Jackson had been spinning in his grave all the time anyway, since he forced the earlier Fed out of business. It was probably meant as a joke on Jackson and the opposition to the fed all along.
Jackson would be a good choice for a solid silver dollar.

Actually, since they "had" to take Jackson off the $20 bill, I was hoping to see him replaced by Rand or Edison. Not PC, I guess.

I heard that on Rush today. All it takes is that first step, and then the tyranny of the minority begins. Next step magazines, then movies, and all of sudden women will be wearing head scarves and veils. Of course the gays won't fare much better,.. in fact worse. What is it something like ten or eleven Muslim countries consider being a homosexual punishable by death.

Heard about the Muslim London mayor's first step toward his fundamental change of western civilization on the Hannity radio show while driving my ca todayr~

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/06/...

May not seem like much. Believe you me it's just a first step toward covering up for Allah.

I think in general the hatred seems to come out of his willingness NOT to be controlled by political correctness. He says whats on his mind, which is often what is on the minds of a lot of people. Doesnt mean one acts on all things that come to mind. It would be NICE not to have to worry that your muslim neighbor is going to kill you. Doesnt mean that its ok to violate his rights in advance. BUT, that said, why take in syrian muslim refugees that could be extremists if you dont have assurance that they are not? After all its supposed to be a humanitarian thing that they arent entitled to as a matter of some right.

For me, the negativity is based on a couple glaring problems, his willingness to lie straight faced to the public(Cruz`s father was involved with Oswald) and his lack of Constitutional reference as it applies to the office, while promising to do things the executive cannot Constitutionally do. He is acting and speaking very much as Obama did, I am ashamed that so many Americans bought into Obama and now an equal percentage are buying into Trump. What cannot be changed must be endured.

These refugees want the advantages of our society, but want to impose their religion on us. Not to mention the freebies they get for settling here.

That too. I've read of evidence found to indicate that Muslims have been blending in with Hispanics illegally crossing our south border.
We need a wall with hard to locate sensor devices and a U.S. Border Patrol allowed to respond and do their jobs.

With Trump I can accept that he really does want to make America great again. With Hillary, its all about making Hillary great again at our expense.

At this point, I am in agreement with putting a hiatus on muslim refugees from syria. Obviously we dont know how to determine a radical one from a non-radical one, and they ARE refugees. Let them figure out where to live on their own- maybe even stay in their own country

His ego wants more. So, yes, he needs this.

I agree with all that as long as so-called transgenders leave little girls and women alone
Trump did say he would take out ISIS, which I agree with.

I think hes the best choice for 4 years. Blast open the political correctness thats killing us. Get us back into where other countries respect us again. Get out of the various useless wars we are in. And fight at least somewhat against the cronyism and back room deals that he sees in the political system. Maybe get rid of the electoral college and open the door to real third party elections. Those are the big things that I want from him. Whether he endorses special bathrooms for transgender people and things like that- I really dont care.

Libertarian views are so much out of the mainstream right now that I dont even give it "long shot" status. There is also the issue of Hildebeast and her 250 million bankroll to have manipulative ads constantly airing for months. Look at what Hillary and Sanders are doing to Trump already. Imagine what they would do to Johnson now once they realized what he stood for. The system is rigged and needs to be un rigged so a third party candidate can survive

As one with almost fifty years contact with the Pentagon cash machine (military and contractor), I can verify that about fifty cents of every dollar spent ostensibly for military purposes is wasted, duplicative, or flat out stolen. There's a good reason why no one has been able to audit the Pentagon budgets, despite over ten years of efforts to do so. No one seems to be able (or willing) to account for about $2T budgeted over the last 20 years. It's just "missing!"

How did this happen? Start with Congress. Bases with no further value kept open to prop up jobs in a congresscritter's district, against military recommendations. Juicy contracts to favored contractors, often in spite of losing contract competition. A flood of mandated minority business set aside contracts, whether the service or product is needed, driven by goals set by Congress.

Next in line is the Executive, which includes the President and the cabinet. Overseas bases and missions with no real purpose, other than to maintain a presence. The Dept. pf State has often admitted that U.S. bases in Germany have been kept open mostly to supply jobs for Germans as one example. The imperial Presidency, ignoring the Constitution and making military commitments without regard to value or expense, allowed to do so by a Congress that purposely ignores its responsibility to rein in such illegal ventures. Insane counterproductive social experiments pushed on to a military establishment without regard to consequence. The idiot idea that the Pentagon's main adversary is climate change, pushing the technical and budget envelope to the breaking point.

The Pentagon itself isn't off the hook. Despite a very negative history of multipurpose aircraft, we have the X-35 all purpose airplane that can't perform any of its multiple missions as well as the aircraft its replacing, at enormous cost. The makes-no-sense littoral combat ship, a fragile boat with little firepower designed to sail right into the teeth of shore based heavy weapons, and very expensive. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) whose leadership often brags that 99% of their projects fail, supposedly because they explore the "bleeding edge" of technology, when in fact they have a record of gross project interference and mismanagement.

I would love to have the opportunity to help Trump challenge the military and industry to produce real value to our country, instead of bleeding the taxpayer cash cow to a state of anemia.

I'll put it on my list of books to write, which is almost as long as my list of books to read.

I see a need for someone, maybe Robert Gore, to write a book dedicated to all the intellectual heroes of mankind, not just recent Americans. Include the great minds like Aristotle, Archimedes, Socrates, Galileo, Darwin, etc., who have advanced human knowledge, ethics, science and rationality in every field.

Thanks.
Trump's not my ideal candidate, of course, but I'll take him over Hillary in a heartbeat.

Re: Mount Rushmore.
Glad you stopped at Washington and Jefferson. Had you included them, I would have been forced to hunt you down.
I have come to the realization, looking back over the years, that those heroes I admire most are ones no one has ever heard of except in their own area.

Hello straightlinelogic,
Good follow up. Much food for thought. I do think his best accomplishment to date is the shake up and disarray of the establishment GOP. Secondly, his drawing attention to the despicable, often criminal, behavior of the Clintons is essential. And finally, his attacks on the biased MSM are creating many forced errors on their part, further exposing the truth of their bias for all with eyes open to see.
That said: Is Trump the best we can do? Is he not just a statist of a different color? I long for the day when I can vote for a candidate that can win and once in office retain my respect and allow me to preserve my self respect. Until then we learn to live with the cards we are dealt, even when they are all jokers.
Respectfully,
O.A.

Johnson is currently a very long shot but the payoff is worth the risk.

I accept that you dont trust him. For me, I look at the lesser of two evils- Hillary or Trump. We WILL get one or the other this time unfortunately until the system is un-rigged and some more education is done so the "masses" want liberty more than being coddled. Johnson might be able to help a bit on the education part of things, but he cant be elected this time- just no way. On election day, its trump or hillary.

The problem, term, is that you trust the asshat and I do not. He has shown himself to be a looter in the past. He has shown good talent for weasel-wording his statements on gun control. He has supported liberal causes and the Democratic Party in the past. He has not done anything to change my opinion of him. Yes, he should walk the walk NOW, not after election. (As previously stated, it may be sensible for him to wait until after his GOP coronation, but no longer.)

Thank you.

I share that concern.