Posted on 09/23/2009 7:07:16 AM PDT by mudblood
As you can see in this image, the United States Government thought so little of the American Indian Native that they took this picture - of a severed Indian head - and put it on the lowest denomination of currency that they had: the penny. This happened in the 1800's. What's worse, after everyone caught on to the latent racism, and realized that it was all based on occidental white male insecurity and the corporations' desire to keep natives subservient, so as to exploit them, they stopped making these so-called "pennies". BUT THEY NEVER DESTROYED THEM. All over this country, old white racists and other republicans are ACTIVELY seeking out these heirlooms of what was to them the highlight of their dominance-based culture. I implore Congress, the President and even the Vice President to ACT NOW and right this wrong. All of these pennies should be destroyed, and the money from the materials melted down should be given back to the Native Americans (with the value adjusted upward for inflation and cost of living, of course). This country did wrong - but we can change it! In the language of Native America, I say, "Gaja na sa maja na", which means, "Yes we can white devil."
Reverse of the Wyoming quarter.
I don't spend any time thinking anything about "Native America".
where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didnt have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
You see, back in those days, rich men would ride around in Zeppelins, dropping coins on people, and one day I seen J.D. Rockefeller flying by. So I run of the house with a big washtub and... hey! Where are you going? Anyway, about my washtub. Id just used it that morning to wash my turkey, which in those days was known as... ...a walking-bird. Wed always have walking-bird on Thanksgiving, with all the trimmings: cranberries, injun eyes, yams stuffed with gunpowder. Then wed all watch football, which in those days was called baseball...Eh, why didnt you get something useful, like storm windows, or a nice pipe organ? Im thirsty! Ew, what smells like mustard? There sure are a lot of ugly people in your neighborhood. Ooh, look at that one. Ow, my glaucoma just got worse. The president is a Democrat! Hello? I cant unbuckle my seat belt. Hello? There are too many leaves in your walkway...
Wow! A new chapter added to the LOL (Literary Offenses of Lazamataz)*... and people wonder why absinthe was illegal for so long. ;-)
* Hat tip to Samuel "Bud" Clemens.
I guess you never saw an Indian head nickel then? Just a youngster?
Wow, remind me to never get you mad at me!
Look at that, kinda makes you want to just jump right into the middle of them doesn’t it?
we put them on the helmets of a football team that’s valued at $1.6 billion...
That made me mad.
I was born in 1947, and recall as a young kid actually finding an Indian Head penny still in circulation about once or twice a year.
Remember when that drunken slob Redskin running back - Riggins - tried to hit Sandra Day O’Connor?
Was that "hit" or "hit on"?
Either way, it's just sooooooooo not right.
(From Wikipedia)
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