How opposing a SECOND referendum on the LISBON TREATY could significantly reduce extreme BULLYING of the kind many governments are at the present time indulging themselves in with IMPUNITY.

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"The Constitution is just a goddamned piece of paper."  -- Remark allegedly made by former US President George W. Bush.

"In a few dozen words, Article 6.1 of our Constitution (Bunreacht na hEireann) appears to me to capture the essential essence and ingredients of a genuine "democratic government": of the kind so very ably defined by former US President Abraham Lincoln in his now famous "government of the people, by the people, for the people" speech of 1863."

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Challenging the "Neo-Liberal agenda"
by Lugh Tue Jul 28, 2009 14:53

By vigorously opposing the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, it seems to me that the people of the Republic of Ireland now have an excellent opportunity to challenge the global "Neo-Liberal agenda" - which appears to be the wish of Joe Higgins MEP (as stated by Ronoc above).

In a few dozen words, Article 6.1 of our Constitution (Bunreacht na hEireann) appears to me to capture the essential essence and ingredients of a genuine "democratic government": of the kind so very ably defined by former US President Abraham Lincoln in his now famous "government of the people, by the people, for the people" speech of 1863 (for more on this please see at http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22government+of+the+people%2C+by+the+people%2C+for+the+people%22&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

For those not already familiar with it, the text of Article 6.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann reads as follows:

"All powers of government, legislative, executive and judicial, derive, under God, from the people, whose right it is to designate the rulers of the State and, in final appeal, to decide all questions of national policy, according to the requirements of the common good."

It seems to me that the rejection of the "final appeal" decision of the people on the Lisbon Treaty of last year, and the holding of a second referendum for the purpose of trying to reverse it, is a straightforward violation of this core principle of genuine democracy, as represented by Article 6.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann, which literally means "The Basic Law of the Republic of Ireland" in the Celtic language. (For other violations please see at http://www.humanrightsireland.com/DrAnneJeffers/5July2009/Email.htm#Finally )

Ironically, it is of course worth noting too that there is nothing (that I know of) to be found in the text of the Lisbon Treaty that could even remotely be considered the equivalent of Article 6.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann: which, if the truth was fully known, is (I suspect) what probably lays at the root of the very deep worries so many people across Europe and in the rest of the world seem to have about the Lisbon Treaty.

The holding of a "Second Lisbon Treaty Referendum" now looks like a pivotal issue to me: not just for the people of the Republic of Ireland, and not just for the people of Europe even: but for the people of the entire world, and for the future of genuine democracy throughout the entire world.

I believe it is "government of the people, by the people, for the people" that the WORLD needs, and not "government of the ruling-elites, by the ruling-elites, for the ruling-elites".

Article 6.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann and The Second Lisbon Treaty Referendum:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Article+6.1+and+Second+Lisbon+Treaty+Referendum&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

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http://www.indymedia.ie/article/93308#comment256661

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For  future reference purposes  a copy of the above text (in the form of an
e-mail to Dr Anne Jeffers and several others) was yesterday placed at the following
Internet location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/DrAnneJeffers/29July2009/Email.htm

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 The Global Cesspit of Corruption, Crime, Cover-Ups, Impunity, and Tyranny: 

"The Constitution has been hijacked" (Registered letter to P.M. Brian Cowan T.D. dated May 9th 2008):
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/PrimeMinisterCowen/9May2008/Email.htm

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