Miquelon.org to Organize Award
Editorials, Quotes - Tweet this! June 18th, 2008After six years of monitoring Anti-French activity in the media and the political arena, Miquelon.org has decided to create and organize the Annual [insert name here] Award. The [insert name here] Award will single out the accomplishments of a notorious French Basher or person engaged in Anti-French bias, rhetoric, actions or policy.
The [insert name here] Award Nomination Process – Anyone can nominate a meritorious recipient of the [insert name here] Award based on documented actions, statements written or spoken, legislation or policy. Once nominated, we at Miquelon.org will organize a fair voting process for the top five candidates. Public apologies by anyone nominated for [insert name here] Award will be disqualified from the process.
Two Nominations are now open :
- [insert name here] Award 2003 – 2007 – Nominations are now open for the [insert name here] Award for the last five years.
- [insert name here] Award 2008 – Nominations are now open for this year’s recipient
Award – Miquelon.org will create and design the award for the [insert name here] Award 2003-2007 and [insert name here] Award 2008 based on public input.
Prizes – Miquelon.org will provide the appropriate prize, funding permitting, based on public input.
Nomination Form
I nominate: FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
For [insert name here] Award 2003-2007 / 2008 [select nomination]
Based on the following: [actions, statements written or spoken, legislation or policy]
I support my nomination with: [Provide URL/Newspaper Article/Event - Be as detailed as possible]Nominations for 2003-2007 award will close on June 30th 2008.
Nominations for 2008 award will close on November 30th 2008.
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June 20th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
The Leno awards — For those who put the “bash” in “French Basher”
June 21st, 2008 at 2:25 am
Leno seems to have put a damper on his anti-French rhetoric ever since Educating Jay, save one or two jabs. He still refuses to meet the French Consul General to this day.
As much as Leno grated our collective nerves, his monologues rarely reached the xenophobia of a Dennis Miller, Howard Stern, Robert Smigel etc.
Jay Leno however has never apologized for his historical relativism and revisionism : “Well, there’s nothing funnier to me than the French. The French Resistance is probably the biggest mythical joke that ever existed. There were four guys in the French Resistance. They couldn’t hand over the Jewish people fast enough. Oh, please, don’t tell me about the French. The French have all sorts of secret deals with Saddam and everybody else for two cents a liter. It’s an easy target.” – James Douglas Muir Leno, Interview with Nikki Finke, LA Weekly.
June 21st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I do like the "Freedom Fries" title, and I agree it does imply the supidity/bigotry of French-bashing and further exposes the recipients as disconnected with reality. However, if that title is not available, why not something as simple as the "Francophobe"? I personally the "French-baiter" or "France-baiter", a reference to Nazi Julius Streicher’s Jew-baiting anti-semitism of WW 2, and directly implies what unabated bigotry eventually leads to. Yes, the "French-Baiter" award would do nicely.
June 21st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
The Francophobe Award
The Gallophobe Award
The Gallophobes
June 21st, 2008 at 6:15 pm
How about pulling a “man of color” — Fries of Freedom! Now that one isn’t patented, is it?
Or else…
“Bashing with the Bigots: The french-basher award event you’ve all been waiting for!”
Or else, elaborating on poilu’s idea…
“The France baiters — can’t live with the French, can’t live without ‘em!”
June 21st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
In as much as we want to push those French bashers to the edge of ridicule, I suggest, just like the others to use Freedom Fries award– it rings a bell internationally and is sunonymous to the dumbest French basher of all — Dubya Bush who happens to be one of the most despised people in the world… of course, along with his henchmen in the US Congress; the Freedom Fries award will confer ridicule on the awardee (the French basher) and his likeness to a fried potatoe!
What better way than to heap disgrace on French bashers than to be likened to a dumb, oily, fred potatoe!
June 21st, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Miquelon,
With all due respect "The French Bashing Prix" sounds to me like a prize that will be given to someone who can come up with the best French bashing joke — I think it might be looked at as an honour rather than the opposite…
To me (just my yen’s worth), the "award" should be conferred with heaping ridicule on the awardee/s for being a French basher!
June 21st, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Being a bit pedantic here — but what about Fried Potatoe Prize aka Freedom Fries Award…
June 21st, 2008 at 8:59 pm
No worries HillBlogger – All points are valid – Now the trademark issue, how do we get around it?
June 21st, 2008 at 9:00 pm
The trademark is for "FREEDOM FRIES"
But not for "Freedom Fry"
Freedom Fry Award ?