A Change of Face

Mike McLellan said:
Andrew Jackson, more than anyone else, was responsible for the "Indian Relocation" aka the Trail of Tears, that claimed the lives of between 3,000 & 6,000 Americans. To this day, a twenty dollar bill has no value to many native Americans. He was not an American Icon. He was a brutal despot. To honor him is an ongoing blemish on the integrity of this nation.
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I wasn't going to get into it but that's the main reason I chose Crazy Horse.
 
loknload said:
Currently there is a push to get Andrew Jackson replaced on the Twenty dollar bill. The woman chairing this effort would like to see this accomplished by 2020. Her claim is that it is time that a woman be placed on the paper currency rather then just on coinage, the dollar coin.
What are your thoughts?, It doesn't matter to me since it all spends the same! :D
But really I think the paper money should stay with the presidents!
With the list of women that are posted here I knew very few of them,maybe they should start with the two dollar bill instead!:confused:

1. Alice Paul
2.Sojourner Truth
3.Rosa Parks.
4.Betty Friedan
5.Shirley Chisholm
6.Rachel Carson
7.Barbara Jordan
8. Margaret Sanger
9.Patsy Mink
10.Clara Barton
11.Harriet Tubman
12.Susan B. Anthony
13.Eleanor Roosevelt.
14.Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
15. Francis Perkins

I guess my vote would be for Clara Barton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks and Susan B. Anthony and she's already got a coin. The others, don't know any of them?
Nothing against them, just don't know their stories

Soooo, Who would you vote for? :cool:
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None of the above!!!!!!!!!!
 
Mike McLellan said:
Andrew Jackson, more than anyone else, was responsible for the "Indian Relocation" aka the Trail of Tears, that claimed the lives of between 3,000 & 6,000 Americans. To this day, a twenty dollar bill has no value to many native Americans. He was not an American Icon. He was a brutal despot. To honor him is an ongoing blemish on the integrity of this nation.
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There is no such thing as a native American. Check out the Bering Land Bridge.

Andrew Jackson was & still is an American hero. Ever heard of the Battle of New Orleans?
 
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Francis Perkins 1880 - 1965
She was FDR's four term labor secretary and the first woman cabinet member. ;)
 
loknload said:
Francis Perkins 1880 - 1965
She was FDR's four term labor secretary and the first woman cabinet member. ;)
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She spelled her name with an "I"? I was taught that Francis with an "I" was a mans name and that Frances with an "E" was a woman's name. Guess I was taught incorrectly.

I guess my attempt at humor was a little too subtle. Sorry

Google Francis Perkins and see what you get.
 
I'd rather see someone who was a patriot, not some 3rd rate leftist hero, so...

None of the above.

Andrew Jackson was a fighter and a patriot. The Trail of Tears not withstanding and it was regrettable, we can't judge yesterday by today's standards.
Those were different times.

He did kick out the central bank, paid our debt and balanced our budget in addition to kicking the Brits posteriors.

Keep him on the currency and make changes where they count, like defanging the IRS, EPA, etc.
 
How?

Kanewpadle said:
How bout Oprah? :rolleyes:

If we choose a Native American, it should be Sacagawea. ;)
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Sacagawea has been done already on the dollar coin.

This raises a question. How to honor a Native American when most were known for fighting against the U.S. government? Or maybe they should just honor N.A. because they are the original settlers. I think it would be great, but how? Most of the N.A. that helped establish colonies, etc. were before the U.S. was born. Squanto, for instance. And Pocahontas, but she was more English though born N.A.

Now, Pontiac DID defend the Great Lakes area from the British, but the extent of his contribution is unclear.

Sequoya is a good possibility, but does creating a written language pertain to U.S. Currency. And he was Cherokee, which were a humongous part of our history. I won't say any more than that.:(

Hiawatha was based on a real person, but little is know about him.

Will Rogers was Cherokee. His influence on American as a whole was largely positive as a philanthropist, social commentator and even Presidential Candidate.

Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Geronimo, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Black Hawk and Cochise were undoubtedly great leaders, their actions were directly opposed to the U.S. Government. Geronimo and Sitting Bull were both spiritual leaders as well.

Chief Joseph was memorable for his defense to injustices and for his surrender speech:

"...Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever."

Sitting Bull:

"I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust."

Red Cloud:

"They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it."

Tecumseh:

"Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers."
 
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This one?

mstem said:
Andrew Jackson was & still is an American hero. Ever heard of the Battle of New Orleans?
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Yeah, they ran through the briars
And they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
Where the rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast
That the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
(One-two, hup-two-three-four)

"Sink the Bismark" was pretty cool too, but that was a British job.:D
 
The original weapon of mass destruction!

The uninformed talk in terms of some lethal gas, or dirty bomb, or warhead. As any married or divorced--especially divorced--man knows, it is the rolling pin. I truly grew to hate those made out of marble for bread and candy making.
 
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