P and postal delivery

[David Morris]

Iris seems having difficulty keeping Bled under the bed.


On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Iris Sirius <irissiriustce at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thats so weird, because I thought Laura your mail was the first.  Now I
> see that there are 15 other ones, leading up to yours.
>
> I really need to like, focus, on what the trending topics. Are. And be not
> so insistent on hammering out my own topiks...
> On Jan 21, 2013 4:08 PM, "Iris Sirius" <irissiriustce at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Im sorry Laura, forgive me bouncing on your brilliant mail, im just
>> sitting here at The Bar hammering into my Galaxy.
>>
>> Your anachronism is intresting.
>>
>> Unfortunately, we cant discuss it here.
>>
>> They are everywear.
>>
>> That last sentence sounded kind of cryptic.  I dont mean it that way.  I
>> have my, other, opinions.
>>
>> Who was Mazda?  Anybody know that o.e?
>> On Jan 21, 2013 3:42 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think COL49 could be adapted into an interesting film, updated for the
>>> screen by placing it in the present internet days.  How much more
>>> subversive is the idea of  off-the-grid mail being hand-delivered
>>> surreptitiously at a time when They, meanwhile, are collecting data with
>>> every hit of the "send" button!
>>>
>>> Here's a question: could we hold an experiment?  Is there some way I
>>> could hand-deliver a letter or small parcel (containing a book, say) to
>>> someone I knew who could eventually get it (via intermediate friends) to
>>> Monte, who could get it (via intermediate friends) to Mark, who could get
>>> it to (x other p-listers), eventually ending up in Milwaukee, where it
>>> would be delivered to Dave Monroe?  Not sure exactly what the rules would
>>> be - maybe cars, trains and buses allowed, but no airplanes, what with
>>> their identity-probing security.  It's never made explicit how, exactly the
>>> Trystero worked.  If not someone's actual address, what sort of drop-off
>>> point could be used?
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Morris **
>>> Sent: Jan 20, 2013 11:35 PM
>>> To: Don Higgins **
>>> Cc: Pynchon List **
>>> Subject: Re: P and postal delivery
>>>
>>> It's interesting that P would have focused so early on what we in the
>>> net era now realize is all power.
>>>
>>> On Saturday, January 19, 2013, Don Higgins wrote:
>>>
>>>> Article I, section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution grants
>>>> Congress merely says Congress has the power "to establish post offices
>>>> and post roads." The wiki article says this "has been interpreted as a de
>>>> facto Congressional monopoly over the delivery of mail. Accordingly, no
>>>> other system for delivering mail – public or private – can be established,
>>>> absent Congress's consent." When did that interpretation become current and
>>>> who interpreted to mean that? would seem to be relevant questions to Lot 49.
>>>>
>>> ******
>>>
>>>
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