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Hello Mister Walrus
05/27/09

In reply to AT&T Accused of Swinging the Least Important Election In the World
I disagree about this being the least important election in the world. I think it is a relatively important election. The winner typically goes on to a very lucrative music career. Imagine what you could do for charity or to influence your local community if you had Kelly Clarkson's or Carry Underwood's (sudden and unexpected) wealth. Imagine what kind of community movements you could jump start with your new found celebrity. Even if it is just a talent contest, the winners have access to social influence well beyond that of normal people.
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Russ Savage
05/27/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: I'm sure the first thing on these people's minds are community movements, and social influence. not.
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Hello Mister Walrus
05/27/09

@Russ Savage: The point is about 10000 feet above your head. You don't have to do anything with money or fame, but you have the choice to. Society entrusts a disproportionate amount of influence to celebrities. They can choose whether to use it for good or self gain.
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Kaiser-Machead
05/27/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: And ironically, both this guy's take and The White Lies' cover of Kanye West's Love Lockdown is better than the original.
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Roddy
05/27/09

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I, for one, am sure glad america is not idolizing a gay man (for #1 at least)! I know the press would sure love to push it on us and that is why they are so mad.
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Yarrr
05/27/09

@Roddy: Yeah, I mean, what do they think this is? 2009?

Why do you care if he's gay, straight, into BDSM, a plushy, or just likes a good old fashioned Alaskan Pipeline. Gays lead a lifestyle that I don't agree with (I'm just not a fan of penis, not even my own, which precludes me from homosexuality), but they don't deserve the shit treatment they get. So to me, they're not saying "This guy has achieved so much, despite the fact that he likes to get plugged in the pooper!" so much as they are saying "Hey, this guy has achieved so much, despite the fact that ever repressed latent homosexual hayseed in the US wants to pick a fight with him!"
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Roddy
05/27/09

@Yarrr:

How bout we don't let our youth idolize a person who is amoral and leads an detestable and destructive lifestyle. The gays are the minority in this country and they have the loudest voice and the liberal media loves them.

I would say you shouldn't even be allowed to be in the contest if you are gay. Its just plain wrong and nobody needs to be exposed to it because it does end up having an effect on people (desensitizing for most on the issue). So it is 2009, how bout we bring some decency back to america? (It is far too late I know :()
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Hello Mister Walrus
05/27/09

@Roddy: Yay anti-gay flame war! This has potential to grow into a 100-plus comment thread. Keep throwing on fuel, people.
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OMG! Ponies!
05/27/09

@Roddy: I thought that according to the teachings of your prophet, that one should not judge others lest he be judged himself. Doesn't your bible teach tolerance of others' beliefs? In fact, if my knowledge of history serves me correctly, Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan which directed religious tolerance throughout the Empire.

Personally, as a Jew, I don't believe that Jesus was divine, descended from divinity, or imbued with any prophetic powers. You are, from my perspective, a heretic. But I do not judge you because I know that your beliefs are yours and you are entitled to them.

I take issue with your declaration that Mr. Lambert is amoral. I am sure that that young man is possessed of his own moral compass which may or may not jibe with yours. I would ask that you refrain from judging others and leave that task to whatever god it is that you worship.
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Kaiser-Machead
05/27/09

@Roddy: Sexuality, in and of itself, is amoral. What IS a matter of morals is the slew of choices one has to make, but this is true of most things in our lives.

Destructive? People have a high potential for destructive activity. This was never something exclusive to any one group in the whole. Detestable? This is a matter of perspective, and I get the feeling that there's very little perspective in this comment.

By the logic people use against homosexuals, I could argue that ugly people should not have sex. It litters humanity with more ugly people, and I just don't much care for the thought of people I find unattractive in an amorous embrace. That makes me look like a massive prick, doesn't it?
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Sean Godos
05/27/09

@Roddy: I agree. I would have voted for him if I did not see him in drag on TMZ. So we live in a time where good people are bad and bad people are "cool". Satan has convinced more people today that you can slap God in the face with an open hand and all is well. There will come a time when we will all stand before God and we will be accountable for all of our rebellion. In style or not, Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
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Hello Mister Walrus
05/27/09

@Sean Godos: I can't tell if this is a serious comment.
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Kaiser-Machead
05/27/09

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If Ed McMahon was the host of American Idol, someone would be sitting at the bottom of a river over this by now. He'd have people swinging from meat hooks in refrigerated trucks. Horse heads would be stuffed under people's bedsheets.

In short, don't fuck with Star Search.
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Nick
05/27/09

@Kaiser-Machead: only one star Kaiser. I would have given you four stars.
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OMG! Ponies!
05/27/09

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I will not rest until there has been a full inquiry into the facts surrounding this blight on reality television. Our nation's people have been pressed to the brink in these dire times and this scandal has the potential to rock the American people's faith in democracy to its core. A rift this great, I believe, will rip asunder cultural and socioeconomic wounds beyond those that can be repaired

I believe that, in light of the seriousness of these allegations, Congressional hearings should be immediately convened, a truth commission should be empaneled, and, if necessary, the full weight of the American justice system should be brought to bear upon those who perpetrated this miscarriage of entertainment. The gravity of these charges demands no less.

Actually, I give more thought to scratching my ass while sleeping than to American Idol. But being righteously indignant is always fun, especially when used to highlight the absurdity of the trivial.
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Geisrud
05/27/09

@OMG! Ponies!: You've really been going full-out lawyer on us recently. I love it.
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kentsmithnz
05/27/09

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For voting to be of any relevance, votes should cost (e.g. $1) and money donated to charity. It'll stop the freaks that vote like 1000+ times.
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Slap Bet
05/27/09

@kentsmithnz: Not to give myself up here, but they only let you vote 10 times per phone number...
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Nick
05/27/09

@kentsmithnz: no sir. they should white, land owning males.
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JEmlay
05/27/09

@Slap Bet:

You can text 10 times from each cell phone and you can call 10 times from each landline.

Take a house with 3 cell phones and you have 40 votes!!!

The entire system is flawed and worthless.

Can you say MONEY MONEY MONEY MONNNEEEY boys and girls?
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madog
05/27/09

@JEmlay: No no no! It's:

Money money money mooooneeey....... MOOONEY!

Ya gotta get that last high-pitched MONEY in there!

Now that I've done that, and sang the song in my head so many times, that word has lost all meaning, and the spelling looks really weird now too.
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