'a great insult to Ohio"

[pscot]

Donald Trump promised Monday that he would return the name of North America’s largest mountain to Mount McKinley, undoing President Obama’s decision to call it Denali.

Calling Obama’s act a “great insult to Ohio,” Trump, who is running for president next year, tweeted late Monday that Obama reversed the name the peak had for more than 100 years, in honor of President William McKinley, an Ohio native.

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/252380-trump-pledges-to-reverse-obamas-mountain-renaming

Trump talks more than the other 16 combined.

[HassleCat]

1. The greatness of the insult...

...depends on the number of voters. Since Ohio is the third most populous state, the insult to Ohio is huge. Since Alaska has far fewer voters, the insult of naming Denali for a guy from Ohio is small. By the way, the right wing is up in arms abut this, as they are about everything Obama does.

[DFW]

2. I'm at Denali right now. Trump has no clue.

The beauty of this place deserves the name it was given by the first humans with enough of a language to name it.

I took this pic about 3 hours ago:

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[Stardust]

3. It is beautiful indeed. nt

[longship]

4. R&K for this response alone!

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Glorious day up there today.

I just returned from a five-day Aurora-shooting trip to Wiseman up near Gates of the Arctic and ANWR. As we flew by Denali on the way back to Anchorage, she seemed particularly pleased to have her name restored.

[DFW]

7. She did, indeed

This is our first time here, so we're hoping to see some Aurora ourselves.

[Blue_In_AK]

15. I think the forecast is pretty good.

Are you still up in the Denali area? Here are a couple of websites you can check for Aurora forecast. I see tonight is a KP 5, which is exceptional.

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast

This one will give you the probability of seeing Aurora from your exact GPS location at the time you are checking.

http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm

[DFW]

17. We're still in the Talkeetna area

We will be heading up to the Denali lodge tomorrow, then up to Fairbanks on the 4th, back to Washington, DC, on the 6th.

[City Lights]

10. Gorgeous pic! Thanks so much for sharing!

[Glassunion]

16. 2 things...

1. That's an awesome pic. On our last trip, the summit was shrouded by clouds all but one day.

2. Your user name drives me crazy. I work in I.T., and when we get undesired results from a software package, or it does not work, we say your user name. Boss: "Did that patch from the vendor fix the problem." Me: "No" Boss: "What's the problem?" Me: "Dunno, just DFW"

[DFW]

18. Take it up with the FAA

When they change the letter code of my home airport, I'll change my calling card here.

[Glassunion]

19. Ha!

I sure hope I never hear an aircraft mechanic or pilot use the term. Pilot: "There's something wrong with the plane!" Co-Pilot: "What's wrong?" Pilot: "Don't know. The plane just DFW!"

[DFW]

20. If that happens within 500 miles of Dallas

Some people are going to get very confused.

[catnhatnh]

5. Lake Winnipesaukee....

20 miles from my home....the name is said to mean "Smile of the Great Spirit". I find the name beautiful and evocative. I can't think why so well named a place would be improved by naming it for a mere politician. And Denali is the same.

[KamaAina]

9. In New Hampshire? They'd have to rename it every four years!

I can't think why so well named a place would be improved by naming it for a mere politician.

[RiverLover]

8. 250+ injection wells for radioactive, benzene-infused fracking waste mainly from PA & WV

& now they're sending the poison up by barge from LA, TX, & OK on our precious Ohio River, already besieged by algae from massive BigAg farming...

Being the local dump for cancer-causing, radioactive waste is the real insult. Ohioans health & lives clearly don't matter much. Otherwise, these states would keep their own damn waste.

Ohio is destined to be one big superfund site one day, which is kind of insulting.

The mountain seems small in comparison.

[rbrnmw]

11. It's disgusting what has happened to the Buckeye State environmentally.

All the lakes, rivers, and ponds overrun with algae. The poison in SE Ohio from fracking will soon overrun the state.

[frogmarch]

12. McKinley being Ohio's native son

shouldn't, and doesn't, mean squat. Same with Trump. What a dork.

[yellowcanine]

13. So name the highest mountain in Ohio Mt. McKinley then.

McKinley never even saw the mountain and it had been called Denali for generations. It was renamed in 1896 by a gold prospector.
Why does Trump want to insult Alaskans by renaming it again after someone who had nothing to do with Alaska or the mountain?

[Blue_Adept]

14. Better to just start corporate branding them

AT&T Mountain

Mt. Comcast

Budweiser Grand Canyon

Let's get creative.

[kelliekat44]

21. I doubt that more than 25% of Ohio residents even know who McKinley was. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

22. I Was Going To Say 1/3rd

You're even more pessimistic than me.