Voting to begin soon on South Dakota quarter designs

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/arti...te/state03.txt

stonej wrote:

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/arti...te/state03.txt

From the article:

The five options a

* Mount Rushmore, framed by two heads of wheat.

* Mount Rushmore, with a bison in the foreground.

* Mount Rushmore, with a pheasant in the foreground.

* A buffalo, framed by wheat.

* A pheasant, framed by wheat.

Go with the Wheat-Framed Buffalo. Imagine a wheat back cent with the
ONE CENT replaced by Black Diamond on a quarter. SIGH!

Jerry

Though I do not live in South Dakota, it is my sentiment that Mt. Rushmore
is such an awesome achievement that it would be sad if it is not depicted on
their quarter.

Larry
'diversity makes life go around'

Larry Louks wrote:
Though I do not live in South Dakota, it is my sentiment that Mt.
Rushmore
is such an awesome achievement that it would be sad if it is not
depicted on
their quarter.

Larry
'diversity makes life go around'

I would be shocked if one of the Mt. Rushmore designs was not the top
vote
getter.

Jerry Dennis wrote:
stonej wrote:


http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/arti...te/state03.txt

From the article:

The five options a

* Mount Rushmore, framed by two heads of wheat.

* Mount Rushmore, with a bison in the foreground.

* Mount Rushmore, with a pheasant in the foreground.

* A buffalo, framed by wheat.

* A pheasant, framed by wheat.

Go with the Wheat-Framed Buffalo. Imagine a wheat back cent with the
ONE CENT replaced by Black Diamond on a quarter. SIGH!

Jerry

Naturally, they totally ignored the tremendous Crazy Horse statue. A
pheasant, oh yeah! Be still my beating heart!!!!
Tom DeLorey

wrote:

Jerry Dennis wrote:
stonej wrote:


http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/arti...te/state03.txt

From the article:

The five options a

* Mount Rushmore, framed by two heads of wheat.

* Mount Rushmore, with a bison in the foreground.

* Mount Rushmore, with a pheasant in the foreground.

* A buffalo, framed by wheat.

* A pheasant, framed by wheat.

Go with the Wheat-Framed Buffalo. Imagine a wheat back cent with the
ONE CENT replaced by Black Diamond on a quarter. SIGH!

Jerry

Naturally, they totally ignored the tremendous Crazy Horse statue. A
pheasant, oh yeah! Be still my beating heart!!!!
Tom DeLorey

Especially since pheasants are not 'native' in South Dakota. The
species is from Asia.

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Larry Louks wrote:
Though I do not live in South Dakota, it is my sentiment that Mt.
Rushmore is such an awesome achievement that it would be sad if it is
not depicted on their quarter.

Mt Rushmore already got a series of commems. My choice would have been
Crazy Horse, as Tom Delory mentioned, but it's not even in the running.
All of the designs sound sucky, but at least there's no SOs, so that
elevates them to middling-good at least.

--
Bob

Bob Flaminio wrote:

Larry Louks wrote:

Though I do not live in South Dakota, it is my sentiment that Mt.
Rushmore is such an awesome achievement that it would be sad if it is
not depicted on their quarter.


Mt Rushmore already got a series of commems. My choice would have been
Crazy Horse, as Tom Delory mentioned, but it's not even in the running.
All of the designs sound sucky, but at least there's no SOs, so that
elevates them to middling-good at least.

Only problem would be the 'sensitivity' issue from the Indian
population. Somewhere there would be a loud voice of protest over it.
IIRC the sculptor was not Indian, or am I wrong here?
John

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:45:03 -0800, "Bob Flaminio"
wrote:

Larry Louks wrote:
Though I do not live in South Dakota, it is my sentiment that Mt.
Rushmore is such an awesome achievement that it would be sad if it is
not depicted on their quarter.

Mt Rushmore already got a series of commems. My choice would have been
Crazy Horse, as Tom Delory mentioned, but it's not even in the running.
All of the designs sound sucky, but at least there's no SOs, so that
elevates them to middling-good at least.

I believe Crazy Horse would be a good idea but in this era of
political correctness, any reference to his name would probably have
to be to his true Native American Name rather than "Crazy Horse".
But, I could be wrong.
Cliff

Oh, I did hear, not too long ago that there were talks going on about
selling Mt. Rushmore and moving it. It seems that the Canadians have
fallen in love with it and are willing to pay some pretty good cash to
get it.

Hmm..... the Canadians could have their own Mt. Rushmore as they have
plenty
of mountains out west to choose from. Are any of their prime
ministers worthy
of the honor? Maybe explorers (Mackenzie?) or some hockey heroes.