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Berlusconi finally throws in the towel!

MountainsMountains Veteran
edited November 2011 in General Banter
At long, long, long last, the people of Italy will have someone at the helm besides Silvio the Great. Every Italian I know is dancing in the streets right now!

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  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound! To what do we owe this miracle?
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    Is this for real? I'd better pick up a newspaper! Hopefully his successor will do a better job. We can't assume anything at this point.
  • SattvaPaulSattvaPaul South Wales, UK Veteran
    Politics will be less entertaining without him.

    But then the circus is still funny, even if one clown is gone. :D
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    edited November 2011
    Enough "funny". Time to roll up the sleeves and get down to business. Before the mess is so deep, we can't pull ourselves out. Seriously worried, here.
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    Apparently it's not a done deal yet, as CNN might have had you believe this afternoon (typical CNN). I think it will happen, but it may not be tomorrow.
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    The newspapers I checked said he may be on his way out, but he's still very much in for now.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    lmao, yes about time too. I always use to discuss him with my italian ex girlfriend. That guy should not have been in power anywhere near as long as he was. The corruption and scandals were outstanding. I remember when somebody hit him with a metal statue and broke his nose, that kind of says it all really. Maybe Italy can move forward from here, or maybe one of the leading countries with scandal and corruption will just find a new foolio idioto!!
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    That guy should not have been in power anywhere near as long as he was.
    Yeah, like more than about 20 minutes. Sort of like his buddy George W. Bush in that regard...
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    edited November 2011
    Berlusconi is close buddies with Putin, you know. That speaks volumes, IMO.
  • MindGateMindGate United States Veteran
    I know nothing beyond United States/Canadian politics. lol But I'll join the bandwagon and cheer on his resignation too. :)
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    @Mountains
    Berlusconi--still hanging onto the towel, at last report. Please keep us informed, if you're following the Italian news.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    @Mindgate, lol this is what really strikes me about a lot of Americans (sorry if I insult anybody), but as your country is so vast, people tend to live inside a bubble and are ignorant to a large part of the world with a lot of aspects. It isn't really your fault, but it use to annoy me somewhat but now I just accept it for what it is.
    When I first came to thailand I was drunk one night and my friend had gone home so I walked around a bit. I walked past this bar that was empty apart from 2 guys having a discussion. I heard something about americans so I strolled up and sat down introducing myself. One chap was an american of about 25 who was in the army, one was an oldish man of about 50 from germany and then there was me the englishman. Wer sat there for about 3 hours until the place closed drinking and discussing the world and the faults of our countries. It ended up that me and the german were 'having a go' at the american guy a bit about how a lot of americans are so ignorangt to the world etc. He actually accepted it because he stated until he joined the army, he was the same living inside his bubble known as the USA. It was an interesting night actually :lol:
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    Smart guy, leaves when it is about to go realllllyyyyy belly up
  • zombiegirlzombiegirl beating the drum of the lifeless in a dry wasteland Veteran
    @ThailandTom why would we try to leave america? the world hates us... haha.
    seriously though, i don't think i know an american that wouldn't love to get out of here and experience the world a little... trouble is we're all broke and dying of illnesses we can't afford to pay for... we're rather isolated in that way. only foreign country i can afford to visit these days is canada... because it's a 30 minute drive ;)

    but i do think that this thread rather points against your argument since the OP as well as many of following comments come from americans...
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    Every American I have met on foreign soil misses America and can't wait to get back home..
  • MindGateMindGate United States Veteran
    Every American I have met on foreign soil misses America and can't wait to get back home..
    As much as I dislike living in America, I am sure that is the case. Sometimes the grass isn't always greener on the other side. :-/
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    Actually sorry, MindGate, I stand corrected. I meant American TOURISTS.
    I have met those who have left the country and are happy there but that is such an individual thing and of course we are (at least I am) only generalising.
    :om:
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    After the two GW Bush election, Canada was suddenly inundated with Americans immigrating to Canada. Several friends who live in towns near the border told me this. Although they're undoubtedly enjoying their free health care, I would think they'd rather be living in the US, a functional US that can provide health care to its citizens. If I had to leave the US, I would definitely miss it.
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    The towel is thrown! As of this last Saturday, from what I understand. Berlusconi is officially a has-been. :clap:
  • MountainsMountains Veteran

    seriously though, i don't think i know an american that wouldn't love to get out of here and experience the world a little...
    Seriously? I know **lots** of Americans who have absolutely *no* interest whatsoever in traveling anywhere outside the US, nor in learning anything they don't already know about anyone anywhere else in the world. In fact, I'd say probably a majority of people I know and work with on a day to day basis would fall into that category.
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited November 2011
    ...a functional US that can provide health care to its citizens.
    The US can provide health care to all its citizens. We just choose not to because doing so might possibly cut into someone's profit margin. That's the only reason we don't. We're selfish, greedy, and the majority of us lack any shred of basic human compassion for anyone we don't know. If those things weren't true, we'd have passed universal health care eons ago (like we almost did in 1948 under Harry Truman).
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    "We" are not selfish, greedy and willing to turn the country over to a corporatocracy. It's the corporations who rule, and prevent a civilized health care system from happening. Too many Americans have no idea the corporations influence decision-making in health care. That's what I meant by a "functional" US; one where the voters actually have a say, where corporations legally are not considered "people", and where money doesn't talk. It's a nice dream.
  • zombiegirlzombiegirl beating the drum of the lifeless in a dry wasteland Veteran

    seriously though, i don't think i know an american that wouldn't love to get out of here and experience the world a little...
    Seriously? I know **lots** of Americans who have absolutely *no* interest whatsoever in traveling anywhere outside the US, nor in learning anything they don't already know about anyone anywhere else in the world. In fact, I'd say probably a majority of people I know and work with on a day to day basis would fall into that category.
    could be the age gap, i think. i hang out with mostly 20-somethings that for the most part aren't settled and would love to see the world. also, the majority of my friends are mostly gay and tend to be on the more liberal side, naturally. but for the record, not that i don't believe that they exist, i've never heard one person say that they wouldn't love to travel. could also be the fact that i live in detroit, which many see as a dying city (although i disagree).
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    You'd be surprised. There are a lot of people who actually believe that the rest of the world has nothing to offer, and the good old USA has everything they'll ever need. They hold negative stereoptypes about the rest of the world, or they just don't see the point in travel, or they have a lot of inertia.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    oh that good old american dream :rolleyes: yup, it is a dream alrite.
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    "We" are not selfish, greedy
    You've clearly not met any Republicans, nor especially any teabaggers then. Their basic platforms are nothing but greed, mean-spiritedness, and selfishness bordering on the obscene as far as I'm concerned.
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    not that i don't believe that they exist, i've never heard one person say that they wouldn't love to travel. could also be the fact that i live in detroit, which many see as a dying city (although i disagree).
    I'm serious when I say the majority of Americans probably fit that description. I'd lay you good money that better than 50% of Americans would tell you they have no interest in travel outside the US. And I don't count places like the Bahamas or Mexico in that (some would include Florida and Hawaii). Ask how many want to visit Thailand or France or South Africa and I'm betting you'd get far below 50% in almost any part of the US.
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    edited November 2011

    You've clearly not met any Republicans, nor especially any teabaggers then. Their basic platforms are nothing but greed, mean-spiritedness, and selfishness bordering on the obscene as far as I'm concerned.
    lol ! Fair enough, but I'm surprised you would include yourself in that group, and by implication, the rest of us, by saying "We". Count me out of that one, ok? That "We" sounds too inclusive for comfort.


  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    ZG, you live in *GASP* Detroit?? And you like it? You're one tough cookie!
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