A bit earlier we brought you word of the selection of the Moon Marble Company, which is apparently a Bonner Springs landmark, to the list of potential “8 Wonders of Kansas Commerce.” And sure, we poked a little fun at the entire proceeding. But man, were we too quick to judge. As we learned from the comments, people are a) devoted to this place and b) totally justified in that. Check out the MMC yourself and you’ll quickly agree. And so, by way of penance for our too-quick judging, we’ve decided to make a plea to the Kansas City area to please vote for MMC. After all, who else are you going to vote for? Some of these other, way-less-cool choices?
You know you don’t want to vote for the largest electric coal shovel in the world:
Impressive in stature, sure, but just think of its impact on the environment. If you vote for “Big Brutus,” you’d better invest millions in offsetting carbon credits.
And would you vote for a boat company? Just look at these people:
Sheesh. They’re probably trying to hit turtles. No, skip Cobalt Boats.
And no way are you voting for… a feed yard?
“Eat Beef Keep Slim”? No, you couldn’t look at yourself in the mirror if you voted for that.
So do the right thing, and vote for the Moon Marble Company. You’ll be glad you did, and our consciences will be slightly more at ease.
Now you’ve gone too far! Big Brutus is awesome. It doesn’t work anymore, so your hippie carbon offsets can suck it.
Seriously, I went there on spring break once. Thanks, Kansas.
…I guess technically I could vote for both.
Got dangerously close to declaring war, though.
What, Sam Brownback’s piety was not included as one of the wonders? A glaring omission.
I know! And neither was Paul Morrison’s mustache!
Big Brutus rocks (or at least used to)! And you used to be able to climb all over the damn thing and kill yourself if you slipped and fell many stories off the crane arm. That, my friends, is a Wonder of Kansas Commerce!
Todd Epp
Kansas Watch http://www.kansaswatch.net