Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:25 AM
Star Member UnrepentantLiberal (3,711 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
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Why is the man responsible for the Trail of Tears still on the $20 bill?
Who should he be replaced with?
Throd (3,200 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. Why is a guy who was president during slavery on the $1 bill?
HiPointDem (551 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
49. i.e. he signed it in response to GA, already pushing indians off their land. A Bush relation was
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6. Why is the guy who is responsible for the internment of all Japanese Americans still on the dime?
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Andrew Jackson was also a hero of the War of 1812 and made quite an impact on national history both before and during his Presidency. It's hard to judge people in the past by standard of today. By the standards of his day, his policy towards Indians was fairly liberal. Many Americans favored extermination rather than removal. Lincoln favored shipping freed black slaves back to Africa, and he's still on the penny.
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7. It'll be a lot simpler when we just have Reagen on all of our money
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simpler all around.
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10. Tell me about it.
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When my grandchild was born, we were surprised to see the name on the birth certificate was Ronald Reagan Lasher. The hospital said it was a typo and it had never happened before.
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21. Because he's the father of the Democratic Party
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At least that's why he's on the 20 to begin with. As to why he still is... it's tradition, I guess.
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57. Well, until like the 50s, Democrats were conservative racists.
Uncle Joe (22,664 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
43. In those days honor meant a great deal perhaps too much, not killing in the sense of murder
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exemplified courage but fighting a duel certainly did.
You can disagree all you like but that's the history on the frontier during the early 19th century.
Just what gives them the inspiration to come up with this shit?
Just what gives them the inspiration to come up with this shit?
99+ weeks of unemployment benefits. Lots of time to ponder meaningless shit no one else cares about.
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:25 AM
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Why is the man responsible for the Trail of Tears still on the $20 bill?
Who should he be replaced with?
Throd (3,200 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. Why is a guy who was president during slavery on the $1 bill?
Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:39 AM
denverbill
6. Why is the guy who is responsible for the internment of all Japanese Americans still on the dime?
Andrew Jackson was also a hero of the War of 1812 and made quite an impact on national history both before and during his Presidency. It's hard to judge people in the past by standard of today. By the standards of his day, his policy towards Indians was fairly liberal. Many Americans favored extermination rather than removal. Lincoln favored shipping freed black slaves back to Africa, and he's still on the penny.
Uncle Joe (22,664 posts)
43. In those days honor meant a great deal perhaps too much, not killing in the sense of murder
exemplified courage but fighting a duel certainly did.
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:25 AMRonald Reagan. :cheersmate:
Star Member UnrepentantLiberal (3,711 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
Why is the man responsible for the Trail of Tears still on the $20 bill?
Who should he be replaced with?
Andrew Jackson set the tone for the Democrat Party to this day.
Andrew Jackson set the tone for the Democrat Party to this day.He is also good for "walking around money".
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:25 AMThis was the 1830s, not the 21st century. It was either move them or kill them, so you could say Jackson was merciful.
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Why is the man responsible for the Trail of Tears still on the $20 bill?
This was the 1830s, not the 21st century. It was either move them or kill them, so you could say Jackson was merciful.Uh oh, the clash of two lib sacred cows, again. Which will emerge unscathed ?
Anyway, one interesting thing I read recently about the "Trail of Tears" was that the Cherokees were becoming pretty integrated into the American culture of the period.
When they moved out on the migration west, they took with them several hundred black slaves that they owned.
This was the 1830s, not the 21st century. It was either move them or kill them, so you could say Jackson was merciful.
Anyway, one interesting thing I read recently about the "Trail of Tears" was that the Cherokees were becoming pretty integrated into the American culture of the period.
When they moved out on the migration west, they took with them several hundred black slaves that they owned.
This was the 1830s, not the 21st century. It was either move them or kill them, so you could say Jackson was merciful.http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_Watie
Anyway, one interesting thing I read recently about the "Trail of Tears" was that the Cherokees were becoming pretty integrated into the American culture of the period.
When they moved out on the migration west, they took with them several hundred black slaves that they owned.
Uh oh, the clash of two lib sacred cows, again. Which will emerge unscathed ?
Wait until the DUmbasses discover that in South Carolina, Louisiana and a couple of other slave-holding states, the plantations who had the greatest number of slaves were owned by black men.Nice gif !(http://cdn.styleforum.net/2/2e/2ed842aa_Exploding_head.gif)
Wait until the DUmbasses discover that in South Carolina, Louisiana and a couple of other slave-holding states, the plantations who had the greatest number of slaves were owned by black men.
Uh oh, the clash of two lib sacred cows, again. Which will emerge unscathed ?