1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Trump should build bridges, just as China has done....but from...

 

 

Cancun to Cuba, and then from Cuba to Key West.

 

Also, ...  Baja California should belong to California....just due to the name, and also the position of Baja CALIFORNIA.

 

 

If they did that, I might return to the Americas  😎

2 hours ago, Hawaiian said:

They may have made major political contributions, but they alone did not elect Donald Trump.  What about the maga facists, to use your favorite description, who voted for him.  Quite sure there aren't that many billionaire maga facists in America.

Then again maybe your definition of base is different than mine.

He doesn't need the people who voted him in anymore.

2 minutes ago, stevenl said:

He doesn't need the people who voted him in anymore.

Spot on !!!

Just another distraction from what he should do before and after he takes the seat.

 

He is just airing aut his Grandiose thoughts in any direction to confuse his followers 

 

MAGA my place where sun never shines

On 1/8/2025 at 5:24 AM, Cryingdick said:

Trump wants to change the name. Why not?

 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-gulf-of-mexico-bc438f4feca1234475a1adef99344da7

If you don't know the answer go back to history. But be careful. You might get a hickup when reading what belonged to Mexico in the 18. Century. 🤣

So what, we call the Stretch of water between England and France "The English Channel".

 

The French call it "La Manche" ( the sleeve). Pretty much the rest of the world calls it La Manche.

 

The world will no doubt continue to refer to The Gulf of Mexico as The Gulf of Mexico!

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

He doesn't need the people who voted him in anymore.

Does that include the Republican members of Congress?   He will not have the dictatorial powers as some claim. 

22 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

What do the French call the English Channel? 

 

La Manche 

24 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Does that include the Republican members of Congress?   He will not have the dictatorial powers as some claim. 

Why would it? Read my statement, really basic English and easy to understand.

52 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

So what, we call the Stretch of water between England and France "The English Channel".

 

The French call it "La Manche" ( the sleeve). Pretty much the rest of the world calls it La Manche.

 

The world will no doubt continue to refer to The Gulf of Mexico as The Gulf of Mexico!

I meant to say  "calls it the Channel"

On 1/8/2025 at 5:24 AM, Cryingdick said:

Trump wants to change the name. Why not?

 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-gulf-of-mexico-bc438f4feca1234475a1adef99344da7

The Donald wants to rename it after the Italian, Amerigo Vespucci?

On 1/8/2025 at 8:34 AM, Jingthing said:

Why not?

Personally I don't really care.

It turns out that the government CAN change the name.

But that doesn't mean that the U.S. can compel people outside the U.S. to change the maps and use a new name as the Gulf of Mexico has stood for 400 years.

Perhaps a compromise?

Golfo de Estados Unidos? 

Also to say Gulf of America is not really specific enough.

The Americas span two continents.

There is only one Mexico.

The old quote -- 

Poor Mexico. So far from God and close to the United States comes to mind. 

Reminds me of the correct answer as to how many continents there are ... American student (as if most would even have a clue) or ask a European student ... 6 or 7?

Toady Marjorie T Greene on cue introduced legislation to execute his master's daft plan. Now the House will be tied down with more unproductive discourse and wasting time and tax payers money. Lowering price of eggs will have to take a back seat and to hell being a party of fiscal responsibility. 

5 hours ago, Hawaiian said:

13 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

I will let you have Denali, if we can change the lake in Minneapolis from the unpronounceable Bde Maka Ska back to Calhoun and we get rid of the newly designed state flag that is something Somalia would use. I doubt the majority of people living in Minneapolis could tell you the new name. Lake Bde Maka Ska rolls off the tongue. 

 

https://www.sos.state.mn.us/about-minnesota/state-symbols/state-flag/

 

 

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Personally, I am against all this name changing of various geographical locations, including the renaming of 9 U.S. military bases.  We have an Hawaiian activist in the Hawaii legislature that wants to change the small town of Capt. Cook to a  Hawaiian name.  None of this BS is going to change history.

 

Denali is a bit of a special case.  Many people in Alaska never liked or used the original name McKinley because it was named for political reasons after someone who had nothing to do with the mountain.  The state government of Alaska had been asking the federal government to change the official name to Denali for decades, long before this renaming nonsense became a trend.

18 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Well then, why isn't it called the "Gulf of AztecLand" ...

 

... or  " Gulf of Teotihuacan" ... "Sea of MayaVille" 

I like your attitude not taking your dear leader daft idea seriously. 😆

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

Why would it? Read my statement, really basic English and easy to understand.

Again, are you saying Republican members of Congress did not vote for Donald Trump?  Could be, did you poll them?  Speaking of basic English, seems you did not comprehend some of my previous posts otherwise you wouldn't be making an such an insulting post.  Not surprising,  coming from you.

On 1/8/2025 at 9:53 AM, Cryingdick said:

 

It seems like names can be changed. So what is the problem?  Many different languages in the world exist. 

South America, Central America, North 

America.

It has a ring to it, Gulf of America .

3 minutes ago, riclag said:

Gulf of America .

 

I don't suppose it has dawned on you that is just the name used when referring to the Gulf in the English Language.

 

Less than 30% of the continent have English as their first language.

 

Golfo de México or Golfo do México would be more appropriate.

 

1 hour ago, Phillip9 said:

 

Denali is a bit of a special case.  Many people in Alaska never liked or used the original name McKinley because it was named for political reasons after someone who had nothing to do with the mountain.  The state government of Alaska had been asking the federal government to change the official name to Denali for decades, long before this renaming nonsense became a trend.

Agree, McKinley had to no connection.  Then again, some name changes are based on false premises.

Here is some background to what I mentioned in a previous about renaming the town of Captain Cook in Hawaii.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/politics/2022/04/23/resolution-to-rename-captain-cook-dies-in-committee

4 hours ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

 

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum seems much more level headed than the USA president.

 

 

 

 

 

The time passed for me to edit the post but a correction I wan to make is referring to Don Trump as the president.       I should have correctly  said "president elect".

 

 

 

7 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Well then, why isn't it called the "Gulf of AztecLand" ...

 

... or  " Gulf of Teotihuacan" ... "Sea of MayaVille" 

what's your point... troll??

1 minute ago, Mavideol said:

what's your point... troll??

Thought my point was obvious, considering the post I replied to.   That post pointing out historically, probably half of the USA coastline belong to Mexico at one time.  Or shall we say the remnants of the Spanish conquerors.

 

Why stop there, when the original folks should have that honor, naming of the Gulf, reflecting them, with a few of my suggestions thrown in.

 

Clues in all my suggestions.  Thought that was obviously except maybe to the most ignorant of folks.  Though should have been enlightened with those suggested names, I would have though.

 

Now ... who's the troll ? 

Posts with derogatory nicknames, intentional misspellings, or personal remarks will be removed. Spell names correctly for all sides of the debate.

7 hours ago, riclag said:

South America, Central America, North 

America.

It has a ring to it, Gulf of America .

 

I prefer Bay of Trump.

Just now, Cryingdick said:

 

I prefer Bay of Trump.

The Trump Brand is synonymous 

with America!

But to be fair ,the party of assassins & terrorist sympathizers 

will not tolerate it!

Best to leave it as Gulf of America!

14 minutes ago, riclag said:

The Trump Brand is synonymous 

with America!

But to be fair ,the party of assassins & terrorist sympathizers 

will not tolerate it!

Best to leave it as Gulf of America!

It's not surprising, in fact it's fitting,  that an over-the-top Trump fan  is mangling the English language. And thought with it.

7 minutes ago, placeholder said:

It's not surprising, in fact it's fitting,  that an over-the-top Trump fan  is mangling the English language. And thought with it.

 

That isn't exactly great English on your part. 

3 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

 

That isn't exactly great English on your part. 

What's the problem with it?

On 1/7/2025 at 11:08 PM, Phillip9 said:

 

I'm guessing trump is too dumb to realize that no one in Mexico will be offended by the change since in Spanish the USA is called Estados Unidos, and has nothing to do with America.  In every country south of the USA the term America refers to the continents and not the USA.

I dont think Trump is trying to offended anyone, think it's just another one of his big mouth ideas for attention.

 

On 1/8/2025 at 4:30 AM, candide said:

Which sabotage? 😀

 

Production of oil and gas are already at the highest historical level.

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/oil-and-gas/oil-and-gas-industry-outlook.html

 stuff like this

Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling

 

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5249765/biden-offshore-drilling-ban