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Don Rosa mentioned "his" Scrooge never went to college, wanting
to learn things on his own through hard work. It struck me today,
looking at and meditating on some of my students' miserable efforts in
various subjects, that there is a growing atmosphere in America that
Scrooge would find appalling: getting rich quick through lotteries,
gambling, or swindles. The fastest growing city in America right
now is Las Vegas, a city that is based on the "entertainment
industry", which should strike people as an odd phrase, but does
not.<br>
If Disney is closing its animation studio because it thinks the animation
style is at fault, Disney again is showing how out-of-touch it is.
Pixar Studios is a success <b>because of their stories</b>, not the
computer animation. "Brother Bear" was just not a very
compelling story, more politically correct eco-fable than an inventive
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