There's a great story up at The New Republic, where the writer bemoans/laments/pokes fun at undeserving award winners. I love this paragraph:
"Nearly every field of human endeavor has a regular prize. And nearly every prize seems to regularly go to a clearly undeserving winner. Woody Allen’s character complained in Annie Hall, “They’re always giving out awards. Best Fascist Dictator: Adolf Hitler.” If an award like that really did exist, though, they’d probably end up giving it to Mussolini."
Too bad they don't hand out prizes for great paragraphs...