And there's Berlusconi, looking a tad bit like a plastic model. Well done.
Politics is so interesting is it not?
No...
Just me. Ok
Well, I like looking it up from time to time, although the real extent of my politics info comes from watching Mock the Week (which I must remember to watch tonight)
I like old politics better, (1) because history is fabulous and (2) because the politicians around today are fumbling idiots.
The titles the old monarchies had i just find hilarious. In my homework for history I was looking into the Tsars; I then came across the full title that they used in the Russian Constitution of 1906:
'Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, of Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, Tsar of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Tauric Chersonesos, Tsar of Georgia, Lord of Pskov, and Grand Duke of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia, and Finland, Prince of Estonia, Livonia, Courland and Semigalia, Samogitia, Belostok, Karelia, Tver, Yugra, Perm, Vyatka, Bulgaria and other territories; Lord and Grand Duke of Nizhni Novgorod, Sovereign of Chernigov, Ryazan, Polotsk, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Beloozero, Udoria, Obdoria,Kondia, Vitebsk, Mstislavl, and all northern territories; Sovereign of Iveria, Kartalinia, and the Kabardinian lands and Armenian territories - hereditary Lord and Ruler of the Circassians and Mountain Princes and others; Lord of Turkestan, Heir of Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein,Stormarn, Dithmarschen, Oldenburg, and so forth, and so forth, and so forth.'
The titles the old monarchies had i just find hilarious. In my homework for history I was looking into the Tsars; I then came across the full title that they used in the Russian Constitution of 1906:
'Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, of Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, Tsar of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Tauric Chersonesos, Tsar of Georgia, Lord of Pskov, and Grand Duke of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia, and Finland, Prince of Estonia, Livonia, Courland and Semigalia, Samogitia, Belostok, Karelia, Tver, Yugra, Perm, Vyatka, Bulgaria and other territories; Lord and Grand Duke of Nizhni Novgorod, Sovereign of Chernigov, Ryazan, Polotsk, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Beloozero, Udoria, Obdoria,Kondia, Vitebsk, Mstislavl, and all northern territories; Sovereign of Iveria, Kartalinia, and the Kabardinian lands and Armenian territories - hereditary Lord and Ruler of the Circassians and Mountain Princes and others; Lord of Turkestan, Heir of Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein,Stormarn, Dithmarschen, Oldenburg, and so forth, and so forth, and so forth.'
Bit excessive?
Of course not. Who wouldn't want to show off a large amount of impossible-to-pronounce lands!
Well, yes, so the EU. What is your opinion on the European Union, 27 countries with a vast amount of culture and influence throughout the world?
Because in my opinion, they have the potential to hypothetically rock the boat of Earth conspicuously, so I enjoy the idea of a European-Superpower-kind-of-thing. I prefer to be involved with Europe than America. What about you?
So that's enough thinking for me.
NB. The photo above is from the G8 Summit, July 2008
Nos da.
Moi
