If Sacagewia was such a bad-ass important nagivator worthy of immortalization as coins nobody wanted to use, why is it that my GPS unit says “Magellan” on it?
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How about Amelia Earhart for the next dollar coin? Or wrong-way Corrigan?
Hey, I like those coins!
Actually, I like having a dollar coin that’s not the horric Susan B (way too much like a quarter in feel). The dollar bill is just pointless these days; dollar coins are the way to go.
I suppose having a fake gold $20 coin is asking for too much?
If giving an indian name to a baseball team dishonors injuns, then why is putting an indian face on a white-man coin okay? Why does one honor and the other dishonor?
Why does Sacajawea deserve a coin? Because Magellan didn’t give birth to a baby in the middle of the woods without anesthesia or a midwife, then get right back up and finish walking across the freakin’ continent. That’s why.
Go Wacky Hermit!! I couldn’t have said it better myself!! Sacagawea was only brought along because her husband insisted. He proved to be useless but got paid anyway. She saved their butts and got butt-nothin’.
Why is nothing named after Sir Francis Drake? He circumnavigated the world alive, and was a pirate to boot!
Plus, killing Magellan is the only thing us Filipinos can ever be proud of (sorta like Canada and the War of 1812), so don’t take that away from us.
How about Amelia Earhart for the next dollar coin? Or wrong-way Corrigan?
Hey, I like those coins!
Actually, I like having a dollar coin that’s not the horric Susan B (way too much like a quarter in feel). The dollar bill is just pointless these days; dollar coins are the way to go.
I suppose having a fake gold $20 coin is asking for too much?
Bah to that! Back to the gold standard! Or silver. One or the other. Coins for every denomination, yay!
If giving an indian name to a baseball team dishonors injuns, then why is putting an indian face on a white-man coin okay? Why does one honor and the other dishonor?
‘Cause Sacajewaba…
Sakajeebers
Sackof…
Alphabet Injun is really freakin’ hard to spell.
Perhaps Bill Clinton should festoon the next ill-fated stab at a coin…
I’d suggest a three-dollar denomination.
Easy, Laurence: Sacagawea navigated the Missouri. Magellan navigated somethin’ just a wee bit bigger. Still, Sacagawea owns.
Why does Sacajawea deserve a coin? Because Magellan didn’t give birth to a baby in the middle of the woods without anesthesia or a midwife, then get right back up and finish walking across the freakin’ continent. That’s why.
Isn’t it beautiful?
goodbye texas
Magellan was a fur’ner.
Sakejawegee was at least a native.
Go Wacky Hermit!! I couldn’t have said it better myself!! Sacagawea was only brought along because her husband insisted. He proved to be useless but got paid anyway. She saved their butts and got butt-nothin’.
Plus magellan died before the trip was over,and Sacky made it.
Why is nothing named after Sir Francis Drake? He circumnavigated the world alive, and was a pirate to boot!
Plus, killing Magellan is the only thing us Filipinos can ever be proud of (sorta like Canada and the War of 1812), so don’t take that away from us.
Wait, didn’t you Filipinos help whoop the crap out of the Japanese in WWII? You gotta be proud of that.