Watcher’s Council winners for June 10
Bookworm on Jun 14 2011 at 3:06 pm | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
I’m embarrassed that I withheld from you so long the results of last week’s Watcher’s Council vote — although you could have checked the results out yourself if you felt so inclined. As always, competition was fierce, and the winners are deserving:
Council Winners
- *First place with 4 votes! Joshuapundit–-What Does Peace Mean, Anyway?
- Second place with 2 1/3 votes – The Noisy Room-Provoking The Whirlwind
- Third place with 1 2/3 votes – VA Right!-Arab Spring? Are We Headed for an American Spring?
- Fourth place with 1 1/3 votes – New Zeal-Valerie Jarrett’s Father-in-Law Was a Communist, Worked With Obama Mentor Frank Marshall Davis
- Fifth place with 1 vote – Bookworm Room – A Sentimental Service In A Cynical Society — Our Navy
- Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Colossus of Rhodey – The “incredible” intellect it takes to invoke racism
- Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Midway
- Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Political Commentator – Sarah Palin Can’t Win!
- Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Rhymes With Right – Assassination Humor Isn’t Funny
- Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Right Truth – Left-Wing Radical Violence vs Right-Wing
- Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Razor – Weiner Comes Clean But Doesn’t Resign
Non-Council Winners
- First place with 3 2/3 votes! – Zombie- Proof that S.F.’s circumcision ban Is anti-Semitic submitted byThe Noisy Room
- Second place with 2 1/3 votes – Iowahawk – Farewell, My Weiner submitted by Joshuapundit
- Third place with 1 2/3 votes -StratFor – The Next Palestinian Move submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
- Fourth place *t* with 1 vote - The Elder Of Ziyon – An Open Letter To Leonard Nimoy submitted by Right Truth
- Fourth place *t* with 1 vote - Melanie Phillips – Public Regulation And Private Squalor submitted by New Zeal
- Fourth place *t* with 1 vote - Zombie – Why the Hypocrisy Defense is political suicide for liberalism submitted by The Glittering Eye
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Asian Week/Arthur Hu – Obama’s Dead Parrot Speech: Closer to Peace… Or Armageddon? submitted by The Watcher
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Harry’s Place – Crawfish-deprived sovereign citizen goes on shooting rampage submitted by Simply Jews
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Common Sense Political Thought – Sarah Palin’s Paul Revere “Gaffe” submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Urban Grounds – The Alamo Drafthouse’s New PSA On Texting in Their Theaters submitted by Rhymes With Right
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Ace of Spades HQ – Grim Milestone: Public Finally Starting To Think Obama’s Been President Long Enough To Call It His Economy submitted by VA Right!
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Protein Wisdom – The Summer of “Recovery” submitted by Snapped Shot
- Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Maggie’s Notebook – Anthony Weiner’s Confession submitted by The Watcher
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In the Non-Council vote, I noticed this article headline:
Sarah Palin’s Paul Revere “Gaffe”
We haven’t commented much on this here in Book’s domain. Perhaps it’s a non-story, not worthy of much.
But I’m wondering about one question: What standard should national leaders – or potential candidates for president – be held to when commenting on iconic historical events?
Were Governor Palin’s remarks correct enough? Here’s the video, and the complete text of what she said in the video. Note that she is replying to a reporter while standing in front of the North Church, within Boston.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS4C7bvHv2w
“He [Paul Revere] who warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free.”
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If you want to see what Paul Revere wrote himself concerning his ride, here is the text for his letter to Jeremy Belknap, written in 1798:
http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-viewer.php?item_id=99&mode=nav
(Click on “transcription” within the ‘Page Viewing Options’ for the full text.)
You can also read his deposition itself, which he wrote in 1775, if you change the “item_id” from 99 to 97 in the above link. (I’d post the link itself, but that would send me into Askimet Moderation Hell.)
Damn cut and paste html crap. Despite efforts to avoid moderation, my last comment is now in askimet moderation hell. Help, please.
I think it’s time to pull an SEIU and go pounce on some special needs kids to show Book that we demand better features on this blog!