Posted on 11/22/2014 10:36:20 AM PST by fantail 1952
The state of North Dakota has named a new publicly-owned landfill after President Barack Obama.
In an overwhelming 35-10 vote, the state Senate advanced a bill naming a 650-acre site currently under construction after the nation’s 44th president. Governor Jack Dalrymple is expected to sign the measure into law Tuesday.
When completed, the Barack Obama Memorial Landfill will be the largest waste disposal site in North Dakota, and the 17th largest in the United States. It will be especially rich in toxic waste from the local petroleum and medical industries.
“We wanted to do something to honor the president,” says Republican State Senator Doug Perlman, who was the lead sponsor of the bill. “And I think a pile of garbage is a fitting tribute to Obama’s presidency.
“We originally planned on naming it after a nearby mountain. But then someone jokingly suggested we name it after Obama. I never thought and idea like that would actually pass. But I was pleasantly surprised.”
The president is hardly popular in North Dakota. The most recent poll in December 2013 found that Obama has a 35% approval rating in the state, although that figure may have fallen further in the year since. Yet even considering the political climate, seasoned observers are surprised that two Democratic lawmakers voted for the bill’s passage.
“I supported Obama because I thought he would end the wars in the Middle East;” says Allison Mitchell, a progressive Democrat from Grand Forks. “But he decided to fight new wars abroad instead of fighting for single-payer health care and jobs here at home.
“I guess people expected me to oppose this landfill thing because I’m a Democrat. But honestly I don’t really care anymore. Maybe this small act of protest will wake him up.”
Ordinary citizens in the state also seem to approve of the government’s choice.
“I can’t think of a better name,” says Joe Blough, a plumber from Minot. “It’s darkly colored and it's full of shit. That pretty much sums up Obama.”
heh heh heh
I give this a 6 on the honking hoot scale.
Kudos to my neighbor state!
How apropos.
He had better start listening. He may want to brush up on his history of post WWII Romania.
Well done, Senator Perlman! I salute you!
Best news I’ve heard in the last 6 years.
“If you like your dump, you get to keep your dump. That is after you honor my accomplishments appropriately.”
While funny to be sure, I think it is also a bit of an insult to piles of garbage everywhere. Who would want to be associated with that pile of ... ???
Too bad...
This has been downgraded to a 0
Perfect place for the Barack Hussein Obama Residential Liebrary.
“memorial”??? We can only dream.
O’bummer. Emotional reward traps caught me by the leg hold on that one.
Congratulations Mr. Reporter, you misspelled a 2 letter word.
set the Obama Presidential Library in the middle and I think they have a winner!
Mooch will be miffed, after everything she’s done to fill our dumps with rotting veggies and crappy school lunches
Wow, The Obama Dump. How fitting!
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