Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. That's a loooooonngggg time ago for the talking heads on insert name of network here (they're mostly interchangeable, anyway).
Those of us who middle-aged* tend to remember that event quite clearly. It was described as "the wedding of the century", a "fairy-tale romance" or "fairy-tale wedding" - said heads couldn't quite make up their minds, on this point - and the media frenzy was over the top.
For today's royal wedding, the new talking heads described it as "the wedding of the century" and "a real fairy-tale romance". I supposed it to be possible, in 1981, that the Charles/Diana event might have been; after all, the century was nearly over, if one takes the long view.
But today? Really? So do we know, in advance, all the others who might marry in the next 89 years?
Diana's butler - whose 15 minutes of fame were over a long, long time ago - appeared on Fox News and said that her wedding wasn't really a fairy-tale wedding, because of the age difference between Charles and Diana. The "romance" wasn't there, or so he opined. The anchor (ol' what's-her-name McCollum, or some such) agreed that the event was much more formal. I think the word "stiff" was included in there, somewhere.
I agree that this couple did appear much more relaxed, and they themselves seemed at ease with the crowds - and each other.
Fine.
Having said that, if you're getting hitched in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Freakin' Canterbury, I don't think it's possible to be "informal".
Okay, it's done. Can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE move on now? We fought a war to be free of all this royalty claptrap, and there is a terrible tragedy still unfolding in the American south.
Or do I owe the royal couple an apology? I don't think so.
In other news, gas jumped to $4.19/gallon here, overnight. Can we talk about that? No? Then how 'bout this: a "group of legislators" from Juneau (no names given, in the early report I heard) have asked Attorney General Holder to "include Alaska" in the federal investigation of possible price gouging.
Yeah, that'll work, since the price is up due to the Fed's continuing devaluation of the dollar. You 'spose the results will come back, naming the President and Chairman Bernanke as the culprits?
I don't either.
*Darn it.
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
6 comments:
Didn't we start a new country to stop succession by genetics?
Didn't we fight a war to get away from those A$$&+!$s?
Pardon my rudeness. This country and the world are going to hell-in-a-handbasket, and 95% of the media is focused on this silliness?!
gfa
It's all smoke and mirrors crap, if you ask me.
The media, including Fox, is all wound up in birth certificates and weddings while the Middle East is quickly becoming unglued and the beginnings of a new world war (IMHO) are about to take place.
On the home front, as you mentioned, we have tornadoes all over the place in the south and gas prices about to average $4 a gallon in the nation (already well past that in some areas) all because of the FED printing money like its going out of style, which with inflation, it slowly is going out of style all over the world as the reserve currency, in addition the EPA is doing its best to choke the oil industry.
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that we are past the point of no return and some bitter harsh times are ahead.
Now I'm depressed. What fairy-tale wedding can I look forward to now? MOR WEDDINGZ!
GFA and Matt: I'm in violent agreement with everything you said.
Thanks, I feel the same way.
Absolutely agree with everything you all just said. Rome (the world) is on fire yet the music plays on...
Surely the end is not far away.
For my part, I really enjoyed all the pomp, feathers and hats of the wedding. It was a welcome reprieve of rising gas prices, the desert countries blowing each other up, while our dollar goes to the depths of hades. Not to mention the destruction in the South East by Mother Nature.
Sometimes you just have to take a break from all the bad. This wedding was my break.
And now, we return you to the regular programing complete with advertisements. *sigh*
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