Posted on 08/30/2015 2:30:56 PM PDT by al baby
I guess I don't get around. Mt McKinley is all I have ever heard.
Mount Dindu Nuffin.
So the president can arbitrarily change the name of places? Cool. The more Caesarism, the better. No consulting with Congress. Rule by decree.
Not really ridiculous at all.
Because:
that is what Alaskans call it.
That was the name of it before.
Previous Alaska governors have asked for the change.
The law allows it.
Only politicians from Ohio have registered a complaint.
People from Ohio shouldn’t be in charge of what Alaska calls their mountain.
It was named McKinley for political reasons after he was nominated. Not because he was president, not because he was assassinated, and not because he ever visited.
I'm surprised he didn't rename it 'Mt. ISIS'.
America Obama = Majority Minority Rules!
You joke, but eventually, they will go after everything "Washington" because he was a slaveholder. That's why I say, once they get rid of "Redskins" they will go after the "Washington."
The 1947 law which created the U.S. Board of Geographic Names gives it the authority to make such changes. This really isn’t that unprecedented.
No, it was named that by a gold prospector when McKinley was nominated.
Not when he was president. Not after. Before. Not to honor his service after he was assassinated. Before, for political reasons.
The only ones with their nose in a twist are people from Ohio.
Alaskans call it Denali and have asked to change it back for decades.
If Ohio wants a Mount McKinley, they should get their own.
It only would be “Caesarism” if Obama changed it to be named after himself.
Again, no. Alaska asks, Ohio blocks, and ends up controlling the name in a non-Ohio state where Alaskans call it Denali.
The law allows the Secretary of the Interior to act if the action isn’t voted on in a timely manner. Congress is out of session, so she acted and Obama approved.
Ohio wants a Mount McKinley? Let Ohio build one.
One state should never be in charge of another state’s natural resources. It is that simple.
Actually Al
They been talking about this for years
I remember hearing back in early 1990s they thinking about change the name back to Denali I don’t see no harm in it
Lot of Alaskans told me they still called by “Alaskan native” name
That argument has great merit. But this is a case of the Federal government, not Alaska, making the name change. Most Alaskans might agree with the name change, but they are essentially bystanders in the whole process.
If your reading of the law is correct (and I have no reason to doubt you), Obama just as easily could have named the site Mt. Michelle.
Last minute update from Traitorobama.
Hi Baby I know I was just stir in the pot and being the messenger
I don’t mind
Even in Alaska I still called it Denali mountain even my uncle and my aunt still do
#DeadPresidentsMatter
It’s better than the usual White House non-headline:Obama to mount Reggie Love...
Just be glad he didn’t try to name it Reggie Love. :-)
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