Today is Guy Fawkes Day and tonight is Bonfire Night for all our English friends who are celebrating the thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot .
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
Guy Fawkes, an explosive expert, along with other English Catholic protesters secreted 36 barrels of gunpowder in the basement of the Parliament building intending to assassinate King James the First and the members of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Fortunately the plot was discovered and Guy Fawkes was drawn and quartered for his trouble.
The madwoman from Minnesota is staging her own 'Gunpowder Plot' in the Capitol today threatening to storm the offices of Congress with outraged 'teabaggers' and other Libertarians in hopes of quashing health care reform. It should be interesting to see how many crazies show up and what kind of coverage the media gives them. I would hope that the Capitol police are putting on a few extra folks today as Ms. Bachmann has said she wants people "armed and dangerous" in their opposition to the reforms.
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