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This may shock you, but our eloquent and ebullient president has a penchant for street slang. When’s the best time to use it? During official functions with other world leaders! The occasion was the first day of the Group of Eight summit in Japan. What better place?

A televised clip of the event showed President George W. Bush casually wrapping an arm around Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua and calling for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s attention.

“Yo, Harper,” Bush called. “The president of Nigeria!”

Two years ago, Bush famously offered the same greeting to the former British prime minister, Tony Blair, at the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Opposition members in the Canadian Parliament suggested this particular friendly greeting to Harper was indicative of close ties between the Bush administration and the Harper government. I think it’s more along the lines of an idiot who can’t grow up and take anything seriously for even five minutes. With all the supposed wealth and breeding in that family, could they not find time to dump junior in an etiquette class?

Only a few more months… only a few more months….

[Globe and Mail]

Happy 4th of July to all of my American readers! :)

Here I come, bringing another rant of mine to the table. In case you haven’t noticed yet, I am extremely disillusioned by republics and politics in general. Run now if you don’t want to know, and come back later for royal news. Otherwise, read on:

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I recently discovered the website of the American Friends of British Art. In their own words:

After discovering that historic art and architecture across Great Britain was in peril and in need of restoration, Dr. Michael Ridgdill founded American Friends of British Art to help ease the financial burden of preserving this rich cultural and artistic heritage. While our mission is the preservation and restoration of historically significant art and architecture within Great Britain, our mission extends to increase the awareness of the need for such preservation.

With the exorbitant costs of maintaining and restoring historic works, American Friends of British Art will provide those in need with financial assistance toward their restoration projects. America’s ancestral ties with Great Britain make it an honor to assist in preserving their nation’s treasures, because after all, British history is American history. With your interest and generous contributions, American Friends of British Art will preserve this rich heritage for future generations of tourists, art enthusiasts, and historians to savor.

A group after my own heart! May God bless and strengthen our ties.

Mark Steyn talks about multiculturalism in Britain, and the world in general. A very interesting discussion. Please view and leave your comments here.

Mark Steyn on Multiculturalism

I started an online course in the study of U.S. government. It is intensive and lasts only three weeks with essays, tests, and discussions every single day. So that means my posting here will be very limited. In other words, non-existant.

My planned upload of my royal collection has been put on the back burner for now, but expect that to be seen in early February. And don’t worry about a January commentary at August Annotations - Miss Jerramy Fine has that all under control! She is my guest writer and a total godsend!

Jerramy is the author of “Someday My Prince Will Come: True Adventures of a Wannabe Princess”. Raised by hippies in Western Colorado, Jerramy went to England in pursuit of her true love - the now-betrothed Peter Phillips.

She didn’t marry Peter, but her life and her book are full of the wonderful adventures she’s had by trying to meet him. On the shelves January 10th, 2008.

Maybe I’m just in a blue mood, but something has gone seriously wrong with our country.  As an American, I am flabbergasted that there are people in Britain that would support a President. “The Queen is your head of state,” I think to myself. “How can you possibly do better than that?”

Don’t get me wrong - I am very patriotic when it comes to the concept of freedom and democracy and the principles on which America was founded. It’s in reality that I sing a different tune.  After eight years of President Clinton and his wife (loss of morality) and eight years of President Bush (loss of country’s infrastructure and common sense), that adds up to SIXTEEN long years of decline. It’s amazing, and not in a good way.

So to me, having a President is not a step up in the world. That’s just my opinion.

It sounds like Britain is not having a very good time, either, and they have a Prime Minister. Why is it that the men in suits cannot stabilize their country?

 If you live in Britain, please leave your opinion of your country and of America. Am I just being depressed?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rare 710-year-old copy of the Magna Carta valued at up to $30 million (14.9 million pounds) is due to be sold by The Perot Foundation at Sotheby’s in New York in December, the auction house said on Tuesday.

The Magna Carta established rights of the English people and curbed the power of the king. The U.S. Constitution includes ideas and phrases taken almost directly from the charter, which rebellious barons forced their oppressive King John to sign in 1215.

Sotheby’s said the Magna Carta was ratified and reissued with each monarch who succeeded John. It was enacted as law in 1297 by parliament when it was reissued by King Edward I. The copy to be sold is from 1297.

Sotheby’s said there are fewer than 20 copies of the Magna Carta and that this copy, which has been on display at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington D.C., is one of only two held outside of Britain. The other copy, also from 1297, is owned by the Australian government.

David Redden, Sotheby’s vice chairman, said the document “symbolizes mankind’s eternal quest for freedom; it is a talisman of liberty”.

Sotheby’s said The Perot Foundation, created by billionaire former U.S. presidential candidate Ross Perot to make philanthropic grants, would use the money for its charities. The Foundation bought the Magna Carta in 1984.

I received a burning question from a native Briton at YouTube. It’s a great one, and one that I can easily answer.

hey, im british, and i think its really cool that you find our royalty so interesting, because so do i. i think my country is full of history, and of course, being british, we all worship our royal family. i was just wondering why you find our royalty so interesting, and not your own presidents.

British history, from the Celtic Brits to Normans to now, is awe inspiring. Why do I find royals interesting and not my own presidents? Simple. Monarchy is above the petty strife of politics. The Queen sets a mighty impressive example of how to conduct yourself. Not only that, but the pageantry that they lay on is the stuff of legends. The lineage of the royal house IS world history. I could go on, but I’m sure you have things to do!

Simply put, you just can’t get emotional over guys in suits. Bush, Clinton, governors, senators…. a bit blah. How much interest was stirred up by the passing of the baton from Blair to Brown? I’m sure that there was interest politically, but as far as emotional reach and a source of national pride, it was just another day at Number 10. A bit on the boring side, eh? ;-)

But that’s just my opinion. I’ve got a lot of English blood, so maybe adoration of the Royal Family is just in my DNA.

I am so sad and distressed over the bridge collapse in Minnesota. This is such a terrible thing to happen, and I pray for the people and their families.