President Obama renamed Mt. McKinley today. The peak which had honored the president who was assassinated over 100 years ago will now be called Denali which is a native word meaning "the high one".
We could debate the merits of changing the names of well known locations to pander to local political groups, but that is not the point. Instead, maybe we should consider some other possibilities.
Another location named for a president who was assassinated is John F. Kennedy airport in New York City. Maybe Obama should rename that something that the locals would find more descriptive like "Dirty, Overwhelming Traffic, and Confusing Airport". It could be DOTCA for short.
Illinois could change the slogan on its license plates from land of Lincoln to "land of corruption and excessive debt".
You get the idea.
We could debate the merits of changing the names of well known locations to pander to local political groups, but that is not the point. Instead, maybe we should consider some other possibilities.
Another location named for a president who was assassinated is John F. Kennedy airport in New York City. Maybe Obama should rename that something that the locals would find more descriptive like "Dirty, Overwhelming Traffic, and Confusing Airport". It could be DOTCA for short.
Illinois could change the slogan on its license plates from land of Lincoln to "land of corruption and excessive debt".
You get the idea.
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