The Lonesome Road

This is not a public service message to encourage you to vote during local elections - but hey, go vote!

Anyway, this is more about the whole reality tv crap that has been going on forever. I’m pretty sure most of you know this, but for the few who don’t, more people voted during the American Idol season than during the Presidential election. And here’s the best part - they *paid* so that they could vote. Does it get dumber than this?

Anyway, here’s the part that always gets me. I was channel flipping yesterday and I came across “America’s Got Talent” and decided to stay awhile. (Well, it’s like the ghoul factor. You know, like people always stop to look if there is an accident). Don’t judge me! So, here’s the funny thing. The show was being broadcast live (?), the host kept reminding people to vote *after* the program got over. The really funny part was that even though this message was being repeat after every performance, people were still calling in before time. Now I do understand that you want your voice to be heard, but at least hear what the man has to say.

Now came the thing that really cracked me up. I’m currently watching a repeat telecast - and now after every act, there is a big orange bar with a large font message that says - “Previously recorded. Voting now closed” or something in that vein. How much do you want to bet that as of this minute there are people calling to vote for their favourite contestant?

I used to think that with the glut of reality TV shows that the whole voting thing would have become old by now. But it seems that I am wrong - and the phone and television compaines are making a lot of money with the whole game. Well, more power to them.

A wise man once said that Lottery is simply a tax on stupidity. Seems that times have changed…