Traitor Ted Kennedy to receive Knighthood (Congress, Reagan, O.J. Simpson, Brown)

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Knighthood!?

Ted Kennedy, one of the leading members of the family dynasty that dominated American politics in the final decades of the last century, is to receive an honorary knighthood.
Gordon Brown will announce the award today when he becomes the fifth British Prime Minister to give a speech to both Houses of Congress.

Did Congress approve of this dubious honor?

Articles of Confederation:
VI. No State, without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King, Prince or State; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, or any of them, accept any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any King, Prince or foreign State; nor shall the United States in Congress assembled, or any of them, grant any title of nobility.

U.S. Constitution:
Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Amendment XIII (original)
Passed by Congress May 1, 1810 - Ratified December 9, 1812. Mysteriously removed before 1865.
"If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the united States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them."


If you think it's a harmless honor, you will not find one instance where any monarch accepted a title of nobility from another monarch - without surrendering sovereignty.

And it's a slap in the face of every patriot who fought and died so that we would be a sovereign people.

In case it was omitted from your "Socialist Studies" - - -

“People are supreme, not the state.”
Waring v. the Mayor of Savannah, 60 GA at 93.

“The people of the state, as the successors of its former sovereign, are entitled to all the rights which formerly belonged to the king by his own prerogative.”
Lansing v. Smith, (1829) 4 Wendell 9, (NY)

“At the Revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the people and they are truly the sovereigns of the country.”
Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dall. 440, 463

In America, however, the case is widely different. Our government is founded upon compact. Sovereignty was, and is, in the people.
Glass vs The Sloop Betsey, 3 Dall 6 (1794)

Any American who surrenders his sovereign status to accept a title of nobility from a foreign monarch is a traitor.


SHAME ON TED KENNEDY
SHAME ON ANY AMERICAN WHO ACCEPTS A KNIGHTHOOD
SHAME ON ANY AMERICAN WHO APPROVES

[ovcatto]

Tabloid Edition: Ronald Reagan, Knight of the British Empire

Articles of Confederation:
VI. No State, without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King, Prince or State; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, or any of them, accept any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any King, Prince or foreign State; nor shall the United States in Congress assembled, or any of them, grant any title of nobility.

U.S. Constitution:
Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Amendment XIII (original)
Passed by Congress May 1, 1810 - Ratified December 9, 1812. Mysteriously removed before 1865.
"If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the united States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them."


If you think it's a harmless honor, you will not find one instance where any monarch accepted a title of nobility from another monarch - without surrendering sovereignty.

And it's a slap in the face of every patriot who fought and died so that we would be a sovereign people.

In case it was omitted from your "Socialist Studies" - - -

“People are supreme, not the state.”
Waring v. the Mayor of Savannah, 60 GA at 93.

“The people of the state, as the successors of its former sovereign, are entitled to all the rights which formerly belonged to the king by his own prerogative.”
Lansing v. Smith, (1829) 4 Wendell 9, (NY)

“At the Revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the people and they are truly the sovereigns of the country.”
Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dall. 440, 463

In America, however, the case is widely different. Our government is founded upon compact. Sovereignty was, and is, in the people.
Glass vs The Sloop Betsey, 3 Dall 6 (1794)

Any American who surrenders his sovereign status to accept a title of nobility from a foreign monarch is a traitor.


SHAME ON RONALD REAGAN
SHAME ON ANY AMERICAN WHO ACCEPTS A KNIGHTHOOD
SHAME ON ANY AMERICAN WHO APPROVES

[Kootr]

The drunk SOB should be behind bars.

[ovcatto]

Jetgraphics please take two xanaxs and call us in the morning.

[sailordave]

Senator Ted Kennedy was awarded honorary knighthood by the queen of England. Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.

[roysoldboy]

I hope everybody realizes that he won't receive any pay from the UK and that there is really nothing wrong with this honorary award. He can't go around calling himself Sir Edward because he isn't royalty in the UK. It is all just one big silly game that the British like to play and we shouldn't worry about it.

Yes, he should still be in jail for that horrendous crime but somehow he did it in an area where the Kennedy name was very important and he escaped. If you are reading this do it fast as we have a person among us who doesn't think that he did anything wrong at Chappaquidick. If you are too slow, duck.

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by Kootr

The drunk SOB should be behind bars.

It's not nice to speak ill of the dead.

[mike0421]

Originally Posted by Kootr

The drunk SOB should be behind bars.

A-f'ing men, Kootr! What an absolute outrage. I can't believe what I am reading here. "Sir O.J. Simpson" can't be far behind. What the hell is going on in the UK?

Maybe Pete Doherty is in line to run for Prime Minister next. What horse$hit.

[camping!]

Americans can receive an honorary knighthood. It doesn't make him in line for the throne after all.

Still that the cowardly gass bag is able to acheive such high honor on the backs of his dead brothers is appalling to me.

[JoeP]

Congrats to him. He's been a consistent fighter for everyday Americans against Republicans constantly working to crush most Americans with unsound policies.