It’s time for me to struggle to pick the best from an always wonderful bunch of submissions at the Watcher’s Council.  See what I mean about “wonderful”:

Council Submissions

• Joshuapundit-Glorifying Evil
• Simply Jews – Tehran: HOT under the collar
• The Political Commentator – Obama: Are Jews finally catching on?
• The Noisy Room – On the Road to Armageddon – Moving Ragnarok to the Middle East
• VA Right! - For Unto Whom Much is Given
• Bookworm Room – The Narcissistic Mindset of Today’s World
• The Mellow Jihadi – Slab City, Navy Town
• Rhymes With Right – Is The Tea Party Dead?
• The Glittering Eye -Where the Wheel Hits the Road on Education
• The Razor – Automate This – The Nature of Work in the 21st Century
• GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – The Little Satan Paradox
• The Right Planet – Video: Obama Opposed Super-PACs, Before He Was for Them
• The Colossus of Rhodey – OK to rip the KKK; al Qaeda, not so much 
• New Zeal – “Iran’s Latin America Ties Pose Threat to US”

Honorable Mentions

• Crazy Bald Guy – Mitt vs. Newt
• Maggie’s Notebook – Obama Blames Founders: He Can’t Force Congress: Founders Make it Difficult
• The Independent Sentinel – Obama Signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty & Ceded Internet Rights to the UN
• Capitalist Preservation – Attention Christians: Barack Obama is on your side

Non-Council Submissions

• Niall Ferguson – Israel and Iran on the Eve of Destruction in a New Six-Day War submitted by Joshuapundit
• Sad Red Earth – ‘Israel Firster’: Anatomy of a Smear submitted by Simply Jews
• World Net Daily/Reza Kahlili -Ayatollah: Kill all Jews, annihilate Israel submitted by The Political Commentator
• Sultan Knish –A Tale of Two Republican Parties submitted by The Noisy Room
• Big Jounalism – Credit Where It’s Due: Tablet Calls Out Media Matters, Center for American Progress, J Street on Antisemitism submitted by VA Right!
• Michael Ramirez-“We’re behind you 100%” submitted by Bookworm Room
• The Chicago Boyz –To the Lifeboats submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• The Economic Collapse Blog – If The Economy Is Improving…. submitted by Rhymes with Right
• The People’s Cube – The Teachings of Jesus and Obama: A Reference Chart submitted by The Glittering Eye
• James Delingpole –How Green Zealots Are Destroying The Planet submitted by The Razor
• ZenPundit – Nagl: “COIN is not Dead!” submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Now Lebanon – Egypt’s Christians, post-Mubarak submitted by The Watcher
• Armed Forces Journal – Truth, lies and Afghanistan submitted by The Watcher
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali – The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World submitted by The Watcher
• Seraphic Secret – Three Notable War Movies submitted by The Watcher

How many times have I said “Yet another good week at the Watcher’s Council?”  Amazingly enough, every time I say that, I am stating nothing more than the truth.  Last week, for example, was indeed another good week:

Council Winners

• *First place with 3 2/3 votes! Joshuapundit – The New Egypt – Bankrupt And Sinking Fast
• Second place with 2 2/3 votes – Bookworm Room- ObamaCare, the Catholic Church, and mandatory abortion payments
• Third place with 2 1/3 votes – The Razor-The Twisted Memory of Newt Gingrich
• Fourth Place with 1 2/3 votes – New Zeal-Russia Today Hires WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange- Will the Kremlin Be Pleased?
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Colossus Of Rhodey-If you didn’t know this was coming by now, you’re living in a cave
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote –GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD -The Saudi Persian War
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote –The Right Planet -GOP: On Whose Side?
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Noisy Room – Tantrum on the Tarmac
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Political Commentator –In a debate would John King ask Obama about this…? (Video)
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – VA Right! –Senator Janet Howell ‘Rectal Avenger’
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Mellow Jihadi – Parading Vets: St Louis Vs. New York
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Rhymes With Right – Presidents Are Not Kings; Americans No Obliged To Appear When He Beckons

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 2 1/3 votes! – Alisineh.Org- What Is My Identity? submitted by Joshuapundit
• Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Smithsonian.com – Revisiting the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich submitted by The Colossus Of Rhodey
  
• Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes –Caroline Glick The Zionist Imperative submitted by The Political Commentator
• Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes –The Reserve Officer New Defense Strategy submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes –Bob Owens/PJ MediaNew Emails Suggest Eric Holder Perjured Himself submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Third place with 1 1/3 votes -Frontloading HQ –I’ll see your white knight and raise you a filing deadline. Why It’s Too Late for Entry in the Republican Nomination Race submitted by Rhymes With Right
• Fourth place with 1 vote - Investors Business Daily – Media Act As Though Only Republicans Misbehave submitted by VA Right!
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -American Thinker –Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis submitted by The Right Planet
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote - Michelle Malkin –For Santorum submitted by The Noisy Room
  
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Terry Glavin –It’s Not Funny Anymore submitted by Simply Jews
  
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Blogbat –The Moon Is Made of Cheese, You Know submitted by Right Truth
  
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Via Meadia –Beyond Blue Part One: The Crisis of the American Dream submitted by The Razor
  
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -The Kitchen Dispatch –Aloha, Sarge Charlie. Until We Meet Again submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Bill Whittle –The Vote Pump submitted by Bookworm Room

Council Submissions

• The Colossus of Rhodey – If you didn’t know this was coming by now, you’re living in a cave
• Joshuapundit-The New Egypt – Bankrupt And Sinking Fast
• The Noisy Room – Tantrum on the Tarmac
• Simply Jews – Wayne Madsen drops another… bombshell: Barack Obama outed as CIA creation
• New Zeal – Russia Today Hires WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange- Will the Kremlin Be Pleased?
• The Political Commentator – In a debate would John King ask Obama about this…? (Video)
• VA Right - Senator Janet Howell ‘Rectal Avenger’
• GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – The Saudi Persian War
• The Mellow Jihadi – Parading Vets: St Louis Vs. New York
• Bookworm Room – ObamaCare, the Catholic Church, and mandatory abortion payments
• The Razor – The Twisted Memory of Newt Gingrich
• Rhymes With Right – Presidents Are Not Kings; Americans No Obliged To Appear When He Beckons
• Right Truth – What’s In A Name?
• The Right Planet – GOP: On Whose Side?
• The Glittering Eye -The History of Spaghetti and Marinara

Honorable Mentions

• The Independent Sentinel – Obama Signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty & Ceded Our Internet Rights to the UN
• Ask Marion – Hillary Leaving as Obama’s Eligibility Trial(s) Move Forward… Coincidence?
• Capitalist Preservation – A hiss is just a hiss, a lie is just a lie…

Non-Council Submissions

• Smithsonian.com – Revisiting the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• Alisina.org – What Is My Identity? submitted by Joshuapundit
• Michelle Malkin –For Santorum submitted by The Noisy Room
• Terry Glavin – It’s Not Funny Anymore submitted by Simply Jews
• American Thinker – The Civilized Man vs. the MTA Savages submitted by New Zeal
• Caroline Glick -The Zionist Imperative submitted by The Political Commentator
• Investor.com – Media Act As Though Only Republicans Misbehave submitted by VA Right
• The Reserve Officer – New Defense Strategy submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• The Kitchen Dispatch –Aloha, Sarge Charlie. Until We Meet Again submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• Bill Whittle-The Vote Pumpsubmitted by Bookworm Room
• Via Meadia –Beyond Blue Part One: The Crisis of the American Dream submitted by The Razor
• Frontloading HQ – I’ll see your white knight and raise you a filing deadline. Why It’s Too Late for Entry in the Republican Nomination Racesubmitted by Rhymes with Right
• Blogbat -The Moon Is Made of Cheese, You Know submitted by Right Truth
• Bob Owens/PJ Media – New Emails Suggest Eric Holder Perjured Himself submitted by The Glittering Eye
• American Thinker – Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis submitted by The Right Planet
• Gates of Vienna – Breivik: Al Qaeda’s Man in Oslo? submitted by The Watcher

In last week’s Watcher’s Council vote, true courage took the lead, with The Mellow Jihadi’s moving post about Marine Lance Corporal Donald Hogan, who died in Afghanistan saving his comrades, winning first place.  Lots of other good stuff, too, so if you haven’t read these posts, you should:

Council Winners

• *First place with 3 2/3 votes! The Mellow Jihadi – Lance Corporal Donald Hogan, Marine Hero
• Second place with 3 1/3 votes – The Right Planet- Are We a Democracy?
• Third place with 1 2/3 votes – Joshuapundit- Obama’s State Of The Union – The Hollow Man
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – The Colossus of Rhodey-What the Gingrich South Carolina victory could mean
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – The Glittering Eye-You Be the Judge
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Noisy Room-Revolution Moves Into The Overton Window
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Razor-A Tale of Two Disasters: The Titanic and the Costa Concordia
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Bookworm Room –War is not, and should not be, sporting
• Sith place *t* with 1/3 vote – GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Going All The Way
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote –Simply Jews – Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey vs FUKUS
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Rhymes With Right – Am I Wrong To Be Troubled Here?
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Political Commentator – Doing away with the Electoral College! One man, one vote and majority wins!

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 2 2/3 votes! –Family Security Matters- Muslim Children in America are Being Taught to Hate submitted by The Political Commentator
• Second place with 2 votes – Mark Steyn – The Sinking Of The West submitted by Joshuapundit
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – Sultan Knish So You Want a Revolution… submitted by The Noisy Room
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes - Yourish.Com–TANSTAAFL submitted by Simply Jews
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes - Right Wing News –The Worst People In Politics Aren’t Racists submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote - The Foundry –1,000 Days Without a Budget: Facts on the Senate’s Failure submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote -The Compass – An Iran Attack Would Succeed, Then What? submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Gay Patriot –SOTU: Obama’s last chance to change tone submitted by Right Truth
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -The New Atlantis –The Global War Against Baby Girls submitted by The Watcher
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote -James Taranto/Best of the Web–The Genetic Fallacy submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Zero Hedge –Obama Puppetmaster Warren Buffett Biggest Winner From Keystone Pipeline Rejectionsubmitted by The Razor
  
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Cabinet –The Behavioral Sink submitted by The Watcher
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Polipundit –Why Newt should not be the nominee submitted by Rhymes With Right
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote - Accuracy In Media –The FOX News Feminists submitted by New Zeal

I have family business to take care of this morning, so I won’t be blogging until this afternoon.  Fear not, though, as I still have very interesting stuff to recommend to you, personally selected by the crew at the Watcher’s Council:

Council Submissions

• The Colossus of Rhodey – What the Gingrich South Carolina victory could mean
• The Political Commentator – Doing away with the Electoral College! One man, one vote and majority wins!
• The Noisy Room – Revolution Moves Into The Overton Window
• Simply Jews – Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey vs FUKUS
• GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Going All The Way
• Bookworm Room – War is not, and should not be, sporting
• Right Truth – Making Sausage
• The Right Planet – Are We a Democracy?
• The Razor – A Tale of Two Disasters: The Titanic and the Costa Concordia
• VA Right - Will Newt Survive His Ex-Wives With Knives?
• The Mellow Jihadi – Lance Corporal Donald Hogan, Marine Hero
• Rhymes With Right – Am I Wrong To Be Troubled Here?
• The Glittering Eye -You Be the Judge
• Joshuapundit-Obama’s State Of The Union – The Hollow Man
• New Zeal – Kyrsten Sinema: Communist Connected Arizona State Senator to Run For Congress

Honorable Mentions

• Liberty’s Spirit – Abbott and Costello Discuss Unemployment
• The Independent Sentinel – Obama Reduced Our Dependence on Foreign Oil & I’m the Easter Bunny
• Ask Marion – Tic… Tic… GOP Toc… or Rather Talk
• Capitalist Preservation – The Fallacy Of The Minimum Wage Part Four

Non-Council Submissions

• The Foundry – 1,000 Days Without a Budget: Facts on the Senate’s Failure submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• Family Security Matters -Muslim Children in America are Being Taught to Hate submitted by The Political Commentator
• Sultan Knish –So You Want a Revolution… submitted by The Noisy Room
• Yourish.Com – TANSTAAFL submitted by Simply Jews
• The Compass – An Iran Attack Would Succeed, Then What? submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• The Anchoress-Pro-Lifers and the Truth-Phobic Press submitted by Bookworm Room
• Gay Patriot -SOTU: Obama’s last chance to change tone submitted by Right Truth
• Chicago Reader – What Makes Obama Run? submitted by The Right Planet
• Zero Hedge –Obama Puppetmaster Warren Buffett Biggest Winner From Keystone Pipeline Rejection submitted by The Razor
• Creeping Sharia – Colorado Muslim arrested on terrorism charges submitted by VA Right
• Right Wing News –The Worst People In Politics Aren’t Racists submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• Polipundit – Why Newt should not be the nominee submitted by Rhymes with Right
• James Taranto/Best of the Web – The Genetic Fallacy submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Mark Steyn – The Sinking Of The West submitted by Joshuapundit
• Accuracy In Media – The FOX News Feminists submitted by New Zeal
• The New Atlantis – The Global War Against Baby Girls submitted by The Watcher
• Cabinet – The Behavioral Sink submitted by The Watcher

This was the week that was and, as is always true at the Watcher’s Council, it was a good week:

Council Winners

• *First place with 3 2/3 votes! The Right Planet – The Talking Points Meme
• Second place with 2 2/3 votes – Joshuapundit- “I Got Bin Laden” – And Why Obama’s Big Boast Might Have Been A Huge Mistake
• Third place with 1 2/3 votes – The Political Commentator-Achtung! Antisemitismus, immer präsent doch in der Regel unter dem Radar, ist jetzt immer häufiger offene und ist in das Licht der Welt erscheinen!
• Fourth place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – The Razor-In the Belly of the Swan
• Fourth place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – The Mellow Jihadi- Move, Vets Coming Through!
• Fourth place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – The Noisy Room-Don’t Worry… Nuthin’ Bad’s Gonna Happen…
• Fifth Place with 1 vote – Right Truth-Handcuffed, arrested, and now faces three and a half years in jail for firearms possession – for the crime of being unaware that the Second Amendment does not apply in New York City
• Sixth place with 2/3 vote – The Glittering Eye – Citizenship Skills
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote – Bookworm Room –San Francisco Chronicle columnist warns city’s rational thinkers not to roll in the mud with one specific fringe group
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote – New Zeal – DSA Marxists Take Over the Occupy Movement: Plan “Spring Offensive,” With Widespread Occupations of State Capitols, Schools and Workplaces
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote– Simply Jews–De Nada Ilse
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote – VA Right! – Ron Paul Flying First Class on Taxpayer Dime

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 2 2/3 votes! – Allen West - Mr. President, please don’t play the race card in 2012… submitted by Joshuapundit
• Second place with 2 votes – Defining Ideas – The Death Of Honestystrong> submitted byThe Colossus of Rhodey
• Third place with 1 2/3 votes – Melanie Phillips-The West’s Useful Idiots submitted by The Political Commentator
• Fourth place *t* with 1 1/3 votes - Mark Steyn –Ron Paul beckons GOP to Fortress America submitted by The Noisy Room
• Fourth place *t* with 1 1/3 votes - Maggie’s Farm – Understanding The Wuterich Haditha Court Martial submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• Fifth place with 1 vote - Wings Over Iraq–Let’s Review submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Fifth place *t* with 1 vote -Inside Higher Ed – Price of Success submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -IsraellyCool –There’s Something About Perry submitted by Simply Jews
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Big Government –EXCLUSIVE:Former Bush Counternarcotics Advisor: We’re Losing the Drug War Because of Government Bureaucracy submitted by Right Truth
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -SE Cupp – Newt Gingrich, Natural Woman submitted by The Watcher
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -Rush Limbaugh –Washington, DC, Law Forces Exterminators to Capture and Relocate Rats submitted by The Right Planet
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -GodFather Politics – Urinating on the Dead: Marine Performance Art? submitted by Bookworm Room
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -Nile Gardiner – Why are Barack Obama’s critics so smart? submitted by The Razor
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -Liberty’s Spirit – The Real Story of the Lebanese Civil War submitted by The Watcher
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -Accuracy In Media – AIM Interview with Craig Shirley on Pearl Harbor, Ronald Reagan and Today’s Politics submitted by New Zeal
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -The Blaze –More ‘Embarrassing’ Ron Paul Newsletters Emerge on Race, Israel, & More submitted by Rhymes With Right

Here’s what I’m reading.  As always, I find it incredibly tough to vote, since too many things are way too good:

Council Submissions

• The Political Commentator – Achtung! Antisemitismus, immer präsent doch in der Regel unter dem Radar, ist jetzt immer häufiger offene und ist in das Licht der Welt erscheinen!
• The Noisy Room – Don’t Worry… Nuthin’ Bad’s Gonna Happen…
• Joshuapundit-“I Got Bin Laden” – And Why Obama’s Big Boast Might Have Been A Huge Mistake
• Simply Jews – De Nada Ilse
• GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Preemptive Or Preventive
• The Right Planet – The Talking Points Meme
• Right Truth – Handcuffed, arrested, and now faces three and a half years in jail for firearms possession – for the crime of being unaware that the Second Amendment does not apply in New York City
• Bookworm Room – San Francisco Chronicle columnist warns city’s rational thinkers not to roll in the mud with one specific fringe group
• The Razor – In the Belly of the Swan
• The Colossus of Rhodey – Oh, no!
• New Zeal – DSA Marxists Take Over the Occupy Movement: Plan “Spring Offensive,” With Widespread Occupations of State Capitols, Schools and Workplaces
• The Glittering Eye -Citizenship Skills
• The Mellow Jihadi – Move, Vets Coming Through!
• Rhymes With Right – In Which I Argue That Scott Brown And Elizabeth Warren Don’t Understand The First Amendment
• VA Right! - Ron Paul Flying First Class on Taxpayer Dime

Honorable Mentions

• The Independent Sentinel – Marines Urinating on Dead Taliban – the Crime of the Century?
• Crazy Bald Guy – Mr. Electability
• Capitalist Preservation – Venture Capitalism Explained

Non-Council Submissions

• Melanie Phillips -The West’s Useful Idiots submitted by The Political Commentator
• Mark Steyn –Ron Paul beckons GOP to Fortress America submitted by The Noisy Room
• Allen West – Mr. President, please don’t play the race card in 2012… submitted by Joshuapundit
• Israellycool – There’s Something About Perry submitted by Simply Jews
• Wings Over Iraq – Let’s Review submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Rush Limbaugh – Washington, DC, Law Forces Exterminators to Capture and Relocate Rats submitted by The Right Planet
• Big Government -EXCLUSIVE:Former Bush Counternarcotics Advisor: We’re Losing the Drug War Because of Government Bureaucracy submitted by Right Truth
• Godfather Politics -Urinating on the Dead: Marine Performance Art? submitted by Bookworm Room
• Nile Gardiner –Why are Barack Obama’s critics so smart? submitted by The Razor
• Defining Ideas – The Death Of Honesty submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• Accuracy In Media – AIM Interview with Craig Shirley on Pearl Harbor, Ronald Reagan and Today’s Politics submitted by New Zeal
• Inside Higher Ed – Price of Success submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Maggie’s Farm –Understanding The Wuterich Haditha Court Martial submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• The Blaze – More ‘Embarrassing’ Ron Paul Newsletters Emerge on Race, Israel, & More submitted by Rhymes with Right
• Liberty’s Spirit – The Real Story of the Lebanese Civil War submitted by The Watcher
• Robert R. Reilly – Why “Invent” The Palestinians? submitted by The Watcher
• SE Cupp – Newt Gingrich, Natural Woman submitted by The Watcher

Every week, week in and week out, the Watcher’s vote for wonderful stuff.  A little thing like Friday the 13th doesn’t stop them, and the usual good stuff floated up to the top of the list when the votes were counted:

Council Winners

• *First place with 3 1/3 votes! Joshuapundit – The Tale Of The Swine
• Second place with 2 1/3 votes – The Razor- Is The Republican Party Stupid?
• Third place with 1 2/3 votes – New Zeal- Blinded by the Left: How Marxists Wrote Ron Paul’s Defense Cuts Plan
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – Right Truth- The Unintended Consequences Begin
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – The Glittering Eye- What Creates Opportunity?
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – The Mellow Jihadi- My Harvard Story
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Bookworm Room-Which agenda really serves women’s rights?
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Noisy Room – Sunlight Down The Spider Hole
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Political Commentator – A one-picture metaphor for the Obama regime plus a lot of words!
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Reckless
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Simply Jews – Richard (Dickie) Silverstein: a blogging dupe of the century?
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – VA Right! – Meet Mitt Romney: Corporate Raider and Vulture Capitalist

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 2 2/3 votes! – The City Journal- The New Authoritarianism submitted by Bookworm Room
• Second place with 2 1/3 votes – Liberated – Why Do Muslims Despise Jews So Much? submitted by Joshuapundit
• Third place with 1 2/3 votes – American Digest –The Gun School submitted by The Razor
• Fourth place with 1 1/3 votes - Allen West Republic –America is Good submitted by New Zeal
• Fifth place *t* with 1 vote - Doug Ross – Tehran TV’s Iranian Idol: Ron Paul submitted by The Watcher
  
• Fifth place *t* with 1 vote - Karen Holt/Historic American Examiner –Taking matters into his own hands submitted by Right Truth
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Sultan Knish –Ron Paul’s Soros Defense Plan submitted by The Noisy Room
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -The Elder of Ziyon –Egyptians to block ‘Zionist’ visitors to rabbi’s tomb submitted by Simply Jews
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -American Thinker – Obama: The Mask is Off submitted by The Right Planet
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Hired Intelligence –Threats and The School-as-Family submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Rand Simberg/PJ Media –The Lunar Yellow Peril submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Yid With Lid –Why is Obama’s favorite Middle East leader an anti-American Islamist? submitted by The Political Commentator
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Abu Muqawama –In Praise of John Nagl submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD

If you want to feed your brain, head over to this week’s Watcher’s Council.  I’m reading all this cool stuff right now:

Council Submissions

• The Noisy Room – Sunlight Down The Spider Hole
• The Political Commentator –
  A one-picture metaphor for the Obama regime plus a lot of words!
• Joshuapundit-The Tale Of The Swine
• New Zeal – Blinded by the Left: How Marxists Wrote Ron Paul’s Defense Cuts Plan
• Simply Jews – Richard (Dickie) Silverstein: a blogging dupe of the century?
• GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Reckless
• The Right Planet – Is Matter Made of Waves?
• Right Truth – The Unintended Consequences Begin
• Bookworm Room – Which agenda really serves women’s rights?
• The Colossus of Rhodey – Is Liberalism Killing Comics?
• VA Right! - Meet Mitt Romney: Corporate Raider and Vulture Capitalist
• The Glittering Eye -What Creates Opportunity?
• The Razor – Is The Republican Party Stupid?
• The Mellow Jihadi – My Harvard Story
• Rhymes With Right – At What Point Does A President Lose His Legitimacy As Our Nation’s Leader And Become A Tyrant?

Honorable Mentions

• The Grouch – Romney? Electable? Hoax?
• Liberty’s Spirit – Apartheid in the Middle East
• The Independent Sentinel – ICE Changes Detention Policies on Illegals & We Can’t Afford It
• Capitalist Preservation – The fallacy of the minimum wage: Part Three

Non-Council Submissions

• Sultan Knish –Ron Paul’s Soros Defense Plan submitted by The Noisy Room
• Yid With Lid -Why is Obama’s favorite Middle East leader an anti-American Islamist? submitted by The Political Commentator
• Liberated – Why Do Muslims Despise Jews So Much? submitted by Joshuapundit
• Allen West Republic – America is Good submitted by New Zeal
• Elder Of Ziyon – Egptians to block ‘Zionist’ visitors to rabbi’s tomb submitted by Simply Jews
• Abu Muqawama – In Praise of John Nagl submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• American Thinker – Obama: The Mask is Off submitted by The Right Planet
• Karen Holt – Historic American Examiner -Taking matters into his own hands submitted by Right Truth
• City Journal -The New Authoritarianism submitted by Bookworm Room
• Hired Intelligence – Threats and The School-as-Family submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• Yid With Lid – JEWICIDE! Organization of Orthodox Jews Celebrates Appointment of Jack Lew submitted by VA Right
• Rand Simberg/PJ Media – The Lunar Yellow Peril submitted by The Glittering Eye
• American Digest –The Gun School submitted by The Razor
• DaddyBear’s Den –A Damn Shame submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• Matthew E. Miller — Race 4 2012 – It’s Good To Be A Conservative Again submitted by Rhymes with Right
• Doug Ross – Tehran TV’s Iranian Idol: Ron Paul submitted by The Watcher
• Sarah Honig – Good manners and high morals submitted by The Watcher

Yes, folks, it’s Tuesday, and that means that you finally get to find out what happened last week at the Watcher’s Council.  Needless to say, wonderful things happened.  How wonderful?  This wonderful:

Council Winners

• *First place with 3 votes! The Noisy Room – 2011 – Turning Our Backs on the Gods of the Copybook Headings
• Second place *t* with 2 1/3 votes – Joshuapundit- A Bridge Too Far: CAIR Versus Bare Naked Islam
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – Right Truth –Taliban to Gitmo: Bye-Bye!
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – New Zeal-Communist Party Targets Veterans for Recruitment: How Will Their Skills be Used?
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – Bookworm Room-A tour de force post taking us from Google interviews, to self-esteem, to dancing men
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – The Razor-Israelis Stand Up to the Haredi
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – Rhymes With Right-Where Non-Discrimination Principles And Aiding Students Conflict
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – The Mellow Jihadi-I Gotta Move to Texas
• Fifth place with 2/3 vote – Simply Jews – Hugo Chavez Reflects
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Colossus of Rhodey – Civilization Continues to Crumble
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – VA Right! – Why the Iowa Caucus Is (Almost!) Irrelevant

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 3 2/3 votes! – Sultan Knish- The Year We Lost Afghanistan, Etc. submitted by The Political Commentator
• Second place *t* with 2 votes – Gates Of Vienna – Driving Out The Infidel submitted by Joshuapundit
• Second place *t* with 2 votes – Jon’s Deep Thoughts Military Intelligence is an oxymoron? I think not. submitted by Bookworm Room
• Third place with 1 2/3 votes - Small Wars Journal – Thinking the Unthinkable about Napalm and Flamethrowers submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Fourth place with 1 1/3 votes -Daily Mail/Dominic Sandbrook –The spectre of 1932: How a loss of faith in politicians and democracy could make 2012 the most frightening year in living memory submitted by The Noisy Room
• Fifth place *t* with 1 vote – Confessions of a Closet Republican – <After Christmas Day Bombings Boko Haram Tells Nigerian Christians They Have 3 Days To Get Out submitted by Simply Jews
• Fifth place *t* with 1 vote – Alex Knapp/Outside The Beltway – Ron Paul Versus The Fourteenth Amendment submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Sixth place with 2/3 vote -Wolf Howling –Rhymes With Right
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -National Review Online –Repo Men submitted by The Razor
  
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -Powerline –Keynes Was Right–About the Jews? submitted by The Watcher