Looney for a twoney?

I spell them "loonie" and "toonie". If we come out with a five-dollar coin, I advocate calling it the "foonie".I also support the sentiment expressed by one of our foremost comedians, "Save the mad cow but get her picture off our money." I have nothing against Queen Elizabeth but if we have to have a foreigner on our money it should be somebody like Nelson Mandela.I hereby go on record predicting that when Queen Elizabeth dies we will never have another British monarch on our money.Some Canadians I would recommend to replace her:

• Dr. Norman Bethune, our most famous Communist (we could call his coin the "bethoonie")
• Terry Fox (the "foxie")
• Dr. Lucille Teasdale-Corti (the "lucie")

I'm sure Americans have some likely candidates too, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comes to mind (the "martie").

You could put Reagan on it. Republicans could call it the "Ronnie" and Democrats could call it the "loonie".How about Sitting Bull? I once saw an aboriginal woman wearing a sweatshirt with a picture of Sitting Bull and the caption, "My heroes have always killed cowboys." Call it the "bullie".