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OPINION    February 26,1986
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Yesterday's tacky could be today's trendy U.S. 'travel agent' for despots
      that dreaded day when the wrong person       Initially, people wont know how to   you know what you're doing. Ferdinand Marcos fled Manila yester-   elite leaders who had to quit because the   one when he did. A zonk was waiting   other vulturous journalists .
Styroculture
KIRK BIGUONE
America is obsessed with being fashion¬
able. It's become a sickness that robs peo¬
ple of character and  originality. The
oved out and left it," and "My grand-
irents left it to me in their will" are corn-
on excuses. Instead of lying, leant help
jt feel we'd live in a better society if we'd
I turn to our neighbors and admit, "1
wn a mood ring. IVe got it hidden in my
ie -60s, everyone owned a lava lamp. Now
3 one does. Where have they all gone?
I y guess is people are hiding them in fear
imeone might find out they own one
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lamp. Display i
ably on lop of the television).
Initially,
light assume
joke. After your friends realize how serious
you are about your lava lamp, youll be
surprised to find out how many of them
actually have their own. Soon all your
friends will have lava lamps. A whole new
trend started by one person with the cour¬
age to admit they own something that's
blatantly tacky.
Plastic lawn ornaments work on the
same principles as lava lamps. They used
to be quite popular but now most surbur-
ban middle-class types would like to believe
they're above plastic squirrels and flamin¬
gos. Yet I have to believe that if the right
family in the right neighborhood had the
conviction to stand up and say, "Lawn
great pair of bright red pants
with white pin stripes 1 try to wear at least
once a year. Inevitably, someone will ask
me where 1 got them. I usually lie and say
"Macy's." The response is always a wor¬
ried look followed by a question like. "Is
this something new 1 don't know about?"
With a little work, bell bottoms will be
Partridge Family records and play them
instead. You'll be surprised to find out
how many of your friends know all the
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Ferdinand Marcos fled Manila yester-   elite leaders who had to quit because the one when he did. A. zonk was waiting other "vulturous journalists .are luck ma
day.conirtesyoftheUnitedStateswhichis    pressure was too much. He joins ranks behind doors number two and three, and every other 4ory they can out ol M.nilm.
slowly turn.ng into a travel agent tot    with.notonly Baby Doc.but IdiAmin.the the* werent nearly as UrrVe as Monty The Philippine, is making„_,, cony for
-   ,ki    i~:,„r,      Mxrros   itinerary will    bhahof Iran, AnastasioSomosa and even Hall's oversized furniture. The pro-Aquino us all right now, but even HI have to admit
« days at Camp    Richard Nixon. Tricky Dick was lucky forces were ready to put into practice what that it Will get old soon. Ted Koppel needs
u~—to jump the border they had learned in their ROTC classes. to come back to the states and discu_
probably include a
is getting u
Island to drink liters of Mescal with Baby the way everyone else did! Plus he made
Doc.Duvalier — and 1 want to be there, few bucks off his memoirs. Only in Amer- positions
'°°- ica can someone quit probably the most Jimmy H
Marcos'days were numbered since elec- powerful position in the world and write a bail out t
tion days and he had to skip town like book on it. I'd love to ramble about Nix- you kno<
Baby Doc did because there was nothing on's twisted reality but that is another sub- do.
better to do. Marcos was lucky. The Fil- ject for another'time. Marco
ipinos were turning into savages and were        Nixon will .probably take Pat to Vesco Philippit
ready to pick his bones clean. to Console the two recently fallen leaders, their toll
According to news reports, the U.S. Pat will probably just sip soda water, affection
was ready on Monday to move Marcos Rumor is that she's beenon thewagonfor "tic.
out of the country. They ended up using a while. And Nixon doesnt seem the type And th
the ol' helicopter trick to move him out. to do shots, so hell probably have a mar- defected
Gee, where have they used that one before? garita on the rocks without salt. only difference in the two administrate
Anyhow. Marcos now joins a group of       Marcos is lucky he chose door number will be Marcos for Cory. If things w<
shaky before, who's to say they wont
powerful,? other issues like workfare and ct	
late. I bet if The United Slates' interests are pretty
ver again, heAi secure anyhow. Rent will probably in-
r his head — if crease, but the Philippine people know the
id I think you value of a dollar. Especially the millions
spent by military personnel stationed in
old to run the    the Philippines.
tars had taken       The only people who will lose by Mar-
as she is being   cos leaving is the military that supported
ung and ideal-    him. Latest reports had the military split
between support for Marcos and Cory,
w Marcos supporters will be as wel-
ne as a Jewish ACLU lawyer at a Ku
ix Klan rally. Military supporters who
ieved in Marcos are probably prepar-
BLOOM COUNTY
by M__fcg Breathed
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tiling tl
ig Ron Reagan. Uncle George (Shult.
not Boy George Bush) a '
old'timers will overlook the fact that Cory
hasn't really been officially elected yet.
Thc elections that Marcos claimed to have
won were twisted, but Cory hasn't partici¬
pated ina fairelection because those were
definitely unfair.- She should reschedule
"new and improved" administration.
The whole situation needs to be settled
once and for all because the networks and
CIA Direc
bly hold interviews for pi
of the   Nicaragua and Angola.
I'm packing my bags and plan
head to Tijuana before 1 leave "
Island. Mescal is $12 a liter here and only
$5 over the border, just in case it's bring
Baby Doc missed Mardi Gras
ir Vesco
. tun
king any cl
Writer defends ROTC leader
story called "The Life ol
Bad At The Bottom of
Letters
to the editor
Editor:
This letter is in response to both the
article that appeared in the Insight and the
response, by Mr. Warner on Feb. 24.
1986. about his unpleasant experiences
wilh the Army R.O.T.C. program. First
of all. I would like .to set the record
straight on the proper spelling of Capt.
MeWhinney's name and somewhat see
this (sic) as a grotesque error.
Secondly, Mr. Warner, as you stated in
your letter on the 24th. which seemed like
numerous offers to gain a direct commis¬
sion instead of going through the R .O.T.C.
program, then why didnt you do il and
quityourcomplaining'.' But, NO! It seems
after your inability 10 "cut lhc mustard" in
Ihe program, you had your contract ter-
request of a repayment of funds
people I've talked to about this,
childish. Come on Mr. Warnei
college now! Capt.  MeWhini
you 1
though they had that right.
It seems as though they were willing to
Lit the subject to rest and let you live your
fe with no qualms about your experien-
:s with them, I"
self pity 'c
■ying to bathe yourself in
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