SidDithers
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Sun Apr-24-11 09:49 AM
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| 67. She owns no such amount... |
| -The Queen owns more than 6 billion acres. almost 5% of the planet's surface area |
Liberal_in_LA |
Apr-23-11 08:19 PM |
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I am SO excited about the wedding. |
Wilms |
Apr-23-11 08:21 PM |
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I'm sure the prince is a nice guy but all he did to receive such fame is be born. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Apr-23-11 08:22 PM |
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I admit, I'm really bad about adding a sarcasm tag when indicated. |
Wilms |
Apr-23-11 08:28 PM |
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it's entertainment, hardly subjugation to the british monarchy |
cali |
Apr-23-11 08:37 PM |
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The argument that the monarchy is a tourist attraction is the only one remotely sane. n/t |
Wilms |
Apr-23-11 08:45 PM |
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(psst, I think that *is* the prince, Prince Wilms) |
SaveAmerica |
Apr-23-11 09:23 PM |
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I'll be playing a video game most likely. nt |
Confusious |
Apr-24-11 09:36 AM |
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only if you count Canada |
Motown_Johnny |
Apr-23-11 08:24 PM |
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Well played...eom |
Kolesar |
Apr-23-11 08:44 PM |
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Name removed |
Apr-23-11 08:25 PM |
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I heard it from one of those specials on the royals yesterday. Correct me if I'm wrong |
Liberal_in_LA |
Apr-23-11 08:27 PM |
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It's YOUR responsibility to post factual statements. |
Blue-Jay |
Apr-23-11 09:52 PM |
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Killed? Because of who they were born to? A bit harsh methinks. n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Apr-23-11 08:29 PM |
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really? you think all herditary monarchs should be killed? and their offspring |
cali |
Apr-23-11 08:32 PM |
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How do I feel about that? Incredulous, that's how |
tularetom |
Apr-23-11 08:26 PM |
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it's also bullshit. |
cali |
Apr-23-11 08:33 PM |
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Where did you find that? nt |
Sonoman |
Apr-23-11 08:26 PM |
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Thought I read somewhere once that The Crown is the largest landowner in the US. n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Apr-23-11 08:27 PM |
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it is not. |
cali |
Apr-23-11 08:38 PM |
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Thought wrong then. Maybe someone else read it. n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Apr-23-11 08:45 PM |
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Ah, Bullshit. |
cliffordu |
Apr-23-11 08:27 PM |
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If this is a reference to land in the Commonwealth, well, don't individual |
Critters2 |
Apr-23-11 08:27 PM |
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I hope she is using a zero turn mower. That's a lot of green, in more than one |
HysteryDiagnosis |
Apr-23-11 08:28 PM |
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she doesn't really own it. |
cali |
Apr-23-11 08:30 PM |
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thanks for the correction |
Liberal_in_LA |
Apr-23-11 08:41 PM |
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I find it facinating that posts like this that state truth on DU get so few responses... |
A HERETIC I AM |
Apr-23-11 10:08 PM |
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It's some quirk of human nature... |
grillo7 |
Apr-23-11 11:57 PM |
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+1... |
SidDithers |
Apr-24-11 09:47 AM |
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I have no feelings about it. |
aikoaiko |
Apr-23-11 08:33 PM |
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Is that more or less than the |
malaise |
Apr-23-11 08:40 PM |
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Good one. -nt |
crickets |
Apr-23-11 11:51 PM |
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Yeah but can she sell it? If she can't than her "ownership" is meaningless. |
Raine |
Apr-23-11 08:41 PM |
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Just watch, one night she'll get drunk and lose Canada in |
Recovered Repug |
Apr-23-11 10:12 PM |
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LOL |
Raine |
Apr-24-11 01:31 AM |
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Isn't that how the crown acquired Canada in the first place? |
WatsonT |
Apr-24-11 09:23 AM |
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Hold's in trust actually. It's not hers to dispose of, except possibly... |
TheMadMonk |
Apr-23-11 08:43 PM |
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Not exactly true if you include "crown land" |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-23-11 08:44 PM |
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In what sense does she "own" all that land? n/t |
pnwmom |
Apr-23-11 08:45 PM |
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Do you have any sort of corroboration for this? n/t |
SDuderstadt |
Apr-23-11 08:46 PM |
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maybe facts just aren't their game. |
dionysus |
Apr-24-11 10:55 AM |
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Link, please, proving she actually personally owns the land in question. |
kestrel91316 |
Apr-23-11 08:52 PM |
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Not quite. The "Crown Estate" -- not the Queen herself -- owns about $6.2 billion |
pnwmom |
Apr-23-11 08:53 PM |
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flat out lie by anti-royalists. |
provis99 |
Apr-23-11 08:56 PM |
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And yet I heard that the wedding costs will be on the taxpayers. |
Curmudgeoness |
Apr-23-11 09:21 PM |
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If we had a "royal family" |
Drale |
Apr-23-11 09:46 PM |
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And I would rather tax money is spent on neither. |
Curmudgeoness |
Apr-24-11 12:43 PM |
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Not for the wedding itself |
Mark Baker |
Apr-24-11 09:42 AM |
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Not entirely. Besides the costs for security and police, |
Curmudgeoness |
Apr-24-11 12:53 PM |
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Remember when America was official anti-Monarchy? |
defendandprotect |
Apr-23-11 09:32 PM |
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Rec THIS post....if I could nt |
Vanje |
Apr-23-11 10:24 PM |
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And anti-colonial? Okay, don't flame, but if I don't say that, it'll just fester. |
freshwest |
Apr-23-11 11:26 PM |
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The question is |
Drale |
Apr-23-11 09:45 PM |
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I believe they keep Canada open to the public. n/t |
tammywammy |
Apr-23-11 10:11 PM |
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Are they referring to Canada? |
moriah |
Apr-23-11 09:45 PM |
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Is that true? |
Blue-Jay |
Apr-23-11 09:49 PM |
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Fact-checking. Not only nerds and academics do it. |
canetoad |
Apr-23-11 09:59 PM |
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it's absurd. |
barbtries |
Apr-23-11 10:06 PM |
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God save the Queen |
datasuspect |
Apr-23-11 10:08 PM |
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We Mean It Man! (Sex Pistols Fan?) |
Motown_Johnny |
Apr-24-11 08:50 AM |
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No future! |
Vanje |
Apr-24-11 10:21 AM |
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You really should be ashamed of yourself for posting such bullshit. n/t |
A HERETIC I AM |
Apr-23-11 10:10 PM |
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It points to a woeful knowledge of world government |
canetoad |
Apr-23-11 10:29 PM |
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....and OH! How Hard she worked for EVERY square foot |
Vanje |
Apr-23-11 10:21 PM |
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Yeah and like she really owns Canada ... NOT! |
Raine |
Apr-24-11 01:37 AM |
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;';' |
Vanje |
Apr-24-11 10:16 AM |
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She owns Crown land |
daleo |
Apr-23-11 10:30 PM |
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How can anyone believe this nonsense? n/t |
Yo_Mama |
Apr-23-11 10:30 PM |
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How many hectares is that? |
leeroysphitz |
Apr-23-11 10:35 PM |
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Oh yeah well Obama owns 2 billion acres...I mean |
NYC Liberal |
Apr-23-11 10:38 PM |
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you have to subtract the borough of Queens from Obama's total |
KurtNYC |
Apr-24-11 08:47 AM |
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Her great-grandparents used to own a lot more. |
BR_Parkway |
Apr-24-11 08:45 AM |
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She owns no such amount... |
SidDithers |
Apr-24-11 09:49 AM |
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Well, she had to work very hard to acquire every inch of it. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Apr-24-11 09:51 AM |
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I hope she's got a riding mower for grass-cutting day... n/t |
pipi_k |
Apr-24-11 09:53 AM |
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It should say that the British have stolen 5% of the earth's surface |
Taitertots |
Apr-24-11 10:32 AM |
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