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June 14th, 2010 | 
Author: 
Jamie Weinstein
I recently became aware of an international human rights award endowed by and named after Libyan dictator Muammar Qadaffi. It is, of course, ridiculous for a gross human rights violator to be the namesake of an international prize for human rights.
No less absurd have been the recipients of the Qadaffi Prize. Over its 20-year history, the Qadaffi Prize has been bestowed on such human rights luminaries as Louis Farrakhan and Fidel Castro.
What a guy.
In some years, the Prize was awarded to entities like the Libraries of Timbuktu and the Third World Center. Bizarrely, the esteemed Qadaffi Prize has also been awarded, in varying years, to the Children of Palestine, indigenous peoples of the Americas, the children of Iraq, and the children of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In any respect, the Al-Qadaffi International Prize for Human Rights got me thinking. In the spirit of the prize, what other awards should be created? What follows is a listing of the awards the world is desperately waiting for, and possible nominees for each.
The Robert C. Byrd Award for a Youth Dedicated to Social Good
Nominees: Charles Manson, David Duke, Bill Ayers
The Glenn Quagmire Prize for Chivalry
Nominees: Chris Brown, Ben Roethlisberger, OJ Simpson
The J-Street Prize for Contributions Made to Strengthening Israel’s Long Term Security
Nominees: Peter Beinhart, Andrew Sullivan, Helen Thomas
The Ward Churchill Prize for Scholarly Excellence in Pursuit of Historical Truth
Nominees: Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Alex Jones Prize for Skepticism
Nominees: Jesse “The Body” Ventura, Sean Penn, Members of the Heaven’s Gate Cult (posthumously)
The Kim Jong-Il Prize for Fashion Excellence
Nominees: Lady Gaga, Flavor Flav, Little Richard
The James Cameron Prize for Screenwriting Excellence
Nominees: Oliver Stone for “W”, Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer for “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector”, Rob Schneider for “The Animal”
The President Barack Obama Prize for Change
Nominees: Rod Blagojevich, Walid Karzai, Boss Tweed
The Donald J. Trump Prize for Humility
Nominees: Terrell Owens, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino
The Fidel Castro Prize for Oratorical Brevity
Nominees: Hugo Chavez, Colonel Qadaffi, Vice President Joe Biden
The Olive Garden Prize for Italian Culinary Excellence
Nominees: Sbarro, Pizza Hut, Chuck E. Cheese
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Here’s a few more for yah Jamie..
AIPAC Prize for Democratic Capitalism
Bought and Paid for Nominees include: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, U.S. Media
The Ariel Sharon Prize for Human Rights
Nominee: Ehud Barak for supervising deadly commando raids on aid ships
The PW Botha Prize for Generosity
Nominees include: Israeli Minister Shimon Peres offering to sell Apartheid South Africa nuclear weapons
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