This is also how we used to salute the Flag. Then some Jew thing happened.

Yes? But the whole hand raised towards the heaven in salute wasn't an evil thing. Infact in christian worship it is still used in some of the older more traditional churches. If memory serves (not gonna look it up to double check my facts. going of the top of my head) It was used in roman times as a sign of respect to elders and military supervisors.

as a non believer i always found that to be the most pissant quarrel that other non believers have. i mean there's so many more important things, like having the 10 comandments outside a court house, etc, who gives a shit what's on the money? if anything they are profaning their own beliefs. you know what happens to bills? they're used to snort coke and they're shoved into g strings. i'm sure god loves that.

You forgot to mention that it was during the Eisenhower itemsistration and it was in responice to make the Soviet Union look bad since they were officially an atheist nation.