If you could change currency.
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Topic: If you could change currency.
Posted By: Dune
Subject: If you could change currency.
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 7:59pm
| Simple question. If you could take one person's face off of a U.S. coin or bill, who would it be? Secondly, who's face would you replace it with? |
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Posted By: Dom
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:00pm
| Lincoln. My own |
Posted By: Ticalxx421
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:01pm
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Lol we have people playing hockey on out 5 dollar bill. Our money is already sweet ------------- [IMG]http://i14.tinypic.com/73e0l8j.jpg"> Represent! |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:02pm
And poetry and animals :D |
Ticalxx421 wrote:Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:05pm
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Benjamin, with my own. So it'd be "All about the Kehagias(es?)" Or the washington monies, so that I'd be the most commonly used currencies in America. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Ticalxx421
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:09pm
 HE SHOOTS HE SCORES ------------- [IMG]http://i14.tinypic.com/73e0l8j.jpg"> Represent! |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:12pm
| Take Jackson off the $20, and replace him with Martin Luther King Jr. |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:33pm
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Andrew Jackson our 7th President was a War Hero. President, Congressman and Davey Crockett's wingman.
In his term in office he cleared the Federal Debt (only president in History that has), He fought against the National Bank. In the same hand he did invade and steal Florida from the Spaniards and Relocated the Native Americans. While Dr Matin Luther King has done great things in his lifetime wich was cut short. It's hard to say who is the better human being. If i had to bump anyone ... i'd bump Hamilton. The 1st US treasurer ------------- 
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:35pm
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george washington off the one dollar bill replace with me. GW already has the quarter... |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:36pm
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:40pm
| I'd take Grant off the fifty and replace him with Greenspan. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:44pm
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Take hamilton out, Funky in. ------------- 
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Posted By: hoginds24
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:56pm
| Washington for Colbert. |
Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 8:59pm
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I want skittles money like the Canucks have.
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Posted By: AK Andrew
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:05pm
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I like how you think. ------------- wHY ARE YOU READING THIS! |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:20pm
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get rid of them all, and replace with playboy models.
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:24pm
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:27pm
| Although Jackson was seen for doing some great domestic things. I would still have him taken off for his removal of the Native Americans(although I see Hamilton as kind of an easy target for removal too). I think MLK deserves to be on that bill for what he did for all Americans over Hamilton and Jackson. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:28pm
| I think lil jon on a thousand dollar bill would be interesting. |
Posted By: Nuclear
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:28pm
Put NoOdZ on it !!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:29pm
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I'd replace all the money faces with George Bush. Either one, doesn't matter.
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:31pm
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I want to spend my money, not burn it. |
Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:32pm
Grant was pretty worthless. He spent more time boozing then leading, and I'd actually change the $50 to ole Teddy... That would actually be a 1/2 decent idea... Teddy > all other presidents. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:33pm
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In my opinion, Teddy is classically overrated. In all actuality, Grant was not a bad president, and was even liked quite well. Unfortunately he had the tendency to surround himself with people that caused scandals. However, he is described by some as one of the first progressive presidents (although that term would not stick when compared to other people). |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:34pm
If you're like me and rich, then you have money to burn. -------------
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:34pm
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In all seriousness though, I would probably replace Grant with Regan. Seeing as he lowered taxes roughly 40+% Grant doesn't deserve it anyways, IMO. /waits for "DAMN REPUBLICAN" posts ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:35pm
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No damn republican post here, I have a high opinion for some republican presidents. Reagan; however, is not one of them. |
Posted By: hoginds24
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:46pm
| FDR>* |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:47pm
| Actually, it'd be kind of fun to really, really minorly alter the appearance of a prez on one of the bills. Do it very, very gradually, over years and years and years until the pic on the bill is someone completely different from when you started. See how many people notice that theres just some average joe on the bills after a long time. |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 9:51pm
That said, my vote is still for Greenspan, simply because of the amount of times I saved an argument in debate with a simple quote from him. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 10:31pm
| I say pull Ben Franklin off the $100. Not that he wasn't a cool guy, but he was not a President. He is currently the only non-President on US currency. I'd say put T. Roosevelt in his place. |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 10:33pm
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Alexander Hamilton? Franklin should stay, IMO. |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 10:50pm
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I'd put Woodrow Wilson on any bill, just so I could pay for things with a "Woody". ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 11:13pm
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Win. -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 11:17pm
You wish you had loonies and toonies. Posers. |
Posted By: Nuclear
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 11:21pm
My Grandma plays bingo in Canada and usually has some Canadian money,i like how some coins have gold colored stuff in the middle. -------------
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Posted By: phillll227
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 12:27am
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I'd replace Hamilton with FDR and bring back the Eisenhower $1 coin and JFK half dollar. ------------- |
Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 12:53am
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If it was my choice, I would do George W. Bush, just because it would be funny to watch everyone freak out.
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Posted By: heliumman77
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 12:54am
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Make some half cents with nixon on it.
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 10:07am
| Replace everyone on every coin/bill with Enos. |
Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 4:39pm
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Boot Grant and put on Reagan. I had to write a paper about the greatest president, and I picked Ronald for that. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:20pm
That makes me shiver, I hope it was a satirical paper. |
Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:24pm
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:26pm
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Just out of curiosity, Dune - who would you pick for the greatest president? ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:30pm
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What are the qualifications? Domestic? Foreign? Humanity on whole? I have a hard time allotting the idea of the "greatest" president. Lincoln was very much disliked when he was in office, but we love him now. I would go further to say that there have been many people that were never presidents, but have done just as much for people or the country. |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:32pm
Whichever you prefer. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:34pm
| That's case specific. I can't see picking one president to be the greatest, maybe the most consistently average. Also, I find it difficult to attribute greatness to people that also have records of serious mishaps. For instance, I am a fan of JFK, but you can not disregard The Bay of Pigs. |
Posted By: SandMan
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:40pm
Kennedy?  ------------- Real Men Love Cheeses |
Posted By: SandMan
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:43pm
Ack! Franklin was the greatest man to ever call himself American. Fat, ugly, drunk, and arrogant... And STILL had the French women crawling all over him! Franklin stays! ------------- Real Men Love Cheeses |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:46pm
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Fair enough. How about your top 5 (or whatever) Presidents of all time, in no particular order? ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 5:48pm
Good question. As a disclaimer, none can be considered the greatest, and not always because of what they did while in the presidency. Also, some for foreign reasons, others for domestic. Jefferson, Wilson, Nixon, Kennedy, Clinton. Those that could have been good. MLK and Robert Kennedy. |
Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 7:52pm
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I would change the nickle.
I would put Pickles from Dethklok on it. Pickles Nickles. I wonder if anyone will get it  ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 7:58pm
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Jackson off the 20, Replace with John F Kennedy.
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:01pm
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Pretty much what I said, either Kennedy or MLK. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 8:07pm
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Seriously, why is Andrew Jackson deserving to be on our currency?
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Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 10:30pm
did you ever write about how bad he plunged this country in debt? -------------
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 12:42am
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I would take Franklin off, cause he was never president. I would have to put FDR on. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 8:07am
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I'm not sure how many times you have to say this...but either was Alexander Hamilton. |
Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 9:29am
Not to mention that Franklyn probably did more to further the country during his time than most presidents did during their time in office. The man was a straight up p i m p. -------------
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 12:25pm
I left that part out... But, the money was for taking down the Soviets so... But hey, I did a great job, 104/100 was my score. I got 99 points out of 100, but then turned it in early for an extra 5 points. We just judged him on, legislation, domestic affairs, foreign affairs, personality. I think that was it. If you look online, most websites rank him high on the best presidents list. -------------
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 12:36pm
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"Taking down the Soviets," might just be the funniest thing I've heard yet today.
They took themselves down. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 12:51pm
The country, or the money hungry government that was in charge before Regan? The standard income tax when Regan entered office was something like 74%. Sure, the government had plenty of money, but anybody not making $300,000+ (well, it's equivalent then) was living in poverty, or on savings. Regan lowered those taxes by 30 or 40%. So, it wasn't his fault that the government went into debt after that. He was doing what he could to stop the people of his country from crumbling beneath him. I know that that sounds like of worshipful BS, but it's hard to explain why what he did was so great, without sounding dramatic. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 2:41pm
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I still maintain Bush was/is the greatest. -------------
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 3:18pm
I'm glad someone has a sense of humor. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 3:58pm
Whats so funny about that? -------------
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Posted By: SandMan
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 4:32pm
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It's amazing to me how people think they can summarize an entire Presidency in one sentence... Especially in cases where the person wasn't even alive (or not old enough to remember) when the guy was in office.
People are so convinced of the superiority of their own opinions, all of which are based on so little actual knowledge and so much assumption it's ridiculous. Seriously, it's a little pathetic. ------------- Real Men Love Cheeses |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 6:03pm
It's just funny, in my opinion, that you think either of the two Bush presidents deserve an honor like that. |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 7:07pm
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I'd put Regan on the one dollar coin. Sacajawea (sp) was helpful, but we could have lived without her. Put some idiot in charge during regans time and we might be dead right now. ------------- 
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 7:27pm
Why wouldn't they? They both helped to liberate the Iraqi people and we also found WMDs (those artillery shells with gas inside.) -------------
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 8:17pm
The first one didn't liberate Iraq, and so could be said about the second. I don't think a couple of shells is a good enough reason to put him on money. |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 8:17pm
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Sorry for the double post, but that's just as funny as putting Bush on currency. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 8:18pm
Greatest. President. Ever. -------------
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 8:19pm
Now I know it's sarcasm. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 8:36pm
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It took you long enough.
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Posted By: jesseat956
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 8:36pm
| no one lol |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 9:27pm
I was beginning to worry... -------------
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 9:36pm
Ha, sorry. Long day. |
Posted By: BooksAndLeaves
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 9:39pm
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i read no other posts, but alex trebek on all of them. (mustache years)
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 9:39pm
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Total win. I can only recall Bush 1, Clinton, and Bush 2 with enough detail to make any kind of observation. Bush 1=Decent, nothing worthy of having his head on my money. Clinton=Decent as a president, unfortunately also decent at lying to the American people. Bush 2-Need I say it? So yeah, nothing really money worthy in my generation.
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Posted By: SandMan
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 11:29am
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I personally think George W Bush takes more flack than he deserves. It's become "en vogue" to hate him, so everyone's jumping on the bandwagon.
He's ineloquent. So what. His intelligence is being judged by millions of people who aren't smart enough to know the difference. Speaking for myself, I'm smarter than 98% of the population and I stammer and blush when trying to talk to an attractive woman for the first time. I knew a lot of people in school who were quite smart and entirely inept at public speaking... Seriously, you try it sometime. Not as easy as it looks from the observer's standpoint. The war in Iraq is entirely debatable, but why did no one yell and scream when Clinton sacrificed the lives of American soldiers in Bosnia and Somalia? Where was Cindy She-man (Sheehan) when these guys died: 1,245 in 1993; 1,109 in 1994; 1,055 in 1995; 1,008 in 1996. That's 4,417 deaths in 4 years of the Clinton administration. Don't get me wrong. It happens. That's the risk of their duty. It's just the hypocrisy and double standard that drives me crazy. The popularity contest that is American politics and the self-serving, foundless arrogance of its people are getting way out of hand. We hear a clever tagline tied to a seemingly plausible theory (a few pages to summarize all the world's events) and, because it fits with what we want to be true, we buy it hook, line, and sinker. This goes for everyone... Right, Left, Elephant, Donkey... So don't think you're immune. I know I'm not. I see this same idiotic tendencies in myself. It's the way our culture has taught us to (not) think. But the truly depressing fact is how many people embrace the idiocy and how few fight it tooth and nail... ------------- Real Men Love Cheeses |