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It seems that, just as Pat Paulson was the perennial presidential candidate, I am the inevitable second place winner.  I’m not complaining.  I like it there.   But it is a little funny that second place is the spot I keep falling in.  Oh, and about those winners?  They’re really, really good.
Winning Council Submissions

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A new week, new submissions — and a new Watcher!  Here are this week’s posts, and you can go here to meet Soccer Dad (whom many of you already know, of course):
Council Submissions
Mere Rhetoric - Obama Giving Up On “Crippling” Iran Sanctions
Colossus of Rhodey - More “logic” from that wisher of death upon Republicans
Wolf Howling [...]

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Okay, awkward post title, but I just felt like writing something different and the options are limited.  It was a good week at the Watcher’s Council, though, with some overwhelmingly good posts in the running, with the result that some overwhelmingly good posts won:
Winning Council Submissions

First place with 2 2/3 points! – Wolf Howling – [...]

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For your (and my) consideration this week:
Council Submissions

Wolf Howling – Public Sector Unions: A Toxin, A Crisis & An Opportunity
The Provocateur – Glenn Beck: Are You Serious
Mere Rhetoric – Syria Responds To Obama’s Engagement, Publicly Mocks Clinton And Embraces Iran
The Colossus of Rhodey – Lessons from Vietnam? Or just about any Third [...]

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I missed last week’s Watcher’s vote, as I was out of town, but I still took the time to read the wonderful submissions when I got the chance.  This week’s submissions were equally good.  Here, in one action packed post are the winners for the past two rounds of voting.
First, winners from two weeks ago:

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I think this might be the third time in four weeks that I’ve taken second place at the Watcher’s Council (although I haven’t confirmed this impression).  I think that’s higher than my posts deserve, so am most grateful to my fellow council members:
Winning Council Submissions

First place with 2 1/3 points! – American Digest – Barack [...]

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Another week, and another opportunity to read the stellar collection of material at the Watcher’s Council.  As for that first one on the list, from Mere Rhetoric, I blogged about the Apache sales last May, when it was a mere rumor.  Now, Omri blogs that the rumor is probably true, and that Obama, too cowardly [...]

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As I gear up to submit one of my own posts and someone else’s post to the Watcher’s Council for its weekly vote, it behooves me to let you know the outcome of last week’s vote, one distinguished by stellar submissions, even by the Council’s already high standards:
Winning Council Submissions

First place with 2 1/3 points! [...]

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How does the Council manage to get better every week?  Perhaps we’re getting to be better writers and thinkers with practice.  Perhaps the current political scene gives us lots of material to work with.  I don’t know.  I just know that I like what I’m reading:
Council Submissions

Mere Rhetoric – Yahoo Wipes “Ariel, Israel” Off The [...]

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After yet another week of sterling Council submissions, the votes are in and counted at the Watcher’s Council.  Here are the results:
Winning Council Submissions

First place with 1 2/3 points! – Mere Rhetoric – Wonderful: Iraqis Permanently Scratch Out Ancient Hebrew Inscription Biblical Prophet’s Tomb
Second place with 1 1/3 points – with 2 points! – [...]

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Thursday is my day for expanding my mind, something I do by reading the submissions at the Watcher’s Council.  Normally, I have a nice beaten track that I rely upon for my information.  The Watcher’s Council, wonderfully, forces me out of that intellectual comfort zone, and enables me to read things that educate and enlighten [...]

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Aah!  I have been remiss.  Today is the day to vote on this week’s Watcher’s submissions, and I still haven’t let you know who won last week.  Let me give you that information immediately:

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I can feel my brain cells vibrate and expand as they get supercharged with all the wonderful stuff I’m reading for this week’s Watcher’s Council vote:
Council Submissions

American Digest – Bring. It. On.
Bookworm Room – A perfect statement about the balance of power between government, citizens and business
Joshuapundit – Pat Robertson, The Devil And Me
Rhymes With [...]

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The votes are in on last week’s Watcher’s Council submissions.  I was rather surprised that I won, and that Wolf Howling took second.  I thought Wolf Howling’s post was a tour de force, but I guess my post, which was completely off-topic from everyone else’s, had the virtue of standing out in a crowd.  As [...]

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It’s the rare week when I have an easy time voting at the Watcher’s Council, because I’m usually impressed across the board by the submissions.  This week, I was impressed at an even higher level than usual.  The posts that Council members submitted, whether their own or someone else’s work, were stellar even by our [...]

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Silly me!  In the furor that was the last weekend of the winter break, I forgot to post the winners from last week’s Watcher’s Council votes.  It was an incredibly strong week of submissions, so the fight was fierce, hence all the ties:
Council Submissions

First place with 4 1/3 points! – Wolf Howling – Ashura [...]

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We’ve been cleaning house like crazy.  My husband woke up this morning and announced that everything that was useless had to go.  Well, I say that every day (usually about the President), but no one listens to me.  With him in the driver’s seat, though, we had a frenzy of cleaning, which resulted in a [...]

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It was a nice Christmas gift for me when my fellow Council members gave their votes to my post about the Communist secret behind the Climate Change mantra.  Considering the quality of the minds behind the Watcher’s Council, I always feel so honored when I win.  But enough about me.  Here’s the whole list.  As [...]

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I’m going to be enjoying these Council submitted posts this morning, as I struggle to narrow my votes to two in each category:
Council Submissions

American Digest – What’s Bad For America Is Good For The Obama Gang
Right Truth – Hundreds of British schoolgirls facing genital mutilation
Joshuapundit – Jimmy Carter Apologizes To Jews !!##!?!
Wolf Howling [...]

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As I said, I didn’t submit a very good article, so I wasn’t surprised by my placement.  I was very pleased, though, to see how this week’s votes did come out, because I think the winners, in both the Council and non-Council categories, deserved the recognition they received.
Council Submissions

First place with 3 points! – The [...]

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Because the past week was a little bit overwhelming for me, my Watcher’s Council submission is not inspiring.  That failing, however, is more than offset by the high caliber of all the other Watcher’s Council submissions for this week.  So here’s what I’ll have great pleasure reading today:
Council Submissions

Joshuapundit – WAPO’s Ezra Klein Accuses Joe [...]

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The weekly Watcher’s Council winners are up, and they show what an incredible race it was for the top.  I know that I had a very difficult time casting my vote this week, since I was more than usually impressed with the admissions:
Council Submissions

First place with 2 2/3 points! – Wolf Howling – Obama [...]

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Before I post this week’s Watcher’s Council submissions, I want to let you know that we’re all very excited to welcome American Digest to the Watcher’s Council.  Also, after a break, Wolf Howling has returned.  Those of you not already familiar with this blog are in for a treat.  And now, this week’s quality reading [...]

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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 [...]

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I am having a really hard time casting my vote this week for the Watcher’s Council.  The submissions, which are invariably good, are, this week, great.  See what you think:
Council Submissions

Soccer Dad – The Warming Concensus
The Razor – ClimateGate Shows the Importance of the Amateur Scientist
Joshuapundit- Obama – The War President And The [...]

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