So it turns out that some of those coins advertised every hour on television, radio and the Internet leading up to Barack Obama’s inauguration are just ordinary coins with stickers on them.

As fellow consumers, I guess we’re supposed to be upset with the “entrepreneurs” who sold that snake oil. But I can’t muster any sympathy for people who get suckered by all of the companies trying to make a phony buck off President Obama’s popularity.

I actually ordered two of the Obama coins to use as a prop in a humor video about what The One’s two mites will buy you. I lost that job before the coins arrived at my office within The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, but I knew the coins weren’t anywhere near the $20 I paid for them. Good ol’ redneck common sense will tell you that those kinds of mementos are worthless.

If you’re willing to pay your hard-earned cash toward funny money, Chia pets and other trinkets of “hope” and “change,” expect to get what you pay for. And don’t whine to the rest of us who knew better from the get-go.