I have not been ignoring all of you, I forgot to post that we were going to The Most Expensive Happiest Place On Earth. You guessed it, Disney World. We had so much fun, but I must say this place is a rip off. Disney World plays on the love parents have for their children. If you love your children you will take them to Disney World and give all your money to Mickey and his friends. Disney World is the acme of capitalism, consumerism, and branding. We ate Disney popcorn, Disney burgers, and Disney Grapes. At the age of 79, I think Mickey Mouse has done pretty well for himself, and is by far the richest rodent on earth.
Which reminds me: There is a documentary film entitled “What Would Jesus Buy” that explores the commercialism of Christmas, and inundation of our children with material gifts. It’s produced by the maker of Super Size Me, so it should be incredibly funny, and satirical.
Anyway here are some pictures from our trip, and I posted these for Lisa C, who appreciated the more personal side of blogging.
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Comment made on 11/20/2007 @ 02:37
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Looks like fun times! But yes, that place is where money goes to die!
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Marcus Langford
Comment made on 11/20/2007 @ 18:13
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big business is notorious for “ripping” people off through self-branding. it has always been this way and will continue to be that way. i posted an article on ezinesarticles.com about the power of self-branding and used donald trump in an example to show how his methods in self-branding and self-promoted are some of the best around. there is simply no way that we can really be mad at these company’s for using their names to cash in millions and even billions per year. any person in their right mind would be doing this as it is a brilliant strategy; h_ll i am doing it myself-lol.
and christmas…do not even get me started on how much of rip of this “holiday” has become. besides my religious upbringing, another reason i do not and would not celebrate christmas is because of it commercialism. what the h_ll does some fat bamma in a red suit got to do with christ!? i mean if you are going to falsify the purpose of a holiday, at least keep it consistent; santa claus didn’t walk alongside christ during his existence and she sure as h_ll wasn’t around when mary birthed christ. christmas and what it stands for these days is just an utter mess and i am sure jesus is not pleased with how people use his undetermined birthday to make billions of dollars.
MARCUS
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Marcus Langford
Comment made on 11/20/2007 @ 18:14
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oh…and forgive me sis, you all did take very lovely pics. i guess i too missed the point of your post and i do apologize. you all look extremely happy and despite the wealthy rodent possibly being the greatest four-legged con artist, you just gotta love good ol’ mick.
MARCUS
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Jay a.k.a. Dat
Comment made on 11/20/2007 @ 22:09
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hey, i was wondering where you were at since i didnt see any updates recently. but i STILL haven’t been to disneyWORLD but i’ve been to disneyLAND but i heard it’s definitely not the same. but hope you had fun! more pics! more pics!
by the way, yea, all my poems are originals… hope you enjoy them…
Jay
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MG
Comment made on 11/20/2007 @ 22:17
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I think Disney has the monopoly on children’s entertainment, and yes that is one smart rat. I can and we all can learn a lot from Disney, but at the same time take some extra money if you really want to have fun.
Don’t get me started on Santa Claus, it’s creepy that people tell their kids this guy lives up there, and sees all, and knows all, and judges our behavior. Hmmm…that sounds very familiar…oh yes that sounds like God. So no, in my house hold we do not believe in Santa (which is Satan if you switch a few letters, coincidence I don’t know, but it freaks me out). We do not decorate a Christmas tree, and we commit to giving on a community level to teach our kids the importance of the holiday. Christmas is suppose to be about Christ, but some how Christ is getting pushed out. Soon we will be saying Happy Mas!
Happy Mas!
@ Marcus: I’m not offended; I like open dialogue. Besides if I don’t like what you have to say I can just press delete. J/K Keep It Coming!!!
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MG
Comment made on 11/20/2007 @ 22:24
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@Dat: Disneyland is just another amusement park compared to Disney World. Although I did see Orange Juice Jones and Debarge perform at Disneyland when I was 9.
Thanks, for answering my question. I’ll leave more comments on your poem now that I know they are originals.
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Deezee
Comment made on 11/21/2007 @ 16:27
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[Note From MG]: Dear Deezee,
If you can take the time to type your blog address, then you should take the time to leave comments. Only contributing bloggers can advertise in the comments. Thanks
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TIgga76
Comment made on 11/25/2007 @ 20:33
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I’m glad that somebody finally said it! Disney world is out to rape us for all of our dignity at the expense of “love”. Love is definitely on sale in America. Disney is not the only one though, its the whole system. Valentines day, Sweetest Day, Halloween, Christmas, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday. Every freaking day is for sale. You can’t even drive by a Mc Donalds without a one year old pointing and crying. But as long as you had fun. lol.
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Shelia
Comment made on 12/03/2007 @ 16:37
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You have a very beautiful family. My daughter is a sophomore in college now and my son in high school, so I’m out of the kid entertainment business. But I found out what you’re discovering years ago. And you know what the worst part about it is? You don’t have a lot of options if you choose to vacation this way with your children. We just wrote it into our summer budget, cried and went for the ride.
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