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...gets a little out of sorts when I talk about the substance of the policy," said Gore in Durham, smiling sweetly and obviously having fun getting under Bradley's skin. He had just suggested that Bradley lacks "the experience to keep our prosperity going," and that Bradley "wants to blow the whole surplus" on an "unwise" plan, and then he stuck the knife in further: "I think he's a genuinely good person." Ouch. Gore was practicing an age-old Southern put-down: if you're going to say something snide in polite society, sprinkle a little sugar...
...final irony of this whole sordid affair that Jackson's actions have in the end dealt a serious blow to the welfare of the very community who he ostensibly cares so much about. The school board estimates that Jackson's lawsuit has cost them at least $100,000 to date. And, after losing yesterday, Jackson indicated that he plans to appeal. In Decatur, that $100,000 could have been used to pay the annual salaries of two additional teachers, update textbooks, purchase 100 new computers for classrooms, or maybe even lay the foundation for that hypothetical after-school program. Thanks...
...spiritual teacher in India. Beijing had officially recognized the boy, chosen by monks at the Karma Kagyu order's headquarters in Sikkim, India, and had championed him as a Tibetan spiritual leader who accepted China's authority in the disputed territory. His defection may be the most serious p.r. blow to China's claims on Tibet since the escape of the Dalai Lama four decades...
...continued resistance from Islamic separatists in its westernmost provinces, and earlier this week China's leadership set a collision course with the pope by engineering the appointment of three officially approved bishops to the Chinese Catholic Church over the Vatican's objections. The Karmapa's defection may be a blow to Chinese efforts to legitimize its claim of sovereignty over Tibet, but that's unlikely to drive out Beijing. After all, they're not exactly asking the Tibetans' permission to be there in the first place...
...Corporation made another power play against a cable system this weekend when it blacked out its Fox network from three Cox Cable systems. The reason? Cox is refusing to carry two new Fox channels on all of its cable systems. Cox says the timing is a low blow since it leaves Virginia and Texas residents without TV access to their local NFL teams just as the playoffs are beginning. The spat shows just how much America's TV landscape has changed - long gone are the days when the tube was dominated by three networks zapped through the airwaves onto your...