Comments on: Baghdad to get ‘Disneyland’ style amusement park. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:47:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: TheRepublicant.org http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-5016218 TheRepublicant.org Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:54:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-5016218 <a href="http://therepublicant.org/2008/06/cheney-to-build-abu-ghraib-amusement-park/" rel="nofollow">Cheney's building his own amusement park in America.</a> Cheney’s building his own amusement park in America.

]]> By: Daddy-O http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4932012 Daddy-O Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:44:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4932012 No, this isn't real. This is in the planning stages. This mook Werner is getting free money to make plans that will never see reality. Nice work if you can get it...absolutely pure profit, exactly as he noted. Such honesty in a war profiteer is rare, indeed. No, this isn’t real. This is in the planning stages.

This mook Werner is getting free money to make plans that will never see reality. Nice work if you can get it…absolutely pure profit, exactly as he noted.

Such honesty in a war profiteer is rare, indeed.

]]> By: Musk http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4931876 Musk Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:06:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4931876 How about 6 Flags over Guantanamo by the Bay? It'll change the world's perception and it's the<strong> RIGHT</strong> thing to do. How about 6 Flags over Guantanamo by the Bay? It’ll change the world’s perception and it’s the RIGHT thing to do.

]]> By: phatbenetar http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4930656 phatbenetar Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:21:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4930656 MALIKI MOUSE! www.phatbenetar.com MALIKI MOUSE!

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]]> By: Alejandro http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929976 Alejandro Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:39:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929976 GEEZUES TAPDANCING KREIST! wtf !!! GEEZUES TAPDANCING KREIST! wtf !!!

]]> By: Jackie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929856 Jackie Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:25:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929856 As we continue to lose soldiers and spend 12 billion a month in Iraq what's really going on. Iraq people are suffering with no food, electricity, water and health care yet they can afford to go to Disneyland. Now what happens when Disneyland is bombed? This is to strange and something is really really wrong. As we continue to lose soldiers and spend 12 billion a month in Iraq what’s really going on. Iraq people are suffering with no food, electricity, water and health care yet they can afford to go to Disneyland. Now what happens when Disneyland is bombed? This is to strange and something is really really wrong.

]]> By: GL2814 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929842 GL2814 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:09:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929842 <em>"you CAN’T make this stuff up!"</em> <em>Worst … Idea … Ever! If you can’t secure the “green zone” from mortar attacks, what makes you think you can protect a theme park?</em> <strong>No sh*t!</strong> The place will be a cratered wasteland in under six months. “you CAN’T make this stuff up!”

Worst … Idea … Ever!

If you can’t secure the “green zone” from mortar attacks, what makes you think you can protect a theme park?

No sh*t! The place will be a cratered wasteland in under six months.

]]> By: Shazbat http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929802 Shazbat Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:35:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929802 Um, "It is being designed by the firm that developed Disneyland" -- hello, that would be Walt Disney's eponymous corporation. There were other firms involved, but all the design work and most of the architectural work was done by Disney employees. Disney isn't going anywhere near a disastrous PR trap like Iraq. Some reporter isn't following up with appropriate questions. Um, “It is being designed by the firm that developed Disneyland” — hello, that would be Walt Disney’s eponymous corporation. There were other firms involved, but all the design work and most of the architectural work was done by Disney employees. Disney isn’t going anywhere near a disastrous PR trap like Iraq. Some reporter isn’t following up with appropriate questions.

]]> By: justsayin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929798 justsayin Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:32:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929798 I do not understand this at all. Why go to a bombed out country on vacation? There must be money in there somewhere, but it seems crazy to me. I do not understand this at all. Why go to a bombed out country on vacation? There must be money in there somewhere, but it seems crazy to me.

]]> By: mauro7inf http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929682 mauro7inf Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:15:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929682 Good idea. Honestly, a very good idea. Say what we will about the great evil that is the Walt Disney empire, about the ridiculous profiteering at theme parks, about the travesties they commit onto unsuspecting existing stories, about the odd family values, whatever, but damn, Disney World is MAGIC. I grew up in Rio de Janeiro, and the couple of times my family traveled to Florida to visit the parks were really something; I was excited forever; I still have memories from meeting Minnie Mouse at the entrance when I was three. With the right mindset (not a guarantee, obviously), a major theme park would bring tourism money to a city that had its economy destroyed (I wonder who did that...), diversity where it might otherwise be not tolerated, and joy in the lives of the countless children whose fathers were killed by enemies, whose mothers were raped by soldiers, whose siblings were killed by the ever-accurate surgical strikes. Corporate "happiness" might be the fakest thing in the world to us adults, but it is real magic to children. Good idea. Honestly, a very good idea. Say what we will about the great evil that is the Walt Disney empire, about the ridiculous profiteering at theme parks, about the travesties they commit onto unsuspecting existing stories, about the odd family values, whatever, but damn, Disney World is MAGIC. I grew up in Rio de Janeiro, and the couple of times my family traveled to Florida to visit the parks were really something; I was excited forever; I still have memories from meeting Minnie Mouse at the entrance when I was three.

With the right mindset (not a guarantee, obviously), a major theme park would bring tourism money to a city that had its economy destroyed (I wonder who did that…), diversity where it might otherwise be not tolerated, and joy in the lives of the countless children whose fathers were killed by enemies, whose mothers were raped by soldiers, whose siblings were killed by the ever-accurate surgical strikes. Corporate “happiness” might be the fakest thing in the world to us adults, but it is real magic to children.

]]> By: ebbAndflow http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929580 ebbAndflow Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:11:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929580 The first 1,000 visitors receive a genuine USA flag lapel pin (made in China). (The current american administration is completely out of tune with reality) The first 1,000 visitors receive a genuine USA flag lapel pin (made in China).
(The current american administration is completely out of tune with reality)

]]> By: Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929576 Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:02:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929576 Ain't fascism wonderful? These right-wing corporate clowns all live in Never-never Land.. When the Iraqis finally start running Iraq again, they will have a few hundred thousand horrific stories to tell about the evils of Bush occupation of their ancient lands... Ain’t fascism wonderful? These right-wing corporate clowns all live in Never-never Land.. When the Iraqis finally start running Iraq again, they will have a few hundred thousand horrific stories to tell about the evils of Bush occupation of their ancient lands…

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929570 pete Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:58:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929570 Only one possible response. "Abdul. You just buried your daughter, brother and grandmother. What's next?" "I'm going to Disneyland!" Only one possible response.

“Abdul. You just buried your daughter, brother and grandmother. What’s next?”

“I’m going to Disneyland!”

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929566 sacopenapa Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:55:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929566 It is obscene to think of people geting payed for a project like that in the Occupied Iraq... <strong> <blockquote>FREE IRAQ NOW!</blockquote> </strong> It is obscene to think of people geting payed for a project like that in the Occupied Iraq…

FREE IRAQ NOW!

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929564 sacopenapa Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:54:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929564 <strong><blockquote>SHOULD BE CALLED ABU GRAIB AMUZEMENT PARK</blockquote></strong>
SHOULD BE CALLED ABU GRAIB AMUZEMENT PARK

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929560 sacopenapa Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:52:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929560 Classical example of the USA's understand of Middle East Culture... Classical example of the USA’s understand of Middle East Culture…

]]> By: familyman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929542 familyman Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:32:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929542 Are we living in Bizzaro world? Are we living in Bizzaro world?

]]> By: Buckie Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929530 Buckie Boy Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:25:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929530 Will they have a "House of Torture"? Waterboarding, Naked pyramids, Hooded stress position room, wired genitals rides, Guard Dog O'rama, Beaten to Death Carousel, fun for the whole family. Will they have a “House of Torture”?

Waterboarding, Naked pyramids, Hooded stress position room, wired genitals rides, Guard Dog O’rama, Beaten to Death Carousel, fun for the whole family.

]]> By: Cal Malenky http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929518 Cal Malenky Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:19:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929518 And the target-shooting booth will have real AK-47s. And the target-shooting booth will have real AK-47s.

]]> By: Nashoba nowa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/comment-page-2/#comment-4929516 Nashoba nowa Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:18:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/24/baghdad-to-get-disneyland-style-amusement-park/#comment-4929516 Another symbol for the Iraqi people to see each day to remind them of the Occupation of their country, first a 104 acre American Embassy and now a Baghdad Disneyland. Are we building this too, or is it a present from Dubai? Virtually no electricity or running water but a Dinseyland can be built, Sadr City will likely be glad to have such a theme park close by. Wonder if Dick Cheney's company Halliburton has the contract to construct? Another symbol for the Iraqi people to see each day to remind them of the Occupation of their country, first a 104 acre American Embassy and now a Baghdad Disneyland. Are we building this too, or is it a present from Dubai? Virtually no electricity or running water but a Dinseyland can be built, Sadr City will likely be glad to have such a theme park close by. Wonder if Dick Cheney’s company Halliburton has the contract to construct?

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