All news is bad news?

I must admit, this has been a trying day.  Let's rehash; the anniversary of John Lennon's assassination, Julian is in a British prison, hopefully protected from U.S. assassins, Obama lashes out at "idealist progressives" for expecting too much, new Wikileaks memos talk about certain Afghani males' penchant for fucking little boys, BP still making profits by devastating the environment, Canada still pushing for the most polluting oil extraction method ever conceived, and my cat still poops"outside the box".  The real war has begun, starship troopers, there will be casualties but there's no turning back now.  May the force be with you.