The luck of the Irish!

The past seven days or so have been awfully rewarding I would think for the Irish. Just last night the Boston Celtics won their 17th championship over the hated Lakers. However, I'm not sure what's more impressive, the fact that the Celtics dominated the Lakers from beginning to end last night or the fact that TV didn't cut off Kevin Garnett's impromptu rant in which he even thank his "Baby's Momma." Nevertheless, what an amazing performance. Congrats to those guys.

Second, and on a more serious and truly Irish note, last week the citizens of Ireland narrowly defeated the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

While I'm more observer than participant, I agree that this rejection was not a rejection of Europe, but more a statement than anything else. You see, Ireland was the only country that gave their citizens the right to vote on whether to adopt the Lisbon Treaty or whether to remain on their own. The EU is suppose to be about Democracy and in a Democracy the people are the ones who make the decisions. Therefore, I believe Ireland sent the message that Democracy will only be successful if it is done right and doing it right is giving the people the right to voting.

Clearly, the EU wants Ireland to join them. Due to low corporate taxes Dublin has become the town and place that many Western companies have pegged as their home base in Europe. There's no way the EU wants to pass up on the opportunity to tax those companies and get their piece of the pie! I applaud the people of Ireland for using their voice to now force the leaders and the members of the EU to go back and reconsider their process.

Drinks are on the house! Cheers!