Art of worry

Hu Jintao can say without exaggeration that the fact that he holds a claim check on a big chunk of America is worrisome. I'm worried, too.

Translated from the English translation, Hu is saying:

• China is a player. Don't screw with China.
• The dollar has lost its claim to be the currency of refuge. China nominates the yuan.
  
• In the war of economies, China has won. Or is at least close enough to be a serious threat.
• Don't count on a bailout.
  

No, he's not really giving us the finger. It just seems that way.

Got down ... off my (grass-mud) horse

... and stepped into a pile of shi...fting sand. Almost broke my as...pirin bottle.

My eighth grade English teacher would not permit our juvenile attempts to walk up to the line of George Carlin, but the Chinese communist authoritarians are having a hard time stopping the infiltration of such almost-cussing near-puns into Internet dialog.

I have to say that I'm happy to see this childish technique giving the "harmonizers" fits.