tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post6105106931097196694..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: The Coin Is Dead, Long Live the CoinsKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-64303692768740368932013-01-15T11:54:31.199-05:002013-01-15T11:54:31.199-05:00We're getting closer to the Roman Empire all t...We're getting closer to the Roman Empire all the time. The executive may be constrained by monotheism from naming the executive a god, but there still is exaltation by coinage. I had hoped that science, in its ultimate rationality, would rename Homo sapiens to Australopithecus hubris, but that just won't happen. I do think they could drop 'sapiens' in favor of the more descriptive 'hubris' though.James F Traynornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-33506516432907849912013-01-14T16:46:21.164-05:002013-01-14T16:46:21.164-05:00I'm thinking this coin set would fit in nicely...I'm thinking this coin set would fit in nicely with my presidential memorabilia collection. Which consists so far of a Richard Nixon "I Am Not a Crook" wristwatch, an autographed copy of the book "My 7 Years As Astrologer to Ronald Reagan" and my favorite collectible, a Dubya Bobblehead.4Runnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582762546159637023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-66800671838783229742013-01-14T15:23:23.143-05:002013-01-14T15:23:23.143-05:00"Leapin' lizards!"
Just maybe those..."Leapin' lizards!"<br /><br />Just maybe those coins really were inspired by the Little Orphan Annie comics, Hooverism in the funnies.<br /><br />Harold Gray, Little Orphan Annie’s creator, was a fierce critic of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal and he made sure his comic strip readers knew it, although he never named FDR in Annie. “I have despised Roosevelt and his socialist, or creeping communist, policies since 1932, and said so in my stuff,” Gray once wrote. Its opposition to the New Deal made Little Orphan Annie very popular. <br /><br />When FDR was nominated for a fourth term, Gray's anti-New Deal "Little Orphan Annie" killed off Daddy Warbucks. "Some have called me a dirty capitalist, but I've merely used the imagination and common sense and energy that kind of providence gave me. Now? Well, Annie, times have changed, and I'm old and tired. I guess it's time to go!" said Warbucks, protesting that he shouldn't have to apologize for being successful, on his deathbed in 1944. After FDR’s death, Daddy Warbucks arose from the dead, “Somehow I feel that the climate here has changed since I went away.” <br /><br />Pro-Warbucks conservatives saw him as a successful, hardworking financial tycoon. Richard Marshall, America’s Great Comic Strip Artists, writes that “Annie’s homilies and examples of self-reliance and realistic optimism struck a chord with millions of readers who formed a fanatical and loyal corps of followers,” including Ronald Reagan, thus reshaping American conservatism.<br /><br />Recall that back in 2008 Barack Obama shocked many progressives by praising Ronald Reagan as someone who brought America a “sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing.” Obama bought the right-wing smears against Roosevelt. The self-deluding Obats did not find this troubling and said it was ridiculous to think that Obama was a captive of right-wing mythology. <br /><br />Obama's eyes are vacant circles! He still holds the Reagan myth!Denis Nevillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-37034557637875641172013-01-14T14:22:32.880-05:002013-01-14T14:22:32.880-05:00@Karen--
Personally, I think that it's entire...@Karen--<br /><br />Personally, I think that it's entirely appropriate to depict the Prez and Veep with vacant, unseeing eyes. <br /><br />This symbolizes both their brain-power <i> and </i> concern for the American people quite well, don't you think?<br /><br />But much as I would love to have this splendid coin set further cluttering up my "junk drawer," I'm afraid it's just a bit too steep for me, and, probably, for most of us.<br /><br />Still, there's the $75 "hoodie" available for men, and the $50 sterling silver "charm" for the gals. <br /><br />Such a deal! Don't miss out!Zeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-59220947045394903802013-01-14T12:23:46.371-05:002013-01-14T12:23:46.371-05:00Recently received this Obama inaugural promo:
The...<b>Recently received this Obama inaugural promo</b>:<br /><br /><i>The following is a paid advertisement by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, sent to you by <b>AlterNet</b>.</i><br /><br />Friend,<br /><br />Imagine going to the Inaugural Ball next Monday with President Obama and Michelle. That'd be pretty great, right?<br /><br />But what if you got to meet the new Democratic senators too? Even better!<br /><br />Well, today is your chance to make it happen. Enter the DSCC's Grand Inaugural Contest and you and a guest could win:<br /><br />Tickets to the Inaugural Ball with President and Michelle Obama<br /><br />Passes to a private reception with all the new Democratic senators<br /><br />Airfare and hotel accommodations in Washington, D.C.<br /><br />Democrats won the White House and Senate because of grassroots supporters like you. And that's why you deserve to celebrate the Inauguration with them!<br /><br />So what are you waiting for? The contest ends Sunday at midnight - enter now for your chance to win!<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Sen. Michael Bennet <br />Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign CommitteeRobert Knightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-9387774472657236462013-01-14T10:35:39.321-05:002013-01-14T10:35:39.321-05:00Either that or they've rolled up into his head...Either that or they've rolled up into his head.James F Traynornoreply@blogger.com