An award is simply a prize given in recognition of an achievement. Ribbons and medals won through sports competitions are the most universally recognized forms of awards. The history of awarding athletic achievement goes all the way back to the Ancient Greek Olympics and probably even earlier. Today there are many organizations who give sports awards, and the rules of competition are well established. The prestige of a particular sporting accomplishment is based on the stature of the awarding organization, level of competition involved and the number of awards given (supply and demand). For example, there are a lot more Little League trophies handed out than Super Bowl Rings.
Unfortunately, power-hungry entities have found a way to manipulate others using award-based enticement. In their view, the process of attaining an award can be designed to assure compliance with a particular rule set. The better defined the rules, and more well-known and coveted the award, the more effective it is at shaping behavior. Nefarious award systems like this follow these general steps.
Step one – establish an award giving organization
Step two – determine what people “should” do
Step three – find people who are doing what they should
Step four – select a small number of people to award
Step five – generate publicity
Step six – evaluate if the award is working and make modifications if necessary
Awarding people with ribbons, medals, and plaques can be used as a behavior manipulating tool that shifts the motivation of people and groups from intrinsic (within themselves) to external (outside source). In other words, when people modify their behavior to obtain an award, they are no longer acting out of their internal desires, but being guided by someone else’s desires as they work to earn an award.
Now that we have established what a bogus award system can look like, let’s talk about some fake awards. In 2009, President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. This fake award violated step two, determine what people “should” do. Today, the Nobel Secretary even admits that the award was given to Obama because they hoped it would “strengthen” him. People around the world could see that Obama had done nothing worthy of receiving this award. He had not modified his behavior or shown any achievement. People everywhere could see this award was fake.
The New York Times and the Washington Post won Pulitzer awards for their reporting on Russiagate. The awards were given “For deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign.” Yet the entire Russiagate story was later proven false when the author of the Steele Dossier could not prove the legitimacy of his allegations, clearly revealing that these Pulitzers were fake awards. Despite being works of fiction masquerading as real events, the Pulitzer organization has made no attempts to rescind them.
Both the Nobel and Pulitzer organizations have devalued their reputations by allowing political decisions to seep into their award presentations. Hollywood awards such as the Emmys, Oscars, and Grammys are also fake awards. These awards are given to those who have creative talent, but are also good at doing what they are told, and following left-wing progressive political agendas.
Closer to home, in April 2023, the Ottawa County Health Department received two fake awards. Both awards were given to the Ottawa County Health Department because they followed a tyrannical political agenda of lockdowns rather than following risk-based assessments. In fact, the awards are tied to organizations responsible for demanding ineffective masking mandates and lockdowns. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) created a partnership with an organization called National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). NACCHO is a non-profit organization whose members are a coalition of 2,700 local health departments. Their vision claims to improve public health while adhering to the core values of equity, excellence, participation, respect, integrity, leadership, science, and innovation. This non-profit organization is primarily funded by the CDC, a government agency. You can read more about NACCHO here.
NACCHO partnered with the CDC to create an indoctrination program that trains the member local health departments in the Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) program. This program establishes working relationships between federal, state, and local health departments, and community partners on how to follow national best practices to protect the health of the community. The Ottawa County Health Department was given a “National Recognition” award from NACCHO and the Jean Chabut Health Policy Champions Award from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for their participation in the PPHR training program.
The Ottawa County Health Department earned these awards by manipulating public opinion. The public was sufficiently confused and many people believed that the health department did a great job handling the Covid-19 pandemic. In reality, the Ottawa County public health officials were taught to not evaluate any information for themselves and instead to defer all decision-making power to higher level authorities. They were taught to follow all directives and mandates that were passed down the chain, and in the end, they were awarded for disregarding their own decision-making authority.