Wah wah. The taxpayers are still paying to keep rich ol' Lizzie on top of the throne doing fuck all but occasionally knighting people and driving around in a posh car, while she's probably thinking, "I wish these commoners would leave me alone and get a job, but hey-ho, they're paying for my champagne, so I'll smile and wave!"Bluestorm83 said:While I don't much care for the Royal FAMILY, I do have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for the Queen. I've seen a lot of things on her life and what exactly she has to do, and let me tell you, it's not easy. People here in America joke that she gets an enormous salary to do nothing, but honestly, she never gets to do nothing. She's the Queen. That's not just a title, that's a job. Every second of every day she has to be "On."
Anyone ever work in Retail? Know that fake, smiley, care about the customer act that you have to do to keep your job? That's the queen, 100% of the time. She can never lose her temper, she can never just say "Fuck it, I'm tired and going home," she can never go for a walk in a park on her own. Anyone here ever lose a parent? Any of you who did ever have to address a nation while it happened, holding back all of the emotions that we all would have in that situation? Who here wants to give up the ability to bum around in sweatpants and a T-shirt drinking beer and watching TV to instead have constant fancy dinners and receptions? Wouldn't it be great to be constantly meeting foreign leaders, who get to make actual policy, and have all the pressure of never insulting them accidentally without any of the actual authority to do anything if they were to offend you?
But anyway, I don't care about this baby's PARENTS, but to me, The Queen just got herself a Grandson, and that's awesome. Congratulations, Your Majesty.
Nice judgment. Let me just ask... what exactly have you done with YOUR life that's any more impressive than what she's done in hers?Relish in Chaos said:Wah wah. The taxpayers are still paying to keep rich ol' Lizzie on top of the throne doing fuck all but occasionally knighting people and driving around in a posh car, while she's probably thinking, "I wish these commoners would leave me alone and get a job, but hey-ho, they're paying for my champagne, so I'll smile and wave!"Bluestorm83 said:While I don't much care for the Royal FAMILY, I do have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for the Queen. I've seen a lot of things on her life and what exactly she has to do, and let me tell you, it's not easy. People here in America joke that she gets an enormous salary to do nothing, but honestly, she never gets to do nothing. She's the Queen. That's not just a title, that's a job. Every second of every day she has to be "On."
Anyone ever work in Retail? Know that fake, smiley, care about the customer act that you have to do to keep your job? That's the queen, 100% of the time. She can never lose her temper, she can never just say "Fuck it, I'm tired and going home," she can never go for a walk in a park on her own. Anyone here ever lose a parent? Any of you who did ever have to address a nation while it happened, holding back all of the emotions that we all would have in that situation? Who here wants to give up the ability to bum around in sweatpants and a T-shirt drinking beer and watching TV to instead have constant fancy dinners and receptions? Wouldn't it be great to be constantly meeting foreign leaders, who get to make actual policy, and have all the pressure of never insulting them accidentally without any of the actual authority to do anything if they were to offend you?
But anyway, I don't care about this baby's PARENTS, but to me, The Queen just got herself a Grandson, and that's awesome. Congratulations, Your Majesty.
Pretty sure he meant republican as in people who would prefer a republic instead on a monarchy, not the American political affiliation. Advocating a republic doesn't necessarily place you anywhere on the right/left spectrum. A socialist and a libertarian can both believe in the removal of monarchy.Bluestorm83 said:Hate to burst your bubble, but I'm- well, okay, I'm not a REGISTERED Republican, because I see political parties as nothing but secular cults and are 80% mob mentality with 20% pep rally mixed in, but I am definitely more Conservative than Liberal.Crayven said:I feared i was in a sea of Republicans. thank Jim for you.Bluestorm83 said:While I don't much care for the Royal FAMILY, I do have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for the Queen. I've seen a lot of things on her life and what exactly she has to do, and let me tell you, it's not easy. People here in America joke that she gets an enormous salary to do nothing, but honestly, she never gets to do nothing. She's the Queen. That's not just a title, that's a job. Every second of every day she has to be "On."
Anyone ever work in Retail? Know that fake, smiley, care about the customer act that you have to do to keep your job? That's the queen, 100% of the time. She can never lose her temper, she can never just say "Fuck it, I'm tired and going home," she can never go for a walk in a park on her own. Anyone here ever lose a parent? Any of you who did ever have to address a nation while it happened, holding back all of the emotions that we all would have in that situation? Who here wants to give up the ability to bum around in sweatpants and a T-shirt drinking beer and watching TV to instead have constant fancy dinners and receptions? Wouldn't it be great to be constantly meeting foreign leaders, who get to make actual policy, and have all the pressure of never insulting them accidentally without any of the actual authority to do anything if they were to offend you?
But anyway, I don't care about this baby's PARENTS, but to me, The Queen just got herself a Grandson, and that's awesome. Congratulations, Your Majesty.
But what are Conservatives, REAL Conservatives about? We're about work and duty and continuing a legacy of greatness and putting 110% effort into making tomorrow better than today. And that's the kind of stuff that the Queen does. Might not be obvious, she might not be swinging a sledgehammer and literally building the foundations of Britain, but just having the Queen BE the Queen gives the country a lasting stability and an ideal that everyone can aspire to.
I daresay that a problem that America has is that, at the moment at least, we lack a historical icon that we can ALL identify with. Some people love Washington or Lincoln, others idolize FDR or Teddy Roosevelt. A couple like Kennedy, despite him doing very little besides call himself a donut, cheat on his wife, and then disperse across a wide area at high velocity. But every President is their own identity. The Queen is a continuation of The Monarchy, and that's a source of Pride. And that's cool.
Please note I don't mean this towards you personally, rather everyone in the picture you spoilered.....FUCK OFF!!!ToastiestZombie said:Already people are making this into a feminist and LGBT issue, even though all they've announced is the sex they're complaining it's a CIS privileged male like Kate had any choice in the matter:
OT: Well, let's hope they name it something cool. We need a Prince Karnage.
Hmm... ok. So what are you saying is, the Queen doesn't have 'official' political power, but rather has influence over the public? That makes sense. And that video was indeed helpful in explaining what her function is, exactly. I used to think she was completely stripped of power, and was just another aristocrat. My bad.Crayven said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhyYgnhhKFw its simplistic, but it really does get the point across.n00beffect said:The royals on the other hand, what do they do? They just mosey about, going to ceremonies and smashing bottles of expensive champagne on the ass of newly built boats (however the hell you call that tradition). They have no function what-so-ever, and yeah yeah, you could probably make an argument that they somehow run the circus from behind the curtains or some such conspiracy, but still...
I'm not saying behead them, that's way too much. Just, I suppose, stop spending 38 million quid a year on their banquets and crap? Sounds reasonable, right?
Also, no power? what do you think would happen if she said no to a law? people would question it, investigate it and in the end could topple a government. I mean, why would she say no without a reason?
[rant]Those fucknuts are the reason LGBT, feminism, and other similar movements are looked upon negatively and has trouble getting the traction it needs to be taken seriously, I hope one day they realise just how negative an effect they have on a movement they claim to support and either shut up or adopt less pants-on-head retarded ideologies.[/rant]ToastiestZombie said:Already people are making this into a feminist and LGBT issue, even though all they've announced is the sex they're complaining it's a CIS privileged male like Kate had any choice in the matter:
OT: Well, let's hope they name it something cool. We need a Prince Karnage.
Seems a few people enjoy the smell of their own farts. "Heeeerrmmmmm, I'm so evolved that I'm going to make pretentious remarks about the media using gendered terms when anyone with half a brain realizes they're referring to sex. Why can't they use words like we do? Hrufhrufhruf."ToastiestZombie said:Already people are making this into a feminist and LGBT issue, even though all they've announced is the sex they're complaining it's a CIS privileged male like Kate had any choice in the matter:
OT: Well, let's hope they name it something cool. We need a Prince Karnage.