Just curious, should the "White House" be renamed, if so, what

[akbacchus_BC]

are your suggestions? Mine is "State House"!

Let's discuss!

[FrenchieCat]

1. Why should it be renamed.

The name as been the same for years!

It's the occupants of such house that make a difference
not the name of the residence.

But you knew that, right?

[akbacchus_BC]

11. Was just trying to ease the tension on here. Sorry, my bad!

[Life Long Dem]

46. Up next for reducing tension! We'll start with some jumping jacks!

Ready and a one and a two! :bounce:

[jillan]

2. House of Hope.

[Clio the Leo]

Now that's nice......

.... although it does sound a BIT like a Ronald McDonald House.

[akbacchus_BC]

12. No, I do not think that would be a fav!

[tammywammy]

3. It's an imposing white building, The White House is a perfect name n/t

[akbacchus_BC]

15. I so agree with you. Thanks for your response.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. It was originally called The Executive Mansion.

[TankLV]

23. Actually, the original moniker was "The President's House"...

I believe.

It was originally a tan natural sandstone - until after the British burned it during the War of 1812.

When they were renovating it and stabilizing it during Carter's term in preparation for the Bicentenial, they successfully removed all the many layers of white paint. Serious discussion were held as to whether to keep it it's natural exposed sandstone color as it was for the firs decades since it was built, but it was decided to re-paint it white because of it's much more prominent fame as the "White House", but more so because they felt even a treated/sealed sandstone would be subject to deterioration in the present day caustic atmosphere of modern DC.

As a tribute to the original structure, they left some exposed areas of unpainted sandstone on the back of the columns in the front porticoe. Is some areas, you can still see the scorch marks from the fire.

[no_hypocrisy]

25. I stand corrected.

[crispini]

33. Plus, "The Tan House" just doesn't have the same ring. nt

[JamesA1102]

48. No it wasn't

It's official name was the Executive Mansion until 1901 when it changed to the White House.

[Posteritatis]

5. Fred. (nt)

[TygrBright]

6. Domino's. Or maybe Papa John's. Possibly Little Ceasar's. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

7. The Whisper House? After the paint?

I remember seeing on some documentary someone who's sole job was to paint the White House saying, "People think it's white, but it's really 'whisper' .... that's the name of the paint color."

"The Whisper House"?

Ok .... maybe not.

[The Wielding Truth]

32. The Corporate Shell

[1corona4u]

8. Dumb idea.

Like I always say, if it ain't broken, don't fix it.

[firedupdem]

10. word! n/t

[akbacchus_BC]

13. I am so sorry, with everything going down, I just wanted to lighten

up the spirit on here. Yes, you are right. Dumb idea!

[1corona4u]

28. It's ok...

I'm just kind of touchy about shit 'changing' today...

Went out to look for some hunter green Xmas ribbon today, and 5 stores later, NO HUNTER GREEN Xmas ribbon. WTF???? I use it in my business, and not even my vendors have it this year. There are nothing but off greens, lime green, sage green, olive green, etc, but no traditional hunter, or kelly green. So at the last store, I mentioned to the cashier, that I couldn't find it anywhere, so she says; I don't know what was wrong with the traditional Xmas colors, or why they had to change them. It's just a sign of the times if you ask me. People bored with the traditional, which is fine, but to completely do away with the traditional Xmas greens, really pisses me off. I mean, red is still red...for now anyways.

I saw peach poinsettias, blue poinsettias, and almost every color in the rainbow.

Just another peeve of mine. People can not just let things be. Or be happy with the norm. :eyes: And yeah, it's a big deal in my business, and I need hundreds and hundreds of yards of it. :(

[uppityperson]

9. Joe the House?

Naw, no need to rename it.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. Hell no.

[eleny]

16. I always like it when it's referred to as The People's House

But I wouldn't change it from The White House.

[akbacchus_BC]

18. I thought "State House" would be nice, but am posting from Canada, n/t

[eleny]

27. That's what we call our state capitol buildings in the U.S.

At least that's what we call it here in Colorado.

[jeff30997]

17. I think that...

the Liberated White House would be cool.

[akbacchus_BC]

20. Nah, that is too mundane, LOL

[baldguy]

19. The Pesidential Palace?

[akbacchus_BC]

22. Then we won't know if it is in the US or not!

[baldguy]

29. What? People might mistake it for some third world banana republic?

Bush wasn't able to finish the job.

[KakistocracyHater]

21. "white house" is a very ancient term of power

Memphis/Silver Walls, it's an old Egyptian term, the old capitol of Egypt, or KMT, but that is komety for another time.

[akbacchus_BC]

24. Not necessarily! It is a befitting name re "White House"!

Sorry, if I annoyed anyone. Mods, please close this Post.

Thank you

[ZombieHorde]

26. Zombie Mansion

[akbacchus_BC]

35. You mean after you? No way for many reasons! LOL

[kwenu]

30. No. It should NOT be renamed.

[akbacchus_BC]

36. I agree with you. I was just trying to lighten up the tension on here. n/t

[emilyg]

31. No.

[NutmegYankee]

34. No. Why rename it?

It's a house, and it's painted white. Imagine that.

[akbacchus_BC]

38. Welll trust me, this was not meant as a flame bait. n/t

[NutmegYankee]

40. Sorry about that.

There have been some unhappy conservative types asking if Obama won, can it still be called the white house.

I just know that by history, it wasn't white until after the British burned it down, and the paint covered the burn marks.

[Occam Bandage]

42. Your history is incorrect. The term predates the War of 1812. nt

[NutmegYankee]

54. I looked that up. Funny, I was taught the previous in school.

The White House Historical Association notes that it was taught in schools erroneously that it was because of the fire.

[Crunchy Frog]

37. Umm, no.

[akbacchus_BC]

39. I agree with you. Mods, please delete this OP. Thanks

[Crunchy Frog]

56. I alerted on it already, but they don't seem to be responding.

Maybe if you alert on it yourself, and tell them you want it deleted. :)

[Occam Bandage]

41. The "Stupid Fucking Post House."

[SwampG8r]

43. he was just trying to lighten it up a bit

i have to admit the forum is very tense right now

he meant well i really do believe

[No Elephants]

52. This comes from the Repugnant "If Obama is elected, can we still call it the "White"

House? Regardless of the intent of the poster, the comment deserves whatever criticism it gets.

[Writer]

44. I don't see color.

I didn't know that the White House was actually white until you said so. My heavens!

[gingersnaps1]

45. I don't think so. It's a house that's white.

[treestar]

47. LOL, some people refuse to lighten up, ever!

If they can't be happy less than 3 weeks after this election, they never will be!

How about "The Deadly Serious House?"

:rofl:

:hi:

[comrade snarky]

50. That's not funny

How can you laugh when there are so many injustices in the world that I can use to make myself look purer than you.

Wait.. I said to much. :evilgrin:

[No Elephants]

49. A race based allusion is supposed to EASE tension?

[comrade snarky]

51. Man...

That tells you something doesn't it!

"Whew, it's tense around here. Let's start a race riot to cool it off a bit"

[scheming daemons]

53. IBTL.... the idea that the word "White" in this case has a racist overtone is nonsense

....and you're an idiot for creating this OP.

[cooolandrew]

55. Not a good idea after some of the smear that went round. Whitehouse has always been an awesome name.

[alwysdrunk]

57. No.

Stupid idea.

[RBInMaine]

58. BAD BAD BAD IDEA. This is what makes us look like ultra-left fools. KNOCK IT OFF !

[ecstatic]

59. lol @ "ultra left" nt

[ecstatic]

60. lol @ "ultra left" nt