Attempt to put Reagan on the $50 bill

[upi402]

NC congressman wants Ronald Reagan put on $50 bill

(AP) – 1 hour ago

RALEIGH, N.C. — A U.S. congressman from North Carolina wants the $50 bill redrawn to feature the face of former President Ronald Reagan.

Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry wants Congress to tell the U.S Treasury to replace former President Ulysses S. Grant on the bill. McHenry announced his bill Tuesday. He has 13 Republican co-sponsors.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j4-6IyUI9VN-7Z8787b-z9LhYdXAD9E78E7G0




wtf? we have lost the plot completely
(Edit: changed title) thank you!

[FLAprogressive]

1. Misleading title....

[zipplewrath]

5. Very

And I'm not really fond of that 'round these parts. Bad enough we have to put up with that kinda crap from various right leaning sites. Their next headline would be "Obama blocking Reagan from $50 bill" when it doesn't get out of subcommittee.

[Kalyke]

2. Let's put Reagan on the one million dollar bill

Because only the uber-wealthy care about seeing his mug.

[newscott]

32. This was my thought too.

Grant is fitting on the $50.00 That was a lot of money back in his scandal ridden presidency. Same for Ronnie.

[tallahasseedem]

3. I am still completely...

puzzled with the Reagan obsession. David Broder was spot on about him on The Colbert Report last night.

[Lasher]

27. For many years now a group has been trying to get everything named after Saint Ronnie.

The group is called the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project. It was founded by Americans for Tax Reform, and is therefore supported by Grover Norquist and other rich people who don't want to pay any taxes. They want to name at least one notable landmark in every state after Saint Ronnie of Reagan, and then they want something named after him in every county.

Their motive is fairly transparent: If they can convince people that Saint Ronnie didn't suck, then people will conclude his policies were wonderful and that we should do more of the same. This is why we see so much worshipping of the president who said government was the problem and went on to prove it.

The wealthy elite consider this propaganda campaign as an investment that could pay off big for them in even more tax cuts for the wealthy at everybody else's expense. And they have been right, as we can easily see by even a casual reflection on the George W. Bush years alone.

[n2doc]

4. Put him on a 3$ bill

Or better on a T-bond. Since he generated so many of them....

[Tesha]

13. You beat me to it! (NT)

[zbdent]

38. put him on the penny ...

since it costs more than the penny is worth to mint it ... would be quite fitting to his presidency ...

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. Misleading title....

[teamster633]

7. If that ever happens electronic banking will be even more attractive.

[Maru Kitteh]

8. I want my momma on the $100. Think I'll start a thread titled "My mom's mug to grace C notes"

It would be as awesome as your title, and just as likely.

[brentspeak]

9. Considering the staggering debt he sunk the nation into, a U.S. treasury bond would more appropriate

[rfranklin]

21. He also spent all our Social Security contributions...

and now they are telling us it's not there because there are too many old people like me who expect it back.

[damntexdem]

10. I'd support him for the $3 bill.

;-)

Let's hope he doesn't make it to the fifty -- it might become burdensome to get along without using it in future (when with inflation, the twenty is passe for ATMs).

[Echo In Light]

11. lol

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. They don't like people who kicked slaveowner butt. -nt

[FBaggins]

14. I'd prefer the $1

I can't afford to burn 50s

[HopeHoops]

15. Fine - as long as they dig up his sorry carcass and take a CURRENT picture for it.

I think I could live with that. If it happens, I'll just refuse to accept $50's on the grounds that it is not legitimate currency.

[Stinky The Clown]

16. McHenry .... it figgers .... wutta fukkin idjit.

[athenasatanjesus]

17. Thanks to reagan $50 is about all our country will have left soon

so I wont mind him being on the remnants of our countries economy when it happens.

[Garbo 2004]

18. Repub congressman has proposed this, so why the surprise? nt

[lpbk2713]

19. They changed the law so they could name an aircraft carrier after his worthless ass.

That was when the rethugs owned all branches of government. That should be plenty.

[PDJane]

20. WHY??? That (expletive deleted) should have been

impeached, instead of honoured with his mug on currency.

Don't these fools have anything better to do with their time? I can think of things for them to do, if they want.

[liberal N proud]

22. That would be damn expensive toilet paper

[Dr.Phool]

23. Why not? G.H.W. Bush put his wife on the $1 bill.

Sure looks like the Quaker Oats guy.

[denverbill]

24. OK, let's add that as a provision in the HCR bill.

And then condemn Republicans for voting against Reagan being on the $50.

[Hubert Flottz]

25. Well I think Reagan was a bigger crook than Grant.

And Reagan might not have been a general but he played one in the movies. If I really wanted to capture the spirit ot the GOP I'd put the Devil's picture on the $50.00. Under St.Reagan and the two Bushes the $50.00 bill has become about as worthless as Reagan was.

[n2doc]

40. Grant wasn't a crook-his associates were

He ended up needing to write his autobiography in order to leave his family with an inheritance. He was a terrible businessman, but a good general.

Reagan, on the other hand, did nothing good for this country, but died rich. Guess who is revered more by his party?

[arthritisR_US]

26. put his name on a bag of crap, leave it on O'lielees door and call it a day. n/t

[Raine]

31. then set it on fire and ring the bell

O'lielees will open the door and stomp it out. :evilgrin: :rofl:

[arthritisR_US]

37. ooooooh, I dooo like your thinking! :-)

:fistbump:

[Bitwit1234]

28. Putting his butt on the bill would be better because his type

of economics started the downturn of this real problem we have today. Only the republicans are oh too stupid and stubborn to admit it.

[Raine]

29. Put him on a wooden nickel

no one will take it. x(

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. Would he settle for a pleasing portrait on the bottom of a $50 bedpan?

[Eric Condon]

33. This article becomes more prophetic every day

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30216

[HughBeaumont]

34. That son of a bitch should have been stuffed and had darts thrown at him.

$50 bill. :eyes:

They just refuse to let his myth die, will they? The Reagan legacy is that of corporate takeover, massive debt, anything-goes-for-the-rich "capitalism" and an eternal boot on the "Little Guy".

[Contrary1]

35. Probably won't matter much to the average person...

Can't even remember the last time I had a $50.

[krispos42]

36. Bleah.

Cut and run in Lebanon
Gave arms to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
Gave arms to Muslim-theocracy Iran
Granted blanket amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants
Tripled the national debt with no cause
Pushed deregulation that caused two serious recessions and one banking collapse

[ThomWV]

39. Let's put Reagan on the trash heap of history instead

the man shouldn't get anything he doesn't deserve.

[Hawaii Hiker]

41. Fuck that...Also, that one DC airport will ALWAYS be

Washington National Airport to me....I never call it by its other name...

[RoccoR5955]

42. If they did that, I would surely

Wipe my ass with it before I spent it. If I didn't get enough shit on it, I'd deface it.
Reagan was a traitor, I don't care what anyone says. The CONS only ran him, because John Wayne was dead.

Not to mention, he killed my brother when he would not fund AIDS research early on. If ever there was a human being who deserves my wrath, it is he!

[upi402]

43. Evil do-er Raygun desrves all our wrath

Especially yours. Sorry about your brother, all our brothers and sisters were hurt by that co-star to a monkey.