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Ireland vote rejects EU treaty ... (EU fears crisis)
The Press Association ^ | 06-13-2008

Posted on 06/13/2008 5:17:43 AM PDT by IrishMike

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1 posted on 06/13/2008 5:17:43 AM PDT by IrishMike
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To: IrishMike

Well done by the Irish.


2 posted on 06/13/2008 5:20:37 AM PDT by snowsislander
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To: snowsislander

For European Union politicians who back the treaty it is indeed an unlucky Friday 13th.

Without Ireland on board Lisbon is dead.


3 posted on 06/13/2008 5:22:07 AM PDT by IrishMike (I am not a Republican first. I am a conservative.)
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To: IrishMike

Since Ireland is the only country in Europe that respects the will of their people, they obviously do not belong. Eject the Irish from the EU, so the rest of the nations can follow their unimpeded path toward fascism.


4 posted on 06/13/2008 5:22:41 AM PDT by devere
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To: IrishMike

Excellent News, EU on the Run...


5 posted on 06/13/2008 5:24:18 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Land of the Fee, Home of the Shamed)
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To: IrishMike

Here’s cheers to my Irish cousins ... congratulations on standing up to the tyranny of the EU.


6 posted on 06/13/2008 5:24:27 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: IrishMike
Did England go along to get along? If so, was it the Blair administration of his successor?
7 posted on 06/13/2008 5:24:47 AM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: IrishMike
To quote Pete Townsend:

We're not gonna take it
Never did and never will
We're not gonna take it
Gonna break it, gonna shake it,
let's forget it better still

8 posted on 06/13/2008 5:25:36 AM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down t heir level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: devere
...so the rest of the nations can follow their unimpeded path toward fascism.

I'm waiting for Otto von Habsburg to step up and declare himself Holy Roman Emperor.

9 posted on 06/13/2008 5:27:07 AM PDT by nina0113 (If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
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To: mgc1122

The treaty was negotiated in Lisbon last December by EU leaders as a way of replacing the proposed European constitution, which had earlier been rejected by voters in France in the Netherlands.

It would have provided for many of the same Europe-wide government arrangements foreseen in the rejected constitution, but as an international treaty, only parliamentary approval was necessary for ratification.

The exception was Ireland, the lone European country that requires a referendum on all constitutional changes.

Opinion polls across Europe consistently show that political elites in member states are far more enthusiastic about making the EU into a supranational government than ordinary voters.


10 posted on 06/13/2008 5:30:12 AM PDT by IrishMike (I am not a Republican first. I am a conservative.)
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OK, it's time to make Ireland the 51st State.

I might even move there from my beloved Minnesota.

Cheers!

11 posted on 06/13/2008 5:31:12 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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I think labour (Blair) promised a referendum before the elections, but Gordon Brown has broken that pledge.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

I guess Labour’s argument is that this new treaty (Lisbon) is not longer a constitution, thus no pledge has been broken.

Cheeky bastards.

Cheers.


12 posted on 06/13/2008 5:33:16 AM PDT by Eurotwit (WI - CS)
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To: snowsislander
It was a set-up that collapsed.

Ireland got so many subsidies from the EU, that it was sure the Irish would vote "yes", and they were supposed to give the constitution legitimacy, even though most governments were careful not to let the citizens vote.

13 posted on 06/13/2008 5:35:56 AM PDT by expatpat
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To: IrishMike

Guess the Irish still don’t want to be slaves. Imagine that.


14 posted on 06/13/2008 5:38:00 AM PDT by Earthdweller
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15 posted on 06/13/2008 5:43:52 AM PDT by Entrepreneur (The environmental movement is filled with watermelons - green on the outside, red on the inside)
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Did England go along to get along

England hasn't had a referendum, for the full and sufficient reason that it would be rejected out of hand.

Think "stealth government" and you won't be far wrong.

16 posted on 06/13/2008 5:44:06 AM PDT by agere_contra
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Suggestion: OK, it's time to make Ireland the 51st State.

Answer: Guess the Irish still don’t want to be slaves.

Or could Minnesota just leave the union (i.e. the United States)?
17 posted on 06/13/2008 5:44:09 AM PDT by wolf78
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To: Eurotwit

Correct - this Brit’ll be raising a glass of something appropriate tonight to our cousins on the Emerald Isle.


18 posted on 06/13/2008 5:46:25 AM PDT by fuzzy dunlop
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To: wolf78
It's practically part of Canada anyway.

Good beer, bad health care.

Lotsa blondes.

(Except for the recent wave of Somali immigrants.)

Cheers!

19 posted on 06/13/2008 5:46:46 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Entrepreneur

Siochan leat


20 posted on 06/13/2008 5:48:16 AM PDT by IrishMike (I am not a Republican first. I am a conservative.)
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