>> ^ShakaUVM:
Coriolanus: "'Conservatives' don't like anything that takes money out of their pocket and gives it to the poor. They love it when poor people are desperate and starving."
No. In fact, conservatives would be happy if the entire world had a middle class like America's, as it would actually bring in global peace and social justice, things which a lot of idiots say they want, but whose policies backfire and cause the opposite.
Also, look into the rates of charity giving between conservatives and liberals some time. If liberals cared so much about the poor, why don't they give money to help the poor?
Stop reading your idiot-child Chomsky, and look at real world statistics some time, before drawing stupid conclusions like the above.


Really? Examples, please. Show me examples of this global corporatist largess.

Here's one of mine:

NEW YORK - How can Michael Eisner, CEO of the Walt Disney Company, afford to pay himself $97,600 an hour? Easy. He contracts manufacturers who pay workers in Haiti who sew Pocahantas, Mickey Mouse and other Disney clothing for 28 cents an hour.
(source)

28 cents an hour. Disney labor in Haiti.

How fast would a middle class blossom at that rate?

Tags for this video have been changed from 'walt disney' to 'walt disney, mickeys trailer, 1938, 30s' - edited by radx

Yeah, and they make a reference to that same girl in Chasing Amy.

Anyone who wants a fun listen to pass the time while doing other things, check out Kevin Smith's podcast. It's him with Scott Mosier and guests from time to time, all of whom have had something to do with these movies, including Walt "Tell him, Steve-Dave!" Flannigan. I'm completely addicted to these, and they never fail to crack me up.

>> ^therealblankman:
>> ^Raaagh:
Ok, let me predicate this my mentioning a few weeks ago I poured over a picture book on Picasso with the stories behind each painting.

I dont really like Picassos paintings, but his attitude tickles/scares me (painting pictures of his sister getting auto-sodomised etc)

I was expecting something far more, angsty, anti-social, lewd, and arty but that was just beautiful and so passionate. It really drew me and and had its way with me.
Thanks poster.

Picasso?


bwahahaha

I mean Dali, I was dog tired when I wrote that


The book was something like this but probably slightly diff format as the cropping on the cover image is better:
http://www.amazon.com/Dali-Midsize-Robert-Descharnes/dp/3822831816/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246844599&sr=1-1

>> ^Raaagh:
Ok, let me predicate this my mentioning a few weeks ago I poured over a picture book on Picasso with the stories behind each painting.

I dont really like Picassos paintings, but his attitude tickles/scares me (painting pictures of his sister getting auto-sodomised etc)

I was expecting something far more, angsty, anti-social, lewd, and arty but that was just beautiful and so passionate. It really drew me and and had its way with me.
Thanks poster.


In all the years of art history classes and going through the cubist era, I don't remember hearing or seeing anything like you mention from Picasso.... What book are you talking about?

Your video, DESTINO: Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaboration (1946), has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

>> ^Raaagh:
Ok, let me predicate this my mentioning a few weeks ago I poured over a picture book on Picasso with the stories behind each painting.

I dont really like Picassos paintings, but his attitude tickles/scares me (painting pictures of his sister getting auto-sodomised etc)

I was expecting something far more, angsty, anti-social, lewd, and arty but that was just beautiful and so passionate. It really drew me and and had its way with me.
Thanks poster.


Picasso?

"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."
Walt Whitman

All the best, MG.

Dylan was the Walt Whitman of our era.

Who will replace him?

Who will take that stand?

YES! You gotta love Walt and his ice pick.

>> ^Kymbos:
If you want to explore the extent to which the United States supports Israel and makes their military activities possible, see this well referenced piece by Mearsheimer Walt.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html
There is no question that Israel could not undertake such actions without American financial and military aid. Where else would they get the money - export of desalination plants?


Open your eyes. From the link you provided:

Instead, the thrust of US policy in the region derives almost entirely from domestic politics, and especially the activities of the ‘Israel Lobby’. Other special-interest groups have managed to skew foreign policy, but no lobby has managed to divert it as far from what the national interest would suggest

For starters, any time you see something this identical to 'the secret jewish society' spoken of in 1940's Europe you need to be very cautious. Verify anything that group says with a third party somewhere before accepting it as fact.

But you also cited the link as demonstrating " There is no question that Israel could not undertake such actions without American financial and military aid. Where else would they get the money - export of desalination plants?" Which would seem to be saying you believe the article shows Israel wouldn't have the money for an operation like this without US aid, correct? But the review in the link you gave states "Israel is now a wealthy industrial state with a per capita income roughly equal to that of South Korea or Spain." Doesn't that mean your own source refutes your claim?

If you want to explore the extent to which the United States supports Israel and makes their military activities possible, see this well referenced piece by Mearsheimer Walt.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html

There is no question that Israel could not undertake such actions without American financial and military aid. Where else would they get the money - export of desalination plants?

The reason I posted the original story above was to show that the Disney short was a near exact translation of the original literature, so as such, Disney couldn't have done much in the way of "sanitizing" the story. The original theme of Anderson's work was to portray the terrible living conditions of children in Eastern Europe at the time, and that theme carried over to the animation quite well. Yes, the girl is bright and optimistic in the beginning, but it's her innocence and hopefulness that make her eventual fate all the more heartbreaking. Would the animation have been quite as touching if she had been a dirty urchin?

And if you study Anderson's original work, you'll see that he makes several allusions to her being "beautiful." In fact, in the text she's described as being fair-haired, something which was changed in the animation, and could arguably have LESSENED the beauty of the character portrayed.

As to comparing to Takahata's works, do note that Studio Toei did make their own interpretation of this work, which can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSvGKPMXRa0
(Do note that at the time it was made, Takahata WAS working at Toei, so it's quite likely he was involved with the project as well.) It is notable that while Toei's interpretation is more accurate with relation the girl's look and the location of the story (Holland), the story itself has been altered quite a bit more than Disney's version, and in fact has less of an emotional impact. One could argue that the dubbing contributed to that, but the overall meaning of the scenes is not lost, and in this case they prove to make the Toei version inferior. (Or as inferior as one could call it. It's still a decent animation.) While in the Disney version the girl was friendless and alone, with everyone indifferent to her predicament, in the Toei version people either treat her like dirt, or feel a great sense of remorse over her death. These extremes are too exaggerated, whereas the Disney version feels a lot more like something that would happen in real life.

And on a side note, enough comparing Disney's works to anime, people. While Disney is indeed guilty of producing quite a bit in the way of lousy works, a lot of it was the result of the leadership during the Michael Eisner era. The Walt Disney era was full of great works (which despite their changes with relation to the original stories were quite beautiful), and the Rob Iger era seems like it's on route to turning the company around. It's also important to remember that Disney animations and most anime target different audiences. Disney targets a younger crowd (in general), while anime targets an older crowd (mostly adults). Takahata's "Grave of the Fireflies," for example, is most definitely not for children. They would find it boring, and perhaps a bit too sad in the end.

Disney's version of The Little Match Girl does walk a fine line here, as it has a more adult theme, and perhaps would be too sad for the children who did catch that ending. However, I think this one was made just as much for adults, as it was meant for the next iteration of Fantasia, and Fantasia is meant to be for both children and adults.

>> ^NetRunner:
CNN needs to read the findings more closely.
Abuse of power is unlawful according to Alaska state law.

Alright, I had to make an account just for this. I'll go ahead and quote the findings from page 8 of the report right here, verbatim.

Finding Number One

For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.51.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides

"The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust."

Finding Number Two

I find that, although Walt Monegan's refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety. In spite of that, Governor Palin's firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.

Finding Number Three

Harbor Adjustment Service of Anchorage, and its owner Ms. Murleen Wilkes, handled Trooper Michael Wooten's workers' compensation claim properly and in the normal course of business like any other claim processed by Harbor Adjustment Service and Ms. Wilkes. Further, Trooper Wooten received all the workers' compensation benefits to which he was entitled.

Finding Number Four

The Attorney General's office has failed to substantially comply with my August 6, 2008 written request to Governor Sarah Palin for information about the case in the form of emails.

Analyzing this, a few things should be readily apparent. One, it's completely contradictory. The first finding states Palin broke the law. The second says she didn't for the same reasons. Also note, in finding number one it states "I find that." This isn't a report from the legislative committee on the investigation. This is one man's interpretation of events. The legislature isn't even in session and this isn't their report! They didn't find anything! The only thing they did was agree to release this section of Mr. Branchflower's report. That's it. Mr. Branchflower is just providing counsel for the committee.

I'm not trying to defend Palin in anything. Have your reasons for hating her, I don't care. But have a valid reason. This is just a ridiculous, contradictory hatchet job that doesn't prove anything, yet people are eating it up.

Duplicate, I posted this four months ago.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Chucking-Lemmings-off-a-cliff-for-Uncle-Walt