Canada, Greenland, and Gulf of America

[BOP]

Why are people acting like name changes and territory expansions are so unheard of? I'm guessing because it's Trump ?

These are the exact same people who cheered on the EU.

I'd like to have an opinion on this but I haven't heard anyone with half a brain say why it's a bad thing. Who wants to educate me?

I think Trump should have said "We're going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Martin Luther King Jr." The left would have simultaneously imploded and exploded.

Choke on it, biatches!

 

[BOP]

We don't need any French Canadians, that's for certain.

Anyone who thinks the French are insufferable pompous asses has never met a French Canadian.

 

[BOP]

The claim is national security, since it won't be long before the Arctic will be mostly clear - and Russia can move in - with China not far behind, because territorial integrity isn't high on their list. There's too much to exploit and too easy to come at us.

Fiji's leader says he hopes to work with China in upgrading his country's shipyards and ports

Fiji’s leader says that after meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, he hopes to collaborate with China on upgrading his nation’s shipyards and ports.

apnews.com

 

[stgislander]

Hahaha.

 

[glhs837]

Makes sense, although it may be a while yet before the Arctic is clear. But I get it, and that's makes more sense than the value of the land resources.

If you are Greenland, would you like to date the rich guy who will leave you pretty much full autonomy and protect you from scruffy *******s or the scruffy ******* who will bend you over a mailbox and step over your used up self to beat on the rich guy?

 

[limblips]

Hank Johnson wants a study done to assess the possibility of Greenland tipping over if we add people and infrastucture.

 

[vraiblonde]

I'm practicing saying Gulf of America

 

[TPD]

I'm practicing saying Gulf of America

I assume you dipped your toes in the Gulf of America today…

 

[vraiblonde]

I assume you dipped your toes in the Gulf of America today…

No, it was 30* out, but as soon as it warms up a bit....

 

[Tech]

I think Trump should have said "We're going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Martin Luther King Jr." The left would have simultaneously imploded and exploded.

Choke on it, biatches!

Then we would have drive-bys in the Gulf of MLK.

 

[Kyle]

 

[phreddyp]

Anyone who thinks the French are insufferable pompous asses has never met a French Canadian.

Hit a nerve, did they?

 

[stgislander]

You wanna keep Greenland? Pony up Denmark.

Denmark to increase military spending in North Atlantic by $2 billion amid row with Trump over Greenland

Denmark is increasing military spending in the North Atlantic amid President Donald Trump’s bid to have Greenland sold or ceded to the United States.

www.foxnews.com

The Trump Effect in action.

 

[LightRoasted]

For your consideration ...


Well, that Gulf sits right in between the North and South American continents and should rightly be called The Gulf of America, which one could assume was shortened from The Gulf of the Americas. Wonder why it wasn't call the in the first place?

 

[vraiblonde]

For your consideration ...


Well, that Gulf sits right in between the North and South American continents and should rightly be called The Gulf of America, which one could assume was shortened from The Gulf of the Americas. Wonder why it wasn't call the in the first place?

Because for all their insisting that Mexicans are "Americans" because their country is in North America, Democrats don't really believe that and will make all kinds of nonsensical arguments to keep them "other". Gulf of America is geographically correct. It's not like Trump wants to call it the Gulf of the US.

 

[somdwatch]

For your consideration ...


Well, that Gulf sits right in between the North and South American continents and should rightly be called The Gulf of America, which one could assume was shortened from The Gulf of the Americas. Wonder why it wasn't call the in the first place?

It's the damn Spanish being colonial racists! If only the New World and the Indians could have seen this coming.

It's interesting to observe how some uneducated Arabs see "America". They actually think Central and South is part of the USA.

 

[Merlin99]

For your consideration ...


Well, that Gulf sits right in between the North and South American continents and should rightly be called The Gulf of America, which one could assume was shortened from The Gulf of the Americas. Wonder why it wasn't call the in the first place?

Maybe because it was Mexico for several hundred (thousand) years before Amerigo Vespucci came by and started slapping his name on everything.

 

[Sneakers]

Google Maps is supposed to be changing the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, but I haven't seen it pop up yet.

Google Search

www.google.com

 

[SamSpade]

Maybe because it was Mexico for several hundred (thousand) years before Amerigo Vespucci came by and started slapping his name on everything.

Actually they only started using the name AFTER the Spanish arrived, even though it comes from Aztec name for their moon goddess. Back then, they didn't think of the 'nation' or the whole region as BEING a nation.

 

[Sneakers]