Watcher's Council Results

Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Joshuapundit - Death By A Thousand Cuts
• Second place with 1 1/3 points – Mere Rhetoric - Agitprop-Funding NEA Chief: “Barack Obama Is The Most Powerful Writer Since Julius Caesar
• Third place with 1 point – (Tie*) – Bookworm Room - Watch the Democratic Dominoes Fall
• Third place with 1 point – (Tie*) – The Glittering Eye - Triage
• Third place with 1 point – (Tie*) – The Razor - Suburban Perspective on Rural America
• Fourth place with 2/3 points – Right Truth - A Small Nation
• Fifth place with 1/3 point – Rhymes With Right - Just a reminder - Hasan not the first

Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! – Selwyn Duke /American Thinker - Jihad and America, the land that cried sheep
• Second place with 2 1/3 points – Villainous Company - Obama doesnÂ’t “get” the military he commands
• Third place with 1 1/3 points – Tigerhawk - The Myth of American Heroism
• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Red County - Tragedy At Ft. Hood
• Fourth place with 1 point(Tie*) – MG Hoft - Wash U Shuts Down Freedom Memorial
• Fifth place with 1/3 points – Danger Room - Is This ChinaÂ’s Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon Site?

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The Most Recent Watcher's Council Winners

Council Submissions

• First place with 1 2/3 points! – The Glittering Eye - WhatÂ’s A Foreseeable Rate of Taxation?


• Second place with 1 point – (T*) – Joshuapundit - Conservatives Win In NY 23
• Second place with 1 point – (T*) – The Provocateur - Interview With Wade Rathke II


• Second place with 1 point – (T*) – Bookworm Room - Do They Even Listen to Themselves?
• Second place with 1 point – (T*) – Right Truth - Half of all U.S. children will be on food stamps according to study


• Second place with 1 point – (T*) – The Razor - Laws Need Limits
• Second place with 1 point – (T*) – The Colossus of Rhodey - Once again, the Democrats back vote fraud


• Third place with 1/3 points – Mere Rhetoric - The Omri Ceren Show – 2pm PST – Barry Rubin On LebanonÂ’s Crisis And Ours

Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! – Black & Right - Comment of the Day


• Second place with 1 2/3 points – The Boston Globe - IslamÂ’s Darwin problem
• Third place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – E. D. Kain–American Tory - NothingÂ’s ever certain except race and taxes


• Third place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Sense of Events - Is Obama a milleniarian without a plan? Does he even need one?
• Fourth place with 1 point – Michael J. Gaynor at Web Commentary - ACORN 8 Supporter Tries to Disparage Michelle Malkin and Anita MonCrief in Halloween Hit Piece


• Fifth place with 2/3 points – New Ledger - George Soros Assautl on the Free Market
• Sixth place with 1/3 points – Big Government - The Public Option Deception

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Last Week's Watcher's Council Winners

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 1 2/3 points! – Joshuapundit - J Street – A Particularly Nasty Dead End To Be Avoided
• Second place with 1 1/3 point – Bookworm Room - The march of the thought police


• Third place with 1 point – (T*) – The Glittering Eye - Are We Promoting Our Grand Strategy?
• Third place with 1 point – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - Lefty Meme Congeals: The Real War Is In Pakistan Not Afghanistan


• Fourth place with 1/3 point – Rhymes With Right - And To Think The Average Income Of American Families Dropped By 3.6%

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – JammieWearingFool - Why Is GE Exempt From Government-Ordered Pay Cuts?


• Second place with 1 1/3 point – The Augean Stables - Investigate the investigators: A time to rebuke Goldstone
• Third place with 1 point – Riehl World View - Exclusive: How The NRCC Bungled NY – 23


• Fourth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Thomas Sowell at Real Clear Politics - Dismantling America
• Fourth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Daniel W. Drezner - Theory of International Politics and Zombies


• Fifth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – Mercury News - Racial Skirmishes in our Own House
• Fifth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – GMÂ’s Place - Splitting: Fox News and the White House


• Fifth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – The Tygrrrr Express - Why not just kill all conservatives?

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Watcher's Council Results

Here are the most recent winners selected by the Watcher's Council!

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 1 2/3 points! – Joshuapundit - When Anti-Semitism IsnÂ’t Â…And When It Is


• Second place with 1 1/3 points – Bookworm Room - Is Barack Obama Anti-American?


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Right Truth - Like sands through the hour glass, so goes the Middle East


• Thirs place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Colossus of Rhodey - OÂ’Reilly guest typifies the Left on race


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – The Glittering Eye - A Curmudgeonly Comment About Healthcare Reform


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Rhymes With Right - The Conflict Between The GOP & The Tea Party Crowd

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 1 1/3 points! – Real Clear Politics - Media Wars: White House Crosses the Line


• Second place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Toby Harnden / Telegraph - Barack Obama: ‘Oh, did I mention I won the Nobel prize?Â’


• Second place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Weekly Standard - Scozzafava Calls the Cops


• Second place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Right Wing Nut House - THE DIFFERENT REALITY INHABITED BY THE CONSERVATIVE BASE
• Third place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Brutally Honest - An Assault on American Culture : Disrupting the Family


• Third place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Chesler Chronicles - Killing Jews in Oregon, Embracing Terrorists Off-Broadway

  Congratulations, one and all!

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Watcher's Council Winners

Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Bookworm Room - WhatÂ’s not to like about the Blue Angels?
• Second place with 1 points – (T*) – Right Truth - What about the women Obama?
• Second place with 1 points – (T*) – The Glittering Eye - Columbus Day, 2009
• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Joshuapundit - ObamaÂ’s Nobel Prize – A Well deserved Award
• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Colossus of Rhodey - MSM in full force using lies to thwart LimbaughÂ’s Rams purchase
• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*), (D*) - The Razor - Lyndon Baines Obama and General Biden
• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - SF Jewish Federation Funding Rachel Corrie Screenings, Anti-Israel Hatefests [Videos]
• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Rhymes With Right - Wonder Why The First Amendment Is So Important?
• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – The Provocateur - the Unholy Alliance of Michelle Malkin and Michael Gaynor

Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Benjamin Kerstein/New Ledger - Obama and Israel: Betrayal in the Broken Places
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – Weekly Standard - Decline is a Choice
• Third place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Atlas Shrugs - Rifqa Bary to be returned to Ohio Â…no, waitÂ…Â… from Atlas Shrugs
• Third place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Reason - The Unknown War
• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - the genuine shame of Ross DouthatÂ’s New York Times column
• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – John Ziegler / Big Hollywood - So, Now You Tell Us?!
• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Amina Merchant at Washington Post - In Need of Urgent Care Hospitals Are Forced to Pay for SocietyÂ’s Failures
• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Keep American Safe - The Mission Statement

As always, congratulations not only to the winners but the participants.

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Watcher's Council Results

Here are the most recent results of the voting by members of the Watcher's Council!

Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Soccer Dad - Why did israel jail the pregnant woman?


• Second place with 1 1/3 points – Joshuapundit - Our ‘NegotiationsÂ’ With Iran


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Bookworm Room - Yahoo fact checks SNL?


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Provocateur - A Half Hour With Two Chicago Whistleblowers


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - GoldstoneÂ’s Daughter: Israel Should Thank My Dad For Legitimizing The UNÂ’s Vicious Anti-Israel Smear Campaign


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – The Colossus of Rhodey - Dopey WNJ Letter of the Week

Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 1 2/3 points! – Washington Times - Criminalizing Everyone


• Second place with 1 points – (T*) – JammieWearingFool - CBS News Tries To Discredit Conservative Blogs, Fails Miserably Â…


• Second place with 1 points – (T*) – ABC - Exclusive: Wounded U.S. Soldiers Refused to Leave Taliban Fight


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – John Stossel @ RCP - ItÂ’s the Spending, Stupid


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – PajamaÂ’s TV - PJTV: The Power & Danger of Iconography


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Jed babbin - Lyndon Baines Obama


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – ReasonÂ’s Hit & Run - Hoosier Grandmother Arrested for Buying Cold Medication


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Flopping Aces - ObamaÂ’s Grand Distraction


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Brett D. Schaefer and James L. Gattuso / NRO Corner - Ceding the Internet


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – The New Republic - What Should African-American Studies Students Learn?

Also, a quick note for anyone interested in becoming a member of the Watcher's Council. It appears that we may be recruiting a new member shortly, so let me know if you are interested, or check out the Watcher's Council site.

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This Week's Watcher's Council Results

On Friday, the following results were announced by the Watcher, based upon the votes of my esteemed colleagues on the Watcher's Council.

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 1 2/3 points! – Rhymes With Right - A Note On The “Tenther” Smear


• Second place with 1 points – (T*) – Soccer Dad - Leaving the nest


• Second place with 1 points – (T*) – Joshuapundit - Welcome To The Babi Yar Hotel


• Second place with 1 points – (T*) – The Colossus of Rhodey - More on ObamaÂ’s ridiculous foreign policy


• Second place with 1 points – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - Obama Knew About Secret Iran Facility During Transition, Experts Pushed Engagement Anyway With Pro-Iran Pretexts


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Right Truth - Why America Could Be Doomed


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Bookworm Room - Obama Keeps Hitler Analogy in the Public Eye


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – The Provocateur - Yet Another Defining Moment

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 1 1/3 points! – Jennifer Rubin/Commentary - NetanyahuÂ’s Speech for the Ages


• Second place with 1 1/3 points – RedState - Common Sense Outlawed in Indiana


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Breitbart TV - Sources: Sarkozy Thinks Obama is ‘Incredibly Naive and Grossly EgotisticalÂ’


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Anchoress - A Study in Contrasts


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – WSJ/Bret Stephens - The Neocons Make a Comeback


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – StreetWise - ItÂ’s Not a Real Estate Crisis, ItÂ’s a Debt Crisis


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Times Online (UK) - The Anglo-world of settlers, not dominators


• Third place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Larry Greenfield / American Thinker - Liberal Jews and the Legacy of Neoconservatism


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Kausfiles @Slate - Did ACORN chicanery elect Al Franken?


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Simply Jews - Ich bin kein Berliner?


• Fourth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Fore-Left - Speaking of Vast Conspriacies..

  I'm particularly honored to have won this week -- and surprised, too, given the strength of the competition. It just goes to show that I never can tell which post will garner the most respect from my fellow bloggers, because I very nearly submitted a different post this week. My thanks to those who honored me with their votes.

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Watcher's Council Results -- September 11, 2009

I missed these results last week, and so am giving them to you now with sincere apologies and a fervent hope that you will check out these excellent posts.

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Soccer Dad - Verdict first; investigation afterwards
• Second place with 1 1/3 points – The Glittering Eye - Keep Faith With the Promise


• Third place with 1 points – (T*) – Joshuapundit - Obamaspeak: Challenge For Youth
• Third place with 1 points – (T*) – The Provocateur - A Psychopath at the Pittsburgh VA


• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - Figures. Feds DidnÂ’t Clear Brush In LA Wildfire Areas Because Of Liberal Pressure.
• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Rhymes With Right - Well, The Text Of The Speech Is Out


• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Bookworm Room - Are Obama and the American people capable of mimicking a Hitler/Nazi-like experience?
• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Right Truth - Obama the Liar


• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – The Colossus of Rhodey - “Hyper-partisan?”

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Peter Finn, Joby Warrick and Julie Tate / WSJ - How a Detainee Became An Asset


• Second place with 1 1/3 points – Villainous Company - Own It, Mr. Secretary
• Third place with 1 points – (T*) – The Last Crusade - Gaddafi Seeks Islamic Conquest of England and Whales


• Third place with 1 points – (T*) – Dr. Richard Rafal/WSJ - A DoctorÂ’s Plan for Legal Industry Reform:My modest proposal to rearrange how lawyers do business.
• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Gateway Pundit - WaPo Mourns Loss Of Great American “Patriot” –Commie-Truther Van Jones


• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Texas Rainmaker - An Open Letter To The Secretary Of Education
• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Yourish - Analyzing the AP anti-Israel bias


• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Ranked Choice Voting - Propaganda to Remain on the Ballot
• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – New York Post - Go ahead, make my high holiday


• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – The New Yorker - The Rubber Room

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Current Watcher's Council Results

From July 3:

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – The Razor - Settlement
• Second place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Right Truth - LIFE


• Second place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – The Glittering Eye - Affording Everything
• Third place with 2/3 point – (T*) – The Provocateur - The Libertarians Downfall: Conspiracy Theories


• Third place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Joshuapundit - Masquerade In iran
• Third place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - ShhÂ… Massachusetts Proves Mandate-Based Health Reform Will Be A Disaster


• Fourth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – Wolf Howling - Politicized Science
• Fourth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – Soccer Dad - Diehl me out

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! – FaustaÂ’s Blog - Responses to “Coup in Honduras – Correction: This is NOT a coup”
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – Christina Hoff Sommers - Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship


• Third place with 1 point – (T*) – The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - Iraq June 30th
• Third place with 1 point – (T*) – EU Referendum - Rigging The Debate


• Fourth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Delaware Liberal - Should Sanford Resign?
• Fourth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Diana West - “Role of Women in Iran Protest Kindles Hope”…OF WHAT?


• Fifth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – American Daughter - Religion and Politics DonÂ’t Mix
• Fifth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – Financial Times - Obama is Choosing to be Weak

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Belated Watcher's Council Results

From June 19:

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! – Wolf Howling - Iran 6/16 – The Fire Still Burning


• Second place with 1 2/3 points – Bookworm Room - ObamaÂ’s belief in the power of his own rhetoric
• Third place with 1 1/3 point – Soccer Dad - The campaignÂ’s the thing


• Fourth place with 1 point – (T*) – Right Truth - When the unbelievable becomes true
• Fourth place with 1 point – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - Liberal Foreign Policy Experts: This Ahmadinejad Reelection Was Just So Unpredictable!


• Fifth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Joshuapundit - Iran ‘ElectionÂ’ Update
• Fifth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – The Glittering Eye - Dammit They Did What I Said


• Sixth place with 1/3 point – Rhymes With Right - Obama Should Fire Panetta For Cheney Smear — But Supports Him Instead

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Michelle Malkin - ObamaÂ’s AmeriCrooks and cronies scandal


• Second place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Christopher Hitchens - DonÂ’t Call It An Election In Iran
• Second place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – The Hashmonean - Coup DÂ’etat: The Revolutionary Guards In Control of Iran Had Nothing to Fear From Obama Biden (Link Update I)


• Third place with 1 point – (T*) – MidEastAnalysis.com - What Happened in Iran?
• Third place with 1 point – (T*) – The New Republic - Narrative Dissonance


• Third place with 1 point – (T*) – Wall Street Journal - What If Israel Strikes Iran?
• Fourth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – The Last Crusade - CNN, FOX NEWS TURN BLIND EYE TO UPRISING IN IRAN


• Fourth place with 2/3 point – (T*) – Legal Insurrection / Hot Air Greenroom - What About The Right Not To Wear Head Covering
• Fifth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – Liberty Chick - ACORN Part III


• Fifth place with 1/3 point – (T*) – NewsBusters - Schultz: I ‘AbsolutelyÂ’ Believe Cheney Wants Americans To Die

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Current Watcher's Council Results

Well, at last we are up to date with all Watcher's Council Results from my time without a computer and various other catastrophes. I commend to your attention these fine submissions from around the blogosphere.

Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - Mere Rhetoric - The WHÂ’s Eight-Step Plan For Detonating The US-Israel Relationship
• Second place with 1 2/3 points - Wolf Howling - ObamaÂ’s Cairo Address: What We Needed, What We Got


• Third place with 1 1/3 point - (T*) - The Razor - A Conservative Case for Animal Rights
• Third place with 1 1/3 point - (T*) - Joshuapundit - Live In Cairo - The Lap Dance Of The Seven Veils


• Fourth place with 2/3 point - The Glittering Eye - The Perversity of the Publishing System
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Bookworm Room - Seasick Warriors


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Right Truth - British National Party (BNP) - Are they racist? Anti-semitic?
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Soccer Dad - The cairo context

Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! - Ralph Peters - What Obama Taught Me- Wonderful Arabs, American Slavers, Wicked Jews
• Second place with 1 1/3 points - Pajamas Media - The Reckoning


• Third place with 1 point - (T*) - The optimistic conservative - The next phase of WWIV part 2
• Third place with 1 point - (T*) - Christopher Hitchens - When the Extreme Becomes the Norm


• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - The Jacksonian Party - Straw, Stuffing and Notation
• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Real Clear Politics - Geithner Brings the Laughs in China


• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Stratfor - West Bank Settlements and the Future of U.S.-Israeli Relations
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Marc Epstein at City Journal - Not Worth the Paper . . .


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Jewish World Review - Frank Gaffney: AmericaÂ’s First Muslim President
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The New Humanist - Free Market Faith

Drop by, take a look at these posts, and consider the wisdom contained therein.

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Belated Watcher's Council Results

I've been remiss in posting these, due in large part to the process of returning to the house. So with sincerest apologies, here are some belated announcements of Watcher's Council results honoring some fine blog posts from around the internet

APRIL 17, 2009

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! - Joshuapundit - A Few Inconvenient Truths About Israel And ‘SettlementsÂ’
• Second place with 1 2/3 points - The Razor - What is a Man?


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Bookworm Room - Separation does not mean destruction
• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - Majority of Those Who Pay No Income Taxes Believe the Tax System is Fair


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Right Truth - Radical Leftist Appointments
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - The Provocateur - Krugman, the Tea Parties, and AlinskyÂ’s Rule #13


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - Rhymes With Right - Lege Considering Campus Carry Bill, Chron Says “No”

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! - Macs Mind - About that Obama Iraq Visit


• Second place with 1 1/3 points - Information Dissemination - Observing the Obama Administration Somali Piracy Policy
• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - Dr. Melissa Clouthier - Tea Parties And Liberal Angst


• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - Shrinkwrapped - On demographics And Meaning, Part IV
• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - Jerusalem Post - Caroline Glick - Surviving in a post-American world


• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - Mark Steyn - Our Reprimitivized Future
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - Gay Patriot - Anti-Tea Party Hysteria: Opposition to Big Government DoesnÂ’t Meet Netroots Standard for Acceptable Political Grievances


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The Times Online - From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and Its Legacy by Kenan Malik
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - American Thinker - DHS, ‘Rightwing ExtremismÂ’ and Information Warfare

APRIL 24, 2009

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 1 2/3 points! - Joshuapundit - The Real Holocaust Denial


• Second place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - For the Want of a Horseshoe Nail
• Second place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Soccer Dad - Preoccupied with occupation


• Second place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Wolf Howling - Throwing Green Fuel On An Economic Fire
• Third place with 2/3 points - (T*) - The Razor - Obama Administration Sucking Moonbats Out of Private Sector


• Third place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Bookworm Room - Honing our arguments
• Fourth place with 1/3 points - Right Truth - Witch Hunts (and you are the witch)

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 3 points! - Doug Ross@Journal - Let Them Eat Dirt
• Second place with 1 1/3 points - Elder of Ziyon - More of those “civilians” killed in Gaza (UPDATED)


• Third place with 1 point - (T*) - American Daughter - The Intimidation Begins
• Third place with 1 point - (T*) - AIFD - Obama Administration Stacking the Deck with Islamists


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - Rortybomb - Ban Mortgage Prepayment Penalties at the Federal Level, 1: Texas
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Portfolio - Confessions of a TARP CEOÂ’s Wife


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute - The Coming of the Fourth American Republic
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Britannica Blog - Shock peace therapy for the mideast

MAY 1, 2009

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - Wolf Howling - Words Have Meaning Rick


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - Soccer Dad - ItÂ’s easy being green. Not.
• Third place with 1 point - (T*) Right Truth - The next 1,360 days


• Third place with 1 point - (T*) The Razor - Why An Alcoholic Supports the Legalization of Illicit Drugs
• Third place with 1 point - (T*) The Colossus of Rhodey - Did the NY Times bury an “inconvenient” torture memo story? And a torture question Â…


• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Bookworm Room - Torture, Real and Imagined
• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - The Provocateur - Is Commercial Real Estate Next?

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! - Legal Insurrection - Which city would you sacrifice?
• Second place with 2 1/3 points - Michael Sheurer @ WaPo - Say Its Osama. What If He WonÂ’t Talk?


• Third place with 1 point - The Washington Times - BarackÂ’s in the basement
• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Right Wing Nut House - The Moral Parameters of Torture


• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Cheat Seeking Missiles - John And Teresa And Conflict
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The New Republic - Regift, Please!


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The New Ledger - What Will the Stress Tests Mean

Congratulations all around to the many fine bloggers honored here.

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Watcher's Council Results

Well, the results are in on this week's Watcher's Council vote. There were some fine pieces submitted, and a couple of fine winners chosen.

Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! - Bookworm Room - Can it happen here?
• Second place with 1 1/3 points - Rhymes With Right - The Problem Of Sexting


• Third place with 1 point - The Provocateur - Some Thoughts on Low Rates, the Credit Freeze, and Politics
• Fourth place with 2/3 point - Mere Rhetoric - New J-Street Poll Is Rigged In Particularly Stupid, Obnoxious Ways


• Fifth place with 1/3 points - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - Risking It
• Fifth place with 1/3 points - (T*) - The Colossus of Rhodey - Just Â… crazy


• Fifth place with 1/3 points - (T*) - Right Truth - This is America, quit trying to destroy her Obama.

Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 1 2/3 points! - Charles Krauthammer - ObamaÂ’s Ultimate Agenda


• Second place with 1 1/3 points - HistoryNet.com - Lashing Back - IsraelÂ’s 1947-1948 Civil War
• Third place with 1 point - GayPatriot - Vermont Shows How to go about Recognizing Gay Marriage


• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Just One Minute - Jeffrey Sachs, Not Detail Oriented
• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Robert Averech/Big Hollywood - “IÂ’m Against Guns and Violence, Unfortunately Reality Has Intruded on My Delusional Paradise.”


• Fifth place with 1/3 points - (T*) - Townhall/John Hawkins - Seven reasons while the GOP comeback will begin in 2010
• Fifth place with 1/3 points - (T*) - Big Hollywood - HollywoodÂ’s Nazi Comfort Zone

  Congratulations to all nominees -- I encourage my readers to take a few minutes to read them all.

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Watcher's Council Results

Congratulations to all vote-getters in this week's rigorous competition!

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 3 points! - Joshuapundit - What Netanyahu Should Say About Peace To The Arab World
• Second place with 2 points - Soccer Dad - If an appointee falls and thereÂ’s no msm, is it still a scandal?


• Third place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Bookworm Room - The New York Times takes off the mask
• Third place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Rhymes With Right - In Re. Bristol Palin


• Third place with 2/3 points - (T*) - The Colossus of Rhodey - Chicago ranks “high” in the 25 worst schools in nation
• Third place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Mere Rhetoric - Government-Linked Thugs Systematically Compiling Full List Of Venezuelan Jews, Launching Attacks On Jewish Centers Gangs


• Fourth place with 1/3 points - (T*) - The Provocateur - Rethinking the Federal Reserve
• Fourth place with 1/3 points - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - Portrait of a Financial Crisis

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! - Pajamas Media - Welcome to Francis Ford CoppolaÂ’s White House
• Second place with 2 points - Michael Totten - The Worst Airline In The World


• Third place with 1 2/3 points - Clay Shirky - Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable
• Fourth place with 1 1/3 points - Common Sense Political Thought - Does anti-Zionism equal anti-Semitism?


• Fifth place with 1 points - Pajamas Media - Roger CohenÂ’s Inexplicable Views on Iranian Jews
• Sixth place with 2/3 points - Big Hollywood - Sunday Matineé: 1776


• Seventh place with 1/3 points - NewsMax - ObamaÂ’s Attack on Medical Civil Liberties

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Watcher's Council Results

With it being rodeo time here in Houston, I've been so busy that I've neglected to post lat Friday's results from the Watcher's Council vote. Well, here they are. There's some good stuff here, so you definitely want to take a look at the winners and the other nominees.

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 3 1/3 points! - The Provocateur - The Financial Crisis White Paper
• Second place with 1 2/3 points - Mere Rhetoric - Four Theories Why Obama Is Throwing Britain Under The Bus


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - Joshuapundit - About Those Israeli ‘SettlementsÂ’
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Right Truth - Poll on World Equal Rights for Women


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Bookworm Room - A couple of thoughts about the American Revolution
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - The Colossus of Rhodey - National Review OnlineÂ’s Top 25 Conservative Movies of the Last Quarter Century

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! - This ongoing war - “I was born into a Bedouin tribe…”
• Second place with 1 2/3 points - Zenpundit - ObamaÂ’s Foreign Policy Trifecta of Foolishness


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Gateway Pundit - Cuba Si, Colombia No?
• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - American Thinker - The New American Class Structure


• Fourth place with 1 points - The Investigative Project On Terrorism - Are Acts of Staged Controversy an Islamist Strategic Tactic?
• Fifth place with 2/3 point - The Economist - Lexington: Anger Management


• Sixth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Pat Dollard - The Founding Fathers Would Want Obama to Fail
• Sixth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - BigaÂ’s Rants at Townhall.com - We are divided. So Be it.


• Sixth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The Mudville Gazette - Diversions (III)

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Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! - The Colossus of Rhodey - How did I get a bad grade? I was here!


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Mere Rhetoric - The “Iran Lobby” Moves Into The White House Moves
• Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Bookworm Room - The codependent liberal party


• Third place with 1 points - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Class Warfare
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Soccer Dad - Puncturing PeretzÂ’s balloon x 3


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Rhymes With Right - The Arrogance Of The White Liberal
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - The Razor - PandoraÂ’s Box Opened by Democrats, Obama


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Joshuapundit - ObamaÂ…Wading In It Hip Deep
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - The Provocateur - Reporting From ChicagoÂ’s Chicago Tea Party

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 3 points! - Michael J. Totten - Christopher Hitchens and the Battle of Beirut
• Second place with 2 1/3 points - Melanie Phillips - Liberal Derangement


• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - The Sundries Shack - A Tale of Two CPACs
• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - Dr. Sanity - The Neo-MarxistÂ’s Modus Operandi: Redistribute The Wealth And Enslave The Human Mind


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - GayPatriot - The Prejudiced Minds of Those Who Call Us, “Self-Hating”
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - John Christian Ryter - What happens when the entire economy sinks underwater?


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Random Thoughts - Israel on College Campuses
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - New York Post - The War on Prosperity


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The Nose On Your Face - Stimulusol XR
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Stop the ACLU - A New Judicial Absurdity

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Here are the most recent results of the Watcher's Council vote -- with the pleasant surprise that i actually won for the first time in a while.

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 1 2/3 points! - Rhymes With Right - About The Chimp Cartoon
• Second place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Bookworm Room - Giving the people what they want


• Second place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - The Razor - Octomom: A Symbol of ObamaÂ’s America
• Second place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - The Colossus of Rhodey - Reaction Eric HolderÂ’s “cowards” comment


• Third place with 1 points - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - NY Times Finally Covers Hassan Beheading
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - The Glittering Eye - How Not to Draw a Conclusion


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Right Truth - Our Supreme Leader, Barack Obama
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The Provocateur - The Coming Mortgage Class War III


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Soccer Dad - Try a little tenderness - in foreign policy

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! - The Nose On Your face - Islamic Rage Boy Addresses Muslim TV ExecÂ’s Recent Wife-Beheading


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - The Long War Journal - Analysis: Pakistan peace agreement cedes ground to the Taliban
• Third place with 1 1/3 points - Chesler Chronicles at Pajamas Media - A Dutch Hero Comes to Warn Us, Seek Our Support. The Incomparable Geert Wilders, MP, in New York City.


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - Michelle Malkin - The Chinagate/Buddhist temple cash skeletons in Gary LockeÂ’s closet
• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - JudeoPundit - Iran adopts Starfleet insignia


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - The Anchoress - Yep, I Miss Bush
• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - The Weekly Standard - No Speech, Please


• Sixth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Threats Watch - Mexican President: GovÂ’t Does Not Control Areas on US Border
• Sixth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Ottawa Citizen - Back to Carter

  By the way, you'll love the winning Non-Council entry from The Nose On Your Face. If you like satire, you'll love Islamic Rage Boy's latest incisive commentary.

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Watcher's Cuncil Winners

Here are the most recent winners.

Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - The Colossus of Rhodey - The entertainment of moral ambiguity


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Joshuapundit - Israel Capitulates


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Mere Rhetoric - IÂ’m Going To Miss Westminster Abbey - Britain Hands Itself Over To Radical Islam, Blames Israel


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - The Provocateur - The Insider Story of ACORN


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - Fallacy of Composition


• Fourth place with 1 points - Rhymes With Right - And Where Does He Get His Life Back?


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Bookworm Room - The Inspirational President


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Soccer Dad - Teaching Thomas

Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - Robert Avrech/Big Hollywood - The Real Battle Of Algiers, Part 2


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - Armed and Dangerous - Gramscian Damage


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - Daled Amos - Did Monty Python Negotiate IsraelÂ’s Ceasefire?


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - Pajamas Media - We Have Overcome Today


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - Middle East Forum - Syria CanÂ’t Be Flipped


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - BookForum.com - Onward and Downward


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - Jeff JacobyÂ’s Pundicity - Questions for ObamaÂ’s science guy


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - Badger Blogger - A call to action for Wisconsin conservatives

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Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - Joshuapundit - The Hidden Story On Gaza


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - Right Truth - America Said NO


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Soccer Dad - Both sides now


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Mere Rhetoric - Media Outlets CanÂ’t Get Over The Tactical Brilliance Of HamasÂ’s Use Of Human Shields


• Fourth place with 1 points - The Provocateur - Some Perspective on the Great Loan Modification Scam


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - The Razor - Three Shocks For New Doctors

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - Robert Avrech/Big Hollywood - Learning From the Real Battle of Algiers


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - FrontPage Magazine - HamasÂ’ Brutal Legacy


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - Yourish - ThereÂ’s a kind of hate all over the world


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - World Affairs Journal - Paved Intentions: Civilization and Imperialism


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - Yaacov LozowickÂ’s Ruminations - Waging War the Israeli Way


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - Jewish Odysseus - GERMAN “POLICE” JOIN JEW-HATING MUSLIM MOB


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - BlogBat - France TV Using Old Pix to Impugn Current Israeli Ops


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Freedom - Israel vs. Hamas - A Gedera ResidentÂ’s Perspective


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Kenneth AndersonÂ’s Law of War and Just War Theory Blog - The NYT and the information theory of the leisure class, Part 1 of 4

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Congratulations to athe winners and all vote-getters -- for that matter to all teh nominees

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - The Razor - ‘Physician ShortageÂ’ and the Free Market


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - Joshuapundit - ItÂ’s Hard Out There For A ( Hamas) Pimp


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - The Provocateur - Jews, Israel and the Democratic Party


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Portrait of an Arse as a Dead Man


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - Rhymes With Right - On The Conflict Against Hamas


• Fourth place with 1 points - (T*) - Soccer Dad - Nyt: hamas upgrades = success / israel defends = disaster


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Right Truth - ItÂ’s a Terrifying World


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Mere Rhetoric - Concise List Of Middle East Failures That Were Going To Happen Anyway But That Foreign Policy Experts Will Now Blame On Israel


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - The Colossus of Rhodey - Dopey WNJ Letter of the Week


• Sixth place with 1/3 point - Bookworm Room - Taking ReaganÂ’s Name in Vain

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! - Ron Rosenbaum.com/Pajamas Media - Some differences between Hamas and the Nazi Party


• Second place with 2 points - Natan Sharansky/WSJ - “HOW THE U.N. PERPETUATES THE ‘REFUGEEÂ’ PROBLEM”


• Third place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Commentary - Gaza and the Law of Armed Conflict


• Third place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Middle America News - A Warning for America from South Africa


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Debbie Schlussel - Schlissels of Israel Report: HAMAS Missile Missed Us By That Much; My CousinsÂ’ School Hit


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Michelle Malkin - Who says conservative bloggers donÂ’t do reporting?


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Daled Amos - Surge: Israeli Style


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - The New Criterion - Introduction: The dictatorship of relativism


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - The Terror Wonk - Managing Gaza

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Once again, we have Watcher's Council Results!

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - Joshuapundit - Gaza:A Tale Of Selective Morality and Tribal Warfare


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - The Razor - Walking In IsraelÂ’s Shoes


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - Soccer Dad - TalkinÂ’ turki


• Fourth place with 1 points - Mere Rhetoric - Anti-Israel Partisans Set New Record For Decades-Old Trick Of Brazenly Rewriting History, Blaming Israel


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - The Glittering Eye - Trust


• Sixth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Bookworm Room - HamasÂ’ “Heroes” — and the need for total victory over evil


• Sixth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The Provocateur - A LiberalÂ’s View of Patriotism

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 3 points! - David Keyes/Commentary - Sderot under Seige


• Second place with 2 points - Melanie Phillips - Groundhog day for the fifth column of malice


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - Sippican Cottage - The Greater Fool Theory of Housing


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - Front Page Magazine - A Caliphate ‘From the Red Sea to the CaspianÂ’?


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Daled Amos - Notes on TodayÂ’s Conference Call on Gaza


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Yourish - TalkinÂ’ Turki Part two


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Counterterrorism Blog - Jihad by the Shoe: Who Was Behind it and why?

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Watcher's Council Results

Here are the results of the last two votes by the Watcher's Council!

December 26, 2008

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! - The Razor - The Symbol of Oppression
• Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Joshuapundit - Cheney Slaps Biden Upside The Head


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Mere Rhetoric - Smug Liberal Sophistication Undisturbed By Decades Of Disastrously Wrong Domestic And International Predictions
• Third place with 1 points - Bookworm Room - Destruction of Property


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Soccer Dad - DonÂ’t get too chummy with that flaming dummy
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Rhymes With Right - Impeach Jerry Brown


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - How to Give a Bonus
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Gay Anger At Warren Unwarranted

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - John Stossel - Arrogance and Conceit WonÂ’t Fix the Economy
• Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Larrey Anderson/American Thinker - Climate Crisis = Logic Crisis


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T*) - Dhimmi Watch - Fitzgerald: If we cut off the jizya, could things become even worse?
• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Pajamas Media - The Op-Ed the New York Times WouldnÂ’t Run


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Counterterrorism blog - Jihad by the Shoe: Who Was Behind it and why?
• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Simon Deng - Hudson New York - Bishop Tutu and “Israeli Apartheid”


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - The American Spectator - Coffee and Closure
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - Jewcy - Madoff the Jew: The MediaÂ’s Hypocritical Obsession With the FraudsterÂ’s Faith

T* - Denotes Tie

December 19. 2008

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! - Bookworm Room - Selfish is as selfish does


• Second place with 2 points - Mere Rhetoric - Obama: Since We All Know That Engagement With Iran WonÂ’t Work, How About A US Nuclear Umbrella For Israel?
• Third place with 1 2/3 points - The Glittering Eye - The Ministry of Silly Suggestions


• Fourth place with 1 1/3 points - Soccer Dad - Falk - moonbattery a feature not a bug
• Fifth place with 1 point - Joshuapundit - Newsweak Shills For Same Sex Marriage - In ItÂ’s Religion Section!


• Sixth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Rhymes With Right - Sense At Daily Kos?
• Sixth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - The Colossus of Rhodey - How dumb was this?


• Sixth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - DubaiÂ’s Lobbyist As Climate Czar?
• Seventh place with 1/3 point - Right Truth - Death With Dignity

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - The Brussels Journal - On Deconstructing the Majority: Nothing To Do With Islam? Really?
• Second place with 2 points - ShrinkWrapped - Some Disparate Dots


• Third place with 1 2/3 points - Althouse - AG Lisa MadiganÂ’s argument to the Illinois Supreme Court about ousting Governor Blagojevich
• Fourth place with 1 point - Dick Morris - The Collapse of Our Enemies


• Fourth place with 1 point - (T*) - Pundita - To the man who threw his shoes at President Bush and missed
• Fourth place with 1 point - (T*) - Treppenwitz - Some points worth making


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Biz Lizards - American Special Forces in Afghanistan Accidentally Defend Themselves
• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Danger Room - IRA Historian: TodayÂ’s Terrorists Are ‘AmateursÂ’ - and Still Deadly


• Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Yourish.com - Euphemism of the year: Suicide bombings are “Violent, politically motivated attacks”

T* - Denotes Tie

Congratulations to the winners, and to all participants.

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Watcher's Council Results

I've been remiss in posting winners from teh Watcher's Council, so here are the last two weeks' results.

November 28, 2008

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! - The Colossus of Rhodey - Culture of Whine (a rant)


• Second place with 1 point - (T*) - Joshuapundit - Zero HourÂ…Iran Now Has Material For First Nuclear Bomb
• Second place with 1 point - (T*) - The Provocateur - Some Perspective on PNC, Fraud, and the Bailout


• Third place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - Official History


• Third place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Sunday Scan

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! - Serendituous Altruism - American troops in Afghanistan through the eyes of a French OMLT infantryman


• Second place with 1 point - (T*) - Israelly Cool - The despicable Lauren Booth


• Second place with 1 point - (T*) - National Review Online - Party of Privilege


• Second place with 1 point - (T*) - The Daily Beast - No Stimulus From Government Spending


• Third place with 1/3 point - Jewish World Review - Why Reporters — and Judges and Professors — are Biased

  November 21, 2008

  Winning Council Submissions

  
  
  
  
  • First place with 2 2/3 points! - Joshuapundit - The Afghanistan Blues
  
  
  • Second place with 1 1/3 points - The Colossus of Rhodey - Oh, the musical memories Â…
  
  
  • Third place with 1 point - (T*) - Bookworm Room - Perpetually Selfish Anger and Victimhood
  
  
  • Third place with 1 point - (T*) - Rhymes With Right - Intolerant Gays Attacking Religion
  
  
  • Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - The Provocateur - The Coming Mortgage Class War
  
  
  • Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Soccer Dad - Names will never hurt me - the double standard
  
  
  • Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Mere Rhetoric - Detente In Our Time - Obama Prepares To Sell Out Poland In The Face Of Russian Aggression. Again. (Plus: By The Way, Missile Defense Works)
  
  
  • Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - The Razor - COIN of the Realm

  
  

  Winning Non-Council Submissions

  
  
  
  
  • First place with 3 points! - American Thinker - How the Academic Left Elected Obama
  
  
  • Second place with 1 point - Chicago Tribune - Obama and the Chicago Way
  
  
  • Third place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Hot Air - Obama picks presidential assassinÂ’s lawyer as White House counsel
  
  
  • Third place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Pajamas Media/Ed Morrissey - Growth through dismemberment doesnÂ’t work
  
  
  • Third place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Laz-a-fare - Time for a culture change

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Watcher's Council Results

Here are the most recent Watcher's Council results.

Council Winners

• First place with 2 3/3 votes votes! - Bookworm Room - Reaching new demographics
• Second place with 2 votes - The Glittering Eye - A Prospective Obama Administration (Updated)


• Third place with 1 1/3 vote - Rhymes With Right - Something That Must Be Said


• Fourth place with 1 vote - (T*) - Hillbilly White Trash - The Great GOP Civil War
• Fourth place with 1 vote - (T*) - Mere Rhetoric - Noted Democratic Shill Begs Nutroots Not To Viciously Attack Emanuel For Being Too Jewish


• Fourth place with 1 vote - (T*) - Joshuapundit - From The Beginning
• Fifth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Soccer Dad - Overcoming idiocy


• Fifth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Valor and Patience
• Sixth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - The Razor - Return to First Principles


• Sixth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - The Provocateur - Fraud, Corruption, and Power: What Our Bailout Tax Dollars Are Really Going To

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 3 1/3 votes votes! - Big Lizards The Great Leap Forward: How the Heck Can We Win Anyway?


• Second place with 2 2/3 votes - Seraphic Secret Israel: The One Bomb State


• Third place with 2 votes - The Next Right Change.gov and the Contradiction of the Postmodern Left Netroots
• Fourth place with 1 2/3 votes - damnum absque injuria Sore Winners


• Fifth place with 1 vote - Dr. Robert Zubrin/Pajamas Media We Can Solve the Financial Crisis by Destroying OPEC


• Sixth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - Danger Room Defense Chief: Give Us New Nukes, or Else
• Sixth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - Real Clear Politics A Few Post-Election Thoughts


• Sixth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - Dick Morris President Obama: Conservator in Chief

  Congratulations to the winners!

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Watcher's Council News

First, let me put forward the recent results of council votes.

November 7

Council Winners

• First place with 2 2/3 votes votes! - >Joshuapundit - National Security Rears ItÂ’s Ugly Head
• Second place with 2 votes - The Colossus of Rhodey - The real worry about an Obama presidency


• Third place with 1 vote - The Glittering Eye - Why the Financial Fixes ArenÂ’t Working


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Third place with 1 vote - Bookworm Room - If ignorance is bliss, Â’tis folly to be wise
• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - The Razor - If Obama WinsÂ… Part 3

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 3 2/3 votes votes! - Real Clear Politics/Cross Tabs Blog - Obama Victory the GOPÂ’s Best Hope
• Second place with 1 1/3 votes - Mere Rhetoric - Israel: 70 Percent Of American Jews Ready To Say ‘We DidnÂ’t KnowÂ’ When Obama Detonates US-Israel Alliance (Plus: They Most Definitely Know).


• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - Daniel Flynn/City Journal - The Ghosts In Grant Park
• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - DeanÂ’s World - Choice

October 31

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2  votes votes! - Joshuapundit - A Spectator At The Orgy
• Second place with 1 1/3 votes - Hillbilly White Trash - The gap between the mediaÂ’s version and the actual truth grows wider


• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Is a Barack Victory Predestined?
• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - The Colossus of Rhodey - WeÂ’re tired of it already


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - The Razor - The Good Daughter
• Fifth place with 1/3 votes - Soccer Dad - The campaign and israel: take 3029

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 votes votes! - Iowahawk - Balls and Urns
• Second place with 1 2/3 votes - Winds of Change - The Newspaper Crash of 2009Â… And How You Can Help


• Third place with 1 vote - American Thinker - Time for a Gut Check, America


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - Doug Ross @ Journal - The Manifesto of the Silenced Majority
• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - Pajamas Media - Syria-Iraq: Bloody Border, Messy Politics


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - Philly.com - Palin Deserves Our Respect


• Fifth place with 1/3 votes - The New York Review of Books - Hugo Chávez Versus Human Rights

T* - Denotes Tie

October 24

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 votes votes! - Bookworm Room - Why ObamaÂ’s “share the wealth” argument should hurt him
• Second place with 1 2/3 votes - Soccer Dad - The Washington Post chooses hope ahead of substance


• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - The Razor - If Obama WinsÂ… Part 2


• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Media Bias #89 - The Audacity Of Inexperience
• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - Unforeseen Secondary Effects


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - The Colossus of Rhodey - DonÂ’t know much about history? The media sure doesnÂ’t


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Rhymes With Right - Some Sense From The Pentagon

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 votes votes! - Hot Air - The Comprehensive Argument Against Barack Obama


• Second place with 1 1/3 votes - Daled Amos - o so farÂ… Saturday, October 18, 2008 “In what kind of nation, do the media investigate critics more than candidates?”
• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - Nolan Finley - America Should Follow The Little Red Hen


• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - The Paragraph Farmer - An Open Letter To My Friend Art
• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) - PattericoÂ’s Pontifications - Evidence of Obama-Ayers Tie Sent Down the Memory Hole . . . Almost!


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - Gateway Pundit - Media Refuses to Release Video of Obama Toasting & Praising Close Friend Rashid Khalidi– A Former PLO Operative, Jew-Hater & Friend of Bill Ayers
• Fifth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - American Thinker - ObamaÂ’s campaign built on lies


• Fifth place with 1/3 votes (T*) - NewsBusters - Enraged Leftwing Blogosphere Hurls Attacks Against Joe the Plumber

T* - Denotes Tie

Oh, and by the way -- the Watcher's Council has two new members Mere Rhetoric and The Provocateur. Be sure to drop by and check them out.

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Watcher's Council Results

Just realized I hadn't posted these -- so here are the most recent results from the Watcher's Council.

Winning Council Entries

• First place with 3 1/3 votes votes! - Joshuapundit- The Jewish Stockholm Syndrome


• Second place with 1 2/3 votes - The Colossus of Rhodey- Why “hazard pay” for tough schools wonÂ’t work


• Third place with 1 1/3 votes - The Glittering Eye- Issues 2008: Reforming Government
• Fourth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - Cheat-Seeking Missiles- Raile Odinga Joins Ayres, Wright, Alinsky et. al. As Questionable Obama Associates


• Fourth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - Soccer Dad- Putting on Ayers

Winning Non-Council Entries

• First place with 2 2/3 votes! - Submitted By: Joshuapundit - Jim Hoft/Pajamas Media - The Complete Guide To ACORN Voter Fraud


• Second place with 2 votes - Submitted By: The Razor - Michael Totten - Resisting the United Nations


• Third place with 1 votes - Submitted By: Soccer Dad - Seraphic Secret - The last Kaddish redux
• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted By: Rhymes With Right - Real Debate Wisconsin - Racine schools hand out textbook with 15 page Obama love-fest


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted By: Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Shiratdevorah - Hijacked Iranian Ship was Dirty Bomb Meant for Israel on Yom Kippur


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted By: The Glittering Eye - The Torch - Pennies a day
• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted By: The Watcher - The Provocateur - Analyzing Barack ObamaÂ’s Four Point Economic Plan


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted by: Bookworm - Michelle Malkin - Crush the Obamedia Narrative : Look WhoÂ’s “Gripped by Insane Rage”


• Fifth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted By: The Watcher - Webloggin - NYT Pulls Misleading Account of Palin Puck Dropping Ceremony
• Fifth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted By: The Colossus of Rhodey - Power Line - The “troopergate” report — thin gruel N

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Lots Of Watcher's Council Results

Here are the results from council votes that I've missed posting since Hurricane Ike. I offer my apologies for the delays, and hope to do better in the future.

OCTOBER 10

Winning Council Entries

• First place with 2 2/3 votes! - Wolf Howling - Hurricane Subprime - Part I (1977-2000)
• Second place with 2 votes - The Razor - If Obama Wins


• Third place with 2/3 vote - (T*) Soccer Dad - No runs, no hits, plenty of errors


• Third place with 2/3 vote - (T*) Joshuapundit - How The Democrats Created the Financial Crisis
• Fourth place with 1/3 vote - The Colossus of Rhodey - The downside of being a teacher

Winning Non-Council Entries

• First place with 3 votes! - Submitted By: Soccer Dad - Baseball Crank - The Integrity Gap, Part I of III: Gov. Sarah Palin


• Second place with 1 2/3 votes - Submitted By: The Glittering Eye - Heretical Ideas - Obama v. McCain: Foreign Policy
• Third place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted By: Joshuapundit - Michelle Malkin - How ACORN got a piece of the bailout pie


• Third place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted By: Cheat-Seeking Missiles - American Thinker - How Allies of George Soros Helped Bring Down Wachovia Bank


• Third place with 2/3 votes - (T*) - Submitted By: Wolf Howling - Q&O - Watch As Democrats Try To Blame Financial Mess On “Deregulation”
• Fourth place with 1/3 votes - Submitted By: Bookworm Room - Pajamas Media - Obama and the Attempt to Destroy the Second Amendment

* - T denotes a tie

OCTOBER 3

Winning Council Entries

• First place with 3 votes - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - McCainÂ’s Needed New Messaging Strategy


• Second place with 1 1/3 votes - Wolf Howling - A Doddering Fool


• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) The Glittering Eye - System Failure
• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) The Colossus of Rhodey - I thought the Left wanted to talk about issues?


• Fourth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) Joshuapundit - The Crap Sandwich


• Fourth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) Bookworm Room - When God closes a door, he sometimes opens a window
• Fourth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) Soccer Dad - McCainÂ’s role

Winning Non-Council Entries

• First place with 2 2/3 votes - Submitted By: Cheat-Seeking Missiles - American Thinker - Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis


• Second place with 1 1/3 votes - (T*) Submitted By: Rhymes With Right - St Louis C of CC Blog - Obamination: Obama Supporters Bob McCulloch, Jennifer Joyce Threaten to Prosecute People For Criticizing Obama
• Second place with 1 1/3 votes - (T*) Submitted By: Joshuapundit - ShrinkWrapped - Everything Is New Under The Sun


• Third place with 1 vote - Submitted By: Wolf Howling - Dinah Lord - Then The Gods Of The Market Tumbled . . .


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) Submitted By: Soccer Dad - Q & O - Learning from history
• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) Submitted By: The Glittering Eye - Infectious Greed - Voltaire, Batman and the Precipice


• Fifth place with 1/3 votes - Submitted By: Bookworm Room - Wall Street Journal - Debates DonÂ’t Always Reveal Character

* - T denotes a tie

SEPTEMBER 26

Winning Council Entries

• First place with 3 votes - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - McCainÂ’s Needed New Messaging Strategy


• Second place with 1 1/3 votes - Wolf Howling - A Doddering Fool


• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) The Glittering Eye - System Failure
• Third place with 1 vote - (T*) The Colossus of Rhodey - I thought the Left wanted to talk about issues?


• Fourth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) Joshuapundit - The Crap Sandwich


• Fourth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) Bookworm Room - When God closes a door, he sometimes opens a window
• Fourth place with 1/3 votes - (T*) Soccer Dad - McCainÂ’s role

Winning Non-Council Entries

• First place with 2 2/3 votes - Submitted By: Cheat-Seeking Missiles - American Thinker - Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis


• Second place with 1 1/3 votes - (T*) Submitted By: Rhymes With Right - St Louis C of CC Blog - Obamination: Obama Supporters Bob McCulloch, Jennifer Joyce Threaten to Prosecute People For Criticizing Obama
• Second place with 1 1/3 votes - (T*) Submitted By: Joshuapundit - ShrinkWrapped - Everything Is New Under The Sun


• Third place with 1 vote - Submitted By: Wolf Howling - Dinah Lord - Then The Gods Of The Market Tumbled . . .


• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) Submitted By: Soccer Dad - Q & O - Learning from history
• Fourth place with 2/3 votes - (T*) Submitted By: The Glittering Eye - Infectious Greed - Voltaire, Batman and the Precipice


• Fifth place with 1/3 votes - Submitted By: Bookworm Room - Wall Street Journal - Debates DonÂ’t Always Reveal Character

* - T denotes a tie

SEPTEMBER 19
Council Winners

• First Place with 2 2/3 Votes - Bookworm Room - False Syllogisms
• Second Place with 2 Votes - Wolf Howling - McCain, Fannie, Freddie & Obamafuscation


• Third Place 1 Votes (T*) - The Razor - There Must Be Blood


• Third Place 1 Votes (T*) - Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Lipstick Not Only Pig-Hockey Mom Difference
• Fourth Place 2/3 Votes (T*) - Rhymes With Right - Hurricane Ike — The Pissed Off Post


• Fourth Place 2/3 Votes (T*) - The Colossus of Rhodey - The Latest — and Lamest — Charge of Racism


• Fifth Place 1/3 Votes (T*) - The Glittering Eye - The Anniversary
• Fifth Place 1/3 Votes (T*) - Joshuapundit - ObamaÂ’s Connection With The Nation Of Islam

Non-Council Winners

• First Place with 2 1/3 Votes - Submitted by: Wolf Howling - Brits at Their Best: 9-11-1777 What If?
• Second Place with 2 votes - Submitted by: Soccer Dad - Doug Ross Journal: Jamie Gorelick: Mistress of Disaster


• Third Place with 1 1/3 votes - Submitted by: Rhymes With Right - The Next Right: Strangle the Democrats with Fannie, Freddie, and the Housing crisis


• Fourth Place with 1 vote - Submitted by: The Razor - PROMETHEAN ANTAGONIST: Justice, Injustice & Plain BS


• Fifth Place with 2/3 votes (T*) - Submitted by: Joshuapundit - Monsters From the Id: American Digest:Monsters from the Id: Good-bye to All ThatÂ’s Democrat


• Fifth Place with 2/3 votes (T*) - Submitted by: The Glittering Eye - Global Labor: Obama/Ayers/Annenberg Update: The NY Times finally mentions the A-word
• Fifth Place with 2/3 votes (T*) - Submitted by: Education Wonk - Dr. Sanity: The Tragicomic Demise of the Postmodern Pseudo-Hero By Dr. Sanity

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Watcher's Council Results

First place in the Council category was Wolf Howling with Standing At The Crossroads - Identity Politics, Multiculturalism & The Melting Pot.

First place in the non-Council category was Beldar Blog with DonÂ’t Confuse RepublicansÂ’ thrill over the Palin nomination with the DemsÂ’ worship of Obama: A reply to Paul Mirengoff.

The full tally of this week's vote can be found here.

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Watcher's Council Results

Well, now that there is a brand new Watcher, we also have a he brand new Watcher's site up and running. And we now have our first announcement of a new week's winners.

1st place Council: Palin in Comparison by Wolf Howling.

1st place non-Council: Obama, McCain, Palin & Generosity by The Anchoress.

The full results can be seen here.

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Watcher's Council Results

Much delayed due to my lack of diligence, here are the results of the most recent vote of the Watcher's Council.

The Council winner was The Razor with "Russia - The New Cold War."

The Non-Council winner was Michael Totten/Middle East Journal with "The Truth About Russia In Georgia."

The full results can be seen here.

Congratulations to the winners, and hearty thanks to all participants.

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Watcher's Council Results

Wolf Howling hosted this week. The winners were:

1st place Council post: Bookworm Room – McCainiacs thinking outside of the box.

1st place non-Council post: Daniel Pipes – The West’s Islamist Infiltrators.

Congratulations to all participants on their fine writing and contribution to the blogosphere.

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Watcher's Council Results

Here are the results for the most recent vote of the Watcher's Council. The end of my vacation and return to teaching duties has made me somewhat tardy in posting them, but we got the matter taken care of. And I'm pretty pleased by the results as they stand, though my votes differed somewhat from the final results tallied below.

Council:
1. Wolf Howling
“Obama, Criminalizing Politics & Thinking The Unthinkable”
2.(tie) The Glittering Eye
“Civis Americanus Sum”
2.(tie) Soccer Dad
“Not up to the standards of the national enquirer *UPDATED*”
4. Joshuapundit
“Fear And Loathing: The Psychosexual Element In Islam”
5. Done With Mirrors
“Laid to Rest”
6.(tie) Cheat-Seeking Missiles
“Edwards Fesses Up; Let The Games Begin”
6.(tie)
The Colossus of Rhodey
“Great — One More Thing for Which to Blame the Jews.”

Non-Council:
1. Slate
“The Columbia Journalism Review’s Division Over Dissent”
2.(tie) National Review Online
“An Unplanned Education”
2.(tie) Pundita
“To any and all U.S. forces in Georgia: STAND DOWN”
2.(tie) a href="http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2008/08/12/using-ridicule-as-a-weapon-could-backfire-on-mccain/" target="_blank">Right Wing Nut House
“Using Ridicule As a Weapon Could Backfire on McCain”
2. (tie) RogerÂ’s Rules
“The crisis in Georgia, 9/11, and the lessons of gratitude”
6.(tie) The Hashmonean
“Common Denominator: Israel at Every Level is Prepared to Strike Iran”
6.(tie) Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
“It Was 20 Years Ago Today…Everything Changed”
6. (tie) Slapstick Politics
“Top Ten Ways The DNC Is Like The Beijing Olympics”
9. Discriminations
“Is It An Insult To Call Obama An Affirmative Action Candidate?”

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Watcher's Council Results

The Watcher's Council has spoken this week. Full results of the vote can be found here.

Council:

Votes Title

2.64   Joshuapundit: Winning in Afghanistan

1.98   Wolf Howling: PartIII: Why Exploit Our Domestic Resources

1.65   Rhymes with Right: What is a Windfall Profit?

1.32   Bookworm room: Marin CountyÂ’s Hidden Conservatives

0.99   The Razor: Red Man in a Blue Family

0.66   Done With Mirrors: Heroes

0.33   Soccer Dad: Hello martyr, hello fatah

0.33   Cheat Seeking Missiles: Time to Fire Bob Herbert

Non-Council:

3.63   Classical Values: Obama Be

2.64   Sigmund, Carl and Alfred: The Forgotten Christians of Lebanon

0.99   American Thinker: Time for an Indifferent World to Take a Stand

0.99   Neptunus Lex: A Difficult Man

0.66   Elder of Ziyon: The definitive version of Hello martyr, hello fatah

0.66   Spiegel Online: ChinaÂ’s Summer of Living Dangerously

0.33   The Baseball Crank: Politics: Racist Campaign Ad Watch

Thanks to Scott at The Razor for hosting this week's vote.

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Habemus Watcher!

As I believe I mentioned earlier, the esteemed Watcher, founder of the Watcher's Council, is retiring due to concerns of a personal nature.

Since this surprise announcement several weeks ago, we members of the Watcher's Council have kept ourselves going on an ad hoc basis while discussing our future.

Consensus was achieved rapidly that we would like to find a worthy successor for our leader emeritus -- and that none of us wanted to take the spot ourselves or lose any of the collection of unique voices that make up the Watcher's Council, though we did have one member step forward and offer himself in that capacity if no better candidate could be found.

And then, through a little bit of serendipity, an outside candidate for Watcher was put forward who could not have better fit the criteria upon which the members of the Council had agreed upon in the course of our discussion. After a bit of dialogue, he has agreed to become our new leader.

Cue the white cyber-smoke over the Sistine Cyber-Chapel

Terry Trippany, one of my favorite bloggers, who created, managed and written Webloggin, and who is also a frequent contributor to Newsbusters, will be the new Watcher. Expect him to assume his new duties as Watcher over the next few weeks, and to see changes in the Watcher's Council website once he does. But what we are all confident will be unchanged is the regular offering of great blog posts from within the Council and around the Internet for your consideration.

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Watcher's Council Results

The Council has spoken!

Here are the winning entries in the WatcherÂ’s Council vote for this week.

On the Council side, first place went to Soccer Dad for Hating Israel more than loving Palestinians.

Council:

1.  Soccer Dad (2) :  Hating Israel more than loving Palestinians
2.  Joshua Pundit (1 1/3):  “Ich Bin Ein Beginner!”

2.  Bookworm Room (1 1/3):  Nobody here but us biased chickens

3.  Hillbilly White Trash (1):  China

4.  Wolf Holwing (2/3):  Stop the Destruction of Our Environment - Drill Now

4.  The Colossus of Rhodey (2/3):  And Phil Gramm got grief?  How come?

4.  Rhymes With Right (2/3):  Obama Desecrates Holiest Site in Judaism

5.  Done With Mirrors (1/3):  Us and Them

5.  Cheat-Seeking Missiles (1/3):  An Awful Idea for Renaming a Perfectly Good Mountain

On the Non-Council side, first place was a two way tie between Jay Cost for On ObamaÂ’s Message and InvestorÂ’s Business Daily for Barack ObamaÂ’s Stealth Socialism. After the esteemed Bookworm broke the tie, things arranged themselves as follows.

Non-Council:

1.  InvestorÂ’s Business Daily (2, winning by a tie-breaker):  Barack ObamaÂ’s Stealth Socialism

2.  Jay Cost (1 2/3):  On ObamaÂ’s Message

3.  Jeff Jacoby (1 1/3):  Missing from that Berlin Speech

3.  Gregory Scoblete (1 1/3):  Will Obama Really Withdraw From Iraq?

4.  Maryland Conservative (1):  Visiting Poland : A Warning

4.  Patrick Poole (1) :  Anti-Patriot Act Poster Boy Kidnaps Own Kids

5.  UrbanGrounds (2/3):  Barry in Berlin - I am Not a Presidential Candidate

6.  Daniel W.  Drezner (1/3):  AmericaÂ’s soft military power

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Watcher's Council Results

The Council has spoken and voted Who Knew? by Done with Mirrors the top council pick of the week. Soldiers Recount Deadly Attack On Afghan Outpost by Stars & Stripes was the winner among the non-council entries. Congratulations to the winners!

Council results

1	Done with Mirrors - Who knew?	4
2t	Wolf Howling - Deconstructing the Socialists War On Law & Order In Britain	1 2/3
2t	Bookworm Room - The moral of the story	1 2/3
4	Soccer Dad - Horribly Wrong Part II	1 1/3
5	The Razor - Speak truth to power - just not to educators	1
6	JoshuaPundit - Why Maliki Suddenly Wants A US Withdrawal From Iraq	1/3

Non-Council results

1	Stars and Stripes - Soldiers Recount Deadly Attack On Afghan Outpost	2 1/3
2	Right Wing Nuthouse - When it's Obama's War	2
3t	Confederate Yankee - "Obama Overflies Iraqi Mass Graves"	1
3t	Colonel Robert Neville ... - Spot the Smiley Fascism	1
3t	Michael Yon -The War is Over. We Won	1
3t	Baseball Crank -Are We There Yet? Victory in Iraq and the 2008 Election	1
7t	Confederate Yankee (2) - Mac & P.C.	2/3
7t	Alien - Chizumatic - Ghosts of My Past	2/3
9	SF Gate (Cinnamon Stillwell - San Francisco: Sanctuary City Gone Awry	1/3

Expect a big announcement about the Watcher's Council very soon.

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Watcher's Council Results

The Watcher is retiring, but the Watcher's Council will continue. We members of the Council are trying to figure out the exact details. Watch this space for details.
Visit my fellow this week's Council Results over at JoshuaPundit. The winners for the week are:

Council Winner: Wolf Howling -- Critiquing The Obama Manifesto On Iraq.

Non-Council Winner: Melanie Phillips -- Sleepwalking Into Islamization.

There were some really great pieces this week, so check them all out!

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Watcher's Council Results

The winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are American Whining and the Culture of Dependency by The Razor, and Is Gun Control Behind Our Loss of Civil Liberties? by Bishop Hill.  Here's where you can find the full results of the vote:

Votes	Council link
3	American Whining and the Culture of Dependency The Razor
2	Identifying Obama's Real Position on the Second Amendment (Updated) Wolf Howling
2	You May Now Assume the Risk Soccer Dad
1  1/3	Narcissism In Another Color Joshuapundit
1/3	Economic Illiteracy Venting The Glittering Eye
1/3	Another Disgusting Philly Inquirer Op-Ed The Colossus of Rhodey
1/3	Does Patriotism Matter? Cheat Seeking Missiles

Votes	Non-council link
3	Is Gun Control Behind Our Loss of Civil Liberties? Bishop Hill
2	Former CIA Agent in Iran Comes In from the Heat Pajams Media
1	There Oughta Have Been a Law! Classical Values
2/3	Liberals for 'Conservative' Grand Strategy? The American Strategist
2/3	Georgia Man Killed Own Daughter to Protect Family Honor Shooting the Messenger
2/3	My Shiny Iraqi Skyline Neurotic Iraqi Wife
2/3	Arguing Politics Neo-Neocon
2/3	MPAC Person "Bulldozed By Al-Jazeera" Judeopundit
1/3	Obama's Flip-Flops =/= Kerry's Ace of Spades HQ
1/3	Do Liberals Love America Too? Right Wing Nut House

Congratulations to this week's winners and the excellent runners-up in a week that saw a three-way tie in the Council vote and a tie in the non-Council vote.

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Watcher's Council Results

The winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are Patriotism by Hillbilly White Trash, and Sacramento Host Breakfast by 365 and a Wakeup.  Here's where you can find the full results of the vote:

Votes	Council link
2  1/3	Patriotism Hillbilly White Trash
1  2/3	The Supreme Court: Originalism, Activism, and America's Future Wolf Howling
1  1/3	Obama's 8 Years As State Legislator Makes Him Better Qualified The Colossus of Rhodey
2/3	Fireworks and the Nanny State The Razor
2/3	Impeach Anthony Kennedy Rhymes With Right
2/3	Witch Hunt For "Obama's A Muslim" E-Mailer Cheat Seeking Missiles
2/3	More On Jokes Done With Mirrors
2/3	This Deal Keep Getting Worse and Worse Soccer Dad
1/3	Surreal Logic *UPDATED* Bookworm Room
1/3	The Rising Price of Oil: How High Is Up? The Glittering Eye

Votes	Non-council link
3  2/3	Sacramento Host Breakfast 365 and a Wakeup
1  1/3	Honestly, Is John Aravosis a Piece of Excrement Or What? Right Wing Nut House
1	Reverberations of Al-Dura ShrinkWrapped
1	"THE TALK" -- On Patriotism Thought You'd Never Ask
2/3	The New "Fairness" Doctrine Big Lizards
2/3	Heavyweight Physics Prof Weighs Into Climate/energy Scrap The Register
2/3	Sun King Rules Still Apply in French "Journalism" Dave's World
2/3	Demographic Conquest Gates of Vienna
1/3	Lost in Translation The Paragraph Farmer

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Watcher's Council Post

The winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are South Africa's Neville Chamberlain by The Razor, and Why You Should Apologize -- Ineffectively and Dishonestly -- For What You Didn't Do by Classical Values.  Here's where you can check out the full results of the vote:

Votes	Council link
2  2/3	South Africa's Neville Chamberlain The Razor
2	The Whole Shebaa-ng Soccer Dad
1  2/3	More Quincy Done With Mirrors
1  1/3	Dick Morris Gets One Right Hillbilly White Trash
1  1/3	Warped Joshuapundit
2/3	My ANWR Photo Gallery Cheat Seeking Missiles
1/3	Left Continues Denigration of McCain's Military Service, POW Heroism Rhymes With Right
1/3	Gay Pride Week Bookworm Room
1/3	And on the Seventh Day, He Rested Wolf Howling

Votes	Non-council link
2	Why You Should Apologize -- Ineffectively and Dishonestly -- For What You Didn't Do Classical Values
1  2/3	The Unconscious Roots of Media Bias ShrinkWrapped
1  1/3	Big Gains in Iraq? Abu Muqawama
1  1/3	Obama's Lack of Ordinary Modesty American Thinker
1	An Almost Unfathomable Ignorance of History Brits At Their Best
1	The Card Stop the ACLU
1	Alcoholism Progression Dean's World
1	Is There A Pattern Here? If So, Is There A Name For It? Discriminations
1/3	"Declaring Independence from a 'Broken System' By Breaking a Promise..." [UPDATED] AmbivaBlog
1/3	Building Walls Shira bat Sarah

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