Barak Obama Recieves Dalai Lama Dude! Award

Our exuberance of the election of Barak Obama as president of our country cannot be sufficiently expressed. The best we can come up with is this:

Since the beginning of the nation black people have been oppressed. They continue to be at the lowest rung of social and economic status. With Obama's election we see hope for us that this will be uplifting for African-Americans in many ways. And, when the lowest of us is uplifted, so are we all. Hope in just and fair policies here and abroad is being restored.

But, with all this optimism we remember this story told by the CIA agent in the movie "Charlie Wilson's War":

"This little boy, on his 14th birthday is given a horse. Everyone in the village says, 'How wonderful the boy got a horse,' but the Zen master says, 'We'll see.' Two years later the boy falls off the horse and breaks his leg and everyone in the village says, 'How terrible.' The Zen master says, 'We'll see.' Then, war breaks out and all the young men have to go out and fight except the boy can't because his leg's all messed up and everybody in the village says, "How wonderful!"

"And the Zen master says, "We'll see."

So, we now award the most prestigious Dalai Lama Dude! Award to our president elect

Barak Obama. Dude!

Lowland Gorillas Found - Instant "Dude!" Awarded

Massive Numbers Of Critically Endangered Western Lowland Gorillas Discovered In Republic Of Congo Science Daily-6AUG08

The new census tallied more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas in two adjacent areas in the northern part of the country, covering an area of 18,000 square miles (47,000 square kilometers)...

The new census was the result of intensive field work carried out by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society and the Government of Republic of Congo, where researchers combed rain forests and isolated swamps to count gorilla "nests" to accurately estimate the population...

WCS says a combination of factors led to such high numbers of gorillas including: successful long-term conservation management of the Republic of Congo's protected areas; remoteness and inaccessibility of some of the key locations where the gorillas were found; and a food-rich habitat, particularly in some of the swamp forests and the herb-rich "Marantaceae" forests...

We are awarding an "instant" Dalai Lama Dude! Award to the lowland gorillas!!!

Dr. Horrible Considered for Award

Rumor has it that Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog is in the running for the next Dalai Lama Dude! Award. Well, we are here to confirm that rumor and, since we started it, say that it is true.

Now, Dr. Horrible is not a shoe-in, by any means. It's got plenty of competition, like that really cool but totally fake video of the ball girl catching a fly ball off the left field fence.

And, like, what? Joss Whedon needs another award? Please.

Anyway, the suspense is killing us. So, stay tuned to see how all this comes out.

First ever Dalai Lama Dude! Award given to Blog

Meager Minds has been given the first ever Dalai Lama Dude! Award. This new blog has demonstrated a level of awesomeness that can't be denied. Plus, we know the owner. We look forward to much, much more from Meager Minds.

The Dalai Lama Dude! Award Established

In response to an overwhelming need, the Dalai Lama Dude! Award was established early in 2008 during the Democratic primary elections across the U.S. At this time, a proposed Presidential ticket of Hillary Clinton as President and Bill Clinton as Vice-President was made. The general reaction to this was, "Dude!, even the Dalai Lama would love this!."