Oh stop you imperialist American! leave our culture alone!

/just kidding

no more communists in parliament after 60 years, no more people who had suspicious connections with the kgb, no heir of stalin, no parties with the hammer and the sickle in their symbol, no greens, no socialist party, all the small parties that polluted italian politics have been sent to the garbage can, a lot of long term politicians, useless people only interested in keeping the job, have lost their position, the northern league, which voices the needs of the producing and industrial northern part of italy, got its best result ever, communicating its disaffection with a State that has become a burden.

italy now has a stable majority and (almost) a two parties system. a conservative, free market oriented (even though not as much as it should be), US friendly and EU skeptic party and a moderate left-wing party (right now our left is better than your left. what has happen to your democrats?). there’s a clear path ahead of berlusconi to improve our country and make it worth its history and its potential again. we will see if he will be forward looking enough.

Are the Democrats still going to be worried about what Europe thinks of us then?

Think about how MSM would have played this, if Berlusconi lost.

One thing to remember about Italy is that Berlusconi owns MSM. The closest thing to him in this country is someone like Rupert Murdoch (minus the Australian accent).

With France, Italy and even Germany making turns to the right, it is very discouraging to watch the U.S. court Marxism.

It’s helpful to keep in mind that these hardline rightwing European leaders would all fit neatly into the part of the American political spectrum between John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich. Someone like the Austrian Jörg Haider, who is considered a beyond-the-pale semi-fascist in Europe for views like “foreigners should go back home” and “asylum seekers should learn German” would probably be a charismatic mainstream Republican in the US.

Today, Rome is the capital of the Catholics, or the Crusader capital, which has declared its hostility to Islam…

I wish Christianity, let alone Catholicism, was hostile to Islam. It needs to be.

Italians have found their spine! Bravo Berlusconi! (I still won’t cheer for AC Milan, though.)

Berlusconi back on top in Italy

Well, you’d have to be a grullo to vote for the other guys.

In fact, Europe faces a number of serious challenges going forward. From a demographic crisis, Islamists who wish to curtail the liberal democratic ideal, a more undemocratic and belligerent Russia, a proto-nuclearized Iran, spiking energy costs, a more bellicose China and pending economic stresses which may unhinge the Bretton Woods system.

It is easy to be petulant when there is no crisis in the foreseeable future. However, as we may well see, challenges bring true friends and friends of convenience closer.

Toward that end, I think we’re seeing a gradual realization among some Europeans that a post Soviet era will not be all sweetness and light and that in the end, it is far better to maintain a friendship with a country one sometimes disagrees than to be disagreeable for the sake of being uncongenial.

Remember when WE had a centre-left Democratic Party?

“He wants to privatize many of the national holdings of the Italian government …”

Great idea! We oughta try that here. Hey Libs, you guys are always sayin’ we should be more like Europe, right?

Well, the “right” is sort of a relative description. The “center” in Europe is much further left than the “center” in the United States.

There is also quite a bit of variation within Europe. For example, when the European Union constitition was drafted, the general reaction from the Brits was that it was too socialist, while the French generally thought it wasn’t socialist enough.

Keep dreamin’, fool, it’s going the other way, muslims converting to Christ.

“I believe that our children, or our grandchildren, will inherit our jihad and our sacrifices …”

Why would any ration thinking person want his grandkids to get their azzsz kicked?

“… we prepare them for the mission of saving humanity from the hellfire at whose brink they stand.”

Oooooh, THAT’S why! Does anybody wanna try to ‘negoooootiate’ with this dude? Libs?

Well, the “right” is sort of a relative description. The “center” in Europe is much further left than the “center” in the United States.

Perhaps, but the relative movement is significant . . . Europe to the right and the U.S to the left.

But we might have to put up with B. Hussein or Cankles? Something’s not right here!

With France, Italy and even Germany making turns to the right, it is very discouraging to watch the U.S. court Marxism.

It is interesting to see a conservative reprise in Italy on the heels of Nicolas Sarkozy’s victory in France. Could Western Europe be tilting a bit more to the right? That could have some significant impact for the US if it continues.

Hopefully Italy will not succumb to its Muslim population as Britain did.

I still have hope in the Spaghetti, the Pizza and the Lasagna.

The Italians should be aware of people like this guy who is calling for the “conquest of Rome.”

E buon giorno a tutti.

Muslim cleric proclaims Rome will soon be conquered by Islam

CNA STAFF, Apr 14, 2008 / 09:17 pm (CNA).-

A high profile Muslim cleric and Hamas member of the Palestinian parliament gave a sermon last Friday in which he declared that soon Rome, “the capital of the Catholics” will be soon overtaken by Islam.

Yunis al-Astal, the cleric in question, told his listeners that “Very soon, Allah willing, Rome will be conquered, just like Constantinople was, as was prophesized by our Prophet Muhammad. Today, Rome is the capital of the Catholics, or the Crusader capital, which has declared its hostility to Islam…”

The diatribe was aired on Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV and predicted that Rome would become “an advanced post for the Islamic conquests, which will spread though Europe in its entirety, and then will turn to the two Americas, even Eastern Europe.”

“Allah has chosen you for Himself and for His religion,” al-Astal declared, “so that you will serve as the engine pulling this nation to the phase of succession, security and consolidation of power, and even to conquests through da’wa and military conquests of the capitals of the entire world.

According to FOX News, Al-Astal preached last June that it was the duty of Palestinian women to martyr themselves by becoming homicide bombers.

“When jihad becomes an individual duty, it applies to women too, because women do not differ from men when it comes to individual duties,” he said in a June 23, 2007 interview. Al-Astal also called Jews “the brothers of apes and pigs” who should “taste the bitterness of death” in the interview.

The parliamentarian returned to this slur on Friday, saying that Rome “has planted the brothers of apes and pigs in Palestine in order to prevent the reawakening of Islam.”

“I believe that our children, or our grandchildren, will inherit our jihad and our sacrifices, and, Allah willing, the commanders of the conquest will come from among them,” Al-Astal said.

“Today, we instill these good tidings in their souls – and by means of the mosques and the Koran books, and the history of our Prophets, his companions, and the great leaders, we prepare them for the mission of saving humanity from the hellfire at whose brink they stand.”

To view video of Yunis Al-Astal go to:

http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1739.htm

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Now it’s time for American’s to send the same message.