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 AlmightyWalrus wrote:


I'm going to be an donkey-cave and ask for a source for that. Emmeline Pankhurst, as one of the figureheads of the Suffragette movement, would like a word with you.

Any other non-American's you'd like us to put on our money?

 cincydooley wrote:

 d-usa wrote:

It is easier to tolerate Jackson than to expect our government not to feth up the process of replacing him.

That sounds exactly right. Well said.

I mean, I dont dis agree.
But, lets say we where to replace him, With Whom?
I still argue that we should put Cartoon characters on money. Just for Lulz

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Ghazkuul wrote:



SIDENOTE: Susan B Anthony, most famous feminist, not first my bad.

I'm going to be an donkey-cave and ask for a source for that. Emmeline Pankhurst, as one of the figureheads of the Suffragette movement, would like a word with you.

Hold on a minute while i go google that person....why because just like 99.99% of people i have never heard of her. hold one while Susan B. Anthony, unarguably the most "FAMOUS" feminist ever gives me the finger for being a man. :-P

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

 d-usa wrote:

It is easier to tolerate Jackson than to expect our government not to feth up the process of replacing him.

That sounds exactly right. Well said.

I mean, I dont dis agree.
But, lets say we where to replace him, With Whom?
I still argue that we should put Cartoon characters on money. Just for Lulz

Finn and Jake? Rigby and Mordechai?

Spongebob too, Along with Dora

You could make a case for putting Mickey Mouse on the currency.

Harriet Tubman is a fine choice to replace Jackson. She is a strong, inspiring, compassionate role model and war hero.

Also, she was selected by a vote. DO YOU HATE DEMOCRACY?

So by page 2 this thread has already turned into a "lulz" and "joke" thread by the OP?

Go figure.

 Ghazkuul wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Ghazkuul wrote:



SIDENOTE: Susan B Anthony, most famous feminist, not first my bad.

I'm going to be an donkey-cave and ask for a source for that. Emmeline Pankhurst, as one of the figureheads of the Suffragette movement, would like a word with you.

Hold on a minute while i go google that person....why because just like 99.99% of people i have never heard of her. hold one while Susan B. Anthony, unarguably the most "FAMOUS" feminist ever gives me the finger for being a man. :-P

Boudicca would like a word with you on that!

Elizabeth Van Lew was pretty awesome. Union spy. Helped Grant in a big way. Virginian.
http://minimumwagehistorian.com/2013/01/03/elizabeth-van-lew-union-spy/

Amelia Earhart anyone?

 MWHistorian wrote:
Elizabeth Van Lew was pretty awesome. Union spy. Helped Grant in a big way. Virginian.
http://minimumwagehistorian.com/2013/01/03/elizabeth-van-lew-union-spy/

She gets a a +1 from me because she's a Virginian. I also think Harriet Tubman is a fine choice to be represented on currency.

Do they still print that stuff?

Been quite awhile since I carried cash......plastic all the way

I agree that we should portray a woman on our currency. Let us therefore embrace our ertswhile sovereign to whose reign we have a natural right, although we have long eschewed as much.

 MWHistorian wrote:
FDR? I'd rather not celebrate a president that sent people to internment camps based of race and tried to hold on to power longer than any other president.

Why? Yes, the camps were wrong... in hindsight. The problem facing him at the time was the prospect of a two-front war, and a demographic that was actively spying against US interests. That's the thing people tend to forget. Many Japanese-Americans were simply writing home to family still in Japan, however they were giving up information with intelligence value, and some were actively spying against the US (trying to gain information beyond a casual observation or touristy photograph). I personally think that FDR would not have made this kind of decision lightly


As for trying to hold on to power longer than anyone else... who ran against him? Among those who did run against him, well, it seems obvious that he remained the best choice until he was no longer president. I am glad, however, that because he was in office for so long that we did put a term limit on the office (I wish we'd do the same for the congressmen as well).



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 whembly wrote:
Amelia Earhart anyone?

Why venerate someone who got lost? Seems pretty obvious where Apple got their direction app's directions from


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 cincydooley wrote:

Any other non-American's you'd like us to put on our money?

Hanoi Jane Fonda?

Is there a tradition of putting figures on money who had a big impact on the national economy, rather than civil rights? (At least in America?) My original source on that factoid is somewhat less than reliable...

Why not the quarter...

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Being Washington on the one dollar bill

Or move Jackson to the quarter and Tubman to the 20?

That could work to. I do not see any "issues" of adding Tubman to replace Washington on either type of currency

My issue is that, no offense to her, in the bigger picture she didn't matter. She effected probably hundreds of lives and lived an incredible life. But compared to any US president its like weighing an anvil and a feather. .....(except maybe carter....poor poor carter) Anyway, All current US Bills and coins feature a person who directly effected the United States. Im honestly a bit surprised we don't have an MLK coin/bill since he fought for the civil rights of all people and eventually got blacks on the same footing as whites, he deserves a spot more then Tubman

I think we should keep old hickory, the main reason he is on there is because of the battle of New Orleans and that was/is a bigger event than tubman.

what was it ustrello? 5k US militia vs 7,500 trained British soldiers. At the end of the battle we had like 100 casualties and the british had lost about 4-5k KIA/WIA/MIA?

 Ghazkuul wrote:
what was it ustrello? 5k US militia vs 7,500 trained British soldiers. At the end of the battle we had like 100 casualties and the british had lost about 4-5k KIA/WIA/MIA?

Less than 5k americans made up of regular army, militia, pirates etc against 10 thousand or so british and a royal navy fleet. The causalities totals were sub 500 for americans, MIA KIA WIA, and a few thousand for the brits

 Ustrello wrote:

Less than 5k americans made up of regular army, militia, pirates etc against 10 thousand or so british and a royal navy fleet. The causalities totals were sub 500 for americans, MIA KIA WIA, and a few thousand for the brits

I personally heard it was 300 Cajuns against a force of over 1 million British troops seeking to enslave us to their "God-King"

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:

Less than 5k americans made up of regular army, militia, pirates etc against 10 thousand or so british and a royal navy fleet. The causalities totals were sub 500 for americans, MIA KIA WIA, and a few thousand for the brits

I personally heard it was 300 Cajuns against a force of over 1 million British troops seeking to enslave us to their "God-King"

The horde of Posleen died in the swamp first. Like only one God King left and last I heard he discovered Ebay

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:

Less than 5k americans made up of regular army, militia, pirates etc against 10 thousand or so british and a royal navy fleet. The causalities totals were sub 500 for americans, MIA KIA WIA, and a few thousand for the brits

I personally heard it was 300 Cajuns against a force of over 1 million British troops seeking to enslave us to their "God-King"

AMERICANS! Prepare for glory!

On Topic:

While not a woman, I would support, or at least be OK with replacing "someone" on a bill with, say... Jackie Robinson. IMHO, it was Jackie who lit the fuse, and really paved the way for MLK to do his work (in fact, I've seen written documentation of MLK basically saying as much, or at least saying that Jackie made his work much easier)

Since we're discussing non-politicians, I think we should also put Babe Ruth on a bill as well

I get some of the dislike for Jackson, but he was a president, military hero and got us a whole state. Not to mention he was either protected by god or was a wizard or something.

Harriet Tubman does not bring anything near that to the table.

TBH, We could say say bad things about most presidents.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
On Topic:

While not a woman, I would support, or at least be OK with replacing "someone" on a bill with, say... Jackie Robinson. IMHO, it was Jackie who lit the fuse, and really paved the way for MLK to do his work (in fact, I've seen written documentation of MLK basically saying as much, or at least saying that Jackie made his work much easier)

Since we're discussing non-politicians, I think we should also put Babe Ruth on a bill as well

Vietnam aside you could make a strong case for LBJ as the next president to be put on a bill, probably after Teddy and FDR. For non politician I would say Neil Armstrong deserves a thought or Alan Shepard.