Honestly? It hadn’t occurred to me to post about ute-gate. It may well have been on the front page of every newspaper for days but it’s one of those stories I just cannot bring myself to care about enough to wade into the enormously boring-looking detail of it. Frankly, I wish they’d all just shut the hell up about the damn ute and concentrate on dealing with climate change, the economy and REALLY important issues like whether a 2-year-old should be allowed into the senate and whether Rove did or didn’t ……
……accidentally announce he was having a baby on his show last night. Or are you BUSTING to talk about the ute? You tell me……
In case you were wondering how I decide what to post about on mamamia, my litmust test is whether I have an emotional reaction to something. I have to care. The exception is that I almost never post on distressing stories because I figure there’s enough of that on news sites and you come here for a bit of respite from all that misery which can be quite overwhelming. One politician I am totally happy to post on is Barack Obama.
Just the other day I said to a girlfriend “You know, I sleep better at night knowing Barack Obama is in charge of the Western World. I really do.” As opposed to how I slept when that other guy was in charge….
If you missed this, Barack Obama was doing a TV interview when he stopped speaking for a moment to concentrate on a fly and…..well, watch.
The man is a ninja. And sexy dammit.
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It's actually "lithmus test" - not "litmust" -
the phrase comes from lithmus paper, used in laboratories...
Loving Utegate! The twists, the drama, Australian politics almost got sexy for a minute there... Having said that I hope this story has a snappy ending - I don't think anything that's come out so far is cause for anyone's resignation. Time to move on people, and you know, run the country.
Obama on the other hand. Now that is a sexy politics worth aspiring too right there