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PTBC J-Log

A conservative OPINION blog --with bite. OPINION by Joel Johannesen.

Monday, May 30, 2005

European Union gets French Fried.

Written by Joel Johannesen on Monday May 30 2005 at 05:09 AM

After reading 13 pseudo-smart newspaper analyses of the vote on the European Union constitution in France (which they rejected), it didn’t surprise me that Mark Steyn’s stood apart and was the only one worth reading. 

However, my title (European Union gets French Fried) is the best one I’ve seen, especially since it’s the only one on the entire planet that didn’t strain to use one French word or another (“non” being the perennial favorite, used oh-so-originally in 1,498 articles).

Piques at EU’s polls

Following yesterday’s vote in France, Dutch voters Wednesday get to express their opinion on the proposed “European Constitution.” Heartening to see democracy in action, notwithstanding the European elite’s hysterical warnings that, without the constitution, the Continent will be set back on the path to Auschwitz. I haven’t seen the official ballot, but the choice seems to be: “Check Box A to support the new constitution; check Box B for genocide and conflagration.”

Alas, this tactic doesn’t seem to have worked. So, a couple of days before the first referendum, Jean-Claude Juncker, the “president” of the European Union, let French and Dutch voters know how much he values their opinion:
“If at the end of the ratification process, we do not manage to solve the problems, the countries that would have said No, would have to ask themselves the question again,” “President” Juncker told the Belgian newspaper Le Soir.

Got that? You have the right to vote, but only if you give the answer your rulers want you to give. But don’t worry, if you don’t, we’ll treat you like a particularly backward nursery school and keep asking the question until you get the answer right. Even America’s bossiest nanny-state Democrats don’t usually express their contempt for the people’s will quite so crudely.

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Posted by Joel Johannesen on Monday, May 30, 2005 at 05:09 AM
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