antw. Re: Politics, Bopp in Vineland, and MDDM Washington

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

jbor schrieb:

>
> " ... the notorious Karl Bopp, former Nazi *Luftwaffe* officer and
> subsequently useful American citizen" (Vineland 221.23)

> This throwaway description certainly begs the question of how he became, and
> what he's been doing as, a "useful American citizen" in the 35 years leading
> up to 1980. I agree that it does relate back to von Braun in _GR_. But I
> think it's a very narrow and distorted perspective to infer from this that
> the point of the novel is the "association of Nazi Germany and Reagan-Bush
> America". Bopp is a *former* Nazi. The word denotes that he is no longer a
> Nazi. Thus, the US government he is working for in 1980 is not being
> referred to as a Nazi government, except by you of course. Bopp is described
> (sarcastically, I agree) as a "subsequently useful American citizen". He is
> useful to CAMP because he flies planes. The point seems to be that after
> 1945 the US government invited former Nazis with particular skills and
> expertise to become US citizens. And I'd imagine that this is, historically,
> the case.

 your "not-my-department-positivism" is truly charming ... and moony prick is  
 just about fishing, eh? of course bopp stands in a line with hilarius, blicero 
 & von braun, all characters in pynchon who represent the "german danger" for   
 american politics ... 

sez dörk from dallas