"The Stupidest Statements Awards" of 2006, bestowed upon famous people for their misjudgments and misstatements, have just been announced by Mega Genius(R), "The man with the perfect IQ(TM)." His fourth annual prizes of recognition for what he calls "crash-and-burn lapses in intelligence" by well-known personalities are just for fun.

1. Paris Hilton, "celebutante" and hotel heiress -- who revealed to the Los Angeles Times, "The stupid blond stereotype, it was cute for a while, but I'm over that now," (August 13, 2006) -- for her grasp of world affairs, when asked by British GQ magazine if she was a fan of Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the UK: "Tony who? Oh yeah ... he's like your president? I don't know what he looks like." August 5, 2006. (Mega Genius: "Do you know how many beans make five?")

2. Ted Stevens, 82-year-old US Senator from Alaska and chairman of the Senate Committee on Science, Commerce and Transportation, for explaining in a speech how the Internet actually works: "It's a series of tubes." June 28, 2006. (Mega Genius: "Like the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.")

3. Guy Fournier, chairman of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., for his false allegation in Quebec's 7 Jours magazine, which resulted in his resignation: "[Translated] In Lebanon, the law allows men to have sexual intercourse with animals, as long as they are females. Doing the same thing with male beasts can result in the death penalty." September 9, 2006. (Mega Genius: "If I translated Lebanon's response correctly, it was an offer to treat him like a female animal.")

4. George W. Bush, US President, for his answer at a press conference when he was asked if the tide was turning in Iraq: "I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say those words?" June 14, 2006. (Mega Genius: "Hush! Just lie still until help arrives.")

5. Charles Barkley, Basketball Hall of Famer, for his approach to his gambling addiction, which he told ESPN was a "stupid habit" that he estimated had cost him $10 million: "Do I think it's a bad habit? Yes, I think it's a bad habit. Am I going to continue to do it? Yes, I'm going to continue to do it." May 3, 2006. (Mega Genius: "I will bet $10 million that solution won't work.")

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.