Comments on: By George! It Runs In the Family http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908 author Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:19:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Anastasia St. James http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908&cpage=1#comment-12281 Anastasia St. James Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:39:24 +0000 http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908#comment-12281 Superb post, Mr. Al!!! Superb post, Mr. Al!!!

]]> By: Mr Al http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908&cpage=1#comment-11895 Mr Al Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:25:48 +0000 http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908#comment-11895 I think a very strong case could be made that Keith Richards is the incarnation of George the IV. But seriously folks, Ann is right, those rare few people who, by accident of birth or fate find themselves surrounded by people who cannot, or will not, say "no" to them tend to come to an unhappy end. England is fortunate that King George IV "only" ran up a huge tab. His personal life was a disaster, but at least he didn't drag the entire country down with him as was the case with Hitler, Stalin and Ivan the Terrible. Boy, the Russians have really had a bad time of it with Absolute Rulers. The Chinese also. Mao was no choir boy,he may have called himself a Communist, but the foundation he built on was laid down by China's ancient emperors. Cromwell tried to run England as, basically, a military/ theocratic dictatorship. That proved to be less than popular. I think a very strong case could be made that Keith Richards is the incarnation of George the IV. But seriously folks, Ann is right, those rare few people who, by accident of birth or fate find themselves surrounded by people who cannot, or will not, say “no” to them tend to come to an unhappy end. England is fortunate that King George IV “only” ran up a huge tab.
His personal life was a disaster, but at least he didn’t drag the entire country down with him as was the case with Hitler, Stalin and Ivan the Terrible. Boy, the Russians have really had a bad time of it with Absolute Rulers. The Chinese also. Mao was no choir boy,he may have called himself a Communist, but the foundation he built on was laid down by China’s ancient emperors.
Cromwell tried to run England as, basically, a military/ theocratic dictatorship. That proved to be less than popular.

]]> By: Brynna James http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908&cpage=1#comment-11873 Brynna James Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:55:55 +0000 http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908#comment-11873 Isn't it sad how unhappy the man was?! To be king and to have to go to all that trouble day in and day out. I'm happy to be a peasant. :) Great blog as always, Mr. Al! :) Isn’t it sad how unhappy the man was?! To be king and to have to go to all that trouble day in and day out. I’m happy to be a peasant. :)

Great blog as always, Mr. Al! :)

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908&cpage=1#comment-11868 Shelley Munro Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908#comment-11868 How strange. You know this begs a novel where he's given an alternative outcome to relieve this boredom. How strange. You know this begs a novel where he’s given an alternative outcome to relieve this boredom.

]]> By: Mama Zen http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908&cpage=1#comment-11864 Mama Zen Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:45:36 +0000 http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908#comment-11864 Oh, so many fascinating possibilities! OCD? Agoraphobia? Drug induced paranoia? All three? Awesome post! Oh, so many fascinating possibilities! OCD? Agoraphobia? Drug induced paranoia? All three? Awesome post!

]]> By: Ann (bunnygirl) http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908&cpage=1#comment-11863 Ann (bunnygirl) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:24:50 +0000 http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908#comment-11863 Interesting synchronicity. I just read this about George IV's Brighton Pavilion a couple weeks ago: http://nineteenteen.blogspot.com/2009/09/brightons-shining-star-royal-pavilion.html What surprises me isn't that royals ended up addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, but that they all didn't. Like many of today's music and movie stars, they surrounded themselves with people whose job it was to never tell them no. Such situations tend to end badly. Interesting synchronicity. I just read this about George IV’s Brighton Pavilion a couple weeks ago: http://nineteenteen.blogspot.com/2009/09/brightons-shining-star-royal-pavilion.html

What surprises me isn’t that royals ended up addicted to drugs and/or alcohol, but that they all didn’t. Like many of today’s music and movie stars, they surrounded themselves with people whose job it was to never tell them no. Such situations tend to end badly.

]]> By: Renee http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908&cpage=1#comment-11862 Renee Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:42:34 +0000 http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=2908#comment-11862 Whoa! As sad as it is I shouldn't be surprised. But I feel sorry for the poor man even if all this was brought on by self-indulgence. Whoa! As sad as it is I shouldn’t be surprised. But I feel sorry for the poor man even if all this was brought on by self-indulgence.

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