WE LOVE PIXAR: How Hollywood Cynicism Almost Ruined ‘Toy Story’ (and Pixar)

Big Hollywood "Under Katzenberg’s charge, Toy Story became an irreverent, mean-spirited muddled mess. It was only when Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and others returned to the old-fashioned idea of staying true to their vision that Toy Story came alive. The ‘edgy’ storyboards were thrown on the scrapheap, and the characters were re-drawn from the heart of the writers. The rest is history: Toy Story became a family-oriented, masterfully told hit film and one of the most beloved franchises in modern cinema. But it is worth mentioning the film’s allure came when the budding filmmakers stopped making what they thought the studio wanted, and instead made the film they would want their kids to watch."

Donald Berwick “We Must Redistribute Wealth”

Eyeblast "In 2008 while speaking on the British health care system in the UK, Berwick said wealthy individuals must redistribute their wealth to those less fortunate for health care funding. Also during this speech, he told those in attendance that he opposes free markets."

Sarah Palin; the latest

Matthews: Media will destroy Palin if she wins in the primaries  "No one questions whether that is actually the media’s job, to intentionally try to destroy political candidates. It’s all just a given. Palin runs, media will attempt to destroy her — and it serves as an implicit admission that the media did exactly that in 2008."

Levi Johnston Publicly Apologizes To The Palins, But Will the MSM Do the Same?  "It was a pretty good ride for Levi Johnston. After surfing the wave of celebrity that was primarily fueled by a willingness to lie about almost everything about Sarah, Todd and Bristol Palin, Levi has finally come clean in the pages of People, admitting; “”I publicly said things about the Palins that were not completely true.” "

After Promoting Levi Johnston in '09, CBS Ignores His Admission of False Statements "...co-host Maggie Rodriguez conducted her first interview with Johnston, and introduced the segment by proclaiming: "He [Johnston], along with his mother and sister, sat down with me last night for an interview to clear up the 'lies' they say the Palins have been telling about them." Rodriguez sympathized with the former boyfriend of Bristol Palin by wondering: "Did you get your heart broken?"

A youthful indiscretion?  "I don’t see deliberately and methodically slandering your child’s grandparents as a “youthful indiscretion.” That’s fullblown malice, irrespective of ones youth. What do you think?"

Obama, Netanyahu Deny Rift in Relations After White House Meeting

Fox News "Obama has called on Jerusalem to halt settlement construction and on the Palestinians to show progress on security and inciting violence against Israel."

Netanyahu's Stupid Pet Tricks  "Obama summoned Netanyahu to Washington in advance of the November elections when many expect there will be a rout of the Democrats. (I am not so sure, so crooked are they.) Why Israel and the U.S. Are In Crisis, an article I recently wrote for the Thinker, reflected the reality of US/Israeli relations."  Obama will visit Israel in September- just ahead of the November elections. And in time for campaign sound and video bites.

Stop Iran Now Debuts New Ad

Stop Iran Now Need sound and video.

Via Weekly Standard "Stop Iran Now debuts a new ad today, asking the president to be on the right side of history:"

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NASA: "One Giant Leap (Backward)"

Jonah Goldberg   "According to contemporary liberalism, the government is the control room of society, where problems get solved, where institutions get their marching orders, where the oceans are commanded to stop rising. Each institution must subscribe to the progressive vision, all oars must pull as one. We are all in it together. We can do it all, if we all work together. Yes, we can."

STILL STUNNED WITH THIS NASA THING "We have no shortage of examples we can use to illustrate the idiocy of the Obama Administration. This one, however, would win the Nobel Prize for absurdity ... if there was one. Later today we'll get a statement from ObamaWorld telling us that this is really all George Bush's fault."

Socialist Dr. Berwick Gets Recess Appointment

Verum Serum "So he’s all for patient choice about things like who can come in the room at the hospital, but when it comes to letting patient choices rule the system through the market, well…that’s for leaders to do. In other words, we’re not going to let the aggregate choices of patients decide, we’ll decide for them. In fact, as of today, that will be Dr. Berwick’s job, to substitute his choices for yours."

ABC, NBC and CBS Mostly Ignore Obama's Recess Appointment of Pro-Health Care Rationing Doctor to Head Medicare  "Barack Obama's decision to make a recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to run Medicare has been vastly ignored by the mainstream news media, despite the fact Berwick has made controversial statements favoring rationing of medical care."

THE ARIZONA LAWSUIT

BREAKING: A Third Former DOJ Official Steps Forward to Support J. Christian Adams (Updated)  "Several former DOJ employees have been in contact with Pajamas Media, interested in publicly supporting J. Christian Adams as he comes forward about the DOJ’s failure to enforce the country’s laws from a race-neutral perspective. These former DOJ employees have expressed a willingness to go on record regarding Adams’ professionalism, excellent performance, and outstanding record of enforcing the law without racial bias.
"Additionally, they would like to corroborate Adams’ statements about the DOJ."

 Neal Boortz "Question: Robbing a federally insured bank is a federal crime. It's also a crime under the statutes of the State of Arizona. Should the Justice Department file a lawsuit against Arizona demanding that Arizona law enforcement officials cease enforcing Arizona's law against robbing banks because it usurps federal authority? Just wondering."

Open-Borders DOJ vs. America  "When a state acts to do the job the feds won't do, Obama's legal eagles run to the Founding Fathers for protection. When, on the other hand, left-wing cities across the country pass illegal alien sanctuary policies that flagrantly defy national immigration laws and hamper cross-jurisdiction enforcement, the newfound federal preemption advocates are nowhere in sight."  Michelle Malkin

Jay Sekulow's Trial Notebook "As you know, we're also planning to file an amicus brief supporting the Arizona law in a legal challenge by the ACLU. And, we will file an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a 2007 law enacted by Arizona - a case that will be heard next term by the high court."

Interactive map of Phoenix crimes "Here's a sample of what's happening virtually every day, based on Phoenix Police Department (PPD) records obtained by Judicial Watch." Good luck getting that map to close so you can read the text.

Defending Arizona  "Moreover, since the Gonzales v. Peoria decision, Congress has taken numerous steps to promote, not discourage, assistance by state and local police in making immigration arrests. As the Tenth Circuit observed ... federal law “evinces a clear invitation from Congress for state and local agencies to participate in the process of enforcing federal immigration laws.” ...Congress wisely put in place a federal statutory requirement that federal officials must respond whenever a state or local police officer requests verification of an alien’s immigration status ..."

The United States vs. Arizona  "According to Gallup, Obama’s approval rating has held steady this year among whites (41 percent) and blacks (91 percent). But it has dropped from 69 percent to 57 percent among Latinos. On cue, Obama gave an immigration speech touting comprehensive reform even though there’s no legislative path forward, and his attorney general sued Arizona. If the thoroughly political Holder thought it would help, he’d sue John Boehner.
"And so the battle is joined, with the federal government making the plea — please, whatever you do, let our immigration laws molder on the books." Rich Lowry, National Review Online.

Overturn the Arizona Immigration Law - Please! "...In fact, a Hezb'allah leader, Jameel Nasr, was arrested at his home this week by Mexican police, accused of organizing a terror network in conjunction with Mexican drug cartels. His home is in Tijuana, just a few miles from the California border. At least we can count on the Mexican authorities to protect Americans from Hezb'allah terrorism, if no one else."

The Rationer-in-Chief

Heritage "When Linda O’Boyle was diagnosed with bowel cancer, her doctors told her she could boost her chances of survival by adding the drug cetuximab to her regimen. But the rationing body for Britain’s National Health Service, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), had previously ruled that the drug was not cost-effective and therefore would not be paid for by the government. So O’Boyle liquidated her savings and paid for the drug herself. But this is not allowed under NHS rules. When government bureaucrats found out that O’Boyle had purchased the drug with her own money, she was denied NHS treatment and died within months."

Think About It!

Victor Davis Hanson "Some vice presidential wisdom: most might now think it to be safer to go hunting with Dick Cheney than to be in a hotel room with Al Gore."....
"For much of his long life, a man like the now canonized late Sen. Robert Byrd made the early lives of men like Justice Clarence Thomas miserable. Contrast the present eulogies for Byrd with the past Senate hearings over Thomas."....

Offshore Oil Drilling Ban Enriches Our Enemies

Big Peace "Even with somewhat depressed oil prices, since last year’s 4th of July, OPEC, the oil cartel dominated by countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela which altogether sits on 78% of world oil reserves, took in more than half a trillion dollars for its oil exports, while the economies of net oil consuming countries like the US bled. Money that could have stayed in the US creating jobs and investment opportunities instead filled the coffers of some of our worst enemies.
"Our response to the BP spill could worsen our vulnerability."