[MD] The Gulfs between me and Disneyland

[Ian Glendinning]

Hi John,

As a Brit in the oil & gas business I am happy to declare an
"interest" ... but "interestingly" I blogged a post earlier today (ie
before your mail) about the TV immediacy of the details of the problem
facing BP. Like, I can't imagine any blue-chip-corporate entity
reacting "better" to the problem BP face on our behalfs. Anyone know
how to solve the problem better - please step forward. Shit happens,
and when the going gets tough, etc ... the spectators throw rocks;
anyway, I come neither to bury or even to praise Caesar ... damned
either way.

The point ... despite branding Disneyland / World the place I'd least
like to spend 10 hours, and despite calling Vegas the arsehole of the
planet more than once (and believe me I've used the corporate
conference facilities a dozen times, so I do know Vegas), I have to
say that the Bellagio fountain does have a certain Quality. Je ne sais
quoi, mais ... so much greater quality than that Buckingham
wedding-cake monstrosity in Chicago for example.

The knowledge of "immediate experience" is worth so much more than
second hand TV or theme park simulation.

Regards
Ian

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:40 PM, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:
> By "gulfs"  I'm intending you understand this pertains somewhat to a post I
> sent to Marsha a day or so back, of  two videos.
>
> One video was a beautiful work of art, a presentation of the power of the
> Gulf of Persia - the oil wealth spent on aesthetic excellence by the princes
> of Dubai. Fountains and colors in a water dance at night.  Reminded me of
> Las Vegas.
>
> The other, also with a certain aesthetic appeal, the gushing leak as the
> black blood of the dead poured and pours (live feed) into the gulf of
> Mexico, something we've all been bombarded with, especially now that the
> shit is actually ON the fan, the oil actually in the marsh, and tv cameras
> have something to show.  The black billowing clouds like a wound in the
> earth's epidermis, gushing.  Soon we'll have a band-aid on the whole thing
> and it will all be fine.
>
> I listen to the radio as I work, and right after the news report on the BP
> disaster, a commercial for McDonalds with a chirpy, chippy jingle came on
> and somehow, any potential angst over what mankind was doing to the planet
> seemed a bit ameliorated.  There might be problems in the world, but thank
> god we've got big macs whenever we want one.
>
> MMmmmmm...
>
> Those big soothing booby's in the sky, reassuring us that big nanny
> government has always solved our problems and always will.
>
> One Disney movie that couldn't get made today, is Pinnochio.    Great story,
> but today the whole point of "pleasure island" would fall flat, I'm afraid,
> with the executives who spend every waking moment beefing up the whole
> pleasure island concept, making it ritzier, glitzier and more attractive.
>
> And figuring out what to do with all the donkeys it produces.  Donkeys in
> the political sense of course.  What better course to creating a permanent
> political power structure than the enfeebling of mass intellect and the
> castration of human genius?  Also in the news, we now a bigger public
> economy than a private one.  Government programs or pensions or paychecks
> account for more of our economy than the private sector.  Hmmm... I wonder
> how long that can last?
>
> Maybe we can figure out a way to run Disneyland on donkey meat and keep the
> whole thing going a while longer.
>
> And install great big fans in Orlando, to help blow back the smell of the
> dead tides.
>
> Glad you had a nice vacation there Ron.  Might as well make the best of it
> while it lasts.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upstKiNnhkU&feature=related
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