Conscience of the coin, Part Deux

So remember the other day, when the Blob noted that nothing gets Americans off the Stubborn Train faster than damming up the old revenue stream?

People of color and conscience have been raising dust for decades over the Confederate Stars and Bars in the corner of Mississippi's state flag, but it wasn't until the Southeastern Conference and NCAA decided to withhold their events over it that state legislators got religion. Magically, after all these years, the little wink to white supremacy in the state flag is going away.

And now?

Now we consider the Washington Football Club, whose racial slur of a nickname has been a similar point of contention for years.

The national uprising against stuff that just ain't right has caught the Racial Slurs in its sweep, and now the money is talking loud and proud. FedEx, which paid the Racial Slurs $205 million in 1998 for the naming rights to their stadium, has requested the team change its name. That 87 investment firms and investors worth a combined $620 billion in turn sent letters to FedEx -- and Nike and PepsiCo -- asking them to pressure the Racial Slurs on their behalf is surely no coincidence.

Washington Football Club owner Daniel Snyder has steadfastly stood by the Racial Slurs nickname, as the state of Mississippi stood by its flag. But how much longer before Snyder, too, has a sudden (and of course completely genuine, hyuk-hyuk) change of heart?

The Blob's answer: Start the clock.