Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Watcher's Council Nominations - Hail To The Chiefs Edition


Welcome to the Watcher's Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the 'sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the best two posts, with the results appearing on Friday.

It has always saddened me that two of our greatest presidents,one who risked everything to create our beloved Republic and another who gave his all to save it should have to 'share' a day to honor them while others who arguably contributed far less have a day all to themselves to honor them because it's politically expedient. That's particularly true in my home state, where someone who was essentially a mere labor racketeer is so honored.

And let's not even mention another president born this month who in living memory saved this nation from decay and defeat by sheer force of his principles, character and personality.

This goes beyond the question of a mere day off.As I've often written,usually vis a vis the people who identify themselves as 'Palestinians', you can tell a great deal about a people by whom and what they honor and hold up as heroic.

Ah, well! To the business at hand....

Council News:

This week,The Grouch, Capitalist Preservation, The Pagan Temple and Right Truth took advantage of my generous offer of link whorage and earned honorable mention status.

You can, too! Want to see your work appear on the Watcher’s Council homepage in our weekly contest listing? Didn’t get nominated by a Council member? No worries.

Simply head over to Joshuapundit and post the title a link to the piece you want considered along with an e-mail address ( which won't be published) in the comments section no later than Monday 6PM PST in order to be considered for our honorable mention category, and return the favor by creating a post on your site linking to the Watcher’s Council contest for the week.

It's a great way of exposing your best work to Watcher’s Council readers and Council members. while grabbing the increased traffic and notoriety. And how good is that, eh?

So, let's see what we have this week....


Council Submissions



Honorable Mentions




Non-Council Submissions



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