What the country really needs is a law requiring all Congress critters to submit to a urinalysis to validate they're not under the influence of any banned mind-altering substances.

Beck and Bachmann, a match made in Wingnut Heaven.

Interesting geographical breakdown and no surprise the majority of Bachmann supporters are from the South.

I guess we now have officially established that our country's elected representatives, by & far, are not the brightest bulbs in the pack.

I honestly think the problem is that global finance (basket SDR currencies for the IMF is the topic here) is far, far out of the reach of the capacity of congress people like Bachmann & her peers.

Next up, a law to prevent the President from outsourcing the border patrol to the Klingons.

Great! More material for the course I teach on critical thinking and reasoning. Last night's class traced Bachmann's "confusion" from the original statements from Geithner and Chinese author, and other documentation straight through to her "conclusions" and the Rasmussen poll. Endless entertainment and a perfect example of faulty reasoning.

Um... I think this issue is already covered by the Constitution.

Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have the Power...

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To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

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To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constituion in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.

Now, Congress passed a law establishing the Federal Reserve Bank, and I am no expert on the particulars of that institution, but I do not beleive Congress abdictated its prerogitives in so doing.

In other words, Congress doesn't need a Constitutional amendment here. They would just need to pass a law (at most).

More likely, Congress would have to pass a law to allow any currency other than the dollar to be legal tender.

-- ARG

ROLLMFAO!

Bachmann should package this one with a bill to ban the tattooing of barcodes on people's foreheads, a bill to ban the painting of helicopters black, and one to disband the Illuminati and immediately arrest all of its members and anyone named Rothschild or Bilderberg.

Why is Bachmann wasting time with the dollar. The REAL threat is this Cap and Trade nonsense.

Why the USA would trade our god-given national gasses with other countries INCLUDING FRANCE!!! is beyond me. I grew up with Oxygen. I breath it every day. In my mind OXYGEN is what keeps us red-blooded Americans. LETS KEEP the O2 in the US!

So Called "greehouse gasses" are a hoax. Any fool knows that the number of greenhouses is very small. Who cares about the gasses they emit? Its a ploy to get us into trading OUR AMERICAN Oxygen for the gasses with other countries - LIKE FRANCE! AND NORTH KOREA! AND FRANCE!

I had a friend in College who liked Nitrous Oxide and it didn't end well. REAL Americans must Oppose all efforts to trade our country's Oxygen for whatever random gas some other country wants to trade with us. OXYGEN must be and remain our National Gas.

Michelle Bachmann! Thank you for your efforts with the dollar. Right thinking Americans demand that you also make Oxygen our official Gas!

There is a commonality between these two. Both have that gleam of insanity shining in their eyes...

If I were in congress I'd write a bill demanding that no sanitarium ever lock Michelle Bachmann up, even for observation; it would say that her ideas were ahead of their time and she shouldn't be considered clinically insane.

I already have some charts drawn for my presentation. Now I just need to get into congress.

Take your head off the desk, Michele, and pay attention. That's it... try to stay awake.

The President doesn't determine the currency of international trading. The MARKET determines the currency of international trading.

Now, we know you oppose government regulation of the markets, because you said so.
Bottom line, Michele, you can't be AGAINST government regulation in the market and FOR government regulation in the market at the same time. It's... what's the word?... hypocritical. It makes it look like your scrambling for cheap points.

Why would Republicans want to waste the nation's time and taxpayers' money doing this nonsense? Assuming it continued as a Constitution admendment, then it has to be ratified by the states. Time (and money) will be wasted that could have been directed into more important things like saving the economy from a meltdown.

Of course, I know why, but still....

Michele Bachmann: "You never give me your money you only give me your funny paper..."

President Obama: "I never give you my number I only give you my situation...and in the middle of negoiations you break down..."

Michele Bachmann: "But oh that magic feeling but no where to go..."

President Obama: "One sweet dream came true...today."

The rightwing's ability to believe in fantasy has a long history. Each time it seems inexplicable, but it happens over and over again. Some of these have had serious political consequences. To name a few:

The US sold out nationalist China in 1949.
There were still MIA/POWs in communist run camps in the 1980s. (This fed the line that Dems were weak on defense, while Reps were strong)
WMD in Iraq

and then there are those that ended harmlessly such as the UN and black helicopters. Let us hope this latest one ends up there.

I'm not sure whether I should be surprised that Ron Paul supports this bill.

Oh, and for my money, in Michelle I trust!

She's kind of likeable for a damn fool.

I think it's so funny that the "sponsors" of this non-legislation are all republicans !!!!! The Obama administration has already said NO to a "goldbal currency" !!! Bachman is mentally incompetent.