Tuesday Shutters
THIS story is all the rage in the Catholic blogosphere.
We’re appealing to members of the diocese who respect God’s teachings of love and compassion of all creatures to halt the inhumane deer killing.
Talk about “big tent Catholicism.” Wow.
Real Clear Politics’ Tom Bevan ADDRESSES what he describes as the erroneous “Bush factor.”
It looks like the “rule” that undecideds always break disproportionately for the challenger proved true Missouri, but not in Montana. In any case, it’s impossible to say how much Bush’s last-minute visits had to do with the outcome in either of these races.
Basically, I think he’s saying that Chuck TODD is being inconsistent. Not that he’s lying, or even that he’s wrong. But that the evidence he’s using seems to be switching sides.
The Libby STORY has gone under the radar. Way under. In fact, a radar that could track this story probably hasn’t even been invented yet. But it’s still interesting.
“It is doubtful that anyone committed an ‘underlying crime’ here,” Libby’s lawyers wrote. “The government’s investigation began as an effort to discover which government officials had ‘leaked’ Ms. Wilson’s affiliation with the CIA to Mr. Novak. After years of overheated media speculation that Ms. Wilson’s identity had been publicly revealed as part of a White House plot to wreak revenge on her husband, Mr. Armitage (who was no White House ally) finally confirmed in August 2006 that he was Mr. Novak’s primary source.”
Libby’s attorneys said Fitzgerald has perpetuated the notion that Libby was the source and said the former aide should be allowed to tell jurors that he was not - and thus had no reason to lie to the FBI or grand jury.
“Members of the jury will have heard for years that Mr. Libby leaked classified information about Valerie Wilson’s affiliation with the CIA, due to inaccurate reports in the press,” defense attorneys wrote. “Indeed, the government has contributed to the likely misimpressions that potential jurors will have about this case.”
Fitzgerald has not specifically commented on that allegation. In court papers, he has argued that the upcoming trial should not be a forum to debate the leak itself or question why Libby was charged and others weren’t.
Seems fair enough.
And THIS is a great Jim Hill article.
Of course, to really understand Lasseter’s decision, you have to realize that “Enchanted” (I.E. Walt Disney Studios’ big release for the 2007 holiday season) features a score by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz. And that this Kevin Lima film — just like “The Frog Princess” is supposed to do — uses traditional animation to tell the story of a Disney Princess who finds herself in a rather unusual situation. And let’s not forget that Glen Keane’s “Rapunzel” is still also out there in the bushes, waiting to show the world what a CG version of a Disney Princess will look like.
So let’s say that you’re the new head of WDFA. And you know that — even though it’s been 15 years since Disney Feature Animation produced a fairy tale (I.E. 1992’s “Aladdin”) — you’ve now got three (count ‘em, three) movies that prominently feature princesses that the Mouse is bringing to the market within the same three year period. So what do you do to make sure that movie-goers will be able to differentiate between these three somewhat similiar projects? So that your critics won’t be able to say “Disney’s just repeating itself. They keep trotting out the same old tired thing” ?
Well, for starters, you make sure that “Enchanted,” “Rapunzel” and “The Frog Princess” don’t have a common composer. Which is why Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz are handling the music for Kevin Lima’s movie, Jeanine Tesoriis writing songs for Glen Keane’s directorial debut and Randy Newman just got assigned to work with John Musker & Ron Clements.
More to the point, Lasseter realizes what’s really riding on “The Frog Princess.” Which is the revival of traditional animation at Walt Disney Studios. If this picture tanks, traditional may never get another shot at the Mouse House. Which is why John is taking no chances with this Ron’n'John production.
Check out some of the comments. Those people get really heated. Makes it seem almost political.
