( CNN ) -- Take some bills out of your wallet . Read the signatures . What do you have ? I 've got a couple of Henry Paulsons , some Robert Kimmitts and a Stuart Levey . But now , the currency of the greatest nation on Earth will carry a scribble that has been variously described as curly fries , a phone cord , a bendy straw or simply the `` Boing ! '' sign from a comic strip . That 's the signature of Jacob `` Jack '' Lew , President Obama 's nominee for secretary of the Treasury , and it has lit up the blogosphere . So instead of going crazy because the Cabinet is in sore need of a binder full of women , what the `` boing '' is going to do to our money is the big deal . I know a guy who is a great artist , and his signature is mainly a straight line interrupted by a bump in the middle , which could have been caused by someone accidentally hitting the table . But he is an artist and can do what he wants . I also know people who have had their 1040 tax returns rejected by the IRS for a boing-style signature . Is it possible that our Treasury secretary could have his tax returns go awry because of his penmanship ? Could the Chinese start rejecting the almighty dollar because they think the boing looks too weird ? Or could his signature mean something else in Chinese , like `` We will bury you '' or `` This is Monopoly money '' ? Jack Lew is a Harvard-Georgetown , really smart type of guy , and God knows we probably owe him a lot . He 's been a good chief of staff in just keeping the birthers out of the Oval Office so Obama could govern . But please , Mr. Lew , retire the boing . After all , `` Lew '' is only three letters long . The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Mike Peters .
President Obama has nominated Jacob ` ` ' '' ' for Treasury Secretary . Treasury officials sign U.S. currency bills ; check your signature out . " Lew 's loopy signature sounded like a ` ` boing , '' ' cord or maybe curly fries .