re re re Reagan-Bushspeak

[Doug Millison]

"Brock [...] leaning darkly in above her like any of the
sleek raptors that decorate fascist architecture." (Vineland, p. 287)

cfa:
> Why do I flash to Speer's Nuremberg, rather than the Bushes here?

That's the comparison the novel makes. Brock Vond works for the Reagan-Bush
Administration, so when Pynchon describes him as one of "the sleek raptors
that decorate fascist architecture" the text does invite us to compare Nazi
Germany and Reagan-Bush America.  That Pynchon introduces another
functionary,  ex-Nazi, Karl Bopp, only serves to strengthen the association
the text makes between the two regimes.

"all working under contract to CAMP and being led by the notorious Karl
Bopp, former Nazi Luftwaffe officer"
(Vineland, p. 220)


http://www.usdoj.gov:80/dea/programs/marijuana.htm
"The DCE/SP began funding eradication programs in Hawaii and California in
1979. The program rapidly expanded to include programs in 25 states by
1982. By 1985, all 50 states were participating in the DCE/SP. In 2001, the
DEA continued to improve the effectiveness of it's marijuana eradication
efforts, providing resources to support the 102 state and local law
enforcement agencies that actively participate in the program. "