PC Gone Wild: THIS is what our Congress has time for? ‘Redskin’ mania

America is fighting a war against Islamic terror. The economy is on the abyss of collapsing under its own debt and growth slow and/or non-existent. The IRS is targeting American citizens because of their political views, the Department of Justice is targeting the press just because. Obamacare is driving health care costs up. No one in the administration seems to be honest about the deaths of four hero Americans who were killed in Benghazi. And we can't find out who authorized the sale of automatic weapons to the Mexican drug cartels.

None of that seems to matter to some members of Congress who have a much different priority.

Ten representatives — including members of both parties — have sent a letter to Redskins owner Daniel Snyder urging the team to change their name because it’s offensive to Native Americans. The letter says in part:

“The current Chairman and Chief of the Penobscot Nation, Chief Kirk Francis, recently stated in a joint statement that the [R-word] is ‘not just a racial slur or a derogatory term,’ but a painful ‘reminder of one of the most gruesome acts of … ethnic cleansing ever committed against the Penobscot people.’ The hunting and killing of Penobscot Indians … The usage of the [“R-word”] is especially harmful to Native American youth, tending to lower their sense of dignity and self-esteem.”

Oh come on! The “R” word?

The only massacre the name Washington Redskins reminds me of is Superbowl XXII (they beat Denver 42-10). This PC nonsense has to stop and these members of Congress need to get back to the real work or resign their seats! There is plenty of real work that needs to be done.

It’s not just Congress wasting time with this PC nonsense regarding football teams names.

Two months ago, Washington D.C. council member David Grosso raised the same issue. He said a most of his fellow councilmembers agreed to co-sponsor a nonbinding resolution asking the team to change its name.

A group of Native Americans has launched a new court battle to deny the team federal trademark protection, which would essentially force a name change.

Grosso’s resolution suggests “Redtails” as a new nickname. He says it would honor the Tuskegee Airmen and allow the team to maintain its fight song and color scheme with a few minor changes.

Tell you what Mr. Grasso; before you worry about pro football perhaps you should work on fixing the escalators in the Metro Stations. My daughter is working in DC for the summer and she hasn’t found one escalator that works!

Thankfully Redskins owner Dan Snyder has promised he would never change the team’s name, but just in case I will present this list of alternates below:

•Here’s an idea, what about naming the team after former IRS chief Doug Schulman who recently couldn’t remember why he went to the White House so many times and call the teamThe Easter Egg Rollers.

•Thank God We’re Not The NY Jets: OK a little long but as a long-suffering Jets fan I understand that it’s a chant, which should be heard in every NFL stadium.

•An Animal Name? Many Pro-football teams have animal names, the Dolphins, Jaguars, Cougars, and Superbowl winner the Ravens. How about an animal associated with the nation’s capital such as The Lame Ducks.

•Washington D.C. is the seat of the federal government; other teams have taken their names from federal institutions such as the former baseball team the Senators. Football is a sport with large menacing athletes; perhaps they could adopt the name, The Bloated Bureaucracy.

•Since Washington DC is the center of American Politics, perhaps the team could take on a name related to politicians like The Hacks or The Spinners.

•Tampa Bay has the Buccaneers, Oakland has the Raiders, so I thought Washington have The Stealers, but that won’t work because its too close to the Pittsburgh team. But how about The Taxers or even The Redistributors or even The IRS Hit-Squad?

•Baseball’s Nationals took the name because D.C. is the capital of our country. Nationals seems a bit soft for a football team, at first I thought of The Constitutions but then realized that very few in DC know what the Constitution is--as an alternate how about something tougher such as Criminally Trespassing Aliens which avoids the anti-PC term illegal aliens and certainly sounds tough?

•How about taking a number, after all the 49ers have a long history of winning football. Why not call the team the Washington 17 Trillions after our growing deficit? The problem with this name is the team will have to change their name every year!

•The press is big industry in Washington; what about changing the team’s name to The DOJ Scandals or The Perjurers It’s timely!

There is one more option. There are teams with the name of an occupation associated with the city — like the Dallas Cowboys. Using that method the football team could be called the Congressmen and City Councilmen Who Ignore Their Real Jobs and Waste Time on Silly PC Issues.

Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of the political blog The Lid.