If you have been keeping track in any capacity, you know that I live in the college section of the City of Pittsburgh ... in between the Pitt campus, the Carnegie-Mellon campus, and the Carlow campus ... as well as living a short drive away from Chatham, Point Park, and Duquesne Universities, as well as Allegheny County Community College.
And of course, I live in the Jewish section of Pittsburgh, three blocks away from the Tree of Life Synagogue which underwent an antisemitic massacre in 2018, while I was stationed in the Chicago Area.
All of this means that I live in the area where political activism and political opinions are made visually known. Well, there is a certain poster that circulated this year which states:
They want 1939.
Let's give them 1789.
Well, that poster omitted the final line to its logical conclusion which happens to be:
And it will yield for us Napoleon 1799.
The Assessment of it All
Hey. Why should I care? History has shown humanity that us Italians make for some pretty exciting emperors, where there's never a dull moment. And some of those Italian emperors were pretty sharp dressers, too.
All of this will simply be History Repeating Itself. It will simply be Nature balancing itself out, again. Of course, if you want to know the future, then study history. Start with the Italians. There is A LOT of history with Italians, for sure, even with Italians in America.
To think: The French got rid of a French king in exchange for an Italian Emperor. Good choice. Us Italians are just too fun to leave behind. After all, Italians are the inventors of the various Ferrari models, the Lamborghini, the Pagani Zonda, and the Maserati ...
... as well as the barometer, the thermometer, the Intel 4004 Microprocessor, the hydrofoil, eyeglasses, the piano, the Jacuzzi, the 1994 version of the Touchpad, the expresso machine, etc., etc., etc.
In addition to the Italian Napoleon Buonaparte
Italians also gave the world Vinny Testaverde, Vince Ferragamo, Joe Flacco, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Pesci, Joe Montana (who was part Irish), Ed Marinaro, Dan Marino (who was part Polish), Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo Di Caprio (who is part German), Leonardo Fibonacci, Director Franco Zeffirelli, Nobel Prize Economist Franco Modigliani, Pittsburgh Steeler Franco Harris (who was part African), as well as Tony Lazzeri, Tony LaRussa (who is part Spanish), and Phil Rizzuto.
There was/is also Yogi Berra, but not Yogi Bear, as well as Sylvester Stallone, but not Sylvester the Cat.
Then, there is Susan Sarandon, Susan Lucci, Jennifer Aniston (who is part Greek), Lindsay Lohan (who is part Irish), Robert DeNiro (who is also part Irish), John Travolta (who is also part Irish), Gwen Stefani (who is also part Irish) and Sofia Scicolone, also known as Sophia Loren.
There was also Tony Bennett, and there is Stefani Germanotta (aka Lady Gaga, who is 75% Italian and 25% of the Entire Map of Western Europe, almost.)
It's also important to note that Tiananmen Tim Walz is NOT Italian in any capacity. That's a relief. However, he is an embarrassment to Swedes and Germans, as if they really care. At this point in time, Germans and Swedes realize that those in charge of their nations didn't know what they were doing and needed a relief pitcher long ago.
For those unaware, Napoleon was native to the Italian Island of Corsica
In 19th Century Italy, there used to be a pun which went as follows: E vero che tutti i Franchesi sono burgiardi? The answer was: Non. Ma Buonaparte. Translated, it went: Is it true that all Frenchman are liars? ANS: No, but a good part are. A good part is a pun of Buonaparte. Thus, the sarcastic answer was, No. Only Napoleon is a liar.
The point here is that it didn't register in the minds of Italians that Napoleon was Italian. After all, Corsica IS Italian. Sicily IS Italian. And Sardinia is an exceptional part of Italian where secrets to health are to be found. This is due to Sardinian longevity.
BTW, the name, Napoleon, referred to the Greek City of NAPLES. Southern Italy was once Greco Magna ... Greater Greece. I even have Greek DNA, in addition to Italian and Irish, as well as Albanian DNA ... and a dash of DNA from Russian-Georgia which I think is fascinating.
And yes, I admit that Frank Sinatra was overrated, as was Muzio Clemente. However, Vivaldi was NOT that overrated ... only a little overrated.
Furthermore, Antonio Salieri was NOT the mortal nemesis of Mozart. That whole thing was a myth and a half. Salieri was well positioned in Baroque Society. No problemo with his status.
Oh, and we Italians invented the Renaissance, too. So, we can do it again. Lots of fun. Lots of fun.
So, arrivederci, baby. See you after your 1789 Party, when someone is going to have to pick up all the broken pieces & shattered lives you leave behind.
The problem with you (in the plural) is that, when you go on your rampages, you end up killing yourselves. Or or or, you end up getting yourselves killed. Either way is the case with yous guys out there in Hate Land. Maybe all of that tattoo ink leached into your brains.
For now, have a nice day ... or evening ... or sunset ... or sunrise ... or six months of darkness, if you're in Antarctica and it's Summer in North America.
