re VLVL2: More is Less

[pynchonoid]

--- Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> Herbert and Walker, and their respective times and
> presidencies, 
> are very much different.

Continuity persists; Pynchon still continues to write
about about the Bush family, as he did in Vineland --
I'm assuming because he finds it worth his time and
effort. I see no shame in seriously taking what
Pynchon says.

> You're saying: nothing has
> changed?

No, I'm saying that some important things that Pynchon
addresses in his fiction have stayed the same from the
late '50s to the present:
>The Tube is all that, and
>more. The War that never ends still hasn't ended,
>and the fat cats just get fatter from war profits.
>The recovery movement is bigger than ever, cults
>proliferate, Bible-thumping born-again Christians
>occupy the White House... & etc.

These appear to be accurate observations, but I am
open to seeing how they might be incorrect.

> Where were you 

Here in Cope-Land, we generally only take our halos
out for costume parties and other special events.

I'm not sure how personally insulting me advances
whatever point it is you seem to be trying to make
about Vineland.  If you're saying: Vineland's politics
have no insight to share that might illuminate our
current political situation, I don't agree. 



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