You're wise, probably. I've been a bit of a political junkie since my teens, and it's never done me much good. And I've certainly appreciated having no TV of late. Going without makes you realise just how much your interests are controlled by what's on the box.

Oh, and NZ is in election-mode at the moment, though you wouldn't know it by reading my LJ, right? Happily, our elections are mercifully short compared to the US ones, which are utterly bizarre, when you think about it.