Re. Vegas, list trouble etc.

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 19:42:33 CST 2009


Laura wrote:
> Interesting point, John, about the Kennedy coins echoing the Nixon notes.  And coming up soon, Doc's going to encounter Thomas Jefferson's image emblazoned on a plastic nickel.  What would come after Nixon?  Reagan's image on a bouncing check?  Obama's image on a multi-billion-dollar check to the banking industry?  It does suggest that the American Dream (encompassing the Hippie dream) was still-born in the days of the Founding Fathers:  the government always in cahoots with the private sector [from the Pursuit of Happiness (AKA Property) right on up to the United States of Goldman-Sachs].
>


great obs, Laura!
another parsing that appealed to me:
Nixon's face on the funny money, Kennedy's on the hard currency....



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