Unqualified Successes 2005
It’s the - whoah - fifth annual awards post. Previous installments: 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001.
Least Dispensible Weblog - The Agitator
Hawk of the Year - Ramsey Clark, in his way
Dove of the Year, Domestic - John Murtha
Dove of the Year, International - Ariel Fucking Sharon???????
Turning Japanese Award for the Best Case of the Vapors - Richard Posner
Best Non-Libertarian in a Libertarian Role - John McCain, for the first time in his flipping life
Best Libertarian in a Neoconservative Role - Glenn Reynolds
*Best Hurricane Katrina Novel - Dhalgren, Samuel R Delany
*Velvet Underground Award for Beginning to See the Light - John Tierney
*Negative Capability Award for Holding Two Incompatible Certainties in Mind - “fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them here” AND “humanitarian intervention”
Best Libertarian in a Libertarian Role - Radley Balko, for the Cory Maye case and a thousand other things
*Best Non-Me in an Unqualified Offerings Role - Justin Logan
Least Annoying Liberal - Michael Kinsley
Least Annoying Conservative - Senator Chuck Hagel
War is the Health of the State Award, Domestic Division - The National Security Agency
War is the Health of the State Award, International Division - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Jumped the Shark Award - The Republican Party
*”It’s Chinatown, Jake” Award - The Steven Vincent murder case
Fanboy Movie of the Year - Batman Begins
*Fanboy’s Brilliant Mistake - Seven Soldiers, by Grant Morrison and various artists
Blog Trend of the Year - Professionalization
Dubious Blog Trend of the Year - Professionalization
Food of the Year - Jack Sutton’s barbecued ribs, Jack’s Wood-Cooked BBQ in Woodbine GA.
Whine of the Year - Judith Warner’s “Mommy Madness”
Special Achievement Award - Steven Vincent, RIP, and Happy 50th, today, in some better world
Like a Phoenix Award - Diana Moon
Spouse of the Year - Mrs. Offering
Comment by Samuel Kleiner —
January 1, 2006 @ 8:18 am
Why do you dislike Seven Soldiers?
I thought- recently rereading it all at once- that it was quite well put together, excepting the stupid ”pirates of the subways” segment, which seemed to be from another story entirely.
Comment by Jim Henley —
January 1, 2006 @ 9:33 am
Hey Samuel: I don’t dislike it really. I like parts of it rather a lot. I particularly thought the first issue of BULLETEER was good. Series quality has been uneven (I can’t quite remember what ZATANNA was even about) but there have been some real good points. A big problem for me is that the Sheeda make boring big-bads. But I wouldn’t call it a BRILLIANT mistake if I thought it was genuinely bad.
Comment by Samuel Kleiner —
January 1, 2006 @ 10:01 am
Yes, the first BULLETEER issue was exceptional- I also liked the early-middle KLARION, and the late SHINING KNIGHT
Trackback by Off the Kuff —
January 1, 2006 @ 5:23 pm
Award season
Your last chance to make nominations for the Koufax Awards is tomorrow at 11:59 PM (presumably Eastern time). If you…
Comment by Daryl McCullough —
January 2, 2006 @ 11:03 pm
Okay, Jim, how is ”Dahlgren” a Hurricane Katrina novel?
Comment by jlw —
January 2, 2006 @ 11:41 pm
Daryl:
see http://www.reason.com/hod/bb091305.shtml
and http://www.highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/01/4579
Comment by Neal Woodward —
January 4, 2006 @ 10:23 pm
Very cool that Radley Balko was recognized not once, but twice (also for his site ”The Agitator.” I found Radley’s site while scanning the Fox News site just a few months ago and was an instant fan. Though I don’t agree with Radley ALL the time, I do agree the vast majority of the time and even on those rare occassions when I don’t agree, I am always entertained and I almost ALWAYS learn something. Congrats to Radley for a great job.