Chs 33 & 34 -- US of Amnesia

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>>>346.25 'In Time, these People are able to forget ev'rything.'
A while back,
I heard someone on NPR use the phrase, "United States of
Amnesia".<<<

From: "Schwitterz" <mcmullenm@[omitted]>
To: "Pynchon Shitlist" <pynchon-l@[omitted]>
Subject: Times Best Forgotten
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 08:41:33 -0800

Yesterday, while navigating home via the Los Angeles Waterways, I
reached
into my stash of cassettes for a random listen and was moved by
this M&D
relevant song courtesy of Robert Wyatt, from the cd, OLD ROTTENHAT
(Rough
Trade Records/CD 69/1986):

THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA

There are degrees of amnesia, ways to forget
Ways to remember all the good that you've done
And if you can't get a witness, remind yourselves
Nobody's perfectly good all the time
And if you killed all those redskins long, long ago
Well, they'd all be dead now anyway, anyway
Don't let that ghost disconcert you (the) lord will provide
(a) nice little headstone for the brave Cherokee
(So let's have) no reservations, let's have a clean sweep
Clearing the way for the land of the free
Let's hear it for civilisation once more
Build your aryan empire in peace