LSD, JFK, CIA?

[wood jim]

> 
> Oedipa's sudden vision of a hovering, drug-fucked
> Uncle Sam pointing his
> finger right between her eyes (at her "Third Eye", I
> wonder?) makes the
> indictment of officialdom, if there is indeed one,
> rather broader than the
> CIA, was my point. 

Im going back and forth on this vision of 
Uncle. The description is brief. I'm not sure
that the description is that of a drugged
Uncle Sam. The description is accurate. 
Uncle does look exactly as he is described. 
Perhaps I don't think violently rouged cheeks
are in any way associated with drug addiction,
booze yes, but the jaundice, the sunken
yellow cheeks seem to be those of a sick 
man if not a junckie and his eyes gleaming
unhealthily are also an accurate description of the 
famous portrait, but I think the idea that
Uncle is sick is what Oedipa has a vision of
anyway. If he is a drug user I think we will
need more evidence of this.  



I believe you'll find that Doug
> did bring the CIA into
> play in the discussion, which is how the thread got
> the subject line in the
> first place I guess. But I agree with you that the
> CIA is not relevant at
> this point in the novel.
> 
> best
> 
> 


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