The Divine Right To Stand In Line

Nobody’s Opinion; One sunny afternoon in April, in the year 2000, I was standing a line at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., The room was packed full of people because it was in these rooms where the most beautiful jewelry in the world was on exhibit.

In just one room all alone, was the Hope Diamond. This sucker was really huge. The diamonds on the chain alone were enough to marvel at, let alone the big blue one in the middle. It’s probably been photographed more than any other object on earth.

In the next room, were all sorts of famous jewels, and having only so much time on my hands to see everything, I was impatient to stand in a long line. But---knowing that I might never be in this spot ever again in my life, I decided to stick it out.

I almost didn’t.

Because right to the side of me in line, were two of the loudest, ill-mannered and obnoxious little brats I thankfully have ever witnessed in my life.

There were two boys: one was about eight, and his brother was about six. Their mother stood right next to them, talking to a friend.

These two brats were pushing me…hard, and stepping on my feet. Whenever I came to a window, they would literally push me out of the way, and get in front of me. I had all I could do not to smack them upside the head. I even told them to stop it, with the mother inches away from me, but she ignored them and me completely.

Now, each cubicle held some godly expensive wonder, and just about the time I was ready to actually physically push one of the kids completely down on his butt---I thought I would try talking to them.

We came to a window that held the beautiful diamond earrings of Marie Antoinette. The inscription said that she had these very earrings on, and took them off, and put them in her pocket right before she was beheaded.

I was so angry at these kids by this time that I said to them;

“You know, these earrings belonged to a very rich lady, and the people were so mad at her, that they cut her head off.” (Hint, hint)

The oldest boy said, “No, that’s not true, that’s a lie. You’re lying. ”

“No,” I said, “Read the inscription, it says so. And if you don’t believe me, ask your mother.”

Of course, neither boy could read or even wanted to. So they turn to their mother and screamed, “Hey, mom, this lady says that they cut off someone’s head.”
The mother said nothing and continued talking to her friend.

Amazing.

Now, of course, the kids were brats because the mother felt it was her divine right that her kids do whatever they wanted to, I suppose, because she and they were special.

I couldn’t wait to get away from them.

Hold on…what’s this got to do with anything you ask? Wait, I’m getting to it.

Tonight on the “public broadcasting channel” I watched a special about Marie Antoinette. The gist of it was that poor Marie, she didn’t know any better. She was raised in the royal house of Austria, and married off at 14. She was used to being pampered and felt it was her right to be Queen till she died.

Why, she was so lovely and so gay! She could play the harpsichord, and had a gambling nasty gambling habit which put the King and France in debt, but she was just bored you see.

She even built a “nature” village, complete with cute little people who could fetch her natural chicken eggs every morning. She loved flowers. To her credit, she supported and appreciated the natural environment.

Her mother, the Queen of Austria, tried to warn her not to indulge herself so much, but, she was pretty spoiled. Versailles is a big place. Her husband was not too bright.

Then the revolution came.

Everything she had ever known of course was taken from her. They came and took her and the King out of Versailles. Basically, she was kicked out of the only home she had ever known. (Shades of Katrina)

After the revolution, she was forced to live like a regular citizen, even though they didn’t have to work and still had 13 servants and a smaller castle to live in.

We must realize, looking at it from her point of view, how cruel, and what a shock this must have been to her.

After her husband was put to the guillotine her child was taken from her, and tortured and beaten. She was hated of course, because the French press for years printed horrible slander and lies: National Enquirer articles about her frivolity and sexual promiscuous was propagated for years all over France. She, to her peril, ignored them. Of course, she did have a lover, but that’s not the point

Rulers all over the world have to control the press…it can be a real killer.
All in all, she was a courageous woman the historians concluded, she didn’t deserve her end. It was not her position to understand what was going on in her country, after all, she was a victim of fate. She was born rich…not her fault at all.

Well, that’s the Bill Moyer’s position.

So now, we see the gap between the rich and the poor is widening in our own country. Despite the communist propaganda, we must admit that Forbes 400 millionaire list has gone to billionaires. Companies merge, and the CEO’s retire with millions, while the workers lose their lives savings.

Our own government has been known to collect 83 billions dollars from us in just one day. (That’s not including the lottery)

The sultans of Dubai build whole islands, and buy up American property.

Prince Charles and the Queen of England still sit on their thrones with their 17 castles, while their populations live meager lives of desperation.

In Japan, the oldest living monarch in the world will continue with the birth of a new son.

We see sports star, rappers, and movie stars with not one, but five or six mansions.

Many of our politicians are millionaires, a few are billionaires.

While, in the world more than a billion people live on less than a dollar a day and middle class in America will soon be down-sized due to the invasion of the starving from Mexico. Because of the corruption of the Mexican leaders and our leaders, we are now going to “merge” with the blessings of our “aristocracy.”

Maybe if the French people could have invaded England, the French revolution might not have happened. Marie might have gone on to live out her days at Versailles.

The leaders of our world know her story well.

After watching this historical two-hour rendition of the French Revolution, I was wondering if maybe, the “elites” notice the natives getting restless.

The lessons of the French revolution must be on some of their minds. The papers of the New England Colonies help out the British from our shores.

According to the documentary tonight, the French “underground” press brought down the monarchy.

And now, the “underground” bloggers are a worry. We read everywhere how the blogs are all filled with conspiracies and crazy people. After all, it was The Drudge Report that bought an impeachment against a sitting President. We saw over this weekend that same President trying once again, to salvage his reputation.

They said on the program tonight it was the “reputation” of Marie Antoinette that was her ultimate downfall, not who she really was.

On the broadcast tonight, they said that Marie Antoinette went to her execution in a plain dress. No jewelry. There was a drawing of her done by a witness at the time. She had no earrings on.

The crowd jeered with hatred of her.

But what version do I believe? Did she have them on while going through the streets of Paris? Did she just have them in her pockets? What’s the real truth here?

In the grocery store the other day, there was a book put out promoting the Royal family. It also showed all of the historical Royal jewels.

I wonder if someday we will see a repeat of history, since the Muslims living in England will someday outnumber the original Anglo-Saxons.

Maybe there will be a public beheading of a monarch in the City of London.

Far-fetched you say? Most nobodies who have ever met a “somebody” know that they believe, because of their place at birth, it is their divine right to be over you. It’s the one thing in human nature that will probably never change.

But, it’s no wonder that Tony Blair sides with America, because, if we don’t come and save the “British Monarchy” from the Muslims someday, the Royal Jewels might end up in a museum in Dubai.

And no doubt, some nobody Egyptian woman will have to put up with royal pain-in-the butt-brats standing in line to see them.


Nobody’s perfect. Okay, we have our own royalty, the Kennedy’s, the Rockefellers, the Harvard babies, the Bushes, the Clintons, the Multi-national company CEO”s, all who’s kids are now being raised at Harvard with the divine right to rule. They can’t help it, if they don’t identify with us nobody’s.

Nobody knows; Just how long monarchies will be around or if there will be new ones created. You’d think since the American Revolution proved that a Republic is superior, they would have disappeared long ago. Obviously our founding fathers were a rare and special bunch.

Nobody cares; There is a young man who has made a movie about the super rich, and their life. He is actually a son of old money. (Procter and Gamble family) His family is furious because the one rule they have is “Never, ever, ever, let anyone know just how much money you have.”

The lawyer told him, “You have NO idea how long and hard it took us to get here.”