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Michael
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U.S. President George W. Bush a big winner at World Stupidity Awards
By NELSON WYATT
Canadian Press
July 25, 2004
http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040723/CPE/36566023
MONTREAL - The November elections may still be ahead of him but U.S.
President George W. Bush came out a big winner Friday -- at the World Stupidity Awards <http://www.stupidityawards.com/>.
Bush was a dominating presence at the second edition of the awards
presented at the Just for Laughs comedy festival. Host Lewis Black, whose biting satire is a highlight of TV's The Daily Show, took pride in the
recognition the United States received at the awards, saying: "we are the gold standard."
Black said the awards "celebrate the pros" and "perfection in idiocy" because real stupidity is hard work.
"It's easy to fall down a manhole, it's easy to put the candles too
close to the drapes, it's easy to launch a military invasion of another country based on a few blurry satellite photos," he observed.
"This year my people, we scaled the Everest of stupidity and we stand
upon its peak."
Bush took the Stupidest Man of the Year Award and for the second time
in the history of the two-year-old awards won the Stupidity Award for Reckless Endangerment of the Planet.
That award was presented by Justin Trudeau, son of former prime
minister Pierre Trudeau. He got the biggest reaction of the night from females in the packed house, who hooted, whistled and yelled "yum" at him while he was onstage.
Bush didn't take the category alone, however, and tied with British
Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The controversial Texan president shared in two other awards as the
United States was noted for having the Stupidest Government of the Year.
"What was interesting about that is that the decision was made
overwhelmingly by Americans who voted," said Albert Nerenberg, of the
Main Organization Revealing Obvious Numbskulls which runs the awards.
Nominations and voting took place at the organization's online site,
except for the lifetime achievement award which is settled by the judges.
The nominations were judged by experts in their fields - "a bunch of
idiots" and overseen by the Academy for Recognizing Stupidity Everywhere.
Stupidest Statement of the Year was Bush's pronouncement that "combat operations have ended in Iraq," where fighting still rages more than a
year after the U.S.-led invasion to topple Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Bush beat out pop princess Britney Spears, nominated for saying, "I
do," at her brief Las Vegas wedding, and singer Jessica Simpson, who wondered aloud on TV: "Why does Chicken By the Sea taste like tuna? Is it chicken or tuna?"
Though he is facing war crimes charges after being captured by U.S.
forces, Saddam can take solace in the Lifetime Achievement Award for Stupidity, which was bestowed on him with a musical tribute and a montage of film clips and photos, including one of him getting a fashion makeover from the cast of Queer Eye For the Straight Guy.
Iraq and the conservative right in the United States figured heavily in
the awards, which declared Fox's The O'Reilly Factor the Stupidest TV Show andgave Fox News the nod for Media Outlet Which Has Made the Greatest Contribution to Furthering Ignorance Worldwide.
Also, Stupidest Woman of the Year was U.S. soldier Pte. Lynndie
England, who became notorious after pictures were published of her allegedly abusing Arab prisoners in a Baghdad military prison. She is facing charges.
Presenter Maggie Cassella said England beat out convicted homemaking
guru Martha Stewart, dysfunctional rocker Courtney Love, Anna Nicole Smith and Michael Jackson who "finally had enough surgery to place himself in thiscategory."
Cast members from Survivor: All Stars - Rob Cesternino, Kathy O'Brien
and Shii Ann Huang - gave the award for stupidest trend, which was trucker hats.
Stupidest Act of the Year went to Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, who
cradled his baby while feeding a crocodile, an act which sparked a storm of prοtest.
"What is it with celebrities dangling their babies?" asked presenter
Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall fame. "Next year, they'll be eating them. Good thing cocaine is an appetite suppressant."
Gigli, considered one of the worst movies of the year and an albatross
for stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, tied with Mel Gibson's The
Passion of the Christ as Stupidest Movie. The tie was to be broken by audience members at the Friday night event but the audience couldn't decide which was worse so the tie stayed.
Although Canada was shut out, Nerenberg said it was a banner year for
stupidity.
"It was a stupendous year for stupidity," he said.
The show ended with a raucous musical number by mini Kiss, a group of
singing dwarfs who perform made up like the '70s glam rock group.
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YOUR 2004 WORLD STUPIDITY AWARDS NOMINEES
http://www.stupidityawards.com/press.html
Stupidest Man of the Year
1) President George W. Bush
2) Presumptive Democratic Nominee John Kerry
3) Deposed Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein
4) US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld
5) Osama Bin Laden
Stupidest Woman of the Year
1) Michael Jackson
2) Private Lynndie England
3) Courtney Love
4) Martha Stewart
5) Anna Nicole Smith
Stupidest Country of the Year
1) France
2) The USA
3) Canada*
4) North Korea
5) The United Kingdom
6) Australia
*Host Country for the Stupidity Awards is automatically nominated
Stupidest Trend of the Year
1) War
2) Trucker Hats
3) Spam
4) Climate Change
5) Terrorism
Stupidest Media Outlet of the Year
1) Fox News
2) The Mirror, UK
3) Air America
4) The New York Times
5) Clear Channel
Stupidity Award for Reckless Endangerment of the Planet
1) George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair
2) Osama Bin Laden
3) Kim Jong-il, Dictator of North Korea
4) Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat
5) Jessica Simpson
Stupidest Movie of the Year
1) Gigli
2) The Passion of the Christ
3) New York Minute
4) The Day After Tomorrow
5) Scooby Doo 2
Stupidest TV Show of the Year
1) The Simple Life
2) The Swan
3) The O筊eilly Factor
4) Average Joe 2
5) Fear Factor
Stupidest Act of the Year
1) The Abu Grhraib Prison Torture and Photo Sessions Club
2) Wardrobe Malfunction SuperBowl
3) Invading Iraq
4) The Crocodile Hunter feeding crocodile with his baby son
5) The North American East Coast Blackout
Stupidest Statement of the Year
1) "It was a wardrobe malfunction." - Justin Timberlake
2) "YEEEAARRGHHHHH!!" - Howard Dean
3)?I do?- Britney Speers
4)?Nick, why does this Chicken of the Sea taste like tuna?" - Jessica
Simpson
5) "Major combat operations have ended in Iraq," - President George W.
Bush.
And the exalted??
Lifetime Achievement Award For Stupidity
(TBA at the World Stupidity Awards July 23rd) |
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bravojohnny
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July 27, 2004 - 05:06 PM |
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As much power as the USA has , esp when Bush demostrated its powers by to the UN, we are a long way from being stupid. Its the other countries that continue to kiss our @ss and asking for aid that are stupid. Even the UN!!! What weakness is this. If as a man you show you are weaker then your gf or wife do you think she would respect you as a man? Let me ask you this. If the pearl tower was the very next target (isnt this an internation city where terroist would likely strike?) how would china react? How would they react to the other foreigners? Dont blindly ignore the fact there is only terroist in just America! Look at Russia and the terriost attack there. |
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