"Stupidest Statements Awards" of 2009 Announced by Mega Genius ^®

Mass Media Newswire

Tavares, FL -- January 4, 2010 --The Stupidest Statements Awards have been bestowed again upon the famous by Mega Genius (R), The Man with the Perfect IQ (TM). His seventh annual prizes of recognition for crash-and-burn lapses in intelligence are just for fun.

1. Kanye West, American rapper, for snatching Taylor Swift’s microphone at the MTV Video Music Awards and interrupting her acceptance speech for Best Female Video: “I'm gonna let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time." CNN, Sept. 14. (Mega Genius: “And the award for most ghastly performance goes to….”)

2. Ryan O’Neal, American actor, for trying to pick up an attractive woman at the funeral of his longtime partner, Farrah Fawcett: “You have a drink on you? You have a car?” Then his daughter said, “Daddy, it's me -- Tatum!” Vanity Fair, Sept. (Mega Genius: “In a reprisal of his role in Peyton Place.”)

3. Michael Duvall, pro-family values California State Assemblyman, for boasting to another lawmaker about his extramarital affairs, near a live microphone: “She goes, 'I know you like spanking me.' I said, 'Yeah, that's 'cause you're such a bad girl.’” AP, Sept. 10. (Mega Genius: “Nuff said!”)

4. Danica Patrick, Indianapolis 500 car racer, for her logic when asked if she would take a performance-enhancing drug that would enable her to win that race, if she knew that she would not get caught: ”Well, then it's not cheating, is it? If nobody finds out?'' Sports Illustrated, Jun. 1. (Mega Genius: “There is a place for you in politics.")

5. Sallie Peake, mayor of Wellford, South Carolina, for her no-chase police order: “I do not want anyone chasing after any suspects whatsoever." WSPA-TV, Sept. 21. (Mega Genius: “News flash -- Mafia votes South Carolina mayor Miss Congeniality.”)

6. Paris Hilton, “celebutante,” for her answer at a press conference in the UK when asked if she knew who the British prime minister was: “Yes, it’s Gordon…Gordon Ramsay, isn’t it?” TheSun.co.uk, Jan. 28. (Mega Genius: “Now I need to lie down.”)

7. Edward Whitacre, Jr., the new CEO of bankrupt General Motors, for his summation of his knowledge about Detroit’s auto industry: “I don’t know anything about cars.” The Washington Post, Jun. 10. (Mega Genius: “Then you should fit right in.”)

8. Serena Williams, American professional tennis player, for her profanity-laced threat to a lineswoman at the US Open semi-finals, for which she received a one point penalty -- that was match point -- and a $175,000 fine: “If I could, I would take this ... ball and shove it down your ... throat.” AP, Sept. 13. (Mega Genius: “I thought she took that rather well.”)

9. Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter, for the welcome he bellowed to his adoring fans at the Auburn Hills Palace, in Michigan: “Hello, Ohio!” AP, Nov. 15. (Mega Genius: “Tell me again, where were you born?”)

10. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the US, for her declaration as she planted a produce garden on the White House grounds: “I’ve found that our children like vegetables better if they taste good.” AP, Mar. 20. (Mega Genius: “Duh!”)

Stupidest Statements Award of the decade: Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA, for her answer in the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant when asked why a fifth of Americans cannot locate the US on a world map: “I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh, people out there in our nation don’t have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South America and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the US should help the US, uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for us.” Aug. 25, 2007. (Mega Genius: “Can you locate emergency number 911 on a telephone?”)

Mega Genius(R) has held memberships in all the major high-IQ societies in the world. He has the highest level of intelligence measurable on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Revised, the most modern and accurate intelligence test of the twenty-first century. His intelligence hits the top of the IQ scale and continues to some unknown and immeasurable point.

Since 2001, techniques that Mega Genius(R) devised to enable others to increase their intelligence have been distributed worldwide through www.megagenius.com.

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