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2005-02-13 Europe

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Posted by anonymous2u 2005-02-13 12:24:11 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh, ferchrissakes.

I knew Europe was fucked, but I didn't think they'd go out of their way to speed it up.

Throw off your chains before it's too late, Europeans!

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-02-13 12:37:29 AM|| 2005-02-13 12:37:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Leona Helmsley writ large?

Only the little people pay taxes?

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-02-13 12:43:56 AM|| 2005-02-13 12:43:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 And they criticize the US for not joining the ICC...

Posted by Seafarious 2005-02-13 12:55:43 AM|| 2005-02-13 12:55:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 ... the EU is being born corrupt.

Posted by Dishman 2005-02-13 1:03:31 AM|| 2005-02-13 1:03:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 This differs in no significant way I can see from the "promoting no more than its own self-interest" position of the New New Left in America, per tipper's excellent The Real Engine of Blue America post. The Tranzis are playing for keeps, and themselves, of course.

Posted by .com 2005-02-13 3:50:11 AM|| 2005-02-13 3:50:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 EU: Good jobs for good socialists and a great life for royalty.

Posted by badanov 2005-02-13 3:52:16 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-02-13 3:52:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Holy crap. The worst part is how the MSM over there is succeeding in suppressing this stuff.

Posted by someone 2005-02-13 4:08:20 AM|| 2005-02-13 4:08:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Link goes to the wrong place, btw. Original Telegraph article here.

Posted by someone 2005-02-13 4:11:57 AM|| 2005-02-13 4:11:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 While insisting he is a âstrong supporter of the further development of the European Unionâ,..

What's Lord Wallace complaining about? It seems that the privileged, unaccountable European elite increasing in number IS that "further development".

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-13 4:32:29 AM|| 2005-02-13 4:32:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Two other UK Developments re. the EU:

1) The Institute of Directors has come out firmly opposed to the UK ratifying the constitution following a poll of its membership. An unrelated MORI poll of big businesses found the same proportion - about 60% - opposed.

2) One of Blair's closest aides and allies has reinforced speculation that the PM would quit if he lost the referendum for which he will be campaigning for a Yes vote - that would be about a year into the next Parliament. The Tories, if they won, would reject the constitution out of hand.

Posted by Bulldog 2005-02-13 6:24:31 AM|| 2005-02-13 6:24:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 ...the European Plant Variety Office

This is Scrappleface, right?

Posted by Raj 2005-02-13 10:53:06 AM|| 2005-02-13 10:53:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 The European European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia

You just can't make this stuff up folks! Not even scrappleface is that good.

So how soon will they have the Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Peace?

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-02-13 11:02:58 AM|| 2005-02-13 11:02:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Some brief googling seems to indicate that the "Plant Variety Office" is an office concerned with the patenting of agricultural breeds.

The article is making me believe that this is the UK government pushing forward the bill, not the EU. If this is the result of some EU directive, it's not stated.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2005-02-13 11:34:53 AM|| [http://www.livejournal.com/~katsaris/] 2005-02-13 11:34:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 Indeed... this is the British Parliament, not the EU.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-02-13 12:10:26 PM|| 2005-02-13 12:10:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 It's clearly a Bill to pre-empt the astonishing taxation-and-legal immunities which will be required by the proposed European Constitution. Such "immunities and priviliges" are standard for organisations such as the UN, the CE and NATO. But then, none of the above have anything like the power and ambitions of the EU with its many-tentacled arms. It's a run-of-the-mill Labour paving-the-way-for-the-Superstate exercise, and just another part of the current British Government's efforts to expand EU powers at the expense of national sovereignty. Nothing to see here...

Posted by Bulldog 2005-02-13 12:35:49 PM|| 2005-02-13 12:35:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Bulldog - y'all need to figure out a way to take your country back while you still have one.

Quick.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-02-13 12:38:03 PM|| 2005-02-13 12:38:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 y'all need to figure out a way to take your country back while you still have one.

If UK is still a democratic nation, then the way is obvious: Convince a majority of his countrymen that they should withdraw from the EU.

Btw, mind if I ask what state you come from? I ask because .com had tried to convince me a while back that no true Southerner ever uses an apostrophe in "y'all". Thanks.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2005-02-13 1:25:17 PM|| [http://www.livejournal.com/~katsaris/] 2005-02-13 1:25:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 If UK is still a democratic nation, then the way is obvious: Convince a majority of his countrymen that they should withdraw from the EU.

The British public don't need me to convince them. The EU and its supporters are doing a great job themselves. The majority of opinion polls show that an overwhelming majority don't want the UK to ratify the proposed constitution, indicating that they consider further integration EU integration undesirable. According to the latest Eurobarometer, as many Brits think membership is a bad thing as think it's a good thing, and almost half (47%) think the UK has not benefitted from membership (as opposed to 30% who think otherwise).

It's only a matter of time before we pull out, the way things are going.

Posted by Bulldog 2005-02-13 1:58:16 PM|| 2005-02-13 1:58:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Aris - I'm from Virginia. Lived here most of my life, except for short stints in Texas, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, and Germany.

I missed that post by .com, but I usually use the apostrophe when writing "y'all" anytime I would pronounce the word "y'all" when speaking, particularly when writing to (or to be read by) people who aren't Southerners. People who are native Southerners would recognize "yall," and probably non-southern Americans would, but I'm not sure non-Americans or people for whom English is a second language would.

(Obviously, "you all" is understandable to everyone, though non-southerners don't seem to understand that "you all" is NEVER singular. When we say "you all" to a single person, as in "you all come see us" (though it's usually pronounced "y'all"), we're including their immediate family and sometimes their cousins and their crazy aunt, too.) ;-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-02-13 2:23:46 PM|| 2005-02-13 2:23:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#20

It's only a matter of time before we pull out, the way things are going.

Hope it works out well for you, Bulldog. The UK is a great nation, but it looks to me like the tranzis have gotten far too much control.

Next y'all need to work on getting some of your freedoms back. I understand there are those who have already started. :-)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-02-13 2:27:01 PM|| 2005-02-13 2:27:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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