Space Tycoon
10-16-2006, 05:35 AM
This is taking La Dolce Vita a little too far, dontcha think?
Blow Up: Lawmakers in Coke and Hash Scandal (http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2558524&page=1)
A Satirical Italian TV Show Has Revealed the Startling Extent of Drug Abuse Among Italian Politicians
ROME, Oct. 12, 2006 — Imagine if 15 American congressmen tested positive for using cocaine.
Then another dozen were found to have smoked hash. And then imagine that the evidence came from an experiment by a television show.
Well, it's happened in Italy after a popular TV program that specializes in satire took it to another level.
No strangers to scandal, or backlash, the nation's honorable members of parliament are front-page news again. This time, over drug use and abuse.
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Blow Up: Lawmakers in Coke and Hash Scandal (http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2558524&page=1)
A Satirical Italian TV Show Has Revealed the Startling Extent of Drug Abuse Among Italian Politicians
ROME, Oct. 12, 2006 — Imagine if 15 American congressmen tested positive for using cocaine.
Then another dozen were found to have smoked hash. And then imagine that the evidence came from an experiment by a television show.
Well, it's happened in Italy after a popular TV program that specializes in satire took it to another level.
No strangers to scandal, or backlash, the nation's honorable members of parliament are front-page news again. This time, over drug use and abuse.
(... continued)
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