Also, I couldn’t let the day go by without acknowledging the return of Silvio Berlusconi as Prime Minister of Italy once more. And aside from rehashing all of the other comical posts about this guy, I just wanted to point out something from here……turnout in the politically polarized nation (for this year’s election) reached 80 percent, nearly as much as the 84 percent in the last national ballot in 2006.This Wikipedia article tells us the following about this country’s last presidential election in 2004…
…60.7% of the electorate voted—the highest percentage since 1968.Suddenly, I’m not laughing any more.
Update 4/16/08: Interesting thoughts from the New York Times here...
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