Colin Powell Was Considered For Top Job At Disney

[Democat]

Michael Eisner said Wednesday he'd considered bringing outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell to take a top job at Disney. Later, he asked his former boss at Paramount Barry Diller to join Disney. Eisner, half joking, said he'd offered to reprise their roles -- with Diller as top dog and Eisner as No. 2.

Eisner said he thinks he approached Powell in 1992, when Eisner's deputy Frank Wells was still alive. Wells died in a helicopter crash in 1994.

"I read that was going to retire from the military. Somebody said to me, maybe Sandy (Litvack), 'This is a great guy' ... If he could run the U.S. Army, I thought he could run the theme parks," Eisner said. "I called him. I met him at the Pentagon. He made it clear he wanted to write books and do other things."

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117913696?categoryid=1236&cs=1

Powell turned down one Mickey Mouse operation for another, much better paying one. :)

[Bluebear]

1. What happened, the Goofy hat didn't fit?

YYYYY M C A......

[freeplessinseattle]

2. omg, I love it, comparing the army to an amusement park! lol!

Both filled with big kids living out their fanatasies

[UL_Approved]

3. Truth is stranger than fiction

Now we know how Neo-cons get their start in life: Disney.

Watch Bugs Bunny, a cross-dressing social deviant who made fun of war-mongers.

Its just too bad that many of those Warner Bros. cartoons are being banned nowdays. Further sign of the Fascist takeover in the United States.

[virgdem]

4. How fitting....

a mickey mouse guy for a mickey mouse job.

[yorgatron]

5. what was his job description?

assclown? bootlicker? liar?

[saracat]

6. Only appropriate for a one dimensional cartoon, don't you think?

[Sin]

7. I didn't know

They were making a new ride Pirates of The USA
I bet hes just going to be a parrot
" squawk King George is always right "
" squawk hundreds of tons of WMD "
" squawk Dead men tell no tails "

[DELUSIONAL]

8. ha ha ha -- snort -- M I C K E Y M O U S E . . . .

[radfringe]

9. going to be a "greeter" at the "Small World" ride

and hand out simulated vials of anthrax?

During the ride -- Powell will pop out unexpectedly and frighten visitors with WMDs

[saigon68]

10. He would be a better "Toilet Attendant"

The one where the guy has a broom and a long handled dust pan.

[JSJ]

11. he does have experience in 'mickey mouse' operations

[cassiepriam]

12. perfect fit........ fantasy time nt

[BlueManDude]

13. Iraq - The Magic Kingdom n/t

[suegeo]

14. Donald Duck, Mai Lai connection?

Say it ain't so! I thought the Duck was an honest sailor.