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June 20, 2006

K-Fed Wants To Save The Penny

MSNBC reports:

Kevin Federline has a new cause: saving the penny. Britney Spears' hubby, along with Virgin Records chairman Richard Branson and director Matthew Eggers will "unite to reinvigorate the purpose of the penny in face of its possible legislative elimination," according to an announcement. The three will appear in Times Square at mid-day on Wednesday and be among the first to "to sign the 'Save the Penny' petition to be presented to lawmakers in Washington D.C." They'll also be donating pennies to charity.
Wha?

Gothamist has an explanation:

Branson will also be making a pretty penny by introducing his new Virgin Mobile Penny Texting plan, which offers 1,000 text messages for just $9.99 per month. And we're guessing K-Fed is in it to promote his new album.
They should totally eliminate the penny! Kev can't even pick a decent publicity stunt.

Posted at 2:27 PM




35 Comments

acting like she never seen a penny before.

Posted by: alec at 06/20/06 3:06 PM | Reply
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popozao? penny? prettyridiculous.

Posted by: rue at 06/20/06 3:09 PM | Reply
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cuz that is all he'll be worth in 3 years unless he gets some alimo-ney

useless sack of crud!

Posted by: booboo at 06/20/06 3:15 PM | Reply
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cuz that is all he'll be worth in 3 years unless he gets some alimo-ney

and he's on a crusade to save something people could care less about, oh well, except for him...

what does he want? his wife was in bronze, now he wants to be on copper

useless sack of crud!

Posted by: booboo at 06/20/06 3:16 PM | Reply
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how did my post do that

Posted by: booboo at 06/20/06 3:21 PM | Reply
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how did your post do what?

Posted by: booboo at 06/20/06 3:38 PM | Reply
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Come on, seriously, this is really weird.

Posted by: booboo at 06/20/06 3:51 PM | Reply
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i invented celery.

Posted by: Balumpus at 06/20/06 4:31 PM | Reply
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OK YOU GOT ME ! this is the real booboo and i say stop all the mindgames! came back to visit the post and i was momentarily freaked out...

Posted by: booboo at 06/20/06 4:33 PM | Reply
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But what do these people have to do with pennies? Is he naming his album Pennies from Hell or something? Are they counting their pennies? Will he sell his album for a penny?

Gaaaah what an asshole. SHUT IT, K-fed.

Posted by: Memememe at 06/20/06 4:41 PM | Reply
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booboo wants a cracker.

Posted by: booboo at 06/20/06 4:47 PM | Reply
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no, booboo needs a drink...
-signed,
the REAL BOOBOO

accept no imitators

Posted by: booboo at 06/20/06 5:11 PM | Reply
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i have a lot of time on my hands

Posted by: booboo at 06/20/06 5:55 PM | Reply
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Fuck pennies. They're disgusting. They make your hands smell like shit. And they're all laced with feces and semen and god only knows what else. just think about that the next time you put one in your mouth to try to avoid a DUI. biatch.

Posted by: beck at 06/20/06 6:24 PM | Reply
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it costs 1.2 pennies to make one. down with pennies.

Posted by: me at 06/20/06 9:21 PM | Reply
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That is so retarted I wan't to kill a baby.

Posted by: Kevin at 06/20/06 10:20 PM | Reply
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Who cares what K-Fed does anyway. He is a nobody that rode his wife to fame - killing her career along the way

Posted by: Jen at 06/21/06 3:25 PM | Reply
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PALEEEEEEASE, DOES ANY HUMAN GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT THIS GUY OR HIS SKANKY WIFE, FAT ASSED TRAILER TRASH SPEARS? NO WAY AND IF YOU DO SEE A SHRINK.

Posted by: will at 06/21/06 4:03 PM | Reply
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It takes 97 cents to make a penny. Get rid of it.

Posted by: Ben at 06/21/06 7:13 PM | Reply
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ur all gay fags

Posted by: bob at 06/23/06 10:16 PM | Reply
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In response to the post of the copper pennies. Pennies produced today are actually 97% zinc and it costs more to produce a penny than it's actual value. so, it's crazy people

Posted by: jp at 06/23/06 10:31 PM | Reply
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Pennies don't cost 97 cents to make, however it costs 1 dollar to make 97 pennies...

Posted by: jpJPjpJPjpJPjpJPjp at 06/23/06 10:37 PM | Reply
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Pennies don't cost 97 cents to make, however it costs 1 dollar to make 97 pennies...the price of zinc has went up recently...

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Posted by: jpJPjpJPjpJPjpJPjp at 06/23/06 10:40 PM | Reply
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Once again K-Fed shows his ass. Stupidpenny.com makes much more cents.

Posted by: greg myers at 06/24/06 12:21 PM | Reply
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again, K-Fed shows his ass. Stupidpenny.com makes much more cents.

Posted by: greg myers at 06/24/06 12:24 PM | Reply
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OMG HE IS SO DAMN FUCKING STUPID AND SO FREAKING JEALOUS OF HIS WIFE I THINK BRITANY WAS A SKANKY A$$ HOE TIL SHE HAD HER BABY THAN SHE JUST GOT STUPID AND IS NOW TRYING TO KILL HER BABY!!! WTF IS NEXT!!!!!1

Posted by: Samantha at 06/26/06 10:29 PM | Reply
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The cost of making money is PROPAGANDA, who ever wrote the "fact" that it cost more to make a penny than it's worth is a lie. First think that the people who make our money don't pay spot value for any of the raw materials they use to make the money. You always get discounts for bulk purchases. It's a paradox "you have to create the money to pay for the creation of it" Considder the low cost of printing a 16 sheet of $50 bills, the cost to print is far less than it's face value. Money is supposedly backed by gold. So tell me does the US mint trade gold for the raw materials to make the coins we use or does it simply print a sheet of fifties to pay for it???

Posted by: margonom at 06/27/06 6:00 PM | Reply
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U.S. money is no longer backed by gold. ask your local militia member or search the web. It's all virtual money these days, not backed by anything but guaged against the national debt. So what happens when the world banks call in their outstanding notes? time to take the number of the beast my friends. It's getting scary down here!

Posted by: Rmageddon at 06/27/06 9:12 PM | Reply
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smell my shrimp scampi vagina yeast infection cheese and spread it on a ritz cracker, and then stick it in your ass federline, how do you like that anal yeast infection ya fuckin free loader!!!

Posted by: fuck federline at 06/28/06 2:58 AM | Reply
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smell my shrimp scampi vagina yeast infection cheese and spread it on a ritz cracker, and then stick it in your ass federline, how do you like that anal yeast infection ya fuckin free loader!!!

Posted by: froamlua at 06/28/06 2:59 AM | Reply
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why not make the penny donut shape to save cost of making it.
Its better than eliminating it and everything rounded up to a nickle.
everything will cost more.

Posted by: steve at 07/03/06 12:03 PM | Reply
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money is not backed by gold. President Nixon removed us from gold standard when he was president.

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August 8, 2006

Re: Save the Lincoln Penny


To Whom It May Concern:

Upon hearing your campaign ad, for save the penny, I immediately thought of a most unusual penny that I found amidst some of my pocket change. This penny was struck with the bust of Lincoln between the Liberty Bell and the map of the United States.

My proposal is this; I see this penny as the mascot for the Save the Penny effort.
What penny is there like this, which bares a design that screams save me for Liberty and Amber Waves of Grain sake? If this penny could become the most sort after penny in all the land, who could then deny that we as a people, do have a greater love for the Lincoln Cent then we let on. Come! Now let us stop the conspirators who doubt value of my existence. Buy Me. Make me an offer that cannot be refused, and we just might be able to stop this conspiracy.

For more information about me contact :CTayOrig@Lycos.com


Love AB Ps I will send you a picture when I locate your mailing address


Posted by: C Greene at 08/08/06 8:32 PM | Reply
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Take a penny and some magic
even though your life is tragic,
and throw all your dreams down the well
though each day the pain grows,
youll ride unicorns on rainbows,
if u throw all your dreams down the well.
when your life comes apart at the scenes
and youve given up all your dreams
heres just the means to make your dreams come true
no more suffering no more sighing
no more pain and no more crying
just throw all your dreams down the well.

All the magic has gone missing
and everyones still wishing
but their dreams have fallen flat upon the ground
youll find magic under rubble
so lets all grab a shovel
and this is where the magic can be found
we're at the bottem of a well
but man wont it be swell
when we make everyones dreams come true!


lol sry had to do that. ok but seriously is it sooo difficult. this whole subject i mean?
the penny has a lot of meaning to people. i do think that ways of making it least expensive would help. Finding new materials or making it doughnut shaped would definately work.
rounding the prices on things woulld bring more conflicts with prices. people would say they are being cheated out of something that used to cost $9.98. sounds stupid right?? yes of course it does but people do things like that these days and if u think about it,something u buy more than a few times a yr could cost u more than a couple bucks.
My final reason for keeping the penny is because people dont mind throwing in their pocket change ful of pennies to charities. lots of mony is raised through pennies for good costs.~~~~karen

Posted by: Karen at 03/02/07 10:03 PM | Reply
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