Posted on 01/26/2025 5:50:12 AM PST by DoodleBob
It’s a better reason to re-print school books than what’s been come up with, so far.
“ there is a formal process in the United States for renaming places, and that process is taken seriously.”
Really? Then who changed Mount McKinley to Denali? No serious person wanted that change. Who renamed all the military bases? No serious person wanted that. Every one of those was DEI BS and should be changed back to their traditional names.
Mount McKinley was renamed Denali to garner the Eskimo vote. Trump is merely reverting to the original name on American maps.
Gulf of America is a different kettle of fish. The Persian Gulf is called by some the Arabian Gulf. So, there is a precedent for ahving two names simultaneously
Should they have “naming rights” to sell like an NFL stadium?
“””Minnesota recently changed the name of a large lake (Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis to Bde Maka Ska”””
Just as the left likes huge, gaudy, and inappropriate government art for public spaces, they also want to rename things with names that no one can pronounce, the left likes to keep the citizens uncomfortable and make things awkward for them, always keeping them uneasy and off balance.
School books are, unfortunately, going/gone electronic.
Haven’t heard recently about changing the names of military installations
I see a lot of ‘”X” formerly known as “Twitter”’.
Perhaps we’re going to see “Lake Bde Maka Ska” formerly known as “Lake Calhoun”, “Mt McKinley” formerly known as “Mt Denali”, and “The Gulf of America” formerly known as “The Gulf of Mexico”.
I don’t know why he changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico. That was silly. No other country is going to call it the Gulf of America. Most Americans won’t either. This is the current version of Freedom Fries.
Good! Renaming to Chinese will be easier - and pictures for bigger words.
On an only somewhat related note, I was at a veterinarian office, not too long ago, and noticed that the children’s play area was now little desks with electronic tablets, instead of blocks and other toys. It will be interesting to see what the electronic age does to people’s eyes and brains. Who needs depth perception and a range of focus, anymore, or the ability to see in natural lighting?
Give it time. It will grow on you.
We’ve already got our answer to that: shrunken brains and unhappy minds.
Don’t forget the Las Vegas airport, which was named for the American patriot an Cold War hero Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) but then renamed for Sen. Harry Reid, who is very familiar to all of us here at FR. Also Lindbergh Field in San Diego was quietly renamed San Diego International Airport, and the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. reverted to the name Burbank Airport.
you are well-named ...
Schoolbooks? There are very few schoolbooks anymore. Everything is online now. My High School Junior has had one or two physical books since his freshman year.
Will Webster Lake ever revert to it’s native American name Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg?
It’s because Biden ordered a cease of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Trump being Trump saw the easiest and cheapest way to get around that order was to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
I have long thought the people who inhabited the upper levels of the U.S. Geological Survey were Leftists.
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