[Gondring]

I don't know why we say RIP for those we know are headed the other way because in life they flaunted God's rules in His face.

I'm confused. Since only God knows where a person is heading, you're implying FReepers are God, knowing what to type. But would God use "flaunted" where "flouted" is the appropriate word?

Monday-morning puzzle necessitates coffee.

I'm not God...so RIP, Sen. Byrd. I appreciated your love of country and the states; even if you were often misguided you were better than your America-hating colleagues.

[Loud Mime]

So, you are implying that people have a soul....after criticizing others for their beliefs? OK. But, get real. Your idea that the earlier poster assumed that FReepers are God is ridiculous.

What we do KNOW is this: Byrd was a tyrant who deliberately used other people’s money to build his own empire.

NOTHING involving taxpayer money should be named after politicians until they have been dead for thirty years.