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May 5th, 2007, 08:49 PM
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#1 | | Has posted 500+
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 Don't mean to offend any of Her Majesty's subjects, but what is the big deal with royalty? I mean all this foodeedoo just because the queen is visiting. I'm not much for worshipping celebrities, and "royalty" are basically folks that had relatives that were rich and powerful enough to pass their money down the line. I'd no more bow to the queen than to Bill Gates. Has she been a positive influence in peoples' lives? Probably, but she could afford to be - and probably couldn't afford not to be.
Maybe I'm a repressed sore loser, as I am descended from "royal" blood - but it probably doesn't count, as it was French! I'm also descended from Ireland, but really I'm just an American - like Jesse Jackson, Rush Limbaugh, Ward Churchill, and George W. Bush!
If you really honor royals, please explain why to this colonial. I'll try not to bee too common in my perspective! | 
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May 6th, 2007, 05:08 AM
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#2 | | More than 100 posts!
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| When Princess Diana was killed it was the big story for months.
Then Mother Teresa dies and barely got a days worth of coverage. Mother Teresa spent most of her life helping the poor and miserable living in squalor and disease. A true martyr.
As much as some worship celebrity, we also like to see them fall...
Paris Hilton comes to mind.... I wonder if she'll make a video in prison  | |
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May 7th, 2007, 08:22 AM
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#3 | | Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 548 Model: Harley 02' Heritage Classic Interests: Riding Occupation: Riding - Semi Retired
| It just boils down to the lame brain intellect of society as a whole. Here is an example: Last fall IKEA opened a new store in our area. As part of the grand opening promotion they were giving away a free chair worth $70.00 to the first 250 customers. Three days prior to the grand opening people showed up in the parking lot with tents, coolers of food, and lawn chairs. These idiots took 2 days off from work and spent 3 days camping in the parking lot for a free chair. And of course, the idiots from the local news stations were right there with them to cover this great event.
I mean, give me a f&#king break. How many of these same idiots would camp out for 3 days to help homeless people or abused children? Unfortunately the media can't seem to get beyond sensationalizing the antics of those they deem to be the so called important or beautiful people, and there's enough branless idiot's out there that follow this crap. Why is it you never see the people that spend every day helping others in need getting praised by the media. Does anyone really care, and will it really make a positive difference to know how many more children Brad and Angelina will adopt from Africa? Why don't they adopt children from the country that made them millionaires?
If the media and people would focus on the real issues and needs of this country, and quit paying attention to idiots like big mouth Rosie Odonell, and Paris Hilton, they would just fade away into the woodwork and be forgotten. | |
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May 7th, 2007, 02:37 PM
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#4 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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Ringo,
Care to tell us how you REALLY feel?!! 
No, really, I feel where you are coming from, but the bottom line on this is, and you hit it on the head, brain-less idjits following in the masses.
What do ya do about it.....killin' is illegal!! 
I just simply choose not to subscribe to all the hooplah. That's the best I can do!! | |
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May 7th, 2007, 03:46 PM
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#5 | | Has posted 500+
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Posts: 548 Model: Harley 02' Heritage Classic Interests: Riding Occupation: Riding - Semi Retired
| Not to hard to get me going on this kind of stuff. I'm with you and just ignore it. Just gets tirering everytime you see one of these Bozo's that think they've done something that no other person in the history of humanity has ever done. I'll try to keep under a 100 mph on my next post. | |
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May 7th, 2007, 07:45 PM
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#6 | | Has posted 500+
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May 7th, 2007, 10:14 PM
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#7 | | Has posted 500+
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Posts: 638 Model: '99 FLHR Road King Interests: Ride, Hunt, 4X4, Fish, Cigars - the good things Occupation: U.S. Navy - Retired
| Well, I have to say I'm with all of ya that have responded so far. What I was hoping for was someone from a country with royalty that actually valued them to explain why they would. I didn't even want to be combative with anyone, just wanted to hear an alternative view.
While protecting and defending the USA and our Constitution I've met some "royals" from other countries - mostly Arab and Asian, with a few lords from the UK (though they were knighted for deeds performed in the service of Her Majesty - and military - so they weren't your Paris Hilton types), and never saw any of them as other than human on par with this mongrel colonial! So I am still keen on measuring a person on what they have done, and not who their mommy or daddy was. | |
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May 8th, 2007, 07:53 AM
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#8 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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| Very well put Red Rider!! | |
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May 8th, 2007, 02:34 PM
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#9 | | Has posted 500+
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The only Royalty I've ever met have been royal pains in the A$$. Also I've been considered a royal pain in the a$$. Does that make me royalty??? | |
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May 8th, 2007, 02:56 PM
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#10 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgia
Posts: 270 Model: '05 Heritage Interests: Riding, Shooting, Grandkids Occupation: Retired
| I've always had a problem with all the royal treatment heaped on folks that did nothing but be born. They won the lottery right out of the womb. They said it took 30 people to help get the queen dressed in the morning.  I wonder how many it takes to get her to the bathroom. | 
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May 8th, 2007, 08:20 PM
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#11 | | 200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nomad, currently the Blue Ridge Mountains
Posts: 401 Model: 2006 FXDI SuperGlide Interests: Camping, fishing, admirer of beautiful women, fast motorcycles, and smooth whiskey Occupation: Writer illustrator
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Seems a lot of folks forget we fought two wars kicking thier "royal" but the heck out of out business. But that was back in the days when we were Americans....imagine what a group of folks that started a new country and cut away from all they knew over a half cent tax on tea would do with todays gas prices....
Ride Free....and I bend my knee to NO man only God | |
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May 9th, 2007, 10:02 AM
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#12 | | Moderator Has posted 500+
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| i think the infatuation with clebs/royalty is almost natural......there is a story that can be sold/told. and people listen/watch. to make a point......step back, count the threads in this post and the paris hilton post.....also check how many days we have posted.....
kinda like a wreck on the hiway,,,,we hate to see it, but we still look........  | |
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