Looks like I need to relocate...America's No. 1 terror target: Indiana?

[Contrary1]

Anybody got a room to rent? Preferably in a "safer" area, such as NYC or LA. Guess I should just bend over and kiss my Hoosier ass goodbye now. Rove must think that Indiana will turn blue for the next presidential election. :eyes:


About three miles from the nearest town, Brian Lehman's popcorn factory near Berne as somehow ended up on the federal government's list of potential terrorist targets.

MAKING THE TERROR LIST

• Without being specific, Homeland Security's list included 8,591 sites in Indiana out of a total of 77,069, or one out of every nine nationally.

• State officials placed all "critical resources and infrastructure" on the list of potential terrorist targets. That meant 5,456 public health assets, including 417 nursing homes, 41 tall buildings and some farm-related resources.

• The list included financial institutions, factories, Wal-Marts and other "assets to the local jurisdiction" that may affect people's lives.

'CRITICAL' ASSETS
According to the federal anti-terrorism database, Indiana has more resources listed as possible terror targets than any other state. The top 10 (with their population rank):

1. Indiana (15): 8,591
2. Wisconsin (20): 7,146
3. New York (3): 5,687
4. Virginia (12): 4,231
5. Texas (2): 3,804
6. Washington (14): 3,650
7. Nebraska (39): 3,457
8. California (1): 3,212
9. Pennsylvania (6): 2,873
10. Illinois (5): 2,059

New York Times compiled from Office of Inspector General, Homeland Security Department

"I don't have a clue why we're on the list. We're on a gravel road, not even blacktop. We're nowhere," said Lehman, owner of Amish Country Popcorn, which employs five people.
Nevertheless, Amish Country Popcorn is one of 8,591 places or events in Indiana that the Department of Homeland Security regards as serious potential terrorist targets, according to an inspector general's report that raised questions about the accuracy and relevance of what's known as the National Asset Database.
Indiana has about 30 percent more listed potential targets than New York (5,687) and nearly twice as many as California (3,212), putting Indiana atop the nation's list of potential terrorism targets..."

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060713/NEWS02/607130476

[silverojo]

1. I'm surprised Indiana wasn't hit on 9/11

:sarcasm:

[Fleshdancer]

2. Does anyone have any theories as to WHY they did this?

Indiana and Wisconsin are the top two??? :wtf:

[bloom]

4. Theories

Maybe it's part of the campaign to make the Federal government be completely incompetent - so everyone will want to strip it of almost all of it's obligations. Some kind of Libertarian plot.

Or maybe Mitch Daniels has some brilliant scheme to divert money to friends of his.

Or both.

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That's it for now.

[LittleClarkie]

5. I guess the terrorists hate us for our cows

Ayep.

Maybe if we give them some nice cheese, they'll leave us alone.

[Skidmore]

9. Wonder if it has to do with who is on what congressional committee

or is an appropriator of these types of funds.

[Fleshdancer]

10. That makes the most sense

At the end of the day, it's not about security, it's about politics. This does not surprise me unfortunately.

[Kutjara]

3. I just know them terrorists are getting ready...

...to launch attacks against every Applebee's in the State. That will ensure that nobody will be able to get laid again, so the population will go into terminal decline. Within 20 years, the State will be empty and the Jihadists can move in unopposed.

And what is our government doing about this? Nothing. Typical.

[rucky]

6. Terrorists hate our freedoms, but love Amish Country Popcorn! n/t

[lapfog_1]

7. I think everything is explained

when you overlay a map of hotly contested house districts with a map of "terror targets" and the resulting funding.

[Sadie5]

8. Just an idea

but I wonder if this has anything to do with dispersing terror funds to the states? Daniels is his little pet lizard and it might be that * wanted to reward him with extra funding and what better way to do this than claiming Indiana was at the top of the Terror list. Now we can better understand why the pet lizard refuses to live in the governors mansion, but allows his relative to use the carriage house apartment as a residence. Mitch prefers to live in his mansion on the North side.