Posted on 05/07/2007 8:31:47 AM PDT by VxH
WASHINGTON — President Bush, a leader known for his informality, welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the White House Monday with an uncharacteristic display of high pomp.
"We did sort of have to convince him a little bit" to opt for the white-tie dinner, first Lady Laura Bush said Monday of her and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's efforts to talk Bush into hosting the most formal dinner the White House can offer.
The British monarch and her husband, Prince Philip, are being greeted later Monday morning with a 21-gun salute and a parade by the U.S. Army's Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps attended by 7,000 guests on the White House's South Lawn.
An exclusive few will return in white tie and tails for the state dinner among 13 damask-clothed tables set with gold-trimmed ivory china and gilded silver candelabras.
"We're very excited to host Her Majesty," Mrs. Bush said Monday morning on ABC's "Good Morning America."
"We had the opportunity to be here the last time she was here for a state dinner (hosted by the first President Bush in 1991) ... and we're so thrilled to have the chance to host her and to show her the strong affection the American people have for the British," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
pretty please, with sugar on top....
Well, they’ll just have to put up with it if the Monarchs want to come over for a visit.
It goes along with the 1st amendment. That’d be the amendment that requires separation of church and state (no monarchs), and also guarantees freedom of speech (so we can poke fun at monarchs).
The freedom to do so is protected by our 1st Amendment.
>>a new one with strong allies and a common cause.
As long as the Royalty stays on your side of the pond, that’s fine.
Over here the leaders are secular - not ordained.
I don’t think you’re helping your cause. Whatever that is.
Remember these: Protection against cruel and unusual punishment, Right to a speedy trial, Safeguards against illegal search and seizure, Right to Privacy, Right to bear arms?
NONE of them existed under the King and every one of these INALIENABLE rights is under attack from within our own, increasingly centrist, government.
Just how much more constitutional shredding is the Orwellian perpetual war on terror going to be used to justify?
Our government is sliding towards what we declared independence from over 200 years ago and those within that government need to STOP and remember what the PURPOSE of government is - and that is TO PRESERVE THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE GOVERNED. PERIOD.
Got Tyranny?
From the FR home page:
“to champion causes which further conservatism in America”
America.
Does Britain have a Free Republic?
No? Well, we’ll share ours with you foreigners as long as you clean up after yourselves when you go home. Please do be sure not to leave anything behind, especially your monarchy.
(btw...loved your "global warming happening again" chart on your home page...took the liberty of sending it to my boss...who tends to listen to the MSM and is in desperate need of enlightenment!)
Very true...but that doesnt mean that people aren’t going to be offended by it. I’ve read what many on these boards feel about flag-burning.
Same with the UK. Anyone is free to mock, ridicule or rubbish the Queen. Doesn’t mean there aren’t people who are going to be upset about it though.
‘From the FR home page
“to champion causes which further conservatism in America”
America.’
So how does rubbishing the monarchy of a foreign country further conservatism in America?
“Our government is sliding towards what we declared independence from over 200 years ago and those within that government need to STOP and remember what the PURPOSE of government is - and that is TO PRESERVE THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE GOVERNED. PERIOD.”
A frightening thought occurs. Perhaps if this “slide towards tyranny” is going on, and seems to be going on all the time, and all over the world, then it implies that those rights are not “inalienable” but preserved solely by the will of the free. Perhaps the US republic is a blip on an otherwise pretty bleak picture of how Humanity usually rules itself.
Not a comfortable thought to go to sleep on.
Yeah, like the British monarchy hasn’t changed its spots in 200 years.
Even aside from that point, it’s not like we were fighting Stalinists.
And even aside from those points, even if there is still something sinister in the British monarchy (which there isn’t), what conceivable danger does it, or American respect for the British monarch, actually pose to us?
In short: What are you smoking?
nowt wrong with a good ordainin’....
cant wait till the next one, get a day off work, peanut butter jelly time...
Human nature is what it is. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Are the self evident truths referred to in the Declaration of Independence still self evident today? I think they are.
[Not a comfortable thought to go to sleep on.]
Comfort is overrated.
>>In short: What are you smoking?
Nothing. Certainly not the opium that the British tried to force upon the Chinese.
Tata.
"that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."-Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.