{"id":20891,"date":"2011-04-29T07:09:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=20891"},"modified":"2011-04-29T07:09:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:09:44","slug":"thought-for-today-monarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/29\/thought-for-today-monarchy.html","title":{"rendered":"Thought for Today: Monarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.<\/p>\n

Edward Gibbon<\/strong> (1737-1794) English historian
\nThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire<\/em>, ch. 7 (1776-88)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mean, if heredity were all that perfect of a system, one would expect the Brits to be ruled by a race of super-geniuses by now, right?<\/p>\n

Actually, in all seriousness, congratulations to the happy couple<\/a>.\u00a0 While they obviously have a lot of advantages going into a marriage, they also have a lot of challenges, so my heartiest felicitations to them both.<\/p>\n

(via WIST<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) English historian The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch. 7 (1776-88) I mean, if heredity were all that perfect of a system, one would expect the Brits … Continue reading “Thought for Today: Monarchy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,10,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fourth-estate","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-love-and-marriage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/royal-wedding.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8675,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/09\/09\/man_with_a_coun.html","url_meta":{"origin":20891,"position":0},"title":"Man with a Country","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 9-Sep-05 1:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the Constitutional Monarchy of Applethorne -- a very strong economy, excellent civil rights, and excellent political freedoms. 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