American Idle

Alright, I don't have much time (I have a mid-term in
my LA History class waiting for me in just about two
hours) so I'm going to make this quick.

If this American Idol "controversy" doesn't fade away
into pop culture oblivion within the next week I'm
going to lose it and lose it in grand fashion, my
friends.

Much to my chagrin, I awoke this morning to the vision
of Elton John claiming the talent contest to be ripe
with racism. Fans of Fantasia (the girl not the
Disney 'toon) cried both tears and fowl. So much
passion! You would have thought an election had
mistakenly elected the wrong American President, not
the wrong American Idol. Which leads me to my next
point of ire...
Four years ago, America experienced a constitutional
crisis based on the fact people couldn't figure out
which hole to punch. Does it come as any surprise
that the "dial 1-800-###-#### for your favorite
contestant" method came up woefully short?

If Sir Elton or any fan of fair play wishes to discuss
conspiracies, how about William Mulholland and Fred
Eaton's plan to "obtain" the rights to the Owens River
under the guise of being federal officials, and what
about the LA Times/aqueduct connection, and what about
the...the...oh, that's right, I should be studying
right now.

Wish me luck,
Chris

P.S. Oh yeah, you want to talk racism, Sir Elton?
How is it that taxpayers managed to pay reparations to
the farmers of the Owens Valley for lost crops due to
lost water. Yet we enslave a race of people and to
this day they nor their ancestors have received dime
number one. And what about...