Domenica, 21 dicembre 2008

Italian quotes - Ennio Flaiano «In Italy, the situation si tragic but not serious» Ennio Flaiano 6:03:05 PM    comment [];

Sabato, 8 novembre 2008

Yes, we can be sorry We, the Italians, are sorry for being represented by people that doesn't show respect for different cultures. And we are sorry (at least most of us are sorry) when our prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, hurts the feelings and the sense of human dignity of people abroad. Most of us share the happiness of those that love such a magnificent democratic story that has made possible for Barack Obama to become the next president of the United States of America. We tend to forgive such an irrespectful behavior (like the one that has been shown in this case) because we have a long experience of that kind of ignorance that makes our politicians so far away from understanding our time. But we also know that this makes us look like some sort of ridiculous country. People abroad doesn't know how much we suffer for all this. We are a population without a country in which to believe. Thus, we are at our best when we do things alone. We are able to get together for as long as a crisis must be solved. And then we separate again in our peculiar loneliness. Which we suffer. But this tragic feeling is common in clownesque biographies. Our prime minister didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings, though. That is sure. He just wanted to be nice, in his way. And he wanted to be noticed. That's a peculiar aspect of his character. Which can seem immature. And it is, in a way. He is like an actor that lives the whole of his life on the show and that dies for applause. Moreover, he doesn't like rules, as everybody knows: and the rule of politically correctness is very annoying for him. He wanted to show that he can break that rule, too. But he was so sure that he was being nice that he thought impossible that other people didn't like this. We are sorry. Most of us. Tag:  Obama, Berlusconi, Italy 12:19:57 PM    comment [];

Mercoledì, 2 luglio 2008

Thanks Japan Japan is a civilization that knows its responsibility in the world. Thanks! (see what happened via Repubblica). 9:36:44 AM    comment [];

Lunedì, 16 giugno 2008

BridgeBlogging Danger in Italy Minister of defense Ignazio La Russa said that 2,500 soldiers would be available to patrol Italian cities. Thus, fear of change in Italy is transformed in a need for the army to control the territory. Indifference seems the reaction. Italians seem to have had too much of political fighting. They want results. Any results. In this context, strange things happen: people with Nazi symbols feel free to commit crimes against immigrants and a bishop resumes a catholic censorship, blocking the publication of a study about the history of catholic censorship. It may seem that some more order is needed in Italy. That's why not many people protest. But at the same time the government is trying to reduce the ability to use phone taps as a tool for magistrates to search crimes such as corruption. Tag: Italy, Italian, BridgeBlogging Subscribe to the rss Italy post. BridgeBlogging Italy in (poor) English 9:11:41 AM    comment [];

Lunedì, 2 giugno 2008

BridgeBlogging Garbage State –Experts have agreed on the suitability of the Chianiano dump. Confirmed by the Prime Minister during a press conference on the waste emergency in Naples, explaining that in case of further protests, “the State will become the State again”, or better still, said the Premier «“The State will use force»”. Chianiano will be a military zone with a protected dump – he concluded – those who oppose will be prosecuted”. (AGI) What will happen if protesters will move against the dump - as they already did - with women and children in the front rows? What will do the army then? Will they arrest hundreds of people? Will they shut? I'm hopeful it will not be the case. And I know that most of Italy wants the waste problem in Naples to be solved. It will be a matter of dealing with Camorra, with local population, and with contradictory political authorities in Naples and in Rome. But it is clear that we are playing with the fire. The waste problem in Naples have been a sort of terroristic attack on the previous government. It must be solved. With an idea of the State that is not a Carbage State. But a State that we can be proud of... Tag: Italy, Italian, BridgeBlogging Subscribe to the rss Italy post. BridgeBlogging Italy in (poor) English 8:36:29 AM    comment [];

Sabato, 24 maggio 2008

BridgeBlogging Just to wrap up Nuclear power (start in 5 years, operational in 2020). Bridge between Calabria and Sicilia (start in 2 years, finished in 2016). Waste in Campania (new storage sites now, under the army's protection; intelligent treatment in 3 years). New bosses in secret services. A change in taxation (no more local property tax, some more taxes on banks - with no protection for consumer against the possibility that banks will make them pay for this rise in taxation - and central refund to local authorities). A change in mortgages (pay less now but for a longer time). And of course some more problems for immigrants who are not regularly entering Italy. In the meantime they saved one of the three major private television networks - owned by the same family group that leads the government - from a pending European decision that seemed to ask for it being broadcasted only by satellite and digital terrestrial tv. I'm surely forgetting some of the many decisions that were made in just a few days by the government. They are doing a lot. Controversial decisions are too many to be really discussed. Which can even be a good idea. But time in Italy is history. And that doesn't seem to be able to speed up more than a little bit. (In the meanwhile, the American federal administration is sendig illegal immigrants to jail in Iowa) Tag: Italy, Italian, BridgeBlogging Subscribe to the rss Italy post. BridgeBlogging Italy in (poor) English 9:45:04 AM    comment [];

Giovedì, 22 maggio 2008

BridgeBlogging Illegal immigration Illegal immigration in Italy will become a crime if a proposed new government bill will be approved. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. But how will people in Nigeria or Senegal or anywhere else in the world know about Italian new laws? Tag:  Italy, Italian, BridgeBlogging Subscribe to the rss Italy post. BridgeBlogging Italy in (poor) English 7:46:48 AM    comment [];

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