Visor maker offers to outfit Mt. Rushmore

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This obviously smacks of a blatant publicity stunt, as I can’t conceive of anyone agreeing to this offer (especially at such a low price). But I’ll write about it anyway. ProShade, a company that makes a 3-in-1 visor/sunglasses/lanyard contraption, has offered $4 million to put a logoed visor on each of the four presidents on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Lest one get too cynical about the idea, the company said—via an e-mail news release—that its reasons for offering the hats are not entirely self-serving.

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