Posted on 09/01/2015 12:05:06 PM PDT by EveningStar
Donald Trump, apparently assuming he will secure the White House, tweeted on Monday evening that he would reverse the decision announced by President Obama to change the name of Alaska's Mount McKinley back to the traditional name Denali, saying it is an affront to the Buckeye State.
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He knows how to please people. Kasich said the same thing for the record.
Wrong - leave well alone!
It’s an affront to the law. The name was given by an act of Congress. To allow this would allow the change of names on any federal building or federal land unilaterally.
If Congress votes to change the name so be it, it should not be by the act of one man.
name a sink hole in FLA after Obama
Leave it as Mt. McKinley and add Denali with a /. Compromise.
poor gullible native American people up there .... little do they know they are being pandered for their votes ; pandered into becoming members of the Party of subversion and anti-Americanism . Offered the fragrant but deadly snake oil ; they take a drink ....
WTF is the federal government doing naming mountains anyway? Let the state of Alaska name it.
Change Piestewa back to Squaw Peak while you’re at it.
Denali is already the name of the vast National Park
Thankfully the change in name won’t affect most students - few, if any, would have been able to name the tallest peak in the United States prior to this kerfluffle.
As for Trump saying he’ll change it back - I’m okay with him reversing anything Obama did, and if this was part of the list, then so be it. Congress can actually take action on the issue if they want to, but inverting the presidential fiat string that Obama unleashed is likely more important than people in Alaska (or Ohio) getting bent out of shape over it.
Yes, it should be Congress that changes the name of Mountains and such. One of Barry’s last acts while he is in office could be to change the name of the Hoover Dam to Obama Dam and the name of Pike’s Peak to Michelle’s Peak.
“Change Piestewa back to Squaw Peak while youre at it.”
Thank you for pointing out the pandering idiocy of Janet Napolitano.
If it was just a tribe who referred to it by another name, that would be one name. But it is what the people in the state, native and non-native, call the peak, and what Congress named the national park - so less about gullible natives, and much more about presidential fiats that need to be overturned.
I have no problem with changing the name from Mt. McKinley back to Denali. I feel the same about the renaming of Squaw peak in Phoenix to Piestewa Peak. My biggest problems are not only that both were changed for political advantage, but with no input from we the people or any debate.
But it looks like that is how this country is run now. I am reaching the point that I doubt electing any one or any group will save it.
Good for Trump. I’m so tired of the constant “in yo face mo fo.”
And I hope The United States of Obama back to The United States of America, because I’m sure it’s coming to that.
Well, they've already taken care of the important stuff and are probably bored. </s
Most people looking at the new name are going to think it’s named after a South American pop star.
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