tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post159331233692170267..comments2023-10-02T18:02:52.243+10:00Comments on 3 Word Slogan: A Republic Dream Sweeping InCartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-84619133063871088542008-04-24T13:29:00.000+10:002008-04-24T13:29:00.000+10:00Knighthoods have not been issued here since the ea...Knighthoods have not been issued here since the early '70s. I guess Howard really sees himself from another era.<BR/>I'm fond of the parliamentary system, but we still end up with politicians :)Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-63340460509807572782008-04-24T12:19:00.000+10:002008-04-24T12:19:00.000+10:00I hope you get a republic, no matter what the driv...I hope you get a republic, no matter what the driving force! Too bad Bush has tarnished what the title President should mean. But actually, I like the parliamentary system better. I just love watching the Brit House of Commons on C-Span. If our president had to face up to that, with the public watching, we would really have some worthwhile political discourse.<BR/><BR/>ps, Howard must be so D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-75822920547656358622008-04-24T07:45:00.000+10:002008-04-24T07:45:00.000+10:00Tom, we have a sort of sibling relationship with B...Tom, we have a sort of sibling relationship with Britain, and probably far closer policy ties to the US. At least during my lifetime the crown has not implied any special relationship with Britain per se.<BR/>John Howard, incidentally a rabid royalist who just missed out on a knighthood (reported here minutes ago), was also intensely pro Bush. Most of the country is bemused by his attachments, Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-12587849431947464532008-04-24T04:52:00.000+10:002008-04-24T04:52:00.000+10:00I guess I need to confess ignorance on the issue. ...I guess I need to confess ignorance on the issue. To what extent, if any, did your ties to the UK suck you into the Bush War for oil and world conquest?TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-34389391423613641882008-04-22T17:01:00.000+10:002008-04-22T17:01:00.000+10:00I just wish it was well considered change :( I'm c...I just wish it was well considered change :( I'm currently researching 1840s Industrial revolution, perhaps the crucible of our modern system, and find the same sort of nonsense driving issues then.Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-907020569492582012008-04-22T16:22:00.000+10:002008-04-22T16:22:00.000+10:00Change...waves of change around the world...really...Change...waves of change around the world...really interesting...enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.com