On Sat, 10 May 2008 13:06:48 -0400, Larc notmyaddress.com>
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Larc notmyaddress.com> wrote in
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In article <4nmb24pbkhdf33pri66k9o2hh467l1fbof@4ax.com>,
wooly@pipeline.com says...

First Kittyn, your timeline of the meeting appears to be correct and I
was wrong in my initial comment.

Second, do you really think that anything goes on w/ AI, that Cowell is
not fully aware? I don't. No one, additionally, I believe, knows the
settlement between Fuller and Cowell in England and what each is allowed
in the other's franchises as a result of that.

Finally, if anyone named Archuleta "got away with anything," Cowell's
words of praise are already out there and not coming back. PR wise, to
slap the kid around "critique-wise" this week as a form of punishment,
practically will serve as a means of mobilizing more tweens than they
ever considered to bring him into the finals and, maybe, beyond.

All these responsibility and disqualification arguments makes me smile
a little. I think there is a problem with the lyrics, but how it went
down might be very different from the report. It's been confirmed that
he sang the same line during rehearsal. Remember TPTB chooses what to
leak.

If Archie goes next week, it means TPTB let him go as "punishment." If
he doesn't? TPTB has decided him as the winner, because if not, why
don't they just let him go on top 3? Why care for anyone who is not
going to be their eventual winner? Let Archie go at top 3 can give
them leverage anyway. Let's see what happens.