The JP Awards
I see numerous award announcements on the internet and on television and in newspapers. Often I’ve never heard of the awards nor the organization giving the award.
The following are just a few of the awards in the United States---
art and architecture: Pritzker Prize; Civilian: Medal for Merit, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Spingarn Medal; film, television, and theatre: Academy Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Awards; Literature: Bollingen Prize, Caldecott Medal, Frost Medal, National Book Award, Nebula Award; Neustadt Prize: Newbery Medal, PEN/Faulkner Award, PEN/Nabokov Award, Pulitzer Prize, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize; Media: Peabody Award, Pulitzer Prize; Military: Medal of Honor, Legion of Merit, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Purple Heart; Music: Grammy Award, Pulitzer Prize ; Religion: Templeton Prize; Science: Draper Prize (engineering); Sports: America’s Cup (yachting), Canadian-American Challenge Cup (auto racing), Curtis Cup (women’s golf), Davis Cup (lawn tennis), Gold Cup (motorboating), Golden Gloves (boxing), Heisman Trophy (gridiron football), Presidential Medal of Freedom, Ryder Cup (golf),Stanley Cup (hockey).
Being that awards are so prevalent, I’ve decided to present my own awards. I think I’ll call these awards the JP Awards. Don’t expect me to put much thought into my choices: I want to be true to the spirit of awards today.
At this time, I think I’ll stick to political folks. They don’t seem to have a lot of folks yearning to give them awards. I wonder why.
What about the best presidents. We’ve had some very impressive people serve as president: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan are a few. And the award goes to---Ronald Reagan for his accomplishments and his pleasant disposition. I bet you didn’t see that coming.
Onward to the legislators.
For the worst legislators, we currently have many choices: Ilhan Omar, Rep. MN, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. NY, John Karl Fetterman, Sen. PA, but my choice is Adam Schiff, Rep. CA. Wow! A serial liar and a pencil neck. Say “Hi” to your father-in-law from all of us folks who aren’t Nazis.
What about the governors? Well, for the worst award we might consider Edwin Edwards of Louisiana. Edwards was the only four-term governor in Louisiana’s history, and some saw him as a swashbuckling rogue. He survived several grand jury investigations and two corruption trials. He finally went to prison for racketeering.
As for the best governors, we’ve got a lot of choices: Greg Abbott, Texas, Ron DeSantis, Florida, Ronald Reagan, California. However my award goes to Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California from 2003-2011---champion body-builder, movie star, and governor of California…and immigrant. How could I not give the award to the Terminator.
Let’s move on to mayors.
Boy, there are many, many, many bad mayors to choose from; however, I’ve chosen a recent candidate, Bill de Blasio of New York City.
I can’t think of one thing he did well. His handling of the covid outbreak in the city actually killed people, he tried to make a profit off the disaster, and he is accused of sexual harassment. Holy cow, Bill!
As for the good mayors, there are also many but one stands out, Rudy Giuliani. 911 sealed the deal for him as the Best Mayor. If there was a hero emerging from the 911 disaster, it would be Rudy.
Thanks, Rudy.
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