MPs' fury as U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy gets honorary knighthood for Northern Ireland role [More]A title. How fitting for the Prince of Camelot and someone who was born to rule.
Of course, an American Patriot would decline on principle.
Go ahead, somebody say it.
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Principles is one of the things that this administration seems to have forgotten.
Let the nobility flow. Gives us one more reason.
Sir Osis of The Liver
Sen. John "Assault Weapon Ban Renewal" Warner, too.
"You think your people exist to provide you with wealth and position, but your wealth and position exist so you can care for the people!" -- Bravehert.
Sorry, I misremembered. What William Wallace said is "...so you can provide the people with FREEDOM!"
Brian F, I know people use LOL ad nauseum, but I actually did.
David,
I'll have to give credit to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck for that gem.
I agree with most of the sentiment regarding Teddy, but the nobility reference is flawed. Knighthood is not a position determined by family background. In fact, while researching this comment, I was surprised by some of the other names on the list - like Presidents Eisenhower, Reagan, and Bush(41).
Yes, current ranks and practices don't even require you know how to use a lance. And while a knight in medieval times was not automatically given the title due to birth, which I believe is what you're alluding to, a young man was not eligible to become a knight unless his father was already one, meaning family background did play a significant factor, so it was a pretty exclusive club of "Only Ones".
George H. W. Bush
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Bill Gates
Rudi Guiliani
Billy Graham
Alan Greenspan
J Edgar Hoover
Bob Hope (born in England but a US citizen)
Henry Kissinger
Andre Previn
Norman Swarzkopf Jr.
Steven Spielberg
When you're right, you're right. Not a patriot among 'em. Traitors one and all.
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