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May 10, 2006 ... Buzz Fugazi
Scattered notes to the vortex of power.
Pete Dagher first suggested that my old insane letters might be entertaining to the general public. He cited Dave Letterman publishing a collection of letters he received and published under "Notes From A Madman" or something in that neighborhood.
Pete was one of the early arrivals to the Clinton bandwagon for the '92 campaign and he held a number of significant positions with the Clinton '92 campaign, the Democratic National Committee, Clinton-Gore '96, and also as Special Assistant to Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater and later the guy responsible for vandalizing the White House during the transition to the latest Bush Administration.
Pete attempted several times to get me to "talk the talk and walk the walk" and join TEAM CLINTON, but I chose, among other things, living on the streets and driving limousines... and writing trash-talking letters.
28 April 1996
Nelson Algren Av.
Wicker Park
Dear V.I. Pete:
Greetings from my hangover. Long live the New Flesh. Don't be a fool, buy me a drink. Ah, Babylon, 'tis cool beneath thy willows.
How are you? That's great. I am fine, so are the wife and kids now that I've killed them to publicize my new manifesto. Just call me the Unabomber. I will, of course, blame you and pervasive liberal ethics for all my problems. If I had no liberty, I wouldn't make mistakes. Pat Robertson or Dick Asswipe from Texas could make me do the right thing. Then, I would only kill bad people... for In God We Trust, Inc., and no one would mind if I got fucked up all the time and listened to Led Zeppelin backwards. I would have Jesus credits in my slack account for all the heathen skulls I turned in. The economy would be pleased with me...
especially with so many otherwise employable young men dead. What the hell, I suppose they all can't breed and get good jobs. Process of elimination. Musical death chairs. When the music stops...
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