Fox News: Obama Dividing The Country By Putting Tubman On Currency
"A recent announcement by Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew has left many Americans feeling proud, accomplished, and hopeful. Lew announced there will be changes made to the current United States currency and rather than having Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill, he will be replaced with former slave and abolitionist, Harriet Tubman.
This recent information has caused a stir of emotions and not everyone is thrilled with the idea, but taking a man Kari Winter describes as, “A scoundrel, a slave holder and a white supremacist who was involved in the removal of Indians and was completely opposed to paper money and was horrible to women,” and replacing him with a human rights activist speaks volumes about how far America has progressed.
Greta Van Susteren of Fox News turned this wonderful information around and went on a complete hate-filled tirade over the change to currency. She started her rant with,
‘The Obama administration did it again. Went stupid! and went stupid for no reason!’
She then continued, saying that Harriet Tubman should not replace Jackson on the currency and should have her own bill, “like the 25 dollar bill.” Susteren lost her cool over a change in currency and has no real means to back up her anti-Tubman tirade.
To support her cause, she continued ,
“You all know I’m a feminist, love to see women acknowledged for the great things they do to contribute to our nation, and Harriet Tubman did, but what I don’t get is this: Rather than dividing the country between those who happen to like the tradition of our currency and want President Andrew Jackson to stay put and those who want to put a woman on a bill. It’s so easy to make everyone happy.”
Susteren would rather leave a man that owned slaves and treated women very poorly on the 20 dollar bill than replace him with someone who represents America a lot better. Harriet Tubman was a slave herself, but she escaped and helped many other families escape the harsh realities of slavery. Tubman is a true hero and has greatly helped shape America into the country it is today.
Sticking her foot back in her mouth, Susteren ended her tirade with ,
“But no, some people don’t think and would gratuitously stir up conflict in the nation. That is so awful, and yes, dumb.”
Susteren has proven herself to be a close-minded bigot with this tirade. She has shot down the idea of replacing Jackson with Tubman and has spoke out against the Obama administration for suggesting it. Susteren proves that America needs to progress more, and putting Harriet Tubman on the 20 dollar bill is the first step.
Watch her rant below."
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Greta van Susteren, she of the permanently frozen clenched jaw smile, is considered a moderate by Fox News standards, but more often than not she just mouths whatever the network talking points are.
Her brainstorm today is that "Obama" is dividing the country by putting Harriet Tubman on the front of the 20 dollar bill, because many Americans like the "tradition" of the figures currently on paper money. Van Susteren says Obama could have avoided all controversy by simply giving Tubman a place on a new $ 25 dollar bill. " We could use a new bill" Van Susteren says. ROFL. The Fox News nation would be having a fit if a new denomination was announced. "Government waste" "Travesty" "Stupid" would be some of the comments, fer sure.
Greta should just admit she is wedded to making comments that reflect her bigoted audience and get it over with.
Bottom line, who cares? Most of us rarely even use paper currency anymore. Doesn't really matter whose picture is on a bill, though doing something like this for legacy building purposes? Seems pretty shallow, but if we're doing that, in 4 or 8 years will we change them again? Why go to the time and expense?
''he was involved in the removal of Indians''...NO, he was directly responsible for the death of thousands of Indian's with his removal action.
Nothing could be better than replacing him with a Harriet Tubman, a slave, or one of one of the 5 tribes that suffered greatly because of him. Wilma Mankiller, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation would have been perfect.
She is the perfect choice to replace Jackson! She stood against the slave like and inhuman values that he had. She is the opposite of him, which makes her just right to replace him. She saved the lives of many innocent people, while he took the lives of many innocent people.
Yes, Wilma Mankiller would have been the perfect choice, especially since Native Americans started the "Underground Railroad".
The "Underground Railroad" is one of the most important events that occurred in American history. It was a passage of freedom for thousands of slaves that changed our ancestor's lives forever. "During the initial phase, Native American nations like the Tuscaroras aided fugitive slaves as part of their war against the colony of North Carolina at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Tuscaroras and blacks formed a community, first in eastern North Carolina, and then as maroons in the great Dismal Swamp. When the Tuscaroras were invited to join the Five Nations of Iroquois Confederacy, the center for the Native American freedom networks shifted to Iroquois country in colonial New York. After American independence, fugitives could fabricate new identities through the Iroquois bi-national system of encampments. Native Americans in the deep South often accommodated slavery, but on the frontier of planter society they endangered the slave holders enterprise. The outlying Seminole nation, an Afro-Indian people in Florida, took abetting fugitive slaves to its logical limit. Blacks among the Seminoles became not only free but also constituent citizens and soldiers". ("Underground Railroad." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 Jan. 2013 .)
It is a little weird that Jackson is on a bill to begin with. I wonder if there was outrage when that decision was made.
There are still people who are opposed to central banks . I'm sure they will be upset about this change .
It is a little weird that Jackson is on a bill to begin with. I wonder if there was outrage when that decision was made.
At the time Native Americans were not considered by the vast majority of white people to be human beings, but rather savages. Less then human. Animals. And he excelled at killing them off to open up more land for real humans (white people) to own and settle on. He was put on the $20 bill because he was considered to be a great exterminator of vermin.
Or at least the NRA.
Do you consider Native Americans vermin?
Most people could give a crap whose picture is on a fifty, twenty, ten, five or one dollar bill so long as they have a sufficient supply of them.
In the not distant future, few transactions will involve cash
This is much ado about nothing in my view
No reason that others shouldn't adorn the currency for a few years
In the not distant future, few transactions will involve cash
You're right and she's not due to appear until 2030 so it all may be a moot point.
so it all may be a moot point.
That seems to describe political results in the near past and immediate future in a nutshell - doing the trivial with great ballyhoo while more significant issues are ignored or delayed.
There is nothing wrong with changing images on currency. British Commonwealth nations have always done it. If they didn't they might still adorn their paper money with the face of "Mad" King George III.
I invite all those offended folk who believe the portrayal of Tubman on a $20 bill is essentially "Obama dividing America," if/when the bill becomes reality, to haul their stupid, bigoted asses to the nearest post office and send those awful black greenbacks to me.
In return I'll send you something smaller in denomination with a white guy's picture on it.
The dumbing of America (first referenced by Emerson c.1837) has become the standard among those who possess "minds" where complicated thoughts die of loneliness.
Leave it the way it is. If it ain't broke don't try to fix it and make it worse. We have bigger problems like the NSA and debt to worry about.
How is changing the image on currency making things worse?
Oh no not another comedian that people think is a newscaster. How many of these shows are there?
Didn't you find it humorous when the cracker suggested they put Tubman on a 12 dollar bill? (3/5 of a twenty)
She is damned funny and most people with intelligence know that she is not a newscaster. She is right on point, is that why you don't like her?
Each time we change the currency the plates have to be remade and there is a cost associated with it that gets passed on to the taxpayer or increased debt. This is an example of government spending out of control.
"Each time we change the currency the plates have to be remade and there is a cost associated with it that gets passed on to the taxpayer or increased debt. This is an example of government spending out of control."
Do you have any citations for this information? Sounds like a load of bull to me.
P.S. It was never President Obama's decision as to who gets put on the currency anyway!
Question to dumb ass Gretchen - how is it that Obama is dividing the country with this nonsense issue when it is the Treasury who makes these decisions?
Doesn't the Treasury fall under Obamas responsibility and doesn't he hand pick the head the Secretary of Treasury? Jacob Lew the head of the Treasury was the White house chief of staff.
"Doesn't the Treasury fall under Obamas responsibility and doesn't he hand pick the head the Secretary of Treasury? Jacob Lew the head of the Treasury was the White house chief of staff."
You tell me, does it? And even if it does, what of it? President Obama did not make the decision to put Harriet Tubman on the $20.
How 'bout some of you stop spitting in my face and telling me "it's raining"!
This is about some white people not wanting anything that gives a black person his/her recognition or due.
It's about "MAKING AMERICA WHITE AGAIN".
Stop the bullshit and just say it.
"Stop the bullshit and just say it."
OK.
WHO GIVES A FLYING FUCK?
The picture doesn't mean a damn thing to most people just the number in the corner. There are thousands of people that should be honored who could easily have their smilin face on the cover. Ms Tubman is the one they have chose.
GET OVER IT ALREADY!
Have the people of this country sank to the point where this is an issue? We are in for some very hard times I guess if this is the state of knowledge and wisdom in this once great nation.
Sad, very SAD!
HEY, they should replace Ben Franklin on the hundred with Sitting Bull. Yes Sitting Bull!
Why?
Not because of what Sitting Bull stood for, that would be too easy, and well deserved, but because the name would be an apt description of what this country's people actually do.
End of the Story my friends.
Why do people care when someone lets the American flag touch the ground? Or burn it for that matter. Why do they care when a politician doesn't have a flag pin on their lapel, or people don't take their hats off during the national anthem?
It is symbolism and the images on money are symbolism that the figure is of importance.
What is so hard to figure out about that?
It isn't hard for me to figure out John, but it seems like it is for those wishing to make an issue about it now doesn't it?
The pile of bullshit that people seem to think is some vast conspiracy is mind blowing to say the least.
And it is a fact, how many people actually look at the pic on a 20 when they use one? Not many, they are really concerned at looking at the number in the corner then they pull it.
Lets not blow this into something it is not.
If it's not "important", why did so many "conservatives" complain about the change?
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The picture doesn't mean a damn thing to most people just the number in the corner
Absolutely correct!