Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: A Londra ridono di Berlusconi

..e non e' una novita'...of course...
Eyes on the prize
A senator from Silvio Berlusconi's own party wants the Italian prime
minister's work for world peace to be rewarded with a Nobel, writes Philip
Willan
Wednesday September 4, 2002
Silvio Berlusconi as Nobel peace laureate? The proposal of the Italian prime
minister for the prestigious international award underlines the polarisation
of opinions about the billionaire media mogul. In Italy you either love the
man or you hate him.
Mr Berlusconi has certainly not brought peace to the domestic political
scene. He is on trial for corruption in Milan and deeply engrossed in a
reform of the judicial system that appears designed to postpone the moment
of judgment until the statute of limitations kicks in to his advantage.
Thousands of angry political opponents will converge on Rome in 10 days'
time to protest at what they see as the dismantling of the judiciary for the
personal benefit of a single defendant. Things have gone better for Mr
Berlusconi in the international arena, where his achievements rank him with
the likes of Henry Kissinger and Yasser Arafat, according to the Forza
Italia senator who is promoting his candidature.
Antonio Gentile, a parliamentarian from the southern town of Cosenza, is
canvassing support from academics, clerics and politicians and plans to
submit his formal nomination to the Nobel committee at the end of this
month. Mr Gentile acknowledges that ungenerous spirits suspect him of
sycophancy towards his party leader but he insists that Mr Berlusconi is the
victim of prejudice and has really done an extraordinary amount for world
peace since taking office a little over a year ago.
Mr Berlusconi has indeed been hyperactive in foreign affairs, where his dual
role as prime minister and acting foreign minister exposes him to a double
dose of world leaders. Mr Gentile and his supporters cite Mr Berlusconi's
efforts to bring about a rapprochement between Russia and Nato, his
mediation over the siege of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity and his
promotion of a new Marshall plan to aid the Palestinian economy. His
chairmanship of the world food summit in Rome and his example in forgiving
third world debt are also cited as Nobel-worthy achievements.
Critics prefer to recall his gaffe over western civilisation's supposed
superiority over Islam, the disastrous handling of the G8 riots in Genoa,
the breaking of European solidarity over justice and trade issues and the
confusion over the timing and location of the food summit in the wake of
Genoa.
Mr Berlusconi's dexterity in the u-turn was demonstrated only last week: one
day Italy was planning a bilateral agreement with the US to protect American
servicemen from the long arm of the international criminal court, the next
it was prepared to wait for a common European position on the troublesome
issue.
Mr Berlusconi has brought a new informal style to international diplomacy
and evidently enjoys rubbing shoulders with the great and the presumed good.
He sensibly pointed out in Johannesburg that a lot of time was wasted at
international conferences through repetitive and superfluous verbal
courtesies. By now an intimate of all the G8 leaders, he explained that
international relations worked just like human ones, with one friend cadging
a favour from the other. "It's just like life," he confided to reporters.
Mr Gentile denies that his proposal might be premature, insisting that Mr
Berlusconi's incisive action to unify the world already merited Nobel
recognition. Those who resisted the idea were mainly communist nostalgics
and the victims of their own prejudice, he said.
One critic, the opposition MP Antonio Di Pietro, developed his "prejudice"
while investigating Mr Berlusconi as a member of the Milan team of
anti-corruption prosecutors. He suggested Mr Berlusconi did not so much
deserve the peace prize as a Pinocchio prize for lying and said the prime
minister had turned Italy into an international laughing stock.
Undeterred, Mr Gentile said he was intending to forward his proposal to
Sweden's Royal Academy in Stockholm. The peace prize is actually awarded by
an institute based in Oslo but, as the author of three books, Mr Berlusconi
might be able to claim the Nobel prize for literature - which is awarded by
Stockholm - as well.
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 "Manda un Picchio a Londra"

 "Manda un Picchio a Londra"
Il satellite di Berlusconi si chiama Picchio?
uffa!
l'altro ieri sono stato allo chalet sotto casa ore ed ore
con un mio ex vicino di casa, superarzillo settant'enne.
Starnamente l'ho incontrato proprio il 4 e non lo vedevo da un anno quasi.
Ora lo so già, che diranno, le malelingue del quartiere:
"Il potere sempre più vecchio e logoro ... italiano vuole dare il Nobel a
Berlusconi" from a pensiero di K.Russel, riportato sulLa Costellazione del
Lupo Azzurro nella sua prima parte ... figurati se il vecchio bombo atomico
del mio vicino non intervengono ridendo che dobbiamo andare a puttane
insieme però lui si deve tingere i capelli ...
Il guaio con Berlusconi è che è di Mediettà, e con tutta la roba che butta
mi ha meravigliato che non si sia messo a fare anche lo stilista!
Jhonny Lamb un'altra classe!
ciAk
Riccardomustodario
Per un Terzo Millennio da scienze applicate alla medicina che ci
permetteranno di vivere assai assai

 wrote:
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Il mondo ride ma comincia anhe a preoccuparsi. Sia sul NY Times che su
Globe & Mail sono comprarsi articoli di analisi sul passatod
eliqnuenziale di berlusconi (5 condanne alla galera, uno quale
spergiuro, una quale corruttore di pubblico ufficiulae, impliocato in
processi per corruzione di magistrati, sospetto di riciclaggio di
soldi mafiosi, ancor in affari con boss di Cosa Nsotra, ecc.) e il
potere mistificatore della TV.
Agli Italiani è facile far credere che il sindaco di NY ha tenuto la
sua televisione, senza die che si tratta di una TV di consigli di
investimenti che raggiune lo 0,2% dei cittadini e non parla certo di
politica mentre è stato costretto a VENDERE TUTTE LE AZIONI in un
momento drammatico per Wall Street.
Frattini può mostrare la sua faccia da culo e mentire finchè gli pare.
Non c'è neppure Santoro a dargli sulla voce.
Schìfami può recitare le sue forme di cul....to e Tremonti cantare
"tutto va ben, madama berlkusconaaaaa!"....
Un bel giorno la realtà crollerà sulle teste degli Italiani come
avvenne il 25 luglio del 1943. meno tragica forse ma altrettanto
inaspettata e confondente.
E.
Borghezio sta coi Baschi, Berluskatz con le Coppole.