Feedback

As support slowly grows for the Petition to PEN at
http://www.penpetition.blogspot.com/
I've received a dash of feedback regarding some of my arguments, including a brief discussion at Tom Hendricks's Musea blog,
www.musea.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/musea-e-mail-club-472-pen-the-writing-organization-a-look-at-the-prizes/
Some interesting points. The other side is not without its arguments. Why aren't they being made?

Granting Pollock's grant-- what do we do with Cormac McCarthy? How large have been his book advances?