Cheap shots & sucker punches, brickbats & brass balls?

We may be living in mean-spirited times where insensitivity, cynicism, distrust, apathy and other similar joyful traits are rewarded insofarmuchas there is no real punishment for such acts of anti-social civil disobedience. From driving, to talking, to walking or waiting in a line, we have little more than an attention speck... that aside, the price of gasoline is up, interest rates may rise, the real estate bubble burst and the value of money seems to be adrift somehow. Seeing the leader of China Hu get lauded out by a Falun Gong press lady was priceless. If there was an Extreme World Fighting League, there we'd be like Capt. Amerika, basically wanting good things like democracy, etc... but we have feet of clay and blinders on, one hand tied behind our back and so many albatrosses around our neck we are more likely to back into a crisis with our eyes closed than face it head on. Meanwhile China is like a huge martial arts expert who has repressed his dojo and dissed his sensei and now bootlegs bitten beats and has a rough pirate feel to him as looks at Taiwan and Japan to pop shit... his pimphand is strong fer sure! Bush can handle them... no problem.