New US finance minister - can he even handwrite?

[August]

Originally Posted by Skybird

A signature is not necessarily always readable. But it should give the impression that nevertheless it represents the writer's ability to base on letters and his skill to write.

Say's who? Skybirds Manual of Approved Diction?

[HundertzehnGustav]

common sense?

yu get a new president. he signs his papers by loking dum and making an X.

do you trust this president?

i would be lile "WTH"?

But that gus is , fortunately for me, an american. Land of the free n stuff

[Oberon]

But does he have a gun?

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Oberon

But does he have a gun?

The pen is mightier than the sw.... gun.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

common sense?

yu get a new president. he signs his papers by loking dum and making an X.

do you trust this president?

i would be lile "WTH"?

But that gus is , fortunately for me, an american. Land of the free n stuff

But no one is talking about someone "signing" with an "X", the thread is about someone with a very strange and unreadable signature. Quite a difference between that and using a signature mark.

[Takeda Shingen]

I still don't think it's a big deal. He has a wonky signature. So what?

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I still don't think it's a big deal. He has a wonky signature. So what?

He is someone nominated by Obama. Perhaps that's the big deal to some people.

[HundertzehnGustav]

Originally Posted by Platapus

But no one is talking about someone "signing" with an "X", the thread is about someone with a very strange and unreadable signature. Quite a difference between that and using a signature mark.

making a cross due to inability or making O°oO°oOoO°o due to inability...

inability is the catch here... and concerns that go from inability to incompetence.

i for one know that signing such a paper that puts me in a strong posiotion will get my best signature. Putting my Mark in a proper manner on a proper document that guides my life and others as well.

But he is not my Finance Guru... i ahsll not worry.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

But he is not my Finance Guru... i ahsll not worry.

I think that's a good attitude to have.

[HundertzehnGustav]

i just hope he don't mess up your cash like he messed up his signature!!!

[Platapus]

Chances are that he, like other Secretaries of the Treasury, will modify his signature on the paper bills to something a bit more readable.

[August]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

making a cross due to inability or making O°oO°oOoO°o due to inability...

inability is the catch here... and concerns that go from inability to incompetence.

i for one know that signing such a paper that puts me in a strong posiotion will get my best signature. Putting my Mark in a proper manner on a proper document that guides my life and others as well.

But he is not my Finance Guru... i ahsll not worry.

So you Europeans actually base your assessment of a persons education and professional ability by the legibility of their signature? No wonder you're such suckers for every two bit dictator and tyrant that comes along.

Us uncouth Americans go by much more telling indicators like which PHD's and other university degrees they hold, their professional experience, the confidence of the Chief Executive in nominating them and his ability to survive the usual contentious Senate confirmation process. Some drooling idiot that can't read or write is just not going to meet those high standards regardless of the quality of his signature. Though he may have a future in a European parliament apparently...

[soopaman2]

August.

Europeans think we are nuts.

But we are just doing what we do.

Who has let us do what we do for so long?

The same cats who think we are nuts for our ways.

I am so glad Europe has so many financial geniuses, who were smart enough to separate themselves from the poisonous American Banking system, oh wait, they were in bed with them....


Nevermind that, America is to blame for everything, because he writes like crap.

I got a Bruce Springsteen autograph from a few years ago, sloppy handwriting, he is a crappy musician, cuz he signs a sloppy autograph.
Yeah, you sound that silly.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by August

No wonder you're such suckers for every two bit dictator and tyrant that comes along.

That also might have something to do with the fact that Europe is a collection of different nations that have been around for a darn sight longer than the United States of America.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Oberon

That also might have something to do with the fact that Europe is a collection of different nations that have been around for a darn sight longer than the United States of America.

Actually you've only been around that long on paper.

The French have been around since the Roman Empire. No, wait, they like to say their revolution changed everything, yet it was based on ours.

The Germans have been around just as long. No, wait, there's really only been a Germany since 1870.

The Brits have been around forever, but they've changed governments so many times that they're really not much older than we are, if at all.

In fact, no European government or way of life is really all that old. In fact, my ancestors are mostly English, with some German thrown in, and we can trace the family name back to the 400s. How do I compare in all this?