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Just what in tarnation is going on down in North Carolina?

#1 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:25 am

http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top? ... 15205d5958

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. congressman from North Carolina wants the $50 bill redrawn to feature the face of former President Ronald Reagan.

Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry wants Congress to require the U.S Treasury to replace former President Ulysses S. Grant on the bill. McHenry announced his bill Tuesday, and he has 13 Republican co-sponsors.
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Re: Just what in tarnation is going on down in North Carolina?

#2 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:57 am

First Republicans wanted Reagan on the dime, and now on the $50 bill.

Republicans can talk a good game about not wasting taxpayers' money, but when it comes to preserving Ronald Reagan's legacy, they fall all over themselves to spend the money to do it. We can't afford to give Americans decent healthcare or a decent education, but dammit, we can afford to put our idol Ronald Reagan on our money!

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#3 Post by BackInTex » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:29 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:First Republicans wanted Reagan on the dime, and now on the $50 bill.

Republicans can talk a good game about not wasting taxpayers' money, but when it comes to preserving Ronald Reagan's legacy, they fall all over themselves to spend the money to do it. We can't afford to give Americans decent healthcare or a decent education, but dammit, we can afford to put our idol Ronald Reagan on our money!
How much would it cost? Really? We have to print the money anyway. I doubt the bill requires to expedite the destruction of existing Grants. It would be no different that the current updating of the circulating bills we are doing now.

O.K. Several thousand to get the artwork approved and new plates made. But that is about it. A lot cheaper than flying to Europe to lobby for the Olympics to be in Chicago.
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Re: Just what in tarnation is going on down in North Carolina?

#4 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:36 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:First Republicans wanted Reagan on the dime, and now on the $50 bill.

Republicans can talk a good game about not wasting taxpayers' money, but when it comes to preserving Ronald Reagan's legacy, they fall all over themselves to spend the money to do it. We can't afford to give Americans decent healthcare or a decent education, but dammit, we can afford to put our idol Ronald Reagan on our money!
Reagan should be on the $50 bill. He sure believed in spending them when he was in office.
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#5 Post by Billy Sherman » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:38 am

I let those boys in North Carolina off easy last time, but if they keep disrespecting the General I might have to reconsider.
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#6 Post by andrewjackson » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:15 pm

Billy Sherman wrote:I let those boys in North Carolina off easy last time, but if they keep disrespecting the General I might have to reconsider.
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#7 Post by franktangredi » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:16 pm

If Republicans can live with FDR on the dime, I can live with Ronald Reagan on the $50. (And, unfortunately, I would see a lot more of FDR than of RR.)

If you were going to replace anyone, Grant would be the guy. Fine general, but one of the worst Presidents in US history.

Of course, I'd rather preserve a cultural figure than another politician. My candidate would be Mark Twain with Walt Whitman second. You can't get more quintessentially American than these guys!

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#8 Post by Rosey Lipstick » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:26 pm

andrewjackson wrote:
Billy Sherman wrote:I let those boys in North Carolina off easy last time, but if they keep disrespecting the General I might have to reconsider.
I never noticed this MM before. It should be W.T. or Cump Sherman. Never "Billy".
Billy is a Merry Man, and Uly is not really a General (but thanks for the historical info)
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#9 Post by Chuck E Reese » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:30 pm

Rosey Lipstick wrote:
andrewjackson wrote:
Billy Sherman wrote:I let those boys in North Carolina off easy last time, but if they keep disrespecting the General I might have to reconsider.
I never noticed this MM before. It should be W.T. or Cump Sherman. Never "Billy".
Billy is a Merry Man, and Uly is not really a General (but thanks for the historical info)

I must have missed the memo that said we all have to use our real names now....

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#10 Post by andrewjackson » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:31 pm

Chuck E Reese wrote:
Rosey Lipstick wrote:
andrewjackson wrote:
I never noticed this MM before. It should be W.T. or Cump Sherman. Never "Billy".
Billy is a Merry Man, and Uly is not really a General (but thanks for the historical info)

I must have missed the memo that said we all have to use our real names now....

And why does SSS always quote Matt Damon now instead of me....?
We don't have to use our real names?

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#11 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:39 pm

andrewjackson wrote:
Chuck E Reese wrote:
Rosey Lipstick wrote:
Billy is a Merry Man, and Uly is not really a General (but thanks for the historical info)

I must have missed the memo that said we all have to use our real names now....

And why does SSS always quote Matt Damon now instead of me....?
We don't have to use our real names?

No one ever tells me anything.

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#12 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:40 pm

andrewjackson wrote:
Chuck E Reese wrote:
Rosey Lipstick wrote:
Billy is a Merry Man, and Uly is not really a General (but thanks for the historical info)

I must have missed the memo that said we all have to use our real names now....

And why does SSS always quote Matt Damon now instead of me....?
We don't have to use our real names?

No one ever tells me anything.
You're too busy out shooting folks who you.
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#13 Post by andrewjackson » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:52 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
andrewjackson wrote:
Chuck E Reese wrote:

I must have missed the memo that said we all have to use our real names now....

And why does SSS always quote Matt Damon now instead of me....?
We don't have to use our real names?

No one ever tells me anything.
You're too busy out shooting folks who you.
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#14 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:06 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:First Republicans wanted Reagan on the dime, and now on the $50 bill.

Republicans can talk a good game about not wasting taxpayers' money, but when it comes to preserving Ronald Reagan's legacy, they fall all over themselves to spend the money to do it. We can't afford to give Americans decent healthcare or a decent education, but dammit, we can afford to put our idol Ronald Reagan on our money!
Reagan should be on the $50 bill. He sure believed in spending them when he was in office.
If you use that reasoning (faulty though it is), Obama's picture should be on every coin and paper denomination of US Currency. And probably some of China's.
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#15 Post by minimetoo26 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:10 pm

flockofseagulls104 wrote: Obama's picture should be on every coin and paper denomination of US Currency.

Look! Flock's a fan! I knew he'd come around!


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#16 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:12 pm

minimetoo26 wrote:
flockofseagulls104 wrote: Obama's picture should be on every coin and paper denomination of US Currency.

Look! Flock's a fan! I knew he'd come around!


:twisted: :P

He's already printing it up I hear......

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#17 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:13 pm

Chuck E Reese wrote: And why does SSS always quote Matt Damon now instead of me....?
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#18 Post by moonie » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:39 pm

Mark Twain, Walt Whitman on the $50 bill???

Sorry, but for my money (pun intended) there is noone more American and more deserving than ES.
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#19 Post by franktangredi » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:49 pm

moonie wrote:Mark Twain, Walt Whitman on the $50 bill???

Sorry, but for my money (pun intended) there is noone more American and more deserving than ES.
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#20 Post by Phil Ken Sebbin » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:57 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote:
flockofseagulls104 wrote: Obama's picture should be on every coin and paper denomination of US Currency.

Look! Flock's a fan! I knew he'd come around!


:twisted: :P

He's already printing it up I hear......

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Ok, I get the $44 and maaaybe the $8 (potential 8 years of office) but why the $9?

Reminds me of a joke my dad told me as a kid.

Two counterfeiters were making bills and they accidentally made a bad run of $18 bills. One said to the other, "we wasted our paper on these stupid bills now what can we do with them?" The other replied, "I know this dumb little town up in the hills where we should be able to pass them off." They go to a bank in the town the next day and ask for change for their $18 bills. The teller sweetly replies,"Sure, do you want 2 $9s or 3 $6s?"
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#21 Post by IHateSeat9 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:49 pm

Phil Ken Sebbin wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote:

Look! Flock's a fan! I knew he'd come around!


:twisted: :P

He's already printing it up I hear......

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Ok, I get the $44 and maaaybe the $8 (potential 8 years of office) but why the $9?

Perhaps he's cursed too.....

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#22 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:47 pm

moonie wrote:Mark Twain, Walt Whitman on the $50 bill???

Sorry, but for my money (pun intended) there is noone more American and more deserving than ES.

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#23 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:11 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
moonie wrote:Mark Twain, Walt Whitman on the $50 bill???

Sorry, but for my money (pun intended) there is noone more American and more deserving than ES.

w00t!

So, how do we stamp our Evils?

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#24 Post by Hell Kitty » Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:15 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
moonie wrote:Mark Twain, Walt Whitman on the $50 bill???

Sorry, but for my money (pun intended) there is noone more American and more deserving than ES.

w00t!

So, how do we stamp our Evils?

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#25 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:20 pm

Hell Kitty wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:

w00t!

So, how do we stamp our Evils?

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I have a most excellent suggestion:

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Oh, you meant the MONEY! Never mind....

So who is JT, and what could he possibly have against ES?

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