alternate news or alternate attitudes?

[Paul Mackin]

----- Original Message -----
From: <barbara100 at jps.net>


> But, Paul, I heard all that I recited here today on NBC this morning.

And I suppose you heard on NBC "Our government is manipulating us terribly,
not to mention slowly starving to death 4 million Afghan refugees."

I myself heard it only on the Barbara alternative news network.

Notice you now choose to censor your own words out the incoming.

        P.


(continuing on with Barbara's message upon which I have no present comment)



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.
> > >
>
>