I don't give a flying fugg about the Royal Engagement

[malaise]

STFU Andrea Mitchell - you push this crap non-stop and then want to know why people are entralled about them. Speak for your shallow self. The ordinary people on this planet don't know if they'll have a job tomorrow, can't pay their bills and no royal wedding will solve the economic crisis on this planet.

Let Camercon, Clegg and the British Aholes enjoy the diversion.

[AngryAmish]

1. Garbage people relentlessly worshiped by people who can't govern themselves

I hate royalty.

[Ken Burch]

4. I've always like the Leon Rosselson lyric about this phenomenon

(from his song "The Free Press", about UK tabloid "journalism")

"A Royal Wedding, we adore,
The pomp and panoply of yore..
We much prefer, of course,
A Royal Scandalous DIVORCE..."

[malaise]

5. Excellent

:rofl:

[piratefish08]

2. me either. but every Royal Engagement thread is one less Palin thread that will fit on this page.

so there's my silver lining.

[TK421]

8. lol, so true!

[Ken Burch]

14. Well, that works out until Harry marries Bristol....

I could see that happening, in a weird variant of the Andrew-and-Fergie tradition.

[dmr]

30. The Palin's play the Palace

Once there, let's hide their passports, okay?

[Ken Burch]

31. Excellent suggestion.

btw...where did you get the cat animation?

[dmr]

36. I swiped it off somebody on a non-poli board years ago.

I'll share. Take it if you like.
:hi:

[TK421]

32. I hope you're wrong about that prediction, but given some of Harrys exploits

you just never know...could you imagine THAT union? Strangest of the strange that would be

[Diclotican]

34. Ken Burch

Ken Burch

I really Doubt that Harry wil marry Bristol, or anyone of that clan.. Mostly becouse he would not be alowed by his father, his grandmother, the Queen and the Prime Minister.. Everything is better than marry the royals into that clan...

And I doubt also, that Harry is that stupid to even know that clan.. Even tho Bristol might be a good person, the whole Palin clan is plain madness

Diclotican

[Ken Burch]

53. Diclotican...I was joking...ok?

But, in fairness, the degree of inbreeding IS probably the same on both sides of that potential genetic fusion.

[Diclotican]

56. Ken Burch

Ken Burch

Ah, not easy to understand a joke, when you are not seeing the persons face;).. I agree that to a degree a inbreeding is a danger to it all.. When families are to close, and most royal families in Europe is rather close, so it is maybe for the good, that the current generations are marriaging outside of their "own classes" so new blood, and therefore more geens can be given a chance to get in.. And it looks like the current royals in GB is indeed marriaging outside what is "natural" for a royal family who have ruled UK for allmoust 1000 year now.. By family Queen Elizabeth 2 of UK, is the other end of a line, who goes back, rougly to 500 AD, even when it is different lines of sucessions from the orginal Kings and Queens of what become England in the middle ages.. Mighty kings, and powerless kings.. But for the most part, it have allways been a king and a queen in England.. The only difference was the time of the middle of 1600s, when it was a republic. It survived just 16 years, and Charles 2 of England was welcomed back as a hero, even to his father, Charles 1 was a head shorter before the republic.. He was a Stuart, and little lightheaded when it came to the rights of the Kings, and the reality on the ground... His son was some smarter I guess, he and the family business survived to the current age.. And I doubt that the brittish wil go republic anytime soon.. It is maybe expensive, but at least it is a stable figurhead on the top.

Diclotican

[Renew Deal]

3. Who's forcing you to watch TV?

:shrug:

[damntexdem]

6. So that would be a royal fugg?

Yeah, fugg the royals!

[GoCubsGo]

7. Welcome to the club.

I turned off the Toady Show this morning, because they were incessant about it. Even the BBC spent less time on the subject.

[AtomicKitten]

9. If you can't find your remote wedge between the sofa cushions

there is a button on your TV to push that will change the channel.

[theoldman]

10. They have been having sex for 8 years.

The main change will be that the royal family will have more control over her life.

[haifa lootin]

16. And now they can do it with each other.

;-)

[jberryhill]

26. Wow... I used to think half the night was pretty good /nt

[dembotoz]

11. i watched the last royal wedding-charles and dianna

Think i got up a 3 in the morning to do it.
Pleasant diversion.
sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better than reality tv and all the other dreck that is on.

and i do not think the woman will be feature as a bridezilla.

[Raine]

43. I watched it too and I'm sure I'll watch

this one also. :-)

[adigal]

12. Bread and circuses, people, bread and circuses

Don't look at the drowning middle and lower classes or the tax cut for the rich. Look at the shiny new engagement!

[FiveGoodMen]

13. Absolutely

And absolutely disgusting.

Didn't we fight a revolutionary war to get rid of royalty?

[Kievan Rus]

21. So true

NBC News spent several minutes covering (and leading the newscast with) this dreck, while relegating far more newsworthy events such as the cholera outbreak in Haiti, the new TSA rules, and the Medal of Honor winner to later in the newscast, and probably with less time (I changed the channel to another station to see actual journalism on the ABC news program -- a special about industrialization in China).

Bread and circuses is why I don't watch the MSM for any actual information anymore, because their lead stories tend to be bread and circuses nonsense like this, or some celebrity getting arrested, pretty much every time something like this happens.

[TK421]

33. That pretty much sums up the American mindset

and you know what? I might get crucified for saying this, but it happened with JFK and his family and the whole "Camelot" BS fantasy land that was played out by some

I've only heard about, seen, or read about it and know enough about it...American Idol apparently was not an original idea

[malaise]

37. 100% correct

:hi:

[haifa lootin]

15. Wish I could recommend that 5,000 times

...

[Kievan Rus]

17. I couldn't care less myself

It was the lead story on tonight's NBC News, so I switched the channel to ABC instead. They had a ten minute special on about the industrialization of China...something far more newsworthy than what pretty much amounts to more bread and circuses.

When the ten minute ABC News special on China was over, I switched the channel back to NBC and they were still going on about it. They barely even mentioned the ongoing cholera outbreak in Haiti, and covered the Medal of Honor winner relatively briefly.

I only watch MSM news these days just out of curiosity to see what's on it, and not for any real information. Because more times than not, they lead with stupid celebrity stories like this. I'll never forget when the lead story on one of the MSM's nightly news programs a few years back was Paris Hilton going to jail.

[11 Bravo]

18. And yet here you are starting a post about it. Seems counter-intuitive to me.

[Hannah Bell]

22. not at all. it's one way to send that message; journalists & policy-makers read here.

for the record, i agree -- bread & circuses. only not so much bread.

[JuniperLea]

19. I'm probably the only person I know who cares a whit...

One of my great-grannies was a Brit, and she taught me to serve and accept tea, to curtsy, etc., should I ever meet the Queen, donchano. Her grandmother was a pianist and she played a command performance for Queen Victoria. "That's the English way" was a phrase tacked onto many instructions I received from her. I was very wrapped up in the whole Princess Diana era... and I was pregnant both times she was, so two of my kids are the same age as William and Harry.

That said... bloody colonists! They don't give a flying rat's ass about the Royals! :rofl:

I think it's quaint that there are still British Royals, and I appreciate their dedication to charity and service to their country. I'd rather hear about them than Lindsay Lohan or Bristol Palin!

Still, I don't blame you a bit, malaise... we just get so much dumb stuff~

[Raine]

44. You're not the only one. I'm interested too

and I'll be watching when they have the wedding. :hi:

[Sherman A1]

20. Yet, you care enough to start a thread about the topic

for which you do not give a flying fugg????

Hmmmmmmmm............

[Hannah Bell]

23. as i remarked to the other person who made the same snarky observation:

journalists & policy makers read DU. so it's one way to send a message.

fwiw, it's pretty obvious that the princeling's wedding doesn't merit the coverage it's getting -- during the biggest depression since ww2.

[Sherman A1]

52. While I agree with you on most things

Do you suspect that those same journalists and policy makers of which you make mention would also note the absence of comments on the DU on a particular topic?

You can consider my comments to be snarky, I consider them to be an observation.

It's one thing to respond with an "I really don't care about (insert topic)" in a conversation between individuals.

It's another to start a conversation about a topic that one claims to not care about.... At that point, frankly the person starting that conversation has invested both caring and time about the topic.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. There was an engagement?

Good luck to all the couples that got engaged today...

[Ken Burch]

25. I do wish that, prior to her engagement, Kate Middleton had grown up in Portland or Eugene...

Because then, when she became queen, they'd call her...Katharine of Oregon....

[Papagoose]

27. I've always had a strange fascination with royals

I don't know what it is, probably the history buff in me. Royalty, hereditary titles, all that flies against what I believe in but I still am intrigued by it.

Then again, I'm an atheist who is fascinated by Church history.

[calimary]

40. Yeah, me too. Can't help it.

I love it all. I'll be up watching, too. Hey, so much bad news all over everywhere that this is a welcome change.

And fuck it. I like looking at pretty jewelry. Deal with it.

[Raine]

46. I'll be watching too

I love that kind of thing. :-)

[Raine]

45. Same here. nt

:-)

[JI7]

28. i wish them well but i don't have much interest in it, i just find the whole

royal family stuff to be boring.

[HipChick]

29. I wish them both the very best..

Especially as none of my taxes will be paying for the wedding..:rofl:

[jberryhill]

35. You can give a fugg, but if you want to give a flying fugg, you'll have to get a TSA screen /nt

[donheld]

38. You cared enough to watch and post about it.

[WinkyDink]

39. Yes, there's no need to be of good cheer for someone else.

[TheWatcher]

41. You're probably a terrorist, then.

Not Worshiping Junk Culture is a sure Red Flag, and quite frankly I'm tempted to contact Homeland Security.

You probably don't watch at least 6 hours of reality TV a day either, so I wouldn't trust you with a ten foot pole, and I think you owe the government some face time so they can find all the underwear bombs you're obviously hiding.

My guess is you also don't want to be groped, probed, x-rayed, and cavity searched at the airport either.

TPTB really need to do something about anarchist, rebel scum like you.

Why can't you just Keep Up With The Kardashians like a good little citizen, do as you're told, submit, shop and support the Party Line of the day?

Boat Rockers will be dealt with in the end, you know.

And you'd best not give me any of this "four fingers, not five" business.

I've got my eye on you.


All "Good Americans" do.

:sarcasm:

[XOKCowboy]

42. Or TSA screenings

It's all a distraction from real issues.

[canetoad]

47. Malaise, I was born in Scotland

and believe me, we have much more to hate the English for than any other country on earth. You moved away, we were joined in an abusive marriage by virtue of inhabiting the same small island.

Still, I'm happy to hear of Kate and William's engagement. I'm glad that the institution of the British Monarchy is observing popular opinion and habits and has allowed them the years and the ability to live together before making a committment that was not given to their predecessors.

I even admit to admiring Prince Charles' views on sustainability and the environment. On the whole, as an Australian and by default, having the Queen as our monarch, it's a much better deal than ever having a Bush or Reagan inflicted on us.

[HEyHEY]

48. You call yourself a Scot? My Nan would smack your teeth down your throat for that

[canetoad]

50. Dis yer mither hae a sewing machine?

:rofl:

[HEyHEY]

51. Nope, just s sooing one

[malaise]

54. Good for you

They are still parasites. Democracies do not need monarchs.

[canetoad]

55. There is more than one kind of democracy

I'd say in the case of Great Britain, it's a symbiotic relationship.

[HEyHEY]

49. As a commonwealth citizen, I don't care either.

Here I am sweating shit out scraping a living out and these fucks do nothing but be born and have the best life on the planet. Fuck em.

[Ken Burch]

57. And, for the record, I don't think The Fuggers give a flying fugg about the Royal Engagement:

See...it doesn't look like they fugging CARE...

[DFW]

58. Did some member of the Kansas City baseball team get engaged?

And if so, which one?

[TBF]

59. Protests in London?

No, no, look over here, we're going to have a wedding!!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LOM-D3Z3szg/TGbqSeA_X3I/AAAAAAAAAaE/selytrMFYUk/s1600/prince+william.jpg

[deaniac21]

60. How about at a rolling donut?