Permission Letter Travel For My Son

The influence of the government
Rodolfo Brancoli

Years ago, in another country, Reagan was invented to the definition of "Teflon Presidency."

Why is everything, but always seemed to be that president esente da colpe e responsabilità.

Niente gli restava attaccato, come avviene con quelle padelle trattate appunto con il Teflon.

Qualcosa di simile sembra accadere a Berlusconi e al suo governo.

E non parlo qui delle note vicende personali, parlo di atti (o di assenza di atti) di governo.

Prendiamo per esempio la disastrosa gestione pubblica dell’emergenza creata dall’influenza H1N1.

Sarà anche vero che altri governi si sono fatti trovare impreparati.

Ed è senz’altro vero che in Italia ci sono venti sanità.

Ma il caos quotidiano, i vaccini che non si trovano, le morti che aumentano, la contraddittorietà delle information and rules, the panic spreads, the feeling of a "DIY" generalized trust to remove any indication, denouncing the lack of an effective central control on the response of a public presence at the level of authoritative ' emergency.

The government has so far spoken by a deputy minister who seems to Topo Gigio, Topo Gigio and (the real one) has risen to the rank of the highest authority for health.

In recent weeks the prime minister showed up, either directly or through sale, only to say he does not resign if convicted, which is not ricattabile, naturalmente per attaccare i comunisti, i magistrati e l’informazione.

Ma non ha trovato il tempo e la sensibilità di dire qualcosa su una vicenda grave che genera allarmi (quanto fondati? Quanto infondati o comunque eccessivi? Non si sa).

Neppure ha trovato il tempo e la sensibilità di presiedere una qualche riunione tra gli addetti ai lavori, che sarebbe anche un modo di segnalare pubblicamente una qualche vicinanza a milioni di cittadini assai preoccupati e in preda alla sensazione di essere lasciati a se stessi.

Sì, ci sono state riunioni, ma per altre ragioni: per dirimere lo scazzo con e su Tremonti, per mettere a punto nuove iniziative per sottrarre il presidente alla giustizia, to discuss candidates for the regional ...

Another government had behaved like that (let us say, a center-left government) at this time would have been lynched by the press and attacked verbally in all TV shows, accused of criminal incompetence of culpable indifference.

rightly, but not this government, so that is obviously the effect of Teflon.

Or take for example the issue of security and the fight against crime, exploited by the majority when he was opposition unparalleled cynicism, and backbone of the successful election campaign in 2008.

On 28 October, policemen marched 40,000 in procession through the center of Rome called by all trade unions to protest against government policy, a policy of murderous cuts to the police.

to lack of funds there are that close police stations, car useless, understaffed ...

A situation that has become not only unbearable but objectively dangerous.

Again, where 40,000 police officers were taken to the streets to protest against the failures of a center-left government in the sector of security, would be raised a mighty chorus of condemnation, authoritative columnists, they would have seen the proof of the distance from the concerns of the Left people, the news would give interviews Flying account

popular indignation ... But not in this case. The effect

Teflon has suffered a crack only for the release of Maronite Tremonti and Bossi's wand to his minister.

Something that could not be ignored, but not, heaven forbid, make a case of blatant contradiction between alarmism, political ads, populist measures, and drastic reduction in appropriations for security.

to keep alive the effect Teflon contribute at least two elements.

The first is control over almost all the news, from which most citizens take the information and affecting more than i think the layman, the same print.

bass drum is the television that gives the orchestra the paper.

Without hype, we have only soloists already disinclined to disturb the government.

The second element is the inability of the opposition, starting with the Democratic Party, to seize opportunities fully justified, as in the two examples given, to create public events are compelling reasons to criticize the media to act as a sounding board.

For charity, you can always find here and there a declaration of this or that, but more is needed to break the wall.

But what does the Democratic Party these days?

the future of D'Alema, the future of Franceschini, future alliances ...

Of course, the walls of Rome these days are covered with posters of the PD.

Perhaps the attention of passers on the lam and failure by the government, as in the cases mentioned here?

No, thank the voters for the primaries.

The idea that those voters expect to be thanked in some other way does not seem to touch anyone.

Done The Daily, November 7, 2009