When President Bush performs the 60th annual "pardoning of the turkey" ritual tomorrow, the lucky bird will get a first-class flight to Disney World.
Wait -- it gets better.
The turkey will get a red-carpet welcome at Magic Kingdom and serve as grand marshal of the resort's holiday parade before becoming part of its permanent, live-animal collection.
According to USA Today, this is the first time a pardoned turkey has gone to Disney World, but two others have gone to Disney Land.
Does anyone understand the point of this? I'm thinking that first-class airfare could be used for someone who really needs and can't afford it. It seems rather wasteful and pointless to me, but maybe I just don't get it.
Can anyone explain this to me? What's your take on it?
That is just the tip of the iceberg on the ridiculous spending that occurs every day. I just keep doing my part to reduce, reuse and recycle and hope that it helps :-)
Haha....what? Yeah...this is very odd. I can imagine future civilizations looking back on this and thinking, "Well we were screwed up..."
Stupid bird...it'll probably make a mess all over the plane and wreak havoc...let us know if there's chaos ;)