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Bastille Day is a National holiday in France. It is very much like Independence Day in the United States because it is a celebration of the beginning of a new form of government.
At one time in France, kings and queens ruled. Many people were very angry with the decisions made by the kings and queens.
The Bastille was a prison in France that the kings and queens often used to lock up the people that did not agree with their decisions. To many, it was a symbol of all the bad things done by the kings and queens. So, on July 14, 1789, a large number of French citizens gathered together and stormed the Bastille.
Just as the people in the United States celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence as the beginning of the American Revolution, so the people in France celebrate the storming of the Bastille as the beginning of the French Revolution. Both Revolutions brought great changes. Kings and queens no longer rule. The people rule themselves and make their own decisions.

(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 12:57:23 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Is that true?
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 1:00:52 pm)

Detlef Sping:
French people did that?
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 1:04:41 pm)

Detlef Sping:
were they all drunk?
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 1:04:58 pm)

Chewing Wax:
It seems unlikely.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 1:05:05 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Coffee?
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 1:06:04 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Absinthe, ..right.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 1:07:27 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Santorini
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 1:20:35 pm)

(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 2:06:20 pm)

Chewing Wax:
Too much cyan
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 2:09:10 pm)

(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 2:19:52 pm)

Froupie:
it's all true. the people revolted and the queen let them eat much cake.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 2:31:23 pm)

:
http://www.brooklyncountry.com/performers/kings_county_queens.htm
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 3:36:32 pm)

bela:
We got on Uncle Leon's sight.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 3:36:58 pm)

Queenie:
i'm grumpy
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:20:51 pm)

Queenie:
i'm starting to realize that i'm not going to make my trailer park short film this summer. this makes me angry and depressed.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:24:46 pm)

Queenie:
and my yard is infested wtih milkweed bugs, which are described in the encyclopedia as "gregarious".
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:25:20 pm)

Queenie:
and they never stop mating. gregarious humping bugs as far as the eye can see.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:25:50 pm)

bela:
Gross. Do they bite?
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:31:13 pm)

bela:
I thought you were moving.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:31:19 pm)

Ken:

I'll take famous yellow trousers for $500 Alex.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:32:45 pm)

Impact on the Ecosystem

Positive
Milkweed bugs are one of a small group of insects that have the ability to tolerate the toxic compounds in the milkweed plant. They are therefore important in regulating populations of this plant.

Negative
None, unless you are trying to raise milkweed plants!

(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:35:22 pm)

bela:
See? Chill out Queenie.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:49:59 pm)

Queenie:
I don't mind them, except that they swarm me whenever I walk in and out of the house, they get all over my clothes and in my hair. they're in the car, in the house, everywhere.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 4:56:14 pm)

Froupie:
i hate bugs
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 6:36:36 pm)

Froupie:
theres a kids in the hall film on tonight, brain candy, i really wanna watch it but its on late and i'm getting sleepier and sleepier
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 6:37:06 pm)

Queenie:
I love that movie. It got panned by everyone but I loved it. Happiness pie, heh
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 7:17:24 pm)

Detlef Sping:
Shlub I say.
(Tue Jul 13, 2004 - 8:35:33 pm)

Froupie:
damn, i fell asleep and missed it.
(Wed Jul 14, 2004 - 3:35:25 am)

Decoy:
Whew. Thunderstorms this morn. Fun stuff. We had a nice ooutdoor dinner last night. Mrs. Decoy cooked a mean asian style feast. Fresh shrimp spring rolls with dipping sauce, grilled pork tenderloin, beef/pork spicy lettuce rollups, Cherry crumble with ice cream for dessert.
(Wed Jul 14, 2004 - 8:08:47 am)

Myk Murphy:
Dinner at decoy's sounds good. As for bastille day, the local public radio station is playing french classical tunes all day. "music to surrender by" is the theme, i believe.
(Wed Jul 14, 2004 - 8:29:29 am)

Froupie:
happy serge gainsbourg day
(Wed Jul 14, 2004 - 9:14:12 am)

Chewing Wax:
Good morning Bastille storming surrender monkeys.
(Wed Jul 14, 2004 - 9:32:21 am)