Posted on 05/08/2007 5:52:54 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
‘Over two hundred years ago we told your “royalty” to FO. We still do!’
You wouldn’t think so watching the coverage on the US news channels. You’re more royalist than we are these days! ;-)
This is nothing compared to Nixon’s; “the last time you were here you burned the place down” comment.
Bonus points for anyone who can identify a recent scifi series in which a female character says:
“I bet I can get her to way ‘we are not amused’”
I suspect the future President made an effort to do so consciously. Unlike his predecessor and the former First Lady, President Bush does not turn on or turn off an accent. What you hear is what you get, whether he is dealing with the Queen of England, the press corps, or anyone else.
“I bet I can get her to way ‘we are not amused’”
Hey, Rose got her to say it at the end.
“It also ensures our head of state is never a Democrat! ;-)”
Who is waiting in the wings again?
Great line by Nixon.
‘Yeah you guys were really free with king henry the 8th and other assorted curmudgeons throughout the years.’
Yes we were and are. The Magna Carta in 1215 first enshrined the rights of an Englishman to live free from interference by the govt. It took another 550 years for another country to give those same rights to it’s people.
‘The US constitution is still the best expression of human freedom and democracy on the planet and always will be.’
Well it’s bound to be - it was based directly on the Magna Carta and was written by Britons. . . . . ;-)
Bush is an oaf and he will be an oaf in white tie and tails too.
‘We can be allies, but I see no need for us to bow to your queen.’
Neither do I and neither does Her Majesty. It is not required or expected that you bow to her any more than I must do so to your president.
It is quite possible that she was giving a parody of her frosty image in response to his inside joke-type wink.
way or say....
Battlestar galactica?
‘Bite me. Because I don’t bow down to no man, woman or critter, I’m stupid. Freek you fool. Kiss mine.’
I didn’t say that were stupid because you ‘bow down to no man’, I inferred your stupidity from your rabid prose style which revealed obvious anger issues and your tenuous grasp on history. . . . . .
Um, being the Queen? Part of a legacy of a government that has been around for 800 years? When the government of these US gets to 800 years, get back to me. Course by then the United Kingdom will have been around for 1400 years
Fancy parties, lavish food, designer gowns. Maybe it’s fun, but it should not be a reason to worship and stand in awe of any of these people.
Has nothing to do with parties, food, or gowns (well maybe the parties and food a bit). The Queen is Great Britain. She is the nation. When you look at the royal monarch you're recognizing 800 years of history. You're glimpsing the Magna Carta, Agincourt, Hastings. The rise of the language with which we're conversing. A nation that had to deal with the Roundheads but still brought the monarchy back. That stood up to Napoleon and by doing so created two of the most well known names in the latter half of the second millenium. It's a respect for history.
You look at politicians and there's just politics. They'll be done and gone in a few years. They'll fade away. Blair is a buffoon and so was Major before him (yeah I know it's been 10 years but there was a government before Labour). Yes they make the laws but there's no history to them. As much as I respect her memory even the Iron Lady doesn't hold a candle to the monarchy, and no not even Churchill.
Do I recognize failings within the monarchy? Of course. Prince Harry may be the most well suited to take over between the three successors but I know he will not. I recognize Charles' mistakes and William's gaffes but when they wear that crown they are more than the men they were, they will be England. You cannot say that about a President, a Senator, or Representative.
I am a North Carolinian first and foremost but as a student of history, I see something that once was great and still is in its own fashion. But I also recognize that while this nation is indeed powerful, it will never reach the standard set by those that came before it. Sure we have our songs, our own pomp and circumstance, but nothing like that. When you hear God Save the Queen or Rule Brittania being played and know that they've been played for close to 300 years. You can feel the history in the buildings, standing in the same place of the Tower that Sir Walter Raleigh once stood or walking into Wren's St Paul's and the reverence the building still has (compared to the crowds at Westminster). The quietness standing at Nelson's tomb.
That is what I see when I see the Queen. Sorry for the rant
What rank in life have you risen to?
Bush has a sense of humor and can laugh at himself. I tire of people who take themselves seriously and get p*ssed off when others don’t take them as serously as they do themselves.
‘Who is waiting in the wings again?’
William of course, you don’t think Her Majesty would allow Charlie do you? ;-)
You need to read the whole story — it’s pretty funny.
It happened when she was on a state visit to the U.S. while the President’s father was in office. W and the Queen got into a fairly delightful discussion about the boots he was wearing, and she asked him good-naturedly if he was the black sheep of his family. Barbara B. interrupted the conversation just as it was getting interesting.
The Queen is not as stuffy as she appears in public.
Two different photographers - or a fast one - wouldn’t change the placement of the President and the Queen relative to each other.
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