… am i the only one out there rolling my eyes over yet one more attempt to reinvigorate america’s currency? we’ve got more monopoly money peoplz!  while the rest of the world is slowly moving toward a unified source of monetary exchange, (’cuz clams are too heavy to lunk around) our country is commemorating the 200th anniversary of good ol’ abraham lincoln’s birth, by shacking up with the US Mint to redesign the penny with not one, but four new designs. someone shoot me now. seriously. now plz.

“The designs show milestones in the life of the 16th president: the Kentucky log cabin of his birth, his youth working as an Indiana rail splitter, his service at the State Capitol in Illinois, and his effort to preserve the union during the Civil War as depicted by a half-finished image of the U.S. Capitol dome.

The first of the coins debuts Feb. 12, with the others following in three-month intervals. The release date, besides being Lincoln’s birthday, comes a century after the production of the original Lincoln cent in 1909.”

wow… all i can say is that i believe this is stoopid. our government will now spend countless millions of dollars - to produce pennies! there are people FLOATING AWAY IN AREAS IN TEXAS, there are countless homeless (who possibly are some of the only ones who pick UP pennies, btw) that need help, and we’re spending effort and money on reproducing a worthless piece of currency.

to make things worse, i think the designs are completely retarded. perhaps it’s jes’ cuz’ this has been a royally crappy day, but this news really irritates the hell outta me. anyone else? DOWN WITH MONOPOLY MONEY! have you seen our $5.00 bills recently! aaargh!

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