ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Aug 30 2015, 8:30 pm ET McKinley Out, Denali In: Highest Peak in North America Renamedby Tim Stelloh For more than a century, the tallest mountain on the continent was named after the 25th U.S. president, William McKinley. Now, in honor of Alaska's indigenous Athabascan people, who had always called it "Denali," President Barack Obama is changing it back, the White House said in a release Sunday. "This designation recognizes the sacred status of Denali to generations of Alaska Natives," the release said. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mckinley-out-denali-highest-peak-north-america-renamed-n418541 Edited August 31, 2015 by ChileRelleno 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Obama changing name of Alaska's Mount McKinley to DenaliReuters By Roberta Rampton2 hours ago U.S. President Obama delivers a speech at the Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center in Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana.View photoU.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center in Lower Ninth …By Roberta RamptonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday will officially restore Denali as the name of North America's tallest mountain, siding with the state of Alaska in ending a 40-year battle over what to call a peak that has been known as Mount McKinley.The historic change, coming at the beginning of a three-day presidential trip to Alaska, is a sign of how hard the White House will push during Obama's remaining 16 months as president to ensure his fight to address climate change is part of his legacy.Renaming the mountain, which has an elevation of more than 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), makes headlines for his climate quest while also creating goodwill in a state that has not been broadly supportive to the Democratic president.Obama is slated to tour a receding glacier and meet with people in remote Arctic communities whose way of life is affected by rising ocean levels, creating images designed to build support for regulations to curb carbon emissions.The peak was named Mount McKinley in 1896 after a gold prospector exploring the region heard that Ohioan William McKinley, a champion of the gold standard, had won the Republican nomination for president.But Alaska natives had long before called the mountain Denali, meaning "the High One." In 1975, the state of Alaska officially designated the mountain as Denali, and has since been pressing the federal government to do the same.Alaskans had been blocked in Congress by Ohio politicians, who wanted to stick with McKinley as a lasting tribute to the 25th U.S. president, who served from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.Under Obama's action, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will use her legal authority to end the long debate and rename the mountain.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.Craig Fleener, a Gwich'in Athabascan who is an adviser to Walker, called Denali "a hallmark of Alaskan identity" and said the name change was rich in significance.The first person to reach the summit of the mountain in 1913 was Koyukon Athabascan Walter Harper, and a member of his expedition, Gwich’in Athabascan John Fredson, went on to become a leader in the fight for native rights in the state, Fleener said. https://news.yahoo.com/obama-rename-north-americas-highest-peak-denali-alaska-210909242.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heartbreaker 1,085 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Renaming a mountain to help with climate change. What a moron. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk451 2,230 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Sorry. For me, it remains Mount McKinley, that grand passion stone in Australia remains Ayers Rock & Pluto remains a planet. But that's just me... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nlacy 692 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 When I think Denali, I think GMC. Maybe GMC should come out with a McKinley next year. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 OK... The more I think on this, the more uncertain I get on how I actually feel about it. This to me raises a lot of questions on Federal vs State property, States Rights vs Federal powers, who ultimately controls National Parks and more. I admit don't fully understand the processes controlling such as the naming of a mountain, particularly such a geographically significant one. I find this very interesting because now I have to research all this and learn about the various aspects of it all. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Call it political correctness run amok if you like. I call it egomania run amok. He's desperate for his legacy. He's desperate to be historic. He is a small petty petulant man-child. It is a waste of time studying the process. He is not bound by rules or laws or traditions. He is above all those things. He is The Obama. The One True Master. What if the law says he can't change it? Nothing will be done. Look for more of the same. More and bigger. He's got nothing to fear. Edited August 31, 2015 by Darth Saigus 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
horatio 515 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Ok. I'm a newb to all this but I have to ask. According to chiles post, I don't really see a problem. Feel free to correct me, but I think it kinda explains the whole situation. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeAK 337 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 That's what I was thinking, sounds like Alaska wanted it that way. I'll have to see what my Alaskan cousin thinks of the change. Though I do agree, renaming "to save the earth" is BS. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDeko 792 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Whoever came up with the idea its still a stupid one motivated by white guilt. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 http://www.adn.com/article/20150830/mckinley-no-more-americas-tallest-peak-be-renamed-denali The tallest mountain in North America has long been known to Alaskans as Denali, its Koyukon Athabascan name, but its official name was not changed with the creation of Denali National Park and Preserve in 1980, 6 million acres carved out for federal protection under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The state changed the name of the park’s tallest mountain to Denali at that time, but the federal government did not. Just a dickhead trying to be the man. Makes me wonder though what he is doing elsewhere under cover of these little moves. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sim_Player 1,939 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 He figured out it is easier to rename a mountain than to move it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
getitat 609 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Hello I suspect that since he has no mountain named after him (yet), that evil white sum' bitch McKinley doesn't get one either. JMHO..... -Guido in Houston 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
semper299 284 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Ok. I'm a newb to all this but I have to ask. According to chiles post, I don't really see a problem. Feel free to correct me, but I think it kinda explains the whole situation. Yeah I kinda agree with you. It sounds like Alaska has been trying to get this thing renamed since 1975, and Alaska wants it named Denali. If that is the case, I don't see a problem either. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NM0 586 Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 To the victors comes the rewriting of history. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spartacus 1,619 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Hello I suspect that since he has no mountain named after him (yet), that evil white sum' bitch McKinley doesn't get one either. JMHO..... -Guido in Houston Ok, let's give him Mt. Obama.... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spartacus 1,619 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Ok. I'm a newb to all this but I have to ask. According to chiles post, I don't really see a problem. Feel free to correct me, but I think it kinda explains the whole situation. Yeah I kinda agree with you. It sounds like Alaska has been trying to get this thing renamed since 1975, and Alaska wants it named Denali. If that is the case, I don't see a problem either. I don't see a problem with it as far as the Alaskans wanting it. It still seems like it's meant as a poke in the eye for whitey though. As in "McKinley was just an old pasty white fat fuck whose time has gone." kind of thing. Just the general attitude of who's doing it. Edited September 1, 2015 by Spartacus 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Ok. I'm a newb to all this but I have to ask. According to chiles post, I don't really see a problem. Feel free to correct me, but I think it kinda explains the whole situation. Yeah I kinda agree with you. It sounds like Alaska has been trying to get this thing renamed since 1975, and Alaska wants it named Denali. If that is the case, I don't see a problem either. I don't see a problem with it as far as the Alaskans wanting it. It still seems like it's meant as a poke in the eye for whitey though. As in "McKinley was just an old pasty white fat fuck whose time has gone." kind of thing. Just the general attitude of who's doing it. Poke at Boehner 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evlblkwpnz 3,418 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 McKinley was a Republican and it was meant to be a finger in the eye of Republicans, nothing more. Anyone who thinks he really gives half a shit what that mountain is called is way off. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ronin38 2,117 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Besides the fact he ignored/bypassed Congress once again to get his way. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
horatio 515 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Agreed. Edited September 1, 2015 by fatty alcohol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 McKinley was a Republican and it was meant to be a finger in the eye of Republicans, nothing more. Anyone who thinks he really gives half a shit what that mountain is called is way off. +1 Besides, people in Alaska have used either name interchangeably for as long as I can remember. I mostly think of it as a tourist sink hole that keeps clutter away from bristol bay and the cool places such as Illayamna. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
6500rpm 670 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 As long as political correctness doesn't mess with the Grand Teton's ' I'll sit this one out. Dad2142Dad's posts usually show the natural beauty that inspired the name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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