in the wrong era. Soundly refuting
liberals online since 2000. NOTE: That is NOT
me pictured at left. :)
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Audacity of Truth
"Diplomacy":
"People are saying what in the world is going on with North Carolina, we look like Mississippi." - NC Gov. Bev Perdue (D) on the passage of Amendment One, 5-11-12
Move over, Speaker Pelosi
A real queen is in town:
WASHINGTON (AP) – With trumpet fanfare and a 21-gun salute, President Bush welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the White House on Monday as thousands of invited guests crowded the South Lawn for a glimpse of the British monarch.
Bush and his wife, Laura, were waiting on the driveway on a near-perfect spring day as the queen and her husband, Prince Philip, arrived by limousine. The two couples briefly shook hands before moving on to the formal welcome.
A brilliantly blue sky framed the colorful ceremony where red, white and blue bunting was draped over the fencelines on the South Lawn. The United States Air Force Band led a grand military procession onto the lawn.
The ceremony included a parade by the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps dressed in black tricorn hats, white wigs, waistcoats, colonial coveralls, and red regimental coats. Their uniforms are patterned after those worn by the musicians of Gen. George Washington’s Continental Army.
It was a day of high pomp and pageantry from a president known for his informality. It also was an uplifting event for a White House at a time when Bush’s approval rate has dropped near all-time lows and he battles a Democratic Congress over funding for an unpopular Iraq war.
In honor of the queen, Bush agreed to host the first white-tie dinner of his presidency, with entertainment by violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman.
“We did sort of have to convince him a little bit” to opt for the white-tie dinner, Mrs. Bush said of her and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s efforts to talk Bush into hosting the most formal dinner the White House can offer.
REAL queen:
Photo courtesy: AP/Charles Dharapak
FAUX queen:
Any questions?
Update: Robert Bluey was at the WH for the arrival of Queen Elizabeth and has a slideshow of photos.
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Well it is good the AP couldn’t help but get this little lie in print one more time. Let’s face it, it is just not possible to be lower than Jimmy Carter. Almost 30 years later people still consider him the worst President in recent history. Keep up the good ‘unbiased’ reporting guys. – Lorica
You should have included a picture of Hanoi Jane so you had a drag queen as well.
But take a look at THAT HAT!
I have no absolutely no respect for “royalty” and all the attention and unearned wealth that is heaped upon them. Thank God the founding fathers made sure that kind of nonsense would never happen here.
On second thought we do have Queens. Lots of them. On Castro St. in San Francisco.
Actually that hat is very stylish, and goes with her dress almost perfectly. For the older citizen, it is functional as it will keep the heat of the sun off her skin, which for an older person is very important. I am not a big fan of the Queen, but I think after she saw the outpouring of love and affection when Diana died she realized how miserable she was. She has changed considerably, you can see it in her face. – Lorica
Nancy isn’t a queen, she thinks that she’s Empress when really she Chicken of the Sea.
Sorry Charlie.
I’m somewhat taken aback by the fact that Mrs Pico and I were not invited to the state dinner this evening. Apparantly, our invitations were given to Calvin Borel, the winning jockey in the Kentucky Derby. One does hope that he has the good taste to wear his teeth to the dinner.
Mr Borel is taking a lady friend as a guest. He had, at first, attempted to do the right thing, and invite the derby winner, Street Sense, as his guest, but when he asked the horse if he wanted to go to the dinner, Street Sense said, “Neigh!”
Wanna bet nancy is begging to get a personal sit down with the Queen so she can wear a little tiearra, no, that would not be permitted, only the Queen gets to wear headgear nancy, so sorry.
I hope nancy’s sorry ass didn’t get an invite to the State Dinner. Does anybody know if all the clowns of Congress are invited to these head of state deals?