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Queen Elizabeth II

2007-04-12T02:28:13Z

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[[Image:Elizabeth-II.jpg|right|Her Royal Majesty Elizabeth II]]
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, born April 21, 1926) is the current [[Queen]] of the [[United Kingdom]] (1952-),
she is the elder daughter of [[George VI]] and Queen Consort Elizabeth.

==Early life==
She was the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Consort Elizabeth. At birth she stood third in line of succession to the throne after Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), and her father, The Duke of York. It was not expected that her father would become King, or that she would become Queen.

Princess Elizabeth's quiet family life came to an end in 1936, when her grandfather, King George V, died. His eldest son came to the throne as King Edward VIII, but, before the end of the year, King Edward VIII had decided to give up the throne in order to marry the woman he loved, Mrs Wallis Simpson.

Upon his abdication, Princess Elizabeth's father acceded to the throne as King George VI, and in 1937, Princess Elizabeth attended her parents' coronation in Westminster Abbey. This put Princess Elizabeth first in line to the throne.

The Princess received home tution at Sandringham and Buckingham Palace during the 1930s, where her tutors included her father and Henry Marten, the Vice-Provost of Eton. She was also instructed in religion by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Now that she had became first in line to throne, Elizabeth started to study constitutional history and law as preparation for her future role as Queen. Elizabeth also learned French from various French and Belgian governesses, this skill has stood The Queen in good stead, as she often has cause to use it when speaking to ambassadors and heads of state from French-speaking countries, and when visiting French-speaking areas of Canada.

In 1940, at the height of the Blitz, the young Princess was moved to the safety of Windsor Castle, where she spent most of the war years.

==Marriage and Children ==
She married [[Prince Philip Mountbatten]] of [[Greece]] and [[Denmark]] on the 20th of November 1947. Her first child, Prince Charles, now The Prince of Wales, first heir to the throne, was born in 1948, and his sister, Princess Anne, now The Princess Royal, two years later. After Princess Elizabeth became Queen, their third child, Prince Andrew, arrived in 1960 and the fourth, Prince Edward, in 1964.

==Death of Father==
On Wednesday, February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth received the news of her father's death at Sandringham and her own accession to the throne.

==Coronation==
On June 2, 1953, Elizabeth was crowned Queen of the [[United Kingdom]] of [[Great Britain]] and [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and her other realms and territories at [[Westminster Abbey]] by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], in the traditional coronation ceremony that has been used for at least 1000 years.

==Method of Ruling==
Since ascending the throne Her Majesty has taken her role as head of the Church of England and Queen seriously. Although she has chosen not to exercise day to day political power, she maintains a continuous check on the power of her elected officials and still maintains most of her powers ''in reserve''.
as well since the successful rule of Margaret Thatcher, “old lizzy” as she is known to her friends pneumatically attached Margaret Thatcher’s right hand to try to rule Briton with the same iron fist Thatcher used, unfortunately by 2001 this proved not as effective so the queen decided to change the hand to a style of grape Jello. (purple is her favorite color)
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Stephen Harper

2007-04-12T02:20:48Z

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Stephen Harper is currently the Prime Minister of [[Canada]].
He is also the leader of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]].

=History=

Stephen Harper was born on April 30, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario.

He received a Master's degree in economics from the University of Calgary.

He was first elected to Parliament in 1993 to represent the riding of Calgary West.

Subsequently, he became the head of the [[National Citizens Coalition]] (NCC), a conservative advocacy group in Canada.

In 2002, he became the leader of the [[Canadian Alliance]] (CA), a conservative party in Canada.

He was instrumental in the merger between the CA and the [[Progressive Conservative Party]] of Canada, the previously dominant conservative party in Canada.

In an election in 2006, the Conservative Party of Canada [http://www.conservative.ca/] elected enough members of parliament to form a minority government and Stephen Harper became the Prime Minister.

In 2007 Harper promised Canadian farmers over $1 billion Canadian dollars in farm subsidies but at the same time is pushing to remove the [[Wheat Board of Canada]], a government group that controls the prices of wheat and barley, a move which farmers believe would cost the Canadian farming industry billions of dollars in lost revenues. The [[United States]] also wants the Wheat Board of Canada removed from power because it claims price fixing is unfair to free-trade. Wheat exports to the United States account for only 10% of Canada's wheat production.

Although Mr. Harper is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, a conservative evangelical Christian group, yet amazingly he has not reintroduced the great practice of captial punishment, sent Canadian troops to Iraq/Iran or banned gay marriage, or other Jesus approved ideas. He has however introduced reforms limiting Canadian gun control laws and may be able to implement a more conservative set of policies if his party wins re-election with a majority of the seats in the Canadian parliament.

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Ted Haggard

2007-04-12T02:08:12Z

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'''Ted Haggard''' is a former [[Pastor]] of the [[New Life Church]] in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]] and a founder of the [[Association of Life-Giving Churches]]. He was leader of the [[National Association of Evangelicals]] from 2003 until November 2006.

In November 2006, he was removed or resigned from his leadership positions after allegations of [[homosexual]] sex and drug abuse were made by [[Mike Jones]], a former male [[prostitute]]. Originally, Haggard denied even knowing Mike Jones, but due to investigation he was forced to acknowledge that some accusations, such as his purchasing [[methamphetamine]], were true. He later confessed to "sexual immorality"as well.

:"The fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality. And I take responsibility for the entire problem. I am a deceiver and a liar. There's a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it for all of my adult life," he said.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2630268] Ousted Evangelist Confesses to Followers</ref>

On February 6, 2007, Tim Ralph, one of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for Haggard, stated that Haggard "is completely heterosexual." Ralph later said he meant to say that therapy "gave Ted the tools to help to embrace his heterosexual side."

The man who accused him was quoted as saying afterwards[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227159,00.html] "It made me angry that here's someone preaching about gay marriage and going behind the scenes having gay sex,". Most people agree that this is very true.

==References==
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227159,00.html
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