Posted on 06/22/2015 9:13:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I hate using ATMs. Its not the lines that bother me, nor is it the inevitable awkwardness of the person lurking behind you, seemingly in a rush and looking over your shoulder as you type. No, I hate ATMs because I know when I swipe my card, when the machine dispenses pieces of my livelihood, I have to see that face. His face. On the $20 bill.
When historian David Greenberg thinks of Andrew Jackson, he thinks of democracy. When I see Andrew Jackson, I think of my grandmothers spit.
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The trip was long. And for an eleven-year-old, somewhat painful. Wedged in the backseat between my younger sisters and their respective mountains of Barbies, the eight hour drive felt like an insufferable eternity.
Girls, my fathers voice would boom every time our incessant complaining crossed his fatherly-defined threshold: Quiet. We are going to visit the grave of a president.
When we finally arrived, I jumped out of our minivan and began exploring. But when I caught a glimpse of my grandma, my legs came to a standstill.
I watched as my grandma walked straight to the presidents grave. She stood for half a second, then her neck arched back, her body heaved forward, and for the first time in my life, I saw my grandma spit. It wasnt a casual spit. It was a once in a lifetime spit. I watched as the saliva of our ancestors flowed through her mouth and hit that grave with an echo that turned heads and stopped conversations.
She turned and walked straight back to the minivan. Lets go. And so we left....
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...
There were no Republicans in 1804.
Say nothing and let ‘em erase whatever historic figures they want to erase. Then they will erase Jesus, “Bull O’Conner, Robert E. Lee, George Wallace, Ronald Reagan and the list will continue to grow. They’re now working on erasing the Confederate flag. If they’re not stopped, they will re-write history to suit their goals.
Jesus said .... “Who’s Jesus?”
Ronald Reagan did.... “Who’s Ronald Reagan?”
George Wallace was a racist democrat.... “Who’s George Wallace?”
Democrat Bull O’Conner sic’d police dogs on blacks.... Who’s Bull O’Conner.
Spain didn’t do that. American Communists named themselves the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and went to fight on the Communist side (against Franco & the Catholics) in the Spanish Civil War.
Jackson was correct. Indian cultures were stone-age in all senses of the word. They would, and did, disappear in the face of modernity. The 19th Century did not have the quant, late 20th century idea that cultures must (or even could be) preserved in amber, like museum artifacts.
there are a few lugees i’m holding in reserve for similar deployment.
unfortunately, their targets are still above ground.
So, what is it about Hamilton that would make the LEFT now choose him over the $20 ..??
No, we need to replace him with a true american hero like Caitlin Jenner. Barf!!
Idiots...
We need another Jackson now for just that purpose.
> More fiction from another lying liberal.
But they get you yo consider that it could happen. Incrementalism tactics 101. How I hate te Alinskytes. Its fitting that SA dedicated Rules for Radicals to Lucifer. Fits perfectly.
I was reading and thinking how absolutely nuts this sounded, and then I saw the link was to MSNBC - and I thought “Oh... that explains it”
hmmmmm. What's popular? Got it! White men! Everyone hates them! - but where do I find one? All the ones I knew threw me over for someone younger! - oh ! a twenty dollar bill!
Don’t be ignorant .. the REPUBLICAN IDIOLOGY .. WAS NOT FORMALLY ORGANIZED .. BUT IT SURELY WAS PRESENT DURING THE FORMING OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
OTHERWISE .. WE WOULD HAVE HAD A SOCIALST NIGHTMARE.
Just another commie liberal slut whack job.
I think that Alexander Hamilton was a Federalist, as was John Adams.
There was a reason why I capitalized “Republican”.
And what are you shouting for?
It’s a good thing there aren’t big problems in the world, so we can concentrate on this BS.
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