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Good analysis!

I spend a lot of time in Spain, and I am constantly amazed by the presence of EU laws in absolutely every aspect of that country's life. The EU sham constitution received a yes vote there, although even in heavily Socialist Spain, it was not a resounding "yes" and it was only achieved after heavy politicking by the Socialist party. I noticed that Zapatero the Horrible was out campaigning on its behalf in France last week.

The EU politburo is desperate. Of course, since it clearly doesn't matter how the people vote anyway, they'll get their way.

The EU politburo is desperate. Of course, since it clearly doesn't matter how the people vote anyway, they'll get their way.

Precisely. They will have their way. This is aggregation of unchecked power the likes of which Europe has never seen. Not even Bonaparte had this sort of power.

And after they are finally beaten down, the Continental public will be dispirited and submit, and then Eurocrats' American "co-religionists" will be emboldened.

One only hope that the British can recover their ancient dignities and manhood.

We will soon be in a desperate struggle for our own freedoms.

Once Socialism takes root in a society it rarely can be removed except by internal forces. In fact, so far in history it has never been removed by internal rebellion. Even in a place as meek as Canada, the Left will hold on to power despite completely open corruption.

Should the USA go down this path, the world will slip into a new dark age.

That is why the establishment Right must stop winking and signaling this issue and make it the forefront of the discussion. They must call out the dangers in clear terms and call the Democrats by their true names.

They will not do this, and given what is going on in the Senate these days, it is becoming clear what just the reason is for this lack of political courage. W

I just got back from Greece, where I tend to spend a lot of time. Right across the political spectrum there is support of the EU, but this is understandable considering how much money the EU has poured into Greek infrastructure over the past 15 years or so. It is truly mind boggling to see what EU money has done for Greece. It has even extended into the villages which have been the poor step children of Athens ever since the fall of the Junta in the 70s. Today EU regulations make it mandatory that some of the money go off into the countryside and there it is having a major impact for the better. As for burdensome regulations, well Athens has always pumped out more laws and regulations than you can shake a stick at and the Greeks tend to ignore many of them anyway so EU regulation doesn't seem to be much of a problem except in the area of immigration, which is crushing Greece right now. In a population of 11,000,000, 1,500,000 are immigrants, the majority Albanian Mohammadens who are causing crime all over the country. The other problem is the Euro, which has caused a dramatic rise in prices without a concomitant rise in incomes. Working class Greeks are getting squeezed big time. On the other hand, others have become quite rich, with the middle class expanding and their money is being invested all throughout the Balkans and Turkey to such an extent that Greece or Greeks now control most of the banking, construction and utilities (telephone, power, gas, etc.) there. In fact, the National Bank of Greece just bought the National Bank of Turkey!

For a poor country like Greece, the EU has been a godsend, but sitting over here in America I can certainly see why the British would resent picking up the tab while at the same time turning their sovereignty over to a bunch of statist socialists in Brussels!