Why does God hate West Virginia?

[Texifornia]

I'll have to ask Pat Robertson, he'll know.

[BurtWorm]

1. Because it's so near Dover, Pennsylvania, and God is a lousy aim?

:shrug:

[madeline_con]

2. He hates their freedom. n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. trying to see other news, I caught some of the wives' statements

several said, "there is no god."

Now, watch what Pat will say.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

29. I can see it now:

"Godless heathens! He shall strike you down with His mighty arm! Rawrrrr!"

I can see the drool dripping down his chin now...

[Greeby]

4. Expect Fred Phelps to picket the funerals

Yes, I do believe the bastard is that sick

[politicaholic]

7. *shiver*...why oh why did you have to invoke Fred Phelps?

Sicko nutcase.

[Greeby]

11. Maybe because that sick parasite showing up to feast on human misery

borders on the inevitable :shrug:

[reichstag911]

5. Because WV went for Bush. n/t

[DanCa]

6. What does pat roberston have to do with god?

[ultraist]

10. God speaks directly to Pat, doncha know? n/t

[adigal]

37. I thought God spoke to Bush - that what the NY Time

magazine said, anyway. God told Bush he wanted him to attack Iraq, a country that was no threat to us, and had no WMDs. God must not have been paying attention before he talked to George that day, or he would have been able to see that there were no weapons.

[Mabus]

12. pat likes spaghetti?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. ...

:rofl:

[Mabus]

8. He's sneaking up on D.C.?

:shrug:

[wakeme2008]

9. Well they did go for Bush over Gore in 2000

:shrug:

[LittleClarkie]

13. Have they recently voted out intelligent design?

Perhaps Pat was praying for a disaster to miss Virginia. Darn thing had to go SOMEwhere.

[OKNancy]

14. I don't think some of the posters got

your meaning. I did.
Hey with your screen name, who are you wanting to win tonight?

[Inland]

15. Heavens! He doesn't hate West Virginia! Just the miners in it. nt

[Ilsa]

16. Because it's "Almost Heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains"...eom

[theHandpuppet]

17. The Blue Ridge Mountains are in Virginia, not West Virginia

West Virginia: state with two Democratic Senators, Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller
Virginia: state with two dumbass Republican senators, George Allen and John Warner

[Drum]

19. thank you handpuppet

I've always been pleased to have those two fine and well-spoken gentlemen representing my home state.

(WV ex-pat NYC)

[Nicole]

20. I thought the Blue Ridge Mountains were in both?

Don't the Blue Ridge Mountains run along the eastern edge of W.V.?

[OnionPatch]

34. You're right

The Blue Ridge Mountains are indeed in West Virginia. I know that Harper's Ferry, in the eastern panhandle, is part of the Blue Ridge, so all you Virginians, don't get so uppity!

[theHandpuppet]

38. I'm not a Virginian

The Blue Ridge Mountains may skirt a small portion of WVA's Eastern Panhandle (where I live, BTW), but any decent map will show you that most of the Blue Ridge runs through Virginia and North Carolina. http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=164
I've driven the length of the Blue Ridge from Georgia to PA, but these mountains are most spectacular in NC and VA.

WVA has more than its share of mountains but that small portion of the Blue Ridge isn't what comes to mind. Before the WV turnpike was completed I used to regularly drive from Charlottesville, VA to Sam Black Church (WVA), then take 60 for 100 miles of up and down hairpin turns through the mountains to Charleston. Do that in the winter enough times and your hair will go white, I'll tell ya. That's what comes to mind when I think of WVA mountains!



:evilgrin:

[Nicole]

40. Thanks

I thought I was mistaken there for a minute.

[Gman]

18. I thought it was West, By God, Virginia

Which I believe is a reference to the fact that West Virginia seceded from Virginia at the time of the Civil War and remained with the Union.

[Drum]

21. the double-secession part is correct

...a pretty cool move, on the part of those people, during such a horrible time in the nation. I believe there was even something illegal about it, maybe a prohibition (US Constitution?) against new states forming during time of war? Since they were un-seceding from the South, sticking WITH the Constitution, maybe the Congress just let it slide. When they first became a state, I think that the Customs House in Wheeling WV (my hometown) was our first state capitol, before WV selected Charleston as the capitol.

However, I dunno about the origins of the West-by-God-Virginia phrase...always heard it though, mostly from my New Hampshire kin, whose pronunciation of "Vuginiah" always sounded cool to me.

[Lost-in-FL]

22. That's fckd up...

:dilemma: I think it is a funny statement... but again, what happened there is sad.

[Skidmore]

23. Why would you start a thread this asinine?

I see no humor in this tragedy. 12 men lost their lives because a bunch of rich jerks didn't think they had to 1) pay attention to rules and 2) give a crap about the lives of the workers who did the dirty work that made them rich. I appreciate satire just as well as the next person but it seems to me that it would be better applied in another situation.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

24. Thank you, Skidmore.

OP makes a sarcastic political point on the backs
of good, hard-working, suffering, grieving people.

[SPKrazy]

25. Good post Skidmore

This thread sucks

[Hubert Flottz]

26. Why did Gawd hate yo momma?

Did she have any fucking kids that lived?

[SkiGuy]

27. Why do you hate God?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

28. They must have outlawed ID there, too.

:eyes:

[No Exit]

31. Hahahahahahahahaha!!! I was waiting for someone to say this!!

Isn't it awful? Those West Virginians, what have they been doing? Must be that godless democrat they keep electing to the senate!

[Poiuyt]

32. When they thought the miners were all alive, everyone was yelling "Thank

the Lord." I didn't hear anyone blaming Him when it was discovered that they had died.

[Ilsa]

35. I did. I heard this older woman have a spiritual meltdown

caught on tape. She feels like God has let her down, and I don't blame her for feeling so bad about it.

[Jawja]

33. Well he sure didn't hate them

Monday night in Atlanta. West Virginia whooped my Dawgs pretty good. I guess God isn't a BULLDAWG after all. :shrug:

on edit: Monday night in the Sugar Bowl, The West Virginia Mountaineers beat the Bulldogs.

[Hubert Flottz]

36. It was a great game...

Too bad somebody had to lose that fine game, but WV was long overdue to win a bowl game. That game just might have helped save Big East Football. We needed a break in the Mountain State. Chalk it up to the Mo-Jo that was set loose by the Sugarbowl being played in Atlanta instead of New Orleans.

The sad story played out in West Virginia last night, was a bad way to start out the new year. The people here are in shock.

Your Dawgs will be right back in the hunt come September. Believe me, I know how bad it feels waiting till next year.

[Jawja]

39. Hi Hubert,

Well "next year" finally arrived for WVU. Being an Atlanta sports fan (Braves and Falcons) I can certainly relate to that feeling.

AND, I strongly suspect that the Mountaineers will be a team to reckon with in the future, with those 2 fine freshmen in the backfield. :hi:

So sorry for the miners' families. They are in my thoughts tonight. :hug: