Colon Bowell claims Scottish coat of arms: The Lying Rampant?

[emad]

Tania Branigan
Wednesday May 12, 2004
The Guardian
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He is known as a dove among the hawks of the Bush administration. But Colin Powell has chosen an eagle and a lion in his application for a coat of arms to mark his Scottish ancestry.

The US secretary of state has petitioned the heraldic authority of Scotland for the right to bearings, joining a growing and disparate band of Americans keen to lay claim to their roots in the old world.

A researcher recently claimed that Elvis Presley's family originated in Lonmay, a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, while Johnny Cash insisted he descended from the family of a 12th century Scottish monarch.

Heraldic bearings cannot be granted to non-citizens, but Mr Powell has applied on behalf of his late father Luther, who was born in Jamaica and therefore a subject of the crown. The secretary of state would inherit the right to use the bearings.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1214670,00.html


Or maybe the Snake in the Grass, or the emblem of Ye Ancient Order of Oil Industry Pimps???????????????????

[ithacan]

1. the whole thing is quite pathetic...

And this guy is US secretary of state? :wtf:

[DarkPhenyx]

2. Why is it pathetic...

...to be interested in your heritage and family history?

[ithacan]

4. it's not the interest in history

it's the insecurity that would drive this guy to get a pseudo-"shield" or crest or whatever. That is what is pathetic.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. Yeah, the whole business of heraldry and crests.

All a little too close to 'Lord' Conrad Black for my liking.

[DarkPhenyx]

6. It looks like he is getting the one...

...to which his family is entitled. Not something fake.

[Nihil]

3. Two-faced, er, double-headed eagle?

Maybe just a Judas goat?

Family of vultures?

Chameleon rampant with crawling toad supporters?