How The Heck Did They Get That Hat On Dopey?

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"How The Heck Did They Get That Hat On Dopey?", Nokia N73, Los Angeles County, 2006

I had to be on the lot today to get a security sticker for 2007. I do not remember having been there since my indcution day, as DM is in another building, some miles away in North Hollywood.

I spent last night listening to the evils of the Disney theme park experience as detailed by some smart modern people. I am glad I went to the lot today, and spent some time in the square of Disney legends, looking at the plaques and statues; sometimes I like to reconnect to the love and creativity and the massive amounts of childhood memories that lie at the basis of this company, below all the merchandising and market opportunities and cynical people deriding it.

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[frstythesnowman.livejournal.com]

I read Fast Food Nation, I went to 9/11 (the movie my Michael Moore), I heard first hand from my sister in the 1970s about farm workers in California taken advantage of {and there's lots of that in FFN--Mexicans gettting maimed for $8/hour...which is as much they'd earn in a day), and I heard Robin Williams got paid low low wages to do Alladin, and on and on...

And it all comes down to this: business people will take advantage of any makret they can. For many of little means, this implies they'll be taken to the cleaners.

There is a recent movie about the coffee industry... the Sugar Blues will tell you about the Sugar trade in the Caribbean, the Hawaiians will tell you about the Sugar Cane industry in Hawaii... anywhere people are willing to work hard for litttle $, it is happening.

Look at all our clothes...made in China by someone who gets paid a pitttance.

Shirts that cost $100 US in the stores earn the garment makers next to nothing, and next to nothing for cloth makers too...

Disney is a corporation and corps goals are to make $. That's all. Some have a soul and public interest...but I'd bet not many. Corps do have fear of boycotts though... and so have an interest in appearing "good".

Yay white hats!