Guantanamo Bay Tourism Board Video

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Run time: 02:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWoY3Y-2eww   Posted on YouTube: June 22, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 27, 2009 By DU Member: thincaboutit Views on DU: 292

 
When the Guantanamo Bay Tourism Board approached me to help with the re-launch of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility into a world-class resort destination, I jumped at the opportunity. Politics aside, this is a prime piece of Caribbean real estate. Oceanfront property ain’t cheap, and we are in the midst of a financial crisis. I figured there must me something we can do to cash in. All options are on the table. Maybe we turn it into a landmark destination? Like Alcatraz. Or a resort zone? You know, like Cancun. Or how about a Vegas-style theme hotel like Caesar’s Palace? This way we can keep all the orange jumpsuits. Guantanamo Bay Hotel & Casino. That actually has a nice ring to it. (Oh, they all laughed when Bugsy Siegel had the dream of turning an isolated patch of dessert into a gambling mecca, but who’s laughing now? Okay, maybe that wasn’t the best example since he was shot to death, but you get the point. When they normalize relations with Cuba, we’ll see who’s laughing.) To make sure people take us seriously (we wouldn’t want people to think this is joke!!) we even have a website:

http://gitmotourism.blogspot.com

But there’s much work to be done. Currently, we have plans to convert all interrogation cells into more guest-friendly “Chat Rooms.” And we’re re-thinking our check-out policy. You can follow our progress on the Gitmo Tourism website. Of course, I’m counting on my friends in the ad world to vote in the slogan poll, or come up with your own. Like any good ad-man, if you come up with the winning slogan I will gladly take credit for it…


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