http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:21:08 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/04/17/162608.php#comment-353546 Letter to George Bush Perhaps I'm getting bigheaded, but I want to write to George Bush. " Open letter to George Bush. I'm just a comic and you are a great president at the head of a great and powerful nation. Furthermore, you are also a great friend of our former President of the Council with whom you have many points in common: the Atlantic vision in place of the pacific one, great riches, the exportation of democracy with or without weapons, the personalisation of politics. Allow me, very humbly, to ask you for an account of your behaviour in relation to Italy and the Italians. Prodi has won the elections. Heads of State of many nations and the President of the European Community have sent their congratulations to him. You are almost the only one who hasn't done this. And, in this situation, our former President of the Council does not recognise the election result thanks to your support. You continue to not recognise Prodi as the legitimate winner, elected in free elections. They were elections managed by the Minister of the Interior as a member of the Government in power. They were elections in which voting went on according to a liberticida (liberty killing) election law guided through Parliament by your friend and in this case, your voice as a defender of democracy has not been heard. You are not showing yourself to be a friend of our country and you are probably not even acting in the interests of your country. If you don't recognise Prodi, why should Italians recognise you? I believe and hope that your behaviour is simply a temporary institutional distraction. If this is not the case, Italians should ask themselves a few questions. Why should we allow American Military Bases to be in our country? Why should we tolerate the presence of American atomic weapons at Ghedi Torre, Brescia and at Aviano, Pordenone? Why should we allow CIA agents to move around our country as though they were visiting your great ranch in Texas? Why should we provide finance to a country that at this moment is hostile to us by buying American products, eating in American chains, supporting American companies in Italy? I'm sure the Italians will know how to find the answers." grillobeppe Vik (guerrilla radio) italian blogger from Milan 353546@blogcritics.org Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:21:08 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/04/17/162608.php#comment-352971 AAAH! Sorry about that, I forgot to switch the author name over to Roy Trakin - he's the author of this mighty fine series 352971@blogcritics.org Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:18:40 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/04/17/162608.php#comment-352965 E.O., your comments, "Could he be the Next Big Thing? In a time when Barry Manilow can top the album chart, anything is possible...as long as the stix don't nix Hicks' lix"; it seems that Hicks is on his way...! Check this out if you haven't seen it yet - <a href="http://www.gofish.com/userVideoPlayer.gfp?gfid=30-1028778">Saturday Night Live</a> pays tribute - its good for a grin... Thanks for your mention of him... 352965@blogcritics.org Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:56:40 EDT