Comments on: An Idle Idol Post (Updated) http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities Sanjaya: An American Nightmare « http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-64402 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:20:02 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-64402 [...] “Last week millions of nervous Americans gathered around their televisions to see if Sanjaya Malakar, the 17-year-old Indian-American contestant with the face of an angel and the voice of…something else, would finally be kicked off of American Idol.  But once again Sanjaya defied all expectations and common sense and survived another round in the contest that defines this country as much as Nascar, the Superbowl, presidential elections and monster trucks.  It is finally time to acknowledge that the inexplicable and frightening Sanjaya juggernaut has reached crisis proportions and something must be done about it before it is too late. [...] […] “Last week millions of nervous Americans gathered around their televisions to see if Sanjaya Malakar, the 17-year-old Indian-American contestant with the face of an angel and the voice of…something else, would finally be kicked off of American Idol.  But once again Sanjaya defied all expectations and common sense and survived another round in the contest that defines this country as much as Nascar, the Superbowl, presidential elections and monster trucks.  It is finally time to acknowledge that the inexplicable and frightening Sanjaya juggernaut has reached crisis proportions and something must be done about it before it is too late. […]

]]> by: Jon Swift http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-62395 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:02:47 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-62395 ...But once again Sanjaya <strong>defied </strong>all expectations and common sense and survived ... …But once again Sanjaya defied all expectations and common sense and survived …

]]> by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61993 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:57:17 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61993 Don't take it too hard, now. <em>Of course</em> I realized you were engaging in what the Mighty El Rushbo calls "demonstrating absurdity by being absurd" - I was just engaging in a bit of tail-feather tweaking. BTW, good catch on the "Vote again" button. That is phrakkin' <strong>hilarious</strong>.... <em>hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha</em> ~EdT. Don’t take it too hard, now. Of course I realized you were engaging in what the Mighty El Rushbo calls “demonstrating absurdity by being absurd” - I was just engaging in a bit of tail-feather tweaking.

BTW, good catch on the “Vote again” button. That is phrakkin’ hilarious…. hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

~EdT.

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61821 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:46:08 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61821 <blockquote>Though, it is very unlikely that anyone is voting anywhere near 100,000 times/episode.</blockquote> Unlikely? Ya think? Sigh... . I really did try for maximum-level-ridiculous with those numbers, but y'all are way too literal today.

Though, it is very unlikely that anyone is voting anywhere near 100,000 times/episode.

Unlikely? Ya think?

Sigh… . I really did try for maximum-level-ridiculous with those numbers, but y’all are way too literal today.

]]> by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61818 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:42:13 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61818 My guess is that many of the voters do so more than once. Though, it is very unlikely that anyone is voting anywhere near 100,000 times/episode. Of course, if you have multiple people voting from one phone #, the AI folks can't tell how many people are voting - so we are unlikely ever to see such stats. Oh, and I really don't start voting in AI, not until the final 12 in any case. ~EdT. My guess is that many of the voters do so more than once. Though, it is very unlikely that anyone is voting anywhere near 100,000 times/episode. Of course, if you have multiple people voting from one phone #, the AI folks can’t tell how many people are voting - so we are unlikely ever to see such stats.

Oh, and I really don’t start voting in AI, not until the final 12 in any case.

~EdT.

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61805 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:24:08 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61805 Ed -- Hahahahahaha! It never occured to me you were voting in AI at all -- which shows you how far off we are today in our thought processes. Jack -- I really am having trouble with their numbers. Mostly, it's because they've esitmated that there are between 27 and 37 million viewers for a given show. I can't believe I'm the only person who hasn't been voting... Ed — Hahahahahaha! It never occured to me you were voting in AI at all — which shows you how far off we are today in our thought processes.

Jack — I really am having trouble with their numbers. Mostly, it’s because they’ve esitmated that there are between 27 and 37 million viewers for a given show. I can’t believe I’m the only person who hasn’t been voting…

]]> by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61794 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:39:33 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61794 <blockquote>Really? You’ve only been voting once?</blockquote> That is correct. I text my vote in (reduces the risk of an RSI), and so stuffing the box becomes an expensive exercise. Of course, as it gets closer to the end, I may phone in a few, but probably never more than 5/week. After the infamous war-dialer incident involving a university in Hawaii and votes for Jasmine Trias, I think they look for evidence of hi-tech stuffing, and if they find it they simply wipe out those votes. ~EdT.

Really? You’ve only been voting once?

That is correct. I text my vote in (reduces the risk of an RSI), and so stuffing the box becomes an expensive exercise. Of course, as it gets closer to the end, I may phone in a few, but probably never more than 5/week.

After the infamous war-dialer incident involving a university in Hawaii and votes for Jasmine Trias, I think they look for evidence of hi-tech stuffing, and if they find it they simply wipe out those votes.

~EdT.

]]> by: Jack http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61792 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:22:36 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61792 Is it really so hard to believe 30 million Americans voted? You don't have to leave the house, stand in line, show identification, a registration card. You can eat, talk with your family and best friends while you wait to vote. Its lazy, easy, and exciting. Things that real elections lack. Is it really so hard to believe 30 million Americans voted? You don’t have to leave the house, stand in line, show identification, a registration card. You can eat, talk with your family and best friends while you wait to vote. Its lazy, easy, and exciting. Things that real elections lack.

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61788 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:56:45 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61788 <blockquote>Great lesson to teach the kiddoes, then sit back and snarkle as they howl about only getting to vote *once* in the grown up elections</blockquote> Really? You've only been voting once?

Great lesson to teach the kiddoes, then sit back and snarkle as they howl about only getting to vote *once* in the grown up elections

Really? You’ve only been voting once?

]]> by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61787 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:53:35 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/03/22/an-idle-idol-post/#comment-61787 Ahhh, yes. Electoral Fraud 101: Ballot Box Stuffing. <em>Great</em> lesson to teach the kiddoes, then sit back and snarkle as they howl about only getting to vote *once* in the grown up elections. Oh, and a great way to teach AC about the value of the secret ballot, too. Maybe we can have a course on this in the public skoolz? ~EdT. Ahhh, yes. Electoral Fraud 101: Ballot Box Stuffing.

Great lesson to teach the kiddoes, then sit back and snarkle as they howl about only getting to vote *once* in the grown up elections.

Oh, and a great way to teach AC about the value of the secret ballot, too.

Maybe we can have a course on this in the public skoolz?

~EdT.

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