For too long, people have held in contempt the morons of the world. Though often discriminated against because of their boneheaded stupidity, morons have managed to secure a place for themselves in the modern world. To keep hope alive, and to foster love and respect for the idiots of the world, the Free Idiots Society has dedicated itself to awarding the miraculously stupid people who have risen to fame and power, or at least fame. These moronic but unique people have helped to shape a kinder, dope-friendly nation, and for that accomplishment, we present them here with the Free Idiots Society's Honorarium for Making the World a Dumber Place. The award winners are as follows . . .

      This week's award goes out to . . .

      The Honorarium for Making the World a Dumber Place, in the category of Accidentally Public Display of Inner Lack of Tact, goes to George "Dubya" Bush Jr. for his public description of the New York Times reporters as "major league assholes" over a live mike at a press conference. We here at the Free Idiot Society are NOT making this up.

      Past awards . . .

                The Honorarium for Making the World a Dumber Place, in the category of Public Idiocy and Sheer Stupidity, goes out to former vice president Dan Quayle, for his creative spelling of the word potato and his strange fascination with South American carvings of male genitalia.

                The Honorarium for Making the World a Dumber Place, in the category of Embarrassing Representation of a Nation, goes to George Bush, for his revisitation of a recent meal all over a japanese ambassador!

                The Honorarium for Making the World a Dumber Place, in the category of Genetic Hygeine and Pollution, goes to the Ancient Egyptians, for their policies of relentless incest!

                The Honorarium for Making the World a Dumber Place, in the category of Personal Vanity and Bloated Self Image, goes to Mazlow, for defining his equals to be only Jesus and Gandhi!

                The Honorarium for Making the World a Dumber Place, in the category of Drunken Partying and Political Masochism, goes to every man, woman and child who was so soused that they decided to vote for Jesse Ventura as Governor of Minnesota!

                Do you want to Nominate an Idiot? Any and all nominations of famously stupid actions are accepted, as long as the person has verifiably made the world stupider by existing, and is famous enough to be recognized on our list. Good luck to all the idiots out there!