Dear US mint: pump your breaks - Editorial
stonej
onslaught of coins but their
point is still well taken.
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/02/dear-us-mint-pump-your-breaks
Mr. Jaggers
Looks to me like a puff piece in search of column inches to fill.
James
mazorj
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Subspecies: Resident Ranter semi-desperate for today's
target?
>
Wayland
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Is it just me or did Editors used to know that "breaks" is different that
"brakes"?
Pat
Mr. Jaggers
I suspect that editors perform different functions from those of yore. At
least I hope that's the issue here.
James
PC
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>
> I suspect that editors perform different functions from those of yore. At
> least I hope that's the issue here.
>
The meaning of editor and janitor have bizarrely switched meanings in the
last few years. You didn't know? After all, it is in all the news sources
that Sarah Palin reads.
Don't worry though lots of places of employment have not caught on and are
hiring the wrong people for the work they want done. Just because a guy is
good at cleaning a toilet without missing a spot does not mean he is good at
proof-reading. Likewise guys who clean toilets have no one to yell at. It
just doesn't work.
Mike Marotta
> ... but their point is still well taken.
> http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/02/dear-us-mint-pump-your-breaks
Mother Jones is a lodestar on the Left, so you have to take that into
account: they hate money and anything associated with it.
The writer called the coins "pennies" a common enough mistake and
could be overlooked but for "we're now printing coins with ..."
Anyone claming to be a writer should care enough about the English
language to know that coins are not "printed."
"Tourists visiting America already have to deal with the fact that our
quarters have over fifty different images on the back ..." Certainly,
we must exhibit concern for the sensibilities of Europeans ... oh!
wait! Of course, those Euro coins all have different national reverses
as well and the e2 is intended as a circulating commenorative, 69 of
them out there now...
"As of 2008, sixty-nine variations of €2 commemorative coins have been
minted—six in 2004, eight in 2005, seven in 2006, twenty in 2007
(including the thirteen versions of the common issue), ten in 2008 and
eighteen in 2009 (including the sixteen versions of the common issue).
At least five more are planned to be minted in 2009. €2 commemorative
coins have become collectibles. The €2 commemorative coins are not to
be confused with commemorative coins (with a face value higher than
€2), which are officially designated as "collector coins" and usually
made of precious metal." -- Wikipedia citing the Eurpean Commission at
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/the_euro/notes_coins8787_en.htm
The active brain of New Labor, sociologist Lord Anthony Giddens, said
that socialism is great at social criticism, but lousy at wealth
creation. Those lefties just don't understand money.
Mike M.
Michael E. Marotta
"Objectivist since 1967"
Mr. Jaggers
> On Feb 17, 2:53 pm, stonej <sto...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote:
>> ... but their point is still well taken.
>> http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/02/dear-us-mint-pump-your-breaks
>
> Mother Jones is a lodestar on the Left, so you have to take that into
> account: they hate money and anything associated with it.
"Hate"? People on the Left "hate" money? Certainly none of the Lefties I
know, and I know a lot of them. Try again, Mike! 8>)
James
Mike Marotta
>> Mike Marotta wrote:
> > Mother Jones is a lodestar on the Left, so you have to take that into
> > account: they hate money and anything associated with it.
> "Hate"? People on the Left "hate" money? Certainly none of the Lefties I
> know, and I know a lot of them. Try again, Mike! 8>)
A bit too strong, perhaps? How about "fail to understand and
appreciate"?
Pick one:
A. Money is the root of all evil
B. The love of money is the root of all evil.
Not many people, left or right, "get" what we do in
numismatics.Conservatives are closer to it, of course, with
traditional valuies for hard money and Miss Liberty, the pioneer
ethic, frontier individualism all of the Ethos that numismatists
invest in the Morgan Dollar and Bust Half and all the rest, the love
of History.
Admittedly, in American politics, the line from the Revolutiion of
1776 to any other call for rebellion can be direct, whether left or
right. The Disney movie _National Treasure_ evokes a lot of responses
across the spectrum from liberals and conservatives alike, from people
who know and care about the (mythical) foundations of our freedoms.
That said, you don't see a lot of lefties reading Ayn Rand.
_Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal_ and "America's Persecuted Minority:
Big Business" just do not get much press in Mother Jones.
Mike M.
Michael E. Marotta
"Laissez faire"
Mr. Jaggers
> On Feb 19, 8:44 am, "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote:
>>> Mike Marotta wrote:
>>> Mother Jones is a lodestar on the Left, so you have to take that
>>> into account: they hate money and anything associated with it.
> James queried back:
>> "Hate"? People on the Left "hate" money? Certainly none of the
>> Lefties I know, and I know a lot of them. Try again, Mike! 8>)
>
> A bit too strong, perhaps? How about "fail to understand and
> appreciate"?
I still have difficulty with it, but that's much more thoughtful, thanks!
> Pick one:
> A. Money is the root of all evil
> B. The love of money is the root of all evil.
B.
> Not many people, left or right, "get" what we do in
> numismatics.Conservatives are closer to it, of course, with
> traditional valuies for hard money and Miss Liberty, the pioneer
> ethic, frontier individualism all of the Ethos that numismatists
> invest in the Morgan Dollar and Bust Half and all the rest, the love
> of History.
The people who call themselves "conservatives" these days are a far cry from
the traditional definition of the term. That's my interpretation of what I
see, and I can offer no proof., as it is a personal observation
> Admittedly, in American politics, the line from the Revolutiion of
> 1776 to any other call for rebellion can be direct, whether left or
> right. The Disney movie _National Treasure_ evokes a lot of responses
> across the spectrum from liberals and conservatives alike, from people
> who know and care about the (mythical) foundations of our freedoms.
In the word "mythical," you have said a mouthful.
> That said, you don't see a lot of lefties reading Ayn Rand.
> _Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal_ and "America's Persecuted Minority:
> Big Business" just do not get much press in Mother Jones.
Not that one should. MJ has an agenda, as does every other publication.
James
Peter
"The people who call themselves "conservatives" these days are a far
cry from
the traditional definition of the term. "
I agree; they are, indeed. The people who call themselves "liberals"
these days are also a far cry from the traditional definition of the
term.
Mr. Jaggers
I really don't know anyone who calls himself a "liberal" these days.
James
RWF
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I've always preferred "progressive".
Mr. Jaggers
Me too.