I just got a dollar with "Impeach Bush" written on it

[adigal]

Is this a new tactic of those who hate America?? What is next - putting impeach signs in public bathrooms, or something?? What is wrong with these people - they truly hate America!!!

[skooooo]

1. Hey good idea!!

Let's start a new fad!

[StClone]

15. That's a bad idea!

Do not write "IMPEACH BUSH" on money especially the numerous one dollar bill so that it will be widely seen. Do not place large placards on busy roadways that say "IMPEACH BUSH." Do not leave printed materials in busy locations that say "IMPEACH BUSH" with accompanying supporting material. Do not state in public places words like "HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED FOR LYING NOW!" There are many things you should not do, so just do not do them. Please. :evilgrin:

[tanyev]

20. Do not put IMPEACH flyers in every junk mail pre-paid postage

envelope you get and return it!

[w8liftinglady]

33. lol..that is NOT a good idea

[i miss america]

84. And while we're at it, do not write IMPEACH BUSH on the cover of

magazines in waiting rooms, such as in doctors' offices.

:bounce:

[calimary]

44. And WHATEVER you do, DON'T use the word "LIE."

Just don't. If it's good enough for Wolf Blitzer, Candy Crowley, and Chris Matthews, it's good enough for you. One must only say "the president LIED to you" when it's Clinton.

:evilgrin:

[cantstandbush]

65. BEST of all thing not to do: go to justicefornone.com and

ask them to prepare a Handbill with a list of all the grounds for impeachment as spelled out by the impeachment panel sponsored by Harpers and Conyers. They make great Handbills and you print them off and not leave them all over the place.

[Divernan]

2. That is an absolutely GREAT idea. Gettin right on it!

and I'm recommending this thread.

[NativeTexan]

62. OR...post THIS!!

[Minnesota Libra]

3. Sure hope so!!!! The sooner the better too!! I........

.....just went and added "impeach Bush" to my paper money.

[acmavm]

4. That's a frigging great idea. On the thing that means most of

all in this entire world to the petty greedy little SOB.

[babylonsister]

5. Off to buy some stickers! nt

[rkc3]

6. Stickers? Use a Sharpie and laugh while you're writing it.

[babylonsister]

9. No, stickers for the 'impeach' message. I'm not

going to deface bathroom walls w/sharpies.

[rkc3]

79. I meant use the Sharpie for the bills.

I would never recommend defacing a public place with his name.

[NewWaveChick1981]

7. Spend it again and keep the message going!

I'm gonna do the same thing on LOTS of dollars!

[AbbyR]

49. Wonder if 'Impeach Bush' would fit on a coin? (nft)

[Lisa]

85. maybe on a coin-sized sticker!

When I was in Holland a while ago, I saw several examples of advertising done this way -- slap a sticker on one side of a coin, and wait for the random circulation of money to do its work ...

[stop the bleeding]

8. I have been doing to all of my bills from $20 - $1

If it is written in the margin, the white edge of the bill then that is ok, but if it is written in big letters over the face of the bill that is not ok.

Mine have been circulating in FL. for about 2 months now.

on edit here is a link:

Many of the writers cited the actual federal statute, which is vague, to say the least.

The pertinent passage: "Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any -- bill -- with intent to render such bill unfit to be reissued, shall be fined -- or imprisoned ..."

Instead of struggling with nuances and interpretations, I decided to go straight to the folks responsible for enforcing the law.

I started out at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving in Washington, D.C. Spokeswoman Claudia Dickens said writing on currency is NOT illegal, as long as it doesn't "render the bill unfit (for circulation)."

However, Dickens recommended that if I wanted a definitive answer, I should talk to somebody at the U.S. Secret Service.


~snip~


Getting down to specifics, he said the Secret Service was well aware of the wheresgeorge.com phenomenon. The agency's official position is that writing the Web site's name on a bill was, indeed, a violation of the law.

He said the folks who run the Web site had been informed of that.

Following Mackin's suggestion to call Detroit, I reached a Secret Service agent who said the statute is never enforced. He insisted on anonymity.

When I asked to speak to somebody less secretive, I got agent Joe Viviano, who put his own spin on the issue:

"If Grandma and Grandpa write 'Happy Birthday, Tommy' in the margin of a $50 bill with an ink pen, nobody's going to go after them," Viviano said. "But if they use a black magic marker and write in big letters across the face of the bill, that's another story."

Viviano said he interprets the statute to mean that, technically, writing anything anywhere on a bill is a violation of federal law.






http://www.johnnyburrito.com/ugly_write.htm

Hope this helps

[Synnical]

56. Me, too. For several months

At the office, we did a Super Bowl pool and I bought three squares. Went to lunch with one of the winners the following week and when she went to pay, she stated, "Look! Someone wrote IMPEACH BUSH" here." "Hmm", I commented, "Wonder who that was?" "You just can't help yourself, can you, Cindy?" she replied with a smile and saved one of the bills.

Now, she's a moderate Repuke, as her her hubby, who I also work with. Every time her hubby buys stock he checks with me - Wal-Mart? BAD!. Bought it anyway. GE - are they okay? BAD! Major defense contractor. Bought it anyway.

I may not be changing their actions, but at least they think about them now. I try and hope the little things count, someday . . . somehow. :shrug:

-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale

[Cassandra]

10. That's better than the 9/11 dollar I've seen...

which had a picture of Chimpy's mug with "Our Commander" under it. :puke:

[liberal N proud]

11. First writing on money is a crime, but then so is everything bu$h does

But the stickers are not as good an idea, it is defacing property.
If you want to make an impact in that way, make posters or post-it note signs and place them on bulletin boards everywhere you go.
Tape them to mirrors in restrooms and on doors into and out of public places.
They will get removed but for every sign you post, several people will see it before it is removed.
I use post-it notes on gas pumps reminding the next person who is to blame for our high gas prices.

[sendero]

14. Banks write on money..

.... all the time. I don't think it is a crime unless it impedes the identification and usefulness of the bill.

[stop the bleeding]

16. technically yes defacing a bill in any way is a crime,

So in short write impeach Bush in the margins of your bills and your ok.

Peace!

Many of the writers cited the actual federal statute, which is vague, to say the least.

The pertinent passage: "Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any -- bill -- with intent to render such bill unfit to be reissued, shall be fined -- or imprisoned ..."

Instead of struggling with nuances and interpretations, I decided to go straight to the folks responsible for enforcing the law.

I started out at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving in Washington, D.C. Spokeswoman Claudia Dickens said writing on currency is NOT illegal, as long as it doesn't "render the bill unfit (for circulation)."

However, Dickens recommended that if I wanted a definitive answer, I should talk to somebody at the U.S. Secret Service.


~snip~


Getting down to specifics, he said the Secret Service was well aware of the wheresgeorge.com phenomenon. The agency's official position is that writing the Web site's name on a bill was, indeed, a violation of the law.

He said the folks who run the Web site had been informed of that.

Following Mackin's suggestion to call Detroit, I reached a Secret Service agent who said the statute is never enforced. He insisted on anonymity.

When I asked to speak to somebody less secretive, I got agent Joe Viviano, who put his own spin on the issue:

"If Grandma and Grandpa write 'Happy Birthday, Tommy' in the margin of a $50 bill with an ink pen, nobody's going to go after them," Viviano said. "But if they use a black magic marker and write in big letters across the face of the bill, that's another story."

Viviano said he interprets the statute to mean that, technically, writing anything anywhere on a bill is a violation of federal law.






http://www.johnnyburrito.com/ugly_write.htm

Hope this helps

[sendero]

21. Yet another case..

.... where bullshit unenforced laws are used as a threat to stifle anything those in power want to stifle.

Banks write on bills ALL THE TIME. I SEE THEM DO IT. Any store who takes $100 almost invariably uses the "counterfeit pen" to check the bill.

Point of fact - proving that a particular person scrawled something on a bill would be next to impossible IMHO.

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

[AllegroRondo]

29. No, its perfectly legal

http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/104

"Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. "


Its only illegal if your intent is to make the bill unfit to be reissued. Simply writing on or stamping a bill does not do this.

[laugle]

66. I figured it was a crime to deface bills, but who the hell could prove who

did it!!!

Many years ago I worked in a bank and saw plenty of bills with writing on it.

They don't bother going after people because they just can't prove it. Now if you start writing it on a bunch of bills, they could certainly trace it back to you.

And knowing the kind of gestapo tactics Bushco is using, I have no doubt they would proscecute people.

I love the idea of it, but think it's risky......sorry folkes......not a good idea!!

[TAPat]

12. WooHoo!

And I just bought a pack of brand new Sharpies the other day! :woohoo:

[adigal]

13. Anyone know the law on this??

I do NOT want to do anything that is against the law by defacing a dollar - that would be wrong and unAmerican. I know none of you do either. Is there any place where the rules are spelled out?

[stop the bleeding]

17. Here you go and it is OK but it is illegal

Many of the writers cited the actual federal statute, which is vague, to say the least.

The pertinent passage: "Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any -- bill -- with intent to render such bill unfit to be reissued, shall be fined -- or imprisoned ..."

Instead of struggling with nuances and interpretations, I decided to go straight to the folks responsible for enforcing the law.

I started out at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving in Washington, D.C. Spokeswoman Claudia Dickens said writing on currency is NOT illegal, as long as it doesn't "render the bill unfit (for circulation)."

However, Dickens recommended that if I wanted a definitive answer, I should talk to somebody at the U.S. Secret Service.


~snip~


Getting down to specifics, he said the Secret Service was well aware of the wheresgeorge.com phenomenon. The agency's official position is that writing the Web site's name on a bill was, indeed, a violation of the law.

He said the folks who run the Web site had been informed of that.

Following Mackin's suggestion to call Detroit, I reached a Secret Service agent who said the statute is never enforced. He insisted on anonymity.

When I asked to speak to somebody less secretive, I got agent Joe Viviano, who put his own spin on the issue:

"If Grandma and Grandpa write 'Happy Birthday, Tommy' in the margin of a $50 bill with an ink pen, nobody's going to go after them," Viviano said. "But if they use a black magic marker and write in big letters across the face of the bill, that's another story."

Viviano said he interprets the statute to mean that, technically, writing anything anywhere on a bill is a violation of federal law.






http://www.johnnyburrito.com/ugly_write.htm

Hope this helps

[laylah]

19. I am thinking it is

called "defacing government property"; therefore, I know NONE of us would want to do that. :yoiks:

Jenn

[Critters2]

27. I just got back from a road trip

where not a single soul followed the speed limit. Since when is violating the law unAmerican?

[AllegroRondo]

30. Its legal

http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/104

"Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. "


Its only illegal if your intent is to make the bill unfit to be reissued. Simply writing on or stamping a bill does not do this.

[SunDrop23]

18. Hmmm...that gives me an idea.

[Slit Skirt]

22. these are really great ideas ..

kick and recommended...we need everyone to see this

[Slit Skirt]

23. we need one more recommend for greatest page.....

we need everyone to read this and start doing this

[Gregorian]

24. AHA! I wonder if it was mine. Uh oh. Am I in trouble now?

OK, I admit it. It's a great way to spread the message. But I couldn't post it on DU. I was affraid it was something that might get me in trouble.

[adigal]

25. The dollar police, led by the head of Fox Security

are coming to get you.

[Gregorian]

26. Help, Mr. Wizard! I just wanted my democracy back!

I just realized that the evidence is long gone. I might have to do some more.

The only thing that's rough is trying to pay for things and not have more than one at a time. If I lived in a blue area, it would be no problem. But it's BUSTED, here. :)

[formercia]

28. Do not write it in the blank margin

makes it easier to see too.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

31. Good Idea. need special pen since regular ink wouldn't stick

We had created a number of stickers during the 2004 election-

Flush Bush out of office - put in bathrooms

Smoke bush out - by smoking areas

Stop Bush - everywhere

could do the same thing with impeach bush

it was fun doing this & a lot of folks came up to ask for them.

[SnowGoose]

32. Cool! Was it by any chance:

written in the bottom margin in all caps?

It's not that I personally mark bills that way... I was just, uh, curious!

[formercia]

35. funny, I checked my wallet

and found 2 bills marked exactly as you describe.

[roseBudd]

34. or those haters might just do this... the horror

Right click and choose Save Target As to DL the PDF:
http://bushcheated04.com/impeach.pdf

[Kolesar]

39. Good tie-in with the phone booth; couples the wire-taps message

to the phone user.

[roseBudd]

40. I use 3M Super 77 spray adhesive but only where there is already graffiti

The rest are left or placed in books or in the display window of empty tabloid boxes. Flyers are better than Freeway Blogging in the sense you can put a lot more verbage, which gives yuo the chance to inform and persuade.

Here is the IRAQ WAR: What is it good for? flyer:
http://bushcheated04.com/war2.pdf

[ClayZ]

45. and all those graphics here:

http://www.elbop.net/galleries_03.shtml

In case anyone wants to take an afternoon stroll with masking tape!

[adigal]

60. Hee, hee, hee, hee!!!

Love ya!!

[alfredo]

50. flour and water, heated to a boil. Cool and use

as paste. google wheat paste.

http://homepage.mac.com/alfredo_tomato/Wheatpaste.html

[ClayZ]

61. Thanks for the recipe!

:toast:

[alfredo]

64. This one looks good

http://solarcooking.org/wheatpaste.htm

Wheat paste

Prepare 1 cup (2.4 dl) of very hot water. Make a thin mixture of 3 tablespoons (45 ml) of white flour and cold water (just enough to wet all the flour and make it liquid enough to pour). Pour the cold mixture slowly into the hot water while stirring constantly. Bring to a boil. When it thickens, allow to cool. Smear on like any other glue. For slightly better strength, add 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of sugar after the glue is thickened. After using a portion, reheat the remaining in a covered jar or container to sterilize it for storage or keep refrigerated. If wheat flour is not available, other flours will work.

Check local laws

[ClayZ]

36. I bet some people send them in the mail.

Perhaps to right wing organizations.

They like money!

Buck them, so to speak.

[formercia]

37. make a donation n/t

[Tigress DEM]

77. ROFL

[Joey Liberal]

38. Great idea! n.t

[Gelliebeans]

41. I GOT ONE TOO!

I use it as a bookmark. :rofl: My husband got it as change and thought I needed to have it among my other impeach * stuff.

[jackster]

42. wonder if its one of mine......

n/t

and thanks for reminding me to do it again!

[Dunvegan]

43. Maybe it was one of mine...

...if I were really the kind of person that would have had a rubber stamp made up because I got tired of writing it out by hand.

Of course, writing on money is frowned up by the Dept. of Treasury...so I couldn't be me. :evilgrin:

[Hekate]

72. Not me, either. I never borrowed a friend's little red stamp...

...and stamped all the bills in my wallet. Uh-uh. To quote John Dean's immortal words to Richard Nixon, "That would be wrong."
:evilgrin:

But I see tally-marks on bills all the time, presumably from store clerks and bank tellers.

Hekate

[Sapphire Blue]

46. Nice to know they're getting around : )

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

47. I Prefer "Impeach King George"

It's more to the point.

[mike_c]

48. I've been doing that for weeks....

Mostly "Impeach Bush," "Bush is a war criminal," and "U.S. out of Iraq!"

Everyone should do it. Write it in the margin where it's easy to read. Every few days, take a couple of minutes to write it on every bill you have-- during the next few days you'll exchange them for clean ones and your message will begin circulating around the country.

[Dr Fate]

51. Great idea. n/t

n/t

[Synnical]

52. Enter serial number here

and start tracking the bill:

http://www.wheresgeorge.com/

[pat_k]

53. If you can afford it, buy and put a copy of Harper's at Dr's ofcs, Gym, .

. . . anywhere you can think of that people are looking for reading material.

(Also, reprints of The Nation Impeachment issue a few weeks back.)

[Neil Lisst]

54. I'm imagining an entirely new department of Homeland Security ..

It's part of the Treasury, and its job is to track down whoever is writing things about BUSH on money.

LAW &
ORDER
currency defacement division

[mithnanthy]

55. I got a $5 bill last week....

and written on it was "Geo. Bush quit booze, quite coke, found God and started wars founded on lies." I was pleasantly surprised and saved it but may have to put it back into circulation.

[PittLib]

57. I found one when I opened my cash register at work ...

(I am a bartender) and immediately through it in the tip jar. It made my day.

[file83]

58. Done. (Good idea!)

[Hissyspit]

59. K & R

[osaMABUSh]

63. I've been writing "Bush Lies" on dollars, walls, public restrooms,

etc. for about a year now. Hmm, I think it's time to re-visit those places with a fresh Sharpie and add "Impeach Bush"

[FreedomAngel82]

67. And you forgot

they want America to be attacked by the terrorist's.

:sarcasm:

[AtomicKitten]

68. I like it.

I'm going to get paid in dollar bills and then get carpal tunnel syndrome.

[roody]

69. It is very impolite to write

"War criminal lives here" or "home of war criminal" on the white house side of a 20 dollar bill. Please do not do it. On the face side it is not nice to write "genocidal" or "Killer of Native Peoples" next to Andrew Jackson's face.

[AtomicKitten]

81. I will be sure to be careful when I don't write that.

[Fiendish Thingy]

70. I've been stamping "Impeach Bush" on bills for over almost 2 years now n/t

[gordontron]

71. make sure to avoid http://www.freewayblogger.com/

http://www.freewayblogger.com/

is anti-patriotical I do tell ye'! Yeeehaaaa is my foreign policy!

[Dem2theMax]

73. Go high tech folks.

Use your printer. You can pick out the font type, whether you want it in bold or not, even choose a pretty color, like bright red.
(Just so no one misses it.) :evilgrin:

Now I've only heard about this. I've never tried it out myself. :evilgrin:

[eridani]

75. And don't ever, ever do it, either!

That would be bad! :evilgrin:

[Contrary1]

74. Here's one for the public phones...

You talk...He listens.

[Tigress DEM]

76. Do NOT write IMPEACH Bush on those little ad inserts that fall out of Mags

and put them back into other mags. I mean a person would have to gather them up off the floor, take them home, write them up (wiping for prints - of course - if it were TV anyway) and re-insert casually the next time you browsed mags. It would be way too much work.

[Tigress DEM]

78. Do NOT write "BUSH" under the STOP signs.

That would be illegal too.

[Maddy McCall]

80. If I had a sharpie. I would write it on all my fives, tens, and twenties.

I would write it on half of my ones.

:D

[Neil Lisst]

82. it's also legal to protest, but try protesting a Bush appearance

My point is that the Bush administration does what it wants, and it tramples on the legal to treat citizens like criminals all the time.

In today's world, the restraint that has been practiced by government in the past may not be a good indicator of how it will act in the future.

Writing ON currency appears not to be illegal, but if anyone publicly advocates writing IMPEACH BUSH on currency, at some point they will probably get a visit from a Bush admin goon of some kind.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

83. I just did it to every dollar in my wallet!

Which is not much thanks to Bush

[sampsonblk]

86. Illegal? Love to see this one reach the USSC!

Done. On all the bills I have! Let's keep this going.

[wiley]

87. That's awful

I've seen Impeach Bush and Corrupt republicans in toilet stalls in permanent markers, and inserts in free community mags all over. I saw someone had scrawled graffiti like this on a bus!What are these people thinking?