The great hubbub has come around again like Halley's Comet: as Charles and Di were married 31 years ago to international fanfare and acclaim – resulting in near-perfect nuptials in one of the world's most awe-inspiring churches – their boy Wills tied the knot today with his lovely and way-cool Kate as an alleged two billion people looking on worldwide.
What should your stand be as a conservative American Constitutionalist, maybe a Reformed theology fanatic, a conspiracy “theorist” long-hardened in the direction of skepticism toward most of what the masses adore?
Just a few thoughts below – skip whichever batch is liable to damage your own view of the event the least.
Cons: The whole thing is a glittering illusion. The masses are giddy with glee over it, camping out for DAYS on the procession route, wearing idiotic hats and masks, some probably drinking like fish. Why do they love it? Because it shows TRADITION is alive, things are done just as they would have been 100 years ago, etc.... but tell me, what do you think the Britishers of that century ago would have thought of these revelers' behaviour?
Hopefully the pair's love is real and when it comes to the royal fishbowl thing, they've got the “quiet, brave endurance” the old hymn mandates with other things in mind. But as we saw 10 to 20 years ago, the family is actually “The Firm.” One of its goals is to make as much money as humanly possible, and strangely, it is in love with political correctness or at least professes to be so in order to appear “with it” to their fellow “elite” types. In short, it's a terrible thing to do to a young person, ushering them into such a strange, privacy-proof, famously dysfunctional situation. The Windsors (real name Battenberg) drove the stylish and ostensibly carefree Lady Die to divorce, misery and extinction... and by their devotion to liberally-defined “diversity” and “tolerance”, the royals have signed their own act's death warrants: giving the top national honors to Beatles, Stones and other culture destroyers sends a dead wrong message to the youth of not only Britain but the entire world – one which could be summed up as “dismantle civilization – smoke dope – neckties and uniforms cause all the trouble in the world -- follow fads, memes, trends and all else will follow”.
Pros: Somehow (I believe in miracles) this ermine-bedecked “Addams family” has managed to produce a son who, though he may never have had an original thought, seems normal and healthy in every way insofar as one can being from the gilded halls of royal lucre and glory. And he's wooed and won a girl who seems genuinely charming and down-to-earth in every way possible within a royal-friendly context. The service was a celebration of everything the European peoples once imagined themselves to be, and should: her father gave her away, only classical church music was played, all attire, vows and decorum were totally traditional aside from some odd updatings of the familiar liturgical text. The only nod to “diversity” I could see (via the admittedly abridged 8:00 PM rerun) was the startling presence of the unthinkable rock star “Elton John” and his “wife” or “husband” or whatever you'd call him.
In short, for an event like this to take place after the Windsors have revealed themselves to be such rogues, rakes and monsters, is something inspiring whether you regard it as a symbol of past glories/present delusions or the wonderful things it professes to be.
….........A popular Southern city has made a negative poll:
Report: Charlotte Among Most Polluted Cities
http://www2.wspa.com/news/2011/apr/27/report-charlotte-among-most-polluted-cities-ar-1770795/
Normally when you see a poll of states or regions, Dixie wins overall, but not necessarily in this kind of them. In fact, if this study is any indication, the Carolinas at least are environmentally abysmal: SC gets many Fs, NC is almost solidly rated F.
http://www.stateoftheair.org/2011/states/south-carolina/
http://www.stateoftheair.org/2011/states/north-carolina/
I will say that the air sometimes stinks in Anderson for no apparent reason -- perhaps because someone's burning trash. Why people burn trash is a mystery, but I've seen and smelt lowlifes doing it in both Anderson and Greenville. I have heard that SC is one of the most polluted states of the 50 overall.
Easily 10 years ago our compatriot Rebekah Sutherland was working at Savannah River Site and trying to draw public attention to the fact that it had 37 million gallons of radioactive water stored on the premises – unsafely, just nine feet above an aquifer that feeds a huge multistate area. SC is part of a tornado alley as well. But I've racked up polls in SHNV over and over showing the statistical good side of Dixie and relished doing so.
…........Anybody but me subscribe to Groupon? It will email you a coupon every day for some good-sounding restaurant, lawn service, etc. You know me, I just tried Groupon's “about” and “FAQ” links, and boy, are they different:
http://www.thepoint.com/about
http://www.groupon.com/faq
Trying to hide a liberal thrust, or trying to feign one?
............More from the comedians, now – prophets for a secular age, often right-on but surprisingly acidulous toward birthers, their present bellwether, "The Donald", and conspiracy "theorists" at large. Some of them you'll simply have to explain to me:
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
• The good news is, President Obama was born in America. The bad news is, so was Donald Trump.
• It’s the 75th anniversary of the introduction of Social Security checks. For the younger viewers who don’t know what a Social Security check is, you’ll never see one in your lifetime, so don’t worry about it.
• The man who invented the teleprompter has died at the age of 91. When President Obama heard the news, he was speechless.
• The price of coffee has hit a 34-year high. Except at Starbucks, where coffee has always been at a 34-year high.
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Late Show With David Letterman
• Katie Couric has announced that she’s leaving CBS. Insiders think she may have been involved in dog-fighting.
• Don’t worry about Katie. She’s the new voice of the Aflac duck.
• Lindsay Lohan is going to jail for 120 days. But don’t worry, because the Taliban guys are already digging her a tunnel.
• Fifty percent of Americans think Donald Trump would make a terrible president. The other 50 percent think he would make an awful president.
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Late Show Top Ten
Top Ten Surprises On Barack Obama's Birth Certificate
10. Was born at a luau
9. Parents crossed out original choice for first name, "Gary"
8. Is a triplet, born with sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Obama
7. Also released as an audiobook read by John Lithgow
6. It's covered in poi stains
5. Claims he's a baby when Obama is clearly an adult — It's a forgery!
4. Under "Conspiracy?” They checked "No"
3. Document notarized by Magnum P.I.
2. Note reads "To be released only at the request of crazy-haired blowhard billionaires"
1. Fine print at bottom: Not an actual birth certificate
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• President Obama finally showed his birth certificate, and it turns out he was born in Hawaii, of all places.
• I’m surprised Donald Trump isn’t investigating whether Hawaii is an official state. A lot of vowels over there and not enough consonants.
• The royal wedding had a minor hiccup when they realized another couple had Westminster Abbey booked for the same weekend, so the royals have to be out of there by 2:00.
• Sony revealed that their PlayStation network had been hacked and that personal account information of their users was compromised. Isn’t hacking into PlayStation against the nerd code of ethics?
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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
• President Obama released his birth certificate today, proving once and for all that he was born in the United States. Yep, the certificate clearly shows that he was born on the all-American street of Kalanianaole Highway at the Kapiolani Hospital in Oahu.
• Donald Trump said he still wants to look more closely at Obama’s birth certificate to make sure that it’s real. Incidentally, President Obama said the same exact thing about Donald Trump’s hair.
• There’s a new play in New York City about the life of Lindsay Lohan. The actress who played Lindsay totally stole the show — plus a gold necklace, three rings, and a bracelet.
• I heard that Britney Spears is banning cookie dough ice cream and alcohol from her new tour. Or as Britney told her kids, “Breakfast is canceled, y’all!”
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