Between cats, dogs, and American Idol, who needs Politics!!! IMAO is one more week of useless posts away from being de-linked. Like you even care.

I care.

Uh-oh. Threatened delinkification!
Although when you threaten delinkification, you really should include whom you intend to replace them with. That tactic always works when I call my cable provider/phone company and mention I found a better price for the services they offer.

Hmmm, good point. Should I go for PuppyBlender, Scrappleface, or Michelle Malkin?

PuppyBlender is a link?..
Surf's Up! Bye!

motopo' you dont already have those 3 linked? Novice!

I'd recommend a competitor or at least another humor type poli-blog to be dangled as the potential link replacement carrot. If you do delink, make sure to write a long winded disillusioned post to puncuate the removal. Be sure to use the word disinfranchised at least four times.

Hmmm, should we really be discussing this on their site?

She's done. There's only room for one jackass on television who's wealthy, out of touch with reality, screws everything that comes along, fawns on television, and is publicly drunk all the time. And we all know that Ted Kennedy doesn't like competition.

Ted Kennedy doesn't like competition

that picture of Paula on the main page? I thought that hat looked familiar. Isn't that the one TeddyK wore during the Alito hearings?

"Scaliciototio!!!!"

Spacemonkey,

Why don't you tell us how you REALLY feel? 8-)

ok, i've gotta disagree here. first, i don't think AI has jumped the shark. only Paula has. she should be replaced with someone less doped up.

i agree, i'd prefer to see more talented people in the beginning; however, AI will never do that, because they'd lose a lot of viewers who only watch for that crap.

i think they should have the poor songs on the list. because if they'll choose crappy songs now, they would choose them for their CDs (not for the filler songs, but for the main songs), and we want them to lose so we don't get mediocre CDs. the exception is Ruben, who won, but Clay sold more CDs. Ruben always picked boring songs on the show, and he should never have won. and do we ever hear about him anymore?

i agree about the "your own fault" thing. if it's separated by 1 vote, maybe, but come on. Brenna couldn't have lost by 1 vote. show me the bottom contestant losing by 1 vote, and i'll let Ryan tell me that it was someone's fault besides Brenna's.

i COMPLETELY agree about Randy's namedropping. it's not going to make me think he's a music expert. you know what would convince me better? if he could pick out Kellie's million pitch problems.

i have to disagree on Simon. saying he's right all the time makes him even more right. and sexier. and since he's subjected to working with alkeypaula, you should cut him some slack. he works with a couple of jokers.

Ahhhhhhhhh.************ has just been dedinked.

Scotty, I jealously guard my linkage, and give them away meanly. IMAO ISN'T one of fifty thousand links or even one of fifty. It is in a very elite group, and de-linkage would be a major setback to their prestige. Maybe.

Idol, schmidol. Here's what I don't understand;

Simon:
The show is called "American Idol". So why do they have some foppy brit making the call on what's good American pop?

Paula:
She was popular... 18 years ago. and I still don't know why. Who really thought she could sing very well to begin with? Now she doesn't sing at all (unless it's with a male contestant & behind closed doors).

Randy:
Where did he come into the picture anyway, dog? Before AI, dog, was he a household name? Does he own a dog?

Us:
There are so many talented performers in this country, so do we really need to fabricate another ego-stroking narcisstic marionette to shower attention on & wait for one of them to complain about not getting invited to record a song for the next "Rock Against Bush" CD?

Who am I kidding? I know I'm going to watch it anyway.

i think they should have the poor songs on the list. because if they'll choose crappy songs now, they would choose them for their CDs...

Sarah, You know that the artist in this deal would NEVER be the one choosing songs on their CD. The contracts they signend and the leash held by the Producers are way to tight to allow that. The singer in these deals are just a cog in a much bigger, nastier, ugly machine. See any boy band, Kyle Minogue (especially her early work with Hit Factory), and back even to the dawn of big label pop music.

That is why in the bigger picture I still gravitate to stronger performers and singer songwriters. I especially admire an artist (not just a performer, get the difference I am establishing) who produced or co-produced their tracks.

Sheesh. Am I the only one here old enough to remember RJ in Journey?

What's a "Journey"?