The Rename Game

I actually agree with Trump and other MAGA conservatives that some places should have their names changed back to what they were, and I don't mind being associated with such an opinion.

For example, I would prefer to see the name of Muhammad Ali Avenue in Newark changed back to Waverley Avenue because Ali had as much to do with Newark as my Uncle Huey, who grew up in Newark, has to do with Ali's hometown of Louisville.  I have said this before on this blog.

I also would like to see the name of Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem changed back to Mount Morris Park because Garvey was a black nationalist who encouraged black Americans to emigrate to Africa.  Why name a park in America after someone who tried to get people to leave America?  

Lest you think my opinions have a racist subtext, I also think it would probably be a good idea to change the name of John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens back to Idlewild, mainly because John F. Kennedy had nothing to do with New York City, and besides, why associate his memory with such a horrible airport? 

As for places whose original names I'd like to see changed, well, there are all of those bases named after Confederate generals that should be renamed after black war heroes, and the Defense Department is working on that (at least until Pete Hegseth takes over), and Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia should be renamed, if only because the Dulles brothers were right-wing sons of bitches who loved to destabilize democratically elected leftist governments in Third World countries, and that airport should be named for Dwight D. Eisenhower - or John F. Kennedy.

But Trump's suggestion that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the Gulf of America?

No, I don't think so.  

Even renaming Fifth Avenue in Manhattan Donald Trump Boulevard is a better idea than that, or maybe I shouldn't give him any ideas! 

It's going to be a long four years . . ..