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Lenape85 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 12:56 AM
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Do you think Andrew Jackson should be removed from the 20 dollar bill
I think so, what he did to the Indians was just horrible.
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 12:59 AM
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1. I heard bad things about George Washington, as well
as another GW (who will no doubt be placed on the 3 dollar bill)
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:01 AM
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4. That's Clinton, remember?
Don't ask, don't tell?

Besides, everyone already knows that Bill's wife is a homocidal lesbian. DOn't you read World Net Daily? :)
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:01 AM
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2. Might as well remove all of them then
All of the dead white guys on our money were complicit to a large degree to how the Native Americans were treated. Even the otherwise enlightened Benjamin Franklin was not a big champion of the human rights of Native Americans.

Ever read Jefferson's hateful bile in the Declaration of Independence? Or learn what Lincoln advocated? Jackson was hardly an anomaly.

That being said, fuck it. It's just money, and does it really matter who is on it when it spends the same?
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:01 AM
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3. You could scratch out "Jackson" and write "Kerry."
The resemblance is rather striking.

But I didn't tell you to do that. Defacing money is a crime, damn it.
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:02 AM
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5. I'd be afraid to see his replacement.
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fnottr Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:06 AM
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6. Totally
The only contender I've seen floating around for the 20 is Raygun
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Lenape85 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:07 AM
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7. I'd love to see F. Roosevelt on it
And yes, every prez has committed some type of atrocity. But, Jackson HAD TRIED TO WIPE OUT THE ENTIRE NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION. No president can compare to that.
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:10 AM
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8. You know FDR wouldn't get on the $20 bill.
It would likelier be George W. Bush or Reagan. At that rate, I'd rather have the killer from the past on the money.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:33 AM
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11. Yeah, FDR only interned the Japanese-Americans
That doesn't even rate a mention in this day and age.
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Lenape85 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:35 AM
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12. I believe that was one of the few really bad things he did
At least it wasn't intended for GENOCIDE
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:36 AM
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13. Still, a good president
Edited on Fri Jan-14-05 01:37 AM by Rabrrrrrr
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:15 AM
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9. I think Teddy Roosevelt deserves to be on money
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:25 AM
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10. I don't know that his contributions outweighed
his mistreatment of the Native Americans.

In addition to FDR, I'd like to see Teddy Roosevelt on US currency.
But please, please...not Ray gun!
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:37 AM
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14. Reagan is going to be on all of our cash
thats what oxyru$h said
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CarpeVeritas Donating Member (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:57 AM
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15. if Raygun ever appears on paper currency-
I'll burn his likeness completely away(but i'd leave the numbers intact- i'm not stupid)

if he comes out on a coin- I'll be making good theraputic use of my drill press.
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