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Butterfly
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canuckistan
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| Quite amazing how many corruption scandals that guy was involved in...and then his shameful fiddling with laws so he couldn't be prosecuted for some of them. Just amazing. |
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rapier
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Ah yes..berlusconi, no grazie,Non ti sopporto piu! as my t-shirt used to say.
Does he still own Inter? |
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itaewonguy
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| rapier wrote: |
Ah yes..berlusconi, no grazie,Non ti sopporto piu! as my t-shirt used to say.
Does he still own Inter? |
I think you mean MILAN... not inter..
and yes and he alsos own RAI tv and a papers.. I think he is still the richest man in Italy..
why do you care who is PM in Italy? doesnt effect your life!!
and actually believe it or not..
Berlusconi was not such a bad guy..
I mean ROME is a VERY VERY old government! actually the first real democratic government... so Italy has some corruption! tell me one government which doesnt!!! |
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Neil
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Bad guy or not, he did very little for Italy's economy.
Why don't they get some new politicians in? Berusconi and Prodi have been kicking around for donkeys' years. |
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Wangja
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject: Re: Berlusconi FINALLY resigns |
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Seconded.
Did you read the Economist's opinion of him a few months back? Unbelievably scathing for a serious newspaer. They treated him even worse than they did Richard Branson a couple of years before. |
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rapier
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
I think you mean MILAN... not inter..
and yes and he alsos own RAI tv and a papers.. I think he is still the richest man in Italy..
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Right..I knew it was one of those 2. Anyhow I was in Modena for a month in 95, he was fairly unpopular for his control of the media etc.
Btw I saw Romano prodi when I was there, doing a Tv interview.
Italy was great, a real happening vibe..and fascinating culture. You're right, most of us don't really have a clue with what goes on there -but we like to think we've experienced it and know about it.. |
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Butterfly
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
| rapier wrote: |
Ah yes..berlusconi, no grazie,Non ti sopporto piu! as my t-shirt used to say.
Does he still own Inter? |
I think you mean MILAN... not inter..
and yes and he alsos own RAI tv and a papers.. I think he is still the richest man in Italy..
why do you care who is PM in Italy? doesnt effect your life!!
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Yours neither from where I'm standing, amico. I am however, European.
Do you really want me to lay out what's wrong with Berlusconi, or are you just looking for another platform to pipe up about being 'Italian'? Go on, I'll indulge you. Fire away. |
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bigverne
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Berlusconi was a terrible leader for Italy. However, Prodi will be little better. It says a great deal about the current state of Italian politics that a Euro bureaucrat could be elected the leader of their country.
Hopefully, he will not last long. |
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