# Now listen up, all you sons of bitches. It's Lake America now **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 27, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608 "2026-08-27T18:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/61 "2026-08-28T00:41:27Z")
Do Republicans still call french fries “freedom fries”? I’m just wondering what the half-life is on petty stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/62 "2026-08-28T00:43:26Z")
Canada needs to sign an order renaming Lake Michigan the Strait of Our Moose. Take _that_, America. Or…they could act like adults and not do that. This fucking guy’s domestic policy consists of building a ballroom and redoing a pool. International relations: starting a war with _Canada_ ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/63 "2026-08-28T00:45:09Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Do Republicans still call french fries “freedom fries”? I’m just wondering what the half-life is on petty stupidity. I wish people would remember things like that when they say that this will all be over when Trump is. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/64 "2026-08-28T00:52:04Z")
It’s Trumps all the way down. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/65 "2026-08-28T01:00:26Z")
Wait until Canada retaliates by renaming Lake Michigan to Lake Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/66 "2026-08-28T01:01:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Even if one insisted on renaming one of the Great Lakes, surely Michigan is the one that should be called “Lake America”? No, it should have been Lake Superior. Because it’s the biggest lake. Plus now we have a lake named America and another lake which is Superior to America. And nothing is Superior to America. Claiming otherwise is Communism. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/67 "2026-08-28T01:11:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Plus now we have a lake named America and another lake which is Superior to America. And nothing is Superior to America. Claiming otherwise is Communism. Your insights are Erie. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/68 "2026-08-28T01:17:50Z")
I think Huron to something there. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/69 "2026-08-28T01:33:58Z")
Next he will change Lake St. Clair to Lake St. Kirk. ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/70 "2026-08-28T02:40:45Z")
This guy is going to throw another of his juvenile tantrums one day—possibly soon, the way he’s deteriorating— and kick off world war 3. He’s already sown the seeds with the mess of Iran. He’s directly or indirectly responsible for countless deaths as it is. His people don’t seem to be doing anything to hold him in check. He’s reached the point (beyond the point) of being dangerous to the entire world. We should all be alarmed. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/71 "2026-08-28T02:54:48Z")
When a baby gets colic, typical treatments include gentle swaying with your baby, using an infant swing. playing white noise from a fan, swaddling your baby snugly in a blanket, offering a pacifier, holding your baby upright during feedings, burping, and eliminating strong-smelling foods. Only in America do they suggest playing white noise from a radio, swaddling snugly in a cheap suit, screaming at pacifiers about how the instructions should just be in English, renaming geographic features, holding your baby upright during Congress sessions, encouraging hot air, or eliminating foods made with spices stronger than anything McDonald’s might routinely use. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/72 "2026-08-28T03:10:27Z")
> [@Keith1](#): > > We should all be alarmed. Well, frankly the time to be alarmed was during the 2016 primaries. And at a couple of subsequent national democratic events. Nascent opportunities whiffed. As for a really small act of defiance, how about somebody just take down that tarp around the Kennedy Centre obscuring that a court order has been complied with? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/73 "2026-08-28T03:13:35Z")
Time to buy another [t-shirt](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HGRLG7CP/ref=sr_1_18?crid=HT9L0TPEUSE2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.990gbC5GrlcPwVJN_aHJsQUulb-G-wzgJPsw329Om5ePeCcftwgcCW5ADA3JDrBFZB0md3TI1MoPTMWR4A-dMhoQS0bk_xCjObKti8GbQjKIvpnhzCuRDFuJqkMrcgrhsNyU_8COGjQpFSqnCexD6hzPq37WF7NvEh970D0raiyxEeK24R-d68leX9EdcqsY3ihWtixLyD61UcepeoVNFVpSEEmWqJPDNKChHwVaru8ArJjwonS8ktGK6ldLYPe5tLcJ_BNPP_xWI2nCBggjicDfEpR-IJ6u0V5BDVSX6Vg.Qw7w_6xLtVwWlLp29giMYNFfAD2hoh1WOyANvHhjtdY&dib_tag=se&keywords=lake%2Bontario%2Btee%2Bshirt&qid=1787886631&sprefix=lake%2Bontario%2Btee%2Bshirt%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-18&customId=B07537H64L&customizationToken=MC_Assembly_1%23B07537H64L&th=1&psc=1). I have a Gulf of Mexico shirt and occasionally someone will sneer at it. Makes me purr. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/74 "2026-08-28T03:20:41Z")
Saw the **SHAME** thing on CNN. Very funny. I hope Donny sees it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/75 "2026-08-28T04:14:42Z")
What a maroon. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/76 "2026-08-28T05:33:37Z")
Carney doesn’t seem crazy about Donald’s idea. > **['Then, now and always': Carney says it will always be Lake Ontario…](https://nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-to-lake-america)** > > National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views. > [@](#): > > In a post on social media, Carney said “we know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms,” Carney posted. “Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario — then, now and always.” ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/77 "2026-08-28T06:07:30Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > 1. Changing Mt. Ranier to Mt. Trump More like Trumps’ dump. Jesus H Christ, renaming will prolly make that sucker blow. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/78 "2026-08-28T06:17:41Z")
Seen on another message board, in a thread dealing with this topic: > [@](#): > > Canada should rename the Welland Canal the “Closed To U.S. Traffic Canal”. I kinda like it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/79 "2026-08-28T11:02:53Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > If I was a map printer I’d stop production. Do people still use paper maps, except the map nerds? The biggest map maker right now is Google. They actually do care if Trump tries to hurt them. I didn’t know if they’ll comply, but they won’t be turning off their mapping functions. ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/80 "2026-08-28T11:31:53Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Do people still use paper maps, except the map nerds? Yes. Picked up a couple maps a few days ago from the auto club to assist with an upcoming trip. They’re much more useful for getting an overall picture of a large area. I use an on-screen GPS to negotiate to a final destination if/as needed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608.md?page=5)