GAS GOUGERS, KARL ROVE, AND TOM CRUISE, LOOK OUT! NO ONE IS SAFE! THE FOURTH ANNUAL DILBERT WEASEL AWARD NOMINEES ARE REVEALED
CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THIS YEAR'S WEASELIEST ON DILBERT.COM AND CHECK OUT WHAT DILBERT CREATOR SCOTT ADAMS THINKS ABOUT THIS YEAR'S NOMINEES ON HIS NEW BLOG
weasel n: a long-tailed carnivorous mammal.
--Webster's
weasel n: any person or group that operates in that
vast gray area between good ethical behavior and the sort of activities
that might send you to jail.
--Scott Adams
October 25, 2005 (New York, NY) - As 2005 draws to an end, a
fresh new crop of Weasels have sprouted and Dilbert creator Scott Adams
has carefully exposed these double-dealing hooligans in his latest
unscientific and fourth-annual Weasel Poll. Beginning today on
Dilbert.com, Dilbert readers are encouraged to help shape the future
and embarrass these candidates by selecting the Weaseliest in six
categories.
From corporate giants like Wal-Mart and Fox News to illustrious
individuals such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom DeLay, no one is safe
from the 2005 Weasel Awards.
Also new today on Dilbert.com is Adams' highly anticipated Dilbert Blog, which fans can access at http://dilbertblog.typepad.com.
Want to learn what Adams really thinks of the newly-named Weasels or
just discover what he eats for breakfast? Adams will share these
thoughts with you and more. No subject is off limits and fans will be
able to post comments and ask the Dilbert creator all the things
they've been aching to know.
Commenting on this year's poll and new Blog, Adams says, "This year we
have a bumper crop of weasel candidates. Normally you'd need an
election year to fertilize such a bountiful crop. But it turns out that
natural disasters also do the trick. I'll weigh in with my own opinions
on this and oh-so-much more in my new Dilbert Blog."
Adams created the Weasel Award Poll in 2002 to give his fans a
chance to rate some of the wide-spread weasel behavior of the year.
Based on the sharp, funny, and frighteningly true theories outlined in
his book, Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel (HarperBusiness), the
Dilbert Weasel Awards Poll invites Dilbert fans to vote for the
weaseliest individuals and organizations of 2005 on Dilbert.com now
through November 6. Winners of the poll will be announced by Adams on
Tuesday, November 8.
Categories and nominees include:
Weaseliest Organization
ACLU
Congress
Democrat Party
FCC
Organized Religion
Republican Party
United Nations
White House
Weaseliest Country
France
Iran
North Korea
Saudi Arabia
Syria
USA (includes Iraq)
Venezuela
Weaseliest Company
Fox News
Halliburton
Oil companies (Exxon, Chevron, etc.)
The New York Times
Wal-Mart
Weaseliest Profession
Accountants
Lawyers
News media
Oil executives
Politicians
Tobacco executives
Weaseliest Individual
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bill Frist
Cindy Sheehan (peace activist)
George W. Bush
Karl Rove
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (Gov. of Louisiana)
Lindy England (Abu Ghraib abuser)
Mary Landrieu (Senator of Louisiana)
Michael Brown (ex-FEMA head)
Rafael Palmeiro (baseball player suspended for steroids)
Ray Nagin (Mayor of New Orleans)
Tom Cruise
Tom DeLay
Weaseliest Behavior
Advocating the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools
Corporate boards approving CEO pay packages
Downloading music or movies without paying
Gas price gouging
Outsourcing
Politicians blaming other politicians
Reporting it as "finding supplies" when white people loot
To vote, visit http://www.dilbert.com now through November 6 and look for the Weasel Poll link.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Scott Adams is the creator of DILBERT, the comic strip that now appears
in more than 2,000 newspapers, 65 countries, 25 languages and on the
Web at www.dilbert.com, which receives over 1.4 million unique visitors
per month. His books, The Dilbert Principle, Dogbert's Top Secret
Management Handbook, The Joy Of Work, and The Dilbert Future were all
New York Times bestsellers.
ABOUT DILBERT Dilbert, the United Feature Syndicate
comic strip, is the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and
e-mailed comic strip in the world. Many readers, particularly those
employed at large corporations, are convinced that Adams works at their
companies since he conveys corporate inanities so perfectly in his
comic strip.
