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I can't think of a name
02-17-2009, 08:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PGbjPr7ArA&eurl=http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/17/video-the-fake-obama-coins/&feature=player_embedded


rofl

"hidden costs" deceptive impressions. The irony.
Walter Sobchak
02-17-2009, 08:10 PM
"There's a sucker born every minute." P.T. Barnum

I saw Montel Williams pimping these on TV, but I suspect this was just a paid commercial for him. He's done a lot of good things, and I'd hate to think he was duped by these frauds.

There is a helluva metaphor somewhere in all of this... :|
Bia
02-17-2009, 09:09 PM
He's done a lot of good things

Obama or Montel?
CG51
02-17-2009, 09:14 PM
Wonder if montel got a cut?
commanding
02-17-2009, 09:51 PM
How could someone be gullible enough to believe that U.S. mint coins would be issued with colors on them????
Walter Sobchak
02-18-2009, 02:29 AM
Obama or Montel?

Flip a coin. Heads it's Montel, tails it's not Obama! :roll:

As for the coins, I wonder if they have little kids working in sweatshops in some third-world hole, pealing stickers and putting them on US coins. I'm sure it's not a union job.
SpartanWarrior198
02-18-2009, 03:08 AM
This comment may be ill-received, but I think it serves them right. :-*$

I'm so damn sick of people going nuts over everything Obama and all this bullsh!t about his "historical" inauguration. What's so historical about the inauguration of the 43rd @$$hole President of the United States? What was historical about the last @$$hole? The @$$hole before him?

Hopefully some of you will see my point.
el borracho
02-18-2009, 03:12 AM
I get what you're saying. People like to look at the inescapable fact that he's black and think "look how far we've come, we elected a black president." But the fact that we're still stuck on his color shows that as a nation we're still very insecure about racism.
deagle
02-18-2009, 03:35 AM
http://consumerist.com/5153770/obama-collectors-coins-turn-out-to-be-stickers-stuck-on-regular-coins

i thought it was illegal to charge more than the coin's worth ??
SpartanWarrior198
02-18-2009, 05:36 AM
http://consumerist.com/5153770/obama-collectors-coins-turn-out-to-be-stickers-stuck-on-regular-coins

i thought it was illegal to charge more than the coin's worth ??
You mean their websites haven't been shut down yet? :cantbeli:
I can't think of a name
02-18-2009, 05:50 AM
This comment may be ill-received, but I think it serves them right. :-*$

I'm so damn sick of people going nuts over everything Obama and all this bullsh!t about his "historical" inauguration. What's so historical about the inauguration of the 43rd @$$hole President of the United States? What was historical about the last @$$hole? The @$$hole before him?

Hopefully some of you will see my point.

Yeah, the whole keeping photos and iconography of your dear leader in your home, car and clothing seems very 3rd wordlish to me.

These are the morons who think Obama will get them free homes and cars though.
SpartanWarrior198
02-18-2009, 07:08 AM
These are the morons who think Obama will get them free homes and cars though.
Yeah, exactly. They're also the same people screaming "Bush is Satan", despite the fact that most of them more than likely voted for him in '04. :cantbeli:Talk about irony.
Geezah
02-18-2009, 01:39 PM
Obama is not Black, he's mixed race, he really is in the true sense of the word African-American.
Gfunk
02-18-2009, 02:29 PM
How could someone be gullible enough to believe that U.S. mint coins would be issued with colors on them????

the average American just isn't that smart... that's the truth
Abolith
02-18-2009, 02:46 PM
the average American just isn't that smart... that's the truth

More like the average human just isn't that smart.
Macs.
02-18-2009, 03:21 PM
I saw Montel Williams pimping these on TV, but I suspect this was just a paid commercial for him. He's done a lot of good things, and I'd hate to think he was duped by these frauds.

I tell you something.

Montel doesn't give a **** about these ****ing coins, or that some ass in Wikipaco is being ripped off. What counted for him was that there was a bit more $$$ on his account.
Gfunk
02-18-2009, 05:59 PM
More like the average human just isn't that smart.

true, I just singled us out in this situation

the people buying these coins are the same people buying those stupid Obama "commemorative" plates
Walter Sobchak
02-19-2009, 02:14 AM
Obama is not Black, he's mixed race, he really is in the true sense of the word African-American.

My white friend who emigrated here when Rhodesia bit the dust calls himself African-American. He even puts it on papers when it says "race".
MaverickCowboy
02-19-2009, 04:39 AM
A scam, just like his campaigning
SpartanWarrior198
02-19-2009, 11:08 AM
A scam, just like his campaigning
Just like him in general.
California Joe
02-19-2009, 11:31 AM
Any idiot that would send away for a painted coin should be euthanized.

Much like the two political geniuses that posted above me.

Everyone knows the real value is in NASCAR commemorative plates.
SpartanWarrior198
02-19-2009, 12:51 PM
Everyone knows the real value is in NASCAR commemorative plates.
Too true...
wildcat
02-19-2009, 12:53 PM
ha ha ha ha to those that purchased any Obama historic momento, and a big HAHA to the people that purchased these coins.
Walter Sobchak
02-19-2009, 09:01 PM
Everyone knows the real value is in NASCAR commemorative plates.

If you drop a NASCAR plate and it breaks, do you have to put out a yellow flag while you clean it up?
California Joe
02-19-2009, 09:30 PM
Yep, and if it had a number 3 on it you have to have a moment of silence.