Slow torch to China

China expected that the 2008 Beijing Olympics was going to bring world attention to the Middle Kingdom. They likely didn't expect so many people to be so interested in carrying a torch for them . . . wait, are they trying to stomp on that thing? In PR lingo there's no such thing as bad press, but as the Olympic Torch gets manhandled around the world, China must be wondering if this kind of publicity is a fair payoff for all the $ they're spending on the 2008 Olympiad. Too bad. Maybe they should of thought of that before Darfur, Tibet, suppression of civil rights and muslim minorities, beijing pollution, inmate organ harvesting, lead-based toys and filler-poisoned food and pharmeceuticals. Am I missing anything? Criminy. Most-favored-nation indeed (Some of us have long memories Bill Clinton).

When you're trying to buy global attention, you shouldn't be surprised when it turns out that the whole world is watching.