Among other things I am worn down by what MSNBC’s banner is calling the AIG Bonus Blame Game — the latest being that the execs at AIG were demanding the bonuses or else they would dump confidences about the company to the competitors.

Maybe others like me are worn down by the headlines, sound bites and the cable news people. I mean worn down!

Contrast these headlines with a story by one of the best bloggers out there, Danah Boyd  in her post yesterday called “random act of kindness.”

This guy gets up from his seat in first class to allow her companion to have the seat, so the couple could fly together. No gimmicks, no follow up… he just did it.

Isn’t that somewhat like what policy leaders probably expected from AIG and all those bankers? Something larger than self.  Maybe random acts of goodness — as in the public interest.