Posted on 06/17/2015 9:17:41 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Will it be Susan B. Anthony or Harriet Tubman? Eleanor Roosevelt or Rosa Parks? Or another important woman from American history?
These will be among the names the nation ponders after the Obama administrations announcement late Wednesday that a woman will be featured on the $10 bill, the first time in well over a century that a female portrait will grace the United States paper money.
The redesigned bill will be unveiled in 2020 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the right of women to vote. The Treasury Department is launching a massive public campaign to solicit suggestions through social media and town halls for what the bill should look like and who should be on it. The only requirements for candidacy are that the woman be deceased and embody the theme of the bills new look: Democracy.
Americas currency makes a statement about who we are and what we stand for as a nation, said Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, who has the authority to make the decision. . .
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TO #152: Harpo Marx!. He would be the first Jewish American on any currency. Now that is what I would call “progress”.
The problem with having any Marx Brother on a dollar bill is that it would probably bounce.
Say the magic word and a little birdie will come down and poop on your head. Groucho/sarc
I shot an elephant in my pajamas, but how he got there, I don’t know. The name of one of Groucho’s books and an actual quote from one of his movies (Duck Feathers, A Day at the Races, Coconuts, A Night at the Opera, etc).
I don't understand why they want to dump Hamilton and not Jackson.
Maybe Wilentz got to them.
Wasn’t it “I shot an elephant in my pajamas, but how he got in my pajamas, I’ll never know!”
If it wasn’t that, IMO, it should have have been. :)
#86. You had to kill my dinner and eyes. Helen Thomas should be put on a Lebanese dinar or whatever worthless currency they use today.
Did you know that she was nominated for “Ms. Hezbullah” but I think “Christiana Amanapour” got it, with Mrs. Arafat coming in third behind them. Hillary Clinton came in fifth.
Nancy Pelosi came in fourth, or was that for “Ms. Lebanese Pine Tree”?
Yes, there is no apparent shortage of left-wing slime balls in the demonRat party.
Sorry, had enough. I think I’m beginning to feel sick. So many God-awful ugly women on the left side of the aisle. :)
What about the anti-matter Spock?
Interesting that you brought up Winona Ryder.
"In 1966, she [Hedy Lamarr] was arrested for shoplifting in Los Angeles. The charges were eventually dropped. In 1991, she was arrested on the same charge in Florida, this time for $21.48 worth of laxatives and eye drops. She pleaded "no contest" to avoid a court appearance, and in return for a promise to refrain from breaking any laws for a year, the charges were once again dropped.[29]"
That right there is just awesome.
I hadn’t thought of that. Dang.
There is a lot of truth to that remark. (Actually, I rather seldom use cash. I typically just use plastic; and then pay it off in full each month, so that there is no interest; and, even more importantly, no snowballing debt.)
Come to think of it, I’m not liking the thought of Lamarr’s face being smooshed inside someone’s wallet, or thrown down for some kid’s allowance . . .
It amazes me what Lamarr did.
I had heard this a while back, and forgot.
‘Sanger and Carson’ -
The Bobsey Twins: ‘Despicable and Evil’
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