I say replace it with a hammer and sickle: U.S. Patent Office Cancels Washington Redskins Trademarks
In that vein…
Update: “I want you to imagine the federal government eliminating your private property rights due to the interpretation of political correctness by five people, or a very tiny minority of people,”
Washington, DC now stands for Washington ‘District of Corruption’…
Yes it’s difficult to get the crowd enthused, when the political bureaucratic team is commonly identified with “Washing Town Pantywaists”; mainly because they have so much dirty laundry!
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Washington Weasels
Washington Aryans?? I like it. I promise not to be offended.
It’s clear that the Washington professional football club didn’t name their team, “Redskins” to disparage anyone, this is the little brother of fascism at work, politically correctness isn’t correct, it rewards groupthink, and is in opposition to excellence.
Note to Toronto, and Ottawa, and New York et al:
http://www.indianvillage.ca/home.aspx
This is what the Indians in our area wanted the “Indian Village” at the Calgary Stampede named. We like it our way, if you don’t like it, stay wherever you are and don’t visit.
Washington Slot-Weasels
Now they are the Wizards. Isn’t it time for a Wicca ‘day of rage’?
Drop ‘skin’ from the name and bob’s yer uncle…
Mark Levin is saying courts will be making decisions based on common law, based upon the Washington Redskins using this mark for decades.
This decision doesn’t change anything for years to come. The news reporters have it wrong. For the millionth time.
The common law governing this mark governs the use of the trademark, the federal gov’t taking it, by this US Patent Office means nothing. It’s likely more important to those trying to take the other 20.. the other 30… scandals from the news headlines that are eating at B. Hussien’s peanut sized brain, and the bread crumbs that are the major part of Harry Reid’s brain. Levin is mentioning dementia as being the only excuse for Harry Reid. While mimicking Harry Reid’s pseudo transgender voice.
When this ends up being appealed in a real court, and there’s every likelihood of that occurrence as it’s already happened once to the Redskins, (this is the Patent Office’s second swing at the Redskins) how many courts would find for a mark to be taken from someone because it’s offensive? none. All the way up to the Supreme Court.
The chance of this being upheld is zero.
Well that’s nice, the USPTO just said “Don’t do business in the US.”
I actually want the Redskins to win the Superbowl this coming season. We’ll see if they’re invited to the Whitehouse by O’Dumpo
Western Canada High School in Calgary recently “retired” their team name – Redskins. I can’t say how long the name was in use, but the school has been around since 1903 – 2 years before Alberta entered Confederation. It was “retired” at the same time a measles outbreak occurred at the school. I’m sure that was the reason; couldn’t have been a leftie backlash…
Will Indiana be renamed? How about Indianapolis?
also, this conversation completely explains the new Ottawa moniker, “Redblacks” Ottawa not wanting to offend anyone in the known or unknown universe.
Leave the name and change the logo to Mr. Potato Head (resembling Obama), and say the reference is to Redskin potatoes.
Alternatively, if you want to change the name, use “Washington Reds” after the politics of the Obama administration.
Maybe Kate you should have another word contest to rename the Redskins (O:}
The next thing you know they will want us all to wear grey smocks and wave little red books.
Perhaps the Washington Priveleged would be a most appropriate name, given they are lodged in the epicenter of the federal behemoth.
Why do you think Rush Limbaugh stopped watching football? He saw what was coming years ago. Football is dead, the liberals want to replace it with some sissy gardening event or something.
If I were the owner, I’d drop Washington from the name. That’s the embarrassing part.
scar…… it is amazing how many idiots actually vote to put idiots in power. idiot politicians who hire idiot bureaucrats and so on.
This strikes particularly close to my home since 2 month ago, I took delivery of a 2014 Indian Vintage motorcycle. I can see the day when Justin Trudeau spearheads an assault team to breach my garage and confiscate the offending contraband bike.
Good luck, Justin. Oh! And say hello to my little friend….
From a Wiki article:
“However, a historical association between the use of “redskin” and the paying of bounties can be made. In 1863, a Winona, MN newspaper, the Daily Republican, printed among other announcements:
“The state reward for dead Indians has been increased to $200 for every red-skin sent to Purgatory. This sum is more than the dead bodies of all the Indians east of the Red River are worth.”
In isolation this quote looks quit damning but but but …. In the Minnesota Massacre of 1862 800 white men women and children were killed. There was a bit of payback going on. Those racist white people objected to being killed.
Let’s grant, for the sake of argument, that the name Redskins is racist. And let’s grant as well, that the proper role of government is to police private business in this way. The ruling is STILL outrageous, since it does nothing to stop the sale of Redskins merchandise! In fact, by opening up the market to competition, prices will drop and sales of the “racist” products will increase. This is the true outcome of left wing governance: destroying freedom while hurting the very thing they are trying to protect.