Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Hello Kitty Pinewood Derby Car

Farewell Walter

Yet another disaster Veltroni has convinced to do what he should do even after the run-off Rome: resign.

Brought in the Secretariat of the CPI (where he became involved in a mess with any of the laws that favored Craxi-saving Fininvest), then Director of the Unit in 1994 is a candidate to Secretary of the PDS. And loses. He became Secretary of the DS in 1998, because D'Alema is going to Palazzo Chigi. And the oak door at a record low (16.6%). In 2001, shortly before his defeat, he escapes to make the Mayor of Rome. During those years, you will swear it's two terms as Mayor and then will go to Africa. And absolutely have no other political roles. Unfortunately it will not.
In 2007, in fact, applies to the Secretary of PD. Supported by all the DS (which Fassino had made his last act as a leader by requiring that all support and tow Uolter Bersani who also wanted to nominate him) and the staff of the Margherita (Rutelli-Marini-Fioroni-Franceschini), wins comfortable against Bindi and Letta (backed by two former minority Margherita).
During the Congress of the DS, all favor the creation of the PD and lanes were told that they wanted to create that party would be "the glue of the Centre-Left", "the helm of the Union" and so on.
Veltroni, however, immediately spariglia cards to the coalition. On many issues makes her party to intervene straight leg. By imposing its position at the expense of that of the Union program, and sparking protests from Left allies.
In January 2008, a year ago, while the coalition, following an investigation that had resulted in the passage outside the support Udeur lived a moment of tension, caused also by a discussion on the electoral law caused by a referendum that had seemed to hold on to it, announcing, as fresh as a quarter of a chicken, that the next election to the Democratic Party would be left alone. And coincidentally (or rather, not by accident, because of this, they told themselves, not making a great figure, however, to say, then you'd think that they have not done for tactical reasons ...), 's UDEUR passes from the support outside the distrust. And the Prodi government, which was to last five years, goes home after a year and a half.
You go to vote, and it alone really. No, an alliance with Italy of Values \u200b\u200bParty (among those who most times, within the majority, had voted against the government on various issues). And cut the bridges with all that is to the left, accusing them of being the cause of the weakness of Prodi. They, who had never failed to lend their votes to the Government, which had expelled those who had voted differently once (while Veltroni did the same with Binetti, who voted against the trust ...), became the crazy extremists which there could be more allies. In lists
was snapped up as people Calearo (the President of Federmeccanica, the man who had forced the metal workers to do hours and hours of strike action for the renewal of contract to which they are entitled), Colaninno (surname resentment on the matter Cai ...), Ichino (the one who wants to raise the Art. 18), putting them in the head lists. Binetti well as the leaders (the one who had voted against the trust).
Throughout the election campaign praising the "end dell'antiberlusconismo. Then he manages to save the result just referring to this. Urging voters to vote for the Left, because "otherwise Berlusconi wins" (with which he likened Mussi Franceschini and Jordan to Nader ...). Will he take the vows, destroying the Rainbow Left (which, ok, had its problems, otherwise it would be so easy to suck back the votes), that ends outside Parliament. But as to not to win berlosco, well, nothing so far. The PDL is the first party in Italy, PDL-PD-League off-Mpa IDV of more than 9 points (the PDL alone would have won even without the league). The League overflows, 8%. Berlosco can win big without the UDC, as up to a year before he even dreamed of.
Yet after the vote, he seems almost to have won. It seems as if the two are winners. But when one is alone, and in a manner so clear that everyone else can not fail to be considered disastrous results. And after losing
Government and Policy, also lost in Rome. After 15 years at the right. Mayor Alemanno. Not even in the worst nightmares. Part of the sgoverno

berlosco, and strap him box. Berlosco does Lodo Alfano, and PD does not go to the streets, unlike all the others (okay, then the event had a large defect, an operation that had to be ... But there's another story). Maroni decided to fingerprint Roma children, and the mayors of PD in chorus say "we could think of us," before someone, led by Rosy Bindi, who now say is one sick, leaving only the Left to say. Gelmini reform, are conspicuous by their absence for two months. At best, some mild criticism for the declaration of "cuts exaggerated", but also measures to support (Luigi Berlinguer Gelmini asking to go on ...), while Mussi and Cento going to carry the school is in the vicinity ... Then explodes the Wave, and are queued (along with Di Pietro). But
any position other than the sgoverno they take, take it with thousands of distinction, blurring, softening, weakening it. Why? It is not clear. Then all the favors that are on the right in the last two months, I've listed in the post below, and I'm not saying.
While a consolidation of reports, to reconstruct a Centre-Left (as advocated by D'Alema, for example), does not advance at all. We are working at all. Meanwhile
defeats continues. After losing to the Government, Policies, Rome, Abruzzo loses in November.
And yesterday, full of ridges, Sardinia. Election lighted and clearly influenced by the national scene, as evidenced by the fact that the presence of berlosco overturned an outcome that seemed to assume a confirmation of the excellent Outgoing President Soru. Evidently it was too much even for him.

Now go away. Chooses not to wait for the likely defeat in the European elections (where polls for the PD to 24%). Would have been better that he had done much earlier.

And now to work more than before, to rebuild and a new Left, right, center-left. A difficult task, because we do not know what will come out of there, because when something is broken, then rebuilt and complicated. But it is also absolutely necessary.

Farewell Walter. Do not fail me. I hope that the damage you've done is not irreparable ... We will see very soon

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Maybelline Dream Matte Mouse Blush Swatch

Euro-fraud

The leadership of the PD (despite significant position statements to the contrary have been recorded by many, by D'Alema to Pollastrini, olive trees to the left inner-who finally beat a blow-by Livia to the Turkish Secretary of Piedmont Region) and that of the PDL have reached ' mess.

On what? Oh, but it's easy to say. What really interested in them? The electoral law! But not the National, the famous "porcellum", which really should be changed. No! That of the European ... What has never given any kind of problem!

remember that the European Parliament does not elect a majority government, or there is a problem of fragmentation, as MEPs are organized into groups on a European scale, those that remain.

What was the need, therefore, to amend the Electoral Act (now with 3 pure proportional preferences)? NO.

the matter had been discussed months ago, when as part of "Forza Italy" had advanced the idea of \u200b\u200bputting the barrier at 5% and the abolition of preferences. A high trap to bury definitively Storace, not having the competition of many small parties of the center-right policies presented themselves in the PDL (and MPA Lombardo) and embarrass the UDC, and blocked lists, to avoid competition within the PDL AN, more rooted in the territory, it made him feel.

Rumors told that Veltroni the proposal for internal and external, not sorry. But, for many reasons (relationship with the UDC, internal pressure), it was possible to tip the balance, and had to pretend to oppose. UDC

Meanwhile, MPA and Italy of Values \u200b\u200bin Parliament announced the filibuster. And with the secret ballot, and the discontent of AN and also of the League, threatened to destroy it. Moreover, the neo-extra-parliamentary forces had made them feel, and the same had occurred Napolitano asking "not to implement a reform is not shared ...

At that point, the heads of forzitalia have decided that it was worth it, to change a law so doing you a favor to themselves, but also Veltroni, assuming all the weight (Even in the face of the campaign that was exploding right in public opinion in favor of Preferences, already eliminated because porcellum Policies), and also risking that the thing jumped.

Everything seemed closed, but ... that the leadership of the Democratic Party is set in motion. They want it the dam! They say (to save face) of wanting to 3%, but do not want to give it up. From Palazzo Chigi

sometimes respond more spades, then make some counter to the system which brings all that he had asked Forzitalia. But Veltroni Loft ends in the minority, and the agreement on this basis, is not achieved. Also because, on the other hand, the PDL does not give up yet, and the league is to know that is against it. At least at that time. But Veltroni

-Bettini-Tonini-Soro-Franceschini not give up (oh, they're stubbornness when it comes to opposition to the disastrous choices of'm sgoverno! Damn them ...), continue to propose to put the barrier "to 4% as a point of mediation "(...). And suddenly ... Toh! PDL League and change their minds, and reach the "grand bargain" ...

At what price? Presto said! The PD "start the dialogue" on Justice, fails in the Senate on Federalism, and, with 100 deputies absent, save Cosentino (the scent of the undersecretary in the Camorra) from the no-confidence motion in the House. Clearly the exchange is not declared, but they believe that there is only fools. It 's too obvious to be coincidental.

All for something that is not needed, and the only effect that will have to remove pieces of representation in the country (after we already have a parliament that represents only 2 / 3 of the Italians, all of this democracy-something that a party that calls itself "Democratic" should take! - weakens a lot!).

But since all the "big reasons" that give a manifestly unfounded since 'they do it?

It 's simple: it is a gigantic scam that they want to make the electorate.

The leadership of the Democratic Party is in crisis (it is all too clear). So far all the had lost, whatever they say. Lost to the Government, lost the election, lost Rome, lost the Abruzzo, in freefall in the polls (some say even 23% ... 23% is the proportion who reached the DS alone, governments of 2004 .. ..) All analysts agree that the Europeans play everything. Also because no other potential leaders begin to hide even more too. Policies

If they had managed to reach 33% with the scam of the "useful vote" (success: they had deceived the people could win and have sucked a lot of votes that otherwise would have left) and demonizing former allies, painting them as fools and extremists always putting attention (taking advantage that they could not defend himself, since the media obscuring them) on their more radical constituents and identity, the European Union, this certainly could not do.

Because there is no premium to the European majority. And why, on the Left, something is happening that they themselves said they hoped: a unitary process, which is leading to the birth of a real political entity, renovated (so that those more related to the "hammer and sickle forever" if they are taken out , causing cracks in the notes Refoundation Communist, with Vendola that made artificially in the minority was forced to leave the Party together with its component, supports this process) and unitary.

This subject, of course, is well more competitive not only of the previous games, but also of the Rainbow Left. The polls gave him a little above 3% (cmq higher than the share achieved by the rainbow in April, despite the absence of some pieces), and with great growth potential. A contestant left (on the side that the Democratic Party in his run moderate, has completely abandoned), which can chew other consents (yes, even a potential ally to rebuild a Centre-Left that can aspire to win, but takes longer to Veltroni his chair ...). A major annoyance for those around you are playing. So what?

So, since you can not use the "useful vote" and they can not be demonized as "Crazy extremists" (or at least, most eyes will skip the contradiction), so here it puts a nice barrier (but heck, let's just afraid ...). Why? Why so you can make people believe that "The Left" was only for electoral purposes, which is only a sign "(when we work from 20 September, and when it seemed that there were no barriers work has been carried faster!), placing it in a bad light, and try to pretend that a vote on it is "lost" because of its barrier made from them.

a scam. Un'Euro scam.

And just to make it, have left the green light to the center-right on the worst garbage (getting ready to do it on "dialogue" on justice ...). Not even realize that in this way just the PDL, on a European scale, could be the party that has more advantages in "sanitizing" the "little people" of the center-right, may point to become the first group within the PPE, moving everything to the political right in Europe. And because it's "absolute ratings, and comparisons with PD, no PD could vote to prevent this.

They go on. Despite their various internal areas, interested in rebuilding a Centre-Left that can aspire to win (and, therefore, can be reborn to the fact that a strong Left, which make deals with serious programming), have said "stop."

does not care to promote the right to do an operation that does not serve the country and indeed remains representative democracy and therefore, to weaken a strong center-left perspective in the future. Do not give a damn.

They just want to pass their scam to save his chair. As the other side also want to pass the scam to strengthen against the CDU (and also have an opposition in Italy to continue to be dominated by certain people who continue to lose them all).

that remains is to foil this scam. The voting for the Left, and Move it over the barrier. And would that PD and PDL can take fewer votes.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Console Tables Oak Veneer

NEVER 'A world to interpret

Today, January 27th, is Remembrance Day.

On this day we remember the 17 million victims of the Nazi Holocaust , including 6 million Jews (and then Roma, Sinti, homosexuals, disabled, the sick, prisoners of war, Slavs, political opponents, Jehovah's Witnesses , Pentacostali ... All of them were also victims of the criminal designs of the Nazis, and too many if they forget, persecuting them yet).

But the racial laws, the persecution of Italian Jewish citizens, the Italians who suffered deportation, imprisonment, death, and those who, even in different fields and camps, have opposed the project of extermination, and at the risk of their lives they have saved more lives and protected the persecuted .

Someone, 65 years ago, believed it possible to decide that some people did not deserve to live. And so, first submitted them to horrific treatment, and finally brought them to death in gas chambers and crematoria.

A terrifying massacre, that we must never forget. Because those who forget their mistakes are doomed to repeat them.

One reason, our country was not at fault. Here too there were the racial laws. Even from here in many were deported and murdered.

And I can not but be horrified at seeing more people who play the skinheads do not realize what that means.

preserve the memory

"
You who live safe In your warm houses, You who find

returning in the evening, Hot food and friendly faces: Consider if this is

a man Who works in the mud Who knows no peace

Who fights for a crust of bread Who dies
for a yes or a no.
Consider if this is a woman, Without hair and
unnamed

no more strength to remember, Her eyes empty and her womb cold Like a frog
'winter.
forget that this was:
Remember these words.
Engrave in your heart
When at home because,
bed, rising;
Repeat them to your children. Or have you undone
Home,
illness impede you, May your children
twist their faces from you. "
(Primo Levi," If This Is a Man ")

NEVER '

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Funny Names For Gengar



" We are convinced that the world, this terrible, intricate world of today, can be known, understood, processed, and placed at the service of man, his welfare, his happiness. The struggle for this goal is a test that can fill a life with dignity "
(Enrico Berlinguer)

Sorry for the interruption. Recently, I had little time for many things, and the blog was one of them. I hope to remedy.

The war between Israel and Palestine seems over, finally. But for weeks we have witnessed a huge massacre. I expressed my position in the previous post, and I'm not here to repeat, it seems clear enough. What I would add, the war took place, is that the Israeli government has done something which define "disproportionate reaction" is really an understatement. Some images are something creepy for any consciousness, even more so for those who, like me, the right of Israel to exist has never doubted. There is something called "war crime". The deliberate killings of civilians, with heads of children who fall into the ground and it was absolutely impossible to escape, are something that violates this limit.
The end of hostilities left a Gaza that is a pile of rubble, with Hamas stronger than ever (or so I'm afraid), and a huge number that will be hard to heal wounds.
While here, in front of a beautiful event for Peace held in Assisi, organized by Arci, Tavola della Pace, SD, Left, and various associations, there were demonstrations on the one hand "with Israel, without ifs and buts" where everything was justified and delirious slogans like "Israel is our enemy outpost against the advancing Muslim" (and is the shit said a former Minister of the Italian Republic, is currently a leading role in Parliament in the PDL ...), the other many have begun to exchange the just struggle for a Palestinian state and give the Palestinians the opportunity to live well with a need to stir hatred towards others, with the eerie calls (launched by someone in Rome) to boycott the shops Jewish communities (stuff that reminds me of the sad events that Italy has experienced!) and a creeping anti-Semitism that awakens ...

give peace to this world is a difficult challenge. An important part of that challenge is one of the difficult things more complex than "evidence that can fill a life with dignity" that drew Enrico Berlinguer.

But now it seems that the world has changed. Something has definitely changed. Maybe not what anyone hoped. I'm talking about, I think we both understand, that Obama has arrived.
His presidency is another thing that requires more interpretive work than it seems. When I wrote the post pre-election, seemed to some that I wanted to do the opposite-bastian. It is certainly not the case.
The changes are obvious. In word and deed. The closure of Guantanamo Bay remains one of the world's shame. The intention to leave Iraq and change its strategy in Afghanistan (Biden said that Bush has left him a slaughterhouse ... I think the logical consequence is that the strategy should be changed ...), the words of criticism of the market, the intention to sign Kyoto, to launch renewable building a public health system (although on this aspect at the gate ...) are things that, for this country, represent a clear break point, which would be stupid not to appreciate (and beyond the symbolic value of his victory in a country 40 years ago that killed Martin Luther King). The comparison with Bush (which I will NOT!), Then, could even be ruthless. But if wrong
who closes his eyes to all this (and in Italy they do, some "extremist", but also a good part of a right that does not want to see how all your passwords are set apart ).
But at the same time those who want to do wrong "model to which it must inspire the Left in Europe. "He is wrong because it decontextualizes, because he makes a thousand mistakes conceptual. And why, not realizing what he says, eventually remove the same value to an Obama victory, which is wonderful especially because it came there.
Many of the things that are announced (and will have trouble making cmq, must fight against all the elements of his party, which is full of people, so to speak, "moderate", and many of them had to take them in his government ...) , if the U.S. is a dramatic change, in many countries of Europe have learned things from even the conservative forces (and up to fifteen years ago it was the same in Italy ...). So maybe you do not grasp the true lesson of his victory to have the courage to be oneself, to make radical proposals (when they are right), the right not to chase them, disastrous land. All things that many people have forgotten how to do.
However, his arrival, and the end of Bushism, I hope to bring world overrun by a logic that in the last 20 years (and beyond) was predominant. That the use of force. Abuse. Of "natural law". Someone said that the war between Israel and Palestine was over because he arrived. Frankly I do not think so, but I hope that somehow that will affect the country more powerful in the world is no longer driven by pure warmongers but from a person who says to put the dialogue in the first place ... We'll see!

But things unravel from there are many in our house ... The gang of

sold (CISL-UIL, UGL) has signed with Confindustria and the government, a "reform of the model contract" that I, on the future worker (hopefully) scary. Reduce the safeguards for workers almost everywhere. You know, the worker, in bargaining, is the weaker party. More workers join, the more power they have, the more they can get. Well, this "reform" (sic) that? Would remove much of its bargaining "weight", reduces it to mere bargaining "Regulated" by delegating the rest of company by company, unless the individual contract (ie, "you see it on its own). In addition, remove many of the tools, already inadequate, acts to adjust wages to inflation.
Easy to understand what this will mean: WAGES STILL MORE 'TO FAME than today. Which are already very low. Nonsense!
In all this, the CGIL is the only one to do the right thing by not signing. Half, picking criticisms of PD, the more "desirable" Veltroni's because "they succeed in settling the agreement." As if there were differences of small boats!
Moreover, as noted a fine article by Tania spent on the site of Article 21 , conferences organized by the PD calls go to: 1) Confindustria 2) CNA 3) CISL. Their world is. Misfortune would have it be, with Di Pietro, the only opposition in this present Parliament (which must be changed as soon as possible).

Similar scenes have been seen on fiscal federalism. A law that takes away from the South and the North, in any way the turns and faces. This article, written by former Economy Undersecretary Alfiero Grandi, explains briefly but clearly, the folly of approval.
AND PD and Italy of Values \u200b\u200bin the Senate they have done? ABSTENTIONS HAVE!
So much opposition??

Instead of tackling the problems, sort out situations, to fight the wrong things, they prefer to jump on the bandwagon, abstain, chasing the right and even the League?

Or is another question, and alleges that the Democratic Party, concerned by polls that give you free fall, attempting to "cover to the left" with a barrage that he hopes will make him save his vows, and for this is willing to mess with the government so shameful? Why

something unclear in their behavior, there is: why such weakness on these issues, and a lot of energy to promote the change of electoral laws in the European area-Cesarini? With assistance of some loyalist Veltroni that follow every day?

E 'to these people that we should give? Especially against a sgoverno like this, which takes from the poor to give to the rich, to give away to the South to the North, she attacked the weakest (see immigration), cut public services to all go? They should fight them here? What now seems willing to agree even on Justice (with a government led by a convict)?

And never mind, for love of country, the joke of the Government itself, which would have us believe that helping the poor giving to the rich (and cutting taxes for the rich and helping tax evaders), to "resurrect the South" by cutting resources, to "do a better school" by cutting funds to settle things with a mess like Social Card ...

essential and urgent, therefore, seems to be even more the reconstruction of the Left. A reconstruction is starting. This morning I heard the words of the Nichi Vendola seminar RPS. He said things that any sensible person would want to hear. To him and his hard work component of the PRC, this process. I know what it means to do a split. We at SD, we spent a year and a half ago. And 'painful, it leaves you empty inside. But at the same time, when you need it would be worse not to. The urgency of the reconstruction of the Left could not wait for the punishment of those who thinks he can solve everything with a hammer and sickle (the symbol that should be saved from these people who ruin the story) of who does not want to drive because there is "the theme of revolution" , who has nostalgia of the Berlin Wall.
If these people wait forever, you would not ever built, the Left. And you can not wait any longer. The country is in need of a serious Left, which does not stop being herself and at the same time does not withdraw into small nooks Orman not so sure. This path will
appointments in February referendum. The "core of ideas", in which people will be taken to define the identity of the Italian left. The priorities it faces. The features that should have.

E 'urgent. Why Berlinguer's phrase is even more true today then. And you can not give up the challenge to die of moderates, such as PD, or fetish symbol, like Ferrero. And most can not afford the country, the return of the Left has a need, that is, extreme.