The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. Jerry Sandusky is your choice for the 2013 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved.
If there is any lesson to be learned in this year's BOTY victory, it's this: people don't like child molestors. That succinctly explains how Sandusky won an award normally garnered by someone or something heavily inovled in control of the political or economic system. Not that political control is completely missing from the Sandusky sex abuse scandal: left uninvestigated are allegations that wealthy individuals were involved in sex abuse as well, which would explain the unusually speedy trial Sandusky faced.
Runner-Up: Justin Bieber
In the unlikely event that Sandusky can no longer fill his duties as Beast of the Year, Justin Bieber is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way.
In any case, we salute you, Jerry and Justin. Congratulations, and keep up the great work, dudes!!!
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Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
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Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
To vote for your pick go to:
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It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2012 to April 2013. Here are the choices:
May 2012: Rupert Murdoch
Let's forget for a minute that Murdoch runs the most ruthlessly dishonest right-wing media empire in the world. Let's forget also that while it's been uncovered that his outlets have been engaging in widespread computer hacking while he has hypocritically pushed for tougher laws against cyber criminals. Just ask this: if the names "Murdoch" and "News Corp" were taken out of the story, and the evidence of the widespread hacking were reported in the news, would this guy be in jail?
June 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy
While losing his re-election campaign for France's President, Sarkozy became the face for the failed austerity movement in Europe and the voter backlash against it. That may be a tad unfair (the real culprit isn't Sarkozy, it's the IMF) but he's been such a toad to both Bush and Obama, he deserves little sympathy.
July 2012: Jerry Sandusky
There really is a slam dunk choice in BOTM with a guy who engaged in serial pedophilia for well over a decade, aided with a coverup by institutional leaders of one of the most powerful colleges in the US. That is scandalous enough, but left uncovered is allegations that Sandusky was providing kids to others richer and more powerful, allegations that indicate Sandusky is a scapegoat in his own right.
August 2012: Justin Beiber
Perhaps this pick doesn't need to be elaborated on. The question is simply this: "Why is this guy still around?"
September 2012: Dan Cathy
It seems strange that the question of eating a chicken sandwich would hold so much political importance. But as Cathy has pushed an anti-gay agenda through his Chick-fil-A profits and even used the company itself to promote his views, it has become a ground zero in the battle of gay rights and gay marriage.
October 2012: Innocence of Muslims
Rarely has a movie made such an impact on politics as this one, although here the term "movie" is used loosely since there's no evidence this film actually exists. Nevertheless, the excerpts of this "film" on YouTube make this an attempted October Surprise apparently organized by far-right CIA operatives, anti-Islam Fundamentalist Christians, and Israel through it's Mossad espionage outfit.
November 2012: Todd Akin
Why did the Republicans get their asses kicked in the 2012 election? Sorry, Mitt Romney wasn't the real problem, the real problem was the GOP candidates just plain scared most Americans. And nobody perfectly represented this scariness like Akins, who led off a "Rape Brigade" of rogues who just couldn't stop talking about rape in a stunningly offensive way.
December 2012: SuperPACs
For all the Democratic victories, the real winner of the 2012 election was still money and the corruptive influence of SuperPAcs on democracy. And it seems that the negative influence of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling will only continue in the coming years.
January 2013: Benjamin Netanyahu
Okay, The Konformist concedes the complexitites of Middle East politics can't be fairly reduced to a snarky paragraph placing all the blame on one bad "Beast" character. Still, Bibi, the current Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud Party, is the ideological equivalent of the Neocons that drove the US to Iraq War disaster. Meanwhile, it's time to acknowledge that when comparing the treatment of the Palestinians to apartheid-era abuses, Israel could be fairly described as little more than South Africa with bagels.
February 2013: Piers Morgan
Let's pretend for a second that the establishment media caricature of Infowars.com star Alex Jones as a paranoid nutjob is essentially correct. (And as entertaining as his surreal performance on Piers Morgan's show may have been, we concede he made the case very easy.) Even if that was true, he still came off better than Morgan in the gun control debate. Meanwhile, Morgan is as heavily involved in the British tabloid hacking scandal as Rupert Murdoch, a fact that has been unreported.
March 2013: Zero Dark Thirty
Sometimes Beastly art is just poorly made. (If you need examples, watch a few Pauly Shore films.) And sometimes Beastly art is well made but offensive. Case in point: Zero Dark Thirty, the cinematic glorification of the alleged Osama bin Laden assassination, which dabbled in apologism for torture and traded artistic integrity by becoming a mouthpiece for the CIA and Pentagon.
April 2013: Cardinal Keith O’Brien
Less than eight years after assuming the papacy, Benedict XVI called it quits, amid widespread evidence that his rise in the church hieracrchy was linked to his coverup of pedophilia among priests. The corrupt nature of selecting his replacement is highlighted by O'Brien, who only was excluded from the conclave by his own choice after revelations of abusing his position for demands of homosexual sex. This despite Cardinal O'Brien pushing the Catholic Church's anti-gay agenda publicly.
To vote for your pick go to:
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Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
To vote for your pick go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2012 to April 2013. Here are the choices:
May 2012: Rupert Murdoch
Let's forget for a minute that Murdoch runs the most ruthlessly dishonest right-wing media empire in the world. Let's forget also that while it's been uncovered that his outlets have been engaging in widespread computer hacking while he has hypocritically pushed for tougher laws against cyber criminals. Just ask this: if the names "Murdoch" and "News Corp" were taken out of the story, and the evidence of the widespread hacking were reported in the news, would this guy be in jail?
June 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy
While losing his re-election campaign for France's President, Sarkozy became the face for the failed austerity movement in Europe and the voter backlash against it. That may be a tad unfair (the real culprit isn't Sarkozy, it's the IMF) but he's been such a toad to both Bush and Obama, he deserves little sympathy.
July 2012: Jerry Sandusky
There really is a slam dunk choice in BOTM with a guy who engaged in serial pedophilia for well over a decade, aided with a coverup by institutional leaders of one of the most powerful colleges in the US. That is scandalous enough, but left uncovered is allegations that Sandusky was providing kids to others richer and more powerful, allegations that indicate Sandusky is a scapegoat in his own right.
August 2012: Justin Beiber
Perhaps this pick doesn't need to be elaborated on. The question is simply this: "Why is this guy still around?"
September 2012: Dan Cathy
It seems strange that the question of eating a chicken sandwich would hold so much political importance. But as Cathy has pushed an anti-gay agenda through his Chick-fil-A profits and even used the company itself to promote his views, it has become a ground zero in the battle of gay rights and gay marriage.
October 2012: Innocence of Muslims
Rarely has a movie made such an impact on politics as this one, although here the term "movie" is used loosely since there's no evidence this film actually exists. Nevertheless, the excerpts of this "film" on YouTube make this an attempted October Surprise apparently organized by far-right CIA operatives, anti-Islam Fundamentalist Christians, and Israel through it's Mossad espionage outfit.
November 2012: Todd Akin
Why did the Republicans get their asses kicked in the 2012 election? Sorry, Mitt Romney wasn't the real problem, the real problem was the GOP candidates just plain scared most Americans. And nobody perfectly represented this scariness like Akins, who led off a "Rape Brigade" of rogues who just couldn't stop talking about rape in a stunningly offensive way.
December 2012: SuperPACs
For all the Democratic victories, the real winner of the 2012 election was still money and the corruptive influence of SuperPAcs on democracy. And it seems that the negative influence of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling will only continue in the coming years.
January 2013: Benjamin Netanyahu
Okay, The Konformist concedes the complexitites of Middle East politics can't be fairly reduced to a snarky paragraph placing all the blame on one bad "Beast" character. Still, Bibi, the current Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud Party, is the ideological equivalent of the Neocons that drove the US to Iraq War disaster. Meanwhile, it's time to acknowledge that when comparing the treatment of the Palestinians to apartheid-era abuses, Israel could be fairly described as little more than South Africa with bagels.
February 2013: Piers Morgan
Let's pretend for a second that the establishment media caricature of Infowars.com star Alex Jones as a paranoid nutjob is essentially correct. (And as entertaining as his surreal performance on Piers Morgan's show may have been, we concede he made the case very easy.) Even if that was true, he still came off better than Morgan in the gun control debate. Meanwhile, Morgan is as heavily involved in the British tabloid hacking scandal as Rupert Murdoch, a fact that has been unreported.
March 2013: Zero Dark Thirty
Sometimes Beastly art is just poorly made. (If you need examples, watch a few Pauly Shore films.) And sometimes Beastly art is well made but offensive. Case in point: Zero Dark Thirty, the cinematic glorification of the alleged Osama bin Laden assassination, which dabbled in apologism for torture and traded artistic integrity by becoming a mouthpiece for the CIA and Pentagon.
April 2013: Cardinal Keith O’Brien
Less than eight years after assuming the papacy, Benedict XVI called it quits, amid widespread evidence that his rise in the church hieracrchy was linked to his coverup of pedophilia among priests. The corrupt nature of selecting his replacement is highlighted by O'Brien, who only was excluded from the conclave by his own choice after revelations of abusing his position for demands of homosexual sex. This despite Cardinal O'Brien pushing the Catholic Church's anti-gay agenda publicly.
To vote for your pick go to:
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Sunday, December 22, 2013
Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
To vote for your pick go to:
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It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2012 to April 2013. Here are the choices:
May 2012: Rupert Murdoch
Let's forget for a minute that Murdoch runs the most ruthlessly dishonest right-wing media empire in the world. Let's forget also that while it's been uncovered that his outlets have been engaging in widespread computer hacking while he has hypocritically pushed for tougher laws against cyber criminals. Just ask this: if the names "Murdoch" and "News Corp" were taken out of the story, and the evidence of the widespread hacking were reported in the news, would this guy be in jail?
June 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy
While losing his re-election campaign for France's President, Sarkozy became the face for the failed austerity movement in Europe and the voter backlash against it. That may be a tad unfair (the real culprit isn't Sarkozy, it's the IMF) but he's been such a toad to both Bush and Obama, he deserves little sympathy.
July 2012: Jerry Sandusky
There really is a slam dunk choice in BOTM with a guy who engaged in serial pedophilia for well over a decade, aided with a coverup by institutional leaders of one of the most powerful colleges in the US. That is scandalous enough, but left uncovered is allegations that Sandusky was providing kids to others richer and more powerful, allegations that indicate Sandusky is a scapegoat in his own right.
August 2012: Justin Beiber
Perhaps this pick doesn't need to be elaborated on. The question is simply this: "Why is this guy still around?"
September 2012: Dan Cathy
It seems strange that the question of eating a chicken sandwich would hold so much political importance. But as Cathy has pushed an anti-gay agenda through his Chick-fil-A profits and even used the company itself to promote his views, it has become a ground zero in the battle of gay rights and gay marriage.
October 2012: Innocence of Muslims
Rarely has a movie made such an impact on politics as this one, although here the term "movie" is used loosely since there's no evidence this film actually exists. Nevertheless, the excerpts of this "film" on YouTube make this an attempted October Surprise apparently organized by far-right CIA operatives, anti-Islam Fundamentalist Christians, and Israel through it's Mossad espionage outfit.
November 2012: Todd Akin
Why did the Republicans get their asses kicked in the 2012 election? Sorry, Mitt Romney wasn't the real problem, the real problem was the GOP candidates just plain scared most Americans. And nobody perfectly represented this scariness like Akins, who led off a "Rape Brigade" of rogues who just couldn't stop talking about rape in a stunningly offensive way.
December 2012: SuperPACs
For all the Democratic victories, the real winner of the 2012 election was still money and the corruptive influence of SuperPAcs on democracy. And it seems that the negative influence of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling will only continue in the coming years.
January 2013: Benjamin Netanyahu
Okay, The Konformist concedes the complexitites of Middle East politics can't be fairly reduced to a snarky paragraph placing all the blame on one bad "Beast" character. Still, Bibi, the current Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud Party, is the ideological equivalent of the Neocons that drove the US to Iraq War disaster. Meanwhile, it's time to acknowledge that when comparing the treatment of the Palestinians to apartheid-era abuses, Israel could be fairly described as little more than South Africa with bagels.
February 2013: Piers Morgan
Let's pretend for a second that the establishment media caricature of Infowars.com star Alex Jones as a paranoid nutjob is essentially correct. (And as entertaining as his surreal performance on Piers Morgan's show may have been, we concede he made the case very easy.) Even if that was true, he still came off better than Morgan in the gun control debate. Meanwhile, Morgan is as heavily involved in the British tabloid hacking scandal as Rupert Murdoch, a fact that has been unreported.
March 2013: Zero Dark Thirty
Sometimes Beastly art is just poorly made. (If you need examples, watch a few Pauly Shore films.) And sometimes Beastly art is well made but offensive. Case in point: Zero Dark Thirty, the cinematic glorification of the alleged Osama bin Laden assassination, which dabbled in apologism for torture and traded artistic integrity by becoming a mouthpiece for the CIA and Pentagon.
April 2013: Cardinal Keith O’Brien
Less than eight years after assuming the papacy, Benedict XVI called it quits, amid widespread evidence that his rise in the church hieracrchy was linked to his coverup of pedophilia among priests. The corrupt nature of selecting his replacement is highlighted by O'Brien, who only was excluded from the conclave by his own choice after revelations of abusing his position for demands of homosexual sex. This despite Cardinal O'Brien pushing the Catholic Church's anti-gay agenda publicly.
To vote for your pick go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2012 to April 2013. Here are the choices:
May 2012: Rupert Murdoch
Let's forget for a minute that Murdoch runs the most ruthlessly dishonest right-wing media empire in the world. Let's forget also that while it's been uncovered that his outlets have been engaging in widespread computer hacking while he has hypocritically pushed for tougher laws against cyber criminals. Just ask this: if the names "Murdoch" and "News Corp" were taken out of the story, and the evidence of the widespread hacking were reported in the news, would this guy be in jail?
June 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy
While losing his re-election campaign for France's President, Sarkozy became the face for the failed austerity movement in Europe and the voter backlash against it. That may be a tad unfair (the real culprit isn't Sarkozy, it's the IMF) but he's been such a toad to both Bush and Obama, he deserves little sympathy.
July 2012: Jerry Sandusky
There really is a slam dunk choice in BOTM with a guy who engaged in serial pedophilia for well over a decade, aided with a coverup by institutional leaders of one of the most powerful colleges in the US. That is scandalous enough, but left uncovered is allegations that Sandusky was providing kids to others richer and more powerful, allegations that indicate Sandusky is a scapegoat in his own right.
August 2012: Justin Beiber
Perhaps this pick doesn't need to be elaborated on. The question is simply this: "Why is this guy still around?"
September 2012: Dan Cathy
It seems strange that the question of eating a chicken sandwich would hold so much political importance. But as Cathy has pushed an anti-gay agenda through his Chick-fil-A profits and even used the company itself to promote his views, it has become a ground zero in the battle of gay rights and gay marriage.
October 2012: Innocence of Muslims
Rarely has a movie made such an impact on politics as this one, although here the term "movie" is used loosely since there's no evidence this film actually exists. Nevertheless, the excerpts of this "film" on YouTube make this an attempted October Surprise apparently organized by far-right CIA operatives, anti-Islam Fundamentalist Christians, and Israel through it's Mossad espionage outfit.
November 2012: Todd Akin
Why did the Republicans get their asses kicked in the 2012 election? Sorry, Mitt Romney wasn't the real problem, the real problem was the GOP candidates just plain scared most Americans. And nobody perfectly represented this scariness like Akins, who led off a "Rape Brigade" of rogues who just couldn't stop talking about rape in a stunningly offensive way.
December 2012: SuperPACs
For all the Democratic victories, the real winner of the 2012 election was still money and the corruptive influence of SuperPAcs on democracy. And it seems that the negative influence of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling will only continue in the coming years.
January 2013: Benjamin Netanyahu
Okay, The Konformist concedes the complexitites of Middle East politics can't be fairly reduced to a snarky paragraph placing all the blame on one bad "Beast" character. Still, Bibi, the current Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud Party, is the ideological equivalent of the Neocons that drove the US to Iraq War disaster. Meanwhile, it's time to acknowledge that when comparing the treatment of the Palestinians to apartheid-era abuses, Israel could be fairly described as little more than South Africa with bagels.
February 2013: Piers Morgan
Let's pretend for a second that the establishment media caricature of Infowars.com star Alex Jones as a paranoid nutjob is essentially correct. (And as entertaining as his surreal performance on Piers Morgan's show may have been, we concede he made the case very easy.) Even if that was true, he still came off better than Morgan in the gun control debate. Meanwhile, Morgan is as heavily involved in the British tabloid hacking scandal as Rupert Murdoch, a fact that has been unreported.
March 2013: Zero Dark Thirty
Sometimes Beastly art is just poorly made. (If you need examples, watch a few Pauly Shore films.) And sometimes Beastly art is well made but offensive. Case in point: Zero Dark Thirty, the cinematic glorification of the alleged Osama bin Laden assassination, which dabbled in apologism for torture and traded artistic integrity by becoming a mouthpiece for the CIA and Pentagon.
April 2013: Cardinal Keith O’Brien
Less than eight years after assuming the papacy, Benedict XVI called it quits, amid widespread evidence that his rise in the church hieracrchy was linked to his coverup of pedophilia among priests. The corrupt nature of selecting his replacement is highlighted by O'Brien, who only was excluded from the conclave by his own choice after revelations of abusing his position for demands of homosexual sex. This despite Cardinal O'Brien pushing the Catholic Church's anti-gay agenda publicly.
To vote for your pick go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Beast of the Year 2012: Paul Ryan
The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. Paul Ryan is your choice for the 2012 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved.
Perhaps the biggest news story of the last year - if not of the last four years - is just how scary crazy the entire GOP has gone in the age of Obama. And no figure has been more important in the Republican Party to the right-wing movement than Paul Ryan, currently their VP nominee in this year's election. His 2012 federal budget plan would abolish korporate income taxes, estate taxes, taxes on capital gains, dividends and interest, and heavily reduce tax rates on the wealthy while ruthlessly cutting social programs, partially privatizing part of Social Security to Wall Street and fully privatizing Medicare. Some would call this "Ayn Rand on Crack" (which may be an unfair smear of Ms. Rand, who was at least a gifted writer) yet all but four Republicans in the the HOR and five in the Senate voting for it.
Runner-Up: Brian Moynihan
In the unlikely event that Ryan can no longer fill his duties as Beast of the Year, Brian Moynihan is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way, as Mr. Moynihan has had great Beastly practice as CEO of Bank of America.
In any case, we salute you, Paul Ryan and Brian Moynihan. Congratulations, and keep up the great work, dudes!!!
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
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It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2011 to April 2012. Here are the choices:
May 2011: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Despite an attempt to suppress the horrifying effects via a collaboration of political leaders and korporate media, strong evidence is quietly accumulating that Fukushima is even worse than Chernobyl. The coverup by the establishment is not only in Japan and the US, but in the entire industrialized world, where military industrial complexes profit off the false notion that nuclear power is both safe and cheap.
June 2011: Paul Ryan
As reactionary and feckless as the Democratic Party has been in the age of Obama, the GOP has become scary crazy. Exhibit A: Paul Ryan's 2012 federal budget plan, which would abolish korporate income taxes, estate taxes, taxes on capital gains, dividends and interest, and heavily reduce tax rates on the wealthy while ruthlessly cutting social programs, partially privatizing part of Social Security to Wall Street and fully privatizing Medicare. Some would call this "Ayn Rand on Crack" (which may be an unfair smear of Ms. Rand, who was at least a gifted writer) yet all but four Republicans in the the HOR and five in the Senate voting for it.
July 2011: Ken Feinberg
Though not particularly well known, Ken Feinberg is a stunningly loathsome individual: as the government-appointed pay czar for the BP Gulf oil disaster, he has squeezed victims to sign off on lowball compensation claims or face long painful legal battles while dealing with personal economic crisis caused by BP's gross negligence. This is not new: previously Feinberg had done the same screwing victims of Agent Orange, Dalkon Shield and even the 9/11 disaster, bullying them all in lawyer hardball for korporate and insurance giants. Unsurprisingly, the one time Feinberg hasn't ripped off those he administered as a pay czar is in approving obscene salaries to beneficiaries of the Wall Street Bailout via TARP.
August 2011: John Lipsky
If there's one news story over the last year that just stinks of a frame-up, it's the supposed rape charge and continued harrassment of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former IMF Managing Director and (until the dubious arrest) leading contender for the French presidency. DSK was becoming an increasingly strong critic of the neoliberal economic agenda and even suggested the taboo (as far as the US banking system is concerned) of replacing the dollar as the solitary international currency. He was arrested in New York in potential violation of both international law and diplomacy protocol before any evidence had been properly analyzed, then dumped onto Rikers Island until he resigned, conveniently timed to allow Lipsky to push the Greek austerity plan through.
September 2011: Jersey Shore
The idea that "Reality" TV is manufacturing a more depraved society in America is a conspiracy theory The Konformist has supported for over a decade. Jersey Shore, the new low in culture trash, is pretty ironclad proof in our book.
October 2011: Peter King
Ten years after 9/11, Congressman King is perhaps the most notorious elected official to engage in anti-Muslim rhetorics that is barely concealed race-baiting against Middle Easterners. His "Muslim radicalization hearings" give him the stench of a modern-day Joseph McCarthy.
November 2011: Brian Moynihan
That none of the leaders of the big banks have been jailed for their crimes is an outrage: that instead they were given billion in bailouts while homebuyers were given the shaft is a complete offense. That Bank of America under their CEO Moynihan then tried to gouge customers with a monthly $5 debit card fee was a complete insult to account holders who bailed out the company's ass in the first place. Fortunately, in the backlash that followed, account cancellations increased by 20% and B of A backed down.
December 2011: Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney & Rick Santorum
The six best arguments for Barack Obama in 2012 are these six jokers, who represented the GOP in the campaign against him. Whether it be they are true believers or cynical opportunists, the policies and positions of these politicians perfectly exemplify the toxic combination of cluelessness and frightening demagoguery that dominates the Republican Party. (Ron Paul, despite his many flaws, was once again exempted from Beasthood due to his surprising level of honesty, integrity and principled stands for a politician.)
January 2012: Eric Holder
While most analysis of Obama as a leader focus on the economy, his failures on justice and civil liberties may be his more notorious legacy, a legacy sanctioned by Holder as Attorney General. The legacy includes sanctioning unauthorized wiretapping, torture techniques and punishing whistleblowers. Meanwhile, the ruthlessness Team Obama has hunted whistleblowers, along with the push for indefinite detention of supposed War on Terror suspects and the legalization of assassination of Americans, has made a shockingly strong case that Obama is even worse than George W. Bush was on defendingthe Constitution, the supposed primary purpose of a prez.
February 2012: Chris Dodd
Based on their history of attacking freedom of speech, it would be reasonable to assume the GOP would be behind the greatest threat in years to the Internet. Sadly, that would be false: SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) may have had some backings by Republicans and right wing business leaders (most notably the repulsive Rupert Murdoch) but in the end it's fair to say it was a Democratic Party bill funded by big Democrat money. The biggest player was the Motion Picture Association of America, the lobbying arm of the supposed "liberal" Hollywood film industry in Hollywood, whose Chairman is the former Democratic Senator Dodd.
March 2012: Terry Gou
If one is to make a case for the dark side of Apple, item one would be its Faustian collaboration with Foxconn in making its products, all the more offensive due to lack of necessity. (Unlike most companies, Apple competes in value rather than price, making the extreme exploitation of workers not part of their business model.) Still, the crude exploitation by Gou's Taiwanese goes far beyond their partnership with Apple and indicts the entire electronics industry.
April 2012: Joseph Kony & Kony 2012
What could be worse than an African war criminal whose deranged pseudo-religious cult of mysticism pushes children into sex slavery and cannon fodder for his theocratic Lord's Resistance Army? (As Marlon Brando would put it Apocalypse Now: "The horror.") How about a movement pushed forward by a film that, no matter how well meaning, seems to only the public on a Western invasion of Africa, the real purpose of which seems to be to steal even more natural resources from the continent?
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Friday, July 8, 2011
Beast of the Year 2011: Obamacare
The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. Obamacare is your choice for the 2011 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved.
What started as a movement to finally give universal healthcare coverage in the USA (sparked by Michael Moore's 2007 documentary Sicko) morphed into Obama's more vague "health care reform" and finally into the bloated law known as Obamacare. Rather than showing interest in providing health care to Americans, the main focus of the law is in providing more profits to private insurance companies, the parasitic oligopoly at the heart of the healthcare crisis. Whatever the new requirements are on the insurance corps is minor compared to the mandate that all Americans purchase health insurance, a mandate that has no legal precedent. The most indicting thing about Obamacare is it was a healthcare strategy designed by right-wing think tanks in the nineties as a response to the Clinton plan for real universal coverage. That is what makes the whole debate over the law so perverse: it is establishment "liberals" who are defending this extremely right-wing proposal rather than attacking it. Thus, Obamacare shows how much the frame of debate has been distorted in the age of Obama not only in healthcare, but in politics in general.
Runner-Up: Teabaggers
In the unlikely event that Obamacare can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, the Teabaggers are ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way. The winners of the 2010 election, the Teabaggers a group of fake "populist" politicians who have exploited legitimate economic frustrations in the most repellant of ways.
In any case, we salute you, Obamacare and Teabaggers. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
What started as a movement to finally give universal healthcare coverage in the USA (sparked by Michael Moore's 2007 documentary Sicko) morphed into Obama's more vague "health care reform" and finally into the bloated law known as Obamacare. Rather than showing interest in providing health care to Americans, the main focus of the law is in providing more profits to private insurance companies, the parasitic oligopoly at the heart of the healthcare crisis. Whatever the new requirements are on the insurance corps is minor compared to the mandate that all Americans purchase health insurance, a mandate that has no legal precedent. The most indicting thing about Obamacare is it was a healthcare strategy designed by right-wing think tanks in the nineties as a response to the Clinton plan for real universal coverage. That is what makes the whole debate over the law so perverse: it is establishment "liberals" who are defending this extremely right-wing proposal rather than attacking it. Thus, Obamacare shows how much the frame of debate has been distorted in the age of Obama not only in healthcare, but in politics in general.
Runner-Up: Teabaggers
In the unlikely event that Obamacare can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, the Teabaggers are ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way. The winners of the 2010 election, the Teabaggers a group of fake "populist" politicians who have exploited legitimate economic frustrations in the most repellant of ways.
In any case, we salute you, Obamacare and Teabaggers. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Vote 4 Beast of the Year 2011!
Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
To vote for your pick go to:
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It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2010 to April 2011. Here are the choices:
May 2010: Obamacare
The "health care reform" plan passed by Congressional Democrats and Barack Obama which is a betrayal of the real health reform movement, leading to a plan created by right wing think tanks in the 90s presented falsely as a progressive legislative victory that is deservedly unpopular with the public
June 2010: Russell Pearce
Racist Arizona state senator who wrote AB1070, the law that scapegoats Hispanics in an offensive and unconstitutional manner
July 2010: Tony Hayward
Clueless CEO of British Petroleum, the oil giant whose massive failures have caused an ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
August 2010: Geert Wilders
Muslim-bashing Dutch politician who represents the latest far-right politician to gain political power in Europe thanks to crude race-baiting
September 2010: Ben Roethlisberger
Two-time Super Bowl champion and two-time alleged rapist, the latest example of really bad behavior in professional sports
October 2010: Pamela Geller
Proving Europe isn't alone in scapegoating Muslims, hysterical leader of opposition to the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque"
November 2010: Teabaggers
Huge winners of the 2010 election, a group of fake "populist" politicians who have exploited legitimate economic frustrations in the most repellant of ways
December 2010: Janet Napolitano
For heading the Department of Homeland Security, the department whose "enhanced patdown" policy at airports via the Transportation Security Agency has led to gross violations of basic civil liberties
January 2011: Alan Simpson
As co-chair of Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, leader of the unsuccessful movement to cut Social Security under the bogus sales job of cutting the deficit
February 2011: The Bowl Championship Series
The NCAA's system of deciding a college football champion manages to be both widely unpopular with the public and a blatant violation of anti-trust law
March 2011: Hosni Mubarak
Deposed dictator is the face of authoritarianism in the Middle East that has finally faced a deserved revolt of the masses
April 2011: Scott Walker
Wisconsin Republican governor who is now leading the battle against the rights of public workers to collective bargaining
To vote for your pick go to:
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Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
To vote for your pick go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2010 to April 2011. Here are the choices:
May 2010: Obamacare
The "health care reform" plan passed by Congressional Democrats and Barack Obama which is a betrayal of the real health reform movement, leading to a plan created by right wing think tanks in the 90s presented falsely as a progressive legislative victory that is deservedly unpopular with the public
June 2010: Russell Pearce
Racist Arizona state senator who wrote AB1070, the law that scapegoats Hispanics in an offensive and unconstitutional manner
July 2010: Tony Hayward
Clueless CEO of British Petroleum, the oil giant whose massive failures have caused an ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
August 2010: Geert Wilders
Muslim-bashing Dutch politician who represents the latest far-right politician to gain political power in Europe thanks to crude race-baiting
September 2010: Ben Roethlisberger
Two-time Super Bowl champion and two-time alleged rapist, the latest example of really bad behavior in professional sports
October 2010: Pamela Geller
Proving Europe isn't alone in scapegoating Muslims, hysterical leader of opposition to the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque"
November 2010: Teabaggers
Huge winners of the 2010 election, a group of fake "populist" politicians who have exploited legitimate economic frustrations in the most repellant of ways
December 2010: Janet Napolitano
For heading the Department of Homeland Security, the department whose "enhanced patdown" policy at airports via the Transportation Security Agency has led to gross violations of basic civil liberties
January 2011: Alan Simpson
As co-chair of Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, leader of the unsuccessful movement to cut Social Security under the bogus sales job of cutting the deficit
February 2011: The Bowl Championship Series
The NCAA's system of deciding a college football champion manages to be both widely unpopular with the public and a blatant violation of anti-trust law
March 2011: Hosni Mubarak
Deposed dictator is the face of authoritarianism in the Middle East that has finally faced a deserved revolt of the masses
April 2011: Scott Walker
Wisconsin Republican governor who is now leading the battle against the rights of public workers to collective bargaining
To vote for your pick go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Beast of the Year 2010: Glenn Beck
The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. Glenn Beck is your choice for the 2009 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved.
One of the two big stories in the year following Obama's first 100 days was the rise of an extremely far right - and an often extremely crazy - movement given the label of "Tea Party" by some, or (more appropriately) "Teabaggers" by others. Point Zero of the Teabagger movement was Glenn Beck and his multimedia empire. Of course, there is nothing new here: during the Clinton years, Rush Limbaugh became a powerful media voice in his own right, and during the era of George W. Bush, Beck's current employer Fox News fueled the rise of Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, while Ann Coulter became a shrill media commentator in her own right (among others.) So mark Beck down as the latest example of the right wing media darling, the only question being if this self-described rodeo clown will become a harmless buffoon who becomes a self-parody, or if he becomes a figurehead for a frightening reactionary movement. Stay tuned...
Runner-Up: Ben Bernanke
In the unlikely event that Beck can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, Ben Bernanke is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way. As the other big story of the past year has been the continued enrichment of the giant banking monoliths by the US government after the election of Obama, Bernanke, as head of the Federal Reserve, is ground zero of this vast larceny.
In any case, we salute you, Glenn and Ben. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
One of the two big stories in the year following Obama's first 100 days was the rise of an extremely far right - and an often extremely crazy - movement given the label of "Tea Party" by some, or (more appropriately) "Teabaggers" by others. Point Zero of the Teabagger movement was Glenn Beck and his multimedia empire. Of course, there is nothing new here: during the Clinton years, Rush Limbaugh became a powerful media voice in his own right, and during the era of George W. Bush, Beck's current employer Fox News fueled the rise of Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, while Ann Coulter became a shrill media commentator in her own right (among others.) So mark Beck down as the latest example of the right wing media darling, the only question being if this self-described rodeo clown will become a harmless buffoon who becomes a self-parody, or if he becomes a figurehead for a frightening reactionary movement. Stay tuned...
Runner-Up: Ben Bernanke
In the unlikely event that Beck can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, Ben Bernanke is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way. As the other big story of the past year has been the continued enrichment of the giant banking monoliths by the US government after the election of Obama, Bernanke, as head of the Federal Reserve, is ground zero of this vast larceny.
In any case, we salute you, Glenn and Ben. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Vote 4 Beast of the Year 2010!
Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
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It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2009 to April 2010. Here are the choices:
May 2009: Timothy Geithner
June 2009: Alex Rodriguez
July 2009: Glenn Beck
August 2009: Roberto Micheletti
September 2009: The Hills, The Jonas Brothers & Twilight
October 2009: Billy Tauzin
November 2009: Thorborn Jagland
December 2009: Lloyd Blankfein
January 2010: Ben Bernanke
February 2010: 2012
March 2010: Jay Leno
April 2010: Akio Toyoda
To vote for your pick go to:
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To vote for your pick go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2009 to April 2010. Here are the choices:
May 2009: Timothy Geithner
June 2009: Alex Rodriguez
July 2009: Glenn Beck
August 2009: Roberto Micheletti
September 2009: The Hills, The Jonas Brothers & Twilight
October 2009: Billy Tauzin
November 2009: Thorborn Jagland
December 2009: Lloyd Blankfein
January 2010: Ben Bernanke
February 2010: 2012
March 2010: Jay Leno
April 2010: Akio Toyoda
To vote for your pick go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Beast of the Year 2009
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Beast of the Year 2009
The Wall Street $700 Billion Bailout Swindle
The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. The Wall Street $700 Billion Bailout Swindle is your choice for the 2009 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved.
Nearly one year after its creation, the bailout for Wall Street looks exactly as The Konformist warned: a giant black hole for the banksters to loot the public. The worst thing about it: $700 billion is only a fraction of the money ripped off by Wall Street. $8.5 trillion in funds were funnelled to Wall Street in 2008 alone. According to Nouriel Roubini (aka Doctor Doom, the man who warned of the financial crisis) the total now stands at $12 trillion. In other words, the swindling of the public has continued without a pause by Team Obama, who pushed shamelessly for the bailout. Which leads to the punchline: it was in fact the so-called "liberal" party of Democrats who pushed this travesty through, not the GOP. Which leads The Konformist to conclude Beasts of this sort are going to continue happening over the next four years....
Runner-Up:
Barack Obama
In the unlikely event that Wall Street swindlers can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, Barack Obama is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way.
In any case, we salute you, Wall Street and your $700 billion dollar bailout. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
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Beast of the Year 2009
The Wall Street $700 Billion Bailout Swindle
The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. The Wall Street $700 Billion Bailout Swindle is your choice for the 2009 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved.
Nearly one year after its creation, the bailout for Wall Street looks exactly as The Konformist warned: a giant black hole for the banksters to loot the public. The worst thing about it: $700 billion is only a fraction of the money ripped off by Wall Street. $8.5 trillion in funds were funnelled to Wall Street in 2008 alone. According to Nouriel Roubini (aka Doctor Doom, the man who warned of the financial crisis) the total now stands at $12 trillion. In other words, the swindling of the public has continued without a pause by Team Obama, who pushed shamelessly for the bailout. Which leads to the punchline: it was in fact the so-called "liberal" party of Democrats who pushed this travesty through, not the GOP. Which leads The Konformist to conclude Beasts of this sort are going to continue happening over the next four years....
Runner-Up:
Barack Obama
In the unlikely event that Wall Street swindlers can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, Barack Obama is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way.
In any case, we salute you, Wall Street and your $700 billion dollar bailout. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Vote 4 Beast of the Year 2009!
Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
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It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2008 to April 2009. Here are the choices:
May 2008: Roger Clemens
June 2008: Robert Gates
July 2008: Barack Obama
August 2008: Hu Jintao
September 2008: Zbigniew Brzezinski
October 2008: The Wall Street $700 Billion Bailout Swindle
November 2008: Sarah Palin
December 2008: Al From
January 2009: Rick Wagoner
February 2009: Bernie Madoff
March 2009: Uwe Boll
April 2009: Rick Santelli
To see profiles on each, go to:
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Beast of the Year 2008
Alberto Gonzales
The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. Alberto Gonzales is your choice for the 2008 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved.
The Bush Team came in with an attack on the Constitution, both in the theft of the 2000 election and the infamous Supreme Court Bush V. Gore ruling. The attacks on the Constitution became a hallmark of the Bush years, and nobody was a more key player for these attacks than Gonzales, first as Bush's legal counsel and then as his Attorney General. Though Gonzales is no longer with the Bush Team, his years of service still make him a potent symbol for the Bushistas constitutional crimes.
Runner-Up:
Nancy Pelosi
In the unlikely event that Gonzales can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, Nancy Pelosi is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way. And indeed, it is important to note just how close the voting was this year: though a part of the Bush Team did win Beast of the Year for the eighth consecutive year, it was a close call, as if Konformist voters now are almost as disgusted with the cowardly and criminal complicity of the Democrat Party over the last eight years as they are with Bush and his cronies.
In any case, we salute you, Dubya and his police state. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. Alberto Gonzales is your choice for the 2008 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved.
The Bush Team came in with an attack on the Constitution, both in the theft of the 2000 election and the infamous Supreme Court Bush V. Gore ruling. The attacks on the Constitution became a hallmark of the Bush years, and nobody was a more key player for these attacks than Gonzales, first as Bush's legal counsel and then as his Attorney General. Though Gonzales is no longer with the Bush Team, his years of service still make him a potent symbol for the Bushistas constitutional crimes.
Runner-Up:
Nancy Pelosi
In the unlikely event that Gonzales can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, Nancy Pelosi is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way. And indeed, it is important to note just how close the voting was this year: though a part of the Bush Team did win Beast of the Year for the eighth consecutive year, it was a close call, as if Konformist voters now are almost as disgusted with the cowardly and criminal complicity of the Democrat Party over the last eight years as they are with Bush and his cronies.
In any case, we salute you, Dubya and his police state. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Vote 4 Beast of the Year 2008!
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Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
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It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2007 to April 2008. Here are the choices:
May 2007: Don Imus
June 2007: Alberto Gonzales
July 2007: The View
August 2007: James Inhofe
September 2007: Michael Vick
October 2007: Erik Prince
November 2007: Nancy Pelosi
December 2007: Pervez Musharraf
January 2008: Trans Fats
February 2008: Mullah Omar
March 2008: Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Mitt Romney & Fred Thompson
April 2006: Henry Paulson
To see profiles on each, go to:
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Vote 4 Beast of the Year 2008!
Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
To vote for your pick go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2007 to April 2008. Here are the choices:
May 2007: Don Imus
June 2007: Alberto Gonzales
July 2007: The View
August 2007: James Inhofe
September 2007: Michael Vick
October 2007: Erik Prince
November 2007: Nancy Pelosi
December 2007: Pervez Musharraf
January 2008: Trans Fats
February 2008: Mullah Omar
March 2008: Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Mitt Romney & Fred Thompson
April 2006: Henry Paulson
To see profiles on each, go to:
http://www.konformist.com/page4.htm
To vote for your pick go to:
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Saturday, June 23, 2007
Beast of the Year 2007
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Beast of the Year 2007
George W. Bush
The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. George is your choice for the 2007 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved. In finally selecting Shrub as a solo artist in Beasthood, The Konformist was recognizing his impressive record of Beastliness since 2000, when he has been cited for Beastly behavior a record nine times. Meanwhile, 2007 is the fourth time in seven years he's been named among the winners of BOTH, another record. His impressive dominance in Beastliness over an extended period of time recalls the Pittsburgh Steelers of the 70's and the San Francisco 49ers of the 80's. Can you say "Dynasty" right now? You bet!
Runner-Up: George W. Bush's Secret Police
In the unlikely event that Bush can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, his Secret Police is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way.
In any case, we salute you, Dubya and his police state. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
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Beast of the Year 2007
George W. Bush
The votes are in, and The Konformist readers have spoken. George is your choice for the 2007 Beast of the Year - a choice that is well deserved. In finally selecting Shrub as a solo artist in Beasthood, The Konformist was recognizing his impressive record of Beastliness since 2000, when he has been cited for Beastly behavior a record nine times. Meanwhile, 2007 is the fourth time in seven years he's been named among the winners of BOTH, another record. His impressive dominance in Beastliness over an extended period of time recalls the Pittsburgh Steelers of the 70's and the San Francisco 49ers of the 80's. Can you say "Dynasty" right now? You bet!
Runner-Up: George W. Bush's Secret Police
In the unlikely event that Bush can no longer fill its duties as Beast of the Year, his Secret Police is ready to take over the crown. Rest assured the BOTY trophy is in good hands either way.
In any case, we salute you, Dubya and his police state. Congratulations, and keep up the great work!!!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Vote 4 Beast of the Year 2007!
Who is The Konformist Beast of the Year?
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It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2006 to April 2007. Here are the choices:
May 2006: Tom Tancredo
June 2006: George W. Bush's Secret Police
July 2006: Ed Whitacre
August 2006: Felipe Calderon
September 2006: Amir Peretz
October 2006: Katie Couric
November 2006: Jack Abramoff, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Tom DeLay, Mark Foley, & the Military Commissions Act
December 2006: George Allen
January 2007: Ted Haggard
February 2007: Kevin "K-Fed" Federline & Nick Lachey
March 2007: Rex Tillerson
April 2006: George W. Bush
To vote for your pick go to:
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Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
To vote for your pick go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/konformist/polls
Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
It's time for the annual pick of The Konformist Beast of the Year.
One nominee was chosen each month from May 2006 to April 2007. Here are the choices:
May 2006: Tom Tancredo
June 2006: George W. Bush's Secret Police
July 2006: Ed Whitacre
August 2006: Felipe Calderon
September 2006: Amir Peretz
October 2006: Katie Couric
November 2006: Jack Abramoff, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Tom DeLay, Mark Foley, & the Military Commissions Act
December 2006: George Allen
January 2007: Ted Haggard
February 2007: Kevin "K-Fed" Federline & Nick Lachey
March 2007: Rex Tillerson
April 2006: George W. Bush
To vote for your pick go to:
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Or send email to: robalini@aol.com
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