Roy Disney, Nephew Of Walt Disney, Dies

I’m sad to say that earlier today, Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney, died.  He was 79.  Roy, who lost his year long battle with stomach cancer early Wednesday in Newport Beach, CA, was an avid supported of Disney’s art of animation as well as the arts in general and played a powerful role behind the scenes of the Walt Disney Co.

Company president and chief executive Bob Iger said Disney was much more than a valued 56-year company veteran.

Company president and chief executive Bob Iger said in a statement, “Roy’s commitment to the art of animation was unparalleled and will always remain his personal legacy and one of his greatest contributions to Disney’s past, present and future,” and Don Hahn, an executive producer at the Disney movie studio, praised Roy for ushering in a new era after taking over the animation department in 1984.  The two worked together creating several winners such as “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King.”

“He took it under his wing, was a cheerleader, a coach, therapist,” Hahn said.

John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, also commended Disney.

“He put his heart and soul into preserving Disney’s legendary past, while helping to move the art of animation into the modern age by embracing new technology,” said Lasseter.

For those of you who may or may not remember, Roy played a pivotal role in the ousting of  two of The Walt Disney Company’s former chief executives.  In 1984, after deciding the company was being steered into the wrong direction, Roy Disney resigned from the company’s board or directors and led investors in a campaign against Walt Disne’y's son-in-law, Ron Miller.  After appointing the team of Michael Eisner and Frank Wells in charge, later becoming just Eisner (Wells passed away in 1994) and nearly 20 years later, Roy led shareholders in another revolt against Eisner which eventually forced him to step down giving way to Bob Iger.

Roy was described by friends and colleagues as a “gracious, humble gentleman” someone  who remained loyal to his principals and friends.  His legacy, despite never including a chance to run The Walt Disney Company himself, can be felt and seen within the company’s successes throughout the past 30 years.

An active philanthropist, Disney also supported the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, a school founded by his father and uncle, as well as pledged $10 million back in 2005 to establish the Roy and Patricia Disney Cancer Center at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.

His absence will sorely be missed.

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Obama gives himself “solid B+” I give myself “Most Attractive Person EVER” See, I can make up shit too.

Well Folks, President Obama was at it again this past weekend with another one his signature sit down interviews.

America’ own Media Queen, Oprah sat down for a warm and fuzzy, one-on-one interview with President Obama for her Christmas at the White House special which aired Sunday night on ABC.  Oprah, who fawns over Obama so much she looks like the sad, middle-aged white women who fawn over Oprah, asked President Obama what grade he would give himself for his first year in office and boy what an answer he gave her.  “A good, solid B-plus” he responded in his sophisticated yet chocolaty smooth manner.

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Alan Grayson tells Dick Cheney to STFU. World LOL’s, IMHO.KTHXBAI!

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) is one crazy politician, but he has a tendency to say what the rest of us are thinking. I think he is the Democratic equivalent of Joe Wilson. Except that he isn’t a racist mouth breather.

Enjoy the short clip below in which much lulz are to be found or whatever other lazy acronyms Internet nerds find funny at this moment.

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Worst person in the world – surprise, it’s Fox News

I have always enjoyed Keith Olbermann’s show, even if he has a penchant for the dramatics. Sometimes I want to jump through the TV and tell him, “Tone it down a bit. You are obviously an intelligent man, but your dramatics are making you look like a liberal Glenn Beck.”

Here is a clip from tonight’s Countdown, in which he discusses this weeks “Worst person in the world.”

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Man gets fired for homophobic remarks and poorly manicured eyebrows.

This poor guy, life is just so hard for a bigot these days.

Peter Vadala was fired from his job at Brookestone for making homophobic remarks and is now claiming religious intolerance was his downfall. When confronted about the incident on Fox & Friends (whatever the hell that is) he made his case exponentially worse by having a poor understanding of the English language. He incriminated himself several times and admitted he called a fellow employee a deviant after informing her that God had asked him to alert her to his displeasure with her and her “lifestyle choice”. Oh and he had some crazy eyebrows too.

During the interview Peter laments being a victim of religious intolerance after he told a woman that he felt her lifestyle was immoral and that she shouldn’t speak about it in the work place. He makes several remarks about her “supposed” fiance, as if because he has a problem with her partner or homosexuality, the lesbians relationship is somehow no longer valid. What makes matters worse is that he feels the need to go and pray about it during his lunch break and there he decides that he has to confront the woman and tell her to discontinue talking about her life because it personally offends him.Whoops. The lesbian co workers response?

“She laughed in my face and told me to keep my opinions to myself and to go see the human resources department.”

After watching the clip, his cries of “so called” victimization are shut down by his “supposed” non gay looking face. Seriously though, major gay face.

When the host reads a statement from Peter’s former employer and asks him if he plans on bringing suit against the company, he launches into a poorly worded tirade in the hopes of coming across as the victim one last time.

Let’s try and reword this for those who may not be following fully.

Black Woman “I love my new husband, he is so great. Sure, things are tough sometimes because he is white, but we enjoy each other.”

Peter “I went to the church and prayed and god told me to tell you that your lifestyle choice is a sin and your “so called” husband is a perversity to god.

Black Woman “That is incredibly racist and offensive and I am pretty sure this company does not tolerate that kind of language.”

Peter “No, as a Christian I can be intolerant of whomever I want as long as I claim religious freedom. You should take the day off, nigger.”

Hopefully that cleared up any misconceptions we had. In short, this pencil neck got everything he deserved.

Fox no longer allows people to embed their clips, mainly because they do such a horrible job at being “fair and balanced” that they get slammed all over the Internet and they are tired of being the butt of everyone’s joke. However, you can click here to watch the clip.

Pay close attention to the “questions” that are placed in the lower 1/3 of the screen. Things like ‘freedom under fire?” or “Religious expulsion?” don’t really read as fair and balanced, especially considering none of them say anything along the lines of, “grown man acts like jackass and gets what he deserves?”

Fox News, you really do lower the bar on everything.

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America’s Harry Potter stands up for gay rights.

10 year old Arkansas student,  Will Phillips, has refused to say the pledge of allegiance until all people are treated equally.

In this clip you will see young Will with his father, explaining his reasons for feeling this way and the thought process that led up to it.  If you notice, he looks like Harry Potter just a tad bit and that makes this clip even better.

Am I nerd?

Screw you.

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Socialist Obama shares something in common with the pro life RNC and it rhymes with smushsmortion.

I am not sure why I have not seen more of this in the news, but thanks go out to NewsPoliticsAmerica for sharing this CNN video.

Apparently, since 1991, the RNC has allowed elective abortions to be covered in their employee health care program. Oops.

Now, I know what some of you are thinking.

First the RNC comes out against gay marriage and gay Americans, only to have a slew of homosexual and heterosexual tabloid disasters, forever tarnishing their family values image.

Then they come out against big taxes and government, only to allow sweeping wire taps of innocent Americans, all while supporting two unpopular, illegal and very expensive wars. Around this time they engage in torture and sedition, altering the “personal rights and freedoms” credo they claim as their own.

Not long after, they attack health care as a socialized institution, all the while having no issue taking money from corporate interests and allowing their representatives some of the best health care in the world. Health care paid for by American citizens… awkward socialism at its best?

Now we find out they offer elective abortion coverage in their Jesus Saves health care plan!? I just don’t think I can be a card carrying Republican anymore. What has become of my party? Where has the party of outright racism, homophobia and religious intolerance gone? The shame… the shame.

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The Daily Show responds to Fox News.

John Stewart responds to Fox New’s response to their criticism of their Michelle Bachmann, Bat Shit Crazy circus rally. Now, that sentence didn’t make a lot of sense and there is so much back and forth in this, that I’ll just link the original article here.

I don’t think any of my readers actually watch Fox News and if they do, none of them consider it actually news anymore than I consider Deborah Gibson a good actor. Seriously, did you see Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus? What was with that movie? It was just so, so, so very bad and all those racist Asian jokes reminded me of this.

Anyway, check this response out. It’s not too hilarious, but it’s always nice to see John’s front room. He lives just like us. Shitty couch, small living space and he does that thing with peanut butter and a corn dog. Some of you know what I am talking about. Rob…

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Sean Hannity Apologizes to Jon
www.thedailyshow.com
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