MACS
4 years ago
People are waking up and getting tired of the woke bullsh-t... and it's about damn time.
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DrMaddVibe
4 years ago

People are waking up and getting tired of the woke bullsh-t... and it's about damn time.

MACS wrote:




I about sprayed my PC screen when I saw this clip...

https://tinyurl.com/2p9bber9 

Let it loop and it becomes even funnier!

She lost her weave money already!
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Krazeehorse
4 years ago
Go after that 1-2% demographic. That’s where the money is.
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Speyside2
4 years ago
This is about brinksmanship. The way the existing laws are written it will likely never happen. At the same time it is a game of chicken. Disneyworld has been bleeding red since Covid started. Disney is Florida's largest employer. If Disney were to close the Florida economy would be in dire straights.
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Sunoverbeach
4 years ago
When the show don't be funny, I take my dicq out and piss. This is called The Garden Row.
- RP
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HockeyDad
4 years ago
Disney is not closing down and is not Florida’s largest employer. The Disney Corporation is vastly larger than Walt Disney World.

Walt and Roy are turning over their graves over losing RCID’s tax status over wanting to educate kindergarteners about LGBTQ+.
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RayR
4 years ago
It's all that perv O'Bummer's fault...

NEVER FORGET: It Was Barack Obama Who First Pushed Teaching Sex Education to Kindergarteners Back in 2007 – He Even Pushed Sex Ed to Kiddies Legislation (VIDEO)

By Jim Hoft
Published April 21, 2022 at 9:56am

Back in July 2007, as The Gateway Pundit reported at the time, Barack Obama gave a speech to Planned Parenthood where he pushed teaching sex education to little kindergarteners.

The media mostly hid this from the American public.

To his credit John McCain confronted Obama on his legislation to teach kindergarteners sex education back in 2008.

Today you have to go to the WayBack Machine to read more about this shocking radical proposal.
Via ABC News Blog from The Wayback Machine.

More...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/never-forget-barack-obama-first-pushed-teaching-sex-education-kindergarteners-back-2007-even-pushed-sex-ed-kiddies-legislation-video/ 

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Mr. Jones
4 years ago
Everyone living In ORANGE COUNTY AND OSECOLA COUNTY WHICH ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THE DISNEY PROPERTY WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION.....
IS going to take on billions in debt....

It is estimated that ....


Each and every business and every family will have an added
Property tax burden OF AN ADDITIONAL $2,200 TO $2,600

PER FREAKIN YEAR....
ADDITIONALLY added to their current property tax bill...

Sooooo

If you pay $3,000 a yr now...after June 1 , 2023 when Disney special status goes ERR ESS KAPUT....
YOU WILL NOW PAY $5,200 OR $5,600 !!!!

YOU WILL Pay almost 50% more...
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DrMaddVibe
4 years ago
Reading the DNC talking points eh?
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Speyside2
4 years ago
Le Hockey dad, read again I said Disney, not Disney World in regards to the economy. Disney could easily leave Florida if they chose to.
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DrMaddVibe
4 years ago

Le Hockey dad, read again I said Disney, not Disney World in regards to the economy. Disney could easily leave Florida if they chose to.

Speyside2 wrote:




Disney World/Disney isn't leaving Florida.

Drill that.

You can fit the entire Disneyland operation in California into the parking lot at Disney World and STILL have room.

Disney World is the defacto theme park for Disney like it or not. Their overseas ventures haven't fared as well as they wanted them to and the foreign traffic to the Orlando Metro area to see not only Disney World but Sea World and Universal Studios is testament to that.

They threatened Florida politicians over something that wasn't even in a piece of legislation that several minimum wage earners walked off the job over. Our governor wasn't going to let that happen as that particular corporation was getting away with murder to begin with. For decades politicians had tried to unwind the stranglehold Disney held on the Orlando area with their special benefits. The CEO gave them that opening in spades! They had NO oversight with planning or building most of what is standing there now. Who's to say what environmental damage was done with slabs of concrete, underground cities and waste water/sewage all sitting on an aquifer? We're gonna find out now.
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DrMaddVibe
4 years ago

Disney Stock Drops after Florida Republicans Pass Bill to Strip Company of Autonomous Status




Disney stock continued to fall this week after the Florida House passed a bill revoking the company’s autonomous governmental status.

While Disney stock reached an all-time high in March 2021 of nearly $200 per share, according to Fox Business, it has been declining ever since. When the market closed on Thursday, the stock was around $120 per share, a 33 percent drop from one year ago and an eight percent drop from just two days earlier, prior to the passage of the bill.

The company’s stock woes come as Disney and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have become embroiled in a political spat over the state’s Parental Rights in Education law. Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced in March that the company would suspend political donations in Florida over the bill, which prohibits lessons on gender identity and sexual orientation for students in kindergarten through third-grade.

“You have a company like Disney, who takes this special power and privileges that have been granted to them by the people and by the taxpayers,” Florida House speaker Chris Sprowls told National Review on Wednesday. “To use that power and privilege to mislead the public, on laws that are being discussed and passed in the legislature is wildly inappropriate.”

The state house voted 68-38 in favor of the bill, one day after the bill passed the state senate 23-16. The bill now heads to Governor Ron DeSantis for approval.

The measure would dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District near Orlando, a zone that allows Disney to act as a self-governing body and create its own regulations, building codes, and other municipal services. The company receives tax exemptions under the arrangement.

DeSantis had called on the legislature to consider such a measure on Tuesday.

“Disney and other woke corporations won’t get away with peddling their unchecked pressure campaigns any longer,” DeSantis said in a fundraising email on Wednesday. “If we want to keep the Democrat machine and their corporate lapdogs accountable, we have to stand together now.”

Meanwhile, families are turning away from Disney as it wades into the culture war, a recent poll found.

More than 68 percent of general-election voters say they are less likely to do business with Disney after reports that it plans to include sexual ideology in new content for children, according to the Trafalgar Group’s new National Issues Survey on Disney, which was sponsored by the Convention of States Action. The poll found that more than 69 percent of respondents said they were likely to support “family-friendly alternatives” to Disney.

The survey comes after an executive producer admitted to advancing a “not-at-all-secret gay agenda” to insert queerness into children’s animation during a Disney staff meeting on Florida’s Parental Rights in Education legislation last month.

“Our leadership over there has been so welcoming to my, like, not-at-all-secret gay agenda,” said Latoya Raveneau, an executive producer for Disney Television in a video obtained by journalist Christopher Rufo. “I was just, wherever I could, just basically adding queerness. . . . No one would stop me and no one was trying to stop me.”

The poll found 85.3 percent of Republicans said they are less likely to continue using Disney products, while 72.5 of independents and 48.2 percent of Democrats said the same.

Almost 78 percent of Republicans, 72 percent of independents and 59 percent of Democrats said they would support a family-friendly alternative to Disney.

https://news.yahoo.com/disney-stock-drops-florida-republicans-122704957.html 

Hope that CEO enjoys his cold mug of STFU.
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DrMaddVibe
4 years ago
Another take on the matter...


How Florida's Disney-Loving Corporate Welfare Helps Crush Real Market Freedom



Florida’s government is poised to revoke the Disney corporation’s longstanding cronyist, anti-competitive special favors that the state granted to the corporation nearly five decades ago. As of Thursday afternoon, both the House and the Senate in Florida have voted to end the mega-corp’s special district which has long enabled Disney to engage in activities prohibited to other private groups and individuals in the state. The governor is expected to sign the legislation.

The impending change in status comes after senior Disney representatives repeatedly criticized the GOP in Florida—currently the ruling party in the state—for legislation that had nothing to do with Disney’s ability to do business in the state. Perhaps not surprisingly, this caused numerous GOP officials to question why Disney was receiving special privileges denied even to Disney’s direct competitors. In the past, Disney would normally be shielded from dangers to its special status, as Disney has famously showered politicians in the state with gifts and campaign cash and other types of special favors that normal people would identify as bribes. Many of the same people who are now voting to repeal Disney’s special status have accepted such “gifts” in the past. But for whatever reason, the political landscape has changed enough in recent years that it appears to many policymakers that it is now more politically rewarding to punish Disney rather than cater to its whims. The effort to strike back at Disney was likely also fueled by national politics and the fact that Disney has long been a platform for leftwing politics through its media outlets like ABC and ESPN.

The situation has led to some strange political rhetoric and bedfellows. The GOP is now being accused of being “anti-business” while dissenting Democrats appear to have suddenly become laissez-faire capitalists, pontificating on the virtues of low taxes and leaving corporations alone to manage their own affairs.

But does revoking Disney’s special status really constitute an attack on markets or on private property? That depends on how one looks at it. Let’s first look at what privileges Disney enjoys in Florida. The special district, called Reedy Creek, was established in 1967, and allows Disney corporation to function with no local government oversight on its San Francisco-sized property outside Orlando. The special status means Disney can issue tax exempt bonds and build new development without having to deal with any local government obstacles to development such as zoning laws.

Supporters of the global conglomerate often describe this situation as some sort of favor to the taxpayers. For example, CNBC frames the special district as an arrangement to “established by the Florida legislature so Disney could develop the infrastructure for Walt Disney World at no cost to Florida taxpayers.” In reality, of course, this infrastructure exists—and only exists—to funnel paying customers into Disney’s theme parks. It would be absurd to expect taxpayers to pay for this sort of development under any circumstances, and this could be ensured without a special district like Reedy Creek.

But perhaps the most important aspect of the special district is that none of Disney’s competitors enjoy a similar arrangement. At least one GOP legislator has noted this in defending the new bill, pointing out that Universal, Seaworld, and Legoland have not been granted their own special districts. And these are just the existing competitors who could muster up the capital necessary to compete with Disney on an uneven playing field designed to favor Disney. It’s impossible to know how many other entertainment venues and private owners might have also been able to compete in Orlando had Disney not sucked all the air out of the local market with its cronyist deal.

Consequently, Universal has operated at a disadvantage for its entire existence in Orlando. Unlike Disney, Universal must deal with local ordinances, local zoning laws, and can’t enjoy the benefits of tax-free bonds.

For example:

Reedy Creek's control of its own zoning and building codes is the most important advantage Disney has among tourist destinations in Central Florida.

Take Universal Studios Florida, for example. Planning for USF began in the early 1980s, but it wasn't until around 1986 that the plans for the park were officially announced. In what must have been a remarkable coincidence, Disney announced plans for their own movie-themed park in 1987.

But despite Universal having a sizable head start on Disney, Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) opened first in 1989. Universal Studios Florida didn't open its doors until 1990.

It’s possible, of course, that Disney’s plans proceeded more quickly than Universal’s due to better internal management. But it’s also quite plausible—even likely—that Disney was able to push through its development at a much faster speed that its competitors due to its special legal status.

In other words, by picking and choosing who gets a special district and who doesn’t, the legislature is in the business of picking winners and losers in the theme park business. Viewed this way, removing Disney’s special status constitutes nothing more than ending a longstanding policy of using the coercive power of the state to hurt Disney’s competitors. Disney, of course, is fine with this arrangement and would surely lobby—and likely already has lobbied—to prevent any of its competitors from enjoying similar advantages.

In other words, Disney’s special deal acts as a tax on everyone else in the form of enhancing Disney’s monopoly power and preventing consumers from realizing the benefits of competition. It’s all just the usual sort of corporate welfare scheme we’ve long seen in the form of “economic development” policies favored by governments for decades. These policies favor certain large, powerful businesses, but won’t extend the same favors to smaller businesses and competitors. Then, the corporate shills and their friends in the legislature or city council take credit for “jobs created” as if the economy would not have grown were the laws not written to favor a select few. These deals use phrases like “low taxes” and “free markets” but really have nothing to do with laissez faire or free markets. They’re about sweetheart deals for the politically well-connected.

When we understand this we see Disney’s Reedy Creek deal for what it is and has always been.

Admittedly, the whole thing makes die hard consistent free market people uncomfortable. We hate to see taxes raised or government control enhanced over a private enterprise which Disney—for the most part—still is. But there’s an unseen factor here as well. The unseen is how much private enterprise has been prevented, stifled, and shunted aside by writing laws to favor a single corporation. How much would the public benefit from other competitors in the Orlando area? How much less might have consumers paid for tickets at Disney parks had Disney not been able to legislatively keep competitors out of the marketplace? We’ll never know.

https://mises.org/wire/how-floridas-disney-loving-corporate-welfare-helps-crush-real-market-freedom 

Now, we'll begin to find out. Are ticket prices going to drop? Doubt it. You can bet that the other parks and their management chains are smiling right now. Big toothy smiles because the mouse is DOA now.
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8trackdisco
4 years ago

Indeed, I try to avoid doing business with companies that are apparently so profitable they can spend money on "woke" projects and not return it to investors or improve their business or services.

Gene363 wrote:




^

This. Exactly this.
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HockeyDad
4 years ago

Le Hockey dad, read again I said Disney, not Disney World in regards to the economy. Disney could easily leave Florida if they chose to.

Speyside2 wrote:




I would like to see that moving truck! I’d pay admission.

Disney is not going anywhere. Disney World is not going anywhere.
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DrMaddVibe
4 years ago
I bet that dumbass CEO with the big mouth is going somewhere though.

DeSantis should get a wheelbarrow to haul his balls around in and take the whole family to Disney World!

EPIC WIN!
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DrMaddVibe
4 years ago
'I APPLAUD HIM FOR HAVING THE BACKBONE': Disney Employee Running for Congress Backs DeSantis


Florida congressional candidate and current Disney employee Jose Castillo spoke with Fox & Friends First about the ongoing feud between Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company. The Florida legislature is set to revoke Disney World’s special tax privileges in response to CEO Bob Chapek’s vow to fight against Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law. Castillo applauds DeSantis for standing up to the house of Mouse.

“There’s a lot of controversy right now and a lot of people in the media will say Governor DeSantis is going after Disney but it’s actually the other way around. Disney has been going after our laws and going after Governor DeSantis,” Castillo says. “When they came out with the statement saying they’re going to repeal that law, you got to read between the lines. They said their goal was to achieve that —to achieve that goal they have to get rid of Republicans.”

“I applaud the Governor for having the backbone to stand up to corporations like this and to protect children in Florida.”

https://hannity.com/media-room/i-applaud-him-for-having-the-backbone-disney-employee-running-for-congress-backs-desantis/ 

Revenge? Nope.

Florida played defense and won.
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Sunoverbeach
4 years ago
If you want some pu$$y, you'll talk all that sh1t with them. 'Hey, yeah, sure,, the cosmos.. sure..'
- RP
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Dg west deptford
4 years ago
So what's everyone's put option play on DIS?

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rfenst
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4 years ago

Disney wants to say gay in a bill that restores family rights and gets caught in a bear trap of their own demise. You want to be gay, be gay. Don't push it on children. That's not cool and that's over the limits.

They don't deserve the "special rights" they have and the state should take them away. Disney will be just fine. What are they going to do...move Disney World??? 😁

Trying to deride the governor by signing into law they showed who and what they are...

https://nypost.com/2022/03/30/disney-producer-cops-to-adding-queerness-to-animated-shows/ 

https://nypost.com/2022/04/13/ex-espn-star-jason-whitlock-blasts-disney-for-feminizing-sports/ [/i]

Well, They want a full court assault on families? They got one. Does Universal, Sea World and Busch Gardens have these same rights? That sounds more like a monopoly to me than anything by an organization that has wielded its sword over the heads of Central Florida for far too long.


DeSantis Announces Special Legislative Session Will Debate Removal of Disney World Special Districting Status in Florida


Jumpin’ ju-ju bones, Governor Ron DeSantis detonated a thermonuclear political bomb on the Disney Corporation today.

A special legislative session has been called to approve the new congressional districting map. However, in an unexpected announcement, the Florida governor said that, in addition to a new congressional map they’re voting on, lawmakers “will be considering termination of all special districts that were enacted in Florida prior to 1968, and that includes the Reedy Creek Improvement District.”

As NBC notes, “The Reedy Creek Improvement District in the Orlando area shields Disney from local government regulations and from local property taxes, which could be worth as much as $200 million per year, by one lawmaker’s estimate. Legislators in both chambers predicted the legislation — which could end the 55-year-old taxing district next summer — would pass by Friday.” WATCH:



DeSantis knows he has a sky-high approval rating in the state, and he is moving fast while the public still has the cultural antagonism and political weaponization by the Disney Corporation in the headlines.

The Disney Corporation previously announced they were going to fund political attacks against the Florida Legislature for creating laws that protect children from sex predators in schools. Disney openly announced they support grooming efforts by teachers in K-3 education to sexualize children and discuss gender identity issues for children under 9-years-old without parental consent.

Ron DeSantis and the Florida Republican Legislature are about to deliver big revenge against Disney for that decision. In the political, cultural and all things corporate business world inside Florida, the removal of Disney’s special district status is huge.

(NBC , FLORIDA) – […] The prospect of the Legislature taking such a direct shot at Disney, the state’s largest private employer and traditionally one of the most powerful political players in the Florida capital, was unthinkable until the DeSantis era.

“This is a governor who is willing to buck your traditional elite establishment and corporate America,” Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls said. “And maybe that’s a difference in politics over the last 20 years, but I think that we’re starting to live in this really unique time.”

DeSantis is in a uniquely powerful position as governor. His favorability ratings are so high in the GOP that they rival those of former President Donald Trump’s in Florida, according to polls. If Trump doesn’t run for president in 2024, polls suggest, DeSantis is well positioned to be his heir apparent in two years as an early front-runner for the Republican Party’s nomination.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-asks-legislature-consider-eliminating-disneys-rcna25012 )

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/04/19/desantis-announces-special-legislative-session-will-debate-removal-of-disney-world-special-districting-status-in-florida/ 


Remember the Disney CEO has stated he won't stop until the Parental Rights bill is repealed. Read that slowly. The head of Disney wants to groom your children and is pissed that a state is taking steps to block that. No, Disney can take a leap into a gator pond during mating season.

DrMaddVibe wrote:



Well, at least we know know how you feel about free speech.

And, what would the burden be on Orange County?
You think it wants the responsibility and costs?
Tourism is our number one industry and DeSantis isn't helping by this crap.
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