Dying American City Marion, Indiana Invites Al-Queda To Consider Relocating To Their City

[Vinnie From Indy]

The small blue-collar town of Marion, Indiana has put out a call to the Taliban and Al Queda leadership to consider relocating to their fair city in the hopes that maybe the US Government will spend billions in reconstruction and development projects to stabilize the region and provide security for the residents. The city leaders admit that this is a radical, last-chance, Hail Mary attempt to save their once proud, fully employed city. The city leaders have included in their proposal to the Taliban and Al Queda rent free use of the several of the large manufacturing facilities that litter the county and that were once used by General Motors and other auto related industries for their operations.

The Mayor of Marion, Indiana Wayne Seybold has even gone so far as to consider planting large poppy fields in and around Marion to make the Taliban feel at home and to provide yet another reason for the US government to spend billions on the depressed area.

"The fact is that this is our last chance at saving our city. We simply do not know what else to do to get the attention of Washington politicians. Some on our city-council have even offered to change their names to scary sounding ones like Osama Bin Leroy and Mullah Darryl if that will help" said Seybold.

[SoCalDem]

1. Ahh.. "The Mouse That Roared"..lives on

:rofl:

[Neecy]

2. Love it.

[AndyA]

3. Well, that should at least get them some attention.

Is Marion served by Republicans or Democrats?

[Subdivisions]

4. Osama Bin Leroy...

[nc4bo]

10. Even less scary is Bubba Osama Bin Leroy.

:rofl:

[harun]

5. Awesome.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. .

:evilgrin: Sad too. TAX $$$ for bombing but none to help our cities/citizens. Nice priorities there for richest more powerful country on Earth. :puke:

[niyad]

7. it is a sad commentary on the state of our priorities.

[rurallib]

8. Isn't that the school that was the model for 'Hoosiers?'

Well what ever could go wrong in an all American city like that?

[Vinnie From Indy]

12. That was Milan, Indiana

Marion is a small city. Milan is tiny.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan,_Indiana

I actually know the guy, Bobby Plump, that hit the shot that won the game for Milan. We have tipped a few glasses of beer together on several occasions. He owns a bar down the street from me called "Plumps Last Shot." The bar is a shrine to Indiana basketball and sometimes Bobby comes by and tells some very funny and interesting stories about Indiana basketball. I like the bar because dogs are welcome on the deck.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

17. Yep...popcorn capital of the world

and birthplace of James Dean.

Never been there, but I've been to Van Buren. Saw the whole town in about five minutes. Took longer to tour the popcorn plant.

Outside of Door County it was the whitest place I've ever been.

[Vinnie From Indy]

19. I think James Dean was born in Fairmount, Indiana

Which, by the way, is only a mile or two from Marion, IN.

[Romulox]

9. Great minds, I guess!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7126113&mesg_id=7126571

[niyad]

11. kick for the evening crowd

[Thickasabrick]

13. Is this an Onion thing? nt

[mascarax]

14. Thanks, Vinnie...good luck to Mayor Seybold for growing poppy over there!

You might have a fight on your hands with some other cities for the "honor" though!

[eridani]

15. Is there any link for this?

None of it turns up on Google.

[Luminous Animal]

16. Nope. And not true.

Funny, though.

[malaise]

18. LOL

Freaking perfect. :rofl: