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The shameful, polluted Olympics

Posted on August 07, 2008

By Joseph RommYou can't criticize awarding the Olympic Games to China just because their rapacious coal-building policy has now made them the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. By that standard, America should never have been awarded the games. But awarding the games to a city that is one of the most polluted in the world -- let alone in a country that has such a shameful record on human rights -- is simply unconscionable. And quite unfair to the athletes. Consider this literally staggering story from the Newshour: Adam Craig, U.S.A. Cycling: I've never had any exp...

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