in God we trust

Aren't you glad things are so good in our country that Congress has time to pass meaningless resolutions?  This week, the House debated for 35 minutes on the resolution until deciding once again that "In God we Trust" is our national motto -- despite the fact that it's already been done.  Twice.  So, since everything and everyone in our country is so happy and peaceful and well-fed and employed, our elected officials figured they needed to officially acknowledge the big man upstairs.  The bill apparently was in response to a speech Obama gave a year ago, where he flubbed the national motto and declared it , "E pluribus unum."

Never mind that both mottoes appear on the dollar bill, and the correct one is permanently etched in just about all our money.  Maybe Congress would do better by finally replacing our dollar bill with coins -- thus not only saving $5.6 billion, but also finally modernizing our monetary system like the rest of the industrialized world.  Even though we've been debating the issue on and off for at least 25 years, the euro never had a 1-note, and most European nations did away with theirs well in advance of that.  Coins last practically forever, while dollar bills are only in circulation for about 18 months.  Has anyone actually used the presidential $1 coins?  I've never even held one, although they've been in circulation for a few years now.

$1 coin doubters in our country cite the fact that the Treasury has almost $2 billion in 1-dollar coins just sitting in storage, because no one uses them.  Well, duh -- what did you expect when you keep making the bills?  Of course no one will like them, given the choice.  I don't know what genius bureaucrat thought it was a good idea to try and keep both in circulation, but I'm sure he has a nice, healthy government pension -- while our government continues its free-fall into crushing debt that could be alleviated, at least a little, by the switch.

And while we're at it, we should stop making pennies all together, and seriously consider nickels as well -- they both cost more to make than they're worth, and continue to waste taxpayer dollars...er, cents.  We should do it because it's the right thing to do -- not keep putting it off just because some mid-West grandmothers like to send dollar bills in the mail.

The fact we are even debating the topic in this country is about as stupid and cheesy as my favorite 80's Christian glam-metal band, Stryper.  Which of course is a good reason to embed this really cheesy (and related only in title) music video:

I'm sure I had a good time watching those guys in concert 25 years ago -- but what was I thinking?