<The United States opposes a global treaty banning tobacco advertising.

“March 10 issue — After two weeks of debate, nearly all the 171 nations at the World Health Organization conference in Geneva last week had agreed on a way to help put an end to the 4 million tobacco-related deaths that occur worldwide annually.”

Four million deaths annually. Four million. That’s almost an annual holocaust.

“The United States opposes a treaty ban on tobacco advertising. But most public- health advocates dismiss this logic, pointing to a disclaimer that allows countries to ignore elements of the treaty that violate their own constitutions. “The Bush administration has done everything that they can to weaken the tobacco treaty,” said Matt Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.”

We regulate tobacco and alcohol advertising. The Constitutional issue is bogus in the extreme.

This is stark evidence of the Bush priorities – money over people. Plain, simple, and very real. Don’t see how even True Believers could deny it without turning their brain into a pretzel, but I have every confidence they will.

Arf