Posted on 04/17/2013 3:18:23 AM PDT by beaversmom
Before her death, friends visiting Baroness Thatcher at her grand house in Chester Square, Belgravia, would find the living room dominated by a large portrait of Thatcher herself, below which sat a silver bowl marking her 10th anniversary as prime minister. On either side on the mantelpiece, next to a photograph of her late husband Denis, pride of place was taken by framed portraits of her two American-born grandchildren, Michael and Amanda.
Lady Thatcher's "greatest delight", she told an interviewer in the late 90s, was "when my daughter-in-law sends me photographs of the grandchildren. Apart from seeing them in the flesh, that is the greatest pleasure I have in the whole year, far exceeding everything else."
It is fitting, therefore, that however grand Lady Thatcher's funeral , her funeral procession will be led by the siblings. And just as Michael did a decade ago as a 14-year-old boy at the funeral of his grandfather Sir Denis, Amanda Thatcher, now 19, will read one of two lessons, the other delivered by David Cameron. For a young, discreet Texan college student, it will be an abrupt entry into the global spotlight.
Despite — or very possibly because of — the chaotic notoriety of their father Sir Mark, now divorced from their mother Diane, Michael and Amanda are described by friends as modest, unshowy young people, both of whom, under Diane's influence, are dedicated evangelical Christians, and whose social and political conservatism met with their grandmother's vocal approval.
Amanda Thatcher is now studying at the University of Richmond in Virginia; her school reports show was a talented sportswoman, excelling in athletics, and who was voted "most likely to change the world" by her high school peers.
Like his grandmother, Michael studied chemistry at college and now works in a pharmacy in the wealthy...
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It must have pained the little marxists at the guardian to have to report how humble, religious, hard-working and talented these two young people are. I’m certain they would have much preferred them to have tattoos, drug habits, gay lovers or maybe horns on their heads.
Fine looking young people .. may they bear this sad day with equanimity and poise.
She is a hurdler at the University of Richmond.
She is a hurdler at the University of Richmond.
These are also the grandchildren of their sainted conservative Missouri Synod Lutheran grandfather, the Rev. Paul Burgdorf. He would be equally thankful that they are turning out so well.
Apparently she is a Texan as well. Here is her track profile
Perhaps Thatcher’s grandchildren may someday enter politics in the US and deliver our country from the pit of Obama’s socialism like their grandmother did for the UK.
England’s parasite class still hate her.
England’s parasite class still hate her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitism
I just read this and a LOT applies to the welfare parasite class...
Also parasites tend to fight back or release toxins when the host tries to get rid of them to discourage the host from trying top get rid of them, like “riots” and “crime” and vicious lashing out against those who muster an immune response like copnservatives.
When a working organism becomes a parasite they reduce complexity as it is unnneded to survive and they “de-volve” their complexity, this is apparent in the parasite class as their don’t develop their minds as much as they don;t need to be smart to be a parasite, just smart enough to leech off the system.
Parasites in nature vs. Parasites in society
Not much difference there...
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