But it is not an exaggeration to say that if you're not following the ongoing insanity in Oregon, you are missing a look into a very dark future.
It begins with a not-at-all-unusual squabble between the Republicans in the Oregon legislature and the Democratic Governor, Kate Brown.
On Thursday, every Republican member of the Oregon state senate took a powder, denying Brown and the Democrats a quorum and effectively killing the bill.
The legislative lamsters all had a good time, taking goofy videos in what appeared to be Holiday Inn lobbies while Republicans back home fumed.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown ordered state troopers to track down GOP state senators who fled to prevent a quorum.
The Republican senators—with the full support of the Oregon Republican Party—made common cause with armed domestic terror groups.
Something is building in our politics and now I wish I hadn't watched that series about Chernobyl. »