Re: Put Feynman on a Stamp!

[PPARKER@TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU]

> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 18:48:14 -0700 (PDT)
> From: William Beaty <billb@eskimo.com>
>
>
>     Dear Friends of Tuva and Fans of Richard Feynman,
>
>     You might think it's a no brainer that Feynman should be
>     honored with a stamp:
>    <dele lauds>
>     But no: I learned that
>     Richard Feynman was considered last year by the Citizens Stamp
>     Advisory Committee, and was rejected!  Apparently, although enough
>     people had written in on their own for him to be considered, there
>     was not enough organized support for him to gain approval.

Is this true? Bloated, drug-abusing singers and pneumatic, drug-abusing
actresses get stamps for being popular. Is popularity among the mind-
and brainless the key, or is it the drug abuse that does it? Only in
the US: proud of droppings and ashamed of jewels.

PS I forgot to mention crooks that resign from office under pressure.

PPS The Mathematical Intelligencer has a regular column about stamps
showing mathematicians and/or mathematical ideas. In the 12 years I've
subscribed, I don't remember any US stamps appearing there.

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