I'll Buy That For A Confederate Gold Piece!

DevilsReject said:

....in my local South Carolina shop and it came to $100.00 + taxi would only need about a half pound of pure silver or a little more than a quarter pound of pure gold.

Coyotemike said:

May I recommend an alternative use for those rocks? This one involves putting the rocks in a sock and applying them in a swinging motion towards certain political heads.

vermicious_knid said:
Section 10 more so than 8 of article 1 is the pertinent section regarding the restriction of individual State's powers to coin their own monies.

DevilsReject said:

I think people fail to realize that pure gold and silver are actually soft metals and easily manipulated.

In order to use gold and silver as currency, they would have to be mixed with other metals that would create strength in order to make the currency usable and give it a life expectancy of longer than a month before it loses shape. Let's face it, people beat the shit out of money.

So if i were to make a purchase of.....
~two gallons of milk
~ a carton of Pall Mall non-filters
~3- 40's of Grape Maddog 20/20
~3-cans of compressed air (purely for cleaning computer keyboards)
~a 12-pack of Magnum Trojans (yes i need the big ones)
~some lube for the fistin' ladiiez
~an Astro's hat
....in my local South Carolina shop and it came to $100.00 + taxi would only need about a half pound of pure silver or a little more than a quarter pound of pure gold.

If the gold and silver are mixed with another metal to make it more durable, you're probably looking at a pound of non-pure silver and a half pound of non-pure gold. Have fun getting that in your wallet. Have fun purchasing something over $1,000 and carrying your five pounds of silver around.

Accuser said:
Let's use seashells.

But not until I make a trip to the beach.

atomicant said:
no no no, the three shells are for something completely different!

well, until the dollar tanks, then i guess they are the same thing...

Subrosa said:

Regarding Sec. 8 vs. Sec 10, you're probably correct. On initial impression of reading what Pitts was proposing, it seemed like he was trying to force the Feds to change the standards for coining should they want it to be accepted in South Carolina rather than initiate plans physically coin the money in SC. If its the former, it implicates more Sec. 8. If it's the latter, it clearly implicates Sec. 10. I think you're right that it's the latter though it's hard to tell from the article.

Granted, either are equally Constitutionally DOA.

Katieesq said:

2) U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion

Sources at the White House said President Obama was "still trying to get his head around all this" and was in seclusion with his coin collection, muttering "it's just metal, it's just metal" over and over again.

"The president will be making a statement very soon," press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters. "At the moment, though, his mind is just too blown to comment."

Sources at the White House said President Obama was "still trying to get his head around all this" and was in seclusion with his coin collection, muttering "it's just metal, it's just metal" over and over again.

"The president will be making a statement very soon," press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters. "At the moment, though, his mind is just too blown to comment."

DevilsReject said:

I think people fail to realize that pure gold and silver are actually soft metals and easily manipulated.

In order to use gold and silver as currency, they would have to be mixed with other metals that would create strength in order to make the currency usable and give it a life expectancy of longer than a month before it loses shape. Let's face it, people beat the shit out of money.

So if i were to make a purchase of.....
~two gallons of milk
~ a carton of Pall Mall non-filters
~3- 40's of Grape Maddog 20/20
~3-cans of compressed air (purely for cleaning computer keyboards)
~a 12-pack of Magnum Trojans (yes i need the big ones)
~some lube for the fistin' ladiiez
~an Astro's hat
....in my local South Carolina shop and it came to $100.00 + taxi would only need about a half pound of pure silver or a little more than a quarter pound of pure gold.

If the gold and silver are mixed with another metal to make it more durable, you're probably looking at a pound of non-pure silver and a half pound of non-pure gold. Have fun getting that in your wallet. Have fun purchasing something over $1,000 and carrying your five pounds of silver around.

atomicant
if you're really worried about the american financial system falling completely apart, why not invest in non-perishable food items, water purifying systems, guns and ammunition?

Sick said:
Also, we should ask Sir Isaac Newton about clipping. He had a hell of a time with it.

wildswan said:

I wonder if you whisper this kind of talk to a certain someone and they get all swoony?

Accuser said:

If everyone would just type "IDCLIP," there wouldn't be a problem.

The cost of living in the U.S. rose in January less than anticipated and a measure of prices excluding food and fuel fell for the first time since 1982, indicating the recovery is generating little inflation.

Lemonkid said:
Sometimes I think our politicians are bad, but then I read stories like this and I feel a bit better. Thanks America.