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President Bush Welcomes Queen Elizabeth II to the White House
Fox News ^ | 5/7/2007 | Associated Press - Fox News

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.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bush43; queenelizabeth
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To: VxH

pretty please, with sugar on top....


141 posted on 05/10/2007 6:20:32 AM PDT by Rikstir
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To: California Patriot
>>Being anti-royalty is an insult to the UK.

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).

142 posted on 05/10/2007 9:10:44 PM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: Vanders9
>>when some Yanks burn the stars and stripes.

The freedom to do so is protected by our 1st Amendment.

143 posted on 05/10/2007 9:14:48 PM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: Rikstir

>>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.


144 posted on 05/10/2007 9:19:30 PM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: VxH

I don’t think you’re helping your cause. Whatever that is.


145 posted on 05/10/2007 11:05:57 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charley the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: California Patriot
There are reasons we do not have ordained monarchs in the government of this country. The purpose of THIS country's government is NOT to serve as an instrument for imposing the will of a ruler.

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?

146 posted on 05/11/2007 1:23:10 AM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: Vanders9
>>Just dang foreigners!

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.

147 posted on 05/11/2007 3:07:47 AM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: VxH
wow....we could have used you back in 1776! (not a criticism at all....people with your passion is exactly what made us the great country we are today)

(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!)

148 posted on 05/11/2007 3:27:01 AM PDT by ZinGirl
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To: VxH

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.


149 posted on 05/11/2007 6:40:32 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: VxH

‘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?


150 posted on 05/11/2007 6:48:00 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: VxH

“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.


151 posted on 05/11/2007 6:53:57 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: VxH

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?


152 posted on 05/11/2007 2:14:26 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charley the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: VxH

nowt wrong with a good ordainin’....

cant wait till the next one, get a day off work, peanut butter jelly time...


153 posted on 05/12/2007 1:08:20 PM PDT by Rikstir
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To: California Patriot

Nudge Nudge Wink Wink. /Sarc

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829853/posts?page=200#200


154 posted on 05/12/2007 7:24:51 PM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: Vanders9
[Perhaps the US republic is a blip on an otherwise pretty bleak picture of how Humanity usually rules itself.]

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.

155 posted on 05/12/2007 7:33:32 PM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: California Patriot

>>In short: What are you smoking?

Nothing. Certainly not the opium that the British tried to force upon the Chinese.

Tata.


156 posted on 05/12/2007 7:44:43 PM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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To: ZinGirl
Thank you for your kind words.
 
>>your passion is
 
1/12 passion, 11/12 responsibility:
 
"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
Eternal Vigilance.

157 posted on 05/12/2007 8:05:35 PM PDT by VxH (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Wire Transfer)
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