Comments on: Who Wants a Job?

By: obscurifer

obscurifer — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:22:44 +0000

a) We could dust off that old Schoolhouse Rock “Great American Melting Pot” song.

b) Exactly how is this constitutional?

By: Friendly Atheist » Bible Teacher Still Wanted

Friendly Atheist » Bible Teacher Still Wanted — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:53:19 +0000

[...] month-and-a-half later, Mercer County (WV) is still looking for a part-time Bible [...]

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:23:47 +0000

Darryl,

My last similies/metaphors/allegories whatever I was mulling over no earlier than yesterday afternoon while I had to do some actual work. But the Cretaceous one was a very-last-minute inspiration as I typed. I wasn’t holding back. Honest. Would I kid you? I mean, you’re right that I’m probably capable of manipulating people just as you described, but I didn’t. This time.

Lee and any lurkers,
I never feel completely comfortable on the rare occasions that I indulge in bashing a region or state or any place that somebody calls home. When it comes my way it can hurt, so I usually avoid it or try to keep it lighthearted. Every place has its problems, quirks and virtues. Every place has its idiots and geniuses, its heroes and villains. When we can laugh at ourselves we grow, but sometimes it ain’t funny. So here is my blanket apology to anyone whose toes still hurt as this silly conversation seems to be winding down.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:11:08 +0000

You’re right, Lee; Virginia is a bastion of Christian fundamentalism and right-wing idiocy. I think our final metaphor has to exclude the southern states from Virginia all the way over to Arizona. Let’s face it, we’re in the minority. Maybe we’re more like a the Green-winged Teal hen: a completely unimpressive bird except for a little spot of beautiful iridescent green on its sides.

See it here: http://www.schmoker.org/BirdPics/2007/DabbleDucks/GWTE2.jpg

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:14:39 +0000

You guys are so funny… I love the dialogue that this topic brought out. However, I will point out that West Virginia actually did side with the Union during the Civil War – hence its separation from Virginia in June of 1861, which led to statehood. That’s not to say that there were and are not many West Virginians who do align themselves with the Southerners – and call themselves Rebels. But, being from the Deep South myself, I let them know very quickly that where I’m from, they’re neither considered Southerners nor are they Yankees… they are quite simply ‘hill-folk’ – they have an identity and a subculture that’s all their own.
West Virginia is also not that far from the sea… the Eastern Panhandle extends eastward and wedges itself neatly – well, not-so-neatly – in between Maryland and Virginia – just a hop, skip, and a jump away from the Chesapeake Bay. And lets not forget that (Gawd’s Chosen Nut-Case) Pat Robertson’s stomping ground is Virginia Beach…

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:54:20 +0000

In the Cretaceous Period the Midwest was a warm shallow sea. Still is.

Ooh, Richard, I think you outdid yourself with that one–nice. It’s got poetry all in it, and just a smattering of go-for-the-jugularism.

Hey, wait a minute! You’ve been holding back! I’ll bet you had this stuff in the tank just waiting for the right moment. Get us all worried about a problem of your invention and, just in the nick of time, you come charging in to save the day.

Hmm . . . From now on, I’m keeping an eye on you.

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:55:17 +0000

Oh sh1t he’s back! Okay let’s finish this terribly terribly important problem:

America is like a kumquat: sweet on the outside, unpalatable in the middle.

America is like two erudite parentheses bracketing a vacuous space in between.

In America the IQ goes down the further one gets from sea water.

America: Thank goodness for coast-to-coast flights.

In the Cretaceous Period the Midwest was a warm shallow sea. Still is.

By: Siamang

Siamang — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:03:08 +0000

Richard,

Check your email.

By: Mriana

Mriana — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:44:16 +0000

Richard Wade said,

June 22, 2007 at 1:26 pm

Mriana, you’re very creative and far more knowledgeable than I could possibly fathom. Your allegory could be spun into a nice folk tale. Sometimes I feel like a bumpkin around you and others here when it comes to your literary knowledge. My education is like the doughnut allegory. For instance I’d heard of Acharya S.’s general ideas but never of her herself until you mentioned her this morning. So I went running off to Google to find out what you were getting at.

Thank you and yes, I was poking a bit of fun at the Bible too, with what I’ve learned from her. I don’t know if you found her site or not, but it’s truthbeknown.com

We’ve really got to get this very serious problem resolved before Hemant gets back or he’ll think we’ve been goofing off in his absence.

Goofing off? Hey, my writings are works of art, not goofing off.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:13:30 +0000

By the way I never trust air I can’t see. (wheeze gasp choke cough puke) The smog has gotten much better here over the years. Used to be that incoming planes got stuck in it and slowly sank to the bottom, settling down on houses. (cough) I’m feeling better now.

When I was a kid we used to have “smog alerts” and my chest would hurt when I played outside on smoggy days. Now I can’t remember a smog alert in years, AND I can even see the mountains most days (of course, I’m about five miles away from them!).