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...trips always began with a stop at the Visitor's Center. There, we parked the car and bought a Patriot's Pass that allowed unlimited access to all the houses and shops in the historic district. After a quick 70s movie about Virginian patriots, we boarded a bus to the main attraction...
...grand opening on the weekend of January 25, New England Patriot Irving Friar, Celtic Robert Parish and a handful of other sports celebrities signed autographs. A staff member said that the Galleria was mobbed by throngs of fans...
This outpouring of American pride--pride in our technological superiority (Rah Patriot Missile), in our brilliant military (Rah 100-hour war), in our humanity (Rah No Civilian Targets), in our racial equity (Rah Colin Powell, Rah Blacks and whites in the trenches), in our democratic ideals (Rah Restoring the Elected and Legitimate Government of the Freedom-Loving People of Kuwait)--has been a successful diversion of our attention from pressing economic issues...
BEYOND INDUCING AMNESIA, priming the symbolic pump had marvelous, if temporary, effects on how Americans saw themselves. Our technology suddenly became the best: Our smart bombs, our cruise missiles, our infrared goggles, our Patriot missiles (no Sonys here, pal) not only vanquished the primitive weapons of the Iraqis, they vanquished them humanely. Their Scud missiles hit Tel Aviv houses; our cruise missiles hit chemical weapons storage facilities...
American military technology (Patriot missile aside) does work adequately. But the rest of our technology sure doesn't. General Motors is firing 70,000 workers. Most of our advanced industries are barely alive, and last year, for the first time, we ran a deficit in computer equipment...