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| Up the Irish! Irish minister says EU treaty referendum defeated |
| 2008-06-13 |
| "Auntie Beeb" (BBC) Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern says substantial vote tallies across the country show the European Union Lisbon reform treaty has been rejected. Tallies are not official, but Mr Ahern says it is clear the No vote is ahead in a vast majority of constituencies. This would scupper the treaty, which must be ratified by all members. Only Ireland has held a public vote on it. Mr Ahern is the first senior figure from the Irish government to admit that it looked like the treaty had failed. How the Irish Saved Civilization II: Electoral Boogaloo. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #13 I say let IRELAND, GREENLAND, + ICELAND join CONUS-NORAM IN REVERSE/INVERSE CONTINETALISM - it'll send a message to ANHEUSER- BUSCH, etc. about letting BUDWEISER, etc. go Euro [read-BELGIAN, sub-read FRENCH, sub-sub-read WARM WATERY BEER]??? There's always FUTURE ISLAMIST ASIA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-13 22:18 |
| #12 Alan, I doubt they will be able to pull this one over on the Irish. They are dmaned ornery and as stubborn as the Dutch, if you push them and lord it over the people but aren't Irish. The euroweenies will have to find a way to slip this pill to them covered as an Irish Idea - and I do not see htat happening. Shame about Europe not giving a shit about the people, and letting the elites force things on the populace (in spite of the repeated "NO" whenever this type of law is put to a vote of the common ma). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-06-13 20:39 |
| #11 Sninert, if the EUproles had guns and gumption then maybe you'd have a point but they have demonstrated they have neither. See UK where now knives are illegal too, see Holland where they voted no and the pols said piss off and they did, see France ditto. The EUpeons are perfectly willing to accept their despot overlords. The few exceptions are too few and too weak to matter. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-06-13 16:16 |
| #10 Sometimes it is easy to feel that way, AlanC - but don't give up hope. While the EU and our pol's now believe themselves to be the new royalty - history is full of successful peasant uprisings. Our own American history is the perfect example of what can happen when the royals attempt to implement taxation without representation on free men. |
| Posted by: Sninert Black9312 2008-06-13 16:11 |
| #9 Would that it were so. Unfortunately all this means is a slight delay in the slow motion coup by the oligarchs of the EU. They're already planning the next move. Note that the Irish pols were in favor of this, so, just as in Holland, France and UK the people won't get a vote next time. The planned move that I've heard of is that the acesstion treaty to bring in the next little country will include all the same stuff with maybe a minor word change. Since no one ever holds referenda on acession treaties the pols alone will get to have a say and Bob's your uncle. The conquest of any free European people by the tyranny is complete. Sorry guys. You may have won a battle but your going to lose the war. Of course the whole EU is just a holding pattern till the Caliphate takes over. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-06-13 14:13 |
| #8 ..I love it when "the little people" give the finger to their "betters". So I take it the leprechauns were the swing vote? That'll teach the EUcrats to threaten to take their gold. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-06-13 12:57 |
| #7 As someone living in an EU state that didn't allow it's people to vote, I love it when "the little people" give the finger to their "betters". Part II, indeed. |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2008-06-13 12:36 |
| #6 How the Irish Saved Civilization II: Electoral Boogaloo. Can I get some monitor wipes on aisle 6 please? |
| Posted by: Grenter Protector of the Geats4975 2008-06-13 12:30 |
| #5 Up the Irish? heh - at first glance that gives a different connotation for those of us here in the US. I don't think the Romans ever managed to take down the Celts or the Scots either. But then...what do I know. |
| Posted by: Sninert Black9312 2008-06-13 12:17 |
| #4 I'd love to see Brown a) pull a Cleavon Little/ Blazing Saddles move on live BBC TV, and b) upstage Cleavon by actually pulling the trigger on a loaded gun. That would be an excellent start at atoning for the evil Nulabour has done to Britain. |
| Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-06-13 11:15 |
| #3 Gaelic sayings: "An uair a thèid na mèirlich a throd, thig daoin‘ ionraic gu ‘n cuid fhèin." (When thieves dispute, honest men will get their own.) "Is fheà rr teicheadh math na droch fhuireach." (Better a good retreat than a bad stand.) |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-06-13 11:11 |
| #2 ...let the British people also have a referendum on Lisbon like your party promised they would. They won't do it. That would mean the loss of their phony-bologna jobs. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-06-13 11:01 |
| #1 Excellent news! Now, Brown, you glaikit sumph, let the British people also have a referendum on Lisbon like your party promised they would. |
| Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-06-13 10:59 |