American I-Duh.

I just watched four thirty-something up-and-comers discuss the future of economics (within a 50 year spectrum) and then, all in unison, turn around and discuss American Idol with just as much (if not more) fervor. It was like watching some kind of Synchronized Retardation competition. I'm not saying it's bad to like American Idol, as I have my own love affair with brain-rotting television, but to be so charismatic about it is just frightening, especially when held in litmus with a topic that actually affects us like economics. I doubt that AIDS researchers have long, drawn out discussions on the creation of the disease and then suddenly shift into a heated conversation on which Darren was better on Bewitched (It was the first one), right?