Tag Archives: Catch-22

Major Major’s father

Posted on January 21, 2016 by camelotkidd

The latest Sagebrush rebels remind me of Major Major’s father, a fictional character in Joseph Heller’s classic novel Catch–22. “Major Major’s father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anti-government protestors, Catch-22, conservatives, Joseph Heller, Major Major's father, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, modern conservative movement, New Deal, Oregon, Reconstruction, sagebrush rebellion, takers, those people | Leave a comment

A Milo Minderbinder Moment

Posted on December 7, 2014 by camelotkidd

Neoconservatives have a lock on American foreign policy with an intellectual conformity among analysts, commentators and government policy makers that is breathtaking. This has happened, I believe, because neoconservatism represents the strong state necessary for neoliberal economic policies to be implemented … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American exceptionalism, Catch-22, greedy/ideology, Joseph Heller, military industrial complex, Milo Minderbinder, Naomi Klein, neoconservatism, not a bug but a feature, propaganda, The Shock Doctrine, war profiteer | Leave a comment

Spilling Your Guts

Posted on July 10, 2013 by camelotkidd

One of my favorite novels is Catch 22. In the novel Yossarian, the protagonist, tends to a wounded comrade named Snowden after flak hits their plane during a bombing raid. At first Yossarian thinks he has found Snowden’s wound and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Catch-22, Edward Snowden, Eschelon, GCHQ, Glenn Greenwald, Guardian, Ian WelshDaniel Ellesburg, James Bamford, NSA, Puzzle Palace | 1 Comment

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