A penny for your thoughts
Posted on March 29th, 2008 at 10:12 pm by Stephen Fountain, EditorBarack Obama, no stranger to controversy, has grasped onto that one issue that will finally silence all those Pastor Wright re-runs: the death of the penny.
While in Pittsburgh on Friday Obama announced that as president he would “seriously consider” eliminating the penny. That’s right! He’ll pull us out of Iraq, fix NAFTA (wink, wink), and once and for all wipe those troublesome copper coins from the face of the earth.
“We have been trying to eliminate the penny for quite some time. For some reason, it always come back,” [Barack] joked. “I’ve got to find out what it is about, who’s lobbying to keep the penny.” Someone in the crowd suggested it was Illinois, the Land of Lincoln. “No! Come on! You’re blaming us?” he said with a grin. “I will seriously consider eliminating the penny - as long as we can find Lincoln another place to land. Because Lincoln’s a pretty important guy,” he concluded.
With no pennies, whatever will become of Christmas Jars? It’s a vast left wing conspiracy! You read it here.
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When Obama’s camp released its campaign slogan “Change We Can Believe In” I had no idea he was referring to spare-change.
Now I know I wont vote for Obama, as pennies seem to be the only currency I have any of.
How about instead of essentially making the nickel the new penny, we work towards revaluing our currency. Scrapping the penny would only serve to weaken the already anemic dollar. Where’s Ron Paul when you need him?
Yeah….and I would have to move to the nickle slots when I go to Vegas. Screw that! Vote McCain 08!
If you have to do something, do what makes cents (ha). Eliminate the 9/10 garbage from fuel prices. That ought to get you a few votes.
Maybe the 911 conspiracy fruitcakes and Barrack Obama can get together and make a new documentary–”Loose Change You Can Believe In”.
How about “Loose Screws…You Can Believe In”?