Old 10-28-2003, 04:48 PM   #1
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Thumbs up One USA Dollar Bill

Take out a one dollar bill. The one dollar bill you're looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design.

This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with red and blue minute silk fibers running through it. It is actually material. We've all washed it without it falling apart. A special blend of ink is used, the contents we will never know. It is overprinted with symbols and then it is starched to make it water resistant and pressed to give it that nice crisp look.

If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the United States Treasury Seal. On the top you will see the scales for a balanced budget. In the center you have a carpenter's square, a tool used for an even cut. Underneath is the Key to the United States Treasury. That's all pretty easy to figure out, but what is on the back of that dollar bill is something we should all know.

If you turn the bill over, you will see two circles. Both circles, together, comprise the Great Seal of the United States. The First Continental Congress requested that Benjamin Franklin and a group of men come up with a Seal. It took them four years to accomplish this task and another two years to get it approved.

If you look at the left-hand circle, you will see a Pyramid. Notice the face is lighted, and the western side is dark. This country was just beginning. We had not begun to explore the West or decided what we could do for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is un-capped, again signifying that we were not even close to being finished. Inside the capstone you have the all-seeing eye, an ancient symbol for divinity. It was Franklin's belief that one man couldn't do it alone, but a group of men, with the help of God, could do anything.

"IN GOD WE TRUST" is on this currency. The Latin above the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS, means, "God has favored our undertaking."

The Latin below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means, "a new order has begun." At the base of the pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776. If you look at the right-hand circle, and check it carefully, you will learn that it is on every National Cemetery in the United States. It is also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the Bushnell, Florida National Cemetery, and is the centerpiece of most hero's monuments. Slightly modified, it is the seal of the President of the United States, and it is always visible whenever he speaks, yet very few people know what the symbols mean.

The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory for two reasons: First, he is not afraid of a storm; he is strong, and he is smart enough to soar above it. Secondly, he wears no material crown. We had just broken from the King of England. Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on its own. At the top of that shield you have a white bar signifying congress, a unifying factor. We were coming together as one nation. In the Eagle's beak you will read, "E PLURIBUS UNUM", meaning, "one nation from many people".

Above the Eagle, you have thirteen stars, representing the thirteen original colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. Again, we were coming together as one.

Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. He holds an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the arrows.

They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This is almost a worldwide belief. You will usually never see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with a 13th floor. But think about this: 13 original colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 13 stripes on our flag, 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13 letters in "E Pluribus Unum", 13 stars above the Eagle, 13 bars on that shield, 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows. And, for minorities: the 13th Amendment.

I always ask people, "Why don't you know this?" Your children don't know this, and their history teachers don't know this. Too many veterans have given up too much to ever let the meaning fade. Many veterans remember coming home to an America that didn't care. Too many veterans never came home at all.

Share this page with someone, so they can learn what is on the back of the UNITED STATES ONE DOLLAR BILL, and what it stands for... Otherwise, they will probably never know...

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Old 10-28-2003, 05:28 PM   #2
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"E Pluribus Unum" was the motto proposed for the first Great Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776. A latin phrase meaning "One from many," the phrase offered a strong statement of the American determination to form a single nation from a collection of states.
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Lightbulb according to numerology

Number 13 - Regeneration--Change - 13 is not an unlucky number, as many people believe. The ancients claimed that "he who understands how to use the number 13 will be given power and dominion." The symbol of 13 is a skeleton, or death, with a scythe, reaping down men in a field of new-grown grass, where young faces and heads appear to be thrusting through the ground and emerging on all sides. 13 is a number of upheaval, so that new ground may be broken. It's associated with power, which, if used for selfish purpose, will bring destruction upon itself. There is a warning of the unknown and the unexpected. Adapting to change gracefully will bring out the strength of the 13 vibration, and decrease any potential for negative. 13 is associated with genius--also with explorers, breaking the orthodox and new discoveries of all kinds.
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Old 10-28-2003, 07:10 PM   #4
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That was interesting additional information, LogansDad.:right:
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I learned alot too :right:
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Old 10-28-2003, 08:24 PM   #6
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13 is a lucky number. I was born on Friday the 13th. Well, maybe not a lucky number for my parents....
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Old 10-29-2003, 12:10 AM   #7
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Snakebite...My view is that they were lucky when you were born. Think of all the things you would have missed out on if you weren't born on that day. :nod:
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Old 10-29-2003, 12:21 AM   #8
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good thing this wasnt about a twenty!....im broke!
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Old 10-29-2003, 09:41 AM   #9
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Thanks teach. It is sad how I take something like the dollar bill for granted.
Never really paid that close attention to it's markings.
I try to learn something new every day.
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Old 10-29-2003, 01:50 PM   #10
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I never saw 13 as an unlucky number.

Come to think of it, I'v never been supersticious either.

If a black cat crosses my path I have supper.

If I walk under a ladder I pull it away and it's the sucker on it that has bad luck.

If I break a mirror I figure I can't see my ugly arse mug.

I've always counted my chickens before they hatched. Twelve to the dozen fry up nicely, thanks.

I don't cross my fingers. Heck at my age I might never get them undone anyway.

My truck's plates end in '666' and I've had the last three vehicles almost 20 years and neither has been in a wreck, etc. Plus, other than the normal maintenance expectations I've done nothing else to them.

And, if I weren't so dern hungry and need to get something to eat I could think of more, lol.
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I agree. This is good info to know!

13 is unlucky if you make it. I think we are starting to make it unlucky with certain bills if they get passed
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666 that must be a Beast of a truck.
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ive never imagined all the history ive shoved into G-strings across this great nation!
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By Chris Ledoux

Well, I'm just a Workin' Man's Dollar In the pocket of his old blue
jeans


I ain't like my Wall Street brother He's in a bank so shiny and
clean


Well, I'm faded and I'm wrinkled Tattered and stained with
sweat


But I'm the 1st one called when Uncle Sam Needs a hand with the
National Debt

I've been wages for the farm hand For drivin' an old John
Deere


I've been laid on a bar in a tavern To buy a workin' man an
ice-cold beer


I've been tipped to a truck-stop waitress Taped where I
was torn


And in the hand of a child I was laid on a plate In a church on Sunday
morn

CHORUS:

They say I'm the root of all evil I bring lust, power and
greed


But this Workin' Man's Dollar only buys the things A workin' man really
needs

Verse:


Well, they say I'm worth about fifty-cents In this modern
inflated age

But don't tell that to the young man slavin' To make it on a
minimum wage

Or that single workin' mother She's been scrapin' to make
ends meet


To make a house a home Keep food on the table And shoes on her
baby's feet


Well, I know my days are numbered I'm gettin' threadbare and
wearin' thin


And they'll replace me with another But I'd do it all
again

Cuz I've seen this great big country

Passed from hand to callused hand

And I've got to say that I'm mighty proud

That I belong to a workin' man

REPEAT CHORUS
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