american idol

so, the two cents wannabe, taylor hicks, is the new american idol. taylor has most of the two cent musical genes. those spastic moves remind one of the attempts at break dancing ( two cents once had to be gently untangled from a particularly limb / pot interlocking spin) whilst the grey cap and general looks lends one to question if a dna check was worthwhile. in the negative column is the singing. even his best of friends will admit that two cents stands some ways back from taylor in this department.

63 million americans voted last night and seacrest reflected that this was more numbers than voted for an american president. that does say something about the untied states of america and it's politics in general.

belief in the american power for global good has never been this low. even in america, bush's popularity is at it's lowest. here, the american public are passing the buck as the american president is merely delivering what he promised and what they voted for. the eroding of cherished american ideals of rights and freedom for individuals under a barrage of acts, cloaked within the need to protect themselves against terrorism, does not auger well for the rest of the world. in our part of the world where these democratic concepts are more nebulous, the ease at which the bastion of free world is bending the rules gives us less hope for the advancement of our systems of government and accountability.

our idols are those we think could be us, with a bit of work. the reality is that taylor hicks of this world are no different to any of us. we just like to think they are.