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category international | elections | press release author Saturday February 19, 2005 16:23author by the ipsiphi and friends - perque somos Europa. Report this post to the editors

From the Azores to San Sebastian in the Basque
From Ceuta in Africa to Fatima in Portugal
From Ibiza to Lisbon...

The enfranchised citizens of Portugal and Spain
are invited to vote tomorrow on a 300+ document
which was written by Giscard d'Estang.

It is called the European Constitution.

got evicted, went deaf, was mostly poor.
got evicted, went deaf, was mostly poor.

Several states of the 450,000,000 population EU have already ratified without referenda this document.

It's first referendum is tommorrow.

It was passed by the EU Parliament deputies whose leaders then assembled under the statue of Constantine Emperor of Rome in that city and signed the 300+ pages.

Those leaders then looked for advice on how to sell the project to the masters and mistresses of propanganda.

Tell 'em about Beethoven we said.
Don't tell 'em about Giscard.

So they did, they sent every household in the Iberian Peninsula leaflets explaining that Ludwig von Beethoven who wrote the european anthem, believed in the fraternity of man.

They didn't mention several other important facts-

He never had the right to vote.
He never had the right to a home.
He never had the right to health care.
He never had the right to a pension.
He was evicted for non payment of rent and his furniture sold.
He was the star member of the fraternity of the deaf.
He opposed Napoleon vehemently in whose shadow he was forced to live without rights.
He needed health care, and without the money to pay doctors his deafness became total.
He couldn't understand Catalan.
He liked the environment.
He trusted in God.

Below are two photos which have been invoked by those who would pass this constitution in the name of the progress of Europe-

One of the men is thought to have been an illuminate and genius.

The other isn't.

¿can you guess which one is which?

not deaf, got diamonds, wrote too many pages.
not deaf, got diamonds, wrote too many pages.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   I might vote tomorrow.     apathetic non voter    Sat Feb 19, 2005 18:43 
   I'm sick of seeing frontier europe mess up my relatives and fellow faithful     really fired up activist    Sat Feb 19, 2005 18:44 
   I know that the secret of all spanish elections     irish times non reader    Sat Feb 19, 2005 18:48 
   I'm very interested in Giscard and a big thank you BCN.     student    Sat Feb 19, 2005 18:53 
   "a yes vote will stop terrorism"     President Zapatero    Sat Feb 19, 2005 18:57 
   because we read it.     ¡no!    Sat Feb 19, 2005 19:00 
   I know no-one takes me seriously     the lehandakri    Sat Feb 19, 2005 20:32 
   on a technical point-     galician    Sun Feb 20, 2005 02:46 
   you're exactly right there, galician this is of course due to national sovreignty issues     barometer    Sun Feb 20, 2005 03:03 
 10   interesting facts-     swing    Sun Feb 20, 2005 13:09 
 11   I know no-one takes me seriously     lehendakari    Sun Feb 20, 2005 14:48 
 12   Ceuta says "whatever"!     Ceutan    Sun Feb 20, 2005 15:30 
 13   The attendance as of 14h00 peninsula time     swing    Sun Feb 20, 2005 15:38 
 14   I know no-one takes me seriously     lehandakari    Sun Feb 20, 2005 15:39 
 15   sleep walking to the polling booth if even     pc    Sun Feb 20, 2005 15:43 
 16   The 2nd European Constitution. "please"     iosaf mac diarmada    Sun Feb 20, 2005 19:38 
 17   eh o as if little correction-     ludwig    Sun Feb 20, 2005 19:42 
 18   well news just in -     galician    Sun Feb 20, 2005 19:53 
 19   can i just ask people take me seriously?     lehandakari    Sun Feb 20, 2005 19:57 
 20   god you say     ren    Sun Feb 20, 2005 21:30 
 21   RTE spin     numbercruncher    Sun Feb 20, 2005 22:05 
 22   number crunching     Daniel Dunne    Sun Feb 20, 2005 22:38 
 23   ça change?     post fascistic    Sun Feb 20, 2005 22:48 
 24   not till the system is completely discredited -     progressive democracy.    Sun Feb 20, 2005 22:49 
 25   beethoven     too lazy for anarchy    Sun Feb 20, 2005 23:57 
 26   "the Spanish have made History"     Iosaf - O as If    Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:42 
 27   Portugal não é o mesmo que Espanha     Ana    Mon Feb 21, 2005 19:21 
 28   We are not spanish citizens...     O Raio    Tue Feb 22, 2005 19:42 
 29   Do you have a sense of humour in post Salazar galicia?     jayzhus still weepeth.    Wed Feb 23, 2005 04:25 
 30   of the 9000 words I daily write, 200 were written...     merrovinginvanjan    Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:41 
 31   You might have read Clockwork Orange.     iosaf    Sat May 28, 2005 15:39 
 32   sifting throw away wordies     Pamela    Sat May 28, 2005 15:55 
 33   you caught me at it Pamela     iosaf    Sun May 29, 2005 23:38 


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