A Penny for the Guy

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/04/23/republican-governors-pay-homage-to-guy-fawkes/#ixzz0lxs6HqRc

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/04/have-conservatives-gone-mad/39417/

As if we needed proof that the Republicans are bat shit crazy, but this is pretty amazing. It is pretty astounding that they are taking Guy Fawkes as their hero because he tried to blow up Parliament in 1605. I know that V for Vendetta glamorized Fawkes, but this clearly shows their tenuous grasp of history or reality. I wonder what the Brits think... I don't think Ron Paul and his ilk realize that every November 5th, children all over England burn Guy Fawkes in effigy. My father was a man of great ingenuity and enthusiasm, and when we lived in a small English Village, he took Guy Fawkes Day as a personal challenge. The village got together to burn all the Guys. Most Guys are rather primitive, but my father dressed our Guy in some of his old clothes and wired the Guy so that he would writhe in pain as the he burned. The villagers thought this was a bit over the top, saying things like "Oh these Americans, taking our simple holidays and making a mockery." This amused my father a great deal. Somehow, it seems strange that the Republicans are so eager to control government, the very government that they seem to want people to blow up. You would think they would learn something from the past. Is Timothy McVeigh a hero to the Republican Party? After all, he blew up a government building. They are truly a party with out thought.