[MD] the news, or lack of it...

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Marsha]
No, it's a retelling of my reaction.  I almost replied to your post, 
"That was a very pithy remark."   I even looked it up in the 
dictionary to make sure I understood it correctly.

[Arlo]
I was being a little sarcastic, blame it on caffeine deficiency (of 
which I will seek remedy pronto). When I said, "pithy ideological 
slurs" I was trying to use the word "pithy" to indicate that the 
slurs, although concise, carried a great deal of ideological meaning. 
They say a lot about the speaker and audience, despite being 
10-second soundbites. Perhaps "furtive" or "sly" would have been a 
better word choice.

  At any rate, I took this as what you meant in reply, namely that my 
concise remark was telling about sly assumptions on my part. I only 
meant in response that any remark could be so accused. The difference 
is in the dialogue (or lack thereof) that follows.