Not only did Obama steal Mt. McKinley, he's taken 10 feet from it!

[Newsjock]

Cue the GOP poutrage!

http://www.adn.com/article/20150902/10-feet-lopped-denalis-official-summit-altitude

North America's tallest mountain doesn't just have a new name. It also has a new elevation.

Denali, the Alaska mountain formerly known Mount McKinley, is now officially 10 feet shorter, measuring 20,310 feet at its highest point, the U.S. Geological Survey announced Wednesday.

The previous measurement of 20,320 feet stemmed from a 1953 survey that used the technology of the time, officials said. The new elevation is the result of data collected from the mountain by climbers in June using technology that didn't exist in the earlier survey, such as GPS instruments.

[CTyankee]

1. Yeah, thanks Obama!

[rocktivity]

2. Obama's first job out of office

can be starring in a remake of this movie (click pic for more info):




rocktivity

[demmiblue]

4. Lol... that was the first thing that came to my mind!

Love that movie!

Drilling in the Arctic, not so much. Sad to say, one of these things is a lot worse than the other.

[lpbk2713]

3. Yup. That figures.

[katmondoo]

5. I always called it Denali because that IS it's name!!!

[mythology]

7. There's a joke in there somewhere

About not being able to exaggerate your size forever.

[Brother Buzz]

8. I found when they parked that ten feet

When I was a kid, Mount Whitney was the highest peak in the nation and it was 14,495' tall. Today, it's 14,505' tall. Sneaky coincidence?

[sarisataka]

9. Dammit! That mountain has been named McKinley

since George Washington ordered Daniel Boone to guide Lewis and Clarke to measure it!!

Now to add insult to injury they are going to claim it is ten feet shorter??

Why don't we just sell Alaska back to the French?? Jees!

[daleo]

10. From the bottom or the top?

It makes a big difference.