What's wrong with keeping things the way they are?
Mood:  irritated
I thought I would take a minute or two to write about something that happened over the Thanksgiving holiday that rather upset me.

Growing up in WV I used to feel such pride as we would cross back into the state from our visits to Delaware. The sign as you crossed the bridge over the Potomac read, "Welcome to Wild, Wonderful, West Virginia" It was such a great sign and describe the state perfectly.

One year we elected a man name Gaston Caperton as Governor. He thought the sign made us sound like a bunch of hicks so he changed it to say, "Welcome to West Virgina....Gaston Caperton, Governor." Everyone hated the signs but we dealt with it.

Advance to the present...

As I drove into WV for the Thanksgiving Holiday I looked up at the welcome sign as I crossed the border from VA. I was shocked by what I read

WELCOME TO WEST VIRGINIA
OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!!

WTF!!!!! Open for Business???? Admit it...when you read that you didn't think of commerce...you thought of strip clubs and cheap women. I know that is what came to MY mind when I read it. Open for Business? It sounds like we support prostitution. Come on in folks...our ladies legs are wide open 24/7!!! Open for business? I wish I could have been there to hear that sales pitch. This has to be the worst idea EVER in the entire history of West Virginia.

I immediately picked up my cell phone and called mom who sighed and said that most of the state is up in arms about the sign. They should be. It is awful. I know most of you are thinking I am making a big deal out of nothing. But West Virginians are a proud bunch of people. You can make up all the incest and uneducated jokes you want to but we are great people.