England’s Prince Harry is marrying American actress Meghan Markle. I reckon now’s a good time to give the royal couple a proper American middle-finger salute. And to thank our lucky stars that our Founding Fathers dumped the English monarchy in favor of a constitutional republic. Strangely, the American media don’t share my antipathy to royal weddings . . .
To say U.S. news orgs have been gushing with pro-royal hyperbole is to take the art of English understatement to a new level. And it’s going to get much, much worse. Or better, I suppose, if you’re in the ratings biz. Or if you like that kind of thing.
Truth be told, the average American loves them some UK royalty. They’re enthralled by the “fairy tale” quality of an English royal wedding. Entranced by the costumes, tradition, pomp and circumstance, they give no more thought to the political ramifications of the British royal family than they do the immigration status of the Kardashians’ domestic help. Less, in fact.
As Valley Girls used to say back in the day, gag me with a spoon. And not a silver one, thank you very much. Not to put too fine a point on it, an American celebrating a royal wedding is like a Jew celebrating a Nazi rally.
I remind those who say that the British monarchy is merely ceremonial that the people living inside the U.K. are subjects of the Queen, not citizens. It is still Her Majesty’s Government. And the government’s upper chamber — the House of Lords — remains an unelected body with 92 hereditary peers; the majority of remaining Lords being life peers appointed by the Queen.
Is it any wonder the U.S. doesn’t have a royal family and does have a Second Amendment? Not to me or any other student of history it isn’t. The Founding Fathers made the right to keep and bear arms protected right number two to forestall tyrannical government, be it democratically elected or hereditary. If not for the 2A — and the rest of the Constitution — we’d be watching Prince Disick marrying Lady Kourtney.
But hey, who studies history? Certainly not the average American. They could no more name the Founding Fathers than find the Isle of Wight on a map (after they were assured it’s not a racist enclave, once they learned what the word “enclave” means).
In the spirit of Anglo-American friendship — as demonstrated by the Brits’ measured reaction to Donald Trump’s anti-Islamic terrorism Tweets — here’s a factoid lesson for the educationally challenged hard-of-thinking: The House of Windsor is German. Saying that, Harry’s mother wasn’t German and his father, well, judge for yourself.
Somehow I don’t think any of this puts anyone off the Royal soap opera family. Oh well. Enjoy the show folks. But please, keep clinging bitterly to your guns and bibles. That is all.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE A GUN NUT WHEN…
Going back to the Hebrews. People want a King. Even when they know it will be detrimental to their liberty and livelihood.
Things haven’t changed much.
I hate the concept of royalty.
I’ll also all for term limits.
Yeah, with a face like that, Jerry Nadler is bound to have women accusing him of sexual misconduct.
It’s the only way he could score.
I don’t go where bears go.
“They could no more name the Founding Fathers than find the Isle of White on a map (after they were assured it’s not a racist enclave, once they learned what the word “enclave” means).”
RF, google can’t find the Isle of White either. Keeps giving entries re. the Isle of Wight.
I live at the good leave of God the queen can kiss my ass, this is coming from a former subject that now is a US citizen.
Got my invite for the wedding in the mail today. I RSVP’ed stating I will be packing.
Well, I didn’t know who either of these people were until now.
Sorry, this will probably turn into a bit of a rant.
I couldn’t care less about the Royal Family. Diana died when I was living in NZ and to say that people were distraught about it would be an understatement. I didn’t get it then and I still don’t.
However, the point about education and knowledge of history is a valid one and it’s frightening. Personally I think that virtually ever yproblem we have as a nation goes back to education and it’s shocking how piss poorly educated people are.
But that’s not the only problem. The other problem is that our educational system produces people with the attention span of a goldfish, no knowledge of how to research anything and, most importantly in my opinion, absolutely no interest in finding out anything. Try to talk to people seriously about taxes, education policy, foreign policy or much of anything else of importance and eyes glaze over, phones come out and the conversation ends. People just don’t know anything and they don’t care to know anything. They don’t even give a shit about how the government determines the taxes that the person in question pays.
Go try having a conversation about the importance of the Strait of Malacca, how that influences US policy, US Naval policy, our policies towards China etc with your average American and you’ll get a Gary Johnson type response (“What’s a Malacca?”) nearly every time followed by a yawn because that person probably doesn’t give a fuck about one of the most important shipping routes in the world or how it affects the US. And… they’ll never care unless something happens over there and they can’t get their new smart phone or some shit.
Or for an example closer to home look at how often TL/DR shows up in this boards and elsewhere on the interwebz.
I spent a couple of years in Canada at our Embassy. The Canadians are just as crazy about the Royal Family, who can’t get a hangnail without it being front page news. A lot of Americans don’t realize that Canada is a monarchy and Elizabeth II is their Queen. The Canadians have cut out a lot of the lower orders of nobility (no dukes, earls or barons), but they love them some Royals, especially when the Queen or one of her children or grandchildren come over. The Canadian parliament is also very British in its operation (except its bilingual), and there are Army regiments of Guards in red coats, Light Infantry, Rifles and so forth. Any American who wants to get a Royals fix doesn’t have to go all the way to the UK.
I will give Harry credit for having served 30 weeks in Afghanistan, until the Aussie media blew his cover, and his support of the Invictus games for injured service personnel is certainly estimable.
And I’d much rather watch a Royal Wedding than an episode of The Kardashians.
My what a nasty diatribe RF…it’s just fluff. At least Harry is something of a bad-azz with his love of killing moose-lim’s in Afghanistan. And she’s certifiably attractive.Once you go brown… I hope their kid doesn’t inherit his dad’s hair😆😜😋
Rep. Jim Langevin, D-RI was paralyzed when he was age 16. He was in a Warwick RI police scout program when a swat team member negligently discharged his handgun in the locker room. The bullet ricocheted off a locker and hit him in the back of the neck. The gun used was a .45 Colt Series 70 handgun.
Prince Herry and I pounded some of the same sand in Afghanistan. He’s alright by me
If and when Garands come back to CMP from the Philippines, you can safely bet your paycheck that they will not be in tip-top condition. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is notorious for not taking care of weapons it is given. When the U.S. Marines used to go down there regularly for exercises, they had to spend 75 per cent of their time refurbishinng AFP weapons and re-teaching them how to clean/PM the things.
This is hard to imagine based on what imhave seen abiut it in the news.
But….. I wasnt on the jury so I reserve judgement.
They evidently didnt have manslaughter as an option.
May be a prosecutorial mistake.
Let this serve as a lesson to everyone. Not only can’t the government help you when you are alive, it can’t even get you justice when you’re dead. The government has no purpose except to perpetuate itself at the public’s expense. It’s nothing more than a criminal conspiracy and a hypocrisy of monumental proportions. At this point, government cannot even pretend to be anything else.
“[A]cquittal after acquittal after acquittal… until the stench of it reaches so high and far into heaven, it chokes the whole fucking lot of them.”
— The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
I think we’re there.
As much as I despise Lenin and his commie rabble, the man certainly knew what to do with royalty. And boy did he ever.
So who is really the shooter? Obviously they recovered the firearm because know who it was issued to…THE JURY WAS SIMPLY ANTI TRUMP.
Guess their politics are more important than legal principles.
Kardashians? I thought they were that Hungarian gypsy family that was stealing Dad’s chickens..
This absolutely sickens me. This should be an example to all that the deep state is in control and the leftists will never abide by the constitution or the law. California should be taken over by force, corrupt leftists impeached and thrown in jail. If they fight back we should just nuke the son of a bitch from space. F!@k CA.
“Wishes of happiness and good fortune to the young couple.”
Harry has been looking for a woman whom he likes and who will marry him for several years; he has been disappointed before. As for Meghan Markle, she has been divorced, which used to be a complete No-No in the UK Royal Family.
America’s love of royal weddings runs deep. How many Disney heroines married princes, or wanted to? The “fairy-tale romance” angle has a strong pull for a large segment of the population. Yes, our political history is opposed to it, and we need better education; but anglophiles will always wish that “The Land of Hope and Glory” never diminishes into “The Land of Nope and Sorry.”
Do a Youtube search for “Jordan Peterson Explains Postmodernism”. Explains the entire current leftist-SJW movement.
….. How disgracful, utterly detestable and he will get away with it. … Kings of America must fall
Not guilty???? This is nuts….. So who shot her? Mr Peanut? Mr. Met? Mr. Softee?
Or… the guy with the smoking, stolen Glock in hand?????
My dad used to blow shit up with gasoline.
If the grip fits…….
I will say that the grip safety on my XD .45 doesn’t bother me but it’s a full sized hand gun. That said it’s a full size gun in a fairly mild caliber.
The Grip Zone thing? If you need to know where the dangerous end is, firearms ownership may not be for you
“Instead, we’re supposed to respect the judgment of the state whence they came. People, do you have this kind of confidence?”
The Won’t-Issue States have brought this National-Reciprocity bill down upon themselves. They have no one else to blame but their own stubbornness.
Suppose there were no pressure, or not enough pressure, on Congress to pass N-R; just imagine that. Then, there wouldn’t be a N-R bill with all the Progressives’ objections. How might the Won’t-Issue States have lessened the pressure?
The Won’t-Issue States COULD have issued Non-Resident CWPs on a SHALL-Issue basis to all qualified applicants. They could have set high fees. They could have had multi-day training requirements; tests; range qualifications. They could have precluded anyone with a late library book.
Had the Won’t-Issue States done so then many residents of adjacent States would have submitted to these States’ onerous requirements. They would have CWPs on the States own terms. Thereupon, these gun-carriers would have less interest in pushing for N-R; so much less interest that the push for N-R would probably not motivate Congress to craft such a Federal measure to force the Right to Bear Arms upon the States.
But, the forgoing “alternative history” is a fantasy. The Won’t-Issue States would NOT suffer to permit visitors from other States to carry on terms they could have dictated themselves. Consequently, those gun-carriers living in border States were left with no alternative but to petition their Congresscritters for a redress of this grievance.
N-R is the worst possible outcome from the viewpoint of the Won’t-Issue States. These States could have compromised on terms they dictated themselves. But they WOULD NOT do so. Therefore, they will submit to whatever N-R scheme that Congress sees fit to impose upon them.
Saying that medicinal Marijuana patients don’t rate gun rights is the same as saying people with Vicodin prescriptions should not own guns – people should not lose their rights for exercising a legal option.
That said, anyone who requests a medicinal Marijuana card should keep this in mind before they apply.
what an idiot. that made no sense what so fucking ever. worst pitch ever for a gimmick. just because someone is a good shooter, especially as long as he has been shooting he should be, doesn’t mean they are geniuses or everything they say about shooting is correct.
Ummm Shannon…FLAME (self) DELETED 😡😡😡😡😡
This bill is subject to political reality. The authors have started at a point that allows them to give ground without making the bill useless. The reality is that – to pass in the Senate changes are going to have to be made. In the end, if this passes, to qualify for mandatory reciprocity, permits/licenses will have to meet specific background check and training requirements. It doesn’t matter that training increasingly seems to make little difference, it’s going to take such a standard to get the bill passed.
How much training can be required? Well, based on long standing precedents for armed guards, the most training you government can require for a permit is 16 hours. That’s what IL went with. However, I doubt that that much training will be the standard for reciprocity. My guess is that, to get it passed, we will have to agree to an 8 hour training requirement and a live fire requirement.
Of course, that is just for reciprocity – states can still do what they want. For instance, here in Idaho, we have Constitutional Carry, a standard permit that is issued with a background check and any firearms safety training, and an enhanced permit that requires an 8 hour class with live fire. We also recognize any permit from any state. While if my guess is right, only the enhanced permit would qualify for reciprocity, I would not expect anything to change here in Idaho.
Yes, I buy buns off the bakery cooling grid so that they’re still warm when I get them home.
Mr. Irvin needs to learn how to talk to reporters or else hire people who k ow what to say. Then he won’t stick foot in mouth and have to retract or correct anything.
Have your friend pass that bit of advice from America on to Tom.