Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I'm just not a Barbie person.>> >> Nope ... you're a Ken lover all the way. << <<He really looks rad tooling around in Barbie's hot pink Corvette.>> You know you wish you were sitting next to him ... driving up the Pacific Coast Highway, wind blowing through what's left of your hair, his scarf fluttering in the breeze ...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Honestly, my 10 dollar ebay limit works wonders. I got a LE 300 WDI WOC "Little Squirt" pin the other day for 12. Most I have spent on there in months. >> No wonder why you haven't hit Anaheim yet ... or stayed a week or longer in Orlando ... or actually stayed at a Disney resort ... you spend all your money on Disney crap online that certain friendly Spirits would likely GIVE YOU FOR FREE! E-Bay is a bad addiction ... especially with Disney crap.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I don't know if it was a Republican myth or not. Walt was a Republican, and I believe Lillian was a Democrat. What he propsed as Epcot Center has capitalism written all over it. I think that's how any good Republican invisions America, and the American business /community dream.>> I wonder if Walt would recognize today's version of American capitalism ... and what he's think of it. Someone who brought animated features, true life adventures, DL and EPCOT to the table ... what he would think of the Jonas Bros and Miley Cyrus and pins and vinylmation and timeshares and networks for pre-schoolers etc ...
Originally Posted By MPierce >> You know you wish you were sitting next to him ... driving up the Pacific Coast Highway, wind blowing through what's left of your hair, his scarf fluttering in the breeze ... << I never made that drive though I always wanted to. I want to see the whales off of Big Sur. You know what I look like. Do I look follicly challenged to you?
Originally Posted By disney pete saw a clip on you tube with a guy walking around what he said was disney property with the wand and it's structure just lying broken up in long grass.
Originally Posted By markymouse This Barbie video was awesome! Where do I join the campaign to bring it back? Seriously, looking back from a bit of distance, the costumes are hilarious. The males all look like Back Street Boys wanna bes but the females all look straight out of a neon version of Hee Haw. I hope the costume designers ended up in Branson, Missouri where they'll be appreciated.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Remember also that a Republican of Walt's day may not recognize their party today either.... as a conservative leaning moderate, I know I don't to me each part has moved further to the opposite ends of the bell curve
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer If you do a bit of research, you find that Walt was both a Republican and Democrat...the latter being his original affiliation, but it seems that big business changed him.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Remember also that a Republican of Walt's day may not recognize their party today either.... as a conservative leaning moderate, I know I don't to me each part has moved further to the opposite ends of the bell curve << I think the Republican party is trying desperately to return to it's corps fiscal consevative values. I only believe it is perceived to be more radically right now because there are more outspoken rightwingers then there has ever been in the party. I can't think of any mainstream conservative that has a different voice from a conservative of 50 years ago, if you allow for the changing times in America. There is a larger gap now between the party's because of the horrible fiscal management of the previous administration that we failed to rein in. Plus the new age of Socialisim that is being administered now.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> If you do a bit of research, you find that Walt was both a Republican and Democrat...the latter being his original affiliation, but it seems that big business changed him. << I've never read that. Give me a lead on where to go. I would suggest ideology, not big business guided Walt's political philosophy. I was a registered Democrat when I was 21. That was back in the days you had to be 21 to vote. It got to where I no longer believed in the direction nor ideology of the Democratic Party. I found myself aligned with the Republicans on most, but not all issues. That's still the case now. Social standing or staus, geographical location, occupation, religion, education, wealth, culture, influence by family or friends has absolutely nothing to do with this. It's all about ideaolgy, and which direction I feel is best for my Country.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^^^ And that's exactly how it should be, as long as you keep an open mind about the political process and the issues. Nothing annoys me more when a person votes based on affiliation only. Don't remember where I read about Democrat Walt. I've read a lot on him, but don't have my books ATM.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 The biggest joke is that folks truly think it matters whether the Democrats or Republicans control the country when neither ever does ... special interests and lawyers and lobbys and WALL STREET runs the country. That's why a judge can strike down Obama's ruling on deepwater drilling ... because he believes he (or his cronies in oil) are more powerful than the PREZ of the USA ... that's why BP's Brit Twit CEO can sit on Capitol Hill and lie and avoid questions and smugly look like he's more powerful than the body he is appearing before. Until WE THE PEOPLE go after the capitalist pigs (sounds so 60s!) who are destroying this great country, nothing is really going to change for the great majority of people. Tea Party has it right that the government is too big and too invasive ... their problem is they believe that what we need to do is stop restraints on Big Business ... that's what caused our financial meltdown ... what we need is the government out of the lives of the citizens, but using healthy control over BIG BUSINESSS, which has proven itself to be unworthy of unchecked power. RANT OFF ...
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Put a poor man or woman in office. Someone who knows the value of a dollar. If they are willing to spend millions of their own money to get elected how can we expect them to take care of ours?
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Hey CDD where have you been? No, I think by the time someone gets that high politically they are already corrupt.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Until WE THE PEOPLE go after the capitalist pigs (sounds so 60s!) who are destroying this great country, nothing is really going to change for the great majority of people. << You, and Patty Hearst. >> Tea Party has it right that the government is too big and too invasive ... their problem is they believe that what we need to do is stop restraints on Big Business ... << You've got that wrong. I'll try to dig up what they actually say. They believe in free enterprise, but with safeguard restraints against monopolistic endeavors with oversight by the Government. Not a no holds barredd anything goes for Big Business attitude. They do not want Government interfering in the day to day life of the small business man while advancing the agenda of the few. >> That's why a judge can strike down Obama's ruling on deepwater drilling ... because he believes he (or his cronies in oil) are more powerful than the PREZ of the USA ... that's why BP's Brit Twit CEO can sit on Capitol Hill and lie and avoid questions and smugly look like he's more powerful than the body he is appearing before. << I'm not going to get into you with this right now for the obvious reason.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Go ahead and rant. I agree with you. But what's the solution? ,, Shoot the Piano Player!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Put a poor man or woman in office. Someone who knows the value of a dollar. If they are willing to spend millions of their own money to get elected how can we expect them to take care of ours? << Good to see you posting again CDD. Missed you lately
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Been really busy with work and kids. But I'm on vacation this week so I thought it would be a good time to get back into LP. I plan to try to keep up. Didn't mean to be away so long. I just turned around and all of a sudden it had been weeks.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad But I really missed you guys. It's funny. Sometimes I would see something on tv or hear something on the radio and I would be saying to myself what you guys would say about it. That's when I realized I needed to get back online.
