[lilylangtree]

As a former West Virginian and visited there during the holidays, I can testify that there aren't any new industries or an increase in employment except in the state government. All other industries, what's left that is, reported decreased employment figures. Could it be that the state has depleted things and places to name after Sheets Byrd that in order for him to be awarded anything it has to come outside the state?

Sheets Byrd's home state has several things named after him, including:

The Robert C. Byrd Highway; the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam; the Robert C. Byrd Institute; the Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center; the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program; the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope; the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing; the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse; the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center; the Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center; the Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center; the Robert C. Byrd Federal Building; the Robert C. Byrd Drive; the Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex; the Robert C. Byrd Library; the Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center; and the Robert C. Byrd Rural Health Center.

Sort of reminds you of all the statues, pictures and images of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, doesn't it?

[7thson]

It reminds me of what Ann Coulter said last year. If President Bush had named the Iraqi battle The Robert C. Byrd Freedom War, Ol' Sheets would have been 100 percent behind it. On another note, I wonder how President Bush can take these continual insults to his person and dignity and not strike back. From the Kennedy's bad mouthing him on a daily basis - even when he dedicated the DOJ building as the RFK Building to the steel unions bashing him after he tried to help them. He is a better follower of Christ than I am.

[mountaineer]

You didn't mention my favorite, the Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center. It's a parking garage in Wheeling.