Happy Bastille day, you enraged bourgeoisie!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille

Some interesting myth-buster facts:

1) There were less than a dozen prisoners in the Bastille at the time; it had been slated for closure (Louis' equivalent of a BRAC system) for about a year
2) The revolutionaries were at this point the bourgeois, not the wretched masses of miserables that Marat later inserted into the narrative
3) The Droits de l'Homme declaration didn't happen for another month and a half
4) The guillotine didn't come out for another seven months or so

There's a very funny line in Spamalot in which Arthur asks God, "And why, O Lord, are these called the 'middle ages', when as yet nothing comes after them?" -- it wasn't clear until later that the French were engaged in a revolution. You're never sure what times you're in until you're not in them anymore, which is why courage is important...

[WinkyDink]

1. Tell me. I thought the 60's would usher in the Age of Aquarius. Good Morning, Afghanistan!

[Loge23]

2. To the barricades!

I'll take heart when I see the barricades on Wall St. and outside the Capital!

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3. Capitol

The Capital would be Ovechkin :)