correcting for editing error Re: VLVL why we love California
pynchonoid
pynchonoid at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 9 23:12:49 CDT 2003
--- pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com> meant to write:
> From San Narcisco to Kinneret-Among-The-Pines, from
Gordita Beach to Vineland, I love California and each
> and every one of the Granola State's fruits, nuts,
> and
> flakes...
>
> [...] When was the last time a big-time candidate
> gave
> a speech in a Teutonic accent, sporting hip shades?
> [...] "This is a beauty contest, and Arnold is the
> best looking guy," one Republican said.
>
> The race is so wacky, there's less emphasis on the
> fact that the actor is running on pecs and running
> away from peccadilloes.
>
> Sure, he's smoked marijuana and his father was a
> Nazi,
> but look at the field: a porn star who wants to tax
> breast implants; a self-styled "smut peddler who
> cares"; a billboard Barbie in a pink Corvette; a
> former child actor; an ex-cop who wants to legalize
> ferrets; a comedian who wants to ban low-low-riding
> pants; a glam Greek columnist whose rich ex-husband
> endorsed Arnold. [...]
>
>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/opinion/10DOWD.html>
>
> Maureen might have mentioned that Arnold has
> apparently remained a defender of "self-reinventing
> Nazi" (The Guardian's recent description), Kurt
> Waldheim, and he seems to have had troubling
> associations with the unsavory Jorg Haider,
> according
> to this web site:
>
<http://www.9types.com/movieboard/messages/3994.html>;
> see also this Jerusalem Post article,
>
<http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/05.Jan.1997/Features/Article-13.html>
>
> Arnie might make a good Commandant Bopp in the movie
> version of Vineland.
Governor Flynt has a pithy ring to it, too...
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
More information about the Pynchon-l
mailing list