One Giant Step Backward For Mankind

On June 12th Ireland will vote on a referendum that decides whether or not they will ratify the new EU Lisbon treaty. The treaty is a massive power grab by the elites in the EU, and what is more stunning is that only Ireland will be holding a referendum; all 26 other signatories refused to let the people of their respective countries decide.

The first EU treaty was soundly defeated because people knew that it was the end of their national sovereignty and of their civil liberties. The new Lisbon treaty, which contains 438 of the 440 provisions held in the first EU treaty, effectively ends all national identity beyond geographical location and name.

Here is a quote from an interesting article, "The Reform Treaty paves the way for the creation of a European Union foreign minister (high representative) at the head of an EU foreign service (with its own diplomatic corps) as well as a long-term EU president; both positions are trappings of a fledgling superstate. As European Parliament member Daniel Hannan has pointed out, the treaty will further erode the legal sovereignty of European nation-states, entrenching a pan-European magistracy ('Eurojust'), a European Public Prosecutor, a federal EU police force ('Europol'), and an EU criminal code ('corpus juris'). In addition, countries such as Britain will sacrifice their veto right over EU decision-making in 40 policy areas."

The European Constitution would actually trump the constitution of every nation-state. This Lisbon Treaty will create an oppressed and Orwellian Europe, it won't be long before the "Europols" are out of control.

If it is one thing that the Founders taught us, the one thing they really concentrated on, was that centralized power breeds corruption. That is why we separated from the corrupt British Empire, we were tired of their Redcoat troops running around the colonies and abusing the people.

Certainly their advice was correct. Look at the incredible corruption in Washington, but that is what we should expect from the amounts of money that go through there and the extraordinary powers they have. FEMA is already frantically federalizing and militarizing the police, and look at how much safer we are. Thanks FEMA.

Both the US and the countries of Europe have police states springing up around them, and the new "War on Terror" was the spark that set all this madness in motion. Our decline into totalitarianism is moving at unprecedented rates. The introduction of the EU federation will only allow elites to brush aside the tediousness and time-consuming political effort of convincing all the member countries to submit more and more of their individual freedoms in the name of the "common good." Now they can pass all sorts of juicy police state legislation as they move to control Europe.

If Ireland fails to defend its national sovereignty and foolishly plunders Europe into tyranny then it may actually end up having some positive effect. The Europeans may finally realize that they are under direct threat and must secede from this EU superstate before it is too late (hopefully the elites won't decide to use their EU troops in a Lincolnian power coup to "save the Union"). The fact that 26 countries did not hold referendums will infuriate the masses as soon as the reality of the police state dawns on them. They may also provide a good example for Americans who are still not realizing the current threat to our freedoms.

If Europe wishes to remain free they will demand referendums and VOTE NO. Maybe this will finally let the elites know that the European countries aren't going to give up national sovereignty to some artificial "superstate" which is nothing more than a cabal of people foaming at the mouth fantasizing about hijacking Europe's destiny for their own grandiose visions of domination and control.

All I know is that these elites, who are a plague upon mankind, are just people of flesh and blood. They project immense power but are not infallible, and in fact are far from it. Their hubris and power lust will get the best of them, and there will be a huge backlash somewhere along the line as they consolidate Europe's power structures into ever more centralized hands. This could be the final kicker in setting off a massive reaction, especially since only one country out of 27 will hold a referendum.

The South American Union has already been created and it is only a matter of time before they head down the same track as the European Union. If Europe does fall, and the people there subject themselves to the police state, then America will be the last line of defense in preventing the whole of the West from falling into tyranny. That power will not lie in our military or police forces, but in the resolve of patriots to defend against any similar surrender of national sovereignty into the hands of a group of NAU bureaucrats.

It will be interesting to see how the Irish vote, but either way, it could finally be the catalyst that wakes people up around the various nations to the plans of the "superclass." I always thought of the Irish as wily and independent, hopefully they stay true to that stereotype.