[Randy Van Vliet]

So what's this all this about fried Twinkies?  Sounds
delicious!

Randy
--- craiggy@ozemail.com.au wrote:
> Workers,
> My brother studies in NYC, and he comes from
> Melbourne and is Australian. He wrote the message
> below. He feels extremely let down by the US media
> in its coverage of the Bali bombings... please
> forward on, so some people get the real news.
> Craig
> 
> > >
> > >Dear Friend,
> > >
> > >On Saturday night two car bombs exploded in Bali,
> Indonesia.  If you caught 
> > >a brief glance at Sunday's news you may have seen
> a short glimpse of the 
> > >inferno.  The networks reported that "two US
> citizens were presumed dead" 
> > >and then briskly moved on to other stories. 
> Tonight, Tuesday, I've just 
> > >sat through a broadcast where the event was not
> mentioned once...but I 
> > >learned all about the "Fried Twinkie" craze that
> has swept across New York.
> > >
> > >The facts are these: The terrorist bombs directly
> targeted a packed 
> > >nightclub patroned only by tourists.  Over 200
> Australians are missing, 
> > >feared dead, and hundreds and hundreds more are
> severely burned.  Many had 
> > >their clothes burned completely off their body,
> some are reportedly so 
> > >badly burned that there is no skin left on their
> bodies to use as skin 
> > >grafts.  The football season has recently ended
> in Australia and dozens and 
> > >dozens of teams (both local and professional)
> were celebrating in Bali.  A 
> > >great many of the victims are young kids in their
> twenties.
> > >
> > >Australia has spent the last year openly weeping
> for New York City.  I've 
> > >heard repeatedly about the nationwide day of
> mourning that was marked 
> > >recently back home on the first anniversary of
> 9/11.  Australia is 
> > >currently experiencing the most horrific loss of
> life it has EVER 
> > >experienced outside of wartime.  Dozens of
> British, New Zealand and 
> > >Indonesian citizens have also perished.  And yet
> I live in a city where 
> > >most people, three days later, don't even realize
> what has happened.
> > >
> > >The media here is doing your country and its
> friends a disgusting injustice 
> > >right now through the priorities it has
> established for itself and enforced 
> > >on you.  Worldwide awareness is just so important
> during a tragedy such as 
> > >this.  Sadly, the media in the USA don't seem to
> give a damn about what 
> > >happens outside these shores.  I know that you,
> as my friend, are not so 
> > >ignorant.
> > >
> > >I ask only that you forward this email onto the
> people you value in your 
> > >life.  They should know about an event such as
> this.  If anyone wants to 
> > >learn anymore about what has happened, the BBC
> website -  
> > >http://news.bbc.co.uk  - has been serving me
> well.
> > >
> > >America has always regarded Australia as its
> "Little Brother" in the 
> > >world...a role we've been happy to take.  We've
> supported you, we've bled 
> > >for you, we've wept for you...
> > >
> > >Right now your little brother is bruised and
> bleeding in the gutter and the 
> > >people responsible for informing you of what has
> happened don't give a god 
> > >damn.  My heart is sinking fast, but I knew it
> was important for me to send 
> > >this message in the hope of spreading some
> awareness and ending some of the 
> > >isolation I'm experiencing right now as an Aussie
> living in America.
> > >
> > >May all this terror end soon,
> > >
> > >Always,
> > >Andrew Lawton
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> >
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