Michael Palin said it best:

"... lyin' in ponds distributin'
swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power
derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic
ceremony!"

yeah

nothing wrong with some royalty, you scrubby vermin! King Curtis, Benny Goodman King of Swing, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, the Duke of Earl, Earl Bostic, Queen Latifah, Dinah Washington Qeen of the Blues. not to mention the group Queen, Duke Jordan, Duke Robillard,
and the Boss. and.. the greatest of them all:
KING KONG! (he played buildings)

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Miami Mo

You win, Mo...WE'RE NOT WORTHY...WE'RE NOT WORTHY!


Russ

No sooner than I claim the throne than the jackals follow nipping at my heels. I therefore abdicate this throne and let this be the final post to this thread (barring weeping and wailing petitioners groveling at my feet in apology and genuflection and begging me to return of course)

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Miami Mo

Well, I guess, as our elected representatives and the Captains of Corporate Power increasingly treat us like the serfs they have reduced us to, acknowledging the US's Royalty, and aping them seems appropriate...

I can see it soon... two dirty Americans, toiling in the dirt. They look up and see a limo drive by. One says to the other 'That's a Politician'. Other says 'How can you tell?'. First says ''Cause he ain't got sh*t all over him..!'

(apologies to Monty Python)

Diki (Supreme Being) Ross.... beat that!

One says to the other, "There, but for me, go I."

Please come back, YOUR ROYAL, MOST OMNIPOTENT
GRAND POO PAH-MAJESTY!

Russ (your faithful Captain) Lay

Russ, I must ask myself first..are you worthy?
(Nothing yet in my p.o. box!) Mo