Refusing the Gulf of Obeisance

Yes, we all should know by now, Don't obey in advance. Too many people, businesses, and organizations are failing to follow that directive, however.

Google Maps is one of them, in its decision to relabel the Gulf of Mexico (for U.S. viewers) as the Gulf of America or whatever the heck ridiculous thing Trump decided it should be called.

And now there's news that the Associated Press, which refuses to call the Gulf of Mexico anything but its internationally recognized name, was informed by the White House that its reporter would be barred from an executive order signing because of the naming divergence.

Here's the AP's statement on the subject.

This follows earlier decisions by the Trump administration to replace reporters from legitimate news sources at Pentagon briefings with people from right-wing puppets (Breitbart, OANN, Newsmax, among others). 

Here's one person's version of what we can expect in the future for the name of the gulf:

By Dennis Detwiller.