The New York Times | The Continental Dream: Will the French Shatter It?

"But in a brutal shock to the European experiment, 11 opinion polls in France in the last month have indicated that the French are poised to vote no in the national referendum on May 29 on Europe's first constitution."

The NY Times is the Bubba Times today on this article about the French referendum on the European Constitution Treaty.

The point of the Times, like many papers, is simple, misleading and wrong. Their point: voting "non" on the Constitution Treaty is a vote against Europe. Horse-hooey and poppy-cock.

To start with, you must ask yourself a question: why do you vote yes for a Constitution? The answer should be that you think that it is a good Constitution and that you will benefit more from having this Constitution than not having it.

So what do you do when this Constitution is notoriously bad, threatens to destroy the best public institutions in France, sets up an anti-Democratic politburo, even two, called the European Commission and the European Council? Do you vote it in?

What happens when that Constitution promises "right to life" but not "right to choose"? Do you vote it in?

I won't. I'm voting "non". Not because I'm against a "United Europe" but because it is a very bad Constitution, pitifully bad. Americans are used to having a Constitution that they are proud of. Even when the American administration does everything to trammle it, Americans expect it to be honored by some future administration. We love our Constitution, arm-bearing and all.

The Europe Constitution project has nothing to love. It is a sham, an interventionist rag, a neocon manifest. It should be spat upon.

To hell with those who try to sell this rag on fear: "France will be ostracized." "France will be alone." On the contrary: France will be respected for having made the right decision. That's what France is all about: intelligent, reasoned choice, not fear-mongering.

For a United Europe, vote "non" on the European Constitution Referendum. I've read it, it's not worth it!