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Harriet Tubman on the $20

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    Harriet Tubman was a gunslinger.

  • I am hoping Harriet's judging look will make people more fiscally responsible.

  • LogicIsForSquaresL LogicIsForSquares

    I am hoping Harriet's judging look will make people more fiscally responsible.

    @logicisforsquares said:

    I am hoping Harriet's judging look will make people more fiscally responsible.

    probably not
    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • Browns149B Browns149

    @logicisforsquares said:

    I am hoping Harriet's judging look will make people more fiscally responsible.

    probably not

    @browns149 said:

    probably not

    "Put those goddamn Fritos down."

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  • It just seems like an odd choice for such a major bill. I still think fredrick Douglass would look more at home there

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • What a bizarre country we have become.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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  • I'm failing to see why this matters - perhaps someone could explain it? We change who's on our notes quite regularly, in fact we're due for another change:

    £5: Elizabeth Fry (social reformer) -> Winston Churchill (Winston Churchill)

    £10: Charles Darwin (that guy creationists hate) -> Jane Austen (that lady schoolkids hate)

    £20: Adam Smith (economist/division of labour guy) -> James Turner (probably our most famous classical artist)

    The fifties are staying the same.

    These people have only been on the notes for maybe 5-10 years, and there's a whole bunch of other people who have been on the notes since they were introduced in 1970.

    Do the US notes basically never change? I know as far back as I can remember people talk about 'benjamins' and having dead presidents on the money.

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  • W Westside Steve

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Surprised this hasn't been brought up yet. I personally don't care who's on what but Harriet Tubman seems a weird choice. If it's just diversity they're going for why not use Fredrick Douglass? He would seem more in line with the rest being a statesman and diplomat as well as an important abolishionist.

    Frederick Douglass acted all white and stuff. Anyway they kill two birds with one stone, had she been a lesbian they have scored a trifecta. It would probably be in poor taste to suggest she should have been put on a food stamp instead so I won't make that comment.

    😮

    WSS

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    @westside-steve said:

    Frederick Douglass acted all white and stuff. Anyway they kill two birds with one stone, had she been a lesbian they have scored a trifecta. It would probably be in poor taste to suggest she should have been put on a food stamp instead so I won't make that comment.

    😮

    WSS

    Stuart

    Plus Douglass was half white, not an authentic black. Other than his racial make up, he was the antithesis of Obama.

    Funny how the same sentiments Douglass had about our political parties still apply today.

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  • gftChrisG gftChris

    I'm failing to see why this matters - perhaps someone could explain it? We change who's on our notes quite regularly, in fact we're due for another change:

    £5: Elizabeth Fry (social reformer) -> Winston Churchill (Winston Churchill)

    £10: Charles Darwin (that guy creationists hate) -> Jane Austen (that lady schoolkids hate)

    £20: Adam Smith (economist/division of labour guy) -> James Turner (probably our most famous classical artist)

    The fifties are staying the same.

    These people have only been on the notes for maybe 5-10 years, and there's a whole bunch of other people who have been on the notes since they were introduced in 1970.

    Do the US notes basically never change? I know as far back as I can remember people talk about 'benjamins' and having dead presidents on the money.

    @gftchris said:

    I'm failing to see why this matters - perhaps someone could explain it? We change who's on our notes quite regularly, in fact we're due for another change:

    Stuart

    And that's what we're striving for...to be just like you motherfuckers.

  • StinkHoleS StinkHole

    @gftchris said:

    I'm failing to see why this matters - perhaps someone could explain it? We change who's on our notes quite regularly, in fact we're due for another change:

    Stuart

    And that's what we're striving for...to be just like you motherfuckers.

    @stinkhole said:

    Stuart

    And that's what we're striving for...to be just like you motherfuckers.

    I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting much from you, and you still disappointed.

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  • As fat as I know the pictures have never changed.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • So tradition. I just think it's a weird choice. Why not douglass? Why not MLK? Tubman just doesn't seem official enough.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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  • T The Cysko Kid

    So tradition. I just think it's a weird choice. Why not douglass? Why not MLK? Tubman just doesn't seem official enough.

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    So tradition. I just think it's a weird choice. Why not douglass? Why not MLK? Tubman just doesn't seem official enough.

    I get that. Kinda like Rosa Parks or someone - not particularly official.

    If they want to have a president, but also some diversity, and piss off republicans, why not just put Obama on there?

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  • gftChrisG gftChris

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    So tradition. I just think it's a weird choice. Why not douglass? Why not MLK? Tubman just doesn't seem official enough.

    I get that. Kinda like Rosa Parks or someone - not particularly official.

    If they want to have a president, but also some diversity, and piss off republicans, why not just put Obama on there?

    @gftchris said:

    I get that. Kinda like Rosa Parks or someone - not particularly official.

    If they want to have a president, but also some diversity, and piss off republicans, why not just put Obama on there?

    I bet some would like to see him on a postage stamp. 😮

    I'll be expecting to see Bobby Sands on a five pound note.

    🙂

    WSS

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    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
  • gftChrisG gftChris

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    So tradition. I just think it's a weird choice. Why not douglass? Why not MLK? Tubman just doesn't seem official enough.

    I get that. Kinda like Rosa Parks or someone - not particularly official.

    If they want to have a president, but also some diversity, and piss off republicans, why not just put Obama on there?

    @gftchris said:

    I get that. Kinda like Rosa Parks or someone - not particularly official.

    If they want to have a president, but also some diversity, and piss off republicans, why not just put Obama on there?

    Benjamin Franklin wasn't a president and neither was Alexander Hamilton so president isn't necessarily a qualification

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • Benjamin Franklin, the only President of the United States who was never president of the United States.

    WSS

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  • It would be too arrogant even for Obama to approve putting himself on currency. I expect in a hundred years or so they will replace lincoln with Obama. After all lincoln only saved the nation and emancipated the slaves. Obama did...stuff

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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  • W Westside Steve

    Benjamin Franklin, the only President of the United States who was never president of the United States.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    Benjamin Franklin, the only President of the United States who was never president of the United States.

    WSS

    Hamilton wasn't president

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • T The Cysko Kid

    @westside-steve said:

    Benjamin Franklin, the only President of the United States who was never president of the United States.

    WSS

    Hamilton wasn't president

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Hamilton wasn't president

    You missed the joke pal.

    Maybe the reference it was just too obscure.

    WSS

    www.westsidesteve.com www.myspace.com/westsidestevemusic www.cdbaby.com/artist/westsidestevesimmons
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