Thursday, January 10, 2013

Dubious Achievements



Since former President, Bill Clinton, has just been named “Father of the Year” by the National Father’s Day Council … see: USA Today Story, a dubious achievement if there ever was one, I thought I might also assemble a number of other recent winners of equally dubious honors.  They are:

Tim Tebow – “The Bronzed Bench” from the New York Jets
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – American Jewish Congress’s “Best Friend of Israel” Sash
Nancy Pelosi – the Plastic Surgeons’ Patient of the Year Award (the “Golden Scalpel”)
Harry Reid – Four gold-framed U.S. Budgets from the previous four fiscal years
Rush Limbaugh – Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year”
Elizabeth Warren -- Honorary Membership in the Cherokee Nation
Bashar al-Assad – UNESCO’s “Greatest Love of One’s Countrymen” Gold Medal
Joe Biden – Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University
Anthony Weiner – Cosmo Magazines “Sexiest Centerfold” Award
Maya Angelou – the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Hillary Clinton – “Most Underrated Politician” Loving Cup from the U.S. House
Mohamed Morsi – the Muslim Brotherhood’s blood-framed “Sacred Oath”
Barney Frank – “Handsomest Couple of the Year” Award from Bride’s Magazine
Justin Bieber – People Magazine’s “Most Metrosexual” Honor
Mayor Tom Menino of Boston – the Demosthenes Award for Outstanding Diction
Barack Obama – the Nobel Peace Prize

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Darn it, George, you are making me feel my (our) age. I found your "awards" hilarious (and of course very tongue-in-cheek). But the younger crowd didn't see it that way. At some of your nominations (or were they awards already) they took umbrage. As I said, somewhere around 75 we either get to be very acute and discerning or we are losing it. I don't know which. Axel

George W. Potts said...

Too soon old ... too late wise ...