Look what Obama is doing to America! He's just willy nilly changing names of mountains and stuff. Cray cray. Mount McKinley Will Again Be Called Denali http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/us/mount-mckinley-will-be-renamed-denali.html?_r=0 President Obama announced on Sunday that Mount McKinley was being renamed Denali, restoring an Alaska Native name with deep cultural significance to the tallest mountain in North America. The move came on the eve of Mr. Obama’s trip to Alaska, where he will spend three days promoting aggressive action to combat climate change, and is part of a series of steps meant to address the concerns of Alaska Native tribes. The central Alaska mountain has been called Mount McKinley for more than a century. In announcing that Sally Jewell, the secretary of the interior, had used her power to rename it, Mr. Obama was paying tribute to the state’s Native population, which has referred to the site for generations as Denali, meaning “the high one” or “the great one.” The peak, at more than 20,000 feet, plays a central role in the creation story of the Koyukon Athabascans, a group that has lived in Alaska for thousands of years. Mr. Obama was also putting to rest a yearslong fight over the name of the mountain that has pitted Alaska against Ohio, the birthplace of President William McKinley, for whom it was christened in 1896, while he campaigned for president. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, introduced legislation in January to rename the peak, but Ohio lawmakers sought to block the move. In June, an Interior Department official said in testimony before Congress that the administration had “no objection” to Ms. Murkowski’s proposed name change. The mountain came to be known as Mount McKinley after a gold prospector who had just emerged from exploring the Alaska Range heard that Mr. McKinley had won the Republican presidential nomination, and declared that the tallest peak should be named in his honor as a show of support. Mr. McKinley was assassinated in 1901, six months into his second term, and never visited Alaska. Mr. Obama’s trip there starting Monday will be his first major visit to the state, and he will become the first sitting American president to visit the Alaskan Arctic. The White House also announced on Sunday that Mr. Obama was expanding government support for programs to allow Alaska Natives to be more involved in developing their own natural resources. The programs include an initiative to include them in the management of Chinook salmon fisheries, a youth exchange council focusing on promoting “an Arctic way of life” and a program allowing them to serve as advisers to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Why is this in D&D? Doesn't meet the criteria, in my humble opinion. I applaud the move, one that should have ocurred long ago. Carl, I assume you figured that any subject involving the President should be parked here. It's a comment on the sad state of civil discourse in this country that some will likely agree with you, and two or tree Obamaphobes will insure that you made the "right" decision.
