alternate news or alternate attitudes?

[barbara100 at jps.net]

But, Paul, I heard all that I recited here today on NBC this morning.  How
much more mainstream could I go? 'Alternate news.' Geeze!
It's not really about news anyway, you know.  The only reason I'm such a
loudmouth around here is because I think Thomas Pynchon would want it that
way.  You know, bulbs exploding in rebellion, boys hollering No, Blicero!
before it's too late, not being fooled by the power facades of our national
leaders. That sort of thing.
I should think the  P-List is no place to bite one's tongue.



----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: humanitarian aid


> Thanks, Mike. Now my comment. Doing a little quick arithmetic we can say
the
> 4 million Afghan refugees who are hungry because of the country's long
> drought and the mistreatment by the Taliban (which the questioner was
> referring to) plus the 4 million  Barbara says the U.S. is slowly starving
> to death makes 8 million, a figure you won't read  in the Post or the
Times.
> The p-list has become part of that alternate news source it illbehooves us
> to give short shrift to.
>             P.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mike j" <michaelmailing at yahoo.com>
> To: "Pynchon List" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 7:18 PM
> Subject: re: humanitarian aid
>
>
> > to paraphrase: we are not the world's denny's, are we?
> > besides, how much does one ration weigh? the
> > journalist mentioned 700 tons a day OR a week going
> > over? umm, big difference between those two
> > assertions, no? you'd think the journalist would have
> > his facts straight, or is it you that forgot? don't
> > compare apples to oranges, or in this case,
> > potato/bean vinaigrette to rice. we may or may not be
> > being 'manipulated terribly,' but to suggest that the
> > US is starving a population seems a bit off base. no
> > need for rumsfield to spin, it IS the fault of the
> > Taliban that it's people are starving and/or dead
> > already.
> >