very baaad

[Johannes Rasche]

why are you so angry about that interview esp. concerning his little
sentence on Gaddis ????

cannot understand


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Romeo" <r.romeo at atlanticphilanthropies.org>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:00 PM
Subject: very baaad


> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:25:11 -0400
> From: "Scott Badger" <lupine at ncia.net>
> Subject: Baaaad government
>
> BW:
> > Unfortunately, much of the American Public has become terrorized and
> > stampeded. The next terrorist attack against U.S. targets will give
> > Bush and his right wing military-industrial-religious axis even more
> > power to disregard the constitution and to use simplistic formulae to
> > legitimize themselves and their continued attempts to remain in power.
>
> Yeah. Stampeding sheep....
>
> ------------------------------
> Yeah, what a bummer this whole situation is turning out to be. The US
> will have one heck of a problem if while fighting Iraq Musharraff is
> overthrown. Pakistan is really touch and go at the moment--seems
> anything can happen.
>
> Can we send Jonathan Franzen to Karachi? His New Yorker dissful piece
> this week on Gaddis was truly an exercise in stupidity.
>
>
> P.S.  Has anyone read the Jerusalem Quartet series of four novels by
> Edward Whittmore.  Here's a review that appeared in the village voice:
> http://www.relax.com.au/~amf47/jerusalemdreaming/Articles/Vagabonds.htm
>
> I just picked up his first novel, Quin's Shanghai Circus.
>
> Rich
>