Latest Monument to Obamas Ego

[41chevy]

Obama Desecrates American History

• 08/31/2015 12:29 PM
• Source: BBC News

Ohio lawmakers reacted angrily Sunday to the White House's announcement that President Obama would formally rename Alaska's Mt. McKinley — North America's highest peak — "Denali" during his trip to The Last Frontier this week.

"Mount McKinley ... has held the name of our nation's 25th President for almost 100 years," Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, said in a statement. "This landmark is a testament to his countless years of service to our country." Gibbs also described Obama's action as "constitutional overreach," it formally naming it after Ohio's William McKinley in 1917.

"This political stunt is insulting to all Ohioans, and I will be working with the House Committee on Natural Resources to determine what can be done to prevent this action," Gibbs said.

The Ohio delegation's disappointment at the decision cut across party lines. Source: BBC news

[yarnall]

A lot of places on this continent had names before all of us immigrants came and changed them. It seems right for the people who lived somewhere the longest to get to name it, not some random people that annexed the territory a few decades ago.

[kscarbel2]

A lot of places on this continent had names before all of immigrants came and changed them. It seems right for the people who lived somewhere the longest to get to name it, not some random people that annexed the territory a few decades ago.

I agree.

Let's recap. In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signed a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million.

The purchase was dubbed "Seward's Folly" by skeptics (that was a lot of money back then), UNTIL gold was discovered in 1896.

We bought the location, which gave us the right to issue new names. But I lean towards using the native name (Denali), which was used long before us, and likely will be long after we're gone. America has a long history of using native American names for land and water. The state's name, Alaska, is itself an Aleut name (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleut_language).

But there are repercussions.........Obama will have to spend millions of taxpayer dollars annually to use the Denali name, a registered trademark of General Motors for its GMC brand.

[Green Dash]

I hate, it literally sickens me, to agree with anything Obama does. However, knowing what I know now, I feel it never should have been named for President McKinley to begin with.

[yarnall]

Will royalties really have to be paid to GMC? The park is already named Denali and there are a lot of businesses around the park with the Denali name on them. On would think that GMC would not be able to enforce that. Kind of like trademarking the word Pennsylvania and then not letting anyone else use the name again. Mike

[hatcity]

oh yarnall

[Gmerrill0516]

Well whatever it winds up being it appears as though there is a process in place for such actions and maybe for once we could follow the law and the process to do something we all agree on rather than shoving it down our throats...but who am I to suggest such things? President King Obama has a way of not following laws that apply to the rest of us.

[yarnall]

As had the president before him.

[fxfymn]

So lets get this right. The Republican lawmakers that represent Alaska have sought this change for years. The Democratic President gives them what they want while following a basic Republican tenant of states rights ahead of federal intrusion and gets pilloried for it. No wonder out of 300 million people we can only find a dozen idiots who would want the job.

[j hancock]

The Alaskan politicians are for the name change.

The politicians of McKinley's home state of OH are against the name changed supposedly.

[41chevy]

Very good grasshoppers. The native Alaskans have called it a form of Denali for hundreds of years and the Alaskans have opposed the current name for years.

The main jist of the article was about the opposition from Ohio. The name change was an act of Congress in 1917, and it should by law be nullified by and act of Congress, who almost all unanimously support the nullification of the 1917 name change.

Unfortunately even with the Congressional support, Obama is using his pen to rush his legacy through. Paul

[Green Dash]

You can't teach an old dictator new tricks. I support the idea of the name change, but it should not be recognized until the proper procedure is followed.

[Green Dash]

Will royalties really have to be paid to GMC? The park is already named Denali and there are a lot of businesses around the park with the Denali name on them. On would think that GMC would not be able to enforce that. Kind of like trademarking the word Pennsylvania and then not letting anyone else use the name again. Mike

This on top of the royalties GM is already collecting from the Yukon Territory.

[hatcity]

don't forget the ski area/lake at the Cal./Nev. border

[41chevy]

don't forget the ski area/lake at the Cal./Nev. border

Texas and the U.S Forestry Service, U.S. Army and U.S.Park Service pay Ford Motor Company royalites for the use of the word Ranger. . .

[Green Dash]

I'm glad I don't have to pay Ford every time someone tells me I need to Focus.

[41chevy]

I'm glad I don't have to pay Ford every time someone tells me I need to Focus.

Or Chrysler for dodging the bullet again!

[kscarbel2]

GMC doesn't care if it's Mt. McKinley or Denali

The Detroit Free Press / August 31, 2015

As far as GMC is concerned, people are making a molehill out of a mountain.

"It had no impact or change on our strategy," says GMC spokeswoman Kelly Wysocki.

The brand name for the Denali may get a little more notice from President Barack Obama's plan change the name of North America's tallest peak -- back to its original moniker.

Alaska's Mt. McKinley will be known again as Denali, though to auto enthusiasts, it's better known as GMC's sub-brand of luxury vehicles.

Nor does she expect having the new "old" mountain name in news to impact sales.

General Motors first introduced Denali as an upscale trim level on the 1999 GMC Yukon full-size SUV in 1999, but now is a sub-brand of eight individual models, according to the company. To date, more than 800,000 have been sold. More than half of all GMC Yukons sold currently are Denalis, while nearly half of all Sierra HDs and 30% of Acadias last year were Denalis, too.

"The name itself means 'the high one.' For us, it’s the ultimate expression of our professional grade. That’s our motto at GMC," Wysocki said. "It reflects back to Denali. It did have to do with Mt. McKinley."

The 20,237-foot mountain's original name stems from the Koyukon Athabaskan language of Alaska natives, but was re-christened Mt. McKinley in 1896 to honor of Ohio Republican William McKinley, who then was running for president and would become the 25th person to hold the office. (He was assassinated by Michigan native Leon Czolgosz in 1901.)

"It’s a great thing for the Alaskans that’s it will be named what it should've been named originally," said Kristyn King, a 39-year-old nurse from Eastpointe, who drives a black 2006 GMC Envoy Denali, but didn't know the origin of the sub-brand's name. "I think more people will know now. They'll recognize the name as being the 'higher point.'"

Some branding experts think the Detroit automaker should jump on the back-to-Denali designation before all the chatter melts away faster than some snow on Mt. McKinley, er, Denali.

"It's the kind of publicity GM really couldn’t pay for, because you have the leader of the free world now talking about the product and talking about the actual name," said Hajj Flemings of Birmingham-based Brand Camp University. "That alone gives more credence and more visibility to GM and they could ride on that. If I were GM, I would look for ways to take that moment and develop some momentum around it. There’s a life cycle to it. In a month from now, we won’t be talking about it. What the brand needs to do is leverage that."

The White House announced the name change on Sunday, though U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell signed the secretarial order on Friday. The then-governor of Alaska first made the mountain name-change request in 1975.

The name of the national park where the mountain is situated was changed back to Denali in 1980.

[Maddog13407]

Most Americans don't give a f*ck if its Denali or McKinley, we are more concerned why you need to waste our tax dollars on such minute bullshit rather than worrying about real problems in the US....

[Underdog]

I own a GMC Yukon Denali and I am offended. I need restitution in order to ease my pain & suffering.

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[Green Dash]

MOST Americans don't give a fuck if its Denali or McKinley, we are more concerned why you need to waste our tax dollars on such minute bullshit rather than worrying about real problems in the US....

To paraphrase Jerry Doyle: They're performing cosmetic surgery on a patient in cardiac arrest.

[41chevy]

To paraphrase Jerry Doyle: They're performing cosmetic surgery on a patient in cardiac arrest.

All are reading about renaming the mountain but nothing about his creating a 12 million acre Arctic Federal Preserve (No Human habitation or activity,no roads, no mining or drilling) that Alaska and the US Congress to not want. He said he will create it with an Executive Order if needed, to enhance his list of accomplishments and his Environmental pals.

[other dog]

I own a GMC Yukon Denali and I am offended. I need restitution in order to ease my pain & suffering.

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I'm gonna look for a used Chrysler New Yorker so I can get me some of that!

[HeavyGunner]

All are reading about renaming the mountain but nothing about his creating a 12 million acre Arctic Federal Preserve (No Human habitation or activity,no roads, no mining or drilling) that Alaska and the US Congress to not want. He said he will create it with an Executive Order if needed, to enhance his list of accomplishments and his Environmental pals.

Yippie, then Alaska can be a "park" like Montana has become since th 90's when all the Californians moved here and decided to "save" everything.

[41chevy]

Yippie, then Alaska can be a "park" like Montana has become since th 90's when all the Californians moved here and decided to "save" everything.

Obamas "park" encompasses the largest Copper, Oil, Natural Gas and Gold deposits in the country, which will not be touchable. People who are there have to leave, roads go away and companies close. Approximately 40% of Alaska's income is derived from this areas production of timber, fisheries, oil, gas, gold and copper.

"WASHINGTON USA Today — President Obama will designate more than 12 million acres of Alaska's wildlife refuge as a protected wilderness area, seeking to block oil and gas production, mining and timber harvesting.

The 12.28 acres -- including the coastal plain -- also receive the wilderness designation. Environmental groups praised the administration's request. Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, called it "the best news for the refuge since President Eisenhower established it in 1960 as the Arctic National Wildlife Range."

Interior Department immediately begin managing the coastal plain on ANWR, making mining, oil and gas production no longer possible.

The President cited the recent spike in U.S. oil production overall, that the Alaskan oil is not needed and ANWR is too special "to put at risk" through human encroachment and the certainty of oil and natural gas spills.