What the....?
Barringtonia
11-04-2008, 03:48
Forget Chequers and the Palace of Versailles. The next time Gordon Brown or Nicholas Sarkozy need a bolthole in which to recharge their batteries or a place for a private pow-wow, they might find themselves lured to a new retreat amid the pink rocks of the Nevada desert.
Donna Vassar, part of the Vassar education dynasty, has launched plans to build a $300m (£150m) private getaway for stressed-out presidents and prime ministers who want to "reconnect with their unique purpose in life".
The Universitas Leadership Sanctuary is intended as part monastery and part conference centre where the most powerful men and women on the planet can get away from it all with a combination of reading, contemplation and even a spot of gardening.
Link with bizarre artist's impression (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/11/politicsandthearts.architecture)
So do world leaders need a meditation centre?
What would you recommend for stressed out leaders?
I hear a ranch in Texas works just fine.
The South Islands
11-04-2008, 03:53
NSG, of course.
Nevada is boring, why go there? Come to Phoenix, can join Sheriff Arpaio on the frontlines of the battle with illegal immigrants, i'm sure Lou Dobbs will praise them. Can chill in Scottsdale in their offhours with all the other rich bastards and play golf with Alice Cooper, live the dream you know
What would you recommend for stressed out leaders?
Euthanasia.
Lord Tothe
11-04-2008, 04:06
If I were President of the US, I'd just spend as much time as possible in the Montana/Idaho/Wyoming area. That or along the Minnesota shore of Lake Superior.
Troglobites
11-04-2008, 04:09
You know what I hear is peaceful? Antarctica.
DrunkenDove
11-04-2008, 04:09
What an odd looking building. I reckon if enough heads of state go inside of it it'll automatically seal up. Then they'll earn a fortune by charging people a dollar at a time to roll a giant ball of world leaders down a hill.
Blouman Empire
11-04-2008, 04:11
And the new target for the next major terrorist attack is.....
I wonder how much it will cost to stay at this place over a weekend or even longer, time to increase the taxes
Barringtonia
11-04-2008, 04:15
You know what I hear is peaceful? Antarctica.
Not for long.
Lunatic Goofballs
11-04-2008, 04:16
Link with bizarre artist's impression (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/11/politicsandthearts.architecture)
So do world leaders need a meditation centre?
What would you recommend for stressed out leaders?
Westworld. *nod*
What an odd looking building. I reckon if enough heads of state go inside of it it'll automatically seal up. Then they'll earn a fortune by charging people a dollar at a time to roll a giant ball of world leaders down a hill.
Heh. I agree.
But where the heck is the door, where are the rooms, what is with that nucleus thing in the middle, and what's with all the random spikes that don't look very important yet really add to the very hectic appearance of that testicle?
Call to power
11-04-2008, 04:32
why would you go to such a place when alcohol has already been invented?
what's with all the random spikes that don't look very important yet really add to the very hectic appearance of that testicle?
thats the visitors silly!
Link with bizarre artist's impression (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/11/politicsandthearts.architecture)
So do world leaders need a meditation centre?
What would you recommend for stressed out leaders?
The house I will build.
But that's just for me of course. I don't want President #48 knocking on my door one night asking to come in. That's just begging for not only several off-colour jokes, but a real story I'd rather not have to repeat to everyone.
Blouman Empire
11-04-2008, 05:56
what's with all the random spikes that don't look very important yet really add to the very hectic appearance of that testicle?
And what would you suggest we do with politicians when they say something stupid?
Extreme Ironing
11-04-2008, 11:41
Why would anyone waste such an amount of money on something so ridiculous? Oh wait, it's for government officials....
Link with bizarre artist's impression (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/11/politicsandthearts.architecture)
So do world leaders need a meditation centre?
What would you recommend for stressed out leaders?
world leaders need a nondinominational meditation MONISTARY, run by a consortum of strict buddhist and taoist monks (and maybe a few crankey old catholic nunes with wooden rulers the rap their knuckles with too), and to be locked up there!
not to be brainwashed by any one particular belief, or even combination of them, but made to sit down and learn how to EFFING CHILL!
=^^=
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Boonytopia
11-04-2008, 12:34
It sounds suspiciously like a hive mind to me. :eek: