tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post5045965516659992802..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Strasbourg Flips the BirdAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-44790218425209413242012-05-28T16:09:51.609-07:002012-05-28T16:09:51.609-07:00CB, yes I know what a terrible tragedy Virginia su...CB, yes I know what a terrible tragedy Virginia suffered in what some of my Southern friends are pleased to call the War of Northern Aggression. My romantic sensibilities have always led me to identify with the Confederate cause at a level going well beyond the vexed question of slavery. <br /><br />So far as the EU is concerned I would be delighted if my country took on the role of South Carolina, the devil take the consequences!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-12611917634028614362012-05-28T10:40:56.508-07:002012-05-28T10:40:56.508-07:00Ana, after seeing your response, it occurred to me...Ana, after seeing your response, it occurred to me that we in Virginia once had a similar problem. In the June of 1788, our legislature narrowly voted (89 to 79) to join the USA. In the May of 1861, our legislature voted (88 to 55) to "unjoin" the USA. The NEXT day the US Army occupied Northern Virginia, and within 3 days the US Navy blockaded our coast (have you EVER heard of a national military that moved this fast?). Over the next four years our farms, towns, and cities were looted and burned. When our men and boys opposed this, they were shot and/or killed (on a more personal note - in my father's family, 4 of the 5 boys died (during a single battle) defending our city - later all of their land was taken. Their mother died in the rented basement of what had been HER mansion).<br /><br />Virginia felt that being a member of the [American] Union was no longer beneficial, as the heavily populated (w/recent immigrants) Northern states voted for tariffs (call them sales taxes) that disproportionately benefited the North at the expense of the South. Let's hope that if the UK decides that being a member of the [European] Union is no longer beneficial, that it won't be destroyed as we were.ColonialBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408255297226140956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-50880899087837303392012-05-27T16:15:47.966-07:002012-05-27T16:15:47.966-07:00John, I'm twenty-five years old; I will be twe...John, I'm twenty-five years old; I will be twenty-six this summer. I have <i>never</i> had a vote on the EU, even though it has an impact on so many areas of my life. Mother and Father did when they were students. That was in 1975. Then they voted yes; now they would vote no. I agree with you; they were deceived; the people of this country in general were deceived. Things cannot go on like this.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-14607626049202719192012-05-24T23:52:50.050-07:002012-05-24T23:52:50.050-07:00We voted to go in, we voted to stay in, and we whi...We voted to go in, we voted to stay in, and we whine about everything that goes on: in.<br />How strange.<br />Yet, the EU was always about political union and central control.<br />Mr Cameron, as with all the political "leaders", is firmly under the EU thumb.<br />Even the leader of UKIP is dependent upon the EU for his daily bread (and whine).<br />The best we can hope for is economic Armageddon within the EU, leading to its death. But even then I just know it will live-on, as a shining beacon leading ships of state onto the rocks.Johnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14763363660123520529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-74047688297530987492012-05-24T16:09:25.583-07:002012-05-24T16:09:25.583-07:00Very true, Dennis, sad to say.Very true, Dennis, sad to say.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-68155230304089752902012-05-24T16:08:21.221-07:002012-05-24T16:08:21.221-07:00And endless repeats of the Andrew Marr show!And endless repeats of the Andrew Marr show!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-16408168689044967952012-05-24T16:06:20.629-07:002012-05-24T16:06:20.629-07:00If only!If only!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-55546620107922352652012-05-24T16:06:06.608-07:002012-05-24T16:06:06.608-07:00Oh, Richard, what expectations I had; what a let d...Oh, Richard, what expectations I had; what a let down he is.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-22363806538513348842012-05-24T04:48:37.820-07:002012-05-24T04:48:37.820-07:00What has Europe ever done for the UK? It ought to ...What has Europe ever done for the UK? It ought to be a rhetorical question, but generation after generation of UK politicians has conceded more and more authority to the centre of that absurd institution, the EU.<br /><br />The "slippery slope" is a standard fallacy of logical argument, but in the case of the EU, the slippery slope is real, and the UK is already doing a passable imitation of a toboggan.Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46028977468458383762012-05-23T22:45:35.251-07:002012-05-23T22:45:35.251-07:00However annoying it might be to be dictated to by ...However annoying it might be to be dictated to by the ECHR, Westminster did, at some point, agree to abide by its rulings. Those responsible for this folly should, of course, be convicted of treason and locked up for life. But is there really any good reason why mere murderers, thieves, and lunatics should not be able to select the murderers, thieves, and lunatics who will ignore their interests and wishes at Westminster? Why should they escape their fair share of culpability, simply because they are living off the proceeds of tax-banditry like public servants? No. Not only should convicts be allowed to vote, they should be forced to watch parliamentary debates and party political broadcasts.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-62906207517400208162012-05-23T19:39:37.297-07:002012-05-23T19:39:37.297-07:00Off with their heads, problem solved!Off with their heads, problem solved!anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-74058613792275327772012-05-23T16:54:54.907-07:002012-05-23T16:54:54.907-07:00Ana while Cameron utters his latest tired demotic ...Ana while Cameron utters his latest tired demotic cliche, we are encouraged to celebrate the rise of the Eminence grise. This insipid vacillating pandering catamite of a prime minister is a self caricature. He is not a Conservative prime minister, not even a statesman, but a sick little joke in the footnote of history. He is only capable of running one thing: his mouth in all the wrong places, while he runs the country into the ground, and realises his position as Obama's lap dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com