As the opening ceremonies unfold in China, they call to mind the acrobatics that 'Da Mayor' Richard Daley is currently going through to bring the games to Chicago in 2016.
Daley has been breaking his butt (and the butts of all city employees) to impress the IOC. The campaign for 2016 has been ongoing for a few years now. There have been major efforts to beautify, greenify and generally improvify the city to better Chicago's chances. In light of this I find myself asking, how the heck did the PRC get selected for this year's summer olympics?
It seems to me that there is something for everybody to hate about the government of the PRC. The right naturally despises this tyranny for its human rights abuses and prohibition on political and religious freedom. People of faith mourn and pray for their persecuted brethren. (I frequently receive updates from Voice of the Martyrs about the plight of Christians in China who are routinely imprisoned, tortured and subjected to other persecution for their faith.)
Normally the left doesn't get too worked up about such things. However, China also has the ignominious distinction of being a mega, mega, mega polluter. (To wit: SMOG!) The PRC doesn't give two hoots about the Kyoto protocol, global warming or anything of the sort. All of the libs' precious curlique lightbulbs are made in filthy, polluting coal burning plants in China. Plus, they keep buying all of that nasty, nasty, putrid, filthy OIL. It seems to me this should be all that's needed to crucify them in the court of lefty public opinion.
So how did these guys get the Olympics?
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