There are lots of levels of fear and complaint about the government getting involved in business. First and foremost, of course, is incompetence.

There was an austerely dignified award ceremony. By that I mean we had to buy our own drinks - in clear violation of the international journalists'code of truth, fairness and an open bar.

Russian cars are silly. They look like imports drawn by a cartoonist for a UAW newsletter.

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

I don't watch much television. Yeah, that's pretty funny. I don't know where The Daily Show stand politically, do you?

Then Saturday Night Live spawns... well, everything right down to American Pie 9, where all humor has to be irrelevant, which can get a little tiring.

Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.