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Johnny Pneumatic
22nd November 2004, 01:06 PM
Whould you vote to have the National Motto changed to One Nation Under Vishnu instead of the current one? It would be on the US's money, on school walls(yes, this is on school walls in big red type along with the Ten Taboos) I would. My thinking behind this is that it would p*ss off the "ceremonial deists" so that then
they would stop b*tching because we want the pledge to go back to the pre Red Scare version.
geni
22nd November 2004, 01:16 PM
Not a good choice the letter "s" is a pain in the neck to carve. I sugest Ahura Mazda.
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos
22nd November 2004, 01:17 PM
Way more fun to be One Nation Under Siva. More goth and all, don't you know.
~~ Paul
bluess
22nd November 2004, 01:21 PM
One nation under Kaali - lets go with the whole destruction thing we do so well.
TragicMonkey
22nd November 2004, 01:22 PM
I favor "Eight Nations Under The Tentacled Monstrosity From Beyond Time And Space". It's much more picturesque.
Lisa Simpson
22nd November 2004, 01:24 PM
Originally posted by TragicMonkey
I favor "Eight Nations Under The Tentacled Monstrosity From Beyond Time And Space". It's much more picturesque.
Is that 7 other nations in addition to the US or are you planning on carving the US into 8 nations?
bluess
22nd November 2004, 01:24 PM
Originally posted by TragicMonkey
I favor "Eight Nations Under The Tentacled Monstrosity From Beyond Time And Space". It's much more picturesque.
That really ruins the scansion!
And can you imagine what a little 5-year old would do to it - oh, wait, he would just be blasted into oblivion.
TragicMonkey
22nd November 2004, 01:32 PM
Originally posted by Lisa Simpson
Is that 7 other nations in addition to the US or are you planning on carving the US into 8 nations?
I'd rather split the US into seven nations, leaving one spot open to keep everyone else worried.
Skeptical Greg
22nd November 2004, 02:55 PM
" One Nation under GTITS, With Salsa and Shredded Cheese for ALL "
Ossai
23rd November 2004, 09:02 AM
SkepticJ
Whould you vote to have the National Motto changed to One Nation Under Vishnu instead of the current one? It would be on the US's money, on school walls(yes, this is on school walls in big red type along with the Ten Taboos) I would. My thinking behind this is that it would p*ss off the "ceremonial deists" so that then
they would stop b*tching because we want the pledge to go back to the pre Red Scare version.
How about a slightly modified version. On the permanent stuff we change it to ‘under god(s)’.
Now the interesting bits. Since God is supposed to be generic, let’s replace it with a ‘name brand’ every 3 months or so.
For example, on our money for one season we would have
‘One Nation Under Vishnu’
‘One Nation Under Odin’
‘One Nation Under Zeus’
‘One Nation Under YHWH’
‘One Nation Under Allah’
etc.
We could go decades without ever having to repeat. And just think of the collectors market.
Would some religious groups refuse to take money that didn’t have their gods name on it? Or maybe they could take everything except that.
Ossai
TragicMonkey
24th November 2004, 07:26 AM
Originally posted by Ossai
How about a slightly modified version. On the permanent stuff we change it to ‘under god(s)’.
Now the interesting bits. Since God is supposed to be generic, let’s replace it with a ‘name brand’ every 3 months or so.
For example, on our money for one season we would have
‘One Nation Under Vishnu’
‘One Nation Under Odin’
‘One Nation Under Zeus’
‘One Nation Under YHWH’
‘One Nation Under Allah’
etc.
I think we should open the slot up for bidding by advertisers. "One Nation Under Coke!" or "One Nation Under Best-Buy!" on all the money would certainly be worth a lot to those companies. The revenue generated could pay for a lot of the nations' needs.
And we could expand it and allow advertising on national monuments as well. Viagra is the obvious choice for the Washington Monument.
Skeptical Greg
24th November 2004, 08:03 AM
Originally posted by TragicMonkey
I think we should open the slot up for bidding by advertisers. "One Nation Under Coke!" or "One Nation Under Best-Buy!" on all the money would certainly be worth a lot to those companies. The revenue generated could pay for a lot of the nations' needs.
And we could expand it and allow advertising on national monuments as well. Viagra is the obvious choice for the Washington Monument.
My head is spinning!
Now I see the " The IBM House of Representatives ", " The General Motors Senate "..etc.
This could be the end of the deficit!
TragicMonkey
24th November 2004, 08:31 AM
Originally posted by Diogenes
My head is spinning!
Now I see the " The IBM House of Representatives ", " The General Motors Senate "..etc.
This could be the end of the deficit!
Leading up to having the President wear a sandwich board on public appearances. This one would sport ads for something big, corporate, and boring, like BAE Systems or General Electric.
Clinton, on the other hand, was just crying out for "Chuckee Cheese" or "Krystals".
Skeptical Greg
24th November 2004, 09:22 AM
Originally posted by TragicMonkey
Leading up to having the President wear a sandwich board on public appearances. This one would sport ads for something big, corporate, and boring, like BAE Systems or General Electric.
Clinton, on the other hand, was just crying out for "Chuckee Cheese" or "Krystals".
We might need to move this over to ' Humor ' or start a new thread, but I have a couple more.
" Victoria's Secret Jefferson Monument "
" The Lazy Boy Lincoln Memorial "
Piscivore
24th November 2004, 10:20 AM
Originally posted by TragicMonkey
Leading up to having the President wear a sandwich board on public appearances.
Just sew patches on his suit like a Nascar driver or Captain Amazing.
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