Saturday, March 19, 2011

Millions Of Flees On My Dog

On I the father is a poet

In these days of celebration of the Italian Constitution and the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, there is really good this brief reference to the great poet on the occasion of the feast Father's Day. A little 'because we are talking about the "father" of the Italian language and, therefore, one that has contributed to Italy, a bit' because he, like us in these last hours, thinking intensely (mutatis mutandis) to a 'Italy that was not there and you do not wake up but he loved so much, but mainly because the one I'm talking about, I do not consider only the greatest poet in the history of world literature. For me it has more meaning, a meaning more intense and deep, that touches me the deepest fibers of my being: I consider him a father.



You 'my teacher' my author,
if you 'only one from whom' I took
The beautiful style that I have been honored.
( Inferno, I, 85-87)

I owe this man all that is good in me has been and will always be my mentor, my guide, my teacher because she taught me to be a man through his poetry, the highest of all time, and through his life, straight and consistent until the end.

Happy Birthday, Dad ...

[...] that 'in my mind is fixed, and touches now My heart
the dear and good paternal image
you when the world from time to time
taught me how man becomes eternal .
( Inferno, XV, 82-85)

Thursday, March 17, 2011

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The "young" Italy 150 years after the unification

we have reached the 150th anniversary of ' national unity. There has been much discussed this event in recent weeks, some have even said that there would be no need to celebrate, others were more likely to pay homage to our country red marking this day on the calendar.
I have no intention to enter into controversy about the March 17, 2011, especially after what happened five days ago throughout Italy. For your (and also for my) luck, I will not go into talks of this type. Today I would rather express a concept ...
Umberto Bossi, leader of the Northern League.
L ' Italy is a young state it is a country that has become politically that just 150 years ago, before that was a patchwork of small states more or less independent nation-states and neighbors such as France, Germany ol ' England, had become such for some centuries. say "politically" because I am convinced that in many ways that identity has not been completed on the social or, in other words, I am convinced that the ' Italy has been a , but that has not become a nation all effects: c ' is still a little something to put in place on that plane. Not else can you explain why even today, in 2011, some minority of ignorant feel insults fly as specific and tailored "Southerner" to the inhabitants of southern Italy, or why there is such a thing as the Northern League one of the main policy objectives are explicitly stated, is federalism (in the face of ' units!). Things like these show that we have the ' identity as a people is not quite 100% complete, and this is understandable, because as I said, we are a young nation, we must give us time.
Furthermore, our particular unit was compared with that of other European countries: in many of those cases ' national identity was formed first of that policy, which came first then the people and the political state. Take the case of France, just to give you an example: not so much by the dynasties Carolingian, but certainly from the Hundred Years War against ' England (and we are in the Middle Ages) the French people have had good reasons to uncover "united" . In that case, the glue that held together the "subjects" was the common enemy to fight, which had prompted the French to work side by side, to put aside differences, as well c 'were , and to discover close to each other. After that 'secular episode, after much blood and many wars, it was obvious that the French still feel more French ... Revolution up to the eighteenth century, whose motto was, indeed, " Liberté, égalité, fraternité " , ie " Liberty, equality, fraternity " . The French state was born because there ' was already a people who felt the French nation.
In our case, however, things were different. We preferred to remain independent: in ' age of the municipalities (in the late Middle Ages) c ' were the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Republic Florence, the Kingdom of Naples ... and everyone was keen to remain independent from the power of ' Germanic Empire and, indeed, often many of these small states were organized in real leagues where one of them tried to expand too much on its own domain: any attempt to unite under a common banner various social identities were repressed, as a pathogen that is attacked by antibodies of a body just takes a chance to spread a ' infection. This way of conceiving social life has remained strong for many centuries and, for heaven's sake, I do not blame him, because after the fall of 'd Roman Empire' s West ' Italy was left completely at the mercy of itself, had to start from scratch and it is obvious that if there was no strong central government and this people will be held in closed cores.
But in all this fragmentation of the Italian socio-cultural aspects are also positive, and I mean all ' huge (and enviable) rich cultural identity of the various regional dialects, the dishes Typically, the festivities of this or that city, the traditions and folk songs, the artistic and architectural heritage ... This no doubt makes ' Italy an' explosion of microculture which, incidentally, has always attracted millions of foreigners every day is something very charming and a great pride.
Cenotaph of Dante Alighieri. Florence, Basilica of Santa Croce
. On the left, with turreted crown, Italy
presents the Great Poet to the public and to the right
bent on empty coffin, mourning the death poetry
of the poet, who stands at the top bare-chested.
Positives and negatives, so. And yet we must admit one thing, and here I come to the point: that while it is true that we are a young nation because we had a different history from other states and nations if it is true that young people need time to acquire a complete national identity, then we have to start somewhere! I do not mean that we must become a people locked and contemptuous of other cultures, absolutely not! I am not a chauvinist, I do not like the excess of patriotism that flows in contempt of foreign cultures, in fact, I consider myself very cosmopolitan in that sense because I like to open myself (and in fact I am interested) also what the rest of the world made beautiful. But you understand that I can not help but be proud of my country and what it was: yes, I think right. Do not exalt me \u200b\u200bwhen I can not turn my attention to everything that our country has given birth and still reverberates around the world, from the right (the ' invented by the Romans), all ' art (we have the highest percentage of world's art), literature (one name for all: Dante Alighieri) ... and we could go on for very long in this list!
I am very proud of my country, I am very proud of what did my ancestors, I am so happy to be a child of this and always will be. Therefore, since we are in a process of maturation and national as we have good reasons, then I think it was right to pay particular attention to this day, because I consider it a step further towards that ' goal. That's why I'm not getting maudlin turn my congratulations to the Italians, good and bad, right and left, north and south, the ' wish for that past that we boast beautiful, but also ' hope that in future we can people become more faithful in the sense of the word.

"The flag of the Republic is the Italian flag: green, white
and red, in three vertical bands of equal size."
( Constitution, Article 12)

Monday, March 14, 2011

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March 12, 2011: "Italy has awoken." National demonstration in defense of the Constitution

Until a few days ago it was possible to watch this spot ...


... it was early with what I think was one of the most beautiful events of national scope in recent years. They baptized C-day and it is a ' huge event, which took place Saturday, March 12, 2011 in more than a hundred Italian cities, made in defense of our Constitution , the fundamental law of our Republic .
On March 12, the Italians have rediscovered the streets: thousands and thousands of citizens took to in the street with ' explicit objective of demonstrating and externalize their dissent against the draft legislation provides that Silvio Berlusconi's concern amendments to some articles of the Italian Constitution and in general "reform" in a suspicious manner and questionable laws of our country. Let us not forget, for those who still do not know, that, to cite one example, at the moment is implementing a reform of the justice that aims to change the "Title IV of the Constitution , ie that set of articles (101 to 113) that regulate ' organization and functioning of the Judiciary , that is the organ of democratic power that deals punish those who break the laws : a very important reform for people like Berlusconi, has a crazy fear of ending up in jail now because of too many processes that weigh against him.
Rome, Milan, Florence, Bologna, Pisa, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Reggio Emilia, Trieste, Genoa, Padua, Aosta, Perugia, Potenza ... are only a handful of Italian cities in which this event took place and each has its own self-managed way. Banners everywhere, a triumph of Italian flag, a stage set from which they were made commemorative and celebratory songs, readings of the most beautiful and important articles of the Constitution and the speeches given by people who have given their testimonials membership, as Flack, of the neovincitore ' last festival of Sanremo, or soprano Cristina Cordero, who eventually did not have it become more and burst into tears after singing the ' me laugh, or even the Nobel laureate Dario Fo ... all done without the slightest disorder in the fullest respect for the ' public policy. But because this event was so beautiful? I believe that the reasons are at least five:
1) As I said at ' beginning, it was a great opportunity for cohesion of Italian citizens, and, let's face it, this is a rare thing for us , People of the Boot, which generally give us the chorus all together when they play the national football team. Since the earliest times of ' age of communism, in the late Middle Ages, the peninsula has always lived our individual realities and deeply divided, if not often in explicit contrast with each other. The same Massimo D 'Azeglio , all ' day after the Risorgimento, he wrote My memories the famous phrase "has made her Italy, but Italians do not."
2) This desire to feel united spontaneously gave a slap on the wrist like that of plagiarism society exquisitely Berlusconi, who always aims to divide people rather than to unite it : I speak the way that our Prime Minister to gain success with the tactic of playing off one against the other with the usual phrases motto, such "These dirty communist ce ' have with me (so either you're with him six or Communist: there is no third choice), or "this is an attack on my person made from red robes" (ie: if in a trial acquitted him, well, if you condemn, you are a communist, thus excluding from ' collective imagination the possibility that he may actually be guilty of something), or "Who is left to vote a jerk! "(no, not this comment) ... and in general its tendency to appear unseemly, ugly, reprehensible everything that does not fall in what he says. I know you're thinking: " But this is crazy! " But do you want? A Silvio find it hard to get out of himself when he believes something he likes to refer to that famous aphorism of Protagoras that " L ' Man is the measure of all things " ( and of course I'm saying this to the big butt of consumer jokes!), and the fact ' last year, during the controversy over wiretapping, said during ' Confartigianato assembly that the Constitution is wrong because it's not allowed to make laws as he wanted him and that this should be changed. I will spare you the commentary of this statement not to insult your intelligence.
3) I said that it was national in scope, but not ' I said it all: Why the disagreement did not involve only the Italians living in Italy, but (and this is a wonderful thing!) protests focused on the Italians to ' foreign ! The cries of disapproval, all accompanied by the notes of ' me laugh, there have been in Frankfurt (Germany), Lille (France), London (England), Madrid and Seville (Spain), Helsinki (Finland), Brussels (Belgium), Edinburgh (Scotland) and many other European cities. And this is a sign of indignation aroused by the conduct of this government.
4) The event was made in defense of the Constitution, but it has not forgotten to bring to the table ' vexed question of public school . The reforms of ' Education Minister Gelmini are in fact found the center-right Berlusconi who have had more echo. We then witnessed the protests of many students and teachers who wanted to reiterate (to repeat and not to support, because the Constitution already provides for it) to invest in public school, however, has completely denied the funds for teaching and research. The two protests were well blended, mix and not just placed side- and in fact the issues are intimately connected.
5) The event of 12 March was ideologically cross : ie it is able to put aside their ideological divisions of this or that party, so that political leaders of different faiths and orientation found themselves united on the same day to say their not for the same reasons.


Mothers and fathers, students, workers, retirees, teachers, politicians, singers, writers, journalists ... There ' was a social category that did not participate. I must say that this flash of civic awakening has cheered me a lot, because it made me realize that our collective consciousness of citizens is not as off as I thought, made me feel more confident and gave me hope. And not because the first thought that there were no people opposed to our prime minister, but because for the first time after the media have been forced, in spite of what the press wants to go to Mediaset, to bring the social framework that is in force at this time: namely, that Mr Berlusconi in Italy is not well-liked ... some ' like Qaddafi ... or as Mubarak! And the proof is the national, indeed: international, of the day!
Now, in the past I have often made reference to some articles of the Constitution in my posts, politically motivated and was not a case: the 'because I did are one of the few students to have had the good fortune of having studied the law at school, which today is diminished at large. Ever since, despite not having legal ambitions, I considered our Constitution something beautiful: invitation to read it also whom they have never had a look, because you are listed with the principles which have to be agreed. His articles are almost poetic in their simplicity of language, very touching, really take to heart, and read today, in times like these, it helps acquire the force of indignation and awaken the conscience of citizens.

As usual, I have dwelt too much, and yet c ' was so much else that I wanted to talk! Maybe I'll do another post. Before closing, hoping that someone is coming a bit ' of euphoria, I like to leave some links so that we can investigate the matter relating to this wonderful encyclopedia of civilization that is the Constitution of the Italian Republic.
First of all, I can not give you the famous speech of Piero Calamandrei on the Constitution of the distant (?) In January 1955, held a series of conferences aimed at young students a ' Italy just emerged from war. This is a very simple and popular discourse where the famous jurist explains ' essence of the principles that are inherent in our Constitution, doing what I define a real course in civics. You can either read the speech (and save. Pdf) and listen to the ' audio through the three links from YouTube video (very nice the second part):


Piero Calamandrei speech on the Constitution - Audio files from YouTube

If you prefer to learn something about the Constitution also make you laugh, then you should definitely watch the show comedian Paolo Rossi in 2003/2004 The Mr Smith and the Constitution - Gathering organized popular delusion, where 'actor talks with the public (and not the public) the spirit and the most important articles of the Italian Constitution, resorting to songs, anecdotes, gags and imitations of a lot of fun. There link the parties present YouTube:

Mr. Rossi and the Constitution - Gather popular delusion organized

Monday, March 7, 2011

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Letter to Women

Care Women
want to enjoy the day of your party to have two words for a long time I think. I want so much to tell you, I who have always preferred your company to that of my biological colleagues, perhaps because, to them, I know them already, maybe because I have always found the most beautiful people among you who between them, perhaps out of pure intellectual curiosity.
As usual, since I am not fond summarize where I think instead of having to open the speech, I would be writing a lot, but I have to be as concise as possible, given the limited space and the particular circumstances. Well, I think that my speech can be summed up in two words.
The first is forgive . Forgive , women, the sexism against which you are always forced to face and who has prevented for centuries to carry out as you wanted, when in fact who knows how many more steps would have done if we left right away you live in the world more to our side. Forgive for all the rapes, the violence (physical and psychological), clichés and neglect before a pregnancy in which you offend every day, because of our cowardice and our cowardice. Forgive when we force you to compromise when looking for a job and forgive earn when using your body, diminishing the dignity you have as human beings, even before such women. Forgive because in the past we have treated even worse, since he was old when we have banned to participate in politics, contributing to the development of philosophy or art, or in the Middle Ages when you burned alive at the stake accusing you of to be witches or even when they constrain you to nuns against your will, just because the first son was to inherit everything and you do not have to share the wealth. Forgive, then, because we pride ourselves in our time and we are pleased to have you as our own privileges, as if we had done a favor when in fact all that you have today, it was already there, but we have spent too many centuries to understand, finally, forgive if, again today, we are proud to have given more privileges to those that actually have, since, after all, there's always some asshole macho. But most of all to forgive all the mistakes that we will do to you.
The second thing I would say is thanks . Thanks because they often are more layered and more versatile for us, because you know to suggest alternative views that we often stubbornly refuse to hire. Thanks because you know us crazy with your skin warm and soft and the smell of your hair in moments of intimacy and thanks for the admirable way in which we are better able to bear pain and suffering without complaining, even preserving the primacy of sex biologically superior. Thanks for blame when we err, as when we pee on the toilet seat, when (you almost always) turns out an entire house, taking care to cleaning clothes, making food and when it teaches us to listen and to hear more. Thanks , women, because you are never just women, but almost always you are also, simultaneously, companions, wives and mothers better than we are mates, husbands and fathers. Thanks because we cared for children and thanks especially for letting us put the world: each of us owes his life, because without you we would not be here. Thanks Finally, because we saved you ! Always! Revenue in our lives and give us a good reason to make sense of them, you pull us out of trouble, do we "put my head straight," teaches us to be in the world, imbued with us and we fall in love with you point to spur them to companies that may, alone, we would not have dreamed of doing.

My letter to you could be called finished at this point . But I will not let myself without removing a pebble from the shoe. It is a matter for both us and you, one thing that prevents us to live together in a better way on this earth. I'm talking about, dear women, the very bad habit that we all of us, male and female, not to speak. You are so adorable and amazing creatures, so why do you (like us) do not open more of your world? We must communicate more, both male and female , because we are part of the same reality. It is not a sin to live with all these walls and watertight compartments? All shame, all the bands that worry you when you have to do with us, make you unhappy and you weigh down your life, and it is a bad thing, because then you are compelled to lie to us or make fun of. As when, for example, many of you do not leave home if you do not bury under pounds and pounds of make-up, with heels that almost break your legs, pushed her tits in my mouth with push-ups and false eyelashes, because they know that would not look at them: well, since we expect women who are not, in your presence abituateci a bit 'more natural, so we can see who you are underneath that mask make-up! Disabituateci to see you so set up and teach us to "be content" (I say this in a good way) of how you really are, so we would not expect the super women who feel the need to interpret. Or when you live a complicated relationship that makes you confused and referring to your partner, you say of you: "What do you mean? I can not say it to him a thing, I can not talk about him: he does not understand ' In that case, if you really are the morons, have the courage to leave! Give us a lesson, rather than pretending nothing is left to believe that you are fine with us. Or even when they have sex, and because we are ignorant of how it is done and how to work your body, there the illusion of being the stallions, the bulls, faking orgasms or telling us that it was great, but when you have not heard anything; in that case, if you are unhappy, talk to us and teach us to love better, because we can not know everything that you need to be tested and to guide you, especially if you think we are already brainwashed enough to all these porn movies that, though they may pleasure, however, distort the reality of sex and lead us to do just because Superman "makes the scene." So, let us get more in your way of being, you do not have all those reserves, let those embarrassments, let us know your reality and not hide, so we can understand you better.
course this also applies to us men, we have similar faults. It would be nice if there amalgam of more: I think we both could find beautiful things, interesting and useful. Many problems more easily overcome them or will not be born at all and we would be enriched by both parties.


Best wishes to you all!


Saturday, March 5, 2011

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Bad news for Berlusconi came Obtuse PEOPLE MORE THAN MEDICINE Amarissimi GIULIANI AND THE ATTORNEY IS NOT ONE OF MILAN

All we expect something to happen at the Palace of Justice and instead will be in Frankfurt, which will be Silvio cornered, do not talk about Tremonti, all trembling, and hope that the media disseminate adequately what will happen to you, low, very low the berluscones tasting the bitter medicine ... and again ... all others including us pay dear, very dear to this obscene and infamous decades.


ROMA-Sometimes, coincidences ... On April 6 there is not only his trial with Berlusconi Milan-Ruby, Frankfurt is also meeting with the ECB. What have, that "we guessed" apart from just the coincidence of the date on the calendar? Nothing, except that the Rubygate in Italy may not move a vote and certainly not dislodge while governments that day, the same day, will start in Frankfurt, a move that big money can dry and divert rivers to consent to any prime minister, in particular the Italian one. On 6 April the European Central Bank will raise interest rates on the money, the governor Trichet has virtually announced, lacking only the stamp: "It is not certain but it is possible a rise in interest rates next month." When a governor speaks well for the markets means that it is done and that everyone, businesses, governments and families, workers, unions, investors and banks are already starting to bounce off the accounts. Accounts that will change for all accounts and Italy will be bitter.
will not be a chain of rising interest rates in the April 6 that only the first link: Trichet tried to warn without scaring. But it will increase from one percent to 1 and 1 and 25 if not 50. An increase of 25 or 50 percent of the cost of money. Italy pays each year about 70 billion public debt interest, and soon became more than seventy billion, aiming to eighty. Of the Tremonti will have to pay more to find the tax because, in short, with taxes or cutting public spending. In both cases, the public opinion and elections, will not like. Will pay more companies that are financed by banks, will therefore be more difficult than it already today are not at relieving unemployment. Their products will cost more and therefore have higher prices they sell in international markets. And since today's market, the Italian domestic demand has stagnated or stagnated in most areas, because those who sell mainly sold abroad will be another disappointment, and nervousness about the system and men of business. And the citizen-consumers will, in any shop or supermarket every morning in front of the bitter "why" of rising interest rates: inflation, the price increase that the ECB is now estimated on average for 2011 of between 2 and 2, 6 percent. European average, Italy is in the front row of seats. It seems little, relatively low average between 2 and 2.6 per cent. But what impresses is the speed: just one month ago the ECB's estimated the "fork" between a point three and 2.3 per cent, inflation is minimal, the "floor" has increased by 0.7 points in a few weeks. Try Trichet calcorare and say that the cure against inflation, precisely the rate hike will not hurt too much to the economic recovery of Europe: the ECB's estimated recovery on a European scale between a point three and 2.1 per cent in 2011. Just yesterday estimated that a "fork" between 0.7 and 2.1 per cent. Therefore we also raised the "floor" of the recovery, by 0.6 points. But Italy is in the lead in terms of inflation in that queue as a percentage of recovery. Then slide on the "floor" good, that the recovery remains nailed to the floor and bad, that of inflation.
ends, start to finish the period that has lasted three years warranty, money and public debt to put all of society more or less sheltered from the direct impact of the global financial crisis. Cracks and the relative invulnerability of the portfolios of family assets before the great economic crisis. Europe is going to live with inflation, which shaves three per cent, Southern Europe sforerà fact that barrier. Inflation is a tax, and tax, income and assets. Fee required to dry at least in part the sea of \u200b\u200bdebt "sovereign", ie the states. Tax that can easily pay countries where GDP increases and the recovery fee that will be painful and almost unbearable where this does not happen or is in slow motion.
The April 6th in Milan at the Palais de Justice perhaps nothing will happen and even in the Palazzo Chigi and Palazzo Grazioli. Although the spotlight will be focused on those buildings that day, Italy looking there and only there could have the impression that nothing really happens and moves. It probably will not go wrong: the process will probably not ever to the end, Berlusconi will remain chairman of the Council, it will change neither the government nor the majority and there will be neither resignation nor elections. Will not move anything except the "floor" under the feet of the economy, businesses, families. But it will happen in Frankfurt and we seem to squint myopia, if something exists, a far away place.