'BAMA BUCKS

The morning news informed us that political prisoner Leonard Peltier was beaten severely in his new digs in a Penn. prison. So much for the Red man getting ahead- man. 33 years of confinement and 33 years of declaring his innocence in the killing of 2 FBI agents has gotten him to this point in his history. The day we inaugurate an African American President he's beaten within an inch of his life by fellow prisoners. Hope and change does not trickle down so easily to the US prison system. Please, Mr. President, pardon this man before it's too late.

Now for my solution to the economic crisis. Yesterday the Dow dropped 4%- THE WORSE DAY ON WALL STREET FOR AN INAUGURATION! As the country celebrated, brokers dumped paper. This was an obvious no confidence vote on the street towards the new administration. So, instead of printing more of the same, let's put George W. (Washington-that is) up on the shelf and start fresh. We have made history. We have put a Black family in the White House. What better way to commemorate this than to put Obama on a bill? My proposal would be to take one of Shepard Ferry's fly images of Barack and create a new currency for a new day. And give this 'Bama buck a new value. $2 never worked. $3 has a bad connotation. But how about $1.50? A buck fitty has a nice ring to it.
This infusion of cash into the global economy could be just what the doctor ordered. Make this legal tender world wide. Hell, if the European Union can do it, why can't we? Pull out those Obama "Change" purses and stuff them with folding money. In the words of the great poet John Lennon- "Imagine".