Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Pecksniffian Alert Part II


A Chinese worker cleans the street in heavy smog on the outskirts of Beijing early December 2, 2004. Thick smog blanketed Beijing triggering flight delays and traffic snarls and spotlighting the city's uphill battle to curb pollution before it hosts the 2008 Olympic Games. REUTERS

I'm sure that somehow, China's smog problems are Bush's fault for not signing on to the Kyoto Protocols.

Am I the only one who has missed all the protest marches, newspaper articles, magazine spreads, and TV news reports decrying China's destruction of the environment? Why the double standard? Could it be that the environment is not really their true cause? Hmmmmm!