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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:13 AM Original message |
Gordon Brown just Knighted "Sir Edward Kennedy". |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. John Bolton's mustache just lit on fire |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't blame Teddy for getting knighted... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Seems sorta un-Democratic, doesn't it. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. That's how the UK honors great figures |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Why? It's not a hereditary peerage. |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
47. It is a vestige of monarchy, and monarchy can keep it. |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. As much as I disapprove of the monrachy... |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Well, in a manner of speaking, perhaps..... |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Yeah... I know... |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. well intended and well deserved - Honors are decided |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Think of it as receiving an honorary degree from a university. |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yeah if the entire United States wasn't predicated on |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:26 AM Original message |
So Irish Americans aren't "real" Americans? |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. DUPE |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Er, he was given the honor specifically because of his work |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
25. No but Irish Americans have two good reasons to say no... nt |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
41. yup |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
54. Actually, I thank God every day that my ancestors were able to get here nt |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. It's consider a real slap at the Queen to not accept. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
46. I think it's an insult to *us* to offer it. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Yeah, so let's take back the honorary citizenship we gave Churchill |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Wesley Clark as well. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. It's definitely not valid here |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It isn't a title of nobility. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. So Teddy isnt a "real" American? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. While I think that LiC is making a very silly argument, |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
39. gotta agree with you. It is not like an honorary college degree |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Agree, and... |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I hope he enjoys every minute of it. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I do too |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
38. imo, it's better than getting the american medal of freedom. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
64. Our civilian honors system needs some work. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. It's an honorary title |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I will let Jefferson explain |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. That is true, but I don't think that accepting honors from the British government |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. And that was over 200 years ago |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
62. It is a ploy to collect back taxes for King George. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. He wasn't made to swear an allegiance to the Crown. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Oy vey... |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
60. ...and if it weren't for the French you lot would STILL be speaking proper English... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. You should write for fux news, they would love that angle. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
43. I agree completely. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. That is Pretty Cool |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:24 AM Original message |
It pisses of Americans as well. nt |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. Not this American. I think it's wonderful...n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I See Quite a Few... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
35. I doubt it. It seems to piss off you, but I don't think Teddy reallys cares |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. Yeah, Rush is just steaming n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. Actually, only the Queen can do so..... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I've always thought that Brown had queenish tendencies |
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billybob537 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. He should accept! |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. Technically he's not 'Sir Edward' |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Well, you could be a Canadian or an Australian, or a national of any |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. point taken.. my bad... well technically those would be british subjects.. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. No, they're not British subjects either |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. Does he get a sword? |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
42. I burst out laughing at your post because it reminded me of the "We have a flag" |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Eddie Izzard here it is... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. Edward Kennedy, KBE. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
44. I thought the Queen had to do that. In England. |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. One of these days they'll be e-mailing them. |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Someone with crown authority can do it for the crown. |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. dupe |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
53. I love Ted Kennedy |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
59. Excellent! An honour highly deserved! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
63. I think it is cool |
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