I confess that I took some literary license here. Senator Robert C. Byrd, (D-WV) actually cast his vote for “health care reform” and proclaimed, “”This is for my friend Ted Kennedy, aye.” He did not mention his constituency, or the people of the United States. It is thought that later today there will be a meeting of the Robert W. Byrd admiration and self adulation society where the Exalted Cyclops is expected to nominate something to be named after him to add to the list of 30 plus Robert W. Byrd roads, buildings, institutions, etc. You know for the people. You have to give the people something. Wouldn’t be right otherwise. I nominate an insane asylum.
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center
Robert C. Byrd addition to the lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling
Byrd Aerospace Technology Center
Robert C. Byrd Bridge between Huntington and Chesapeake, Ohio
Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Center
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to the veteran’s hospital in Huntington
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove
Robert C. Byrd Community Center in the naval station, Sugar Grove
Robert C. Byrd Drive, from Beckley to Sophia (Byrd’s hometown)
Robert C. Byrd Expressway, U.S. 22 near Weirton
Robert C. Byrd Federal Building
Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse
Robert C. Byrd Freeway
Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, near Princeton
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd High school in Bridgeport
Robert C. Byrd Highway
Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex, Mineral County
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships
Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Hardy County
Robert C. Byrd Institute in Charleston
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing
Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center
Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center
Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam
Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center
Robert C. Byrd Rural Health Center
Robert C. Byrd Scholastic Recognition Award
Byrd Science Center, Shepherd University
Robert C. Byrd Technology Center at Alderson-Broaddus College
Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center
Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
Old Klansmen never die. They just vote and vote and vote…
I have been reviewing the list above for something hinky involving the Exalted Cyclops. I homed in on the obvious – Naval Station Sugar Grove, W.V. Where do they berth the ships? It turns out to be quite legitimate. The Naval Station was established in the same year the Exalted Cyclops was elected to the Senate, 1959. It is a Naval Security Group activity.
I was amazed about the (http://coldwar-c4i.net/Sugar_Grove/history.html) amount of information available on the internet about Sugar Grove. My father spent half his military career in the Air Force Security Service the A.F. counterpart of this type of activity. I am somewhat familiar with the concept of remote radio intercept sites. In fact Sugar Grove has an Air Force Detachment involved in operations.
I am now curious about the naming of a military community center after a sitting senator. We have several military activities located here in Military City, U.S.A. I cannot recall a single street, building or activity named after a politician and certainly not a sitting politician. Fort Sam Houston does come to mind, but, an Exalted Cyclops certainly does not rise to the President of a Republic level.
I am going to further investigate what is named after whom on military installations.
It does have a stink of political patronage out-of-control. I’d be very interested in learning the results of your investigation.
Of course who knows when this investigation will be completed. I have to think about how to go about it. I am frequently on Lackland, Randolph and Ft. Sam Houston and can not recall off hand anything named after anyone but dead soldiers.
btw – Happy New Year!
Same to you, Farmer. How about a post with your e-mail address and what area you live in in Virginia. I will delete it so that it doesn’t appear here. I lost your address in a computer crash.