U.S. looks to Disney for welcome for visitors

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-12-06T171558Z_01_N05421059_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-AIRPORTS-FRIENDLY.xml

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Faced with a decline in the number of overseas visitors and unpopular entry requirements, the U.S. government is turning to the Walt Disney Co. and other theme park operators to brighten the country's battered image.

With security much tightened since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the visa and entry processes are so unpopular that the country was ranked as the world's most unfriendly to visitors in a survey last month of travelers from 16 nations.

[madrchsod]

1. the last i read on this is that we have lost

15 billion dollars and 160,000+ jobs in the united states. we have also lost students,scholars,researchers,doctors,and other professionals due to this lunacy

[PDittie]

2. M-I-C, K-E-Y

you know the rest. (I can't believe they didn't call Karen Hughes. Her efforts have been so successful elsewhere...)

A nice federal contract for an already too-red corporation is nothing more than an investment in future GOP campaign contributions.