Update: 'Too Close for Comfort' Star Loses Chance to become Legal Tender

Wyoming's House Bill 85, which would have - among other interesting things - empowered the state to institute its own military draft as well as issue its own currency in the event of a national catastrophe, has been defeated. A narrow margin (30-27) decided the final fate of the so-called "Doomsday Bill," a favorite topic of controversy in recent press.

Just think, only three more votes and perhaps a likeness of Wyoming's favorite son Jim J. Bullock might have one day smiled up from a $20... while everyone else in the Cowboy State was pressed into military service.

Kind of makes you wonder what would have happened without all that press, doesn't it?

Wyoming Legislator Hedging Bets with the Mayans

"This isn't about doomsday," State Representative David Miller recently responded when interviewed about Wyoming House Bill 85, aka 'The Doomsday Bill.'

Currently making its way through the statehouse, the bill Miller sponsored would create a task force to prepare for food shortages, disruptions in energy and communications, and possibly even create Wyoming's own currency in the event of a collapse in the federal government. (Kinda sounds like doomsday, right?) Plans to implement a state-mandated military draft and the purchase of an aircraft carrier have been stricken from the bill.

I'll continue to track the progress of this bill and let you know as more details become available.