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	<title>Comments on: Behind the G8 scenes &#8211; Italy&#8217;s struggle to redefine politics</title>
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		<title>By: monacu</title>
		<link>http://www.barganews.com/2009/07/07/behind-the-g8-scenes-italys-struggle-to-redefine-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-7002</link>
		<dc:creator>monacu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Caro Mato,

...&quot;l’unica immagine appropriata per rappresentare la nostra classe dirigente (non solo i politici, quindi), mi sembra quella dell’orchestrina del Titanic.&quot;

Ma mi sembra che c&#039;e anche Nerone, e il suo violino. Communque, hai ragione sulla linea diretta fra the ham actor Ronald Reagan, the testosterone-crazed Berlusca e la vittoria del spettacolo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caro Mato,</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8221;l’unica immagine appropriata per rappresentare la nostra classe dirigente (non solo i politici, quindi), mi sembra quella dell’orchestrina del Titanic.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ma mi sembra che c&#8217;e anche Nerone, e il suo violino. Communque, hai ragione sulla linea diretta fra the ham actor Ronald Reagan, the testosterone-crazed Berlusca e la vittoria del spettacolo.</p>
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		<title>By: mato</title>
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		<dc:creator>mato</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In effetti, qualche esempio simile c&#039;è già stato: gli Stati Uniti d&#039;America hanno avuto per presidente un attore (neppure bravo) e in Italia abbiamo a capo del governo un impresario che negli anni &#039;80 si è inventato un modello di intrattenimento trasformandolo poi in modello prima sociale e infine politico. 
A livello di risultato elettorale ha funzionato. Forse però la politica è anche altro, ma da qualsiasi parte si guardi, non mi pare siano in molti a pensare che &quot;the challenge today is to define a political program that is in touch with reality and prepared to confront it&quot;, come giustamente dice monacu. 
Per quanto abusata, l&#039;unica immagine appropriata per rappresentare la nostra classe dirigente (non solo i politici, quindi), mi sembra quella dell&#039;orchestrina del Titanic. A meno che non si creda davvero che l&#039;attuale crisi economica ed i difficili scenari che abbiamo davanti a livello planetario siano solo un&#039;invenzione dei soliti pessimisti.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In effetti, qualche esempio simile c&#8217;è già stato: gli Stati Uniti d&#8217;America hanno avuto per presidente un attore (neppure bravo) e in Italia abbiamo a capo del governo un impresario che negli anni &#8216;80 si è inventato un modello di intrattenimento trasformandolo poi in modello prima sociale e infine politico.<br />
A livello di risultato elettorale ha funzionato. Forse però la politica è anche altro, ma da qualsiasi parte si guardi, non mi pare siano in molti a pensare che &#8220;the challenge today is to define a political program that is in touch with reality and prepared to confront it&#8221;, come giustamente dice monacu.<br />
Per quanto abusata, l&#8217;unica immagine appropriata per rappresentare la nostra classe dirigente (non solo i politici, quindi), mi sembra quella dell&#8217;orchestrina del Titanic. A meno che non si creda davvero che l&#8217;attuale crisi economica ed i difficili scenari che abbiamo davanti a livello planetario siano solo un&#8217;invenzione dei soliti pessimisti.</p>
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		<title>By: jack nannini</title>
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		<dc:creator>jack nannini</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well, then ... here you are - this what you were looking for?

http://www.beppegrillo.it/english.php

Italy&#039;s only serious answer to it&#039;s political woes comes from a commedian - actually a very good commedian at that and, believe it or not,  politically/culturally and  ethically head and shoulders above anyone keeping the seats warm in the National Parliament at the moment ...

I say: we&#039;ve had our fair share of amateurish clowns laughing their embezzled funds all the way to their off shore bank accounts and running their (not so) little business empires and cartels - let&#039;s get a real comedy professional in there and then see who gets to have the last laugh!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well, then &#8230; here you are &#8211; this what you were looking for?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.beppegrillo.it/english.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.beppegrillo.it/english.php</a></p>
<p>Italy&#8217;s only serious answer to it&#8217;s political woes comes from a commedian &#8211; actually a very good commedian at that and, believe it or not,  politically/culturally and  ethically head and shoulders above anyone keeping the seats warm in the National Parliament at the moment &#8230;</p>
<p>I say: we&#8217;ve had our fair share of amateurish clowns laughing their embezzled funds all the way to their off shore bank accounts and running their (not so) little business empires and cartels &#8211; let&#8217;s get a real comedy professional in there and then see who gets to have the last laugh!</p>
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		<title>By: monacu</title>
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		<dc:creator>monacu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right on the irrelevance of the old dichotomy. But the point isn&#039;t to search out the &quot;true Fascists&quot; -- who most certainly are not on the disorganized left, any more than they&#039;re on the vapid Berlusconi right (although they are galloping in that direction on the racist Bossi fringe). The challenge today is to define a political program that is in touch with reality and prepared to confront it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right on the irrelevance of the old dichotomy. But the point isn&#8217;t to search out the &#8220;true Fascists&#8221; &#8212; who most certainly are not on the disorganized left, any more than they&#8217;re on the vapid Berlusconi right (although they are galloping in that direction on the racist Bossi fringe). The challenge today is to define a political program that is in touch with reality and prepared to confront it.</p>
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		<title>By: jack nannini</title>
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		<dc:creator>jack nannini</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>so ... finally we are agreed ... the old left right dichotomy going back to the French revolution is pretty redundant

&#039;bout time everyone wised-up and started to understand who the real Fascists are - before it&#039;s too late (again)  ...

ah, well ... just History repeating itself!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so &#8230; finally we are agreed &#8230; the old left right dichotomy going back to the French revolution is pretty redundant</p>
<p>&#8217;bout time everyone wised-up and started to understand who the real Fascists are &#8211; before it&#8217;s too late (again)  &#8230;</p>
<p>ah, well &#8230; just History repeating itself!</p>
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