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But just think y'all. If you give the Republicans a Reagan coin now, they'll be placated enough not to ask for a Dubya coin in 50 years.
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December 6, 2003, 14:07
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Re: Debate over the dime pits Reagan against FDR
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Originally posted by Verto
Now, I'm conservative and Republican, but this is just silly. If I was going to put Reagan on our currency (an idea which I am not opposed to), I would not try to replace the current presidents with him; it is just idiotic. Everyone loves Washington, everyone loves Lincoln, everyone loves Jefferon, and (mostly) everyone loves FDR - it's just a stupid move.
If anything, a new or special commemoration coin would have to be made. Maybe a Ronald Reagan half dollar?
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If this dumb idea is implemented, the first time I come across Raegan's dime, I will plop it in my toilet, and piss on it.
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December 6, 2003, 14:08
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I bet you won't do that on the second time, though.
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December 6, 2003, 14:45
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yeah, you can just send your dimes to me  .
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December 6, 2003, 14:51
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It would be more fitting to put his face on the penny. Mostly useless.
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December 6, 2003, 14:57
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i really hope i'm not the only one who's sick and tired of everything being named after Pres. #40 in these United States of Reagan.
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December 6, 2003, 15:01
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i really hope i'm not the only one who's sick and tired of everything being named after Pres. #40 in these United States of Reagan.
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It's a good tactic to ensure your guy is remembered, despite his failings as a president. After the legacy of his horrendous deficit, aid for murderous right-wing terrorist groups, ignorance of the AIDS epidemic, general crappiness are forgotten, his name will be everywhere.
Would we remember Ramses for his political accomplishments? No, he was by all accounts a rather bad Pharoah for Egypt. But he made sure his name was on everything, and that's what counts.
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December 6, 2003, 15:37
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But just think y'all. If you give the Republicans a Reagan coin now, they'll be placated enough not to ask for a Dubya coin in 50 years.
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Fifty years? Ha. More like 10 to 15 years at most ... and, no, it won't stop them from trying. Hmm. Isn't there some sort of effort under way to have every county in the nation have something in it named after Reagan? Or am I thinking about the Giant Flags Across America project?
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December 6, 2003, 16:13
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I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of Reagan, and to the Republic for which is stands, one nation, under Reagan, indivisible, with liberty and justice for Reagan.
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December 6, 2003, 16:16
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It's for the housewives of the midwest who need a lastname for all their kids named Elvis.
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December 6, 2003, 18:37
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I bet you won't do that on the second time, though.
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I will probably just keep pissing on every Raegan dime that comes into my hands, then throwing them in the trash until I decide it's no longer worth losing too many dimes.
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December 6, 2003, 18:44
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drink a lot of water, please. 
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December 6, 2003, 18:58
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Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
If I was American, I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable with his face being so close to my nuts.
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Why do you think no one's attempted to get Clinton on a coin?
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December 6, 2003, 20:18
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Waitaminnit, I was just thinking... when the old bag finally snuffs it... we're not going to have to have Charles McHugeEars on our coinage... are we?
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Yep  King George VII it is
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I suspect they'll have a King William before a King Charles.
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I doubt it. Though people may want it, I think after Lizzie we'll either scrap the Monarchy (her death may trigger a vote) or we'll carry on the lineage. Either we have an hereditary head-of-state or we elect one, we cannot have a situation where we elect one of the close-in-line hereditary members.
Oh, and it'll be King George, since Charles' have bad luck.
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December 6, 2003, 20:48
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Why don't we put him on paper money? Jackson is on the 20, and he was a mass murderer. It seems pretty clear that we should switch him out long before FDR.
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December 6, 2003, 22:29
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Why do you think no one's attempted to get Clinton on a coin?
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December 6, 2003, 22:29
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drink a lot of water, please.
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December 6, 2003, 22:33
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if you want to piss a lot, you need to drink a lot of something containing a diuretic.
most kinds of coke, or coffee, or tea... what has caffeine will do.
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December 6, 2003, 22:35
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if you want to piss a lot, you need to drink a lot of something containing a diuretic.
most kinds of coke, or coffee, or tea... what has caffeine will do.
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December 6, 2003, 23:08
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By the time dubya gets in your money, you will be all using pesos anyway...
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December 6, 2003, 23:43
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It's a good tactic to ensure your guy is remembered, despite his failings as a president.
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Exactly. It certainly worked for FDR.
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December 7, 2003, 01:16
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FDR should stay on the dime.
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December 7, 2003, 01:29
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I'm against having a living president on currency, but after he passes, I'm all for booting Jackson off the twenty.
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Read up on your history, son. Jackson did a lot.
And if you ignore the Injun part of his Presidency, IIRC all of it was good. (Not that I'm an 1820s economics expert )
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Yeah! Doing good things also worked for FDR as well. Damnit, how come that FDR guy used his brain? Presidents arent supposed to do that!
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December 7, 2003, 01:38
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Read up on your history, son. Jackson did a lot.
And if you ignore the Injun part of his Presidency, IIRC all of it was good. (Not that I'm an 1820s economics expert )
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That would be true if I ignored the Injun part of his Presidency. However, I don't. His abuses of human rights by far eclipse those of any president before or after him.
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December 7, 2003, 01:48
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BTW, I can't stand to see you guys bashing two of my favorite presidents. I demand you stop it and look at the guys we have on our currency:
Washington
Jefferson
Hamilton
Franklin
(All known for founding our country)
Lincoln
(Known for freeing the slaves and preserving the union)
Roosevelt
(Known for defeating the forces of hell itself)
Kennedy
(Known for being shot in the line of duty)
and, filling out the list, Andrew Jackson? Best known for the trail of tears? What the ****?
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December 7, 2003, 02:36
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Actually Andrew Jackson should be best known for adovocating universal white male sufferage (taking away property requirements) and being known as the man of the common people (I'm sure you've hear the stories of dirty commoners staining the White House during Jackson's inaugeration), and, of course, his amazing victory in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
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His abuses of human rights by far eclipse those of any president before or after him.
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The Trail of Tears was worse than slavery?
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December 7, 2003, 02:45
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Or worse than propping up anti-communist dictatorships in third world countries during the Cold War??
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December 7, 2003, 02:55
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Which, of course, would mean Kennedy would have been taken off of the 5 0 cent coin, Funboy .
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December 7, 2003, 03:54
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By the way, FDR signed of on interning the Japanese Americans (even ones born in this country, now that is FLAT OUT unconstitutional) and ordered our ships to, in violation of US neutrality laws, shoot on UBoats attempting to attack merchant shipping carrying war goods. FDR was right about Hitler. But he did abuse the presidency (and was a rat bastard), like Jackson, Lincoln and many other great presidents. Thankfully our constitution is so far strong enough to survive them.
So borrow something from our quarters. Take the dollar coin, make it a little bit bigger or give it those funny edges like some Canadian coins (I like Canucks! ), and rotate ALL the presidents faces. Extra money for the treasury, blind people can easily identify the damn thing, and we can save all the cost of the one dollar bill. Or maybe start with a 5-dollar coin and do that.
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December 7, 2003, 04:04
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Which, of course, would mean Kennedy would have been taken off of the 5 0 cent coin, Funboy .
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Well DUH -- Cold War imperialism was done by Democratic presidents and Republican presidents.
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