Getting the devil off the mountain

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By Maria L. LaGanga
February 23, 2010

Reporting from Mt. Diablo State Park - Arthur Mijares never saw it coming when he filed the federal paperwork to change the name of Contra Costa County's most famous landmark from Mt. Diablo to Mt. Reagan.

It's not that he's such a big fan of the 40th president of the United States. It's just that he believes, as a devout Christian, that naming a peak of such beauty and importance after the devil -- even in Spanish -- is "derogatory, pejorative, offensive, obscene, blasphemous and profane."

"I just happen to be an ordinary man that worships God," Mijares said by way of explanation. "He gave me this task in my prayer time. I said, 'Lord, they're going to think I'm a loon.' "

Mijares didn't know the half of it.

In less than a month, more than 80,000 people have joined a Facebook group called "People AGAINST Re-naming Mt. Diablo to Mt. Reagan!!" The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, which will vote on the name change Tuesday, has been flooded with e-mail; the heated response runs nine to one against the idea, said Supervisor Susan Bonilla, whose district includes the beloved mountain.

more:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-diablo-reagan23-2010feb23,0,7854021.story

"I absolutely agree that Reagan was the Devil, and any monument that is dedicated to him is an absolute disgrace to anybody's sense of moral fortitude," fumed one post. "Per Nancy, just say 'no.' "

[cyberswede]

1. I find "Mt. Reagan" to be...

derogatory, pejorative, offensive, obscene, blasphemous and profane.

But I also think he *was* the devil.

[Duer 157099]

3. And furthermore, coupling the words "mount" with "Reagan"

is just totally offensive.

[stopbush]

2. Another asshole Xian.

Go feck yerself, Art.

[stopbush]

4. Looks like the county commissioners just shot down this stupid idea.

http://claycord.blogspot.com/2010/02/coco-supervisors-say-no-to-mount-reagan.html