http://www.englishforums.com/English/ControversialTopics/Forum28.htm<font color=red>This entire section is moderated</font><br> Dedicated to continual re-education and our search for a broader understanding of life. Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#216043Sat, 23 May 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:216043Thethenothere1230http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#216043http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-216043.xmlNyla wrote: I think Berlusconi has less muscles,and is a bit shorter than Schwarzenegger!By the way,is Schwarzy a good governor?!There aren't news on him,in Italy..the medias don't report them.. I meant that Berlusconi's attitude, behavior, and type of polticial campaigning is very reminiscent of Schwarzenegger. I think a lot of people have been disappointed with Schwarzenegger because he originally advertised himself as a sort of "anti-politician" that would bring common sense and responsibility back to the government of California. However, he's been extremely political in his policy-making and generally ignores or makes fun of anyone that disagrees with him. For instance, he publically called the California legislature a bunch...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#216007Sat, 23 May 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:216007Nyla1http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#216007http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-216007.xmlI agree with you,Fran!..and this is Mr Berlusconi thought on USA:"I support America's decisions before it decides!"..mmmh..http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#215952Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:215952Francesca2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#215952http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-215952.xmlI guess Berlusconi could "fit" very well in USA...his kind of electoral campaign and his way to look on tv remind me the politicians from USAhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#215893Sat, 23 May 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:215893Nyla3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#215893http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-215893.xmlI think Berlusconi has less muscles,and is a bit shorter than Schwarzenegger!By the way,is Schwarzy a good governor?!There aren't news on him,in Italy..the medias don't report them..http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#215801Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:215801Thethenothere1234http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#215801http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-215801.xmlHe strongly reminds me of my state's "esteemed" governor, Arnold Schwarzenneger.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#214441Sat, 23 May 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:214441Nyla5http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#214441http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-214441.xmlIt's a good entertainer,for a circus.. By the way l'Unione won both the Camera (lower house),and the Senate (upper house)..even for few points! But now "the 8th dwarf" wants to re-count all the votes,because in his opinion there were frauds during the election! ..mmh.. Francesca,about the "8th evil dwarf":he's accused of 92 crimes,among them corruption,mafia-style crimes,corruption of witnesses during a process!A bit scaring!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#214338Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:214338Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/4/cwwqv/Post.htm#214338http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-214338.xmli think berlusconi belongs to the new generations of politicians (even if he's old), you know this kind of people who say a lot of things to poor and weak people, actually they lie. He is like bush or in france chirac(super liar, his former nickname here in france ) or sarkozy. Moreover he seems to be linked with the mafia. i don't know if it's true, but i heard something like that. I don't know why italian people still trust in him. Maybe because he is "funny"? Anyway, politicians are just a crew of crooks unfortunately.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#214131Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:214131Janissary7http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#214131http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-214131.xmlhmm. that can be possible. anyway, now the election is over and the first results show prodi is ahead of his rival,berlusconi by five points. am i right? i am curiously waiting for the definite results. actually i am a little disappointed. i would prefer berlusconi rather than prodi.berlusconi is a colorful character and to watch him on TVs always entertained me on the other hand, berlusconi is a good ally for most european countries. i dont know whether other european countries want Prodi as a socialist.(meanwhile i dont believe Prodi is a socialist in fact but never the less he represents the left wing)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#214116Sat, 23 May 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:214116Francesca8http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#214116http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-214116.xmlI'm eager to know how this election will end....I hope that "8th dwarf" will come back to Snowwhite! Only in this case Italy will stop to make bad figures all over the world! See you tomorrow with the results!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#214049Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:214049Nyla9http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#214049http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-214049.xmlTo Jannissary: it happens to be a megalomaniac if you possess the 90% of italian medias (your own tv channels plus the national channels,that are in your possession because you are the PM),some newspapers,a strong soccer team playing in Serie A(english Premier League,or german Bundesliga),many enterprises,banks,and Exchange quotations..and you are,also,the 25th most rich man in the world..it happens..http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#214044Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:214044Nyla10http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#214044http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-214044.xmlI think he attracts a lot because he is charming,in some way,and also because he reflects the old right wing leader,as Mussolini did,loved by the elderly melancholic people,and by the youth who don't know what a war and a dictatorship are.He's even conservative,and "strong" catholic.Population like him even because he does many good promises,for example the last was to cancel the taxation on the first house (I.C.I),but he has to find 2.5 billions of old Lira,and usually he brings this money in some ministry,i.e. he cutted 50% of funds from the ministry of University and Instruction,even the funds for Research were cutted.. I don't know if Italians vote MrB,only because they don't like MrP (not you,but you'll be better then...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213909Sat, 23 May 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213909MrPedantic11http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213909http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213909.xmlWell, I was wondering why he attracts votes. Looking in "from the outside", it seems mystifying. So I wondered whether people voted for him simply because they disliked the alternatives. (In the UK, for instance, people seem to vote for X because they don't like Y, rather than because they like X. It's a curious business.) MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213903Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213903Nyla12http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213903http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213903.xmlMrPedantic wrote: What is it that people like about him, Nyla? Is it simply that he's not Prodi? MrP What do you mean MrP?!..http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213887Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213887MrPedantic13http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213887http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213887.xmlWhat is it that people like about him, Nyla? Is it simply that he's not Prodi? MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213861Sat, 23 May 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213861Nyla14http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213861http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213861.xmlJanissary wrote: Nyla wrote: I don't think he hates his own mother..but he compared himself to Napoleon,Churchill,even to God..I read about it in many italian newspapers,and even the foreigner ones reported these news..he is a bit mythomaniac! There's a funny joke about him,in Italy: Berlusconi is having a shower,meanwhile his wife enter in the bathroom,and she finds him completely naked,so she says:O,my God!,and he replies:O dear!You can call me Silvio when we are togheter!..we also say that in every joke there's a bit of truth!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213817Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213817Janissary15http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/3/cwwqv/Post.htm#213817http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213817.xmlNyla wrote: I don't think he hates his own mother..but he compared himself to Napoleon,Churchill,even to God..I read about it in many italian newspapers,and even the foreigner ones reported these news..he is a bit mythomaniac!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213768Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213768Nyla16http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213768http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213768.xmlI don't think he hates his own mother..but he compared himself to Napoleon,Churchill,even to God..I read about it in many italian newspapers,and even the foreigner ones reported these news..he is a bit mythomaniac! To Janissary:you can't like him only because is a friend of your PM..http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213739Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213739Janissary17http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213739http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213739.xmltime is ticking out and as elections approach i think berlusconi will win again. i dont know if he is a really crook or not but i think he is less evil of the two evils(better than Prodi). and meanwhile he has a pleasant intimacy with Turkish prime minister Erdogan.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213737Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213737Diamondrg18http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213737http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213737.xmlMrPedantic wrote: Well, I suppose that's better than eating someone else's. MrP I haven't heard he has canibalistic tendencieshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213670Sat, 23 May 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213670MrPedantic19http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213670http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213670.xmlWell, I suppose that's better than eating someone else's. MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213665Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213665Anonymous20http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213665http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213665.xmlI heard he ate his own mother ..http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213519Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213519Anonymous21http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213519http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213519.xmlHello!! I'm italian and I can say that this guy are destroying the beautiful Italy. He's like an illness for the democracy because controls 90% of the mass media.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213260Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213260Nyla22http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213260http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213260.xmlI really don't know Dolphinland,I've never faced this problem before,so I can't help you! Try to watch in the forum home,go to "Help",probably it's write somenthing about it. By the way I don't think that your hope will be fullfilled!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213212Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213212Dolphinland23http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213212http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213212.xmlNyla wrote: Because he tells nice jokes! I agree with you Mr Pedantic,he's dubious,sooo dubious! Ye...ah... he is dubious. I don't hope that he'll be reelected By the way, Nyla, do you know the moderator of this area? My post has been repeated by mistake. I couldn't find the deletion icon. It has somehow disappeared.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213144Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213144Nyla24http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/2/cwwqv/Post.htm#213144http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213144.xmlHe also said to a german minister to ask for a kapò part in an italian fiction,we can say that relationships among countries are not his first thought..http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#213135Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213135Dolphinland25http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#213135http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213135.xmlI don't think I like him. I reckon he is just a bigmouth. Nearly one week ago in an election speech in Naples he said to the rally," In Mao's China, they boiled babies for fertilize. That's absurd and ridiculous. How could he think of that? I also think he is amusing. He used to pick up the European constitution to fan the flies. It's so incredible.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#213063Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213063Nyla26http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#213063http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213063.xmlBecause he tells nice jokes! I agree with you Mr Pedantic,he's dubious,sooo dubious!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#213044Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213044MrPedantic27http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#213044http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213044.xmlI can't understand why anyone would vote for a character as dubious as Berlusconi. (But then, I couldn't understand why anyone would want to vote for the last few British prime ministers – Blair, Major, Thatcher, etc.) Why do people like him? &lt;deeply puzzled&gt; MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#213001Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:213001Nyla28http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#213001http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-213001.xmlHi Janissary! He said that every italian that vote the left wing is a s*****!Yes,a bit not polite!But he said,also,that:it was irony. Talking about the estimates:the last that I read in march showed that Prodi was the favourite one,but for few points..now,I don't know.Actually I can't find any estimate or poll on the election. Finally,I don't know who will win sunday.Both,Prodi and Berlusconi are not good prime ministers..for me. Regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#212979Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:212979Janissary29http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#212979http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-212979.xmlI used to like him so much until I read some news about him today.If the news are right he is both cute and unfortunately impolite.The word he said the his opponent was awesome. Anyway,nyla how the polls show now? what are the estimates? Is he going to win on Sunday?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#212944Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:212944Anonymous30http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#212944http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-212944.xmlHello guys!! Luky you that you don't have Berlusconi!! I'm Italian and ashame to have a prime minister like him who has made laws for to help himself not to go to the jail.....MAFIOSO MAFIOSO MAFIOSO DI MERDA +0(http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#209566Sat, 23 May 2009 03:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:209566Nyla31http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#209566http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-209566.xmlMy best friend suggest me to tell you that he's always smiling because of the liftings..but I'm superpartes,so you decide!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#209412Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:209412Janissary32http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htm#209412http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-209412.xmlAs far as I know him from media he is very cute . I cant understand if it only comes to me so but whenever i watch him on TVs , i see a smile on his face . He must be full of life. Meanwhile he has a great wealth possesive of numerous companies, TVs and even football teams. i may be wrong but in the bottom line, I should say , I want his election again in april.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htmFri, 23 Jan 2009 04:23:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:208934Nyla33http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAboutBerlusconi/cwwqv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments28-208934.xmlHi guys!! On 9th-10th april in Italy there will be the voting to elect the new prime minister,and to re-organise the government,etc...maybe it's not a great news,but I'm only curious to know what do you think about the actual prime minister Silvio Berlusconi?!Do you know who is he?! ..be sincere,and cruel..if possible.. Thank you for your answer!