Well, if we’re going to be politicaly correct, we might as well do it up right!
America: We’re so cool, Canada wants to be just like us!
America: You know the “America” part in North and South America? That’s named after us. Name another country that has two whole continents named after it. See? You can’t. That’s cause we ROCK. What? The continents and the US are named after a mapmaker who never even saw this hemisphere? Oh. Nevermind. Soccor sucks!
America: Rights Without Responsibility!
USA: Where Democracy is both self-serve and self-serving!
“Our Greatest Export is Freedom- So Do Everything We Say.”
How the heck do you fit that on a coin? No, I veto this suggestion as it would either lead to eye strain or seven pound pennies. (It’s arguable which one is worse.)
More Ideas:
Are Ejucation is 2th too noone.
The Official Home of The SDMB.
Leading Exporter of Smarmy Middle-Aged Tourists.
America: We Are Sci-Fi.
“Feet, pounds & gallons. So what’s it to ya?”
America: Come Get Some.
America: We kicked your pansy ass already, England, Don’t make us come back over there.
Oh yeah. I know which one I’m voting for now…
And we could do a thing like the “Millenium Quarters” where we could do a different country each year.
2001: England
2002: Spain
2003: Mexico
2004: Germany
2005: Austria / Hungary
2006: Italy
2007: Germany Again
2008: Japan
2009: Korea
2010: Viet. . . um let’s skip this one.
2011: Iraq
And as an added bonus, on the dimes:
Grenada, Panama, Czecho-Serbio-Yugoa-Whatever, Somalia
This would SO TOTALLY RULE!
what once was found, now is lost
Celine Dion is from the OTHER side of the border.
This one has the benefit of fitting on existing coinage with minimal changes:
“In Wet We Rust”
“America - largest average penis size of any country”
“Bring us your poor, your downtrodden, your huddled masses cuz we need more people who are willing to work for minimum wage.”
“The federal government - scandal free for 2 weeks and counting!”
“The only country to drop a nuclear bomb - don’t think we won’t do it again”
“From the Revolutionary War to the invasion of Haiti - No country is too big or small for us to pick a fight with!”
“That’s right, this country’s in debt. You want your money? Come get it, bitch!”
“America, Home of the internet. Get your porn (and message boards) faster!”
Funny, I thought “In God We Trust” was the Fed’s acknowledgement that while the currency used to be backed with the full faith and credit of the US Gov’t, now it would be pointless to say that, as the currency is backed by nothing; so keep your fingers crossed that people don’t figure out it’s intrinsically worthless.
I didn’t realise it was any kind of US motto.
But if you insist, I second
“Champion in Two World Wars” or whatever.
More consistent with what I thought was the intent of putting on the play-money:
“Who Needs Gold?”
“Gold? What’s That?”
“Property Is Liberty”
“Wealth Is Illusion”
There are other possibilities:
“First State to Nuke Another” might be confusing, as Amurricans don’t know a state from a province, so let’s make it short and bitter:
“We Will Nuke You”
–or just leave that implied, embossing the following:
“…Sooner or Later”
or…
“Dishonor Before Death”
“Fire From Heaven”
“Strip the Planet”
“We Are As Gods”
“God is Dead”
More seriously, why not just use
“Novus Ordo Seclorum”? ::innocent look::
America: Imperialists? What?
America: So much more than Southern and Valley girl accents
America: The land of equality. At least on paper.
America – Home of Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
America – Home of the Almighty Dollar!
America Kicks Ass!
America – Home of More Pop Cultural Icons Than You Can Name
-SSB
“Nukes”
“Hey! You lookin’ at me?”
“America: Gateway to Mexico”
“Chicken Fryer to the World!”
“Don’t pressure us, damn it! We’re doing the best we can!”
“Do as we say, not as we do.”