The political and cultural roles of the church in particular, the supranational character of the papacy, the immunity of clerics from the state's legal and fiscal apparatus, the church's intolerance and intransigence in theological and institutional matters, as well as its wealth and property constituted the central problems in the reform schemes of Italy's nascent intellectual movement.
Rather, it is the Republican Party run amok, having bought its way into the initiative process with millions of dollars and a disciplined intransigence in the Legislature.
And those who haven't backed off, including Palin, are increasingly criticised by pundits and fellow politicians for their intransigence in the face of calamity.
Secretary of state John Kerry has responded to the breakdown of Syria peace talks in Geneva on Saturday, calling on "the regime's supporters" in the international community to press the government of Bashar al-Assad, as "in the end, they will bear responsibility if the regime continues with its intransigence in the talks and its brutal tactics on the ground".
Problems brought up by Huduma users include broken water-pipes in slums, teaching misconduct in schools, intransigence in the court system and lapses in local policing.
They add: "McVeigh and Gilbertson were stunned by Feltenstein's intransigence in the face of what, to them, was clear evidence that he was wrong.
He did so partly because his people needed an escape valve for mounting frustration with their lot in general, with the Palestinian Authority itself and with what they perceive as Israeli intransigence in the peace negotiations.
This was a sort-of Colin Powell-like spotlight on German intransigence in the event that the bond-buying everybody in the markets and in 16 other countries seems to think it is necessary does not in the end happen and the Euro collapses: "If you blocked it, you own it!
Through their intransigence in the closing hours, the European ministers may have let an imperfect but still helpful compromise slip away.
The Democrats will also be able justly or unjustly to blame future legislative failures on Republican intransigence in the Senate, their favourite excuse over the last two years.
