From Cliff Thies:Prince William, an officer and helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force, donned the uniform of the Irish Guards, whose First Regiment is currently deployed to Afghanistan, for his wedding,. It was a fitting reminder that even as we go about our lives, there are men and women in the armed forces of our countries who are serving in combat in what the military refers to as "the long war." His bride, Kate Middleton, was resplendent in her beautiful white dress.
BTW In their own tribute to the military, the San Diego Padres started to occasionally wear camouflage uniforms, a practice that has since been up by a number of other sports teams.
Editor's comment - Y'all didn't think this was a Royals coverage free zone, now did ya?
11 comments:
Like William the Finocchio ever served in stonageistan? His brother is more of the real deal...As far as the Irish guards go....Well, so what? If the royals had any conscience and balls, they'd earn their keep.
There is no such thing as royalty. I almost pity those kids. They are the only ones left who are slaves to that ancient, evil caste system called "nobility". Kings with no subjects still have to live as kings. What a charade.
Well, didn't someone one say arrogance is a kingdom without a crown. What's a crown without a kingdom or authority?
As much as I detest monarchies, being in that position requires strength, loyalty and responsibility. I do not see that from that family and I'd love to see one of them tell the truth of what their country has become and what it should be. They have cockroaches on their house and instead of killing them, they are giving the cockroaches their own room, loo and board and telling the cockroaches to tell their friends to come over. It's insane.
"As much as I detest monarchies, being in that position requires strength, loyalty and responsibility.
It requires nothing of the sort. It requires an accident of birth and obedience to a worthless tradition.
Imagine being the Duke of whatever and then start writing a list of all the things you can never do because of the situation of your birth and your obedience to it. uggh
Arise!
The UK should keep its monarchy even though it is completely contrary to capitalism and democracy, and to the ideals that America has cherished for 230 years.
Sure, it may cost money to keep it, but without the monarchy, Great Britain would lose an important part of its heritage, and tourism would plummet. Going to Buckingham palace just wouldn't be the same anymore.
To be a god king it does. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen often or hardly at all. That's why we got rid of them.
And to my point, had george III been those things and redressed our grievances, we'd be like Canada or Australia, another british commonwealth. My point is, if you are going to be in such a position, use it for good and have some guts. Right now, they are overpaid spectators of the destruction of their country.
As a commonwealth country we have the Queen as titular head of state. This gives us a head of state who lives in another country and is irrelevant.
Bet you guys would like to be in that position at present. :)
Could be Jim...
I was hoping this would be a Bill & Kate free site. So the toniest welfare family in England had a wedding. Who cares?
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Alan Turin
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