[dog breath]

There are distant Hapsburg descendants still around some even in America I believe. At least this prince was spared the Hapsburg look, there were scary genetic defects in that line. Having some good beer swilling Austrians in the family tree, I will have to raise a glass to someone who risked his position and life to oppose old Adolf. I don't think the family ever got back the properties confiscated by the Nazis for opposing them.

[hosepipe]

[ Otto von Habsburg was the last man to have a real idea of ​​the democratic metamorphosis of the Austrian Empire ]

Democracy always was, is now and always will be MOB Rule by mobsters..
Democracy is a lie.. No democracy has ever yet or will be democratic..
Democracy is Mob Rule by mobsters with a MASK... Kabuki Theater..

[Cronos]

imho, Austria should put back a constitutional monarchy under the Hapsburgs. What is Austria otherwise? It was defined as the seat of the Hapsburgs for seven centuries. Otherwise it may as well join Germany.

A constitutional monarchy in this case would make sense imho

[AFreeBird]

I can’t read “Austrian”. Maybe we could get Øbama to translate it for us.

[Justa]

So will this end the curse?

< /cryptic >

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

From yesterday’s WSJ article on same subject ...

It will be written that Otto Habsburg lived and died a democrat, but sometimes I wonder. There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, that one morning, one of Habsburg’s aides in the European Parliament came to him and asked for the afternoon off. Habsburg asked why. The aide confessed somewhat sheepishly that he wanted to watch a soccer game.

Habsburg consented, then inquired. “Who is playing?”

“Austria and Hungary,” his staffer replied.

Habsburg is said to have looked up from his desk and asked: “Against whom?”