The Gulf of America?

[Ed W]

Mississippi  state representative wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.  Claims it was meant as satire. Introduced bill that is now in committee.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/mississippi_rep_wants_the_gulf_of_mexico_renamed_t.php

...and he may have been inspired by that uber-conservative, Stephen Colbert.

[carltonplace]

Mississippi  state representative wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.  Claims it was meant as satire. Introduced bill that is now in committee.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/mississippi_rep_wants_the_gulf_of_mexico_renamed_t.php

...and he may have been inspired by that uber-conservative, Stephen Colbert.

The Gulf of "North" America is more accurate.

[TheArtist]

  So I guess they figure its more appropriate or "fair" to name it after the continent and not a particular country.  Why this would be a conservative initiative or idea, I don't have a clue.  Though it might be interesting to know what the history was on how it got to be named the Gulf of Mexico in the first place?    

[joiei]

according to ask Yahoo and Gulfmex.org

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

The Spanish.

The Gulf was unnamed until the early 1540s and was considered part of the Atlantic Ocean. The Spanish name most often applied to it was Seno Mexicano (seno="gulf" or "bay"), although it was occasionally referred to as Golfo de Nueva España, or Golfo de México. (7)

Source(s):
www.gulfmex.org/facts.htm
4 years ago