Steve
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
> I heard the Economist wags the other night speaw the
> old mantra of "Buy American"--sadly I don't think the
> below was a parody of any sort.
>
> --- Lawrence <lawrence at krubner.com> wrote:
> > From: "Stephen E Philion" <philion at hawaii.edu>
> > > This is too much, but for a suggestion from a
> > reader in Honolulu's
> > > Honolulu Advertiser: Then again, it beats
> > 'retaliate with the military'
> > > ideas that have been floated thus far...
> > >
> > > I say, go shopping. It's obvious that the
> > terrorists were intent on
> > > disrupting the biggest, most powerful economy on
> > Earth.
> > > Fatalistic economists say the attacks could push
> > the United States into an
> > > official recession. The only thing that had been
> > > keeping us in the black, they tell us, was
> > consumer confidence.
> > > We can't afford to have our confidence shaken. The
> > world can't afford it.
> > > Citizens were the victims in this act of war, and
> > citizens must be the
> > > soldiers fighting back ... with our credit cards
> > and checkbooks.
> > > Keep the economy alive. It's the patriotic thing
> > to do.
> > > Monique Cole
> >
> > I assume this is some kind of parody. I find it in
> > very bad taste. The WTC
> > bombing is a horrible subject for this kind of campy
> > humor.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Kevin Dean
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