August 31, 2015
The highest peak in North America, or Turtle Island if you prefer
Mt. McKinley my ass. I don't know much (hardly anything really) about McKinley. Can't even remember his first name at this moment. I do know that there's no way his name needs to be associated with such a Purple Mountain Majesty Above the Frozen Plain. He hailed from Ohio, had never been to Alaska. Nonetheless, Ohio Republican'ts are throwing a fit over this unspeakable slight. The mountain was called Denali by the Koyukon Athabaskans long before any of McKinley's ancestors - uninvited interlopers, or as they are known in the modern tongue, illegal immigrants - set foot on these shores. Long before Jesus was even a twinkle in his Father's eye. So there. Thank you Barack Hussein Obama for this tiny bright shining moment of giving anything back to the Original People of this land. The only downside is that this causes me to be in agreement with none other than Sarah Palin, who like just about every other Alaskan (with the notable exception of her serially-pregnant-unmarried-abstinence-only-coach daughter, Bristol), prefers the name Denali to the name of some white guy who has no business being recognized in Alaska. Well, nothing's perfect.
I. Mangrey. All my relations.
Whatever do you mean? Palin doesn't agree with it. You must be trippin', I. Mangrey!
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