Tag: EU

Bunny burners

This might be a good thing to remember the next time an American liberal explains that America should follow Sweden’s lead:

The bodies of thousands of rabbits culled every year from the parks in Stockholm’s Kungsholmen neighbourhood are being used to fuel a heating plant in central Sweden. The decision to use Stockholm’s rabbit cadavers as bioenergy to warm Swedes living in Värmland doesn’t sit well with Stockholm-based animal rights activists.

Socialized health care… I suppose you want to murder cute little bunny rabbits too. Why do you hate bunnies, why?

WND column

Ireland Surrenders Again

So, it was all for nothing. All the pain, bloodshed and sacrifice has gone for naught. The Rebellion of 1878, the Young Irelanders, the 1919 War of Independence, Sunday, bloody Sunday, the bombings in Belfast, the assassination of Lord Mountbatten, last year’s “No” vote and every other aspect of the long and bitter struggle for Irish independence was to no purpose. On Oct. 3, 2009, the voters of the Republic of Ireland threw away their hard-won sovereignty out of fear, naiveté and greed for nothing more than the deceitful promises of the Eurocrats.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has more on the debacle.

‘Ware the weasel

Good on Boris! I don’t believe David Cameron has any intention of holding a referendum unless he is absolutely forced to do so:

David Cameron today dug in over Europe and set himself at odds with Boris Johnson by refusing to say whether the Conservative Party would hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty if it comes into force before the general election. The Tory leader will try to face down his party this week in Manchester by claiming that the Conservatives should have “one policy at a time”: to promise to hold a referendum while the treaty is still being debated elsewhere in Europe.

Daniel Hannan or some other popular Euroskeptic ought to challenge Cameron for the Tory leadership if he will not commit explicitly to holding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and abrogating it if the English people vote against the it. Cameron being a moderate EUnik was obviously hoping that the Irish would relieve him of having to take a public Euroskeptic position, but if he won’t, UKIP will become the UK’s second party.

Which they may do anyhow. It’s not as if the EU is going to become any more popular as hope that the European economy is in recovery now slowly dissipates.

Because 453 years of British rule wasn’t enough

Remember this vote the next time someone tells you, with a straight face, that people want to be free:

Irish voters approved the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty in a substantial shift of sentiment, with 67% voting in favor and 33% against, according to the final count announced Saturday…. The Irish last June rejected the treaty—which will establish a permanent president and foreign minister for the EU, and give more authority to Brussels— by 53% to 47% in a referendum.

Fools. Utter, utter fools. They so richly deserve exactly what they’re going to get. Fortunately, given the complete cluelessness of the Irish electorate, this is the last time they’ll be permitted to vote on anything meaningful. I used to wonder how Hitler won overwhelming plebiscites supporting his outrageous centralization and expansion of power. It’s not a mystery anymore.