there was an article a while back that compared the existing gerontocracy (they're all on the brink of losing it) in the united states to the collapse of the soviet union, and i wrote it off as reaching.

i'm not so sure any more.

i've posted this a few times already, and it's true - this is contemporary politics in the united states: a bunch of stubborn seniors, most of whom should be in jail, but that otherwise belong in homes, bitching at each other over trivialities.

it's like every terrible sitcom you've ever turned off.