McDonald's and Disney reuniting

Texas84

Texas84

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mickEblu said:
Wait, you re a Southerner? From what state? Would you mind contributing to my Road trip to WDW thread? I’ve always wanted to try all the delicious bbq, fried chicken and different foods from the South. I’m planning a road trip from California to WDW mostly through the South. Basically combining two bucket list things on the same trip. I’m thinking Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia (possibly Tennessee, Kentucky and the Carolinas too).

Where should I eat?

You could just answer here btw.
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If you make it to Macon, Georgia here's two places I always take out of towners:

Satterfield's BBQ, only open for lunch. 1030-330 I think.

H&H Restaurant where the Allman Brothers used to eat. Southern soul food. Breakfast and lunch.

You can also visit the 'Big House' museum if you're into that.
http://www.thebighousemuseum.com/
 
spock8113

spock8113

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Rich T said:
Saw "The Founder." It put me off McDonald's for about 5 minutes. The Founder won't make any impact in future burger sales. One, it's not a very engaging movie. Two, everyone leaves the film feeling bad for the McDonald's Brothers, but you end up disliking the Ray Kroc character, not the current company. Three, look at what's happening in modern politics on any given day. A decades-old bad-show business deal is the last thing on anyone's mind.
(EDIT) This would be like those people who try to avoid any Disney products (very hard to do these days) because Walt Disney's political leanings didn't/don't match their own. Such a stance ignores all the good that's come from the company and, in the end, has no impact on the company's success.
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Hey Rich,
Have you seen Justin Scarred call Olaf, Zoloft? That makes me laugh out loud!

I dislike the company because of Ray Kroc.
I'm not sure I really see a large broadcast of Disney's political leanings. While they may be mildly Conservative, it's not something they seem to bloviate about. That's their business, literally and figuratively.
I simply mean that it's a past practice where Disney and McD's have business relationships that usually fizzle like those fries that are so good!
Look at Animal Kingdom or the Fry Stand by the Pecos Bills. They (D & McD) were connected at the hip and suddenly not.

I see you've watched the Founder but I would seriously suggest "Blackfish."
Nothing to do at all with Disney, but it gives you a look under the carpet of all the good SeaWorld did for Orcas and their employees.
 
Darkbeer1

Darkbeer1

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https://www.quora.com/What-were-Walt-Disneys-political-views

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According to the biographies I've read, Walt's political beliefs tended to lean conservative for most of his adult life - which made an interesting contrast with his father, who was an avowed Socialist. Walt's political leanings were fairly liberal early in his life, most likely due to his father's influence, but he became more conservative as time went on; while he mentioned voting for FDR in the 1936 presidential election, from about 1940 on Walt tended to support Republican candidates. He made donations to the Republican Party, and could count notable Republicans such as Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan as friends. The ill will engendered by the 1941 Studio strike worked to solidify his conservative beliefs; after the strike, Walt expressed that Communist sympathizers were responsible for fomenting the ill will that led to the strike as well as causing the strike itself.

While Walt's politics were conservative, for the most part Walt kept his political beliefs to himself, with a few notable exceptions; for example, he joined the anti-Communist and anti-Fascist (and allegedly anti-Semitic) Motion Picture Alliance in the mid-1940s. Another notable exception occurred when Walt received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and he wore a small button showing support for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater under his lapel. For the most part, he didn't impose his political beliefs on others or go after people who worked for him who were more liberal than he was, unless they were strident about it. People who worked for Walt were sometimes warned by others to avoid openly expressing liberal political sympathies in Walt's presence.

Animator and Disney Legend Ward Kimball used to tell the story that he supported Upton Sinclair when he ran for governor of California in 1934, but was warned by his fellow animators to remove the Sinclair sticker from his car to avoid the wrath of Walt. Ward kept working for Walt for many years after in spite of Ward's being far more liberal than Walt, although Ward mentioned that their political differences sometimes made Ward feel uncomfortable.<<
 

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