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Italy's Seven-Time Ex-Premier Giulio Andreotti Has Passed Away
A few weeks after Italy reelected its 87-year old president for a second term, we get news that its former 7-term Prime Minister, 94 year old, Giulio Andreotti, has passed away.
From AP:
Italian state television says Giulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier, has died at age 94.
Andreotti was hospitalized last year with heart problems stemming from a respiratory infection.
At his prime, Andreotti was one of Italy's most powerful men: He helped draft the country's constitution after World War II, sat in parliament for 60 years and served as premier seven times. He remained a senator-for-life.
The Christian Democrat was accused of exchanging a "kiss of honor" with the Mafia's longtime No. 1 boss and indicted in what was called "the trial of the century" in Palermo in the mid-1990s. He denied any wrongdoing and was eventually cleared by Italy's highest court.
The life senator, the highest political honor in Italy, had been around longer even that Bunga, and as a result he accumulated a roster of witty quotes during his long career. A sampling below.
- In response to opposition politician Giancarlo Pajetta, who had claimed that "power wears you out" (il potere logora), Andreotti said "Power wears out those who don't have it"
- "Power is a disease one has no desire to be cured of."
- "Gladio was necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, Italy would suggest to NATO that the organization was no longer necessary."
- "You sin in thinking ill of people; but you often guess right" (A pensar male si fa peccato, ma spesso ci si azzecca).
- "Never over-dramatize things, everything can be fixed; keep a certain detachment from everything; the important things in life are very few".
- "I recognize my limits, but when I look around I realise I am not exactly living in a world of giants."
- "Aside from the Punic Wars, which I was too young for, I have been blamed for everything."
- "We learn from the Gospel that when they asked Jesus what the truth was, he did not reply."
- "You always find the culprit in crime novels, but not always in real life."
- "I don't believe in chance, I believe in God's will."
- "My whole life is a dance." (In response to a question whether he had ever danced in his life.)
- "I don't believe that we can divide mankind into the wicked and the angels. We're all average sinners."
And finally:
- I should be making plans more for the next world than for this one.
None, however, quite as colorful as those recorded by his successor Berlusconi.
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Without ever spending a single day in jail? GREAT Job Giulio!
Now the "Gladio" files are going to be leaked, right?
Ah too bad, missed him,
woudda loved to kick this corrupt
apparachik in his arse...
These guys are the cause for the Italian
malaise... Disgusting fella!
Operation Gladio.
When it gets serious you have to blow up targets in your own country and falsely attribute blame to patsies.
Not a Goldman player. Clearly just another aspect of god's work.
Looks like the guy in Godfather III.
Did he get stabbed in the neck with a pen?
Leaving them a nice big tab too......ENJOY! Arrivaderci!
Andreotti holds several records that are unlikely to be broken ever again. I liked most the record of being minister in 33 Italian governments.
I still remember when he won the Indy 500 in 1969.
"Baby, move your ass up a little higher. Yes, just like that. Thatsa nice-ah!" --Berlusconi
They'll just find some other paper weight to be manipulated by the banker elite.
The Italians sure can pick them!
Only the good die young.
Obviously bullish for the market.
Someone needs to hack the CNN news feed and play clips of White House Down with "Breaking News" titles. Kind of like when Dr. Evil plays a clip of Independence Day in Austin Powers.
In fact it feels like we're living an Austin Powers plotline.
Dr. Evil, "We will print dollars and buy up assets thereby increasing debt, blowing epic finance bubbles, and destroying the purchasing power of the dollar. That is unless the US Government pays us a hefty ransom."
Number 2: "Doctor Evil, that too has already been done."
Sic transit gloria mundi
Didn't he also win the Indianapolis 500 in the '60s?
LOL
Good riddance..
about like some of the old fuckers we have as representatives, most of them can't control thier body functions much less make decisions that affect the country!
"Italy's Seven-Time Ex-Premier Giulio Andreotti Has Passed Away"
Hmm. Slow news day.
Watch the bio pic Il Divo. It is Andreotti's life story and a great movie. You want the most difficult job in politics..try ruling Italy.
"You want the most difficult job in politics... try ruling Italy"
+1000!!! :-)
Weeell, what can I say: AAMOF maybe we Italians are just a little bit jaded: we've already seen it all.
A world empire with an unchallenged military structure? Yawwwnnn... been there, done that... 2000 years ago! :-D
BTW: "Craxi" nick? Hmmm... ;-)
He is already missed fondling
I suppose this means we can no longer vote for him?
Now on to the afterlife - as a voter in Chicago.
""Italy's Seven-Time Ex-Premier Giulio Andreotti Has Passed Away"
Hmm. Slow news day"
You're very wrong, it IS important.
GA and his CIA masters was certainly instrumental in the creation of the European Community = shoving together countries who had nothing in common to blend them into one shapeless spineless entity, that's what "they" have tried to achieve since the 1950's. The goal was to build a shield against Commies.
It's ironic to see this old bastard croak right before his lifetime effort crumbles day by day...
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