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The MORONs are at it again. That is, the Main Organization Revealing Obvious Numbskulls are handing out the annual World Stupidity Awards. Who will be declared Dumbest Of Them All? With W in the running, there is some mighty tough competition.
The United States will face tough competition from Canada on Friday but this time it has nothing to do with hockey or softwood lumber.

The two countries are going head-to-head for top honours at the World Stupidity Awards, where doofuses get their due.

"This is a year where Canada could do very well and, as a Canadian, I'm very excited," enthused Albert Nerenberg, of the Main Organization Revealing Obvious Numbskulls, which organizes the event at the Just for Laughs comedy festival.

"The Canadian government has been nominated in the dumbest government of the year category and this is one year where we feel we've got a chance."

Canada will be vying against the United States, Iran, North Korea and the United Nations for that particular Oscar of idiocy crown.

But Prime Minister Paul Martin has already been outshone by President George W. Bush, who is nominated in three categories - stupidest man of the year, stupidest statement of the year, and stupidity award for reckless endangerment of the planet. Martin didn't get nominated for anything.

Bush dominated last year's awards, taking the stupidest man prize and the award for reckless endangerment of the planet. Nerenberg admitted the organizers do limit the number of categories featuring the controversial Texan.

"He would essentially be nominated in every category had we not interfered," Nerenberg said. "We want to give other people a chance. We just feel some of the other great stupidity in the world would go unrecognized if Mr. Bush was allowed to run rampant. But he is doing very well."
The show's host is no stranger to W's stupidity - he's practically made a career out of it: Lewis Black. Black says of W: "He's always a big one and it just gets worse every day with him. . . . His stupidity is almost on a Hall of Fame level." Almost? Black must have been feeling generous.

John Kerry was also nominated for a MORON award. "He should be," says Black. "What are the chances of finding someone who could actually lose to Bush? I mean, you almost had to search. The Democratic party should have been nominated too."

More info and the full awards categories here. Thanks to ALPF! Welcome back, and I hope you had a great vacation.

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  1. Anonymous23 July 2005 at 08:04

    I did have a very good vacation.

    I was very surprised by the amount of US license plates at every hotel we stayed. We met some American visitors, quite surprised by the temperatures and some comments about the beauty and general cleanliness. There was one particular father of a young family from Tennessee that I talked to at pool side, he said he had always wanted to take his family to Canada on a vacation. They had just come from Niagara Falls and were going to the Toronto Zoo the next day. He expressed that sometimes he wished he could raise his family here instead of "in a general atmosphere of fear and intolerance" as he put it.

    I should have pointed him to your site and told him to go for it!!

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  2. laura k23 July 2005 at 08:39

    I was very surprised by the amount of US license plates at every hotel we stayed.

    That's really good to hear. Canada's been doing a big tourism push on American TV. Many Americans are uneasy about going abroad right now, so Canada is pushing the "another country, but close to home" angle. I hope it's working.

    Re family from Tennessee, that is way cool. I am heartened to hear Americans see what their country has become. It's important.

    I wish I could send him the URL too! :)

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  3. laura k23 July 2005 at 10:23

    Oops, your link reminded me of something I meant to post...

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