Flags at half mast - day of sorrow for Romania
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My deep condolences to the people of Romania, a country which I was privileged to visit a few years ago. In Michael I's case, his was a life which overlapped and touched some of the most significant moments in recent Romanian history.
Mike
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Condolences, I grew up across the street from/with a family from Romania. Wonderful people who always made you feel like family.
I feel your sorrow as an American that has lost some of its Heros. We are about to lose McCain who I admire as a man, but not a politician. :crying:
We have many everyday heroes as well. Too many to count, although they're less than 10% of the population.
The saying in moments like these goes, I believe, "The king is dead, long live the king". Well ... not applicable in this case, as his daughter - even if assuming the crown, has very little credibility in comparison to her predecessors, mostly due to a poor choice of a spouse (some even belie prince Duda to have been a former "securitate" officer). All in all, the king's life was a sad tale of executive impotency in a youth overshadowed by Stalin, a long and hard exile, and ulterior rejection by his people - brain washed by the post communist which in essence was still communist apparatus. There was a glance of hope in 1992, but the former Securitate officers and the controversial Ion Iliescu - the first post communist president, were so scared of the strength of the symbol the king embodied that they exiled him a second time.
The funeral procession was long, yesterday, and he gathered millions of Romanians around his coffin literally. While he never managed to be the strong leader in office, the leader he wished to be during his life time, he managed to be a very strong leading figure defined by dignity - something, unfortunately my people lack especially when it comes to the political class. God rest the soul of the king that managed to unite us in death, above and beyond what the entire corrupt political class has managed to do over the past 28 years since the fall of communism.
The funeral procession was long, yesterday, and he gathered millions of Romanians around his coffin literally. While he never managed to be the strong leader in office, the leader he wished to be during his life time, he managed to be a very strong leading figure defined by dignity - something, unfortunately my people lack especially when it comes to the political class. God rest the soul of the king that managed to unite us in death, above and beyond what the entire corrupt political class has managed to do over the past 28 years since the fall of communism.
Dumnezeu sa-l odihneasca.
Unirea poporului roman cu historia, cultura si religia sa nu poate fi facuta decit de un rege demn, moral si puternic, care ne va conduce prin exemplu si curajul sau.
Am mai multa speranta pentru romani in prezent, in comparatie cu acum 10 ani. Golul sufletesc lasat de comunisti se umple incetul cu incetul dar efortul exista.
Craciun fericit si la multi ani!
Unirea poporului roman cu historia, cultura si religia sa nu poate fi facuta decit de un rege demn, moral si puternic, care ne va conduce prin exemplu si curajul sau.
Am mai multa speranta pentru romani in prezent, in comparatie cu acum 10 ani. Golul sufletesc lasat de comunisti se umple incetul cu incetul dar efortul exista.
Craciun fericit si la multi ani!
Multumesc frumos pentru vorbele adresate de catre domnia voastra. Din nefericire, insa, odata cu moartea regelui sunt de parere ca se incheie un capitol din istoria noastra - un capitol presarat cu greutati si suferinta. Putem doar spera, ca prin educatie si prin asumarea unor modele precum al majestatii sale, sa iesim din noroiul in care ne-am afundat fara voia noastra.
Craciun fericit si dumneavoastra, si un an nou plin de bucurii si sanatate !!!
Craciun fericit si dumneavoastra, si un an nou plin de bucurii si sanatate !!!
Kings do this. They are of the people, but not controlled by them, which is good because people in herds think up nonsense like communism and national socialism.
To be fair, he inherited a rough time to be an aristocrat!
"Putem doar spera, ca prin educatie si prin asumarea unor modele precum al majestatii sale, sa iesim din noroiul in care ne-am afundat fara voia noastra."
Cum zic englezi hear, hear
Impresiile pe care le am capatat sunt foarte pozitive, mai ales in ce priveste tineretul. Un partiotism lipsit de ura, imbogatit de lectiile historiei si o iubire a pamintului rominesc ar curata mocirla bolsevica pentru generatiile urmatoare.
Cum zic englezi hear, hear
Impresiile pe care le am capatat sunt foarte pozitive, mai ales in ce priveste tineretul. Un partiotism lipsit de ura, imbogatit de lectiile historiei si o iubire a pamintului rominesc ar curata mocirla bolsevica pentru generatiile urmatoare.
"Kings do this. They are of the people, but not controlled by them, which is good because people in herds think up nonsense like communism and national socialism."
Communism and national socialism, two sides of the same coin. With communism being the most destructive force between them because the historical prime movers decided so.
On a more rejoicing note, King Michael the 1st of Romania was also a pipe smoker. I have a picture of him smoking a sandblasted billiard while repairing a car.
Communism and national socialism, two sides of the same coin. With communism being the most destructive force between them because the historical prime movers decided so.
On a more rejoicing note, King Michael the 1st of Romania was also a pipe smoker. I have a picture of him smoking a sandblasted billiard while repairing a car.
A distinguished gentleman has a discerning taste for things that matter. Anything but Royal Yacht, for god's sake.
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