The national news was reporting that the queen of England had called David Cameron of the conservatives in England and asked him to form a government. According to news broadcasts that I have heard in the last several days, that is what happens when there is no clear winner in an election and a coalition government is having trouble being formed.

But I have to say, I find it a little hard to stomach that the so-called "queen" has any political influence at all. It's so anti-democratic, and supposedly England is our closest ally, how can we stand by and let a so called "queen" have any influence on the politics of our closest ally?

Didn't we revolt against that very monarchy in favor of a democratic form of representational government? Tradition is one thing. Symbolism is one thing. But actually giving the so-called queen any real political power really seems wrong to me. She already gets more of the public coffer than she should, and is elitist and never had to run for any office. She shouldn't have any more influence in the system than a janitor in the local school district.

I never have really liked the concept of "royalty." And to hear in the news that English royalty is part of the actual process, in any form at all, is really disgusting to me.