ATDTDA (2): Echoes of the Holocaust??

robinlandseadel at comcast.net robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Mon Feb 12 08:36:29 CST 2007


The outing was Cheney's second hunting trip since he accidentally 
wounded a close friend, Texas lawyer Harry Whittington, in 
February by spraying pellets into his face, neck and chest.

Even though almost 10 months have passed since the embarrassing 
episode, it was fresh on the minds of the Cheney group -- and was 
still remembered by some of the folks they met.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/16202975.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney/

"Welcome to Quail Hunting School, Dick!"

http://www.quailhuntingschool.com/flash.php

"In Austria," the Archduke was explaining, "we have forests full of game, and 
hundreds of beaters who drive the animals toward the hunters such as myself who 
are waiting to shoot them."  He beamed at Lew, as if mischievouly [sic] 
withholding the final line of a joke.  Lew's ears began to itch.  "Hungarians 
occupy the lowest level of brute existence," Francis Ferdinand declared -- "the 
wild swine by comparison exhibits refinement and nobility -- do you think the 
Chicago Stockyards might possibly be rented out to me and my friends, for a 
weekend's amusement?  We would of course compensate the owners for any loss of 
revenue" (ATD, p. 46).



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