The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is off key again...

I just saw the list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and it includes Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper, two artists deserving of induction.  (Alice is long overdue, if you ask me.)  However, the ballot omits (for the eleventh straight year) KISS.  Also left of the ballot are Deep Purple, Ted Nugent and Rush.   All four of these artists played very important roles in shaping and influencing rock artists for decades to come.  But yet, included on the ballot for possible induction in 2011: Donna Summer, Tom Waits, Donovan and J. Giles Band.  Can anyone make an arguement those four artists are more deserving than the four left of the ballot this year?  Of course not.  They aren't, plain and simple.  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has continually shunned these artists for reasons unknown.  Other flubs from the R&RHOF are not inducting Aerosmith on their first year of eligibility and making Black Sabbath wait multiple years before finally voting them in.  I could also question the induction of such artists as ABBA and Grandmaster Flash, neither of which is rock and roll.  (I understand a disco hall of fame would have roughly five members and honestly, is anyone going to invest in building a Rap Music Hall of Fame and Museum?  Exactly. So let them in, it gives people like me something to write about and all of you something to debate.)    The truth is, KISS, Teddy, Rush and Deep Purple all deserve to be in the Hall.  Until they are included, the R&RHOF is like a performance of "Freebird" without the lighters.