NP FWD: Keyser Soze would know what to do

[Paul Mackin]

Expect I'll also get a call from the White House.

        P.
----- Original Message -----
From: "no fun" <jbridel1 at home.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: NP FWD: Keyser Soze would know what to do


> Am I reading this right?  Am I just unsophiticated and missing some irony?
> "Too bad W isn't  smarter. He might think of a way around the
> Constitution."?  I recall something the other day on CNN about the White
> House press secretary telling Bill Mahr (Politcally Incorrect) and the
rest
> of the media they had better "watch what it says these days". No dissent,
> kids.  Ditch the Constitution seriously and you start ruling by decree.
> Other countries in the 30s tried to solve their problems extra
> constitutionally.  You didn't exactly hear it here first either, meine
> freunds...
>
>
>  Don't quite
> > know which amendment they would thow in your path to strike down a
> > conviction for a felony (punishable by death no less) based on the
> > circumstance of family relationship but feel in my gut the bastards
would
> > find one. Too bad W isn't  smarter. He might think of a way around the
> > Constitution. Reminds me (though there's really no valid reason or
> > comparison) that back in the 30s the country was in even more dire
> straights
> > than it is today. FDR had a number of ideas for remedying the problems
but
> > many were thought to be unconstitutional . So FDR tried to "pack" the
> > Surpreme Court with more as well as more pliable justices. Didn't get
away
> > with it exactly. But ways were found.
> >
> >         P.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Henry Mu" <scuffling at hotmail.com>
> > To: "Pynchon List" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 5:43 PM
> > Subject: NP FWD: Keyser Soze would know what to do
> >
> >
> > > If you saw "Usual Suspects," then you know that Keyser Soze is a
> > > legendary badass, e.g. "And then he showed these men of will what will
> > > really is." When Soze's family is brutalized, he kills them, their
> > > attackers (all except one) and then seeks out and kills the attacker's
> > > families and friends.
> > >
> > > Everybody is wondering about the new suicide terrorist profile that
> > > includes older, educated men with families; how can they do it? We
need
> > > to make sure that their families aren't benefiting, that "life
> > > insurance" benefits aren't being paid by terrorist organizations to
> > > their families. If that doesn't work; take out the friends and
families
> > > of the hijackers. If that doesn't work, take out the people that
helped
> > > the hijackers and THEIR families and friends. Not many would-be
> > > terrorists would have the stomach to do what they do if they knew that
> > > there would be dire consequences for their immediate families rather
> > > than just a general war against the country that harbors the
> > > organization that trained them.
> > >
> > > Harsh? Terrible? Absolutely! But I hope that this is our plan; history
> > > and finger-pointing aside, there would be less loss on both sides than
> > > any alternative plan that I can think of. What do you think?
> >
>