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ISUGRADIA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 12:36 AM
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Jerk John Kline: Put Reagan on the $50 Bill
I posted this in general where it seems to have died, but I thought this would be of interest to Minnesotans:


More haigiography from the right, and from one of the most moronic Republican Congressmen in Minnesota, John Kline. Grant should stay on the bill for his Civil War activities if not for his failed Presidency. He did a hell of a lot more for this country than Reagan.


I'd not be against putting Reagan's mug on Treasury Bills, like the million dollar ones since we are still paying interest on the debt he left for us from the 1980s.



http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S6217.html?cat=1


WASHINGTON - Minnesota Congressman John Kline wants former President Ronald Reagan's picture to replace Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 bill. Grant was a Civil War general who went on to become president.



Kline, of Lakeville, served as a military aide to Reagan. The Minnesota Republican said Reagan was guided by unwavering principles and a steadfast character. Kline has a photo of him in military dress shaking hands with Reagan prominently displayed on his congressional Web site.



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Pale_Rider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 12:38 AM
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1. I guess the price ...
...of toilet paper is going up!
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 12:52 AM
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2. I agree he was guided by unwavering principles and character
The wrong principles and a shoddy character.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 12:55 AM
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3. I don't know. Seems appropriate.
Replace the leader of the nation's 3rd most corrupt administration with the leader of the nation's 2nd most corrupt administration.

Somebody's got to fill in until Shrub gets there.
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 01:01 AM
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4. not that i see them that often, but I'd probably have to deface...
...a reagan $50 with information about his misadventures, lies, corrupt administration etc. that's about the only way i could countenance reagan staring out from a $50.
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ISUGRADIA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 01:17 AM
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5. What really annoys me is that the neo-cons have to remove
and denigrate someone else's historical contribution in the process (Grant on the $50, Alexander Hamilton on the $10 in an earlier proposal, Farmer Labor Governor Olson of the Olson Highway) and replace them with Reagan. What's next, tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to put up the Reagan Shrine.
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 07:54 AM
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6. We should write to all the others in Congress and say we don't support
Kline.

Bad enough we have to deal with the stamps. :puke:
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hermetic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 08:49 AM
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7. I plan to
At least with the stamps you can choose not to buy them.
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MNDEM2004 Donating Member (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 12:16 AM
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11. And everything else!
Highways,buildings,stamps,money. When will it END.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 11:16 AM
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14. When I recive something in the mail
telling me my kitchen sink is named the Ronald Reagan sink and I should think of Reagan evertime I do my dishes. ;)
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Demrock6 Donating Member (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:44 AM
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8. Gran was a Civil War hero. What did Ronnie do? n/t
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 03:55 PM
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9. St Ronnie was the voice in the wilderness, and he came in from
the wilderness and slew the evil Bear of the Soviets. And St Ronnie begat George I, and George I begat George II...
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 08:01 PM
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10. They really
spin his legacy don't they.
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markdd Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 10:37 AM
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12. Why not the $100????
After all isn't that the appropriate bill for snorting all the cocaine he helped bring into the country?
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 11:15 AM
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13. They want a denomination
that the common folk can use. Like FDR on the dime. They want Reagan on an everyday bill, not a bill that is rarely used.
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markdd Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 07:39 PM
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15. In that case, I suggest the Quarter.
To celibrate Reagan's position as a "2 bit President".
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