[smallpoxgirl]

The nominations have been tallied and the polls are set up in every category except poster of the year. Vote early. Vote often. =)

A couple of categories had only one nomination so....

The Best of 2006 award for post with the best usefull information goes to Pretorian for his first hand accounts of living through the collapse of the USSR. link

The Best of 2006 award for post with the best peak oil related insight goes to GG3 for this post: link

[NEOPO]

If we are using Diebold machines I ain't votin' !

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'I')f we are using Diebold machines I ain't votin' !

[Pretorian]

WOW! I won something! Thank you I am very honoured. If there is a way to puit those things on the avatar ?

[gg3]

Yow!

uh...

thanks (blush!)...

[smallpoxgirl]

OK...voting is now complete for the remaining awards.

Drumroll please....

For Best Sig Line of 2006, the winner is Holmes with "Crush the Cornucopians, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women"

For most absurd/wingnutish post of 2006, the winner is "any post by Raphael". Raphael amazingly managed to get more votes than the other 6 nominees combined. Give him a hand folks. He worked hard for this award.

The Best of 2006 award for best avatar goes to Zardoz.

The award for funniest post goes to Madpaddy for his quip "May all your children have small dicks even the girls"

The award for post with the best sociopolitical insight goes to gg3 for this post: link

In a tight race, the award for best overall thread goes to US Army strategic report on PO confirms our fears. Since Zardoz started the thread, I guess he gets to accept the award, but thanks to all those that contributed.

This brings us to the Poster of the Year award. This award was really hotly contested. There were 43 people nominated for this award and there were 287 votes cast in the poll. I'd like to give a big shout out to all the nominees and everyone that has contributed to make PO.com such a wonderfull place. The handsdown winner of the Best of 2006 Poster of the Year award is Dantespeak. Congratulations!

Lets give them all a big hand folks!

[DantesPeak]

This is not something I ever expected.

My thanks go out those 43 others mentioned having great posts, and also to all the members of PO.com.

Looking forward to some great insights here in 2007 from every one.

[Madpaddy]

It's nice to be winning at something.

It reminds me of a time I was about to sit a school exam in Economics. As my teacher handed me the exam paper he commented. "The only way you'll pass that paper is to eat it".

He was wrong, I Aced the paper but I still laugh when I recall the moment.

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')or Best Sig Line of 2006, the winner is Holmes with "Crush the Cornucopians, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women"

[Zardoz]

Gosh, two awards. I'm humbled.

*dabs at welling eyes with tissue*

Thanks to the posters who made the thread so good, and thanks to BushCo and all those other "leaders" for providing so much avatar fodder.

I'd also like to thank my manager, my publicist, my agent, etc., etc...

[gg3]

Yow!, uh, thanks again, and uh, (blush...)...

I guess I should be spending more time in the open discussion areas as well as checking the daily last-24-hours updates...

[MrBill]

Congratulations to everyone nominated and especially the winners for making peak oil dot com interesting and entertaining. All the best for 2007! Cheers.

[DantesPeak]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MrBill', 'C')ongratulations to everyone nominated and especially the winners for making peak oil dot com interesting and entertaining. All the best for 2007! Cheers.

[Heineken]

Most unofficially, I'd like to add to Dante's trophy case the award of "PO.com Gentleman of the Year."

That's because everything he says is marked by fairness, reasonableness, and maturity and is delivered without any condescension or unpleasantness.

You're a class act, Dante.

[static66]

I am surprised pup55 didn't warrant a trophy for his timely posts.... oh well, congratulations to all of you who did win! get to your doctors office for a complete check-up and make sure he checks your wrists as you will almost certainly develop Carpal-Tunnel syndrome in '08... we are through the play-offs and have arrived at The World Serious.

[pup55]

http://peakoil.com/fortopic27026-0-asc-15.html

Let the nominations begin for 2007. This was one of my favorite threads. It ended way back in February but was still excellent.

Also Kudos to Phebagirl for her kind, friendly, caring nature.

[jasonraymondson]

Do I qualify for anything

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'D')o I qualify for anything

[golem]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'D')o I qualify for anything