Jay Carney decorates his kitchen with Soviet propaganda posters
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Well, thank god that we have Americans developing apps for people to use so that they can avoid bumping into lamp posts... Hasn't occurred to us Brits, 'cause clearly we ain't got enough common sense.When the paintings are of COMMUNISTS that are worshiped by a government servant, yes, we take these things seriously. The problem with England, is you've been embracing kings and queens who tell you where to shit for centuries, and it's not gotten any better there. Last time I was there, I wanted to leave after ten minutes. Here's hos smart your country is for padding lamp posts so the sheep there can walk and text without injuring themselves. Hello? Common sense! Is anyone there?
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...nt-so-you-can-text-while-walking-9171275.html
As to kings and queens "telling us where to sh1t", huh? Does this passage here sound familiar to you?
"No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land."
That's the Magna Carta, signed at Runnymede in 1215. How is that for ya? Maybe next time you're in the UK, you could stay a little longer than 10 mins to make a trip to the British Library or Salisbury Cathedral to look at the original document.
Good lord, no... I am a supporter of the monarchy, generally, and of the Queen, in particular, but I really couldn't give a rat's arse about all the antics of them young 'uns.
Please stop. There are muppets on both sides of the pond. Shall we talk about the Brit prostitute/reality star who is aborting her baby because it's interfering with her career?
As for the Magna Carta, it didn't do all that much for us back in the 1770s over here.
Indeed, there's them muppets everywhere. And, by the way, I am impressed about how up to date you are with our tabloid stories
.At any rate, all I'm sayin' is that drawing conclusions regarding a man's political convictions based on the art hanging in his home is a rather pointless exercise.
As to Magna Carta not doing all that much for you in the 1770s, it appears that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams would beg to differ. In fact, the Magna Carta was the basis for the Massachusetts Assembly to declare the Stamp Act illegal, with everything that such a declaration entailed. The first seal used by Massachusetts was a militiaman holding a sword and a copy of the Magna Carta. Sure does look like it did a lot for America, from where I am sitting.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/legacy.html
which was one of your points one of many valid opinions on the subject.
But that is not the reason we went of on this tangent.
The genesis of this tangent was that you were acting like you were superior across the pond.
But that is not the reason we went of on this tangent.
The genesis of this tangent was that you were acting like you were superior across the pond.
Indeed, there's them muppets everywhere. And, by the way, I am impressed about how up to date you are with our tabloid stories
At any rate, all I'm sayin' is that drawing conclusions regarding a man's political convictions based on the art hanging in his home is a rather pointless exercise.
As to Magna Carta not doing all that much for you in the 1770s, it appears that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams would beg to differ. In fact, the Magna Carta was the basis for the Massachusetts Assembly to declare the Stamp Act illegal, with everything that such a declaration entailed. The first seal used by Massachusetts was a militiaman holding a sword and a copy of the Magna Carta. Sure does look like it did a lot for America, from where I am sitting.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/legacy.html
Perhaps if that were enough for us, we'd still be speaking the Queen's English. But that whole "taxation without representation" was too much for us.