http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/i-had-sex-with-the-prime-minister-of-italy-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-mep-gig Seriously, this could not be more beta Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:20:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/i-had-sex-with-the-prime-minister-of-italy-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-mep-gig#comment-15319 Banjo Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:19:19 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=8290#comment-15319 Are you kidding? MEP jobs are among the most coveted political sinecures in the world. Six-figure salaries, huge living allowance and expense accounts, and you do next to nothing. The real work, such as it is, is done by an enormous bureaucracy. Are you kidding? MEP jobs are among the most coveted political sinecures in the world. Six-figure salaries, huge living allowance and expense accounts, and you do next to nothing. The real work, such as it is, is done by an enormous bureaucracy.

]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/i-had-sex-with-the-prime-minister-of-italy-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-mep-gig#comment-14996 TerseNursePornstein Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:58:56 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=8290#comment-14996 Entrepreneurial Italian lass screws sleazy media/real estate/insurance tycoon/sports team owner-cum- politician, hulking types dispatched to take care of her "problem", wide-open seat in European Parliament...c'mon, Siffredi--<i>Back Corridors of Power</i> just wrote itself!! Entrepreneurial Italian lass screws sleazy media/real estate/insurance tycoon/sports team owner-cum- politician, hulking types dispatched to take care of her "problem", wide-open seat in European Parliament…c'mon, Siffredi–Back Corridors of Power just wrote itself!!

]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/i-had-sex-with-the-prime-minister-of-italy-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-mep-gig#comment-14959 rsynnott Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:50:03 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=8290#comment-14959 I'm more worried that MEP jobs are apparently now the Great Dictator's to give; it's an elected post with a particular tendency to be taken by parties which are less important on a national scale. I'm more worried that MEP jobs are apparently now the Great Dictator's to give; it's an elected post with a particular tendency to be taken by parties which are less important on a national scale.

]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/i-had-sex-with-the-prime-minister-of-italy-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-mep-gig#comment-14927 jfruh Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:42:34 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=8290#comment-14927 I admit to being curious about this "building project." Real estate mogul by day, hooker by night? I admit to being curious about this "building project." Real estate mogul by day, hooker by night?

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