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EOM Vacation
« on: June 29, 2009, 10:31:49 AM »
Hi to everyone,

I'll be on vacation and fully offline from 4th to 12th July

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Re: EOM Vacation
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2009, 12:18:31 PM »
Have a good one  ;D

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Re: EOM Vacation
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2009, 12:34:26 PM »
a brief trip in Tuscany hills in a farm with my wife and my son... sunny but mild with tasteful wines and a lot of good dining
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2009, 12:59:20 PM »
See, now that makes me jealous. One day I will get to go to Italy.
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Re: EOM Vacation
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2009, 01:22:05 PM »
Italy is a good place....really...

but many times I think about leaving to elsewhere...really :(

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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2009, 01:43:41 PM »
Why? Great weather, great history, great wine and great food? What more could you want? :)
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2009, 02:37:36 PM »
very high tax-evasion, high corruption, little chances to find a profitable work expecially for youngest and for fired people after their40s, lowest salaries among the most important EU-Nations, highest taxes rates among the most important EU-Nations, high crime rates connected to the political and financial world, most ignorant students among EU nations and many others...have I to continue ? :-[

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Re: EOM Vacation
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2009, 02:47:59 PM »
Berlusconi...

 However, trouble is; if you good people leave there won't be noone to drag the country in the right direction once the opportunity arises. Be patient and stay focused on the good times  ;)

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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2009, 02:52:09 PM »
Any country where political sections of the newspapers read more like celebrity gossip and scandal sheets has to be okay by me.

Berlusconi - putting the sex back into Italian politics.

And they think we had it bad in the UK with the expenses scandal and charging the public for the cleaning of a moat.....
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« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2009, 03:04:16 PM »
Any country where political sections of the newspapers read more like celebrity gossip and scandal sheets has to be okay by me.

Berlusconi - putting the sex back into Italian politics.

And they think we had it bad in the UK with the expenses scandal and charging the public for the cleaning of a moat.....

In England some MP had charged some of their private expenses on the Parliament's Bill, right?

 

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Re: EOM Vacation
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2009, 03:05:01 PM »
Berlusconi...

Berlusconi is acting like a mad emperor of old times...

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« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2009, 03:24:33 PM »
And they think we had it bad in the UK with the expenses scandal and charging the public for the cleaning of a moat.....
In England some MP had charged some of their private expenses on the Parliament's Bill, right?

Sort of. The UK's MPs, based at the Houses of Parliament in the Palace of Westminster, have been claiming on their expenses and allowances, most of which was hidden and covered under parliamentary priviledge - however the Freedom of Information Act which this govt. passed has been used to make it unsustainable for them to still be hidden. Then 2 months before they were due to be released in a redacted form the Telegraph (a big national paper) got hold of them unredacted and started publishing the details. For one whole month it was all anyone could talk about. Over 100 MP's are now expected to be investigated for fraud and several are expected to be found guilty.....

A Nuke under the mother of all parliaments would have had less effect than the shock that rippled through the UK; whether it has any lasting effect is another matter, but it seems that one third of MPs will not be standing for re-election.
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« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2009, 03:42:53 PM »
Sort of. The UK's MPs, based at the Houses of Parliament in the Palace of Westminster, have been claiming on their expenses and allowances, most of which was hidden and covered under parliamentary priviledge - however the Freedom of Information Act which this govt. passed has been used to make it unsustainable for them to still be hidden. Then 2 months before they were due to be released in a redacted form the Telegraph (a big national paper) got hold of them unredacted and started publishing the details. For one whole month it was all anyone could talk about. Over 100 MP's are now expected to be investigated for fraud and several are expected to be found guilty.....

A Nuke under the mother of all parliaments would have had less effect than the shock that rippled through the UK; whether it has any lasting effect is another matter, but it seems that one third of MPs will not be standing for re-election.

A scandal like this would have no effect in italy...in italy more than 20 MPs had already been condemned for crimes (of course the didn't any days of jail). among the most important you can find
Marcello Dell'Utri, one of the most important lieutenants of Berlusconi was condemned for being part of Mafia,
Roberto Maroni, current Minister of Internal Affairs, was condemned for having beaten a policeman
Umberto Bossi, main political ally of Berlusconi, has been condemned for 100.000 € taken illegally
the most tragic is Mauro Borghezio, elected at EU-parliamente who has been condemned for having lit with fire some African immigrants...

I could fill pages and pages of italian scandals...

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« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2009, 03:46:23 PM »
sorry, I forgot the communist  MP (I don't remember his name right now) condemned for ahving organized a terrorist band with the goal to overthrow the government with terroristical strikes ;)

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« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2009, 04:36:33 PM »
Oh yes, but we are being terribly English about it all.

"It's an OUTRAGE!" and so on and so forth...
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