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Cambodia's king retires
Associated Press
| October 7, 2004
Posted on 10/06/2004 10:27:42 PM PDT by HAL9000
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:27:42 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
I thought it was good to be the king?
To: HAL9000
I think Kerry was there long enough to gain citizenship.
Maybe is the whole President thing doesn't work out....
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:32:59 PM PDT
by
socal_parrot
(Fear the monkey!!)
To: socal_parrot
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:33:23 PM PDT
by
socal_parrot
(Fear the monkey!!)
To: HAL9000
Prince Ranariddh has been considered a candidate for the throne in the past, but has said he is not interested in filling that role. Who put the "ra" in the "ra-nar-ra-nar-riddh"?
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:33:26 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: flashbunny
And we thought it was a mess to hold a presidential election. Can you imagine trying to find someone to be King-yuck! My experience with government panels, they can hardly agree on whose going to cater lunch let alone a future monarch.
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:34:43 PM PDT
by
camboianchristmas
(when two or more or gathered in His name...great things happen)
To: HAL9000
He may be taking a position with the Kerry campaign since it appears they retired Rassman.
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:36:17 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: socal_parrot
"I think Kerry was there long enough to gain citizenship."
That's funny. You should get this comment (in context) to John O'Neill of the SwiftVets. I'll be he'd get a real kick out of it.
To: HAL9000
Anyone going there for Christmas this year?
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:37:37 PM PDT
by
DSBull
(Truth is the light of the World, shine it everywhere)
To: socal_parrot
I think Kerry was there long enough to gain citizenship. He could be King Kerry of Kambodia. Good alliteration.
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:37:58 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: socal_parrot
Since the king has to have some royal blood in him, I am sure Kerry will discover that generations ago, an ancestor came from Cambodia. Heck he claimed the same about being part jewish. With him, you just never know.
Maybe that is why he has that memory of Christmas in Cambodia "seared, seared" in his mind. He was visiting family.
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:38:21 PM PDT
by
camboianchristmas
(when two or more or gathered in His name...great things happen)
To: HAL9000
He is a bit of an eccentric type, he abdicated the the throne once before, and he also used to be a dreadful film director, yet, he always seemed to win top honors at the Phnom Phen film festivals....
I was in Siem Reap last November, its a beautiful place, and a damned interesting country, I enjoyed it very much.
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:40:14 PM PDT
by
Central Scrutiniser
(If you destroy that machine, you will have to answer to the Pepsi Corporation!)
To: HAL9000
Norodom Sihanouk? I remember that guy from what-the 60s? He must be a millon years old!
Next time we'll see him will be on one of those "whatever happened to?" TV shows - he'll be out in front of his Floriduh tin shack on wheels, trimming the Astroturf.
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:40:56 PM PDT
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: flashbunny
"I thought it was good to be the king?"Good to be young and a king, for sure!
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:42:24 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: Hank Rearden
damn. shoulda used "mowing" or "weeding".
gotta think these things through for maximum yuks before hitting Post.
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:42:36 PM PDT
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
If you go to Angkor Wat, and you know the right people, you can have an excellent party on top of the temple after sunset.
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posted on
10/06/2004 10:58:32 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: DSBull
I live and work in Cambodia. Next time any Freepers are in town, let me know.
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posted on
10/06/2004 11:07:49 PM PDT
by
cambodia
(I've spent more Christmas's in Cambodia than Kerry)
To: cambodia
Doesn't Angelina Jolie live there now...
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posted on
10/06/2004 11:10:57 PM PDT
by
DSBull
(Truth is the light of the World, shine it everywhere)
To: cambodia
Hello, I know the place well myself.
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posted on
10/06/2004 11:13:05 PM PDT
by
angkor
To: DSBull
Jolie has a house in the NW part of the country though very rarely visits. She was just offered honorary Cambodian citizenship by the PM.
Story about the King is pretty much to be expected. He's been threatening abdication for a number of years now. In addition, he rarely is in Cambodia spending most of his time at his palaces in China and North Korea.
Will see if he actually goes through with it...
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posted on
10/06/2004 11:18:33 PM PDT
by
cambodia
(I've spent more Christmas's in Cambodia than Kerry)
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