January 1, 2014 --

LPR expects that 2014 will be a year of great political change in the U.S.A., change that may well begin with demands to change the name of New England's National Football League (NFL) team. Presently, the name of this team is: New England Patriots. But how long can that name avoid scrutiny from the left?

LPR suspects that for the left, the term "Patriots" now evokes a group of anti-government malcontents who established a new governing system without the approval of women and the native population, and who included slaveholders in the ruling class. LPR expects, therefore, that the NFL's Washington Redskins will not be the only team to change its name in 2014. As for the Redskins, not only will that name go, but along with it the "Washington" part. LPR expects op-ed articles will appear in The New York Times and The Washington Post demanding that the nation's capital also undergo a name-change. The argument will be: "If Russia could name-change from Leningrad back to St. Petersburg, we can change the name of our capital that presently honors a slaveholder." And so, look for the nation's capital to be named "Federal City, D.C." by December 31, 2014, home to the NFL's Federal City Federales, and The Federal City Post.

LPR expects that in New England, the football team will acknowledge its location in Red Sox Nation by dropping "Patriots" in favor of the New England Red Sox. This change will have political consequences.

The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will hold hearings, in March to inquire if Tea Party Patriots is a subversive organization, consisting of "nihilists" who are anti-government malcontents. The hearings will open with testimony from editors at The New York Times who will agree that Tea Party Patriots are "nihilists." In New York City, the very leftist City Council will pass legislation banning the term "Patriot" from the public schools and demand that anyone determined to be a member of Tea Patriots shall be liable to a fine of $10,000 and tar-and-feathering.

President Obama, asked at a press conference in late spring, if he agrees that Tea Party Patriots are a "bunch of nihilists" will acknowledge that he is concerned about "the views of cult-like groups whose very name evokes a violent, anti-government act." The President will also point out that the world has changed enormously from the days when a country could be established without approval of women and its native population, and accept slavery as legal. He will leave the podium just as a reporter shouts "Does that mean the Constitution is unconstitutional?"