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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:41 PM Original message |
Queen Strips Mugabe of Knighthood |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. That showed 'im, Betty! |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Queenslapped |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. He pissed off the Queen. Better not drive through any dark tunnels! |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. And Arpaio wants his badges back from Shaq. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. The irrelevancy of the horse-faced 'Windsor' clan was never |
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WattleBreakfast (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. this is significant... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. No--it's one unelected parasite chiding a dictator who doesn't like elections. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. There's not much she can do, but she did what she could |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. It sure is. Why, that Mugabe will have to send back his Royal Knight pin! |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Significant? I'll show you significant. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Are you just dissing the royal family (which is fine by me), or are you sticking up for Mugabe too? |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. As another poster said on a thread yesterday |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Dissing the Queen. Mugabe's been a inexcuseable thug |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. the problem is the rat fink media..... |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Why would you demean the queen for doing the right thing? Absurd! |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You mean knighting him in the first place? Mugabe's Fifth Brigade |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Can we maybe lean on her to strip Caligula of his Preznitcy, too? |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. The whole honor fiasco of 1994 is the fault of Prime Minister John Major, |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Queen. Objects to an “abject disregard for democracy." The Queen. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Parliamentary democracy. Figurehead monarch. Repeat. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Ironically amusing anyway. Lighten up, Francis. Repeat. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. That'll teach him. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's a symbolic gesture, and pretty meaningless. Won't stop the tyrant from doing what he wants. |
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chaplainM (744 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Queen Strips Mugabe of Knighthood |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Keep going, Your Majesty. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Who Knighted him to begin wtih? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Well, it's more than the US is doing |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. You know she doesn't actually rule anything right? |
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gmpierce (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. fooled again |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. Stupid English hypocrisy. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Agreed. It has little or nothing to do with principles. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. Good for her! Only the second time makes it pretty resounding. She |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Umm...yet. Remember that American knighthoods are usually |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Britain knighted Mugabe |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. Your royal highness |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. That certainly was the least she could do (nm) |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
36. maybe she can invade and put it under british rule.... |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Is that the sound of the British right slavering I hear? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
37. Yes, *that'll* teach him... |
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