Stephen Joseph, counsel for savetheplasticbag.com, provides his counterpoints to a proposed 25 cent fee for all plastic and paper bags used by consumers in the state of California in his op-ed piece in today's LA Times.

I've never heard of the fact that plastic bags don't decompose in the landfills referred to as "a blessing", but Joseph manages to work it into this article. This is a rather comical statement coming from one that accuses his opponents on the issue of spreading "misinformation".

OK, we know that Joseph is retained by an organization that works in the interests of plastics manufacturers. But would he next ask us to believe that filmy plastic bags will somehow lead us to everlasting world peace?