{"id":180,"date":"2004-07-24T11:52:20","date_gmt":"2004-07-24T06:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=180"},"modified":"2004-07-24T11:52:20","modified_gmt":"2004-07-24T06:52:20","slug":"world-stupidity-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2004\/07\/24\/world-stupidity-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"World Stupidity Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was surprised to hear that there was something called the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stupidityawards.com\/\">World Stupidity Awards<\/a><\/strong>, but not really surpised that George W Bush won.<\/p>\n<p>Everytime I see him in action, I thank God for being born an Indian and being blessed with an intelligent political leadership:). And everyone who knows me will know that I think that Indian politicians are at the bottom of the IQ pile &#8211; slightly below mentally retarded hedgehogs.<\/p>\n<p>Bush incidentally tied with Blair for the first place for the Stupidest Man in the World, won the stupidest Government of the year and the Stupidest Statement of the year for the statement &#8220;Mission Accomplished&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Saddam Hussein won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Stupidity and Fox News won the &#8220;Media Outlet Which Has Made the Greatest Contribution to Furthering Ignorance Worldwide&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The event was organised by the Main Organization Revealing Obvious Numbskulls (MORON).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was surprised to hear that there was something called the World Stupidity Awards, but not really surpised that George W Bush won. 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