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Mon 12/20/2010
Berluscomi Survives Close Confidence Vote 

I am not a Berlusconi Lover, But he is the Lesser of the Evils. The Left  is Fragmented, has no Respect, a Terrible History, and no Platform. 
 
Do not ignore that, a great part of the political turmoil in Italy is a result of a Media power struggle.  Berlusconi, while having a Media Empire of his own (Mediaset) is being waged war on by Two Other Media Oligarchs, Jewish Rupert Murdoch of Australia, then NYC (SKY Italia and FOX News), and Zionist Carlo de Benedetti (CIR/l'Espresso/Repubblica)

Besides self serving, Rupert Murdoch's SKY act as the sturmtrupper for the US regime trying to bring down Berlusconi as the US regime does not approve of Italian energy and pipeline links with Russia.

Regarding the article and author, Oh my God ! So much inaccuracy and prejudice and all in one article. And reflecting her own Insecurity on ALL Italians. This is quite an achievement. - First the riots have been taking place in almost every Country in Europe, (including London) Because Social Welfare is being cut while the Corporate and Wealthy are being given Bailouts.   

Italians in Britain have always tried to keep their heads high, in a society which until few years ago has probably been looking down at them.But it seems that some immigrants and particular first generation ones need to speak badly about their country of origins because clearly this is a way to fill better integrated in a society. Sex scandals which anyway would have to be proven have been ordinary in Britain, France, and Germany and every where else. It is human nature. The reality is that as Mr Blair said when he came recently to Italy is that if the left in Italy wants to beat Berlusconi they need to start speaking about politics and stop the personal attack; of course that would imply having a sensible political agenda which the left clearly doesn't have.

Another problem that some journalists like you have in UK is that you are extremely lazy and just pick up news from some of the Italian papers (notably the left) and even paste them on your papers some time inaccurately.This is really not good journalism. Take a trip to Italy, investigate what people really think, and not what biased TV or papers make you believe.


Berlusconi the Clown has Sealed the Italians' Inferiority Complex. And Whoever Comes Next Could be Worse. 
The Telegraph- UK; By Cristina Odone; December 15th, 2010

So Silvio Berlusconi has survived again. There are riots in the streets - but, despite endless scandals he continues to be popular among low-income families. He is the poor boy made good, who has achieved everything they dream of: a fortune, fame, and non-stop sex.

But the diaspora, the millions of Italians who, like my family, came abroad to work, is grinding its teeth in anger: we have long suffered from an insecurity complex, and Berlusconi at the helm makes our country look like the land of the corrupt clown.

Before Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, and Andrea Boccelli, the Italian abroad was a poor immigrant who, cap in hand, came to seek a better life. Italians knocked on the door of wealthy and generous nations and once admitted had to content themselves with humble jobs: waiters, bricklayers, ice cream vendors. Italians were the little people in the big country, often the butt of jokes and the scapegoats of choice. Host nations are not always hostile but they are always condescending, and Italians in Brooklyn, Clerkenwell and Newport had to put up with a lot. (I still remember a posh English friend of mine referring to an Italian waiter as ?the little Italian? ? even though at six foot something he towered over her.)

The success of Italian brands, the sorpasso which for a few brief years placed us ahead of Britain in terms of our GDP, and the defeat of the Brigate Rosse, meant that by the 1980s Italians thought they could once again hold their head high. It wasn?t quite the Renaissance, where we were the centre of the world, but almost.

Now this: orgies with underage girls; allegations of Mafia links; the most embarrassing faux pas at international gatherings (remember when Berlusconi claimed to envy Obama?s ?suntan??); a disturbing cosying-up to Putin. How can we cast off our unflattering image abroad when Silvio is in charge?

The answer is that it?s impossible. Worse, when Italians back home decide they?ve had enough, and want to recover some form of self-respect, they may ape their Russian friends.

The Russians got rid of Boris Yeltsin, because, drunk on vodka and doing a bear dance, he was humiliating their nation at international conferences. In his stead, they chose Vladimir Putin, a strong man who would make everyone forget their recent embarrassments. Italy has already had a strong man ? and the consequences were dire. Let us hope we don?t turn to a second one, to make us forget Silvio the clown.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/cristinaodone/
100068408/berlusconi-the-clown-has-sealed-the-italians-
inferiority-complex-and-whoever-comes-next-could-be-worse/
 

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