There's A Lot Wrong With West Virginia

But there's a lot right too.

Fred Phelps, the nutcase "preacher" of hate from Kansas, was scheduled to bring his inbred church to the funeral of Don Bragg, one of the miners killed in Logan county last week. According to Phelps, Bragg and the other WV miners died because the US allows gays to live and God is angry at us.

So he travels with his brood to funerals and memorials and celebrates because people have died.

He was scheduled to be in Logan today for Bragg's funeral.

Along the path of the funeral procession, miles and miles of people stood with signs of support and comfort for the family and miners in general. When the procession hit the four lane roads of 119 a line of coal trucks, adorned with black ribbons, waited on them. It was a simple show of solidarity and respect for miners, in particular, Don Bragg.

Odd how a big ole ugly coal truck can bring a tear to your eyes but these did. The people in Logan County were prepared for Phelps. They were prepared with a simple dignity and respect for life that Phelps will never grasp, much less receive.

There's a lot wrong in WV. We have more than our share of good ole boy politics. Our infrastructure is laughable. Often the narrow minded attitudes still held towards the arts, education, women and minorities drives me to spew words not acceptable in public, but there's a lot right too. We got the heart thing. The rest we can work on...

Oh...and Phelps?
When he was told the state police was no longer going to provide escorts for him to insure his safety, he chickened out. Evidently he doesn't feel strongly enough in his faith to be a martyr.