Posted on 12/25/2005 12:31:52 PM PST by Neville72
a buffon by any other name...
King Elizabeth III.
It has a nice ring to it.
Odd that people still care about the royal succession in a country that has gone in less than one century from world power status to third rate moribund side show in a declining Europe well on the way to becoming Eurabia by the end of this century.
Egypt, Nineveh, Tyre, Babylon, Persia, Rome, Spain, Portugal, Sublime Porte, Imperial Austria-Hungary, Manchu China, England, France, Germany, USSR. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Who's next? Chindia? NAFTA-land exapanded to FTAA-land?
http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/econ/2003/11scalebackftaa.htm
Eurabia 'from Iceland to Iran' ? Or perhaps all three, with Orwell's 1984 vision of three eternally-at-war global messianic totalitarian states time-shifted to 2084. Or none of the above as the world transitions to the William Gibson / Neal Stephenson "Neuromancer Cryptonomicon Snowcrash Diamond Age" world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson_%28novelist%29
http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/books/books.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson
One good stop along the way to sorting through the possibilities is:
The Rise and Decline of the State (Paperback)
by Martin van Creveld
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/052165629X/qid=1135546766/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/002-4753117-6221614?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
Book Description
The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger communities or falling apart. Many of their functions are likely to be taken over by a variety of organizations that, whatever their precise nature, are not states. In this unique volume Martin van Creveld traces the story of the state from its beginnings to its end. Starting with the simplest political organizations that ever existed, he guides the reader through the origins of the state, its development, its apotheosis during the two World Wars, and its spread from its original home in Western Europe to cover the globe. In doing so, he provides a fascinating history of government from its origins to the present day. This original book will of interest to historians, political scientists and sociologists.
And a German, too. Gad...
Oh wait that would have to be King Elizabeth I.
Didn't we fight a revolution a while back so we wouldn't have to worry about the vagaries of the British royal family?
My ancestor (Maj Gen Harrison) got Charles I, Charles II got the Maj General give us a chance to break the tie. :-)
King Chuck. Chuckie the I.
Why the heck not?
Yep, I should have included that I was agreeing with you. I skipped throught the commments pretty fast.
But Georges have honored themselves since.
Doofus I.
Why not "Numbnuts I"
I like Burger.
It would be tacky to talk about it openly. But it's okay to think about it, and talk among trusted friends. That's all he did, this story consists of two trusted friends breaking confidence and sharing what they heard.
Interestingly enough, I believe that every time Elizabeth has come to America, somebody gives her 13 peppercorns. I think that was part of our rent back then...
Boy George ?
Curious George would be appropriate.
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