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2006-09-26 Europe

EU: No new members until constitution resolved

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Posted by Fred 2006-09-26 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1775 views since 2007-05-07] Top

1 I wonder if Turkey will buy this one.

Posted by Super Hose 2006-09-26 00:41|| 2006-09-26 00:41|| Front Page Top

2 Ah, the dilemma of the post-modern superstate. Yes, you generally have to decide on some principles of governance before any governing can be done. Of course, this involves making value judgments. Aiiieee!

Get your shit together, Europe, or the Qur'an will be your constitution before you can say "Pact of Umar."

Posted by exJAG 2006-09-26 06:05|| 2006-09-26 06:05|| Front Page Top

3 Ah exJag you miss the point of the EU.

The only principle in play is the right of the self defined elite to rule by fiat over the masses. That hardly requires a constitution now does it?

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-09-26 09:46|| 2006-09-26 09:46|| Front Page Top

4 No no, I meant "principles of governance" as opposed to "342-page list of tyrannical, intrusive, arbitrary, counter-productive, pointless and ultimately suicidal" regulations.

Posted by exJAG 2006-09-26 10:07|| 2006-09-26 10:07|| Front Page Top

5 That 342-page list also enumerated a bunch of "fundamental human rights"-- such as the right to "free job placement services." I'm still trying to get my mind around that one...

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-09-26 10:19|| 2006-09-26 10:19|| Front Page Top

6 The EU Constitution's preamble is 21 pages long. The US Constitution's Preamble is a popular song. Which would you prefer?

Well, Lyn Ahrens had to skip the phrase of these United States because it didn't scan.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-09-26 18:38|| 2006-09-26 18:38|| Front Page Top

7 Perhaps we are missing the point here. The constitution has been voted down in France and one other country. They have paused the by-country voting process for at least a year.

Posted by Captain America 2006-09-26 22:30|| 2006-09-26 22:30|| Front Page Top

8 All of their usual antics aside, this is still a nice big fat bird flipped at Turkey (so to speak). Now let's see what happens when the Pope visits there.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-09-26 22:42|| 2006-09-26 22:42|| Front Page Top

9 I wonder if Turkey will buy this one

Sounds better than "I'm doing my hair".

Posted by DMFD 2006-09-26 23:07|| 2006-09-26 23:07|| Front Page Top

10 HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, HER MAJESTY THE
QUEEN OF DENMARK, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, ...

Just sounds SO much better than "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility ..."

Posted by DMFD 2006-09-26 23:11|| 2006-09-26 23:11|| Front Page Top

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