Comments on: I-35: God’s Personal Highway

By: wrpd

wrpd — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:19:07 +0000

These people do know that the division of the bible into chapters and verses didn’t happen until the middle ages, don’t they?

By: Tony P

Tony P — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:53:18 +0000

We need another WPA in this country to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure.

E.g. here in RI there are two parts of I-95, the Pawtucket River bridge and the Providence Viaduct that need complete replacement.

The one in Providence I could have told you about 6 years ago. I used to walk to work and I’d pass under the Viaduct and being the curious type I’d look up at the rotting supports, the crumbling concrete and exposed rebar and think to myself that whole thing is gonna come crashing down someday soon.

No biblical prophecy, just a basic understanding of support structures for roadways.

The Pawtucket River bridge now has an 18 ton limit.

RI is looking at needing a few billion dollars to replace both spans.

By: RSG

RSG — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:40:05 +0000

Don’t forget, I35 runs through Waco, the center of the Texas fundies, and is pronounced Wacko by many of us. Baylor University, the flagship of the Southern Baptist Convention, is there, and they didn’t even allow dancing there until recently. I don’t doubt that I35 is considered the holy road by many fundies, but wishing doesn’t make it so.

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:00:21 +0000

How long before someone mentions something obscene about I-69?

Also, it’s now Highway 491, not Route 666.

By: SplendidMonkey

SplendidMonkey — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:53:44 +0000

I get my kicks on route 666.

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:35:53 +0000

katydid13, there’s definitely an element of how far and easily news travels to all of this. Of course, that means that these sorts of things have an easier time reaching the credulous portion of the audience too.

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:42:39 +0000

Hell is Cerro de la Muerte on a foggy/rainy day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_de_la_Muerte
Note: Anyone who’s driven in Costa Rica can vouch for the sanity of the drivers (or complete insanity). Passing three wide on a two lane highway around a blind curve of a switchback… That’s just the beginning; before going back to the airport, my girlfriend had a pint of guaro (local rotgut) to keep from having a panic attack in the car like she did on our trip from the airport. Guaro is a necessary therapy for any passengers not experienced as passengers on a Circuit de Monaco F1 race.

By: katydid13

katydid13 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:11:31 +0000

I don’t think it would be that hard to put together a list of bad things that have happen along any other major highway like say I-95. Boston, New York, and Virgina are all linked by I-95 and all are connected with the 9/11 attachs. I believe the Washington Sniper shootings all occured inside the Beltway, which is I-95 around DC.

Of course, these points make is seem like I-95 is hell, not God’s road. Actually, I think many people in this country would agree that if there were a hell it would like I-95 in rush hour in the summer with an overturned semi carrying something smelly.

Has the craziness gotten worse or do we just hear about it now because of the internet and 24 hour news channels?

By: Rob Jase

Rob Jase — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:58:00 +0000

This makes the whole ‘Mothman caused a bridge to collapse’ myth look sensible.

By: djfav

djfav — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:51:35 +0000

I live in Austin and believe me, the people that travel on I-35 are the wicked fools. All sane people avoid it at all costs.