tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post114558390705463666..comments2024-03-23T22:14:24.292-04:00Comments on Wisdom Weasel: Royalty Friday: Happy Birthday....Wisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1145825866836765372006-04-23T16:57:00.000-04:002006-04-23T16:57:00.000-04:00Oh, and that "America as a hereditary monarchy" ca...Oh, and that "America as a hereditary monarchy" canard of "Horst/Moshe's"- as much as it pains me to say so, Shrub <EM>won</EM> at least one of the presidential elections he took part in. You could call if it a coronation if you want, if you want to ignore the fact that 62,040,610 cast votes for the man in 2004. <BR/><BR/>Indeed, Americans elected the son of an older politician. Like British Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1145807147182191552006-04-23T11:45:00.000-04:002006-04-23T11:45:00.000-04:00Mrs. Roper: if the monarchy is ever done away with...Mrs. Roper: if the monarchy is ever done away with, I bet she'd love to move in next to us...<BR/><BR/>And to the presidents of Germany and Israel, Horst and Moshe (which troll is prentending to be both, I wonder?), welcome, welcome, pull up a stool and grab a pint. As a Brit living in America I can faithfully aver than both systems stink to high heaven. The "well, other ways are just as bad" Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1145666099808247602006-04-21T20:34:00.000-04:002006-04-21T20:34:00.000-04:00I agree with Horst...in what sort of country can y...I agree with Horst...in what sort of country can you be head of state just because your dad was. Still as long as it is "democratic"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1145665041924067972006-04-21T20:17:00.000-04:002006-04-21T20:17:00.000-04:00I agree!! replace her with a president that way we...I agree!! replace her with a president that way we could have a party political (figure)head of state who:<BR/><BR/>1)rubber stamps the laws the Prime Minister and his cabinet makes;<BR/>2)"appoints" the government;<BR/>3)welcomes visiting dignatories;<BR/>4)lives in a big house paid for by the state; <BR/>5)carries out visits to hospitals; <BR/>6)performs walkabouts; and<BR/>7)gives a speech at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1145661517208248212006-04-21T19:18:00.000-04:002006-04-21T19:18:00.000-04:00I am appalled down to my anglophile bones. I just...I am appalled down to my anglophile bones. I just hope HRH doesn't read your blog. <BR/><BR/>God save the Queen! (and all those commemorative 80th birthday plates)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1145637064547982732006-04-21T12:31:00.000-04:002006-04-21T12:31:00.000-04:00Verily, thou art Carroll Gardens royalty.Verily, thou art Carroll Gardens royalty.Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1145635635361052662006-04-21T12:07:00.000-04:002006-04-21T12:07:00.000-04:00In your openeing bit you could have been decribing...In your openeing bit you could have been decribing me.Mondalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com