Atlanta

I tell you, the United States of America is an occupied country. You don't believe me? Go out on our highways. How many Nissans, Toyotas, Hondas, Mitsubishis, Subarus and Mazdas do you see?

Go into the home of the average American. Look at the television. The Walkman. The microwave. The videotape. The camera. The stereo. Japanese, all of them. Go visit the city of New York. Show the kids the skyscrapers. Then find out how many of the owners of those monuments to American achievement live in Tokyo.

Take a second honeymoon in Hawaii. Stay in a nice hotel. Play a round of golf. Then realize the hotel, the golf course and most of the rest of the island belong to a consortium from Osaka. Our fifty-first state has become a Japanese territory. We've been invaded and conquered and no one fired a single shot.

Joe Reynolds
Speech to the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce