Kevin Drum says he's going to let out a primal scream if one more commentator praises Londoners for their collective "stiff upper lip" in carrying on in the face of adversity. Me, I'm more of a groaner, though I appreciate British understatement and placid fortitude as much as anyone. The curious thing is that so many of the rightward bloggers and Fox Newswers who are hailing the Brits for their quiet stoicism and pluck don't seem to realize they're issuing an implicit rebuke to themselves and their fellow Americans. They're saying, in effect, "You've got to admire the Brits for showing calm and quiet perserverence after these explosions--they don't get all hysterical, overdramatic, and overreactive the way we Americans do." They don't seem to realize the example shown by Londoners might be a lesson to them, a model they might follow instead of playing laptop Pattons at full volume every time they feel a rousing post coming on.