BBC reporting that PM Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics on August 8.

President Bush is under pressure at home, most recently from presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, to skip the opening ceremonies. Congressman Neil Abercrombie has also joined a group of other House members in pushing for a hearing on a resolution calling for an Olympic boycott until China improves its human rights record.

Since winning the Olympic bid in 2001, China has come under pressure from numerous sources to address human rights before August. Protests in Tibet in the last few weeks have people focusing more and more on the idea of a boycott.

I have many more thoughts on this issue, but have to run to do a story/video. In the meantime, take a look at this site, Anti-CNN.com, which is dedicated to shaming the Western media’s coverage of the situation in Tibet. It gives a different perspective on what’s happening over there.