May 6, 2008 by Kingston
 In Europe these days it seems there is no middle ground—the politicians are either weak kneed welfare state leftists or fascist thugs. The most recent disappointment is in my beloved Italy. The Eternal City has a new mayor-- El Duce Gianni Alemanno. At last week's inauguration, the “liberation of Rome” was celebrated in front of city hall with throngs of jubilant Italians, including Mussolini's sixty three year old daughter, thrusting out the Saluti Romani. Part of the reason for the fascist victory is the understandable alarm over the creep of Sharia over Europe. Because of the long run of cowardly official dhimmitude, xenophobia is now alive and well in Italy. Alemanno promises to “immediately activate procedures for the expulsion of 20,000 nomads and immigrants who have broken the law in Rome.”And then there is the fact that the leftist Italian political organizations have long ago forsaken the people, and like communists worldwide, just became a racket.  The term fascism is thrown around a lot, and almost always misused. It just means hyper nationalism, with a strong component of institutionalized uber-racism , as well as subjugation of the individual-- silly ideas like liberty and freedom are aggressively suppressed to create a conformity for the glory and security of the fatherland. Economics are secondary. Fascists are fine with private enterprise, but it is tightly regulated from the top, to ensure corporate activities are performed for the greater good of the nation. Mayor Alemanno is doing something that Bill O'Reilly can only dream of—he is blacklisting Hollywood. American movies and actors will no longer be welcome at Italian film festivals. One of his campaign slogans was: “Alemanno – for less cinema and more security” Spaghetti Western mogul Pasquale Squitieri has been recruited to overhaul Italian cinema. For the record, I am a big fan of Italian cinema-- Spaghetti Westerns, Raquel Welch, Fellini, Antonioni , post-war neorealism, and etc.—none of which were produced to increase the security of the Italian state, in other words, it wasn't fascist propaganda. It's probably just a passing fad. Italian governments come and go faster than the thousand faces of Arturo Brachetti. Everyday Italians are way too busy drinking coffee and making out in the backs of their motos to notice the political blather of the moment.But just the same, the bozo is bad news. Its the same old story. Leftist governments hopelessly mess things up, and when people get fed up, they bring in some thugs—who always end up being an even bigger problem   |
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