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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