[alloysteel]

And I suppose they will rename that popular in-shell nut something like "Brazil nut".

[Uncle Miltie]

What will they rename Whiteville, NC?

[anniegetyourgun]

Hey, perhaps they will just eliminate NC altogether?

[Hatteras]

I saw this on the N&O webpage this morning... I wanted to post it but wasn't quite too sure what to make of it and was lost when trying to come up with a witty retort.

Interesting...

[Lee'sGhost]

I never knew about those names. Interesting. Wonder what the history is behind them? But I am glad that the legilature has nothing like a billion dollar defficite to worry about so that they can address things like this.

(Is "Blowing Rock" still OK, or does that offend the gays?)

[Blue Screen of Death]

The next target needs to be all of these cities with Christian names. How can we have a separation of church and state and still have all of these cities with Christian names? We need to use numbers to replace these names. For example, San Francisco can be renamed City #54, San Antonio.. #47, and we can just forget about Sacramento.

Has anyone considered how humiliating and offending it must be for little Muslim or Jewish children to live in some city named for some Catholic saint?

Actually many other cities are named after some dead white guy, like Washington or Lincoln. This, no doubt, intimidates women and people of color. We should rename all of our cities using just numbers. This would avoid offending anyone and make it easier for GIS programmers.

[Phantom Lord]

When will the fat people demand a change in the name of Fat Broad Mountain?

[spodefly]

To be perfectly safe and risk offending no one, I propose that we name everything using numbers. It could be an extension of the zip codes already in place, and would have the added benefit of being much more precise. So when someone asks where you are from, instead of responding with a potentially racially insensitive city name, you can reply, "I am from 30309-2673.962."

[Lancey Howard]

I remember back in the early '70s driving through Alabama to get to the Florida panhandle and entering a highway called "The George C. Wallace Whiteway". I wonder if it is still there?

[ctlpdad]

I wonder how people feel about Cow Shit Corner, Maine?

Should we also rename the Grand Tetons?

[Loyalist]

What about these Newfoundland place names: Dildo, Come-by-Chance, Virgin Tickle?

[Constitution Day]

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[boris]

"We have the lowest per capita amount of black folks in this part of the world,"

An interesting statistic. I thought the number of black folks per capita was unity. Same as the number of white folks, etc...

"Per capita" == "per head" or "per person". Hmm. Maybe he is thinking about persons of mixed race...very few 'pure' anything per capita these days.

--Boris

[Laurie S]

Glad to see that removing those names is getting bi-partisan support. There's no place for partisan politics in this debate, IMHO. :)

[KellyAdmirer]

Just rename them all "Bob."

[yarddog]

The river which runs through Asheville, NC is the "French Broad".

I can't count all the jokes I have heard about it.

[ampat]

It's probably a good idea to change the names, but don't go any further.

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[Nowhere Man]

The highest point in Pennsylvania was known as Negro Mountain, but it had been changed to Mt. Davis although some people still know it be its former name. Read about it here:

http://www.salisburypa.com/MtDavis.html

[dstarr]

It sounds like someone in the legislature has alot of spare time on their hands. This is one of the dumbest things I have heard in quite awhile.