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Sannum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 05:48 AM
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The Queen is returning to Buckingham Palace.
According to CNN.

She is not staying at the saftey of Balmoral reading to schoolchildren while the world waits with and us unaware where she is.

Hate to say it, but Monarchy does have a point.

Blair should get his ass home as well.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 05:49 AM
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1. Blair is going to London & returning to G8
Edited on Thu Jul-07-05 06:03 AM by Bluebear
His statement.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 05:50 AM
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2. Her Majesty
has shown more courage than a certain fake Texan I know.
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moggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 05:53 AM
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5. Oh, please!
She'll be flown in safety and surrounded by security. Buck House is probably the safest place for her to be: no such security for the rest of us Londoners. Let's not get sentimental about that parasite.
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Sannum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 05:56 AM
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7. It is a statement.
Edited on Thu Jul-07-05 05:57 AM by Sannum
Georgie would have been safe in the WH on 9/11. He went to a bunker after flying all over the country.

Actions speak loudly in times like these, even if they are only ceremonial.

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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 05:50 AM
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3. I guess this is one way to shut down the G8 meeting
they weren't getting anything accomplished anyway.

BTW: Where's George. Flying around in AF1?

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teryang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 06:14 AM
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9. instead of American fiscal irresponsibility the G8 theme
Edited on Thu Jul-07-05 06:14 AM by teryang
...will be terra, terra, terra!

From the Rheinhard Heydrich school of diplomacy.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 05:51 AM
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4. Well, I'll say this for the Royals, they have shown leadership
during times of crisis-- Queen Elizabeth had quite the role model in her own Mom during the Blitzkrieg of WWII.
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bennywhale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 05:54 AM
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6. I'm certainly no monarchist but they did
remain in Bucks palace during the Blitz, visiting the East End damage some mornings pouring tea for the injured and homeless. Its part myth part truth but even to an anti-royalist like myself its quite comforting.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-05 05:59 AM
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8. Hats off to Her Majesty
Her parents would be proud.
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