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11-17-2008, 10:50 PM | #1 |
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Prince Charles will speak out as king
Members of Prince Charles’s inner circle are preparing the ground for him to break the monarch’s traditional vow of silence when he is king. Ten years ago, in the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death, his unpopularity apparently knew no limits. Now a poll for The Sunday Times shows people think he will made a good king and that he should be allowed to continue to speak out on issues of the day even when he succeeds to the throne. Charles has attracted ridicule for his public interventions on architecture, education, genetically modified food, climate change, sustainable communities and other issues. He has also developed an infuriating record of being right and of latching on to important issues well before they have entered the main-stream. His charities, especially the Prince’s Trust – established when he was just 28 – have achieved considerable success, most notably in rescuing young people from life’s scrap-heap. Long before government got into such programmes on any scale, the Prince’s Trust was there. Nearly three-quarters of those whom the charity helps find their way into education, training or employment, a record any politician would give his eye teeth for. BLAIR'S VEILED BLAST AT 'ANTI-SCIENCE' CHARLES Tony Blair put himself on a collision course with Prince Charles when he attacked Britain's "anti-science brigade". The PM laid into "powerful and vocal figures with access to all the media" who protested against GM-foods, stem cell research and animal experiments. Charles has set himself up as an anti-science figure warning technology will kill the earth. He has also led the campaign against GM-foods by questioning their safety. Blair warned such sentiment could damage our economic future and said those who opposed scientific progress had not conducted their arguments rationally. "Patron Saint" Of Organics In October 2005, Charles told 60 Minutes, "I'm just trying to say that we ought to redefine the way in which progress is, is seen. Is it progress to rush headlong into upsetting the whole balance of nature, which is what I think we're beginning to do?" At Highgrove, his 1,000-acre private estate in western England, he has set the standard not just for organic farming -- he has a big business selling organic products -- but for organic gardening. No chemical fertilizers or poisonous pest control is used there, yet he's created what's widely accepted as a horticultural masterpiece. In the '70s, he was talking about the environmental crisis, in the '80s he cottoned on to organic farming as a solution to build a more sustainable agriculture. The prince once made the mistake of saying out loud that he talked to his plants, reinforcing the impression that he was -- as the expression goes -- different from you and me. But, as the organic movement has taken off, Charles is now seen as a naturalist guru, and has just published a new how-to book, "The Elements of Organic Gardening." Put away those pesticides, he says. Garden by natural laws. It may be labor-intensive rather than chemical-intensive, but he's proven, he says, that it can work. The book is a lavish portrait of the rarely-seen gardens at Highgrove. The prince is very protective about the place. But it's full of helpful hints, and his philosophy that too much of nature has been destroyed in the name of progress. Still, not everyone thinks the issue is that clear-cut. Nick Cohen, a columnist for "The Observer" comments, "The world has 6 billion people, and you're going to get a lot more, (and) you're not going to be able to feed them with organic agriculture, or if you're going to do it, you're going to have to cut down every rainforest and turn them into fields. Only with industrial agriculture can you avoid mass famine and starvation, and Prince Charles ... just doesn't like to think like that; he's a deep conservative in some ways, as you'd expect. He's a member of a royal family!" Prince Charles: Antichrist or Patron Saint? Any thoughts on this? |
11-17-2008, 11:28 PM | #2 |
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Thank you for this interesting post. As we create our future on the new earth it is heartwarming to see that help may be coming from the most unexpected places.
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11-17-2008, 11:42 PM | #3 |
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do you think he is the royal insider who is not happy about what is going on in the world??? i heard there was a rebel in the midst.. i dont trust royalty tho. inhernetly evil institution... somehow i just dont buy his rehtoric
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A prince destined to be king and own 98% of the world's food supply. Savior of the world
KING = 911 777 or 666 666 Another cryptic Cipher HELP IS ON THE WAY And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. THE SUBSTAINABLE PRINCE TME MAGAZINE: Last edited by 777 The Great Work; 11-18-2008 at 05:23 PM. |
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Pretty handy him having that big veggie patch now he doesn't need to eat the stuff that we all do.
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