Winners at the Watcher’s Council

There were no surprises in this week’s Watcher’s Council votes.  Wonderfully written articles about ClimateGate and Obama’s Afghanistan dithering won.  The other wonderfully written articles that the Watcher’s submitted fell neatly into place behind the winners:

Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! – Mere Rhetoric – Leaked Global Warming Docs: “Publicity Machine” Used To Manipulate Journalists And Intimidate Scientists
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – The Glittering Eye – The Lessons
• Third place with 1 1/3 point – (Tie*) – Soccer Dad – The Warming Concensus
• Third place with 1 1/3 point – (Tie*) – The Provocateur – Between Left and Right lies the truth
• Fourth place with 1 point – (Tie*) – Joshuapundit – Obama – The War President And The Speech
• Fourth place with 1 point – (Tie*) – Bookworm Room – The Incoherence Emanating From The White House
• Fifth place with 2/3 point – The Colossus of Rhodey – Once again-why Schools of Education Are A Waste of Time
• Sixth place with 1/3 point – (Tie*) – Right Truth – It’s All About The boobs
• Sixth place with 1/3 point – (Tie*) – The Razor – http://www.therazor.org/?p=2063

Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 3 points! – Victor Davis Hanson – Dithering And Trashing America
• Second place with 2 points – Patrick O’Hannigan/ American Spectator blog – The Community Organizer In Chief
• Third place with 1 2/3 points – Outside the Beltway – Charles Johnson ‘breaks’ from the Right
• Fourth place with 1 1/3 points – (Tie*) – Bruce Walker/American Thinker – The Ghost of Lysenko
• Fourth place with 1 1/3 points(Tie*) – Free And Equal – The Illinois Board of Elections Violates Its Own Rules
• Fifth place with 2/3 point(Tie*) – Uncle Jimbo – Michael Moore Writes To Obama
• Fifth place with 1/3 point(Tie*) – Yid With Lid – Breaking ClimateGate News: Phil Jones of CRU Pending Investigation/Professor Mann In Trouble
• Fifth place with 1/3 point(Tie*) – Professor Bainbridge – Nicholas Kristof,Obama care and the Broken Window Fallacy
• Sixth place with 1/3 points – Ace of Spades – # Australian Parliament Rejects Their Version of Cap & Trade

Once again, a reminder that, if you’re a blogger and would like an honorable mention at the Watcher’s site (and at each Council member’s site), you just need to take a few simple steps:

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Simply make a post linking to this week’s Council winners

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