I happened to be driving to the Medieval City last Friday listening to the car radio as the story of the Lisbon referendum unfolded. As it became clear that the "No" vote was doing well, the massed ranks of politicians on the "Yes" side who had been ably supported by a compliant Irish media started to go into denial mode. As the day wore on and a "No" victory became ever more apparent the spineless politicians who had tried to bluff us and had tried to sell our sovereignty became more and more hysterical. We were doomed, we would be punished, we were an ungrateful lot after all Europe had done for us, we would be kicked out of the EU.....
Probably the funniest thing I ever heard on radio was Fine Gael's rising "star" Lucinda Creighton,T.D. throwing an almighty tantrum and launching a hysterical attack on Sinn Féin for having the audacity to call for a "No" vote. Poor little Lucinda with her posh South Dublin accent was about to head off (to cry into her Martini I presume), but before she left Newstalk's studio she launched a tirade of abuse against Sinn Féin, blaming them for this disaster. (With "talent" like this at it's disposal the Blueshirts can expect to spend many more years warming the opposition benches).
Not one of the politicians interviewed had the guts to put their hands up and admit they were wrong.
Before the final results were even announced on Friday evening Senor Barroso let us know exactly what he thinks of democracy! He vowed to plough on with or without us.
Since last Friday I have heard "respect the Irish vote" being used a lot - in the same sentence as - "another referendum".
There used to be a joke about the Nazi SS soldier telling a prisoner, "VE HAF VAYS OF MAKIN YOU TALK!". The new joke coming from Europe is - "VE HAF VAYS OF MAKING YOU SAY YES TO LISBON"
Friday, June 20, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Níl, No, Non, Nie to Lisbon Treaty
In tomorrows referendum I will be voting "Níl".
Over the last few weeks there has been threats and bully-boy tactics from the "Yes" camp in an effort to scare us into voting for a bad treaty! Bad for Ireland and bad for freedom and democracy in all EU countries. This Treaty is an attempt by the larger members to take over the Euro project and to fashion Europe on the United States, to make Europe a world military power, so that Europe can go around the globe in the same way as the USA and fight dubious wars in the name of "democracy". We all know of course that Bush's "democracy" is all about power and influence over smaller, weaker nations and more importantly about oil and the USA's insatiable demand for it.
So what Germany failed to achieve in two world wars they are now trying to achieve by stealth, aided an abetted by France, Italy, Spain and other large member states - that is conquer Europe!
They are being helped in this attempted power grab by naive Irish politicians and by the Church and the Irish Establishment and media.
The new Europe as envisaged by the Lisbon Treaty is a Europe where power will be concentrated in a small elite, where ordinary citizens will be powerless, where workers rights will be eroded, where refugees and migrants will not be welcome, where taxes will be increased, where military spending will be VASTLY increased to keep pace with USA, where war and destruction will be visited upon weaker, emerging and third world countries so that Europe can plunder their oil and natural resources.
Some Irish people will be rewarded of course! The politicians and others who are now "onside" will be looked after by being offered cushy jobs, with huge salaries and massive expense accounts, paid for of course by taxes - yours and mine!
One hundred years ago Europe was such a place. Ireland was such a place. Power was concentrated in an elite of church and state. Hundreds of thousands of Europe's youth were sacrificed in a pointless war. European nations plundered the wealth of Africa. Here in Ireland people lived as slaves, our wealth exported to England, our people exported to far flung corners of the world. The power of the church was supreme!
It took brave men and women on Easter Monday 1916 to declare on the steps of the GPO that we had had enough.
Let not their sacrifice be in vain. Keep our freedom and our sovereignty and say no to this bad, bad treaty.
And - if this treaty is so good for Europe as it's advocates claim, isn't it very strange that Ireland is the only country allowed to have a referendum on it? What does that tell you about democracy and freedom in their "new" Europe?
Over the last few weeks there has been threats and bully-boy tactics from the "Yes" camp in an effort to scare us into voting for a bad treaty! Bad for Ireland and bad for freedom and democracy in all EU countries. This Treaty is an attempt by the larger members to take over the Euro project and to fashion Europe on the United States, to make Europe a world military power, so that Europe can go around the globe in the same way as the USA and fight dubious wars in the name of "democracy". We all know of course that Bush's "democracy" is all about power and influence over smaller, weaker nations and more importantly about oil and the USA's insatiable demand for it.
So what Germany failed to achieve in two world wars they are now trying to achieve by stealth, aided an abetted by France, Italy, Spain and other large member states - that is conquer Europe!
They are being helped in this attempted power grab by naive Irish politicians and by the Church and the Irish Establishment and media.
The new Europe as envisaged by the Lisbon Treaty is a Europe where power will be concentrated in a small elite, where ordinary citizens will be powerless, where workers rights will be eroded, where refugees and migrants will not be welcome, where taxes will be increased, where military spending will be VASTLY increased to keep pace with USA, where war and destruction will be visited upon weaker, emerging and third world countries so that Europe can plunder their oil and natural resources.
Some Irish people will be rewarded of course! The politicians and others who are now "onside" will be looked after by being offered cushy jobs, with huge salaries and massive expense accounts, paid for of course by taxes - yours and mine!
One hundred years ago Europe was such a place. Ireland was such a place. Power was concentrated in an elite of church and state. Hundreds of thousands of Europe's youth were sacrificed in a pointless war. European nations plundered the wealth of Africa. Here in Ireland people lived as slaves, our wealth exported to England, our people exported to far flung corners of the world. The power of the church was supreme!
It took brave men and women on Easter Monday 1916 to declare on the steps of the GPO that we had had enough.
Let not their sacrifice be in vain. Keep our freedom and our sovereignty and say no to this bad, bad treaty.
And - if this treaty is so good for Europe as it's advocates claim, isn't it very strange that Ireland is the only country allowed to have a referendum on it? What does that tell you about democracy and freedom in their "new" Europe?
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Confusing
As I drove through Contae Thir Eoghain (County Tyrone) in the north of Ireland recently I got a very strange text message on my mobile phone. It was from Meteor, whose network I am on, and it said "Welcome to UK". Which I thought was strange as the UK was very, very far away across the Irish Sea. The text also informed me " Per min rates 59c to call Ireland & EU".
The text from Meteor did not allow for a reply to be sent. Which is a good job as the answer would be along the lines ...
"F*** O** u shower of W*****s, I am not in the UK, I am in my own country!"
Should we be doing business with these people?
The text from Meteor did not allow for a reply to be sent. Which is a good job as the answer would be along the lines ...
"F*** O** u shower of W*****s, I am not in the UK, I am in my own country!"
Should we be doing business with these people?
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