{"id":42043,"date":"2025-03-02T16:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T22:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=42043"},"modified":"2025-04-13T09:39:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T14:39:52","slug":"earl-landgrebe-award-nominee-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2025\/03\/02\/earl-landgrebe-award-nominee-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Earl Landgrebe Award Nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I expect we&#8217;ll be seeing a herd of nominees, to be frank, for this award. Here comes one now!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Those who carry cash would have a denomination as an option with President Donald Trump\u2019s face, at least under the idea of one of South Carolina\u2019s congressmen.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-Springdale, a staunch supporter of Trump, says he\u2019s planning to propose a $250 dollar bill to include the president\u2019s portrait.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBidenflation has destroyed the economy forcing American families to carry more cash. Most valuable bill for (the) most valuable President!\u201d Wilson posted on X. Federal law, however, prohibits any living person from being depicted on U.S. currency.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/politics-government\/article300976624.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The State <\/strong><\/a><\/em>(South Carolina)<em>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20230401_143004656.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-42045 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20230401_143004656.jpg?resize=213%2C285&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20230401_143004656.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20230401_143004656.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20230401_143004656.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20230401_143004656.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20230401_143004656.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>Older readers may remember Rep Wilson (R-SC) as the dude who shouted &#8220;You <del>like<\/del>lie!&#8221; during an Obama-delivered <strong>State Of The Union<\/strong> speech. (I seem to remember he later apologized.)<\/p>\n<p>Since inflation makes cash a least preferred instrument of wealth, his excuse for this little boondoggling flattery of President Trump collapses immediately; and, since the economy was in better shape at the end of President Biden&#8217;s term than at the end of Trump&#8217;s first term, the rest of his statement collapses as, ummmmm, lies.<\/p>\n<p>So ol&#8217; Earl, excuse me, <em>Joe<\/em>, places allegiance to an icon of corruption and narcissism over an allegiance to truth, to honesty. Someone remind me why South Carolina keeps returning Rep Wilson to Congress. Is it &#8216;cuz they don&#8217;t want him in South Carolina?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I expect we&#8217;ll be seeing a herd of nominees, to be frank, for this award. Here comes one now! Those who carry cash would have a denomination as an option with President Donald Trump\u2019s face, at least under the idea of one of South Carolina\u2019s congressmen. U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2025\/03\/02\/earl-landgrebe-award-nominee-55\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42043"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42178,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42043\/revisions\/42178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}