I've been remiss in posting these, due in large part to the process of returning to the house. So with sincerest apologies, here are some belated announcements of Watcher's Council results honoring some fine blog posts from around the internet

APRIL 17, 2009

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! - Joshuapundit - A Few Inconvenient Truths About Israel And ‘Settlements’
• Second place with 1 2/3 points - The Razor - What is a Man?


• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Bookworm Room - Separation does not mean destruction
• Third place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - Majority of Those Who Pay No Income Taxes Believe the Tax System is Fair


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Right Truth - Radical Leftist Appointments
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - (T*) - The Provocateur - Krugman, the Tea Parties, and Alinsky’s Rule #13


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - Rhymes With Right - Lege Considering Campus Carry Bill, Chron Says “No”

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! - Macs Mind - About that Obama Iraq Visit


• Second place with 1 1/3 points - Information Dissemination - Observing the Obama Administration Somali Piracy Policy
• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - Dr. Melissa Clouthier - Tea Parties And Liberal Angst


• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - Shrinkwrapped - On demographics And Meaning, Part IV
• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - Jerusalem Post - Caroline Glick - Surviving in a post-American world


• Third place with 1 points - (T*) - Mark Steyn - Our Reprimitivized Future
• Fourth place with 2/3 points - Gay Patriot - Anti-Tea Party Hysteria: Opposition to Big Government Doesn’t Meet Netroots Standard for Acceptable Political Grievances


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The Times Online - From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and Its Legacy by Kenan Malik
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - American Thinker - DHS, ‘Rightwing Extremism’ and Information Warfare

APRIL 24, 2009

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 1 2/3 points! - Joshuapundit - The Real Holocaust Denial
• Second place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - The Glittering Eye - For the Want of a Horseshoe Nail
• Second place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Soccer Dad - Preoccupied with occupation


• Second place with 1 1/3 points - (T*) - Wolf Howling - Throwing Green Fuel On An Economic Fire
• Third place with 2/3 points - (T*) - The Razor - Obama Administration Sucking Moonbats Out of Private Sector


• Third place with 2/3 points - (T*) - Bookworm Room - Honing our arguments
• Fourth place with 1/3 points - Right Truth - Witch Hunts (and you are the witch)

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 3 points! - Doug Ross@Journal - Let Them Eat Dirt
• Second place with 1 1/3 points - Elder of Ziyon - More of those “civilians” killed in Gaza (UPDATED)


• Third place with 1 point - (T*) - American Daughter - The Intimidation Begins
• Third place with 1 point - (T*) - AIFD - Obama Administration Stacking the Deck with Islamists


• Fourth place with 2/3 points - Rortybomb - Ban Mortgage Prepayment Penalties at the Federal Level, 1: Texas
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Portfolio - Confessions of a TARP CEO’s Wife


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute - The Coming of the Fourth American Republic
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - Britannica Blog - Shock peace therapy for the mideast

MAY 1, 2009

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! - Wolf Howling - Words Have Meaning Rick


• Second place with 1 2/3 points - Soccer Dad - It’s easy being green. Not.
• Third place with 1 point - (T*) Right Truth - The next 1,360 days


• Third place with 1 point - (T*) The Razor - Why An Alcoholic Supports the Legalization of Illicit Drugs
• Third place with 1 point - (T*) The Colossus of Rhodey - Did the NY Times bury an “inconvenient” torture memo story? And a torture question …


• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Bookworm Room - Torture, Real and Imagined
• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - The Provocateur - Is Commercial Real Estate Next?

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! - Legal Insurrection - Which city would you sacrifice?
• Second place with 2 1/3 points - Michael Sheurer @ WaPo - Say Its Osama. What If He Won’t Talk?


• Third place with 1 point - The Washington Times - Barack’s in the basement
• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Right Wing Nut House - The Moral Parameters of Torture


• Fourth place with 2/3 point - (T*) - Cheat Seeking Missiles - John And Teresa And Conflict
• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The New Republic - Regift, Please!


• Fifth place with 1/3 point - (T*) - The New Ledger - What Will the Stress Tests Mean

Congratulations all around to the many fine bloggers honored here.