will to power

[Dan Jizzenberry]

From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
To: "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: Re: will to power
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:51:48 -0400

"We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety.  We have seen their
kind before.  They are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the
20th century.  By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions
-- by abandoning every value except the will to power -- they follow in
the path of fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism.  And they will
follow that path all the way, to where it ends:  in history's unmarked
grave of discarded lies."
			--W

Bush paused as the chamber applauded. I thought, does he know what he is
saying? Do the people applauding him know? Well, someone knows. Sounded like 
a Pat Buchanan line to me.


I must admit, I did a double-take when I heard Bush utter this line. 
Nietzsche is forever doomed to be one of the first philosophical conscripts 
in our wars of good versus evil, no matter how hard he tried to move beyond 
it. Sigh. Jesus and the prophet Mohammed beat him to the punch this time 
though. That's right: Christ is a philosopher. Our leader says so.

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