Announcing the Winners of the 1st Annual "Infidel Blogger Awards"
Well Infidelephians this 1st edition of the The Infidel Blogger Awards has been a thrilling roller coaster ride, complete with controversy, heartbreak and the... uh, uh, spirit of good natured rivalry.
Literally thousands of votes were cast making this award's debut a smashing success and a well aimed poke in the eye to the Jackbooted Stalinists of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
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Without further delay allow me to introduce our cherished winners of this inaugural editon of "The Georgies":
1) Blogger most likely to face a Section 13(1) complaint
FiveFeetOfFury takes top honours! Congratulations Kathy, I'm sure your new husband is as thrilled as you are;)
2) Most Insulting to the Prophet Blog Post
Dag of No Dhimmitude for a post so inflammatory Allah has vowed to personally torture him.
Congrats Dag - you'll have no trouble getting a date now.
3) Best Infidel Blogger - non-restricted category
Miracle of Miracles! Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch
I measure a man by his enemies.
4) Favourite Gal Infidel Blogger
In a surprise win Debbie Schlussel takes the category!
Surprising given her retiring manner and penchant for privacy.
5) Favourite Guy Infidel Blogger
No surprise here - none other than the man the Lying Jackal wishes he was - Ezra Levant
6) Most favourite MSM Anti-Islamist Pundit
Mark Steyn! The man who made the Sock Puppets Cry, but not before offering them dinner out.
7) Least Favourite Useful Idiot MSM Pundit
Everybody's favourite, the Toronto Stars leading Islamist Cheerleader Haroon Siddiqui
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And now our most hotly debated category.....
8) Biggest Pro-Censorship Ass-Hat
In a surprise, and shamelessly biased decision the Judge (that's me) decided to declare two winners in this category.
The Voters have spoken and CJ of LGF was the category winner by virtue of an overwhelming majority of the popular vote. Bravo Charles! I judge a man by his friends too.
However, finishing a close second and in recognition of the contribution made to the success of these awards by Jennifer Lynch I feel it my rightful duty to declare The Canadian Human Rights Commission co-winner in the Biggest Pro-Censorship Ass-Hat category. Short may you reign.
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Thanks to all of you who supported this effort, it just goes to show, you can fight evil and have fun all at the same time!
Next year.
Congratulations to all the winners - and to all the nominees!!!
And, thanks to the organizer for this most awesome awards!!!
I can't wait for next year's competition!!!
Bravo the entire exercise was fun, liberating and frankly un-PCed.
Hats off Blaze.
LGF, congrats on being the most noted Censor outside of the fascist CHRC and HRC. You earned it.
It was good fun, God willing next years version will be a bit more organized;)
Well done, Blaze. An inspired idea, and timely too.
While I've been otherwise preoccupied most of the past couple of weeks, I did get around to voting before polls closed.
Congrats to Kathy, Ezra, Steyn and the other worthy winners.
Of course, if you're interested in a great strategy for avoiding a Section 13 ordeal, see "Mohammed" Action Dinosaur's latest post on the subject.
Cheers.
Obergruppenfuhrer Jennifer Lynch and and her CHRC Sturmabteilung lost this thing fair and square! Why, BCF, why are you honouring these losers with this important award?
Commissar Charles Johnson is the sole rightful winner of the coveted Biggest Pro-Censorship Ass-Hat of 2008(tm) award. 54 frickin percent of the voters can't be wrong, unless the votes were tabulated by the Belarus Electoral Authority or some such.
And were the Debbie Schlussel-bots voting for their broad more than once perhaps? 5 Feet of Fury had a seemingly insurmountable lead until the Schlussel cultists showed up. Oh well. I guess Kathy can console herself with the happy thought that the Lynch-mob will likely be paying her a visit soon.
I agree with Jeppo - give credit where credit is due: ie do not deprive Charles of the award he won fair and square. The voting public has made its choice, let Charles have the award he richly deserves! I suggest a trophy in the form of a Celtic Cross, which would look super-tasteful and impressive on his bookshelf....
Yea, I don't understand why CJ would have to share the censorship asshat award. I mean, LGF even has a spin-off blog exclusively for telling the tales of banned/blocked/deleted members, and there you'll find that the rationale for it runs the gamut. One might also get the impression that CJ seems to enjoy playing dictator, as evidenced by little nuggets like this:
That's right, and now you're banned again. You have your own blog, and you can whine about 'censorship' there.
So, c'mon now. Fair's fair.
I am sorry you feel that way Chen, however the Judge decided that the nefarious influence of the CHRC and specifically Commissioner Jennifer Lynch in rigging the nomination process had to be accounted for.
Well, in that case, perhaps I could offer a suggestion on what the trophy should be.
Good one.
BCF, well done -- and as for lack of organization, I couldn't tell :) Thanks so much!
As for Charles Johnson, I think it's a case of Head Got Too Big. A shame, as he started out so promisingly. But I totally agree with including the Lynch Mob. No doubt.
Well, in that case, perhaps I could offer a suggestion on what the trophy should be.
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