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Hi there, Today, the eventual future King, with a few years to go, Prince William of England, was installed into The Knights of the Garter. He
was the 1000th inductee, into this order. I love the pomp and ceremony of British Royalty. Prince William wore a black Tudor hat, with a white plume feather, a blue velvet cape, the Badge of
the Star, the Medallion of St George, and a garter on his leg. Forgive me for being shallow,
but the whole thing was a kick for me.
This order, as I understand it, originated from an incident, which occurred in 1348, at a party, where a woman,who was dancing,lost her garter,
the King picked the garter up and pinned it on himself, and said "let no man see evil in this act", and eventually the elite order, The Knights of the Garter were formed. There are only 25 members in the special group, women were added in 1987. All of the Queen's children, with the exception of Prince Harry, are members. Harry will be added at a later date, it is reported. Prince William's father, Prince Charles, was inducted exactly 40 years ago. The order was established some 660 years ago. The members are to be loyal and of service to the sovereign. The Queen and her husband, Prince Phillip, were given a wedding gift by King George, VI, in 1947 and both were inducted into the order. This order is the highest order, that the Queen can bestow. The Government had bestowed the honor, for a long time, until the Queen took the honor back in the forties. The chapel bells pealed in honor of Prince William's induction, he had been invested earlier, in April of this year. This was the formal ceremony, and the weather co-operated very well. Carry on Prince William.

Hi, hi, After all is said and done here in the US of A, we have two candidates vying to be President and lead the country. Hopefully that leadership will put us back on some kind of sound footing. One of the candidates wants to borrow $2 trillion dollars, to take care of the war and whatever other war, he has intentions of
possibily starting, and continue the practice of giving more tax cuts to the rich who don't need the money. The other is being accused of being a tax and spend liberal, who will increase the taxes of the wealthy and scare the older people, who are on Social Security. These two are wrestling, with trying to define themselves, before the other succeeds in defining them.
One is being portrayed as a neophyte, while the other is being shown, repeating his own words, that the US army may be in Iraq for 100 years, and that's alright with him, someone called him GI Joe. One is a leo (lion), and the other fancies himself as a lion, strong and able to defend the country in time of war as he was a pilot in the Navy. His plane was shot down, I believe and he was taken as a prisoner of war for five brutal years. My thought is that being a hero, that he is, having served his country, does not give him carte blanc to stroll into
the oval office as President. Show me the money! After seven year plus, of the current administration, we need someone who can think, and reason to see the long, big picture, for the greater good. One who does not throw away the Writ of Habeas Corpus, as being some nonsensical piece of paper, that is meaningless, because he may not even be able to read it, let alone interpret it. Not some, made up story telling person, who starts wars, based on what somebody did or tried to do to their daddy. People with high strung personalities tend to do things irrationally sometimes, and after the crap this country has been through, I am hopeful, that the people will use good judgment and not let some blind spot, take them to a very dark place, that we may never, ever recover from. Hope springs eternal.
Should you be interested in the two, who are running for President of the United States in 2008, please check out: www.socyberety.com/No-Neophyte-He-Barack-Obama.133129
and www.socyberty.com/John-McCain-a-Man-Among-Men.68944
Under the same web address, read for your entertainment "The Olympic Runners 2008", which
is a tongue and cheek assessment of all those, who were initially running for the office of President, on both sides of the spectrum. Take care.