I've trying to get my Congressman to get behind a proposal to change the name
of our Capitol to Whackyland, instead of honoring some old guy nobody alive
today ever knew.
Actually, a more practical approach would be to sell naming rights to various
cities and counties, like they do for stadiums. The governments could raise a
fortune. What would it be worth for San Diego to be hereafter known as "Sea
World?"
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
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> On Mar 29, 2015, at 7:30 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun,3/29/2015 12:36 PM, Clayton Brantley via TenTec wrote:
>> I think it's time to kick ole Hertz where it hurts and return to kc and mc.
>> My radiodoesn't really care, but the freqs we use should be know for
>> something other thansome guy we never knew.
>
> That's a shameful attitude -- our world is built on the shoulders of those
> who came before us. It is more than fitting that we honor at least some of
> those giants. Better to buy a book (or surf the internet) and learn about
> these giants. Wikipedia is a great place to start.
>
> Something equally dumb happened in Chicago a decade or so ago. A neighborhood
> school was named for George Gershwin, one of the greatest composers of the
> century. Thanks to music education being short-changed by inadequate budgets,
> the students (and many of the parents) didn't know who he was, so they
> lobbied to name the school after an African American that they did know.
> Ironic, since Gershwin's work drew a lot on the African American musical
> tradition.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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