May I ask, if you know exactly what about it looks socalist?

4,841 posted on 10/21/2007 2:50:42 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)

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4,842 posted on 10/21/2007 3:05:30 PM PDT by Lady Jag (I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)

To: Lady Jag; null and void

...plural form of Latin fascis: “bundle”) in ancient Rome, insignia of official authority. It was carried by the lictors, or attendants, and was characterized by an ax head projecting from a bundle of elm or birch rods about 5 feet (1.5 metres) long and tied together with a red strap; it symbolized penal power. When carried inside Rome, the ax was removed (unless the magistrate was a dictator…

4,843 posted on 10/21/2007 3:12:02 PM PDT by Cardhu

Compare her to The US Trade Dollar:

Or the Seated Liberty Dollar:

I agree it looks socialist, can't quite put my finger on why, although I'm leaning towards it being that "The Good Worker" is wearing Birkenstocks...

4,844 posted on 10/21/2007 3:15:05 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)

In one single package it symbolized the power of the government to punish by flogging with the bundle of reeds, or by execution with the ax.

4,845 posted on 10/21/2007 3:17:26 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)

To: null and void; Lady Jag

It is the gear wheel which many Trade Unions have used in their emblems.

4,846 posted on 10/21/2007 3:26:30 PM PDT by Cardhu

To: null and void

Correect. ...symbolized penal power...

4,847 posted on 10/21/2007 3:28:10 PM PDT by Cardhu

4,848 posted on 10/21/2007 3:29:05 PM PDT by Cardhu

And what’s with the Amero symbol???

A simple capital A???

Compare to the ¥ and €.

It should have two horizontal crossbars, shouldn’t it?

4,849 posted on 10/21/2007 3:32:03 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)

That’s certainly part of it.

4,850 posted on 10/21/2007 3:35:18 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)

To: null and void; Lady Jag

Good night everyone -- check this out - it is rather long but you will be interested.

The Speed of Life
Why Time Seems to Speed Up
and How to Slow it Down

LINK

4,851 posted on 10/21/2007 3:47:50 PM PDT by Cardhu

To: Cardhu; null and void

You got me interested so I went reading and found this curious tidbit:

The fasces in the United States of America

The following cases all involve the adoption of the fasces as a visual image or icon; no actual physical re-introduction has occurred.

In the Oval Office, above the door leading to the exterior walkway, and above the corresponding door on the opposite wall, which leads to the White House Chief of Staff's office. (Note: the fasces depicted have no axes, possibly because in Ancient Rome only the Lictors who guarded Dictators (the title didn't have the negative connotation then that it does today) were allowed to carry fasces with the axe attached within the Dominium.
The reverse of the United States "Mercury" dime (minted from 1916 to 1945) bears the design of a fasces and an olive branch.
Two fasces appear on either side of the flag of the United States in the United States House of Representatives, representing the power of the House and the country.
The Mace of the United States House of Representatives, designed to resemble fasces, consists of thirteen ebony rods bound together in the same fashion as the fasces, topped by a silver eagle on a globe.
The official seal of the United States Senate has as one component a pair of crossed fasces.
Fasces ring the base of the Statue of Freedom atop the United States Capitol building.
A frieze on the facade of the Supreme Court building depicts the figure of a Roman Centurion holding a fasces, to represent "order".
At the Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln's seat of state bears the fasces on the fronts of its arms. (Fasces also appear on the pylons flanking the main staircase leading into the memorial.)
Four fasces flank the two bronze plaques on either side of the bust of Lincoln memorializing his Gettysburg Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The fasces appears on the state seal of Colorado, USA, beneath the "All-seeing eye" (or Eye of Providence) and above the mountains and mines.
On the seal of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, a figure carries a fasces; the seal appears on the borough flag.
Used as part of the Knights of Columbus emblem (designed in 1883).
The top border of the Los Angeles Police Department badge features a fasces. (1940)
The regimental crest of the U.S. 71st Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard consisted of a gold fasces set on a blue background.

Why those places?

4,852 posted on 10/21/2007 4:02:23 PM PDT by Lady Jag (I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)

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he's getting old and decrepit, and needs someone to help him with the beach patrols

Not that old ...

4,853 posted on 10/21/2007 4:55:56 PM PDT by catpuppy

Not that old ...

Reporting little old bluehaired ladies as beach babes qualifies as old.

:-)

4,854 posted on 10/21/2007 5:02:51 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)

That’s not what they said...

4,855 posted on 10/21/2007 7:10:52 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)

To: null and void; Lakeshark

NEWS FLASH: Basement Baron and Tundra Boy Speak in Unison!

tsk ... tsk

4,856 posted on 10/21/2007 8:57:13 PM PDT by catpuppy

To: null and void

Hey guys...guess Im late (very late) to the party?

anyone here doing the NaNoWriMo?

4,857 posted on 10/21/2007 9:51:24 PM PDT by Alkhin (star dust contemplating star dust)

To: Alkhin; Lady Jag; sweetliberty; grannie9; nicmarlo; Canadian Outrage; derllak; restornu

Spain's fashion industry: One size doesn't fit all

Shopping for clothes in Spain is a lottery: one store's medium is another's extra large. So the Government is trying to standardise measurements – in the hope that women can be made to feel comfortable with their bodies.

By Elizabeth Nash

Published: 22 October 2007

The new winter fashions have arrived in Madrid's trendy shops, and women are flocking through the doors to admire this season's glitzy party dresses and chic monochromes – and brace themselves for the clothing size lottery. Unsure whether they are size 38 or 42, M or XXL, they head for the changing rooms clutching armfuls of the same model in different sizes to see which – if any – fits.

See more here

4,858 posted on 10/22/2007 4:25:41 AM PDT by Cardhu

No news there. That’s the case everywhere. Mostly I wear a 2 petite in pants, but I have a couple of pairs of dress pants in size 4 that fit. In tops and dresses, I can wear anywhere from an extra small to a large, depending on the cut and brand. I have one coat in a small that I swim in, and a couple of medium blouses that are a bit snug. Shoes are the same way. I usually wear a 6 1/2, but I’m always taking a risk if I order them online, unless I know the brand, because sometimes I wear a 6, and other times, I have to go to a 7, particularly if the shoe is cut very narrow. It’s crazy. It would be nice if the industry would standardize sizing, but I certainly wouldn’t want to see another government mandate. You’d think the government would have more important things to concern itself with than micromanaging the fashion industry.

4,859 posted on 10/22/2007 4:58:18 AM PDT by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)

To: null and void; grannie9; Lady Jag; Sundog; catpuppy; nicmarlo; sweetliberty; Darksheare; ...

Another PowerPoint presentation, no music. Just use your mouse wheel to move forward.

Are they waves or icebergs?

4,860 posted on 10/22/2007 5:06:14 AM PDT by Cardhu

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