To our Irish brothers and sisters: the Lisbon Treaty destroyed your nation's sovereignty

On October 2, 2009, the brief era of Irish independence - which only began in 1922 - officially ended with the Lisbon Treaty. RIP independent Ireland.

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[HonestBollocks]

mate don't give up hope yet, my country may have voted yes but me and my fellow patriots will NOT let the EU even try to push their fascist ideal on us and if they even dare try change our laws then I promise you they will be sorry

and hopefully the Czech Republic have more balls than my country to say fuck you to the EU and refuse to sign this lisbon bollocksology

[1957Rotu]

Hello brothers and sisters. My name is jebarth. I did a semester course on EU Law and Politics in Peoria. I'm an expert on everything related to the European Union. So, brother and sisters (though not in the genetic sense) you have to take on board my superbly incisive and hugely accurate explanation of the Lisbon Treaty.

"All the laws in each country are going to be decided in Brussels". WRONG.

Some of us feel much closer to the EU than to the USA. Some of us live in 2009 (not 1916).

[mark32811]

@jebarth3 Hey HEY. Toilet paper would become GOLD if there were a shortage! xD

[mariconor]

"...more power to the EU superstate..." - what you mean like the USA?

I assume you don't like your own country mate.

Signed, an Irish citizen who likes the EU.

[mariconor]

"...more power to the EU superstate..." - what you mean like the USA?

I assume you don't like your own country mate.

Signed, an Irish citizen who likes the EU.

[jebarth3]

@DranQNitrouS - lol, yes, i'm very scared of a nation whose currency is like toilet paper

[AnnoyingBeast]

@jebarth3 most peple in ireland hate the eu.... irish people were scared into voting yes, they took away our jobs, and said its because we voted no, then they made us vote again and said wed get more jobs. i live in ireland, and we never got those jobs. now everyone i know is unemployed or in uncossistent work, and look now in ireland, protests everyday, no jobs, budget cuts everywhere and a huge rise in dissident republicism in northern ireland... watch and wait.

[AnnoyingBeast]

most peple in ireland hate the eu.... irish people were scared into voting yes, they took away our jobs, and said its because we voted no, then they made us vote again and said wed get more jobs. i live in ireland, and we never got those jobs. now everyone i know is unemployed or in uncossistent work, and look now in ireland, protests everyday, no jobs, budget cuts everywhere and a huge rise in dissident republicism in northern ireland... watch and wait. ireland will be here long after the e.u

[GreatEconomicDebate]

...but like you said in another video democracy is just 2 wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner. I think maybe it should reall be 2 wolves, a scapegoat and a 100 million sheep. We don't mind the scapegoat getting his; after all, justice and rule of law are good. But what's distressing are the government "rescues" and "preventative measures" directed against the scape goat but which actually provide a moral basis for the wolves to eat 100 million sheep. BP is one fine looking goat.

[GreatEconomicDebate]

And I think what bothers me most about coersion through democratic rule is the mainstream acceptance of its loaded terminology. Everytime I turn on the TV there's the president talking about raising capital gains taxes in the name of fairness, or repealing the "bush tax cuts for the wealthy" (as if they were a gift), or figuring out "who's ass to kick", when asked what he was doing about the oil spill. It's so easy for a buerocrat to find a capitalist scapegoat...sure, they're everywhere

[GreatEconomicDebate]

@jebarth3 I can't say I know much about what happened with Ireland and the EU, but your logic is right on. It's easy to see why citizens give power to central governments but what's less easy to see (without consulting history) is why citizens shouldn't give power to big government.. I think my favorite read, on that chronic error of history is Iwin Schiffs cartoon -how an economy grows and why it doesn't.