One of the wonderful aspects...

of life in the 'BLOGOSPHERE' is the exposure to ideas. Raw ideas can be a dangerous thing. Hey, look at the problems Thomas Paine created with the Federalist Papers. How revolting! :) :) ;)
. . . . .
And voting (vox populi...), now there's a real problem. And the French Government sprang to the conclusion that the pointy heads knew what the folks on the farms wanted! Please say loudly one more time what happened when the people voted (up or down) on the EU constitution.
. . . . .
What happens in the 'Blogosphere' is that we become immersed in the 'commonality of mankind'. One's 'band of brothers' increases in size when ones hears from the 'brothers' without editing from the big media outlets - without other people deciding what is important for me to read.
. . . . .
So let's look at other unreported sentiments. How about this from Latvia...
. . . . .
If Lithuania was the Delaware of the European Union, Latvia was ready to lick Brussels boots no matter what the consequences or circumstances, as it was expected.
. . . . .
After a resounding Non in France and even a more resounding Nee in the Netherlands, Latvian MPs gave a wholehearted Jā to Brussels just a day after the referendum in Holland.
. . . . .
Simply outstanding. One wonders if they would sign up to the toilet paper if it came from Brussels.
. . . . .
The French and Dutch rejection of the Constitution Treaty sparked some debate over the future of Europe and the place of its citizens in EU. As Nosemonkey writes,
. . . . .
"Of course, the irony of the current situation is that in seeing the constitution rejected, the EU is experiencing its first proper period of internal debate in which the people are actively involved – via letters pages, chats in the pub etc. – in its history. It could well be that this "crisis" (it is actually nothing of the sort, except for the elites who tried to impose this constitution on us) could be the best thing for the EU, simply for its ability to get the people talking about it for a change."
. . . . .
"People talking" - there is a concept that really needs repression!
. . . . .
From the LONDON TIMES...
. . . . .
The question of whether or how to keep the constitution alive will now go to the EU summit next week, but senior British officials were predicting that the heads of government would fudge the outcome. "There will be the leaders of ten countries who have approved the constitution sitting down with the leaders of two whose countries have rejected it and others who want it to be abandoned. That does not point to a straightforward outcome," one said.
. . . . .
Ministers believe that France and Germany are making an issue of Britain’s rebate partly to distract attention from the crisis over the constitution.
. . . . .
Mr Straw told the Commons that talks on accession of new members — Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey — would continue. Public opinion in France and Germany has swung heavily against admitting a huge, predominantly Muslim country whose cheap labour could undercut their own. Paris and Berlin also see enlargement as a British plot to dilute their influence in Brussels.
. . . . .
Opposition to the constitution is highest and has increased most among Conservative voters, at 71 per cent, up 30 points since April 23. Opposition is lowest among Labour voters, at 40 per cent, compared with 25 per cent of them saying that they will vote.
. . . . .
The question of whether or how to keep the constitution alive will now go to the EU summit next week, but senior British officials were predicting that the heads of government would fudge the outcome. "There will be the leaders of ten countries who have approved the constitution sitting down with the leaders of two whose countries have rejected it and others who want it to be abandoned. That does not point to a straightforward outcome," one said.
. . . . .
Ministers believe that France and Germany are making an issue of Britain’s rebate partly to distract attention from the crisis over the constitution.
. . . . .
Mr Straw told the Commons that talks on accession of new members — Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey — would continue. Public opinion in France and Germany has swung heavily against admitting a huge, predominantly Muslim country whose cheap labour could undercut their own. Paris and Berlin also see enlargement as a British plot to dilute their influence in Brussels.
. . . . .
Opposition to the constitution is highest and has increased most among Conservative voters, at 71 per cent, up 30 points since April 23. Opposition is lowest among Labour voters, at 40 per cent, compared with 25 per cent of them saying that they will vote.
. . . . .
The Giggle that you hear in the BLOGOSPERE carries over into the Green Frog's BOGOSPERE.
. . . . .
Chortling in the swamp,
. . . . .
Kermit