Re: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Usenet Ghoul of the Year

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:09:10 +0000 (UTC), Cujo DeSockpuppet
<cujo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Ms. B. Haven <uhuh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>news:32j5t1d9ab8q4avtsrp48su6sv95mc17hf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
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>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:20:32 +0000 (UTC), Cujo DeSockpuppet
>> <cujo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>>>It's that time again!
>>>
>>>Please be aware that the election and results are only official when I
>>>****ing well say they are official. Deal.
>>>
>>>The format for nominations is the same as the AUK awards.
>>>
>>>Header should read thus:
>>>
>>>NOMINATION: [ghoul name] for Ghoul of the Year.
>>>
>>>Please make sure the nominations are poasted in alt.usenet.kooks and
>>>make the effort to poast it into alt.****nozzles if you can.
>>>
>>>Please provide all nominated candidates with some sup****ting reason
>>>for the readers to have a compelling reason to second and vote. 
>>>
>>>Louie "Dr." Turdi was last years winner but will require a nomination
>>>and seconding to be eligible for this years award.
>>>
>>>Nominations will close on February 3 at 11:59pm PST. 
>>>
>>>Stay tuned for the Official Ballot immediately after that.
>> 
>> What are the requirements for this prestigious honor?
>
>I'm glad you asked! 
>
>From my post on 1/10/2005:
>
>>What is a ghoul on Usenet?
>
>> Someone who tries to make a few points, bucks or converts off the
>> suffering of others in the face of a tragedy.
>
>> A quick example is someone claiming they predicted the 911 thing,
>> Princess Di or the results of something criminal like a mass murderer.
>
>> The success of this attempt is not relevant, there's plenty of failures
>> to go around. Just because they failed is no reason to discount the
>> effort. That's why they're ****ing kooks too."
>
>"Dr." Louis Turdi even offered to ****p over copies of his annual 
>Moonpower book to the tsunami victims in Asia. This probably pushed him 
>over the top in last years election.
>
>Please be sure to cite the net.ghoulery when nominating your ghoul and be

>sure to follow up during the voting.

So it has to be online ghoulery, huh?  If it wasn't, I'd say Wacko was
a shoe-in with the Katrina single announcement and the continued hype
of its "imminent release". 

(a.f snecked 'cause my newsserver doesn't carry it))