Reagan's bust on dime touted...

[King_Crimson]

This from the Fort Wayne Indiana Journal-Gazette on 11-27-03:

Souder leading fight to toss FDR in favor of conservative icon

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"This is time for us to make a statement, right now, because we feel Ronald Reagan's been terribly trashed," Souder said, referring to a made-for-TV miniseries that was yanked from the CBS schedule after a storm of criticism that castigated the movie as unfairly portraying the former president.
A profile of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat and the 32nd president, has been on the 10-cent piece since 1946, a year after FDR died in office.
"Reagan is, in effect, the Republican Roosevelt. He (FDR) is more or less the founder, as the New Deal, of interventionist governmaent," Souder said. "He is viewed in many American's minds as the founder of the current welfare state, and Ronald Reagan is viewed as the founder of conservative presidential things."
more...
www.journalgazette.net

Just when you thought you've heard it all, this little bootlicker has to open his sourpuss up(yes, he's the congressman from the 4th district in Indiana where I reside). Is it not enough that Saint Reagan has an airport named after him and a building in Washington? This suggestion is an outrage and the most disrespectful thing this little Fascist has come up with. I intend to let him know my sentiments too! :mad:

[patdem]

1. Ronald Reagan is viewed as the founder of conservative presidential things

Things???? Things????? When did Welfare become a nasty word??? the Bill of Right states 'to promote the welfare'...NOT a bad word..but things??? what things??? GREED IS GOOD??? that thing???

[King_Crimson]

3. I can't explain what runs through...

the mind of those without a soul! Saint Reagan is the founder and enabler of modern day Fascism...period!

[terrya]

2. I remember that there's an organization called "The Legacy Comittee"

Or somesuch. It was created to insure that Reagan gets his due.

This committee wants Reagan's image on the $10 bill (apparently, that Alexander Hamilton guy is so boring). This group is also pushing for Reagan's likeness on Mount Rushmore (never mind the fact that Mount Rushmore is geologically unstable).

Reagan has a fucking aircraft carrier and an airport named after him (though I will always refer to the airport as National Airport).

And now his likeness on the dime. Unbelievable.

[Scurrilous]

8. Reagan of Mt. Rushmore?

They're seriously considering defiling a National Memorial and a work of art just to honor Reagan? What's next? Adding Reagan's mug to da Vinci's Last Supper as a 13th Apostle?

[directinfection]

20. even worse

republicans in New Hampshire wanted to rename a mountain in the presidential range "mt reagan." these people are nuts. in the grand scheme of things i don't beleive reagan will amount to much of anything. anyways know what happened to their mountain proposal?

[brainshrub]

39. Regan also has the Florida Turnpike named after him.

I have no idea as to why.

[calimary]

61. He has the Ronald Reagan Freeway out in Simi Valley, leading to his

Ronald Reagan Library. Where they have Ronald Reagan Everything. Except of course for official Ronald Reagan Toilet Paper - which in my opinion would be an appropriate naming.

I guess we'll have to wait another generation or so before we can redress some of these extremes and re-name a few things. For myself, I absolutely REFUSE to refer to the airport in Washington DC as the Reagan International Airport. I just can't do it.

[mediaman007]

4. Let him get is own coin, we have this one.

I suggest the ever popular 22 cent piece.

[Hand]

6. Better yet...

the three-dollar bill.

:mad: :mad:

[Kenneth ken]

9. given that

Raygun would be on the coin, I suggest a new IOU coin. It would be very fitting for the founder of unending deficit politics to be on such a coin.

And perfect for the corporate looting crowd. Imagine! You go to the store, buy something for $18.03, give the cashier a $20, and get back a Sacagewa and a Raygun - instead of an actual 97 cents. As an IOU coin it would cover all change related transactions between .01 - .99

Now THAT would be fitting.

[xxqqqzme]

21. Now, this suggestion is a

fitting and appropriate tribute.

I love this.

[stevedeshazer]

28. Much better idea

Reagan's mug should be on negative money, such as the (-) $1 trillion bill.

[Peprtoad]

41. California Ranch Would Be More Interesting

Actually, why not just dump Montecello? Why should Jefferson get his mug AND a picture of his house on one of our major coins? He was prez a LONG time ago and only deserves one half of a coin now. Let Jefferson keep his profile shot but dump boring old Montecello for Reagan's California Ranch on the other side of the nickel.

It could be a lifelike image, featuring realistic cow and pie in the back pasture.

Just a thought . . .

[newyawker99]

53. Hi Peprtoad!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Lefty48197]

30. I was thinking the half penny

eom

[Kanary]

5. Reagan: Founder Of Corporate Welfare

~~

[King_Crimson]

7. I plan on letting this little worm know...

that it's disgusting for him to mention Reagan's name in the same sentence as Roosevelt.

[IndianaGreen]

10. Here is a better link to the story

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/7363307.htm

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Let's hope the image will be realistic.

Complete with dumbfounded look and drool.

[Kanary]

13. confounded image

"Complete with dumbfounded look and drool."

Yup, he was the founder of The Dumb Look.

Kanary

[BringEmOn]

32. Reagan Dime?

[IndianaGreen]

12. The Reagan cult will be followed by the Bush cult

Putting Reagan on a coin has been popular in conservative circles for several years. It's been advocated by the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project, a program of Americans for Tax Reform. The group wants a public landmark in every state and all 3,067 counties named for Reagan.

Although it would break with tradition to put a living person on a circulating coin, there is no law that prevents it.

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/7363307.htm

[youngred]

60. they are already building the Cult of Bush

complete with action figures, photos and intense devotion to 'glorious leader'

[Lisa]

14. Hello? "March of Dimes"? Polio?

http://www.marchofdimes.com/aboutus/789_821.asp

Even Canadians like me know about the illness that FDR and countless others fought against ...and the significance of the dime in funding the research that resulted in a vaccine. People sent dimes to the White House, to contribute to the effort! (I suppose the next thing is to get Bush's face on the dollar bill, because of his "send a dollar for Afghan children" borrowed idea?)

My parents told me what it was like, growing up in a time when there was NO DEFENSE against a dreadful and mysterious disease ... I am everlastingly grateful that we can now do something about it! The story behind the Roosevelt dime is unique, and teaches this lesson in an inspiring way.

To dump FDR's likeness is the worst type of "revisionist history" ... something which conservatives are always accusing liberals of doing!

[oasis]

16. You make an excellent point Lisa.(eom)

[ClassWarrior]

17. The Party of Nixon is all about revising "liberal" history...

Look at the massive revision of the Democratic signature legislation, Medicare.

[phillybri]

57. Great point: McCarthy is a great patriot, FDR was a commie....

I can't begin to tell you how pissed off I was when I saw this....

:nuke:

[stevedeshazer]

26. Thank you, Lisa

Great post.

[ClassWarrior]

15. Okay, let's give 'em the dime...

IF we get a Clinton quarter.

:evilgrin:

[jsw_81]

18. Oh Christ no!

Reagan on a dime??? :puke:

[NaMeaHou]

19. I can guarantee you

I would never accept a dime in change again. That likeness has no place in my life. I can also guarantee you that as soon as he passes to the other side, this will be pushed strongly and the vast majority of fools won't give a shit. They don't care about killing innocent children, they don't care about kidnapping innocent civilians, they don't care about causing a prisoner in their custody to die from a "heart attack" while being interrogated, they don't give a shit about anything. I have given up on them. The people I see on a daily basis don't give a shit about anything except getting some pot or another 12 pack.

[mmonk]

22. I will not deal with

dimes if that's the case. I don't think we need anymore busts of heads on our coins. I prefer early leaders (in our history) on our currency.

[Cocoa]

23. how about Mark David Chapman instead?

just kidding, I don't approve of his action.

There's a line from a movie, it's driving me nuts I don't remember what it's from, it was "let's put Squeaky Fromme on the two-dollar bill."

[leetrisck]

24. Nancy's bust would fit better

doncha think.

[maddezmom]

33. LOL n/t

[Pastiche423]

35. Nancy has a bust?

Our 1st ever concave coin!

[Peprtoad]

42. ROFL

TOO funny! :yourock:

[jpgray]

25. When Reagan is our idol, this country has truly lost its way (nt)

[kayell]

27. I such a horror ever happens, I will never accept a Raygun dime as change

they'll have to break it all into Thomas Jeffersons or Lincolns for me.

[buycitgo]

29. what's on the B side?

John Hinckley?

[Peprtoad]

40. Suggestion for B Side

:tinfoilhat: ?? lol

[leetrisck]

31. A mere dime

he was at least "a 2 bit president"

[Cooley Hurd]

34. Over my dead body!

FDR was one of our greatest presidents! Reagan was an utter failure. Why not just put Reagan on the penny, since they're just about useless anyway (like St Ronnie, himself)?

Fuck them if they try to do it!
<reposted from a locked dupe>

[youngred]

36. conservative presidential things

how articulate :eyes:

This is ludicrous. Already my hospital and airport are named after that conservative fuck nothing more

[Octafish]

37. PRUNEFACE IS NO FDR!

The late mayor of Detroit, the great Coleman Young, called Ronald Wilson Reagan "Pruneface." More than just a physical description of the prunefaced Raygun, Pruneface was a Dick Tracy character. Guess what he was known for?

He was a NAZI AGENT!

[ClassWarrior]

38. It warms my heart to hear you call him Pruneface...

My wonderful late mother used to call him that. Feisty lady.

:)

[Octafish]

44. Hey, ClassWarrior! You two made my day!

I'm very sorry about your irreplaceable and infinite loss, ClassWarrior. She sounds like a great Democrat!

Here's a nice example of what Pruneface was all about:



Of course, the turd was acting.

If I haven't said so yet: A hearty welcome to DU, ClassWarrior!

Thanks for telling me about your mother and how she felt about Old Pruneface. She had the guy pegged.

[rppper]

51. side by side comparison....separated at birth???

[DragonMage]

43. The last remnants of the New Deal

What better way to signal the end of the New Deal than to remove its author from our coinage?

[Octafish]

45. Just like they changed Cape Kennedy back to Cape Canaveral.

Pruneface Reagan, the guy who helped militarize space with his Star Wars program, removed the name of JFK, the man who got the United States to the moon ahead of the commies, from the place man set off to another world. The only world Reagan and the rest of the neo-NAZI horde want Liberals to inhabit is that of the grave.

[Kanary]

46. Welcome to D.U., DragonMage!

"What better way to signal the end of the New Deal than to remove its author from our coinage?"

Sadly, very true.

Kanary

[SiobhanClancy]

47. This better not happen....

FDR was one of the greatest of all the Presidents...in the top three,if not number one(as far as I'm concerned,he is number one). I would hope that most Americans would not stand for such an insult to his memory. I'm writing this congresscritter and letting him know that he's not going to be able to sneak this legislation through,and I hope many people do the same. Don't our representatives have anything better to do than this sort of thing anyway? If there is ANY chance of passing this,I hope to see a reaction that makes the Reagan movie fiasco look like a garden party. This is just outrageous.

[tlb]

48. Nothing so terrible about the idea

although I'd prefer they left the dime alone. As a collector I think the FDR bust lends itself handsomely to the dime. The nickel and the quarer are however are each boring designs that could benefit from a change. No pun intended. :)

It would be unsurprising to see something of this sort gain the necessary congressional approval. The Kennedy half and the Ike silver dollar each followed shortly after the death of these former presidents. A Reagan coin would be in line with precedent.

My actual preference would be to return the Indian and buffalo to the nickel, but a Reagan nickel wouldn't be such a horrible thing.

[Dr Fate]

50. If they do, I will only accept dimes & pennies...n/t

,,,

[mrdmk]

49. Here is a great place for this man

Lets put Regan on Monopoly’s get out of jail free card with the following group photo:

GATES, ROBERT CIA Deputy Director.
WARREN RUDMAN, R-New Hampshire Vice Chairman
GEORGE J. MITCHELL, Maine
DAVID L. BOREN, Oklahoma
WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
DANTE B. FASCELL, D-Florida Vice Chairman
THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington
LOUIS STOKES, Ohio
LES ASPIN, Wisconsin
ABRAMS, ELLIOTT PNAC Signatory, Assist Sec of State for Inter-American Affairs
BUSH,GEORGE Vice President of the United States
CASEY, WILLIAM Director CIA, 1981-1987. Died May 6,1987.
CLIFFORD, CLARK (CFR insider 1988 CFR annual report list)
Former Secretary of Defense, see: Clark Clifford
COOPER, CHARLES Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel.
GATES, ROBERT CIA Deputy Director.
INMAN, BOBBY Former Director of the National Security Agency and former Deputy Director of the CIA.
MCFARLANE, ROBERT C. (BUD) National Security Advisor. Also led mission to Teheran in May 1986.
OWEN, ROBERT Messenger between Contra leaders and North. Contracted with the Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office of the U.S. State Department to work with the Contras.
WILLIAM CASEY. Previously worked for Adnan Khashoggi. Served as contact point with Manucher Ghorbanifar.
General Richard Secord is veteran of the CIA secret war in Laos.<2>
Also involved:
Edwin Meese PNAC Signatory - Attorney General.
Oliver North - Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps. Assistant Deputy Director for Political-Military Affairs of the National Security Council 1981-86.
John Poindexter - Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy. National Security Adviser from December 1985 to November 25, 1986. McFarlane's Deputy previously GW Bush Admin
Adnan Khashoggi - Saudi Arabian businessman who financed the shipments of weapons from Israel to Iran.
Albert Hakim - Richard Secord's business partner in the "Enterprise." Naturalized U.S. citizen of Iranian birth. Negotiated the "Hakim Accords."
Clair George- CIA Deputy Director for Operations during the Iran- Contra affair

These folks have yet to do time for undermining the consitution.
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[VOX]

52. RWers are trying to get Reagan's bust/head/image/name on *anything*...

There will be a lot more "Reagan" landmarks popping up over the countryside in the near future. When he finally dies, expect a canonization of RR.

Reagan is the right wing's godhead. If you speak ill of him, you are publicly branded a traitor.

This is the stuff of fascism, folks.

[Military Brat]

54. Hey, I'm all for it. Here's why ...

In street slang, to drop a dime on someone is to inform on them; that is, to betray them. Truly Republican behavior.

In homosexual slang, a dime is ten years in prison. Not enough for Reagan, but it's a start.

A dime is a $10 bag of pot (pretty puny pickings). No problem associating pot with Reagan as far as I'm concerned. He was and remains very potty. If you go to http://www.onelook.com "potty" means "a stupid and confused person."

So you see, because of the novelty of Reagan's bust being on the dime, the new language on the street will replace "Reagan" for "dime" and that will slur that man's name like none of us could ever hope to accomplish in our lifetime otherwise. Actually the new dime will probably be called a Reaggie, and sound like "Reggae," which is the closest Reagan will ever get to association with people of color.

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[Field Of Dreams]

59. Reagan on the dime, Bush on the dime bag.

n/t

[Touchdown]

55. We got part of I-25 named after the annointed one here.

It goes right through right wing controlled, valium in the water Colorado Springs. I drove on it...at leaast I think so. I seemed to have lost my memory after I passed the sign.:crazy:

[Drifter]

56. I say put him on the ...

penny, and then phase out the penny. It is after all relatively worthless.

Cheers
Drifter

[Zomby Woof]

58. put DEAN on the dime!

DEAN DEAN DEAN DEAN DEAN DEAN DEAN DEAN DEAN DEAN DEAN DEAN!!!!!!!!!!!! *sigh* He's sooooo dreamy! He's Dreamy Deany!


Oh sorry, I've been reading GD too long this morning.

Fuck Reagan. Maybe the freepers should be reminded that FDR was HIS political hero too. But I don't want that missed abortion in diapers on the coinage.