Save the dollar
November 15, 2007 8:56 PM   Subscribe

The value of the dollar is plummeting, but you can save it. Attributed to a fabulous job that our representatives on the Hill are doing, the dollar is worth about 50% of what it used to be in 2002. So, spend a dollar, spread the word, elect someone who will make the dollar strong again!
posted by watercressprincess (82 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: digg is two doors down, on the left. -- mathowie



 
That's just...wow.
posted by mullingitover at 8:59 PM on November 15, 2007


not long for this world.
posted by Sam.Burdick at 8:59 PM on November 15, 2007


Should I start posting the ascii penis art?
posted by stavrogin at 8:59 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


Ron Paul's ideas are intriguing annoying to me, and I would like to subscribe to his newsletter fire his evangelists out of a cannon into the sun.
posted by Riki tiki at 9:01 PM on November 15, 2007


How much you want to bet this is a self link?
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 9:01 PM on November 15, 2007


Gawd, there are so many more interesting things you could have posted about money. There are several artists who use money in their work, there are other stamps that go on money, like "gay money" or www.wheresgeorge.com to track money as it circulates, or even the folks who cross out the "in god we trust" on the back of every bill out of protest....but no, you post about some turd of a politician. whoopie.
posted by 45moore45 at 9:03 PM on November 15, 2007


How much you want to bet this is a self link?
posted by Steven C. Den Beste


Ron Paul is a virus.

For good.
posted by Balisong at 9:06 PM on November 15, 2007


oh for fuck's sake.
posted by dismas at 9:11 PM on November 15, 2007


This is shit. Can we have more posts about russian scammers please?
posted by pompomtom at 9:11 PM on November 15, 2007


You know, I found a five dollar bill one time with "Lori", "call me for sex" and a phone number on it. I can only assume she's, like, Minister of the Interior or something now.
posted by arto at 9:11 PM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]


Well the OP's been around since 04. So that at least says something.

But only 6 comments since the creation of the account.
posted by Sam.Burdick at 9:12 PM on November 15, 2007


NOT SPAMMERS

(or nuts)

HONEST!
posted by Artw at 9:13 PM on November 15, 2007


What I don't understand is how this isn't the first shitty Ron Paul post to come from someone with a relatively low user number. It's not like having a low user number automatically means someone isn't an idiot (viz.), but you'd think it means they'd have a fucking clue how this place works.
posted by dersins at 9:13 PM on November 15, 2007


Defacing Money (federal property) is a crime. That being said, I don't mind Ron Paul that much, although it's not like the bar for president is set so high right now, but I can think of a lot more other better things to write on money. Namely "Impeach Bush/Cheney and execute them."
posted by Skygazer at 9:14 PM on November 15, 2007


After a trial of course.
posted by Skygazer at 9:14 PM on November 15, 2007


Yes, Riki Tiki, it can be irritating to be snapped out of a dream.
posted by Sukiari at 9:15 PM on November 15, 2007


Mom!
posted by id at 9:17 PM on November 15, 2007


This is why the Russian scammers wouldn't take your money.

Vat iz zis? Gold standard?
posted by Pants! at 9:19 PM on November 15, 2007


Defacing Money (federal property) is a crime. That being said, I don't mind Ron Paul that much, although it's not like the bar for president is set so high right now, but I can think of a lot more other better things to write on money. Namely "Impeach Bush/Cheney and execute them."
posted by Skygazer at 11:14 PM


How do we know they were defaced? Those could be photoshops. I'm almost 99% certain they are.
posted by Sam.Burdick at 9:21 PM on November 15, 2007


Clearly you all have been blinded by your respective collectivist ideologies. Granting that the Laws of Non-Contradiction and Identity hold with respect to Everything, it follows with strict necessity that Dagny Taggart had it coming.

RU PAUL '08
posted by joe lisboa at 9:21 PM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]


Or something fun like:

This $20 bill has been used by an evangelist preacher to snort cocaine off a gay prostitutes balls.


Now that..would be really cool.
posted by Skygazer at 9:21 PM on November 15, 2007


damn and my twenties only snort coke in a generic fashion...
posted by evilgenius at 9:24 PM on November 15, 2007


These sophisticated, highly skilled, bogus, Russian-based Ron Paul fanciers with a magnificent website themselves, showcasing their candidate - www.somecomputer.com, associated with www.goatse.cx They are a money-defacing enterprise with no intention of building your site or selling you prescription drugs or tax-free cigarettes. The Better Business Bureau actually warns the public not to write "RON PAUL 4EVAR" on your money, but instead only "WHAT IS FOOLIE COOLIE?".
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:24 PM on November 15, 2007


LSAT PSOT
posted by Krrrlson at 9:25 PM on November 15, 2007


The whole inflation thing, it's just a tax on poor wage slaves so that rich people who can afford offshore investments can further guild their lilies or whatever it is rich people do with their money.
posted by delmoi at 9:26 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing,
For the love of one's country is a terrible thing.
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame,
And it makes us all part of the patriot game.

My name is O'Hanlon, and I've just turned sixteen. My home is in Monaghan, and where I was weaned I learned all my life cruel England's to blame, So now I am part of the patriot game.
posted by mlis at 9:29 PM on November 15, 2007


I got my own blog. You can't have my blog. Get your own blog!
posted by I Got My Own Blog at 9:30 PM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]


Why does everybody hate Ron Paul? Are you all afraid he'll take away your funding?
posted by Sukiari at 9:30 PM on November 15, 2007


That's OK people. Watercressprincess has been used to being SILENCED ALL HER LIFE.
posted by dw at 9:30 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


Sukiari, before this FPP becomes as nonexistent as the federal tyranny's authority to impose an income tax, please tell me how the Ron Paul Intarweb Crusade is in any way an improvement upon the jingoist, oversimplistic political discourse associated with the two traditional parties.

Or send me a mefimail if you don't get to it in time.
posted by Riki tiki at 9:30 PM on November 15, 2007


The other day someone tried to give me $20's when I broke a $100, and I was all, great, more $20's to prop up that short table leg in the kitchen.
posted by empyrean at 9:31 PM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]


delmoi for the lulz
posted by mullacc at 9:31 PM on November 15, 2007


Considering the next President is going to get blamed for most of what Bush has done (because the consequences will occur on his/her 'watch'), I fully support Ron Paul. He will dismantle the entire Federal Government then the smart people can move in in 2012 and rebuild it the right way.
posted by wendell at 9:33 PM on November 15, 2007


Ron Paul is in favor of the Constitution, unlike the current two sides of the same coin political charade we have now.

He's better because he realizes that liberty is the answer to tyranny, and that giving up rights secures nobody. He also wants to return to actually having real money instead of these increasingly worthless carnival tickets we use.
posted by Sukiari at 9:33 PM on November 15, 2007


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posted by Krrrlson at 9:34 PM on November 15, 2007 [6 favorites]


I know, spend it on Euros!!
posted by mattoxic at 9:35 PM on November 15, 2007


Apparently Ron Paul is too scary for MeFi?
posted by Sukiari at 9:35 PM on November 15, 2007


MeFi is too smart for the Glibertarians.
posted by wendell at 9:36 PM on November 15, 2007


Ron Paul's Penis Art is world renowned for it's small, fine strokes.
posted by SassHat at 9:36 PM on November 15, 2007


Too smart for liberty, that's awesome.

MeFi - We tell you what's smart and cool, and which mainstream candidates to vote for!
posted by Sukiari at 9:38 PM on November 15, 2007


There once was a man named Ron Paul,
Who loved Truth and Justice for All.
He's shot twenty Pawnees;
He's punched Giuliani.
And he stands nearly twenty feet tall.
posted by Pants! at 9:38 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


too many twenties
posted by Pants! at 9:42 PM on November 15, 2007


Real money? There is no such thing as real money. It's an agreement we all have that some worthless slip of paper is exchangeable for something else. It was at one time backed by gold, but that ended years ago. Now it's backed by nothing except a huge gaping abyss of Bush war debt we will all be paying for the rest of our lives. No politician can make money worth anything. The Fed can do some shuck and jive and manipulate it all to give Wall Street a hard on, but that is all temporary. We'll just all be shoveling it into the hole that Bush created and we will be doing it the rest of our lives. So fuck it all, write on it all you want, send your little angst ridden messages out to the universe courtesy of your currency and see if it connects with another disinfranchised citizen.
posted by 45moore45 at 9:42 PM on November 15, 2007


I'm Ron Paul, and I approve this message.
posted by PenDevil at 9:43 PM on November 15, 2007


"Its" dammit. Can I get a mod in here to clean that up?
posted by SassHat at 9:44 PM on November 15, 2007


How much you want to bet this is a self link?

How about an unstamped one dollar bill. I call them Non-Ron's®
posted by 29 at 9:46 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


America is already relatively libertarian compared to the other currencies clobbering us. Hint: Stick with the tried and tested anti-abortion sentiment which Ron Paul favors, then target conservative sites for converts.
posted by Brian B. at 9:46 PM on November 15, 2007


The candidate's name was Ron Paul
He made out with Charles de Gaulle
He beat up the Clintons
And ate Martha Plimpton
We couldn't do nothing but LOL
posted by SassHat at 9:48 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


Ron Paul, save me from your followers.
posted by Challahtronix at 9:48 PM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]


Two tons of Ron Paul Dollars.
posted by stirfry at 9:48 PM on November 15, 2007


Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul was a bad mother fucker
He was seventeen feet tall, he had a hundred and fifty wives
He didn’t do that much except he saved our fair nation
He put two and two together and he noticed it was four
Now the treachery of Chimpy Bush can’t hurt us anymore
And he’ll always be remembered as Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul

Fellow named George W. was a president of America
And he always started conflicts, but he never thought them through
Now he weren’t the nicest fellow and he had a couple problems
Cause he drank a lot and he beat his wife and he always acted rude
He killed and ate some babies and he copped an attitude
And the one man that he hated most was Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul

Too lazy to convert the rest.
posted by Krrrlson at 9:49 PM on November 15, 2007


The funny thing is there is nothing Ron Paul can do within his "liberty"-based ideology that can do anything except remove what little support the dollar has left. That's why this particular message is so stupid... and frankly dishonest.

When there are so many good things he talks about (ending the War in Iraq, ending the War on Drugs), you have to pitch this shit...

And, for the record, I'm coming to believe the only thing that may save America morally and practically is a major economic collapse. And for that, Paul actually gains some support from me. I may end up voting for him if given the chance, but with my eyes wide open, and not expecting him to 'save the dollar'.

WHY AM I WASTING SERIOUS THOUGHT ON THIS?
posted by wendell at 9:55 PM on November 15, 2007


Ron Paul has an interesting campaign strategy: pander to the insane people.

What other candidate gets his own spam bots and silly craft projects like this?
posted by JDHarper at 9:56 PM on November 15, 2007


Yes - That's it, EXACTLY, Sukiari. Keep it up and you'll shame all the skaredy-kats into drinking the kool-aid and voting along with Stormfront.
posted by Orb2069 at 9:58 PM on November 15, 2007


"There is no such thing as real money."

Five thousand years of history say you're dead wrong.

Look at Switzerland. One of the best currencies in the world (THE best?) and one of the only ones to still acknoledge the usefulness of gold.
posted by Sukiari at 10:08 PM on November 15, 2007


Don't get your panties all bunched up ... Ron Paul may not be supersaints backed by big companies like Hillary or Barack, Ron Paul may not have been the "America's Mayor" like Huliano, and the worst thing about him may just be that he makes sense. So just chill and take out a pen... scribble a message, spread the word...may save YOUR life one day.
posted by watercressprincess at 10:08 PM on November 15, 2007


Thanks to this endorsement, I think Ron Paul has sewn up the presidency.
posted by dw at 10:09 PM on November 15, 2007


He also wants to return to actually having real money instead of these increasingly worthless carnival tickets we use.

Yes, because he'll base it on shiny rocks. You know, I'm all for ideas on improving the fiat system and basing money on something with value. Even if I don't agree, there might be an an interesting discussion there. But the only alternative people drag out is going back to the gold standard. Are the alchemist and prospector voting blocks really that large?
posted by Gary at 10:10 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


The Stormfront people can believe what they want. Why should their votes sway yours?

A vote against an enemy is not necessarily a vote for a friend.
posted by Sukiari at 10:12 PM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]




"Yes, because he'll base it on shiny rocks. You know, I'm all for ideas on improving the fiat system and basing money on something with value. Even if I don't agree, there might be an an interesting discussion there. But the only alternative people drag out is going back to the gold standard. Are the alchemist and prospector voting blocks really that large?"

If you are completely unaware of the horrible currency problems we have had in the world since 1913, all directly related to leaving gold behind, then your statement is understandable.

Fiat money serves its purpose well, which is to facilitate endless government spending and reduce savings into nothingness.

I't also been good for getting natural resources from countries full of brown people, and leaving them paper in return. They're not falling for it any more, though.
posted by Sukiari at 10:14 PM on November 15, 2007


It's about time we put a medical doctor in office to save lives instead of lawyers and losers...
posted by watercressprincess at 10:14 PM on November 15, 2007


The Swiss Franc has been inflating at record levels (for a Franc anyway) since 2000. The Swiss themselves are talking about their currency's weakness. Google up 'swiss franc inflation' and start reading!
posted by Sukiari at 10:17 PM on November 15, 2007


I wish I knew more slogans.

Wait a second! I do!
posted by stavrogin at 10:22 PM on November 15, 2007


Who is Ron Paul and why is he trying to save my country?!
posted by stavrogin at 10:23 PM on November 15, 2007


Ron Paul may not be supersaints backed by big companies like Hillary or Barack, Ron Paul may not have been the "America's Mayor" like Huliano, and the worst thing about him may just be that he makes sense.

Ron Paul's whole schtick, the one he's used his entire career, is taking white separatist rhetoric and doctoring it up so that suckers like you think he "makes sense". I'm sure that in some communities he "makes sense", namely in the ones that are as terrified of those "fleet footed" black males like Mr. Paul is, but for most of us he's just a crazy man who has stupid, racist ideas. The other candidate suck, too, no doubt, but life in a Ron Paul America would be pretty much the shittiest of all the options.
posted by cmonkey at 10:24 PM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]


If you are completely unaware of the horrible currency problems we have had in the world since 1913, all directly related to leaving gold behind, then your statement is understandable.

Again, I'm not even defending the fiat system. I'm just saying you're going to have to come up with a better solution than rocks.

I't also been good for getting natural resources from countries full of brown people, and leaving them paper in return.

(a) They weren't being treated so well before 1913 and (b) a pile of gold won't help them any more than the paper, it will just be heavier.
posted by Gary at 10:25 PM on November 15, 2007


It's about time we put a medical doctor in office to save lives instead of lawyers and losers...

Tom Coburn is ready and willing when you are, but no, it's all about Ron Paul.

The Swiss Franc has been inflating at record levels (for a Franc anyway) since 2000. The Swiss themselves are talking about their currency's weakness. Google up 'swiss franc inflation' and start reading!

Would you make up your mind already? First it's all "the Swiss Franc is inflation-proof because it's on the gold standard" and now it's "OMG look at all that inflation because it's not on the gold standard!"

Call your militia commander and get your story right with him.
posted by dw at 10:26 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


Sukiari, I'll get serious for one comment, then it's back to poems.

But, tell me exactly. Why does gold have value? Oh, right.
posted by Pants! at 10:26 PM on November 15, 2007


Racist? Ron Paul is my homie! Ron Paul knows Paulitics!
posted by stavrogin at 10:27 PM on November 15, 2007


Because it's a commodity, and commodities trade at the values that supply and demand dictate.

Why does oil have value? Wheat? Corn? Iron? Real estate?
posted by Sukiari at 10:27 PM on November 15, 2007


Bet he is the only candidate right now who knows CPR. That's more handy than YAP YAP YAP like all the other morons.
posted by watercressprincess at 10:28 PM on November 15, 2007


Yes, there IS a doctor in the House! The Whitehouse! Ron Paul 2008!
posted by stavrogin at 10:29 PM on November 15, 2007


If you are completely unaware of the horrible currency problems we have had in the world since 1913, all directly related to leaving gold behind, then your statement is understandable.

Please read up on the Cross of Gold speech, then come back and tell me how much better things were pre-1913.

While you're at it, check up on the Panic of 1893 as well. And the Panic of 1907.
posted by dw at 10:31 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


watercress: It's about time we put a medical doctor in office to save lives instead of lawyers and losers...
Howard Dean! Yeeeeaaaagggghhhh!
posted by CCBC at 10:39 PM on November 15, 2007


I think the Ron Paul slogans I'm finding are slowly winning me over.

"We Have About As Much Chance of Electing Ron Paul In 2008 As the Patriots Did Of Overthrowing Their Government in 1776 And For The Same Reasons"

"In Your Guts You Know It's Been Nuts Since Ninteen Hundred Thirteen When We Went Off The Gold Standard."

"In Your Heart You Know He's Right Because He's A Doctor And He Knows Organs And He Could Even Be A Urologist Because He's Had To Deal With The Dicks In D.C."
posted by stavrogin at 10:41 PM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]


Bet he is the only candidate right now who knows CPR. That's more handy than YAP YAP YAP like all the other morons.

CPR you say?

The bar gets lower every year.
posted by mochi crunk at 10:45 PM on November 15, 2007


stavrogin: you are a dear!
posted by watercressprincess at 10:46 PM on November 15, 2007


What other candidate gets his own spam bots and silly craft projects like this?

It's like Lyndon Larouche embraced the interwebs!
posted by mochi crunk at 10:46 PM on November 15, 2007


I don't think a doctor who hasn't practiced since the 70s and believes in alternative medicine is better than no doctor at all. I'd rather stay home than be treated by a quack, and I'd rather pick an unprincipled moderate than a fucking lunatic.
posted by InnocentBystander at 10:47 PM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]


Well, they are such snappy slogans. I'm making bumper stickers with them right now.
posted by stavrogin at 10:49 PM on November 15, 2007


It's like Lyndon Larouche embraced the interwebs!

Ron Paul is basically Lyndon LaRouche in corpse paint.
posted by cmonkey at 10:51 PM on November 15, 2007


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