A quote from Don't Worry About the Government, which has been mentioned on this blog before, has managed to put the news from the last ten weeks into a single sentence:
"It's the same shit."
Tea party candidates are saying the same über-conservative pledges to get into office, a Chilean mine disaster came and went, people are still complaining about BP, and the rest of the nation's politicians are still bashing one another over midterm elections.
Maybe I'm just jaded from my daily news readings, but it's still a good point nonetheless.