http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040608102809990002 Ha ha ha. The power of stupid people in large groups is amazing sometimes...... I never thought FDR would get any competiton in 100 years, what with devoting his presidency to defeating Hitler and all. And Alex Hamilton? I guess having your name on the Constitution dosen't necessarily mean you're important. Andrew Jackson? Well, he sucked. Screw him.
Hey, that's not as good as the Ohio rep. who wan'ts Raygun's vissage to be carved into Mount Rushmore, among other things! http://www.nbc4columbus.com/news/3391422/detail.html
i'm not an aol reader so i cant read it...can you copy paste the article one here? i'm curious as to what its about now.
Here ya go: WASHINGTON (June 8) -- Ronald Reagan's enthusiastic supporters say the late president deserves a place on the nation's currency, even if it means a lesser or disappearing role for Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alexander Hamilton or Andrew Jackson. Getting their hero's face on the dime may be easier than other goals, such as seeing it etched on Mount Rushmore, but that idea still will be resisted by Democrats defending their own icon, FDR. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., a speechwriter in the Reagan White House, plans to introduce a bill to put Reagan on the $20 bill, replacing another venerable Democrat, Andrew Jackson. That would join a previous proposal, by Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., to provide for dimes bearing the likeness of Reagan. The office of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he would pursue an idea he has pushed for several years, placing Reagan on the $10 bill now bearing the visage of Hamilton, the first Treasury secretary. Chris Butler of the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project, which has the goal of seeing a Reagan commemoration in every American county, said its top legislative priority is the $10 bill. He noted that money can be changed administratively without congressional action, and suggested that Reagan dimes could join, rather than replace, FDR dimes. The Treasury secretary can change the design of coins, usually after consulting Congress, but spokeswoman Anne Womack Kolton said, "We believe it is premature at this point to discuss any possible changes to the currency." Replacing FDR would not happen without a battle. Last November, on the same day Souder introduced his Reagan dime bill "in honor of his work in restoring American greatness and bringing freedom to captive nations around the world," Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., proposed a resolution affirming support of the FDR dime. More than half the House Democrats joined him as co-sponsors. Reagan's wife Nancy has also voiced opposition to the new dime. Souder last December praised the "humble nature" of Mrs. Reagan's comments but said he would continue to promote his bill, which has the support of GOP leaders, including House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Butler, whose group is a wing of the conservative Americans for Tax Reform, pointed out that coins bearing the likeness of FDR, John F. Kennedy and Lincoln all appeared within a year of their deaths. The Roosevelt dime came out in 1946, in part commemorating his support for the March of Dimes campaign to fight polio. Besides paper and metal, Reagan advocates have long pushed to see their champion honored more widely in stone. Butler said there are now some 54 highways, schools, post offices and other memorials to Reagan around the country, but that still pales in comparison with the more than 600 for Kennedy and more than 800 for Martin Luther King. Up to now, the biggest victories have been the renaming of Washington's National Airport after the 40th president and the opening in Washington of the Ronald Reagan Building, the second largest government office building after the Pentagon. Last year the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was commissioned. Still in the works is the idea of a monument to Reagan on the National Mall in Washington, deterred by a law - signed by Reagan - that bars new monuments until a person has been dead 25 years. Then there is Mount Rushmore. It will take a long time to study the geophysical and artistic feasibility of that project, Butler said. But "is he great enough to be on Mount Rushmore? Yes."
When thinking about this, I don't know if I should laugh (I don't think there's any chance of Reagan ending up on any money) or throw up.
Geez, as soon as the old Gip dies people miss him so much that they want to see his mug everyday on the money they spend... maybe there should be some compromise deal where the conservatives get Reagan on a bill and the liberals can put... uh... Jim Morrison (?) on another. But I wouldn't mind Reagan replacing Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill... Jackson was just a total asshole.
it is absolutely wrong to replace alexander hamilton for ronnie. They had similar talks earlier of replacing roosevelt on the dime(i believe it was the dime)....but nancy said no, im sure she'd say no to this.
FDR --- on the dime clinton --- on the $3 bill Carter and LBJ --- various denominations of Food Stamps Jim Morrison -- Well someone mentioned tattoos, and that seems right. Ronald Reagan --- On The Patriot missile, which when you think about it, is already named for him anyway.
I fuckin' heard the guy from the group that proposed it, an he was saying "Well, Alexander Hamilton was a great Seceretary of Treasury, but he is the only person on currency, who was not a president." I BET YOU A HUNDERD FUCKIN' DOLLARS HE ISN'T!! 'Course, my pops had the idea of naming the national debt after him. Heh heh, yeah that sounds good, the "Reagan National Debt"
Yeah and if they put him on a $10 bill -I will protest that- he was out of his f&*^ing mind the last 15-20 years..what gives?He did not even realize what we as a country was going thru . I do not care that much for a republican that I would support something like that in 2004- I don't give ashit who he was or is... That is Real anarchy!
