IV 8 FOP

[Mark Kohut]

Joseph Tracy wrote:
Little tidbit on page 118 with the Nixon Bucks. Doc is pondering if
> the Chinese Communists might be behind the funny money, that the
> excellent engraving must indicate a "Fiendish Oriental Provenance".

Nixon was 'famous' or 'infamous' for his controversial trip to China...

--- On Tue, 9/29/09, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: IV 8 FOP
> To: "Joseph Tracy" <brook7 at sover.net>
> Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 3:07 PM
> no doubt, the Ghastly Fop
> 
> "The Ghastly F., true to his legend, is engaged in the
> long,
> frustrating, too often unproductive Exercise of tracking
> down ev'ryone
> with whom he yet has unresolv'd financial dealings. To
> some, he seems
> quite conventionally alive, whilst others swear he is a
> ghost."
> 
> Nixon is still alive and he' still haunting us
> 
> On 9/29/09, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
> wrote:
> > Little tidbit on page 118 with the Nixon Bucks. Doc is
> pondering if
> > the Chinese Communists might be behind the funny
> money, that the
> > excellent engraving must indicate a "Fiendish Oriental
> Provenance".
> > The letters are unnaturally capitalized. So is he
> just  saying Nixon
> > is a FOP, phony as a 2 dollar bill or is there more?
> Typed FOP into
> > Google and the top of the list was Fraternal Order of
> Police. This is
> > pretty pointed and followed by Nixon's imaginary
> "...if it's  Fascism
> > for Freedom, I can dig it. " line.
> >
> > I think part of the intended role of  the
> fictional Burke Stodger and
> > the real John Garfield is to direct  the curious
> readers, especially
> > the young ones to Reagans role in HUAC  and the
> Hollywood blacklist,
> > and to Nixon's role in supporting  Joe McCarthy
> as he ruined the
> > lives of hundreds of Americans and turned labor unions
> and the
> > Democratic Party of FDR against the American left.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>