Ted Rall for January 21, 1999
Transcript:
Welcome to the postmodern economy, in which news you have nothing to do with can bankrupt you. (Man 1: I lost it all when crotian mouseball futures collapsed.) (Man 2: Me too- dang them croats!!) You can work as hard as you want, but it won't do you any good if some foreign country is messing up it's finances. (Man 3: I saved up all night and finally did it- I've built a perpetual motion machine!) (Woman: You're too late- I have to let you go.) (Man 3: Croats?) (Woman: Croats.) While it might seem a tad bleak at first glance, this fiscal death grip does offer some advantages... (Man 4: So, are you really forming a band?) (Man 5: Ah, what for? So some Norwegian cashew crisis can destroy the record industry?) ...we can take them with us! (Man 6: Take this, croat dogs.)