thank you thank you!!!

i am nauseated by the obsequious US media coverage of a group of people who's only purpose is to breed

sincerely,

a fellow 'Mick'

ps. we had to throw them out twice

Your remarks about Great Britain were so far over the top you should join the tea party for overreaching. I am a decedent from both the Puritans (who were persecuted) and the royal line, and I'm here to tell you that I'll watch the wedding for the spectacle it is.

As for bloodshed, what about Russia? Not even the worst British king can compare to Stalin or any of the Tsars for that matter.

With all the terrible things happening in the world why would you deny us the right to a few hours of watching a pretty woman marry the man she loves with a lot of spectacle? Who care about the rest? We made peace with the British a long time ago.. maybe you should too.

For my part, you could stifle your inner Fenian, and leave this topic where it belongs, which is not on a serious political news and opinion show.

Accepting BP as a sponsor undermines your integrity. Period.

Just a little over the top on the "responsible for more deaths" bit. What year do you start counting? The crusades?. The numbers would be interesting, say over the last 100 years, US vs Great Britain.

I think I love you Larry ! lol It's about time someone said it !

One of your biggest fans, but on this one I think you totally lost it. Regarding the pictures of slave ships, the Brits abolished slavery in 1772, almost 100 years before the US, and without fighting a civil war to do it. Yes, the Brits were expanding their empire at the expense of other peoples, but come to think of it, the colonialists in North America were slaughtering Native Americans right and left. How about a little more historical perspective and less personal pique?

I think I love you Larry ! lol It's about time someone said it !!!!

I think O'donnell is upset because he didn't get an invitation to the wedding. the English spilt more blood than any other country I guess we did not spill any during WW1.WW2 Korea, viet nam, Somalia, Irack, Afganistan, and now Libya? and what is all this "WE" bull@!$%# I wonder what part he played in the Revolution.

Oops, posted Twice, Well said and well done anyway Larry.

I watch you and Rachel every night when I am at home. Big fan!

However, your segment on the royal wedding was way, way over

the top! I was surprised to listen to such vehemence. It sounded

like not so much American patriotism but Irish patriotism! Very disappointed

in such an intelligent man!!

Well, The Queen IS also the HEAD of the Church of England, so whaddya expect??

Oh Larry! Really? That was ridiculous! Of course the British Empire was terrible, but the dark speech about forgiveness, what a load of crap! Have you ever witnessed a Commonwealth event? The leaders of those ex colonies are proud to stand beside the Queen and happy to remain part of the Commonwealth. They are under no obligation to be a part of the Commonwealth and yet so many countries seem to have "forgiven" both Britain and the Royal Family. Those things happened a very long time ago and yet your implication is that Britain is an evil country and the Royal Family are tarred with the same brush. Not only is it up to the British people whether or not to keep their monarchy but it is also up to all those Commonwealth countries who seem to have decided so far to retain the Royal Family as their own. You are just plain wrong and you don't know the facts. Thank goodness I finally found something on which to disagree with you because, frankly, I needed to knock you off the pedestal I've put you on!

I was really disappointed to hear such hate coming from your show. It's one thing to be bored with the coverage of the wedding, but quite another to bash the British like you did. As if we are not guilty of many wrongs in our short existence. The clip of Seinfeld being so rude and the fact that you condoned it was upsetting.

Lawrence, I really have to comment on your uncalled for rant against the British Friday night. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. You seem to have a personal grudge against them, which you should keep to yourself. So what if a lot of attention is being paid to the Royal wedding by the American media? It's a happy event and a diversion from all the unhappiness in people's lives. I think a lot more time is wasted on dysfunctional American celebrities than on the Royal family.

I believe there’s a hidden message in both Seinfeld’s and LO’s comments. Where else are there these so-called “special people” in the world? “Royal” individuals or families controlling little empires, or perhaps larger, less-tangible empires of cash and natural resources, with which peoples are oppressed and enslaved?

There is still plenty of “monarchy” extant in the world, and if the present Queen of England* had “real” heroism and wisdom, she would undertake to abolish monarchy at home, and set an example for other blood-rulers on this planet.

*or any future British monarch

In the interests of full disclosure I am British.

I am not for abolishing the monarchy but I do not particularly care to swoon around them and I will likely not waste my time watching the marriage.

I did think that this piece was frivolous and self indulgent. It certainly seemed to contain no journalistic merit whatsoever. That Pullitzer just slipped a little further away.

A few nights ago you told us that what we see on the television is an act and is not the actual person. If this is the case then I am not sure what persona you are trying to portray (apart from the non grata variety). I hope that we did not get a glimpse at the actual Lawrence, the one who forgot his own mantra about this.

I am sorry to see that you rank the Brits lower than Hitler, Stalin and probably even lower than Islamic fundamentalists and terrorists.

Of course it is you right to have an opinion and to express that (I for one think that your hair looks plastic and the you use too much makeup giving you something of a powdery, mature dame in a pantomime appearance), but I do think that their is a fine line when you have a public platform such as yours which is supposedly journalistic in nature (or at least to some degree).

Of course you can argue that I can just change the channel and not watch it if I do not like it but isn't your job to try to give me a program I enjoy watching or do we not care about ratings.

For heavens sake man the world will shortly be rid of one peurile, irrelevant ranting moron when Fox cuts Beck off the air - Please Please don't stand in line to be his replacement.

Cheers

P.S. Hope that you can get over hating the Brits - we're not all bad you know.

He wasn't ripping on the British, he was ripping on the Royals; who are an overindulged super wealthy, self serving Monarchy who’s history is bloody, racist, and oppressive. The people of Britain still pay taxes to this “joke” of an existence; when Britain itself is struggling economically. Are we now so shallow in America, that a Foreign Walt Disney wedding is more important than the problems we face as a country? And enough with the cheap shots about the Irish. We are ”Americans”. Frankly, it’s disgusting that so many Americans worship the royals. Don’t listen to any of these fools Lawrence; What you said was right on. Mega thumbs up to Seinfeld too ! lol.

It's a Sad day, when Americans are passionately defending a Foreign Monarchy. A Monarchy who still expects people to “bow” to them. Unreal.

I didn't say anything about the Irish.

While this tirrade was directed mostly at the monarchy he did generally paint a picture of the British as blood thirsty opressors.

It is somewhat excessive when his actual complaint was about American TV networks carrying a program which people want to watch.

You are quite wrong in stating that we pay taxes to the monarchy. We do not. They are merely a figurehead as they are for many institutions in Britain. As you do so here we pay taxes and the monies are consumed by the government and distributed by the government just like here.

I agree with Seinfeld it is pantomime. Good pantomime apparently given the number of people that get sucked into it.

Just like any show it is a ratings game. They do appear to be masters of that at least even if they do no longer rule an empire.

Wow I'm English and can't say I'm that thrilled about the Wedding but I think that was a little overkill. I appreciate that our history isn't participially glowing but, you can't tar a country or a family simply based on there ancestor's. Otherwise the Italians would be blamed for Rome's mistakes and Germany Hitler's. You also overlooked the positives that the Empire brought to the world. That said I do agree that the US media is in slightly obsessive about the royal wedding but to be fair so is our own media so can't really complain.

See "The Cost - A brief guide to the British monarchy"

By the the centre for citizenship.

The Monarchy In Britain A brief guide; How Much Do They Take From Our Pockets?"

Have fun with that, lol

WOW you do seem to talk so knowledgably about the British system and yet have no idea how it works or operates.

Taxes are paid to the IRS which is an institute that collects on behalf of the Crown (not the royal family). the Crown is an overriding institution that is abstracted from the current Royal Family. Those taxes are given to the government for use on behalf of British citizens. The Government can pay some of those monies to the Ryal family for upkeep of national treasures such as castles etc. I do know where I come from but what you are saying is absolutely incorrect. The Queen does not collect taxes and she does not determine where they go.

With regard to the armed forces she is still only a figurehead. It is a case of historic import that when government wishes to deploy troops in combat that the currect prime minister must request an audience with the current monarch to ask permission.

This is almost always granted and there is no actual case in the last 150 years whereby a monarch has deployed the British armed forces without consent of agreement of the British Government. So, therefore it is more ceremonial than a case of direct control.

With regards to revenue you are quite wrong. In fac the monarchy does not recaive tax revenue. Only institutions and employess that are regarded as public servants are paid directly from taxes. Prince Charles for example has for many years paid taxes on his farming revenues (a quite ridiculous policy as it freed him from his platonic obligations where he actually gave 80% of his revenue back to the British government). The monarchy mostly exists from its own quite substantial personal wealth these days.,

So much hate he gets his facts wrong. The British Empire did not die with the independance of the US, quite the reverse. The empire expanded exponentially up to Queen Victoria. The empire was all about trade and that expanded with the US by lage amounts after independance. Empires always have a limited shelf life including the the American Empire because they eventually become too expensive.

LO is blinded by American creation myth. America is the result of Ethnic cleansing, genocide and raw theft of the original peoples and others, performed not by the British but by these "oppressed" US citizens. (Who I might add included Irish, Scots, English and others). How do you think the US today spans the continent and the native peoples live in poverty in their ghettos(reserves). Even today America aids and abets ethnic cleansing and theft in the middle east.

The British Empire outlawed slavery long before the US. The Royal Navy was patroling the African coast stopping American and other Slavers at great expense. The British were the ones who "forced" Brazil to abandon slavery.

I think LO should concentrate on the disfunction of the US Government and the turning of America into a Banana Republic.

Whilst i respect the fact some people think there is too much coverage of the royal wedding, and attacks on the excessive coverage would be understandable. Ive got to say this was one of the most offensive attacks on Britain ive seen for some time. It did not just attack the royal family, it was outright hatred against Britain and it was sickening, not to mention several major factual inaccuracies in his shocking rant.