IVIV (8): Nixonizing U.S. Currency

Richard Fiero rfiero at gmail.com
Thu Oct 1 20:02:27 CDT 2009


Dave Monroe wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Richard Fiero <rfiero at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The Nixon Shock took place on August 15, 1971.
>
>A-and Lew Alcindor didn't change his name to Kareem Abdul Jabbar 'til
>1971, either ...

So Dave you are saying that the dates don't matter and that the Nixon 
currency due to the Nixon Shock in '71 is in IV in '70.
Well I wonder. A little indeterminacy here but surely not for the 
first time. Makes it better.  Perhaps the currency in IV is not about 
the Nixon Shock at all and that was my point.  That Nixon look is 
probably the one he had as he was led through the hidden White House 
corridors by Alexander Haig during Watergate--or maybe on the 
Cambodian and Laotian incursions.
Yes, it's the Look that matters. 




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