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lunedì 7 maggio 2012

Again corruption in Italian politics

In these days, twenty years after the end of socalled first (Italian) Republic, Italy's politics is living another debacle. I am living again what I had lived once in my past when I was a teenager. I see some analogies between today scandals and those revealed in 1992 though the contexts are completely different.

In that year a wide judiciary investigation, nicknamed by journalists "clean hands", had overwhelmed as a "tsunami" the then Italian leading parties revealing the biggest scandals of corruption and bribery in the latest fifty years of the country's history, Tangentopoli: Italian neologism to define a "city of bribe". 

Two of then main ruling parties, the Christian Democracy (DC) and the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), had literally erased: many of these parties leaders where investigated or arrested under charges of to be part of a very radicated system of corruption in Italian society. As described by an almost unknown Alberto Sordi's movie of 1984, "Tutti dentro".

The most famous politician charged of bribery has been Bettino Craxi, the Socialist Party leader, escaped in Tunisia to avoid a judiciary process. He had dead "contumacious" in 2000 in his tunisian villa in Hammamet without never come back in Italy.

Giulio Andreotti, Arnaldo Forlani, Francesco CossigaCiriaco De Mita of DC, Gianni De Michelis and Claudio Martelli of PSI are other political bosses of these years that in 1992 had suddenly losted their political power under similar corruption's charges as Mr Craxi. But They unlike him had not fled Italy. 

Despite their political fall Mr Andreotti and Mr Cossiga, both several times Republic's Prime Minister and Minister, had preserved also their seats in Italian Senate because both at the time had became Senators for life but They had no more hold offices in governaments after 1992.

"Clean hands" has changed deeply Italian politics. Indeed the deletion of the two main historical ruling parties had opened a sudden blackout in Italy's politics from 1992 to 1994. Since then more citizens had lost confidence in politics and words DC and PSI has became synonymous of bribery and of politics without no ethics.

The lack of a political guide had weaken the Country: so the former Italian currency, the Lira, had suffered a speculation attack that pushing temporarily the Country out of European Monetary System. The only solution for a crisis as political as economic had been shaping two subsequent technocratic governments. As happened in the end of 2011.

These governaments respectively ruled by Giuliano Amato and Carlo Azelio Ciampi to overcome a crisis as political as economic, according with the European legislation, had introduced a wide liberalization in many areas of Italy economy as Energy, Telecomunications, Industry, Infrastructures and Banks.

In this years the political landscape was really undefined because only the previous old "unruling" parties i.e. Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) former Italian Comunist PartyItalian Social Movement (MSI) a post fascist party and the recent North League appeared not affected by corruption and bribery.

At the end of 1993 a new party emerged in the Italian politics, Forza Italia, created by Silvio Berlusconi a businessman not a politician, gathering many political souls from that "liberal - conservative" to that "christian - democratic" to that liberal filling the void created by the recent disappering of DC and PSI.

A new bipolar season had becomed in Italy. Not with two only parties but with two main groups with pourly defined borders: one of center left lead by the PDS, now Democratic Party (PD), and anoter of center right lead by Forza Italia. This configuration of Italian politics had lasted from the elections in 1994 to the Mr Berlusconi resignation in the end of 2011.

Indeed the current Italian Governament, again technocratic, led by Mario Monti is supported both the center left and center right. This "political convergence" remember the "pre - Tangentopoli" political style whose Governaments had been affected by instability and without alternation: because if "all are responsible no one is responsible".

Mr Berlusconi, four times prime minister, has marked the last twenty years of Italian politics outlining many endemic problems of the country, as those for to make business, without resolving them. It's unnecessary speaking about his trouble with law about conflict of interests, charges of corruption, sexual scandals and suspects of tie with Mafia.

Berlusconi has also been the main "glue" of the center left coalition incapable to solve the Italian problems overcoming her ideologic visions and her proper conflict of interests. So the only "political idea" in the last twenty years of center left parties has been "to demonize" Berlusconi attacking him without creating a (believable) alternative to him.

Also in Berlusconi's currently party, People of Freedom, there are many components under investigations for bribery or corruption. Just as inside the currently main center left party, the PD, in which a serious case of misappropriation of party's funds by the party's treasurer has recently exploded.

The same thing has happened in the North League involving the Party's secretary and other important politicians: the really problem is that the Italian parties receive public funds to avoid corruption and bribery by politicians. I am not kidding. Obviously Italian politicians receive also a salary when are elected.

Not enough because other scandals are revealed in 2011. In Lombardy, a region in North Italy, some elements of regional Governament, lead by Roberto Formigoni of center right, are investigated about  bribery charges. Not only! Again in Lombardy Filippo Penati of center left, the president of Province Milan biggest city in Lombardy, is also investigated about bribery.

It's possible to quote other politician's cases of corruption and bribery at every institutional level: from the Parliament to the Regions, to Provinces until the Municipalities. Corruption is not only in a single party but presents in every political formation so many Italian citizens are losting confidence in their politicians and others will lost it if something will not change in future.

martedì 1 maggio 2012

A tunisian girl: a gorgeous blog

I dedicate this post to a blog of a young girl fighting the more difficult fight: that for the freedom. The freedom as person and as citizen, i.e. for her country, the Tunisia. Tunisia for many Italians or Europeans is only a small arab country famous for holyday resort in mediterranean sea but in this country for over a year many people, mainly youngers, are fighting a silent war to change their destiny and gain a better future.

Lina Ben Mhenni is a student using her talents for create her Blog, named "A Tunisian girl", when She discribes her experiences and ideas but and when She fight for her freedom and for freedom of her country. In January 2011 the people has insurged against a regime incapable of assure to all citizens decent conditions of life. Since then few things are changed in Tunisia where there are again corruption and economic crisis.

Lina is a courageous girl that in her book "Tunisian girl" tells her point of view and personal experience as blogger during the jasmine revolution. She shows her face without fear of tell her ideas risking her personal safety. So I think that diffusing her blog and her words is the better way to support her fight for freedom. Against the corruption for the equality. 

domenica 22 aprile 2012

Do career women want to be Slaves?


In current times submission, sadomasochism and fetishism are concepts largely widespread in public opinion and present in every media with respect to what happened some years ago. Fashion and arts are very inspired by these "practices". People speak currently about these things shameless though sure not all practice them. Also the burlesque is nowadays something that is not ashamed for girls and women doing it. 

Newsweek, the famous American weekly, give another "proof" of this phenomenon awarding a cover to Women submission fantasies: the cover is related to the article written by Katie Roiphe available in the site The Daily Beast. The article underlines how currently sexual domination of men over women is in vogue. Precisely referred to working or career women.

This thing may seem counterintuitive because career women are tipically self - confident, resolute, fully graduated and economically indipendent (of men). Indeed, using SM categories, career women seem be related more to Mistresses than Slaves. But Mrs Roiphe's "thesis" offers a different vision of that mentioning several elements supporting it.

Mrs Roiphe begins citing the bestseller "Fifty Shades of Grey" wondering how many women brought this book where the protagonist introduces the young eroine, Anastasia, to sadomasochistic practices as spanking. The article cites also the book "Richer Sex" and HBO's new serie "Girls" as examples of the women fantasies of submission. Not only.

Mrs Roiphe cited also an analysis of 20 studies published in Psychology Today estimating that between 31 percent and 57 percent of women have fantasies where they are forced to have sex. These elements bring the authoress to make some questions about these women's desires conflicting with present conditions of emancipation of women.

The question "But why, for women especially, would free will be a burden?" is exemplary. But Mrs Roiphe assumes that sexual domination for women can be represent a "release, a vacation, an escape from the dreariness and hard work of equality" quoting many people's statement supporting this idea. Sure this article will provoke more discussion!  

I find more interesting Mrs Roiphe's considerations because her words confirm some my personal experiences with career women and with girls and "other" women in general. For example years ago a girl had confessed me "For a girl to be submissive in sexual contest is natural: the woman likes to be an object of course not of everyone".

Today, years after, I agree absolutely with that statement. Indeed other times I experienced sexual games of submission with other women and girls who like to be submissive. Sure every women prefers times and different ways but each of them like when the man decide the rules and lead the game. Someone can misunderstand my words so these  need an explanation.

I dont speak about violence against women or not safe practices but about safe "games" between a man and a woman both conscious of what they are doing. It's appropriate to remember also there are women like to be dominant and women dont like this games: but in my experience the majority of women like to be submissive.

My preferences for this games are not a sexual discrimination against women but only a special way to make sex more spicy than normal. Spanking and safe bondage of wrists or ankles with a blindfold are the best "items" preferred by my female sexual partners. 

domenica 22 gennaio 2012

Melissa Satta: An Italian Beauty

She's a beautiful Italian girl. She's a model and a famous TV show girl. She has posed on Sport Illustrated with a body paint look reproducing the world famous Italian national football team blue t-shirt. She's also a WAG because She likes soccer players as boyfriends. She's simply Melissa Satta.

Melissa has born in Boston twenty five years ago from Italian parents and She has started her model career at sixteen. Her stunning body and beautiful face are indisputable but her "silver bullet" has been her likeness with another italian TV star: Elisabetta Canalis. They are very similar in body and face. Melissa and Elisabetta have another two things in common: first they have been both brunette sexy dancers (nicknamed "velina") in the same Italian TV program "Striscia la Notizia". 

In fact Melissa's career has rocketed after this experience but not over. The second thing in common with Miss Canalis is ex Italian soccer player Christian Vieri: Mr Vieri has been boyfriend of both girls. First Elisabetta and later Melissa, the younger. Nobody likes to be a clone of someone else so Melissa after her experience as "velina" has been over She has started to gain its prope role in star system because It's very easy disappear for a velina! 


She has shown smartness working in Italy and abroad, in TV and in fashion, as actress or model. She has started a new relationship with another soccer player: Kevin Prince Boateng. Recently She has revealed her sex habits in an interview: She makes sex between seven or ten times every week and She likes "to be above" her male partner. Melissa compliments, You are really honest and sex is the better way to spend time. Have many nice sex experiences.