teddy Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Just announced in Gordon Brown's speech. Arise Sir Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Lord Drownum of Chappaquiddick ??? p.s. Even if knighted, Teddy can't use "Sir". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I doubt you'll ever be Sir Teddy but weren't you referred to as Lord someone in the past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I doubt you'll ever be Sir Teddy but weren't you referred to as Lord someone in the past? Lord of the Shi'ites or something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Sir Ted Kennedy? The Queen will be pleased The Queen has had to put up with a lot from this government â?? what with it virtually bankrupting the country, disregarding the countryside and sending her beloved armed forces off to fight in more wars than even the great Winston Churchill managed. But surely today's knighthood for Senator Ted Kennedy involves the gratuitous adding of insult to injury? Kennedy is gravely ill, which is terrible for him and his family. But just because he is close to death and a very good friend of Gordon Brown's is no reason to give him an honorary knighthood. The Troubles should exclude the possibility: he gave succour, as others did in his family, to the Republican movement at a time when its representatives were murdering children with bombs in British town centres and killing British servicemen. Famously, one of those killed was Lord Mountbatten, uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh and mentor to the current Prince of Wales. Gerry Adams, Kennedy's friend, had this to say on the subject: "The IRA gave clear reasons for the execution. I think it is unfortunate that anyone has to be killed, but the furor created by Mountbatten's death showed up the hypocritical attitude of the media establishment. As a member of the House of Lords, Mountbatten was an emotional figure in both British and Irish politics. What the IRA did to him is what Mountbatten had been doing all his life to other people; and with his war record I don't think he could have objected to dying in what was clearly a war situation. He knew the danger involved in coming to this country. In my opinion, the IRA achieved its objective: people started paying attention to what was happening in Ireland." Thank goodness the bombings here and in Ulster are over; and even if the peace which has replaced the Troubles is imperfect at least it is peace. But what possible claim can Kennedy have on an honour from the British state? The answer seems to be that in some vague way he encouraged the murderers to stop murdering. Did he? Weâ??ll have to wait for the full historical record. But shouldnâ??t that have been what any democratic politician of influence worthy of the name would argue for as a matter of course? It shouldnâ??t command a special prize from our monarch. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 When is this ass clown going to do the right thing and keel over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 ... only the good die young! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Teddy showed his true nature in his early years - when he was expelled from Harvard for having another student to take one of his final exams. He then went into the Army and daddy saw to it he was stationed in Paris. "His father's political connections ensured he was not deployed to the ongoing Korean War. While in Europe he travelled a lot on weekends and climbed the Matterhorn. He was discharged in March 1953 as a private first class.>> Oh, yeah ... when he was in law school: << While there, his fast automotive habits were caught when he was charged with reckless driving and driving without a license. >> Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I for one am sick of hearing about this family like they were something special, they aren't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 I doubt you'll ever be Sir Teddy but weren't you referred to as Lord someone in the past? Lord of the Shi'ites or something like that That's very close to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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