Allow me to set the mood:


"South Korea Parliament Fight"

Illustrative that graded on a global curve, (still) Rep. Doug Bruce's "love tap" on a Rocky Mountain News reporter's knee isn't so exceptional.

Genteel Colorado standards of legislative decorum being what they are, however,

Panel: Censure Bruce for kick

A panel of Colorado legislators recommended today that state Rep. Douglas Bruce be censured and that he apologize to his colleagues for kicking a newspaper photographer.

The recommendation goes to House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, who will make the final decision. Bruce kicked Rocky Mountain News photographer Javier Manzano on Monday during a prayer on the floor of the House...

More than a dozen reporters and photographers followed Bruce from the hearing, asking for his reaction to the committee's recommendation of censure.

He was stone-faced and silent for the first time all week.

But don't worry, like all comic book villains and other such over-the-top enemies of all that's good and decent in the world, he'll be back.