What the what is going on in Italy?
Posted on 27. Jan, 2011 by Simon in Politics
Never seen an episode of Jersey Shore. I don’t know which one is the Situation and I can’t tell Jwoww from sham-wow. Still, even I found it mildly ironic this week when news surfaced the fourth season of the MTV show might feature the Garden Staters in their ostensible motherland of Italy.
Not the concept itself of course, rather the news that an Italian-American heritage group called UNICO was concerned enough to go to the media was mildly farcical.
UNICO (which confusingly, in Canada is a brand of canned italian vegetables) shared this to TMZ about GTL in the ITL.
“people used to go to the circus to see the freak show – that is what this will be … It will not only hurt Italians but all Americans … their outrageous, reprehensible behavior will make us look like buffoons and bimbos.”
I understand your concerns, UNICO. But have you been keeping up with Italy lately? Your 74-year old Prime Minister is embroiled in scandal, allegedly holding orgy parties, calling into live television shows to rant like an aging bigot, refusing to show up for a summons to discusses accusations of soliciting UNDERAGE PROSTITUTES and may be linked to 3kgs of cocaine found on one of his properties. Reprehensible, outrageous behaviour indeed.
And what’s crazier — he’s still in office! In fact, his polling numbers seem to have jumped slightly since December. I mean, c’mon. This guy makes Bill Clinton look like Fred Penner. If there was even a scent of any single one of these accusations levelled at Barack Obama, or Steven Harper, they would be royally, royally screwed. To be accused of ALL of them? They’d have to flee the country before getting run-out by a pitchfork wielding mob. Need we remember Italy is where THE VATICAN is?!
Clinton got a blowjob. One measly blowjob. If he had a “bunga-bunga” party with underage girls, I’m pretty sure he’d be in Guantanamo right now.
So, yea. I don’t know anything about Jersey Shore, but the banality of its stars might be the least reprehensible thing going on in Italy right now. Hell, at least Snooki is a New York Times best-selling author. It’s possible Berlusconi doesn’t even know women are allowed to write books.
