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| Michael Shellenberger
Posted on 01/19/2004 9:03:52 PM PST by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:26:15 PM PST
by
Free ThinkerNY
(((They don't call him Slick Willy for nothing)))
To: doug from upland
Sounds great. Let's put Ceasar Chavez on the 5. Put Larry Flynt on the 10. Yeah, and let's put Jesse Jackson on the $3 bill.
There's nothing phonier than Jessee Jack@$$!
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:27:49 PM PST
by
TXnMA
(No Longer!!! -- and glad to be back home (and warm) in God's Country!!)
To: HardStarboard
It's high time that the mint coined dome new coins, imo. Reagan on the dime or the quarter or on a bill or a small denomination so that he is seen quite frequently. This is not a dis to the former presidents or founders by any means.
MLK never held elected office and I would hope is exempt from such an honor.
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:29:58 PM PST
by
annyokie
(Wesley Clark: Howard Dean with medals!)
To: annyokie
dome=some
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:30:15 PM PST
by
annyokie
(Wesley Clark: Howard Dean with medals!)
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To: doug from upland
Martin Luther King, Jr. was more than a great African American civil rights leader. He was one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century. To this day King symbolizes the triumph of love, nonviolence, and community values over hatred, violence and material values. We created a national holiday for him (signed into law by Reagan in 1983). We named schools and streets after him. We consider his I Have a Dream speech to be a masterpiece of political oratory. Who would argue that the Nobel Peace Prize winning King doesnt deserve to be on our money? Heh...heh heh...heh heh heh...hoo hoo hoo HA HA HA HA HA...! (wiping away tears) Thank you for the BEST laugh I've had in a LOOONG time. :') (snif) (people actually BELIEVE that stuff - go figure.)
Put king on the US$1 if you absolutely feel that doing something like that will help cure you of your 'slavery guilty-feeling syndrome' - the gov't will be phasing that out in a while anyways (so they say). Noisy over-winded speechers do not belong on our paper currency: THAT is an honor currently reserved solely for Presidents (and one gov't official).
Do yourself a favor and take a look at www.martinlutherking.org
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:31:35 PM PST
by
solitas
(sleep well, gentle reader; but remember there ARE such things...)
To: doug from upland
Martin Luther on the dime or any other democrap coin so we don't have to see FDR or JFK's demagogued mug anymore.
Or we can give him a dollar coin; it worked for Sacajawea and Susan B. Anthony...
In truth I like MLK to much to bump him to a crap coin like the dollar coin. I think FDR should be bumped to where Sacajawea and S. Anthony failed.
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:32:03 PM PST
by
Porterville
(I am Hispanic and Republican a old but growing political force.)
To: solitas
You can dislike MLK's message all you like, but you are in a increasingly shrinking minority. But if it makes you feel any better MLK wouldn't hold a gruge, even against you. God bless you.
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:34:50 PM PST
by
Porterville
(I am Hispanic and Republican a old but growing political force.)
To: Constructionist
What about Kobe Bryant, Rodney King, Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson and O.J. Simpson? I mean, none of them are in jail, so wouldn't that mean they qualify?? (Oh.. Possible correction. Former millionaire Rodney King might be in jail for the 10th time or so..) Are you comparing MLK to murderers and rapist because he is black??? Are you so sick??? What is wrong with you??? Are you twelve??? Do you have any idea the level of slander and how insulting your comment is???
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:36:47 PM PST
by
Porterville
(I am Hispanic and Republican a old but growing political force.)
To: Keith
James Madison is on the $5000 bill.
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:37:35 PM PST
by
solitas
(sleep well, gentle reader; but remember there ARE such things...)
To: annyokie
Neither did Sacajawea or Susan B. Anthony or Cabeza De Vaca or B. Franklin.
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:37:39 PM PST
by
Porterville
(I am Hispanic and Republican a old but growing political force.)
To: solitas
There is a 5,000 dollar bill??
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:37:57 PM PST
by
Porterville
(I am Hispanic and Republican a old but growing political force.)
To: Porterville
What. You don't have any?
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:38:44 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Don't wait until it is too late to stop Hillary -- do something today!)
To: HardStarboard
leave things as they are with bills - founding fathers + Lincoln only! If they were to change the $20 bill, Reagan should be the one on it, not MLK. However, I agree with you, they should leave the bills alone, the men on them are totally deserving of their place on our currency.
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:41:12 PM PST
by
dougherty
(I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
-Michelangelo)
To: Porterville
You can dislike MLK's message all you like, but you are in a increasingly shrinking minority. But if it makes you feel any better MLK wouldn't hold a gruge, even against you. God bless you. No, not the message - just the fraud that the 'man' was. No, he didn't hold grudges; he held lots of other things. Check out the sources that exist - and God help you if you refuse to investigate for yourself but instead believe what's spoon-fed to you.
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:41:36 PM PST
by
solitas
(sleep well, gentle reader; but remember there ARE such things...)
To: doug from upland
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:41:53 PM PST
by
Porterville
(I am Hispanic and Republican a old but growing political force.)
To: doug from upland
I don't have any. But you can send me a $5,000 dollar bill if you like. Mind you, I mean real legal tender I can spend. Not that other type of bill. LOL ;-))
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:41:56 PM PST
by
David1
To: Porterville
oh yeah. you never see 'em but pics exist of all the bills. Check out
www.money.org - I think they may still have all the images there.
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:43:33 PM PST
by
solitas
(sleep well, gentle reader; but remember there ARE such things...)
To: solitas
Oh, he is a fraud too?? Not all things that are politically correct are necessarily wrong. I'm sure you hate Gandhi and the Dali Lama too.
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posted on
01/19/2004 9:43:50 PM PST
by
Porterville
(I am Hispanic and Republican a old but growing political force.)
To: doug from upland
Change the portraits on our current currency? No way.What they should do with Dr. King's portrait is re-issue a one dollar coin with him on it. Not some PC Native woman who's role in American history is minor, at best.
I guarantee the best hope for a successful dollar coin is Dr. King. Even King might not save such a coin but, I think I'd use them. I currently refuse any dollar coin handed to me.
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