I've tried, but I just can't see anything about this post that is funny or has any merit.

Don't quit your day job.

I find some of this very funny and also a breath of fresh air after the tiresome, negative posts about places that certain posters feel compelled to tell us they find boring or "tacky."

I think it's hilarious! Lighten up a little, Cargill. It's the weekend!

and what's with the National and State Parks programs? Let's just develop the whole shebang. Who needs public viewing areas?

I'm all for condos and mansions lining the Grand Canyon.

And Nebraska!! Why????? Just think how much faster you could escape that crime and poverty in Chicago and get to your Grand Canyon condow-with-a-view if you didn't have to haul *** thru Nebraaaaska! Just put a crease in the map, take out your scissors and snip-snip - You could save four hours!!

...maybe one day a tornado will just blow Kansas and Nebraski completely off the map to save that blasted driving time....
but seriously, if all else fails, where else but the USA can you just pick a place and have a "cheeseburger in paradise". And even if it's not paradise, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere.
GOD BLESS THE USA!

It's not that it's so boring that bothers me, it's just that so many places they won't spend the money to do what is logical.

Take Niagra Falls for example. If you've ever ridden The Maid of the Mist you know you can't even get up to the falls for all that water. What's more there is no point where you can actually see the rocky cliffs of the falls because so much water obscures it. And the noise is deafening. So how hard would it be to spend a little money and build some sort of diversion to get the water around on another route so we could really see what the falls looks like under all that water? And at the same time get rid of that horrible noise?

Then there's the Grand Canyon. Do you have any idea how far it is to drive all the way around from the north rim to the south rim? And what's more in the winter you can't even get to the North rim. So why can't they build a nice big 6 lane concrete interstate bridge across it and make it easier for all of us to see both sides without all that driving?

Don't get me started on The Statue of Liberty where they stuck it out in the water instead of logically on the land where people could walk right up to it. Or Mount Rushmore stuck way out in the middle of nowhere. Why couldn't they have molded those faces out of concrete and put them in midtown Manhattan where so many more people could enjoy them?

Nobody thinks any more. I guess that's the problem.

And about those redwoods. I just might have to sue the US Government. Why are they protecting them? Why not cut them down to eye level so everyone can enjoy them with out injuring their necks?

You're right Patrick, nobody thinks anymore.

Sometimes I think NYC just doesn't use its land properly. Take Ellis Island, for example, it's a prime piece of land - 27.5 acres to be exact. Come on now, don't you think Donald would like to develop something grand on that property? Some exclusive city within a city for the masses? This historical significance business is just getting old. People would just as easily ferry over and visit one of his *towers* to shop and lunch. I think this idea is a real *winner*

And let's talk Yellowstone and all that thermal activity....have you seen all that pollution and mud pots they create?

The heads are Mount Rushmore are just fine where they are, thank you very much. They just need to put a cafeteria in G.W.'s nose.

repete: that's good!

With shops to go with it!! They could call the whole complex "Nasal Passage"!

hee,hee,hee, Patrick!

To paraphrase Eric Stratten:

Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules -- we did. But you can't hold a whole board responsible for the actions of a few sick, perverted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole Fodors community? And if the whole Fodors community is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of the worldwide web in general? I put it to you ... isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do what you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America!

Patrick
They will rival those in Paris!

LDLee: I guess it would be safe to say that your not a fan of the Daily Show.

LDLee is as funny as anyone else here!

But it's worth looking at the positive side, I admit. I mean, what other country could come up with cheese-fries, chicken-fried-steak, and the glorious cultural and educational experience that is a theme park. It's your own fault if you're going to those stupid, smelly National Parks when you could be at Epcot (which, by the way, will spare you from having to cope with Europe -- but that's a whole nother topic).

" LDLee: I guess it would be safe to say that your not a fan of the Daily Show"

Huh!? I paraphrase a quote from Animal House (one of, if not, the great comedies) and you think I don't like The Daily Show. Huh!?

You need a broader education about satire.

...yes I do! After I posted my remark, I thought "duh" where have I heard that before? LOL