I Feel So Very Old!

I guess I've always been a bit of a nerd which is probably one of the many reasons I always feel old. I found myself greatly distressed when I couldn't stop myself from stepping in on a political discussion taking place between one of the kids at work (18) and one of the techs (30). The kid didn't know that Obama is the only democrat in the presidential race. Neither knew anything about any of the republican candidates. Their ignorance was so appalling that I was forced to break my usual rule of silence. I knew about politics when a mere child; I have recordings (on a cassette tape!!) of "shows" invented by myself and my brother complete with political commercials. Okay, so they mostly made fun of the candidates - can I help it that the majority of politicians are worthless other than as an object of ridicule?? Hearing the two of them reminded me of a recent conversation in which myself and a friend were trying to find a good word for a political atheist. Initially, American was suggested but we then agreed that American would be better defined as politically ignorant...