http://www.briankaneonline.com/2009/02/09/let-them-eat-cake/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2009/02/09/let-them-eat-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-6102 Brian Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:55:43 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2009/02/09/let-them-eat-cake/#comment-6102 Well, <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/550/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake" rel="nofollow">Cecil Adams agrees with you about that</a>, but I, for one, have never been shy about letting a <i>bon mot</i> win out over hard facts. Well, Cecil Adams agrees with you about that, but I, for one, have never been shy about letting a bon mot win out over hard facts.

]]> http://www.briankaneonline.com/2009/02/09/let-them-eat-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-6101 John Munsch Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:28:32 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2009/02/09/let-them-eat-cake/#comment-6101 The "Let Them Eat Cake" is generally considered to have been falsely attributed to Antoinette. Which is not to say that she was a great person, but I like my rhetoric historically accurate :) The “Let Them Eat Cake” is generally considered to have been falsely attributed to Antoinette. Which is not to say that she was a great person, but I like my rhetoric historically accurate :)

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