AN IMPORTANT VOTE – AT 10:32 A.M. ET:   We are being distracted by our election campaign.  Important things are happening around the world.  One of them is the British referendum, scheduled for June, on whether Britain should leave the European Union.  From Sky News:

Boris Johnson has revealed he will campaign for Britain to leave the EU in a major blow to the Prime Minister.

The decision by the London Mayor ends months of speculation and represents a huge coup for the Leave campaign, given his broad appeal among voters.

Mr Johnson informed the PM by text just nine minutes before making his statement.

While he told reporters David Cameron had done "fantastically well" in the deal he reached with Brussels, he added no one "could realistically claim that this is fundamental reform of the EU".

Mr Johnson said: "The last thing I wanted was to go against David Cameron or the Government, but after a great deal of heartache, I don't think there's anything else I could do.

"I will be advocating Vote Leave ... because I want a better deal for the people of this country to save them money and to take back control."

He added: "What I won't do is take part in loads of TV debates against other members of my party and I was told what the Prime Minister had to say this morning about not sharing platforms with George Galloway and other individuals, and I won't do that either."

COMMENT:  It's a major vote.  The EU is a huge bureaucracy that devastates the sovereignty of the member nations.  It is really accountable only to itself.

I'd like to see Britain leave.  I'd like to see the EU crumble.  The confused elitists can find employment elsewhere, like on American college campuses.  I'd like to see individual European cultures rise again.  The diversity, to use a current, trendy term, is healthy.

February 22, 2016