No Joke: Woman To Replace Hamilton On Ten Dollar Bill

ummmm'... I think she's got to be an AMERICAN woman. A DEAD AMERICAN woman. No?

Bill Tomsa

http:billtomsa.blogspot.com/

I like Money Lisa! Since the new bill is supposed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote, it will probably be Susan B. Anthony. I know, boring, lol. I'd rather see something more exciting like Sacajawea or Pocahontas.

Thanks, Patricia!

I'm betting it'll be Harriet 'Underground Railroad' Tubman whose stoic countenance will be chosen to replace Hamilton's.

well, I heard they were considering Barbara Bush but that the $10 bill would look too much like a $1 bill.

i would like to see Patrick's version on the bill.

I choose Elenor Roosevelt. She was a champion for the American people.

Hey thanks, Drew!

Of course, I know Bill Tomsa is right...she must be an American, but I thought I'd have some fun with the announcement anyway.

@edit: Shannon. Yes. Eleanor Roosevelt would be an excellent choice as well; I like her more than I do her hubby. Lol!

Anyone care to take a stab at my "commodification theory?"

Just for the fun of it...irony notwithstanding.

Okay, .. quick and rough effort (but you get the idea):

I'm voting for Betty Crocker

We've had the queen on one of our bills in Canada for ages, I don't know which one since I never have any money.

Good tongue-in-cheek choice, Marlene! Betty's portraits remind me of the great actress, Emma Thompson...if you haven't seen 'Saving Mr. Banks' yet, you don't know what you're missing (not to mention her brilliant turn as 'Nanny McFee').

methink it will be Eleanor Roosevelt too.

i heard it was supposed to be rosa parks. but no one will accept the money. its bad enough the enlarged it - i went to a store once and gave them a small head bill. she wouldn't take it, thought it was fake. it took the manager, a counterfeit pen, the light, and 5 customers waiting in line to convince the dunce that its real.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

it could Caitlyn Jenner

On a three dollar bill would be better - they could use Caitlyn Jenner.

Drew, that would be trans(legal)tender

Yes, Mike. We're reminded by the geniuses at the Fed that paper and coin as a means of exchange are obsolete and will be replaced by a freakin' microchip embedded under the skin - or, eventually, implanted somewhere just north of the hypothalamus (that's in your brain, Mario) - and I just ain't buying it...unless I'm forced to, of course ("Thank you, Big Brother!").

Here's an oil on canvas based on the Lincoln "Porthole" five-dollar-bill (I still have a Silver Certicate stashed away in me cigar box...oops, I shouldn't have said that):



I like the old versions...I suppose I'm kinda nostalgic about those great designs.

Patrick Anthony Pierson
"Of course, I know Bill Tomsa is right...she must be an American, but I thought I'd have some fun with the announcement anyway."

Hey, you got my attention, Patrick. And Mona is a hoot.

I'm just bummed out it can't be my wife...or Lady Gaga. How about Amelia Earhart?

Bill Tomsa

http://billtomsa.blogspot.com/

Too good, Marlene!

Yeah, speaking of trans-this and trans-that...trans-fats will soon be outlawed. What the heck; no more Crisco for baking and deep-frying?

And how about the latest trending fad...trans-able; "If thy right hand offends thee, cut it off," or summuch.

And then there's this lunatic broad named Rachel Dolezal; she's hardly a genuine trans-racial.

Right you are, Bill!

Perhaps we should put it to a vote...you know, a referendum on the choice of broad - excuse me, woman - that we think shall grace the ten-spot.

I like Earhart, being partial to her beautiful but girlish features, which would be a refreshing departure from all those tired-looking old men, don't you think?

On the other hand...

...she had a wart!

Lady Gaga is iconic, and Robert's rendition of her is compelling, but she's still with us...thankfully!

Ten dollars is ten dollars.

Money has no gender. I would spend it, even if a that famous commercial cartoon cow's picture were on it (Elsie, was it?)

OMG, Robert!

The rash of trans-this and that is amazing!
I hope we don't see a flurry of trans-artists on faa!!

i apologize for nothing, eye bleach is only $25 a bottle, oddly this one for mothers day never went over well.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

don't hate me because i'm beautiful.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Mike. You're drop - dead gorgeous...well, drop-dead, anyway. Lol!

::::passing Mikella a razor::::::::

Mike, i didnt know you come from circus people.
of course there is nothing wrong with that....

hey we make good money, i have interesting friends. so many people today copy us - cross dressers with beards, tattoo freaks, over pierced weirdos. and so on. if it wasn't for us, they would all look like normal citizens with nothing going for them, now all eyes are on them. the mustache runs in the family, couldn't shave it off if i could, it's stapled on.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

ya gotta love carnies....

Transgender, cross dressing, body piercing, tattoos, ... the accelerating mania for self modification is still in its infancy, if you would believe people who predict what the distant (or maybe not so distant) future holds.

According to these thinkers, we will see ... transhumans ... which will be living entities comprised of modifications of human flesh, re-manufactured-and-improved organs, and highly altered physiological processes themselves, intertwined with synthetic skin, electronics, metal, and so forth.

... upscale cyborgs, if you will. Sexuality will get even more confusing. The options for body decorations will be endless - perhaps interchangeable sex organs too. Gender will then NOT be an either or proposition, but rather an interchangeable choice.

"Let's see, ... it's Tuesday, ... today I will wear my synthetic brown skin achieved by drinking some sort of light-reactant energy drink concoction, then affix my female organs to the universal attachment junction of my pelvis, which accommodates either gender choice, you know, .... and complement it with my 'Hot Babe 707' blonde hair treatment [I am bored with 'Hot Babe 706')."

I think Hamilton should stay, but if a woman must be on the bill, I'd like it to be Amelia Earhart.

Hey Patrick...it's been a rough week for you, eh? First Walt rips you off, now the gov is stealing your ideas!! Bummer ;))

Indeed it has been a "bumpy ride" for me, Lawrence...lol!

"The noteworthy shift toward the undeniable commodification of art and art packaged for mass consumption took place at the Met in February of 1963 when the John F. Kennedy family attended the first public showing of the Mona Lisa in the US. "-Patrick

this is a very interesting observation Patrick.
Some of the precursors are the media promotion of Pollock as the next great American artist, the destruction of Diego Rivera mural by Rockefeller and Rockefeller's pushing of Rothko's work.
basically the idea of creating wealth from nothing but perception.

How about MRS. Hamilton?
Behind every great man is a you-know-who!

Good idea, Marlene!

So...how about Betsy Ross?

Get rid of Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill. The guy signed the "Indian Removal Act", fought in several skirmishes with Native Americans and didn't really do anything worthy of his face being on money.

Agreed, Louise. Jackson was an abysmally bad president, so I like that idea, but who should replace him?

Hmmm...how about Ronaldus Magnus?

Many years of marriage has taught me Mr. Pierson is that your answer should be...Mrs. Pierson

You could be talking breakfast in bed...etc.

It's Father's Day, Mo...I'm the one who gets special treatment today.

Which means I prepared breakfast (and was then 'served' on the lānai), steam-cleaned the carpet and sofas (two dogs wreak havoc on everything, even the furniture), washed the dishes and did the laundry...

...and in those subtle ways, everyday is special, actually.

Sacajawea

There is a ton of political correctness in that choice and that is what this is all about. Or Rosa Parks.

Personally I think they should leave the dame thing alone and find another way of honoring women's contribution.

You are not honoring anyone one when it come at the expense of basically dishonoring someone else.

If Kanye has his way, his wife, Kim Kardashian will be the next $10 face of America...
Think how funny the back of of the bill would look!

Technically Hamilton is not being removed wholly, and will still be somewhere on each tender, per the Wall Street Journal: "it will replace the main image of ... Alexander Hamilton, on the $10 bill, with a woman as yet to be determined. Mr. Hamilton will remain on the bill in a diminished way."

"If Kanye has his way, his wife, Kim Kardashian will be the next $10 face of America...
Think how funny the back of of the bill would look!"

It wouldn't fit in most wallets.

Sacajawea and Susan B Anthony were used for the coins, so maybe not those two.

Poor Alexander Hamilton. Glad they're keeping him in part.Wikipedia

hahahahaha, Louise....butt, butt......

Hillary Clinton may get the honor of her portrait on a bill or coin if she becomes the next president.

I think Teddy Roosevelt should be on a bill. He kicked butt.

I agree with that, JL. Teddy really kicked butt. Whenever I see Hamilton, unfortunately, I think of that darned duel. However, I agree with the suggestion here to remove Jackson. Put a woman on that bill and leave Hamilton alone.

It's too bad that they have to make an effort to put a woman on currency, surely there are thousands of women through out the history of the US who are noteworthy - Ma Barker( real name Arizona Clark), Mae West, Annie Oakley, Clara Barton, Amelia Earhart, Ayn Rand, Rachel Carson, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt to name a few

Nanyehi or her english name,Nancy Ward. Very important in English/Native American history.

Discuss the art by all means. Keep the politics off

Since we've thus far limited our comments to the lives of historical figures, I believe Abbie is giving us a warning to prevent anyone from veering off course into political "waters."

'Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.' - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner

How about fashion? Pantsuits. Not the pantsuits. :D

I think they should choose a real housewife of Beverly Hills....after all, they are spending the most of the bills!!

It's unfortunate there are not 'like' buttons available for our overuse, because I certainly would be 'liking' all over these comments y ' all have been posting!

The Kardashian suggestion with her 'backside' on the flip side is so choice!

But what's the craziest yet most feasible idea for a portrait option?

Don't dismiss Kardashian.....it could be a 3D bill.
Or Jenner...it could be a $10 or a $20.