The Olympic Committee is getting exactly what it deserves.

China, which maintains a propped up “free trade” coast line to hide the impoverished peoples of its inland, is cracking under international pressure. The communist regime is now demanding apologies from CNN for calling its goons “goons”. Could no one see the Tibetan uprise coming, and the subsequent Tienneman-like squashing of it by the authoritarian government? Did anyone now know that the Chinese government is subsidizing the genocide in Darfur? Or that the Chinese would do anything - absolutely anything - in an attempt to avoid embarrassment?

Just last week, Chinese authorities claimed to have uncovered a terrorist threat in the western-most Xinjiang Province, an area known also as East Turkestan, that the Chinese have oppressed for decades. The nearest Olympic event to Xinjiang Province is approximately 2,000 miles. The primary mode of transportation in the province is the donkey cart. I am attempting to imagine a bunch of East Turkestan rebels kidnapping athletes in donkey carts, but just keep laughing. We need Indiana Jones to make that chase scene interesting.

So, apparently no one knew much about China. Or else had some severely debilitating condition that affected foresight. Now officials say that Beijing must get its air clean before the games start. I can only imagine the lengths the communist government will go to make that happen.