Why did Ronald Reagan accept a British title of nobility?
It's ironic that the President of a country that gained independence from Britain would accept a British nobility title, but he did.
Was that even legal?
If it is, should it be? Of course not. In a democratic republic, we don't go around sirring and viscounting each other. Equality must be the law of the land. Not privilege.
Our latest 'Lawn Chair Quarterback' explores the phenomenon of Reagan's knighting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twwzMoHTguM
Friday, July 16, 2010
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Ted Kennedy was knighted. Was that a catastrophe?
ReplyDelete"Ronald Reagan was a sir, did you know that?"
ReplyDelete"In 1989, Reagan was created an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, a British first class knighthood. This entitled him to the use of the post-nominal letters GCB, but did not entitle him to be known as 'Sir Ronald Reagan'."
Reagan was never known as "Sir" invalidating roughly 90 percent of your video.
ReplyDeleteSo what? Even if nobody called Reagan "sir", he still accepted the nobility title of "G.C.B."
ReplyDeleteReagan wasn't a British subject, so he was an honorary member. Honorary.
ReplyDeleteThen he shouldn't have accepted the title.
ReplyDeleteYou spent the whole video talking about how he was Sir Reagan, not G.C.B. It's like like anyone would introduce themselves that way.
ReplyDelete"Then he shouldn't have accepted the title."
ReplyDeleteWhy not? There's literally no reason not to. He had more a reason to accept that title then Obama to accept a Peace Prize.
You could always concede that you were incorrect.
ReplyDeleteNobel Peace Prize isn't a title of nobility.
ReplyDeleteThat's missing the point entirely.
ReplyDeleteReagan was knighted, but the Bandit is KING. All Hail King Bandit! Long Live the Bandit!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother still insists that Obama was born in Kenya... the tea party/birther propaganda works.
ReplyDeleteI guess I don't care where he was born... just as long as he doesn't screw up the country like the Bush regime did.
As far as Reagan goes, he's dead, let him be a knight...I don't care. Poor bastard had alzheimers... that's a terrible way to go.
I said it before and I'll say it again...abolish the parties.... why do we need republicrats when they basically run an oligarchy anyway.
Media and parties = owned by big business = little representation of the people.
One more rant....... Misallocation of resources and mismanagement of government is the reason government is miserably incompetent.
2 wars...unending? broken frankenlaws and corporate greed..... why do I even pay attention anymore?