It only seems like the big, stinky cheese is popular & powerful because of all the media hype & the VERY loud minority of factual "ditto heads" that lick his pants. The next few crises will show the ADULTS that we must face the changes happening in the world co-operatively & sanely and that our growing pains are the sick symptoms we see all around us. But don't despair--it WILL get better, 2012 OR NO.