life's proudest work, a vehicle accessory he says he invented.

"I decided to come here because Washington is where things get done," he said. "Barack Obama is already solving so many other problems, how much more trouble would it be for him to solve mine?"

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Talk back to the missionary: Is there a sermon illustration in this somewhere?


Posted by Andrew on November 30, 2009 9:02 PM.

Comments

Sermon illustration:

Human idolatry: He would have had the same results if he made the pilgrimage to the Padre Cicero statue instead....and would have saved some money.

Any other illustration I could think of somewhat equates President Obama with the Messiah...and we've had enough of those equations already.

Posted by: Daniel at December 1, 2009 4:28 PM

How about...the lengths people will go to based on faulty information...ie "evolutionary science", "postmodern thought" (which are both oxymorons, come to think of it...)

Posted by: Andrew at December 1, 2009 8:06 PM

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