David D. Friedman just posted a succinct and hilarious take on the current state of U.S. politics — that doubles as an argument for skipping the vote. Check it out:
The bad news is that it looks as though Obama is going to win. The good news is that it looks as though Romney is going to lose.
As I commented a few elections back, the problem with electing a Republican is that he does about the same bad things the Democrat would have done, with about the same bad consequences …
Friedman is always worth reading (and probably responsible for me first getting into blogging some six years ago), so check his Ideas blog out.