When looking at the rosevelt. You can see the initials for Joseph Stalin. Is it true that there were rumors of the Kremlin infiltrating the U.S. Mint? Did people actually believe in this? Was the commie/socialism hysteria really that bad in the 50's-60's?
It's a LIE!!!!! Joseph Stalin did not design the Roosevelt Dime! Russia stayed in Russia during the 50's. But people do believe in lots of things, and the communist hysteria was very bad in the 50's and 60's.
Poor John Sinnock, the designer, whose initials were misappropriated by the aluminum foil hats of that age. Economic and political upheaval tends to stimulate the paranoia of the less educated populace.
I remember the McCarthy hearings quite well, and it's common knowledge that Joseph Stalin assumed the pseudonym "John Sinnock" in order to design the Roosevelt dime. Stalin secretly admired Roosevelt and (Roosevelt's) popularity, and struck a deal with the U.S. Mint to redesign the Mercury dime. McCarthy was irate and spent the remainder of his short career accusing most everyone of being a member of the communist party.
Yeah, and he was pretty talented. He did all that witch hunting with non-stop voices screaming in his head, and blood shooting from his eyes! Yes, we Wisconsinites know the bitter truth how many nutcases come from here.McCarthy and Dahmer are two prime examples.
Yeah, if you like trees and lakes. I'm used to it after 36 years here. Kind of like the food here. I am used to it. I personally like the mountains in Colorado, and the food in New Orleans. Other than that, I'm content.
Similarly when the Kennedy half was released there were rumours that Gilroy Robert's monogram were a hammer and sickle. Stalin didn't even get his initials on a USSR coin, let alone a USA one.
Yeah, I guess we kinda overreacted to the news that they had intentionally starved 10 million people to death in the Ukraine. When Khrushchev screamed "WE WILL BURY YOU !!!!" (after burying 35 million of his own people due to starvation and forced labor in the Gulag archipelago), I guess we saw that as threat. Since the world knew what the Soviets did to their own people, somehow we thought they might be as cruel to us as they were to their own. What were we thinking ? Back then, I suppose we weren't nearly as smart as today's "intellectuals".
Don't get me started on the food if the food in WI is anything like MN. Can I buy me some spices? The chili tastes like tomato soup. Nothing wrong with the food if you like bland. I have to admit I have only been here for 5 years though, but still reach for the tobasco bottle at every single restaurant I go to.
I hear ya. Everything gets deep fried, and I'm pretty sure they consider butter a spice. Then everything gets washed down with beer.
