Yes, can't pull away, must pull away. Must watch,
mustn't watch. And all the while acknowledgement (must be paid): given the
constraints... the constant force for concision on newscasts to boil down a
flood of information into a "meaningful" trickle seems to (woefully) cut
down on free speech. Yet, we still watch, hopeful critters we is!
Chrs,
G.
> Thanks Gerald. There are times I'd like to go the route of our friend's
> 80 year old mother, who says that watching the news just isn't worth
> it, but I (& obviously you) can't pull away from it, I suspect.
>
> Doug
> On 24-Feb-05, at 8:37 AM, Gerald Schwartz wrote:
>
>> No, Doug... seems as though you've watched
>> just enough to be able to break through to the
>> other side! And upon your return you've brought
>> back a telling snap.
>>
>> Gerald S.
>>
>>> I've been watching too much TV news....
>>>
>>>
>>> what questions pool
>>> behind that screen
>>> in those depths
>>>
>>> what answers
>>>
>>> a kind of cloud
>>> of words
>>> that slip/slide
>>> shift their shape
>>> so airily drop
>>> let a kind of
>>> fog of intention
>>> precipitate darkening
>>>
>>> nobody knows
>>> & nobody sees
>>>
>>> nobody knows
>>> what's free
>>>
>>> Wednesday 23.02.05
>>>
>>> Douglas Barbour
>>> Department of English
>>> University of Alberta
>>> Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
>>> (780) 436 3320
>>> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
>>>
>>> Reserved books. Reserved land. Reserved flight.
>>> And still property is theft.
>>>
>>> Phyllis Webb
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Douglas Barbour
> Department of English
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
> (780) 436 3320
> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
>
> care to be more
> precise about whatever
> it is you are
> saying, I said
>
> Bill Manhire
>
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