Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Good. God. Just, Good God.

[The] Pentagon is working to bring Disneyland to Baghdad. Well, not literally Disneyland, but a massive, Disney-like amusement park to be named the Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience, featuring hotels, lagoons, rides, skateboarding, animals, and… Mickey Mouse?

The BZEE is the brainchild of Llewellyn Werner, head of a Los Angeles based private equity outfit called C3. Investors will put up $500 million to build the enterprise on a 50-acre plot adjacent to Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone. Werner himself informed the Iraqi people last month about the splendiferous playground he’s planning to bring to them. “It’s going to have a huge psychological impact,” Werner said with grandiose Western confidence.

  Jim Hightower

Oh, no doubt.

Maybe he should check with the State Department to see how their humble Hi magazine venture went over first.



....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.


1 comment:

  1. jesus h christ on a cracker! and i thought nothing would surprise me anymore but that....well, there are just no words!

    labelle

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