COMMENTARY:
Our British friends across the big pond, who have been promised a vote regarding a new constitution leading to further merger with the European Union, are once again asking, "Where’s the referendum?" The Campaign for an Independent Britain is leading the demand for a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty. The group will be holding a Pro Referendum Rally on Saturday, October 27.

A number of speakers will be there from different sides of the political aisle, including Dr. Bob Spink, Conservative MP for Castle Point; Nigel Farage, Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party; Roger Helmer MEP, Chairman of the Freedom Association; Neil Herron of the Metric Martyr Defence Fund; and Councilor Steve Radford of the Liberal Party.

Viewing their web sites and literature certainly makes you aware of the battle that is being waged for a country that has been duped into relinquishing its sovereignty. Funny how we haven’t heard much about this struggle in our own media! But of course, this is the same media that either refuses to report on the prospect of the North American Union or downplays anyone who questions them on it.

Perhaps because of the lack of reporting on the subject, frequently you’ll hear other folks claim: "Well, it can’t happen here," or: "There’s no way Congress would support it."

I realize how hard it is for busy Americans to take such worries seriously. After all, we live in America, the Land of the Free! But it is worth the effort to look across the ocean and see the attack on national sovereignty that has been unfolding there for decades. As the Campaign for an Independent Britain has shown in its literature and on its Websites, a nation’s sovereignty can be taken away with or without voters support. The British experience fighting the EU should at the very least teach us to be vigilant about defending our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our way of life, no matter what side of the political spectrum you are on.

It’s amazing that we as Americans would vow to literally fight to the death to defend a frontal assault on our country or its principles, but when the assault is done on the sly and our rights are slowly being eroded away (even by our own government), we either don’t recognize it or we turn a blind eye, and anyone who would even suggest such a thing is considered hysterical or worse.

We have to get over such knee jerk reactions and start evaluating issues and events in a more clear-eyed manner. Only by doing that can we take the first step toward identifying threats to our sovereignty in order to save and protect our free and independent nation. It is crucial that we begin to do so soon, because it’s easier to defend something already established than it is to bring something back after it was surrendered.

The efforts of the Campaign for an Independent Britain should remind us of the importance of our vital, but fragile sovereignty.