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Liberal Europeans Demand Right to Vote in U.S. Elections
The Brussels Journal excerpt taken from Brussels newspaper De Standaard ^
| 3 January 2008
| Evita Neefs
Posted on 01/04/2008 2:06:34 AM PST by 1Peter2:16
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Thu, 2008-01-03 11:45 A quote from the editorial in the Brussels newspaper De Standaard, 3 January 2008
American presidential elections are not home affairs. American decisions have repercussions all over the globe. The American mortgage crisis affects banks in Europe. The insatiable American demand for oil makes the Arabian sheiks rich. The American refusal to care for the environment causes the North Pole ice to melt and coastal areas in Asia to flood. A weakened dollar and an immense budget deficit affect the global economy.
Hence, the world should be given the right to vote. Because the current situation is a blatant case of taxation without representation, against which the Americans rebelled in 1776. But of course the world will not be allowed to vote. The best we can hope for is that the Americans choose a leader who is deeply aware of the U.S.s responsibility, as a superpower, for the rest of mankind.
The international community was able to limit Americas hegemony somewhat through organisations for international consultation, agreements and the corresponding judicial apparatus. But that system is in crisis, partly through the actions of the current American president.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: europeanopinion; globalwhining; uselections
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The Brussels Journal is conservative. Notice the editorial comes from De Standaard. Interesting comments to the quote can be found by using the link, as well. I like those that suggest if Europeans vote in our elections, do we get to bill them for the cost of their defense (by US) since 1945? Do we get to tax them, impose our laws on them?
To: 1Peter2:16
To: 1Peter2:16
The international community was able to limit Americas hegemony somewhat through organisations for international consultation, agreements and the corresponding judicial apparatus. But that system is in crisis, partly through the actions of the current American president. Admissions and confessions of those who would do us in for their own benefit...
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:09:52 AM PST
by
x_plus_one
(The entire Islamic moral universe devolves solely from the life and teachings of Muhammad.)
To: 1Peter2:16
yeah right, right after you give the US CONSERVITIVES THE right to vote in your country
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:10:08 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: 1Peter2:16
The international community was able to limit Americas hegemony somewhat through organisations for international consultation, agreements and the corresponding judicial apparatus. But that system is in crisis, partly through the actions of the current American president. Food for Oil.
World Bank.
-PJ
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:11:44 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
To: 1Peter2:16
I think the word “demand” is a little strong. They can’t demand anything, they might wish or fantasize, but that’s about it.
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:11:57 AM PST
by
webheart
To: Political Junkie Too
Food for Oil. Oil for Food.
I'm going to bed now.
-PJ
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:14:07 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
To: 1Peter2:16
I think we should let those arrogant, scumbag Euro-Libs vote.
Cluster or incendiary?
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:14:14 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Doogle
Oh my yes! Wouldn’t that be fun!
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:14:23 AM PST
by
Ronin
(Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
To: 1Peter2:16
Entitlement mentality gone mad. So, the Euro-whiners want the vote here because they have a stake in the outcome? Too bad. Children, convicts, and barnyard animals also have a stake in the outcome but they can’t vote here either.
There must be something wrong with the Euros’ logic.
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:14:52 AM PST
by
atomic conspiracy
(Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
To: 1Peter2:16
Well, then they can walk in from Mexico, just like everyone else!
To: 1Peter2:16
"A weakened dollar and an immense budget deficit affect the global economy."
If our Fed. needs to lower the rate again, it will do so in order to save our economy and the global economy, to some extent, from worse misery. That will probably result in the continuation of the (hopefully) gradually falling dollar. The alternative might be a worldwide market crash...
Maybe Europeans can have their Harry Potter-esque (Peter-Pan-like, even) politicians dream of empires lost and find a good solution, but I doubt it.
Oil is going up due to limitations in supplies and increasing demands. Chinese and Indian workers are getting wealthier and wanting more of the toys that they make. One results is that the dollar goes down relative to other currencies. We can't stop those things from happening without making situations far worse.
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:18:45 AM PST
by
familyop
("G-d is on our side because he hates the Yanks." --St. Tuco, in the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly")
To: 1Peter2:16
Remember the news story from 2004 that claimed if foreigners could vote, John Kerry would have won the election? My response was: Big deal, if the animal kingdom could vote, Ralph Nader would be our next president!
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:19:22 AM PST
by
Berosus
(Support our troops, bring them home -- from Bosnia.)
To: Ronin
:)...they never consider anything like that
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:20:58 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: 1Peter2:16
I demand the right to determine the editorial policies of the European media. That seems to be who calls the shots there and I have a stake in the trash they feed to their terminally gullible audience.
I also want to sit on the boards of the 10 largest European corporations. I definitely have a stake in what they do.
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:23:29 AM PST
by
atomic conspiracy
(Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
To: 1Peter2:16
Huckabee is on record saying that to demand proof of citizenship before allowing someone to register to vote is racist. So I suppose the Huckster would be their man — although Huck thinks it should be illegal for a patriotic American who holds dual citizenship to vote in another country’s elections.
To: 1Peter2:16
Ooo, Oooo. Let ME say it...
Go to HELL, Europe!
To: 1Peter2:16
If Europeans want to vote in American elections, they will have to do it like all the rest and come here through Mexico.
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:30:06 AM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: 1Peter2:16
I think the EU-elite are going to make one serious effort to bell the cat before they are displaced by Muslims.
They will use "international law" and organizations (they actually take the UN seriously!), and the 35% of the US population that agrees with them, to attempt to take us down.
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:36:58 AM PST
by
Jim Noble
(Trails of trouble, roads of battle, paths of victory we shall walk.)
To: 1Peter2:16
Add this to their list:
... American greatness makes Brussels feel like little crapsters.
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posted on
01/04/2008 2:41:42 AM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
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