The End Of The World As We Know It
Stephen Webbe, writing an op-ed in The Christian Science Monitor looks at the end of Britain as an independent nation - and does not like what he sees at all.
London - You might want to take that vacation in England just as soon as you can – before its 1,000-year run as a sovereign nation comes to an end.
This winter, 27 nations of the European Union (EU) signed the Treaty of Lisbon. You may think, "Innocuous enough," as Portuguese-inspired visions of the Tagus River and chicken piri-piri swirl before your eyes.
But for England (Britain, actually) the Treaty of Lisbon isn't that appetizing. That's because, if ratified, it will become the decisive act in this creation of a federal European superstate with its capital in Brussels. Britain would become a province and its "Mother of Parliaments," a regional assembly. And that's no small humiliation for a country that gave the world English and saved Western civilization in the Battle of Britain in 1940.
The Eurocrat elite in Brussels might not admit it, but the Treaty of Lisbon is essentially a constitution for a "country" called Europe. More bluntly, it's a cynical repackaging of the EU Constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair promised to put the EU Constitution to the British people in a referendum. But his successor, Gordon Brown, has reneged on that promise. He insists that the Treaty of Lisbon is shorn of all constitutional content and that it preserves key aspects of British sovereignty. On March 11, the bill to ratify the treaty cleared the House of Commons. And now the Brown government is poised to win passage in the House of Lords, too.
Apparently, there won't always be an England. It will become a weak province of Europe. I wish now that I had gone to Britain back in the 1970s when I had a chance to. I'm afraid that it will not be recognizable soon enough.
World news | Gaius Monday, 24 March , 2008
By ted goldman, Tuesday, 25 March , 2008 @ 10:02 am
It is not only Europe.
A similar effort is being attempted in North America with steps taken to unite Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
First the politicians started with free trade… then it\\ will be a"common currency" (one of the reasons that the dollar is sinking to levels of parity with Canada, while the peso is rising), then it will be a common defense treaty. We already have "open borders" , and acceptance of Spanish in schools, etc. Even the US Supreme Court now includes non-US legal conclusions in its’ arguments.
We will eventually lose our American culture, rights, and liberties to unelected foreign bureaucrats.
Ted Goldman
By martian, Tuesday, 25 March , 2008 @ 12:12 pm
"That’s because, if ratified, it will become the decisive act in this creation of a federal European superstate with its capital in Brussels. Britain would become a province"
Actually, if immigration and birth rates continue the current trend, in about 20 - 30 years Great Britain will be a province of "Eurostan", the Islamic European superstate. Something to ponder……………..