VOL. 116 - NO. 12 , , MARCH 23, 2012 $.30 A COPY Romney Carries Both Achievement Awards at Italian Consulate Puerto Rico & Illinois Primaries Consul Pastorelli Recognizes Seven Italians and Italian Americans for by Sal Giarratani Their Outstanding Contributions to the Community Former Gov. Mitt Romney ber. However, Romney con- by Nicola Orichuia picked two recent primary tinues to have great diffi- victories. On Saturday, culty winning over voters in March 17, the luck of the Southern states and gets Irish and Puerto Rican bested by Santorum and Gov. Luis Fortuna were with Newt Gingrich. These states Romney. He carried Puerto are also states Republicans Rico with over 80 percent of need to carry against Presi- the vote and won all 20 del- dent Obama on Election Day. egates at stake that day. Mitt Romney’s problem This past Tuesday, Romney seems to be attracting the won again. This time he re- passion of primary voters ceived 47 percent of the vote with his CEO-manager-like to Rick Santorum’s 35 per- approach to the presidency. cent. Romney keeps adding Republican voters are look- to his delegate count but ing for passionate leadership Santorum shows no signs of and it still appears lacking dropping out. Romney re- from the Romney Campaign. mains with his front runner In Santorum’s concession status but has of yet not speech in Illinois, he spoke been able to close the deal. to this issue quite clearly. The primary fight continues As Santorurn said in so on to Louisiana this coming many words, Romney just Saturday where Santorurn isn’t connecting with the From left to right: Antonio Nunziante, Giovanni Abbadessa, Consul General Giuseppe should beat Romney. American people. Adding to Pastorelli, Maria Spacagna, Guido Vittiglio, Emilio Bizzi, Paul Picknelly. Looking at the race to this, I heard Jeff Katz on his (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) date, in direct match-ups in morning radio show say that industrial union state like Romney needs to connect to On Tuesday, March 20, the The award for “Art, Culture who continues in his Michigan, Ohio and now the voters by going positive. Italian Consulate General and Entertainment” went grandfather’s entrepreneur- Illinois, Santorum keeps Romney should stop all his in Boston held a ceremony to internationally known ial footsteps. In fact, Peter running second to Romney. negative campaigning and to award seven members of soprano Maria Scapagna. “I Carmine Picknelly founded These are states the Repub- New England’s Italian and am very proud of my heri- the Peter Pan Bus Company licans will need in Novem- (Continued on Page 13) Italian American commu- tage,” she said. “I remember in 1933. Paul Picknelly is nity who have distinguished crying when I put my foot on current president of Mon- themselves in various fields Italian soil for the first arch Enterprises, while his of interest. time.” Scapagna has per- brother Peter runs the bus Consul General Giuseppe formed in the most presti- company, which is still fam- News Briefs Pastorelli handed out the gious opera theaters and ily-owned. During his accep- by Sal Giarratani achievement awards, which concert halls in the world tance speech, Picknelly had been introduced for the and is currently a voice lec- pledged to improve the rela- first time in 2011, during the turer at Boston University. tionship between his home- Romney Still Pandering Away opening ceremony at the The “Business” achieve- town Springfield, Massachu- In the last few days of campaigning down in Massachusetts State House ment award was given to setts, with Italian sister city Mississippi and Alabama there went Romney pan- for the 150th Anniversary of Paul Picknelly, a third gen- dering again. I still remember Michigan when he Italy’s Unification. eration Italian American (Continued on Page 10) was telling anyone in shouting distance how much he loved Minnesota’s small lakes, large lakes, lakes in between both, the trees and cars. It was so pathetic and he seemed unaware of how badly SONS OF ITALY TO HONOR he was sounding. He did it again down South by telling “Y’all” how much he loved grits and catfish U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton why isn’t his campaign staff telling him to stop sounding so phony-baloney? U.S. Secretary of State this award,” said SIF CEO Hillary Rodham Clinton will Philip R. Piccigallo, “which Reading the “American Free Press” be the first woman to receive seeks to recognize her life- The other day I came upon an issue of American the Sons of Italy Founda- time of outstanding service Free Press and I had never seen this newspaper tion’s (SIF) Lifetime Achieve- to her fellow Americans before. This newspaper calls itself “populist and ment Award for Public and human beings.” The SIF independent — not Republican or Democrat.” I as- Service, to be presented at and its parent organization sumed its editorial bias was right of center, it was. the SIF’s 24th annual the Order Sons of Italy in The headline stated “SMEAR JOB” aside it a smil- National Education & Lead- America (OSIA) created this ing photo of Ron Paul. The news story talked about ership Awards (NELA) Gala special award category to “plutocrats” ramping up efforts against Paul and on May 23, 2012, in Wash- underscore its efforts to attacked the NY Times for its December 26 ington, D.C. The award improve human conditions “muddled smear ... hit piece.” According to this was established three years globally, building upon its newspaper’s self-description, this newspaper is ago to offer recognition of long record of relief efforts “populist and nationalist…FOR Life, Liberty and extraordinary public and hu- in Italy, Europe, South AGAINST the New World Order.” manitarian service to indi- America, Mexico, the Carib- There were some interesting items to read. I viduals who are not of and U.S. Senator Jack Reed bean and Asia. didn’t know that Afghanistan had signed a deal this Italian heritage. Clinton fol- (2011). “With Hillary Clinton’s re- (Continued on Page 10) lows previous honorees Vice “We are deeply honored markable record of advocacy President Joe Biden (2009), and pleased that Secretary President Bill Clinton (2010), Clinton has agreed to accept (Continued on Page 15)

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by David Trumbull

What Ails the Republican Party “Gentlemen, what ails the administer this Republic. Republican party is not the Indeed, much of his “pitch” THE SAD RAGS OF OLD ROME fact that it is in the minor- is based on his success in Last week I asked that we trip they changed into the the . In pattern, it was ity. It has been in the mi- the investment world. But in not feel sorry for the typical toga, the garment of peace, formed of two large segments nority before. What ails it is selecting a President we are lady of the “olden golden” before entering Rome. Later, of a circle, with the straight a certain sort of yielding to doing more than picking an days of old Rome. Then I the purple paludamentum edges together. The length opportunism, a yielding to investment fund manager. described in detail, her nor- was adopted by the emperors was about three times the that element within the That leaves issues and mal wardrobe. Some alterna- as a token of their imperial wearer's height and the width party clamoring for liberal- character to distinguish the tives were available to the power. As this paludamen- was about two thirds of the ization, clamoring to the contenders. On issues (he’s Roman men but the selec- tum was the cape of the length. Republican party to throw wrong about just about tion was greatly restricted. Roman generals, so was the It was folded and pressed away the birthright of con- everything) and character They wore an “alicula” which “sagnum” the cape of the with special plaits so that servatism and enter the lists (he’s self-absorbed and petu- was a short that only Roman soldier. It was worn when properly worn it was against the radical Demo- lant) the current occupant of came down to the elbows. It over their armor the same thrown over the left shoul- cratic party on the Demo- 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was usually worn by young way that the generals wore der, then brought around cratic party’s side.” is deficient. But the Ameri- boys and it derived its name their capes. The sagnum under the right arm, and The quotation above is from can people will not throw out from the resemblance of was a symbol of war as the again thrown over the left J. Fred Essary, Washington a sitting President unless the garment to wings. There toga was the symbol of peace. shoulder. The part across the correspondent of the Balti- they have a pretty good idea was also the “,” a knee The “” was a long chest was known as the “si- more Sun, speaking in Provi- that they will get someone length cloak made from mantle whose origin is lost nus” or bosom, and it was dence, RI at the 83rd Annual better in his place. coarse material which was in antiquity. It was worn usually deep enough to form Meeting of the National As- To the extent that there worn indiscriminately as an in a manner that was simi- a pocket for small articles. sociation of Cotton Manu- is a conservative “orthodoxy” outer garment by all classes. lar to the of today. The emperor Claudius passed facturers, October 7, 1937. (a strange concept given It was made from a large oval Sketches taken from old a law requiring the toga to Mr. Essary continued: that it is part of the conser- shaped piece of material that coins, vases, or carvings show be the mandatory garment “No, I think the Republi- vative temperament to re- was thrown over the left male dancers in a circle and for all magistrates. The em- can party could return to ject the notion of ideological shoulder and arm like a side wearing the chlamys. The peror Domitian required it to power if it would go back first purity) Romney has carefully cape and it was secured by a “exomis” was a very common be worn in the theater, and to its old moorings, return to aligned himself with the clasp at the right shoulder. garment that was reserved Commodus made it a man- the old faith, become the views of the majority of They wore or for the summer months. It datory garment for the spec- champion, the unblushing Republican voters. He calcu- pantaloons called “bracae,” was a short sleeveless tators in the amphitheater. defender of the great conser- lated just how far to the left such as were worn by many that bared the right shoul- The toga was a very ex- vative thought in Ameri- he needed to swing to get nations. The name is syn- der, arm and breast (Tarzan pensive garment to buy, was can life. It may have to elected in liberal Massachu- onymous with the Gallic style). It was often worn by very uncomfortable to wear, wait longer than 1940 for setts, and he thinks he term “brakes,” the Scottish persons who were engaged and was so over complicated victory.” knows precisely how far to “breek,” and the English in a very active or laborious that great skill was required Substitute “2012” for “1940” sway toward conservatives to “.” They were made work such as slaves, farm- to keep it looking well. and Mr. Essary’s remarks get the GOP nomination. He of wool, , cotton, silk, ers and huntsmen. Constant attention and ad- could be delivered today. invested his money in his and even leather. The “cucul- The toga was the Roman justment was required while Unfortunately, his call for a campaign, sure that his per- lus” was a cowl or cape-like counterpart to the conven- walking or in just about return to conservatism was fectly researched economet- garment with a hood that tional black morning coat of any kind of movement. It rejected by party leaders. ric model of voting patterns was designed to be pulled today. It was worn as the was also very heavy, and be- The result was four decades will pay off as a business in- over the head in inclement ceremonial on public ing white required frequent of Democratic party hege- vestment. But as Russell weather, or thrown back over occasions as an ancestral laundering. People gradually mony with the Republican Kirk summed it up, borrow- the shoulders. This cucullus custom, and was a must for developed substitutes for the response to the prevailing ing a phrase from Edmund was often worn by persons of any respectable citizen. It toga, such as a long tunic liberalism being a faint, “me Burke, conservatives dis- distinction who did not wish was a garment worthy of the called the “synthesis.” Finally too.” Will the Republican trust “sophisters, calcula- to be recognized. masters of the world, vividly the crafty Romans devised a Party make the same mis- tors, and economists,” and Another interesting gar- expressive and flowing. The way to dispose of two prob- take again this year? Has it rightly so. For a nation is too ment was the “paludamen- material was fine white wool lems at one time when they already? complex with too many inde- tum” — a short red cape that and the of judges ordered that the toga be worn It’s one of my pet theories pendent actors to ever yield was worn by Roman gener- or magistrates had a very only in the casket (Amen). that voters don’t expect any itself to so cold-blooded an als over their armor. The distinguishable purple bor- candidate to agree with approach. It’s not enough for wore it when they departed der. Foreigners and Roman NEXT ISSUE: them on every issue. What voters to agree with you, you for war. During their return exiles were forbidden to wear Getting Clipped in Old Rome they look for is someone who need them to like and trust is competent and whom you. It is not clear that the they trust and agree with on machine-man that Romney important issues. No doubt has made himself into is CONFERRING IN WASHINGTON Romney’s well qualified to very likeable. by Sal Giarratani A number of folks from Peace stated, “It is signifi- It is time for more part- law enforcement, commu- cant because it’s not gov- nering to take place and not nity leaders, clergy and folks ernment driven.” RECAP just after terrible violence. from, faith-based organiza- hosted the two-day gather- The root cause of most of PINELLI’S tions traveled to Washing- ing. 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OUR POLICY: To help preserve the ideals and sacred traditions of this our adopted country the United States of America: To revere its laws and inspire others to respect and obey them: To strive unceasingly to quicken the public’s sense of civic duty: In all ways to aid in making this country greater and better than we found it. GUEST EDITORIAL VOTER ID’S REQUIRED TO PREVENT FRAUD Seated, L-R: Al Vasile, Treasurer Barbara Vasile, Financial Secretary Nancy Martorano, Controller Marnie Martorano and Trustee Joe Martorano. Standing, L-R: Sergeant- by Edward P. Shallow at-Arms Jimmy Fratto, President Tommy Abisso, Trustee Sal Zagarella, Trustee Jim It was recently reported there are two million dead people Martorano and Vice President Gaetano Tarara. registered to vote in various states. We must not allow St. Joseph’s Society celebrated their 87th another election to be sullied by illegal voting. Anniversary last weekend. Anthony’s of Malden Consider, the problem, and it has happened in every was filled to capacity with members of the national election in recent memory is voter fraud and it Society and friends. Singing sensation Marc is real. In many cases, those implicated are members of Antonelli entertained the guests with a unique left-leaning groups run by unions, George Soros, illegal repertoire of opera and classical ballads mixed alien activists and in each election, the far left has an with rock and roll for their listening and danc- army of operatives padding voting rolls. During the 2000 ing pleasure. elections, about 5,700 felons voted in Florida. In St. Louis, In keeping with tradition, March 19, The election officials discovered that pets and deceased were St. Joseph Society celebrated St. Joseph’s Day being registered to vote. at their Chapel on Hanover Street in the North There are 34 states requiring voter ID’s, several with End. Members of the society cooked traditional photo requirements. Sicilian food and invited all to join them at the I mention this fact in view of the Justice Department St. Joseph Table. just filed an objection to Texas voter ID law. Governor Rick Perry stated, “The Obama administra- t