I guess we now know why the FCC is cracking down on this kind of stuff: it's a conspiracy so the Bush admin can insult its opponents but the media can't report it. They weren't counting on the Washington Post! The Taiwanese gave the impression that Cheney was fined for that.

Meanwhile we're all in a tizzy here about the liu niao xia 遛鳥俠. A xia is a martial arts hero. "Liu niao" is the Chinese custom of taking your birds for a walk (see below). Lin Yutang identifies niao as a variant of diao 屌, penis. Anyway, liu niao xia is a humorous phrase coined to refer to a college student who streaked because he lost a bet when the Lakers lost. So you see, it's really the Americans' fault.

"Bird walking": The bird walker holds on to the top of their cages and swings them while they grip their perches. Are they hanging on for dear life? Or do they like it? I don't know. It's like Zhuangzi 莊子 and Huizi 惠子 at the Hao 濠 river bridge. I recall an article about the treatment of animals, and how it was difficult to figure out what was best for them. The writer conceded that one could observe what the animals seemed to like, but then went on to argue that what animals liked wasn't necessarily what was good for them.