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Great stuff. He's in good company an' all. Fred Goodwin, Lords Ahmed, Archer and the rest of the money for laws brigade. Let's not forget Greenspan for services to economics..:dizzy2:
Why do we prostitute our honours system so? Mind you it fits in nicely with Our Great Leaders moral compass, as in he hasn't got one. :embarassed:
Sometimes I get the feeling IA has doubts about Gordon Brown being the best thing that ever happened to England. Careful there.
For the Conspiracy Theoristas:
Sir Ted would have to become... Canadian, eh? :laugh4:Quote:
The so-called missing thirteenth amendment, or "Titles of Nobility Amendment" (TONA), proposed by the 11th Congress on May 1, 1810, would have ended the citizenship of any American accepting "any Title of Nobility or Honour" from any foreign power. Some maintain that the amendment was actually ratified by the legislatures of enough states, and that a conspiracy has suppressed it, but this has been thoroughly debunked.[17] Known to have been ratified by lawmakers in twelve states, the last in 1812, this amendment contains no expiration date for ratification. It may yet be ratified.
This is a shame. I wonder how the family of the woman he murdered feel?
It really doesn't matter.
It means nothing in the U.S.
Be fair...manslaughter or negligent homicide. He didn't seek her death, just her......Quote:
Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
Autographed copy of The Divine Comedy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
The Kennedys are the most overrated family in American history. Even if you look past there drug addled sex romps using taxpayer money Which I do. They simply weren't good politicians.Kruschev played John like a fiddle and Johnson got all the rights legislation passed.
Wasn't his dad a Hitler fanboy as well?
There, got Godwin out of the way for you all. :whip:
Yes he was. Teddy's brother John was a war hero in the mold of John Kerry.Quote:
Originally Posted by InsaneApache
By all accounts he behaved bravely and took good care of his people....after getting his boat rammed and sunk. Older brother Joe was an out-and-out brave one, but the project that got him killed was a little silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
I don't know how many of u bothered to see "W", but in a scene where GWB was talking to old bush and old bush was ragging on him for partying and driving drunk, he said "You're ruining this family, what, you think you're a Kennedy?"
Hehehehe. I thought IA was knighting.... me! when I first saw this thread. :beam:
this man should never have received an honour.
I dunno, Dons rather spiffing, what! :toff:
You make it sound like there are politician out there who do have standards that stand above their ambitions. They all have the morals of alley cats.Quote:
Originally Posted by InsaneApache
Yes, this outrage always surprises me. We have to go back decades to meet politicians who aren't mainly feathering their own nest and heaping praises on their colleagues with the hope / expectation of quid pro quo.
I watched an old b&w movie last night "Reserved for Ladies". London head-waiter masquerades as royalty to snag an aristocrat girlie. Basically: 1920's between-wars euro romantic comedy.
In the flic, there's a scene where an incognito king and our headwaiter pass judgment on the masses, royalty, aristocrats, workingmen and politicians - the classes they both have to 'deal with', all of whom seem blissfully unaware the other classes exist.
... could have been lifted from that very king-headwaiter scene. My point? Even 90 years ago, politicians have been held in very low regard. It was funny to see the "alley cats" remark repeated so soon after I viewed the movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idaho
there are some who have principles and are genuinely interested in helping people, they just never get off the back-benches.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idaho