For several reasons I have decided to end this blog. Thanks for your interest over the last few months. (February 5, 2012)
$5,000 Head
31 Jan
This picture (click to enlarge) is based on the portrait of James Madison that appears on the $5,000 bill; something few of us have ever seen.
In 1969 all denominations over $100 were removed from circulation in a bold move by the government to make life difficult for money launderers, drug kingpins, and organized crime in general.
It was a brilliant tactic. The criminals were stopped in their tracks and haven’t bothered us since. Paralyzed by the sheer inconvenience of it all, many of them have been forced to turn to desperate measures like electronic banking.
Here’s what the $5,000 note looks like:
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Tags: James Madison, U.S. currency
How much is $250 million?
30 Jan
Mitt Romney doesn’t fit in with the gang of rabid dimwits and psychotic Christian dominionists jockeying for the farthest right position in the Republican pack.
He has devoted his life to money, Mormonism, and the pursuit of political power. There is apparently no room in his brain for anything else.
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Tags: Mitt Romney, U.S. currency, OWS, Republicans, the rich, occupy, candidates
PTSD Angels
29 Jan
There is a well-known line in the well-known film It’s A Wonderful Life: Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. This card goes out to my fellow PTSD angels.
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Tags: anxiety, Christmas, mental health, mental illness, PTSD
Grammar Police
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Grammar Police: Exclamation Point Disposal Squad
In the English Grammar System the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups; the hyperactive hoi polloi who improperly use multiple exclamation points, and the police who investigate these crimes and arrest the offenders. These are their stories!!!!
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Grammar Police: Unnecessary Quotation Unit
In the English “Language System” the people are “represented” by two separate, yet equally important “groups”; the grammar-deficient public who “insert” gratuitous “quotation marks” without regard for “meaning”, and the “police” who “investigate these crimes” and “arrest” the offenders. These are their “stories”. (Click here to buy this graphic on mugs, hats, t-shirts, etc!)
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Grammar Police: Special Apostrophe Unit
In the English Grammar System the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups; the poorly-educated masses who insert unnecessary apostrophes and omit required ones, and the police who investigate these crimes and arrest the offenders. These are their stories. (Click here to buy this graphic on mugs, hats, t-shirts, etc!)
Too much evil?
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The current evil glut
Due to overproduction, world evil prices have plummeted in the last three years. American evil producers have been steadily losing market share to China and other countries where evil can be manufactured for a small fraction of the U.S. cost. Some desperate investors are even considering eliminating evil from their portfolios. Ultimately, I am sure [...]
Bishop Finn
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The Indictment of Bishop Finn
The dark, mind-numbing corruption of the Roman Catholic church was blazingly illuminated recently in the Diocese of Kansas City. Local prosecutors had the courage to indict the Bishop (albeit only for a misdemeanor). You can read about it here.
Please help the rich
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The rich…won’t YOU help?
I can’t really recommend Reach Out To The Rich as heartily as I would the World Ice Tea Organization, for example. The rich have their charities, too, like the opera and their beloved conservative think tanks. We must let them use their donations to shelter their income from taxes. After all, they wrote the tax [...]
