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legelegel
04-12-2007, 11:53 AM
State quarter will be put to vote (http://newsok.com/article/3039097) ... I'm Sure Everyone Will Want to Vote :laugh:

Oh, I forgot. Most of you can't on this one, but no one will ever know if you do. :D

This is a just another good example of another public official that got things screwed up and has left it the public to get him off the hook.


By Michael McNutt
Capitol Bureau

Oklahomans have the chance to choose the design of a special commemorative quarter honoring Oklahoma.

The quarter will be issued early next year by the U.S. Mint.

Five designs have been finalized by the mint.

Gov. Brad Henry, who had the option to pick a recommendation, has decided to let Oklahomans decide by voting either at a special Web site or through the mail. The design with the most votes will be the state's design.

The vote on the quarter will begin Friday and concludes at 5 p.m. April 27.

The designs include representations of the Pioneer Woman statue in Ponca City; gushing oil derricks; the scissortail flycatcher, the state bird; and an American Indian calumet, also known as a peace pipe.

Oklahomans may vote for their favorite quarter designs at a Web site, www.gov.ok.gov/coin.php (http://www.gov.ok.gov/coin.php). The page can also be reached through the state's official Web site at ok.gov, as well as through Henry's homepage at www.gov.ok.gov (http://www.gov.ok.gov/). Those without easy access to the Internet may mail their preference to:

State Quarter Contest
Office of the Governor, Suite 212
State Capitol Building
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

The winning selection will be announced and submitted to the U.S. Mint no later than May 1.
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polish
04-12-2007, 11:57 AM
why does that crack pipe have feathers ;)

legelegel
04-12-2007, 11:59 AM
why does that crack pipe have feathers ;)

:headslap: ........ :laugh:

legelegel
04-12-2007, 12:01 PM
I really don't think any of them are very good efforts.

What do you think about this one? I think it looks 10 times better than any of the proposed for OK.

http://www.usmint.gov/images/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/TX_winner.gif

What state quarters are the best and worst so far in your minds?

aggie1997
04-12-2007, 12:25 PM
I am guessing that bird is also a female.

This representative must have offended some women's organization or something.

Pflugerville Ag
04-12-2007, 01:18 PM
Man, there are some great photoshop oppotunities there.

Vlyrock
04-12-2007, 01:19 PM
They should've had "sooners" and people squatting on land and claiming it early...

legelegel
04-12-2007, 01:34 PM
They should've had "sooners" and people squatting on land and claiming it early...

The "boomers" were even ahead of the "sooners" and I believe they settled in and around some town in Payne County, OK. ;)

Boomers as you may not know where the early settlers of the United States Indian Territory (later Oklahoma) who believed that the Unassigned Lands were public lands and did not belong to any Indian tribe.

Reminds me of my Texas ancestors, on my Dad's side of the family, who fought a war with mercenaries by their side, and took a large piece of land away from Mexico. :D

WesTxAg
04-12-2007, 01:39 PM
it's threads like these(ones about oklahoma) that could easily get me kicked off the first day

legelegel
04-12-2007, 02:02 PM
it's threads like these(ones about oklahoma) that could easily get me kicked off the first day

Well, I gotta try to piss off someone today. ;)

Pumchavas28
04-12-2007, 02:09 PM
Well, I gotta try to piss off someone today. ;)


Is that a personal attack? ;)

legelegel
04-12-2007, 02:15 PM
No, because I had no idea who would take offense this time. I was being a little puppy peeing in this corner and then in that corner. Kind of like some of us do here from time to time.

Thisjeffguy07
04-12-2007, 03:57 PM
i thought the boomers were the ones that came in when they were supposed to... when they fired the cannons to signal that people could go in and claim land... and i thought the sooners were the ones that cheated...

i could be wrong...

legelegel
04-12-2007, 08:56 PM
i thought the boomers were the ones that came in when they were supposed to... when they fired the cannons to signal that people could go in and claim land... and i thought the sooners were the ones that cheated...

i could be wrong...

You are this time.