This is WACK!! What cities got DHS money and their landmarks

Found this gem at DailyKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/6/2/9514/81859

Sorry, New York. The goal of the Department of Homeland Security is to protect our real national icons. Following is a partial roster of landmarks on the evildoers' hit list that need our full attention...and the amount allocated to protect them according to the latest DHS "Freedom Budget:"

Alexandria, Indiana: The World's Largest Ball of Paint ($12 million)

Niland, California: Salvation Mountain ($16 million)

Alamo Heights, Texas: Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum ($10 million)

Dedham, Massachusetts: The Museum of Bad Art ($31 million)

Key West, Florida: The Chicken Store ($7.5 million)

Alliance, Nebraska: Carhenge ($25 million)

And Soap Lake, Washington: The Giant Lava Lamp ($143 million)

Thank you, Secretary Chertoff, for seeing through the elitist city-slicker spin, and allocating America's resources where they'll protect our heritage. Nay...our legacy.

Cheers and Jeers starts in There's Moreville... RIGHTNOW!

Please tell me this is a joke.

I'd love to see a real accounting of how the money is being allocated and why it's going to particular states/localities, though.

We'll call me silly!

Toilet seats and carhenge vs. Grand Central Station and the Statue of Liberty.

:banghead::cry::banghead::cry:

The Museum of Bad Art is hilarious....but the real reason Dedham got 31 mil is because that's where these guys are located.

If they were guilty(?). But it's that idea of anarchy they want to protect us from.

I still get the giggles from just remembering "Sunday on the Pot with George."

And ive been there numerous times. At least name something legit like the Hemmingway House or Mallory Square.

This bill was written completely by lobbyists and special interests. ITS SO OBVIOUS.

I used to live in the neighborhood and occasionally hang out there. I can honestly say I've never seen or heard of Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum.

:wtf:

On edit - it does exist, here's a website complete with pics:

http://www.unusualmuseums.org/toilet/