Scientists ID Head of France's King Henry IV

CBS.com ^ | December 14, 2010

[Cheburashka]

I wonder if Bonny Prince Charles and Camilla are a little more worried since their brush with a mob?

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I bet if you were driving along and suddenly a mob started throwing stuff at you car and poking sticks through an open window you would be a trifle nervous for some time after as well.

[runninglips]

It sounds like the crowd was chanting “off with their heads” at the same time. I fully expect something insane to happen soon along those lines. People are absolutely losing it worldwide.

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.google.com/search?q=prince+charles+is+a+moslem

[blam]

Idiot Charles

[SunkenCiv]

Inbreeding can do that. :’)

Looks like he’s watering his shoes.

[Tzimisce]

Imagine finding that under your Xmas tree? The embalmed head of the French King?

Gross.

[billorites]

"Imagine finding that under your Xmas tree?"

Regift.

Only thing you can do.

[billorites]

"Imagine finding that under your Xmas tree?"

Regift.

Only thing you can do.

[Cincinna]

Thanks Sunken Civ for the Ping.
He was a Protestant turned Catholic. Nostradamus predicted his death on the jousting field, writing he would have his eye pierced by a lance in La Place des Vosges.
Henri IV, le Vert Gallant, is a very important & fascinating figure in French history, born Henri dr Navarre, a Protestant, he famously said Paris vaut une messe”
Translation: Paris is worth a mass, & converted to Catholicism as he entered Paris to marry Marguerite, later-immortalized in the great film, La Reine Margot with Isabelle Adjani. This marriage put an end to religious strife in France, & brought about a period of religious tolerance &
prosperity.
His equestrian statue on the tip of Ile de la Cite is a beloved Paris landmark. If you have pics, please post. Can’t do it from iPhone.

[CholeraJoe]

Here's a pic of some French Kings I took in June this year:

This one might be Henry IV, or not

This one's definitely Charlemagne:

And me with the Pont Neuf in the background:

[ZULU]

The French Revolution and French Revolutionaries provide an intersting contrast with our own situation.

THey were vicious, murderous, Godless, iconoclasts.

In my opinion, so far, we have been the ONLY nation to get it right.

I think the attachment of our Founding Fathers to the God of the Old and New Testament is the main reason.

And the loss of that attachment is the main reason we are in the mess we are in now.

[Cincinna]

Great photos! Hope your trip was as wonderful as your pics. Henri IV is the one on horseback with
Le Pont Neuf in the background.
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