Disney: The Mouse Betrayed

Book Description

The dark shadow of America's entertainment giant.

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Scary. A MUST READ for Parents Considering a Disney Trip........2007-08-20

Forget the political propaganda some posters are trying to attach to this book. It isn't only for Conservatives or "right-wingers". Truth has no political ties. Everyone has a right to know of the horrors Disney has been covering up for years.

These facts weren't taken from one source. They aren't a product of the author's imagination. The author did his homework. He dug deeply into Disney's hidden secrets by talking with a ton of employees, many who weren't afraid to be named. He (author) includes dozens of documents that Disney tried to hide - documents that expose the child molesters hired to entertain your children.

Though Disney knows about unsafe conditions in their amusement park they do nothing. The pending lawsuits from deaths or serious injury are cheaper to deal with than the cost of repairing the dangers. It's all about profit and greed.

Even if only half of this book is the absolute truth you have an obligation to inform yourself. You and your children may be at serious physical and emotional risk. If you go to Disney World and get hurt, don't sign anything and don't let the older kids wander off by themselves, not even for a second.

Read the book and judge for yourself the presented facts .

Poisonous.......2007-07-22

I bought this as an impulse buy, confusing it for Stewart's "Disney War." It took me about a page and a half to figure out it was actually right-wing propaganda written with the intent of furthering a Christian-based agenda to tear down the Disney empire for having had the audacity to get "too big."

I worked at the Disney studios of the 90's as well as the theme park of the 80's. I was like many a mystified "Disnoid," having been raised to believe that if you wish upon a star you could get anything you wanted, and that you were always the star of the movie. Working at the parks deconstructed my concept of a world of "magic" and working for the studio instructed me on the ways and means of big corporations. Growth usually comes with pain but it's necessary. There's nothing less attractive than a grown adult stubbornly refusing to leave the world of childhood fantasy. I was bitter and cynical for a long time after my experiences and would have written a book similar in (initial) intent as the Schweizers, had I not grown up. Reading this book actually made me re-examine my bitterness and take the side of the Disney corporation. It is just a business after all.

The Schweizers will try to convince you that Disney is "bad," using a bar for measuring badness that they assume their readers share. It's interesting to read about the things they criticize from a different perspective. An example--I had an accident while working at the park in the 80's and was amazed at the efficient way the company handled it. As a guest I would not have wanted to see someone stumbling around with a bloody head waiting for an ambulance, nor did I have any right to sue, as might have happened today. They whisked me away to a hospital and compensated me fairly, one time, for something that should not have happened but was, after all, an accident. Would the Schweizers be happier if everything stopped while stretchers were paraded through the park every time something happened?

Of course much of the book is concerned with perversion, much of it centering on the "obvious" shared traits of pedophiles and the "gay mafia" that had a stronger presence in the Disney corporation than it currently holds. The ideas the Schweizers are trying to sell--something along the lines of if you go to Disneyland you're likely to be sodomized--would be disturbing if they weren't so ridiculous (quote: "some cross-dressers even tried to hold their OWN parade down Main Street, but it never got fully organized," ha ha). And the presentation--there's even a warning at the beginning of one of the chapters--is done in that "can you BELIEVE this?" style that makes Michael Moore's films so inflammatory. I found these chapters almost enjoyable on a salacious level--the Schweizers seem to take great glee in discussing the grittier, "naughty" topics, presenting just enough detail to entice the reader but withholding as much to make the reader curious, a good advertisement for the very thing they would condemn: "Just how bad ARE Larry Clark's movies/photos? I MUST know for MYSELF." Of course, in the Schweizer world the worst thing you can possibly do is be a man who loves other men. To quote the film "Victor/Victoria": "Kill him but mustn't kiss him."

There's rampant misinformation as the Schweizers bend facts to further their agenda, making these authors the ultimate hypocrites since the point of their book is to point out that this is what the Disney Corporation is doing. I know at least two of the people quoted in the book and their comments were not solicited; they were taken from public resources and quoted completely out of context. Hardly surprising since the foundation of many a Christian's religious belief system is based on this process. I know very few Christians who have slogged through the bible, even less who have taken the time and energy to research the meaning behind the book. With that in mind I did my best to give "Disney: The Mouse Betrayed" a thorough, unbiased and fair reading. There are sections that are well researched and present indisputable truths; ten years on the world has become more than aware that there was a lot of money-grubbing, greed, and deceit involved in the "Eisner" years of Disney. No one is really surprised anymore that big corporations deal in this sort of excess, even if they are organizations founded on providing family entertainment.

However, I find it interesting to note that Disney is still doing fairly well for all of that (and for better or worse) and that the Schweizers' book has faded into obscurity (it can be had for a buck twenty-five on this very page). Their would-be poisonous diatribe against The Mighty Goliath failed; the antidote, much like the cure for the obsessions of Christian fantaticism in general, was education and rationality.

A slap in the face for everyone who's EVER worked for Disney.......2006-11-02

I was looking through a friend's copy, and I've gotta say, the section I read on Disney's supposedly lax safety practices disgusted me. I work for the Mouse at Disneyland, and NEVER have I EVER in my backstage experience been given a reason to question my safety when I attend Disney as a guest. Far more damaging was my job in fast food to my desire to eat McDonalds. If anything, I feel more comfortable now knowing exactly how much care they put into the safety of their guests. There will be the occasional instance of human error or guest idiocy, but they do a superb job of minimizing them. For those who take a dim view of Disney's morals, perhaps it's because unsafe rides lead to accidents, which in turn lead to expensive, high-profile lawsuits.

This book, or at least that topic, which was all I could stomach reading, was full of half-truths, misleading statements, and occasionally outright falsehoods. I personally feel insulted, because I've now been unfairly deemed part of the profit-hungry scum of the earth.

A readable yet disconcerting account that tries to enlighten but leaves many questions murky .......2006-10-19

This volume sets a lofty goal of being a definative work about the failures of Walt Disney Corperation, but in spite of heart-felt emotive writing, the account left, at least this reader with little more clarification of disney practices than I had before reading it.

Some of the allegations seem credible and well backed by named sources and these should concern everybody especially the section of ride and guest safety, but the account breaks down in the credibility department when all the supposed sins of the various subsiduary companies are laid squarely at Disney's feet. I am not saying the company is inocent,just stating the fact that the book fails to make a very good case for castigating the parent company.

Too often first person disgruntalled employee accounts are treated as facts - which they may or may not be. The statistical section was very disappointing in that they used raw numbers without qualification. For example: The number of Disney injuries per employee in hotels compared to the average. The problem is that there are no qualifications of the raw data - consider for example that over a year a hotel staff caring for a hotel that averages a 75% occupancy is unliekly to have as many injuries as a hotel running near 100% occupany as many Disney hotels are. Clearly the more stressed the staff the greater the odds are of injury. Hence comparison of raw data can be misleading and once more the inron-clad evidence of the "Evil Disney" lacks the credibility that would convert the cynics.

Over all the book fails to deliever the material expected in a definative and unemotional manner. Disney may indeed be a mouse betrayed, but it nearly impossible to draw that conclusion based upon the data supplied (or not supplied) here, at least if one is to be intellectually honest

Interesting.......2006-08-15

This book, so far, is an interesting book. Although I haven't finished it yet, I find the information useful. The employee viewpoints and facts will make my next visit to Disney World a more cautious one.

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Disney - The Mouse Betrayed
Peter and Rochelle Schweizer
Manufacturer: Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc. 1998
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000P7J9MI

DISNEY. The Mouse Betrayed. Greed, corruption and children at risk.

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DISNEY. The Mouse Betrayed. Greed, corruption and children at risk.
Peter and Rochelle: Schweizer
Manufacturer: Prentice-Hall,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NWZQEU

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Excellent.......2006-05-20

This is a title that you must not miss if you are interesting in starting a career in the music industry. People have been trying for years to "crack the code" of the music industry and find out just how it's working. This book gets pretty close to revealing the entire picture, but another book has all the details in living color and explained easily, and that us Ty Cohen's "How To Make A Fortune In The Music Industry By Doing It Yourself: Your Personal Step-By-Step Guide To Having A Successful Career In The Music Business. ... To Sell Music, Book Shows And Get Noticed!" , a book that will paint the most complete picture of the music industry you'll ever see.

The business side of music. .......2005-01-04

First off this book has nothing to with recording music or mixing music or getting the best mix, a reviewer of this book said it was about that. This is misleading and I hope people don't believe his review. Like a sucker I did. But in a way I'm glad I bought the book. This is about the business side of music which a musician needs to understand. Look how many musicians have been taken advantage of in the past you know not paid, lied to, left with a $3000 debt on the bands PA system. This book deals with cash flow in the record and music publishing industries where a musicians prime source of income, writers royalties, publishing royalties,live performance in clubs. Here is a great example before 1977 if a bar owner hired a band and then refused to pay them there was no law to provide punishment to the infringer. I've heard stories of Jimi Hendrix not getting paid. However the laws revised. Now the performing rights to society were given the power to get an court injunction to stop infringers from using music at all. Most venues would lose their clientele without some music. Its now easy to collect payments from these reluctant clients. But there is alot more. How about partnerhip agreements. Anybody in a band is in partnership and must know the pitfalls. Great book on the business side of music. Although I know I will never get a recording contract, and alot this I don't need to know unless I plan on signing to a recording contract. Fascinating reading.

This book contains priceless advice for recording musicians........1997-10-17

With the music recording industry changing as fast as it is, one might not be inclined to turn to a reference that is now seven years old. Don't be turned off by its age: this book is as relevant to digital audio recording techniques as it is to the tape-based sytems it describes.

Inside, novices and experienced musicians will find a well-organized overview of the recording studio, the equipment used in recording and mixdown, and the techniques used by great sound engineers. Issues such as how and when to use destructive sound processing are covered in depth. Many not-so-obvious techniques are included that will help the reader develop a creative approach to recording. All this is presented in simple terms that don't require an engineering degree.

Highly recommended for the home studio owner and for commercial studio clients.

Marc Hoffman, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Sound Advice: The Musician's Guide to the Record Industry
Wayne Wadhams
Manufacturer: Schirmer Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8R9D4

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BradyGames’ Destroy All Humans! 2 Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

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In-depth weapons listing.
Game secrets revealed!

Platform: PS2 and Xbox

Genre: Action/Adventure

This product is available for sale worldwide.

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you need this.......2007-02-21

the game is great and if you have this guide it's the best.

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BradyGames' Destroy All Humans! Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

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Helpfull!.......2007-09-27

helpfull book, got me through a couple tough spots already, hard to find in the stores too!

Destroy All Humans Strategy Guide.......2005-08-04

After defeating the human race on my own, I purchased this book to seek out various DNA probes on the different levels. It turned out to be very helpful, and just kind of complete all the levels on a more thorough basis, as opposed to just beating the levels.

I highly recommend this book, especially if you get stuck. Some of these levels are tough, and I encourage you to try to win on your own, but if you find it too tough, this book is a must, and it comes in handy when seeking out the DNA probes. This game rules!!! And this book rules too!!!

Not Very Helpful At All.......2005-07-19

This strategy guide is really not necessary to play Destroy All Humans. First, the game is simple and the missions are self-explanatory. And second, if you suck at finding the hidden items, buy this or you may die. Otherwise, don't buy it. Plain and simple.

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BRAND NEW GUIDE FOR AND COVERS PLAYSTATION2 AND XBOX SYSTEMS.

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Whether you’re a current project manager seeking to validate the skills and knowledge acquired through years of practical experience or a newcomer to the PM field looking to strengthen your resume, the PMP certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) provides you with the means to do so. This new edition of the best-selling PMP: Project Management Professional Study Guide covers the 2005 updates to both the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and the PMP exam. Author Kim Heldman presents the material in a clear and accessible manner, taking you through the process groups in their logical order so you understand the parts and the whole equally well.

KEY TOPICS INCLUDE:

Project Initiation. Determining project goals, determining deliverables, determining process outputs, documenting constraints, documenting assumptions, defining strategies, producing formal documentation.

Project Planning. Refining a project, creating a WBS, developing a resource management plan, determining resource requirements, defining budgets, refining time and costs estimates, establishing project controls, obtaining plan approval.

Project Execution. Committing and implementing resources, managing and communicating progress, implementing quality assurance procedures.

Project Control. Measuring performance, refining control links, taking corrective action, evaluating effectiveness of corrective action, ensuring plan compliance, reassessing control plans, responding to risk event triggers, monitor project activity.

Project Closing. Obtaining acceptance of deliverables, documenting lessons learned, facilitating closure, preserving product records and tools, releasing resources.

Professional Responsibility. Ensuring integrity, contributing to knowledge base, balancing stakeholder interests, respecting differences.

Customer Reviews:

Boring to read, mediocre test questions, lowers confidence. .......2007-07-10

I started PMP study reading this book. It is almost as boring (and lengthy) to read as the PMBOK, endless repeats on what the inputs and outputs are. The test exams at the end of each chapter are frustrating - and the given answers often still leave you puzzled.
I changed to Rita Mulcahy's book - which was a MUCH easier read with a lot more practical and useful information. She also doesn't focus much on memorization, but understanding. The sample questions are very good and the answers give you a very good understanding.
After successfully passing mock exams, I tried the mock exam included on the CD with the KIM Heldman book. The questions were very lengthy and difficult to read (worse than the real PMP exam) and I didn't manage to get a good score on this mock exam - which was really bad for my confidence close to the exam. I decided to not look at it anymore and I passed the exam.

Good organization, beware of errors.......2006-11-17

I agree with the review by Albert, that there are numerous errors. The coverage mentioned in the title page of every chapter, leaves out some important topics covered within.

I would recommend this book to be read after attending a Instructor-led Training course, reading the PMBOK once, and reading Rita's book. Having such background will help to know the errors immediately.

On the positive side, this book is a good approach to organize the knowledge areas and process in a logical - real life order. The ongoing Kitchen Heaven Store project example provides a welcome break and a real-life manifestation of concepts.

Add to this, the sample exams and end of chapter summaries. I'll rate this 4-star and a good value for the money spent.

Too many errors, poor format, index lacking.......2006-08-14

I am studying for the PMP and have NOT sat for the test yet. I read this book (cover to cover), read the PMBOK-2005, and another book called 'PMP in Depth' (P. Sanghera).
I do not recommend the Sanghera book either (see my review on that book) but my comments on this book are this:
First, are the many blantant errors. Here are three examples of the many I found.
A) On page 191 it says "Interviewing" is not an official tool and technique of the Risk Identification process. This is not true (see PMBOK 11.2.2.2).
B)On page 254 it says that Activity Resource Estimating is an input to a process called "Human Activity Resource Estimating." This process does not exist in the PMBOK. The correct process is "Human Resource Planning." Further, this element is an input to two other processes not mentioned.
C) On page 263 it says Resource Limitations are NOT taken into consideration when conducting Schedule Network Analysis. The PMBOK (6.5.2.1) says that resource leveling is part of this tool and technique.
There are many other errors in this book (too numerous to mention here).
Second, the practice test questions are also riddled with errors. The danger in this kind of error is that the questions are tricky enough without putting the questions themselves into question.
Third, for me, the format of this book is not well suited to the way I learn (a personal point).
And fourth, the index is frustrating. Virtually all of the process inputs and outputs, and many of the tools & techniques, are missing -- it is structured for looking up process names.
On the positive side, I like the end of chapter summaries.

Best Reading to Pass PMP Exam.......2006-06-14

I bought and borrowed many books to study for the PMP exam and this was the BEST book, both in the material it covered and the way in which the material was presented. It is one of the few that take your through the project management process as you would really experience it, from project inception to closeout. Most other books geared toward the PMP exam organize the material based on the PMI knowledge areas, which have so much overlap it becomes confusing. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK. I passed the exam using this book and the quizes in Rita Mulcahy's PMP Exam Prep, which follows the knowlege areas.

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