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Obama to rename North America's highest peak as Denali on Alaska trip
Reuters ^ | August 30, 2015 | Roberta Rampton

Posted on 08/30/2015 3:19:19 PM PDT by Zakeet

President Barack Obama on Monday will officially restore Denali as the name of North America's tallest mountain, ending a 40-year battle over what to call the peak that has been known as Mount McKinley.

The symbolic gesture comes at the beginning of a three-day trip to Alaska where Obama hopes to build support for his efforts to address climate change during his remaining 16 months in office.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; denali; mckinley; mountmckinley; mtmckinley; obama; williammckinley
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To: SC DOC
Denali=The high one

Actually the better translation from the Athabascan is The Great One. The mountain is called Denali by both indigent Alaskans of all races and long-term residents, and Mt. McKinley by the tourists.

It was the interfering, now it all Feds that named it after the man from Ohio. There is a deep under current of resentment from indigent Alaskans agains the Feds that come in and force change on their traditions. It has been Denali for centuries, McKinley had nothing to do with it.

41 posted on 08/30/2015 4:09:18 PM PDT by Dustoff45 (A good woman brings out the best in a good man! A better woman might be just what this nation needs)
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To: Zakeet

Sorry, we will keep Mount McKinley.


42 posted on 08/30/2015 4:09:27 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation
Done deal:

It’s official: Denali is now the mountain formerly known as Mount McKinley.

With the approval of President Barack Obama, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has signed a “secretarial order” to officially change the name, the White House and Interior Department announced Sunday. The announcement comes roughly 24 hours before Obama touches down in Anchorage for a whirlwind tour of Alaska.

43 posted on 08/30/2015 4:16:02 PM PDT by Robwin
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To: Patton@Bastogne
The only one who might accomplish what is necessary is Trump. The man makes me nervous because, unfortunately, the power and ability to accomplish the restoration of the Republic and the Nation is the power and ability of a Napoleon. Napoleon brought France to Glory for a few years. He didn't do much for retourner a La Republique ou pour la Liberté.
44 posted on 08/30/2015 4:16:47 PM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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To: Tonytitan

“I wouldn’t allow him to do it until after he climbed it first.”

We want him to do it during Avalanche season! With a guide that does not know better...


45 posted on 08/30/2015 4:19:31 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

I wouldn’t be surprised if he pulled a fast one and renamed it “Obama.”


46 posted on 08/30/2015 4:24:47 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: Rebelbase

And what was the mountain called before McKinley got shot?

It was named Mount McKinley in 1896, and the name was widely publicized in 1897, all this years before McKinley was shot in 1901.


47 posted on 08/30/2015 4:29:02 PM PDT by ChronicMA
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To: Zakeet

Where does the President get any authority to name anything on his own say-so?

Naming mountains is a prerogative of Congress, or whomever they delegate the task to, not the President.

Besides, naming it Denali is naming it after a Indian god, so that is mixing religion with the state.

Where’s Barry Lynn of the Freedom From Religion organization when you need him?


48 posted on 08/30/2015 4:34:11 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Rebelbase
And what was the mountain called before McKinley got shot?


"that damm big mountain there"

49 posted on 08/30/2015 4:34:57 PM PDT by womanvet (Amnesty for aliens? Will the Roswell critters get to vote?)
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To: Salvation

From the article:
“The move elicited praise from Alaska Governor Bill Walker, a Republican turned independent, and Republican elected officials, who more typically are critical of an administration they see as hostile to the oil and gas interests of their state.

“I’d like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honor, respect, and gratitude to the Athabascan people of Alaska,” said Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, who led the fight for the Denali name in Congress.

Obama will meet with a group of Alaska native leaders on Monday in Anchorage, as well as with Walker and Murkowski.”


50 posted on 08/30/2015 4:36:13 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: Zakeet

This is just a poke at Boehner, and a very expensive indication that the One is now officially lame duck.

President McKinley was from Ohio, and never even visited Alaska. The people of Alaska will not oppose this at all. They already call it Denali. So, there is no opposition, except in Ohio, since the 70’s, when is the first I remember it was proposed by Alaskans to change the name.

If I were an Ohio congress critter, I would just figure out how to rename something that’s named for some liberal icon within the state, such that Obama couldn’t do anything about it. Touche.


51 posted on 08/30/2015 4:41:14 PM PDT by wayoverontheright
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To: Helen

Oh, shut up. It was named after McKinley when he was a presidential candidate, by a gold miner. Even Palin is on-board with this, she’s referred to it as Mt. Denali in several speeches over the years.


52 posted on 08/30/2015 4:41:36 PM PDT by mquinn (Obama's supporters: a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise)
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To: Zakeet

The next president should symbolically rename the largest open garbage dump in the world as Camp Barack Obama.


53 posted on 08/30/2015 4:42:10 PM PDT by Iron Munro (CITY: A liberal run holding pen for useless headcount.)
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To: Zakeet

Renaming it “Mount Elizabeth Warren” to pacify American Indians?


54 posted on 08/30/2015 4:43:35 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: Nero Germanicus

Alaskans need to boycott odumbo and keep him out, he is nothing but trouble. I have no doubt he will screw up that state as well.


55 posted on 08/30/2015 4:45:35 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: exit82

Denali is not a religious word, it means “the high one” or “the great one” as in highest or greatest mountain.


56 posted on 08/30/2015 4:48:06 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: Zakeet

When I first read this, I thought it was a joke. But Obama’s the joke.


57 posted on 08/30/2015 4:50:57 PM PDT by cvq3842 (Thanks for all responses, and flames, in advance.)
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To: Zakeet

This post is satire, right?


58 posted on 08/30/2015 4:50:59 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Let him who pays no taxes, also not vote!)
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To: Up Yours Marxists
What a certified grade-A jackass.

Bingo! We've got a winner!

59 posted on 08/30/2015 4:51:54 PM PDT by Rum Tum Tugger
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To: Zakeet

Strawman by the evil idiot


60 posted on 08/30/2015 4:57:39 PM PDT by goodnesswins (hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
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