Posted on 01/05/2013 5:53:10 AM PST by Kaslin
My Dad, a WW2 Navy Veteran, used to tell me stories about The Island of Yap.
I was one of the few pre-teens in the 60’s who could find it on a map!
Gosh, I MISS my Dad!
These people are insane. This idea might be funny if it were fiction.
This whole “platinum coin” thing floated by Jabba the Nadler and kept alive by matt drudge and others only serves to illustrate how the stupidest ideas coming from the mentally incompetant somehow seem to get all the press column inches.
Nadler’s nickname is “Jabba the Nut”.
This "fact" does not appear in my copy of the Constitution.
What DOES appear there is the following: "Congress shall have the power...To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures..."
CONGRESS has the power to regulate the value of US coins (the nominal, legal tender value). CONGRESS could indeed repudiate our debts by coining trillion dollar platinum coins (or plastic coins, no matter) and calling all Treasury debt instruments in for exchange.
The Constitution also says, "No STATE shall... make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts..."
There is absolutely no restriction whatsoever on Congress' coinage power to gold, silver. wampum, or bananas.
Except they just had that big hurricane. There was a thrad about it here on FR -- the same hurricane that landed on Mindanao and Palau.
Except they just had that big hurricane. There was a thrad about it here on FR -- the same hurricane that landed on Mindanao and Palau.
Look for them to try to Nationalize your IRA's and 401K's. That monstrosity has already been suggested.
I love “Ripley’s”! I remember the comic strip well, and have been to two of the museums. The one in St. Augustine is the best, as it was Ripley’s original home. It is amazing, and I spent many hours there, Believe It Or Not! :-)
There is another island dad used to tell me about, and he sang a song:
“Oh the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga
They were bitten off by whales in Zamboanga!”
There is probably more to that, but most likely unsuitable for children! hahaha!
From existing photos/vids, Yapese women have the right to choose - whether or not to go topless. A matter of individual choice.
Anyway, Jabba the Waddler is a typical liberal nutcake. Wonder what he thinks about guns /s.
OMG! Look what I found! hahaha
Lyrics
The Monkeys Have No Tails in Zamboanga[disambiguation needed]
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga,
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga,
Oh, the monkeys have no tails,
They were bitten off by whales,
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga.
Chorus:
Oh, we won’t go back to Subic anymore,
Oh, we won’t go back to Subic anymore,
Oh, we won’t go back to Subic
Where they mix our wine with tubig*,
Oh, we won’t go back to Subic anymore.
* Filipino for water
Chorus
Oh, the carabao have no hair in Mindanao,
Oh, the carabao have no hair in Mindanao,
Oh, the carabao have no hair,
Holy smoke! But they are bare,
Oh, the carabao have no hair in Mindanao.
Chorus
Oh, the fishes wear no skirts in Iloilo,
Oh, the fishes wear no skirts in Iloilo,
Oh, the fishes wear no skirts,
But they all have undershirts,
Oh, the fishes wear no skirts in Iloilo.
Chorus
They grow potatoes small in Iloilo,
They grow potatoes small in Iloilo,
They grow potatoes small,
And they eat them skins and all,
They grow potatoes small in Iloilo.
Chorus
Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles,
Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles,
Oh, the birdies have no feet,
They were burned off by the heat,
Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles.
Chorus
Oh, we’ll all go up to China in the spring time,
Oh, we’ll all go up to China in the spring time,
Oh, we’ll hop aboard a liner,
I can think of nothing finer,
Oh, we’ll all go up to China in the spring time.
Chorus
Oh, we’ll all go down to Shanghai in the fall,
Oh, we’ll all go down to Shanghai in the fall,
Oh, we’ll all get down to Shanghai,
Those champagne corks will bang high,
Oh, we’ll all go down to Shanghai in the fall.
Chorus
Oh, we lived ten thousand years in old Chefoo.
Oh, we lived ten thousand years in old Chefoo.
And it didn’t smell like roses,
So we had to hold our noses,
Oh, we lived ten thousand years in old Chefoo.[1]
Some verses were updated and sung by U.S. Army and Navy personnel and families in Manila, Philippines, and back in the States after WWII. The song mentions islands in the Philippine chain, attributing amusing or unflattering characteristics to their flora and fauna, and humans. As there are many islands, there are no doubt many more verses.
Oh, the ladies wear no teddies in Manila,
Oh, the ladies wear no teddies in Manila,
Oh, the ladies wear no teddies,
They’re a bunch of ever-readies,
Oh, the ladies wear no teddies in Manila.
Oh, the men they wear no pants on Luzon,
Oh, the men they wear no pants on Luzon,
Oh, the men they wear no pants,
They’re afraid to miss a chance,
Oh, the men they wear no pants on Luzon.[2]
LOL! Check out my comment #12!
I remember Dad telling me that the US Navy issues beautiful white T-Shirts to these ladies, to get them to “cover up” in a nice way, as their traditional attire(or lack thereof) was exciting the sailors too much.
The girls LOVED them, soft, white, and comfortable, and they promptly cut two strategically placed HOLES in the shirts for even greater comfort and freedom.
LOL
Don't remember anything about Zamboanga, tho'! ;)
I've seen Key West, West Palm, driven through Miami (in 1970) and flown through Miami-Dade a couple of times, and past Homestead when it was still an operational SAC base, visited Ft. Meyers a couple of times, again 20 years apart, Orlando once or twice, Jax a couple of times (arrived and left by P-3 one time), and Pensacola and the Panhandle Riviera two or three times. Micanopy once, too, and Kennedy once.
So we go full circle to a platinum 12 diameter yapland money-
the purpose of which was limited portability without group consent of the “chief”. This is not helpful at all.
The other alternative is zimbabwe’a trillion dollar paper notes which were used in protest as wallpaper on public buildings (done in secret at night)— which has resulted in NO change except continued theft of the only thing that has real value in that country— arable, farmable soil (and even that the idiots ruined because they know NOTHING about productive land use and conservation). A study in marxism.
There is a movie loosely based on this, called "His Majesty O'Keefe", starring Burt Lancaster (1954). Pretty good too, as I remember.
There was a Discovery channel show about the island of Yap.
The hosts were an American man & woman. Their guide was a young Yapese woman who shook their hands, spoke excellent English, and welcomed them to the island while standing there completely bare bosomed. She even helpfully reminded the American gal that going topless was fine for all races, as long as one’s sarong covered from waist to below the knees. The response was “Uh, okay.....”
;^)
When I was a little kid, i used to LOVE having to wait to see the doctor.
Even though he had “HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN” Magazine, I always gravitated to the “NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS”
I have gone to all those places on my Harley. Believe it or not! :-)
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