(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
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[Watch this space for: Pentagon and Petroleum, The Media is only as Liberal as the Corporations Who Own Them, Wash Down With, and Recalcify]
I say we try these unpatriotic fucks for treason. Why does ‘Dr.’ SavageWeiner hate America so much? What’s really fun is that it isn’t his fault that he rejected America- - it’s the lousy Japs who figured out how to “snag even
Patriots” like les Weiners Sauvages. Fucker drives a Ford for three years and thinks he’s goddamn Captain America. . .
The New York Times
January 8, 1992
To the Editor:
There in our driveway sits a testament to unpatriotism. Gleaming garnet color, moon roof, leather, compact disk player. Everything about it says "made in Japan." We set out to buy another Ford. We had two last week. We really do hate the trade deficit. We really do want to buy American (and did so three years ago with the Fords after years of Volvos, Volkswagens, even some beaten up but great old Jaguars).
. . .
Those who control the money dictate the terms by which they lend. The Japanese figured that by lending at a lower interest rate, they would snag even patriots like ourselves . . . . Before President Bush beats up on the Japanese for their success, he should try to remember what it's like when you have to pay for your own car.
JANET WEINER, MICHAEL WEINER
Tiburon, Calif., Dec. 28, 1991