The protesters appeared to be a motley assortment of slackers, students, environmentalists, socialists, feminists, and hippies. It is easy to lampoon such folks, just as it easy to poke fun at the retirees, gun lovers, and pro-lifers that man the Tea Party information booths. But like the conservative enragés that have taken over parts of the Republican Party, these protesters have a serious issue that motivates them: the purported takeover of the political system by the richest one per cent of the population, as symbolized by Wall Street. “The one thing we all have in common,” says the protesters’ site, “is that We are the 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%.

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dontwalkintime:

Touche.

I am laughing so hard on the inside right now because I am picturing Cornel West, paintbrush in hand, making up slogans for signs, while sitting in his book-lined office in Princeton. 

And then he goes out to look for more scraps of cardboard. 

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Reblogged the photo before, but these words painted another picture that made me laugh so hard I spit my ice cream out and nearly fell out of my chair.  Thanks.  I needed that. - SarahLee

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[Image Description: Pictures of the below described potential bills, showing the 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 dollar bills, with Barack Obama in blue, a teepee in pink, the US capital building in yellow, scientific equipment in green, the Eagle and fifty stars in red, and FDR in orange. There is also a picture of the six different notes fanned out in a wallet, and of the one dollar bill in an ATM.]

fimbis:

dowling duncan US bank note designs

With their vertical format bills, dowling duncan have reignited interest in ‘the dollar redesign project‘ 

why the size? 
we have kept the width the same as the existing dollars. however we have changed the size of the note so that 
the one dollar is shorter and the 100 dollar is the longest. when stacked on top of each other it is easy to see 
how much money you have. it also makes it easier for the visually impaired to distinguish between notes.

why a vertical format?
when we researched how notes are used we realized people tend to handle and deal with money vertically 
rather than horizontally. you tend to hold a wallet or purse vertically when searching for notes. 
the majority of people hand over notes vertically when making purchases. all machines accept notes vertically. 
therefore a vertical note makes more sense.

why different colors?
it’s one of the strongest ways graphically to distinguish one note from another.

why these designs?
we wanted a concept behind the imagery so that the image directly relates to the value of each note. 
we also wanted the notes to be educational, not only for those living in america but visitors as well. 
each note uses a black and white image depicting a particular aspect of american history and culture. 
they are then overprinted with informational graphics or a pattern relating to that particular image.

1 dollar bill: the first african american president

5 dollar bill: the five biggest native american tribes

10 dollar bill: the bill of rights, the first 10 amendments to the US constitution

20 dollar bill: 20th century america

50 dollar bill: the 50 states of america

100 dollar bill: the first 100 days of president franklin roosevelt. 
during this time he led the congress to pass more important legislations than most presidents pass in their entire term. 
this helped fight the economic crises at the time of the great depression. ever since, every new president has been 
judged on how well they have done during the first 100 days of their term.

see the project on dowling duncan’s website here

THIS IS AWESOME. 

Can we please have these? I want pretty currency like Canada’s and Switzerland’s.

They remind me of 70s science textbooks. …that’s a compliment.

This is an absolutely ridiculous thing for the government to invest money into right now…

Sure, they look cool and will probably be a lot more user-friendly (whatever that means, since if you have hands and can’t already handle cash you must be a complete fucking moron), but there are so many bigger problems going on right now to be changing the design of our currency.

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csmonitor:

From the feature story: Unemployment, Inc.: Six reasons why America can’t create jobs.

ebengregory:

I pledge allegiance to the Flag.