Fun with Duk and Jin

[Gary Ruskin]

Commercial Alert				September 26, 2000

Following is a column by Frank Lingo in today's Kansas City Star.
<http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/opinion.pat,opinion/3774c907.925,.html>.

Fun with Duk and Jin
By Frank Lingo

See Dick buy 

See Dick jump. 

See Dick jump like Mike when he wears Nikes. 

See Jane run. 

See Jane run like Ms. Jones when she wears Nikes. 

See Dick and Jane dream. 

See Duk work. 

See Duk stack shoes on ships for squat. 

see Jin sew. 

See Jin sew for a dollar a day. 

See Duk and Jin's nightmare. 

See Tiger make millions. 

See Nike make billions. 

See moms spend a hundred on two-buck shoes. 

See kids stuck on status. 

See kids forgetting fun. 

See kids watch TV in school. 

See junk-food ads on school TV. 

See exclusive deals for pop in schools. 

See kids get fat and dumb. 

See companies get rich. 

See kids watch TV at home. 

See kids love talking frogs. 

See kids think beer is fun. 

See parents not notice. 

See Bud cultivate customers. 

See the people of Philip Morris. 

See them finally retire Joe Camel. 

See a generation think Joe was cool. 

See 3,000 American kids start smoking today. 

See what you can do about it. 

See Philip Morris around the world. 

See African billboards of smoking white Americans. 

See Marlboro sponsor concerts. 

See Marlboro pass out free cigarettes. 

See, the first one's free, kid. 

See an average T-shirt. 

See Tommy print "Tommy" on it. 

See it triple in price. 

See Tommy laugh all the way to the bank. 

See focus on fashion defy reason. 

See violence in movies and video games. 

See ads for them on shows kids watch. 

See Congress and candidates harrumph. 

See them take money from movie makers. 

See Congress and candidates cave. 

See our children's unformed minds. 

See our children's trusting hearts. 

See their minds become addicted. 

See their hearts designed to fear. 

See us lose our children. 

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Frank Lingo's column appears in the Kansas City Star on alternate
Tuesdays. To reach him, send e-mail to franklingo@earthlink.net. 

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