First Couple-Three Pages: 6/11 - ATDTDA (11): 296 - 326 --The Deep Read:
robinlandseadel at comcast.net
robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Thu Jun 14 11:32:26 CDT 2007
Laura:
The vast conspiracy of Them, the military-industrial
complex, in GR devolves into the relatively easy to
counter, personalized conspirator Scarsdale Vibe,
and the general control that Chance and Chaos
exert over our lives. Neither is as gripping as the
Them of GR: Scarsdale's just one man, Chance
and Chaos are forces we can't and shouldn't be
able to counter. The M-I Complex presents us
not just with paranoia, but the nagging guilt that
we ought to be doing something about it.
'cept that Scarsdale Vibe/Foley Walker are pointers to nascent elements
of our current "New" order. Reading the "Vibe" material a'la Charles Hollander,
that little kerosene company is obviously Standard of New Jersey, and we're
back to the same Fiscal Illumanati that pull the strings in GR. A Foley Walker
follows footsteps as closely as possible, that's their job, making the sounds
of the footsteps in sound studios while following the film. Prescott Bush
followed in George Herbert Walker's footsteps and then named his son
George Herbert Walker Bush who then named his son George Walker Bush.
The Vibes function in part as a general picture of an American Dynasty in
decline. But little drop-ins, asides and general comments Bi-locate the Vibes
in the Bushes.
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