Thursday, March 27, 2008

Headlines below the fold

Professor in LATimes laments: ARE THE TIBETANS doomed to go the way of the American Indians? Will they be reduced to being little more than a tourist attraction, peddling cheap mementos of what was once a great culture?

You mean, should Tibetans start Casinos and ski resorts, and get rich?
Sounds good to me...
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CNNI: three minutes reporting McCain's speech, five minutes talking about McCain's teleprompter problem"...

Yup. Genocide versus blooper. Blooper wins.

And the press is all over Hillary for her "sniper" remark...but forget that she was at risk, not just from snipers but from a bad air controller/navigation system in an area where airports are at the bottom of a barrel.... which is why Sect Brown died flying to land in Dubrovnik...
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Trying to figure out the Pope...he talks paragraphs, not soundbites.

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Here in the Philippines, corruption is common but reported and condemned...but who is paying attention when Saddam is paying for a soundbite or FARC trying to get Congressman to stop a bill helping Colombia...
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