14-03-2009, 07:47 PM
David Guyatt Wrote:My apologies for hijacking yet another thread Jan. It can't help myself. It's a case of "word association football", I think - one set of thoughts unlocks others and I'm off down the slippery slope I'm afraid.
David - no apologies needed. There's much fascinating material in your post.
The WASP-infested nature of much of the old eastern seaboard establishment, and their links with the secret world, are well captured in The Good Shepherd. As is the sense of 360-degree paranoia.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war