Glib & Superficial: April 5, 1933

"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

--Archilochus

Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."

Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."

Albert A. Gore, Jr.:
"An incontinent brute."

Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."

Friends of GF's Sons:
"Is that really your dad?"

Kickball Girl:
"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."

Hired Hand:
"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."

I'm an
Alcoholic Yeti
in the
TTLB Ecosystem

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

April 5, 1933

Executive Order 6102, signed April 5, 1933, criminalizes gold ownership. Gold certificates (that is, paper money redeemable in gold) are also confiscated. Because you see, my friends, when you're not buying what The Suits are selling, they send guys with guns. For your own good, of course.