Best of luck cousins with the Plant Speaker King.
Not Our Problem Since 1776
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
There’s something in my New England Yankee blood that boils at the sound of a pompous male British aristocrat’s voice. Only males. Females I must admit, are alluring. It’s very strange. Must be ancestral DNA or something. Definitely not on my watch list.
He isn’t dim, dangerous, deluded, or a dunce. The stamp set suggests he has some ill-considered opinions. I’m not seeing from the stamps that his viewpoint is more ill-considered than the default setting of the British elite (who allow immigration inflows 3x in excess of what’s prudent, including gobs of unassimilable Pakistanis).
Notice how traditional all the architecture is, in line with his controversial comments that modern architects did more damage to the London skyline than the Blitz. I’m hoping he’ll turn out like Edward VII, who was derided as Prince of Wales, but was a popular king, even well received in Dublin about 1905.
As for my Irish DNA: as one old fella put it to me, more Irishmen died fighting for the Crown than died fighting against it, including numerous VC winners.
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“till death do us part” Charles told Diana. The divine right to kings was abolished with King John the weak and the Magna Carta.
I’ve not been terribly impressed by Charles either. On the other hand, We, the People, of the United States would do best to pray for England’s King Charles, precisely because the Brits ARE our cousins. sigh Best to also pray for the President and Our nation too.
A disappointing post displaying your national chauvinism. Isn’t it about time you got over the events of the 17th century?
King Charles is not perfect, but as a group the recent monarchs of Great Britain stack up very well compared to say, the recent Presidents of the USA.
(Btw as I am neither British nir American I have no dog in this fight.)
The epoch shaping American Revolution occurred in the 18th century. The 17th was when the English cut off the head of their king.
The Plant Talker doesn’t stack up well to most sentient creatures.
Never get involved in a fight when you have no dog in it is a good maxim to live by.
Is “national chauvinism” the new P.C. term for patriotism?