2008 Woodie Awards
The levees did not fail, and the city was not flooded. Such words were encouraging after the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe that swept over New Orleans a few years ago. Now, three years later, New Orleans has undergone miraculous efforts in order to prepare the city for the next major storm to hit the gulf.
Miley Cyrus is America's favorite little jailbait and the music industry's rising Lolita. Her tweendom knows no boundaries. She's on TV, the radio and at the budding age of 15, been immortalized as a Barbie doll. Needless to say, I'm not impressed. In fact, I've got a freshly-sharpened Ticonderoga on hand at all times, so when I hear her songs, I see how close I can get to my brain through my ear.
China's Olympic showcase has ended. By all accounts, it was a resounding success: the games showed Beijing to be capable of producing spellbinding athletic excellence, photogenic television spectacles, and ruthless, logistic efficiency. The communist regime went to great lengths to demonstrate that its technological acumen and athletic excellence succeeded where other nations have failed.