The Vail Spot: Port Of Call, Part 1

Nemo me impune lacessit

No one provokes me with impunity

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No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Article 1, Section 9, Constitution of the United States

If this is the law of the land...why in a republic (little r) and as republicans, do we allow mere POLITICIANS to the right to use a "title of office" for the rest of their lives as if it were de facto a patent of nobility. Because, as republicans, this should NOT be the case...just saying...

Monday, July 26, 2010

Port Of Call, Part 1

Two Vessels of the (formerly Imperial Japanese Navy) Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force are on an official port of call...here are a couple of really bad cell phone photographs. I'll take some more when I go and do the tour upon the morrow.