15. "Insurgents"	It occurs to us that Iraqi insurgents are not unlike American 20-somethings who who graduated from college with a degree in film history and are now searching for themselves while living off their parent's retirement funds, pondering graduate school and smoking a lot of cannabis, paid for by a part time job in telemarketing. That beats blowing yourself up any day.
14. Gay Reality TV stars	Overexposed celebrities are just itching for an ethnic cleansing award. Add the "gay and annoying" factor as seen on "Queer Eye" and it's a no-brainer. It's not homophobia at play here, it's just the good old-fashioned playground bully mentality that wants to hang them up in a tree by their stylish colored boxer-brief Calvin Kleins.
13. Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson was ranked #1 in 2002's Ethnic Cleansing Awards but dropped to #13 this year. Why? Artists continually need to reinvent themselves and Michael Jackson keeps running over the same old ground --Inappropriate relations with kids, Peter Pan, lipstick, baby-dangling, Liza Minelli. How about something new? Like releasing a "greatest hits" album or joining the Nation of Islam. Nevermind.
12. Europe	While France was singled out in last year's awards, the entire continent of Europe makes #12 this year. Whether it's Jacque Chirac, Gerhard Schroeder, the unfair dollar-to-Euro exchange rate, or bad personal hygiene and an obsession with soccer, Europe has demonstrated it is the two-faced "Eddie Haskell" of the post industrial world. Plus, they talk funny.
11. Clay Aiken	Clay Aiken is super sensitive, has dreamy eyes and takes care of autistic kids during his time off from recording and touring. So what is it that makes the American Idol star #11 on our list? It's the hair. Wait, no -- the high pitched voice. Hold on -- It's that he graced the cover of Rolling Stone (unforgivable). It's just so hard to identify why we want Clay Aiken ethnically cleansed. Perhaps one of the great mysteries of life. Sort of like how someone so gay can be so clearly in denial.

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