I don't know. I think politicians should be people we look up to. People who set an example to us all, not crooked rip off merchants.Now, it may come as some surprise to hear that I'm not on about the latest corruption scandal flooding the pages of the Italian newspapers. No, instead … [Read more...]
Can Matteo Renzi be Italy’s Obama?
March 3, 2009 By
In Italy, famed for its ancient monuments, old is generally synonymous with good, and youthfulness is associated with immaturity and a lack of experience.As a result of this belief, which appears to dominate the Living Museum, many of Italy's politicians are, to put it mildly, getting on a … [Read more...]
The Pirelli and Telecom Italia Mafia Godfather
July 22, 2008 By 2 Comments
Scandal hit Italy is walloped by yet another expose. If this were a Hollywood blockbuster, then the cast would be veritably star studded. Criminal Conspiracy In italy, a charge which is often levelled at those allegedly involved in mafia type operations is 'associazione per delinquere' - 'criminal … [Read more...]
Of Earnings On-Line, Italian Politicians, and E-Mule
May 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
You may have heard that the outgoing Italian government played a little, er, joke on the Italian people. This amusing little end-of-party trick involved placing details of the declared earnings of every single Italian, who made a declaration back in 2006, on-line on a central government website for … [Read more...]
Legislative Decree no. 25000001 of 7 March 2008 – a New Italian law
March 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Section 1. Henceforth spoken and written use of reference to and inference to the word 'old' and the use of all synonyms of such word related concepts appearing in the Italian language and equivalent words which exist in any and all dialects employed by Italians are hereby declared … [Read more...]
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