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Bookworm on Dec 19 2008 at 7:05 pm | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels

Keeping in mind the adage that praise from Caesar is praise indeed, I’m always incredibly flattered when my fellow council members feel that I’ve said something worthwhile, as they did this week. I also found intriguing the Watcher’s own comment about the underlying message tying my winning post to Fjordman’s winning article on the non-Council side. I’ll start with the Watcher’s comment, and then post all the results:

I found it interesting that the two winning submissions may on the surface appear to be about two entirely unrelated topics. Yet when read back to back, Bookworm first, Fjordman second, it seems clear to me that the shortsightedness of multicultural elitists stems from the failure of such ideologues to see beyond their own self absorbed ideas and put them in the context of the bigger picture; one that weighs the benefits of their Utopian desires against the realities of the worlds and cultures they wish to homogenize.

Stay with me here. Bookworm discusses the “me, me, me” culture in terms of how it has affected our youth through the manifestation of self absorbed, selfish and often brutish behavior. Contrast that with the selfless generations of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents and you can see clearly that they had a better understanding and appreciation of sacrifice and that understanding translated to a better appreciation of the travails suffered by their neighbors, parents and peers. In a self absorbed world everybody is a victim in their own right.

In Fjordman’s article the discussion focuses on how state sponsored efforts to envision a new Multicultural society is preached and furthered without seriously contemplating the persecution suffered by majorities that are relegated to minority status at the hands of diversification through external means; mainly immigration. Fjordman points out that this persecution typically occurs when the new majority is Muslim and that the new minority, well…, isn’t. Fjordman observes that Western Multiculturalists fear Islamophobia while simultaneously mocking Christianity.

And now the results:

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 Won’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 It’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 - Dubai’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 Madigan’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: Today’s Terrorists Are ‘Amateurs’ – 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