Right Wing Nut House

Serves me right.

I didn’t get any votes last week for my post. I guess I could blame the Watcher since he picked it out for me. (I even failed to submit a post for the competition.) But that would be unfair. It was probably the one I would have picked anyway.

Suffice it to say, I’ve “weasled” out of posting the results the last two weeks. For that, I am heartily sorry and have promised the boss that I will say three Our Fathers, 5 Hail Mary’s, and 10 Glory Be’s plus do the Act of Contrition on my knees…on a stone floor…wearing sackcloth.

Anyway, here are the results from the last two weeks. Great stuff - even if I didn’t win.

W/E 3/9

Council

1st Place: “Between Iraq and a Hard Place — Why We Went, How It Got So Screwed Up and Where It’s Going — Part 2″ by Joshuapundit

2nd Place: Yours truly for “Death of a Titan”

3rd Place (tie): “Green Thinking from the Red Planet” by Soccer Dad
and
“You Ain’t Never Had a Friend Like Me” by Bookworm Room

Non Council

1st Place: “Uncomfortable Questions: Was the Death Star Attack an Inside Job?” by Websurdity

2nd Place: “Iraq Trip Report” by Small Wars Journal

3rd Place: “10 Institutions That Ruin the World — #1″ by Kerplunk — Shaken Not Stirred

W/E 3/16

Council

1st Place: “Serving While Republican” by Eternity Road

2nd Place (tie): “What Are Europe’s Options?” by Joshuapundit
and
“I Disagree” by Rhymes With Right

Non Council

1st Place: “Tenured Deceit” by Sigmund, Carl and Alfred

2nd Place: “Tips For New Teachers” by Right Wing Nation

3rd Place: “Obama: “Nobody Is Suffering More Than the Palestinian People”" by Ace of Spades HQ

Also, another long time Council member decided to move on. Jimmie of the Sundries Shack decided to hand in his key to the executive weasel room. I always liked Jimmie’s perspective on things and he will surely be missed.

And taking the place of American Future will be a rising star of the blogosphere, Dafydd of Big Lizards. Welcome aboard!

Dereliction in my duty as a Weaselite cost me dearly last week as I incurred the dreaded 3/4 vote penalty for failing to post the results and not voting.

In order to avoid even sterner punishment, I am posting two weeks worth of results - a task made all the more pleasant by my spectacular win from the W/E February 23.

Here then, are the results. Enjoy.

Results from Week Ending February 23:

Council

1st Place: Yours truly for “A Rock, a Hard Place, and the Deep Blue Sea”

2nd Place: “I’m Tired of ‘Supporting the Troops” by Joshuapundit

Non Council

1st Place: “Islamist Historiography” by Cross-Currents

2nd Place: “No Blogger Is an Island” by Wizbang

Results for Week Ending March 2

Council

1st Place: “Germany and Iraq, Part 4″ by Done With Mirrors

2nd Place: “Means v. Ends” by Bookworm Room

Non Council

1st Place: “The Blame Game” From My Position… On the Way!

A spot has opened up on the Council due to the impending retirement of Marc Schulman of American Future. Mark’s penetrating analysis and excellent writing will be sorely missed. If you would like to be considered for this open spot, go here and follow instructions.

And if you’d like to particpate in the weekly Watchers vote, do as your told here.

I missed last week’s Council vote due to one of the occasional bouts of sleeping sickness to which I am prone from time to time. Not the Tst-Tse fly variety but rather another bug that bit me much earlier in life; pure, unadulterated laziness.

Because of this, I must perform the pennance required by the omnipitent Watcher; a double dose of Watcher Council winners.

Week of 2/9

Council Category

1st Place: “Who Is George Soros?” by American Future.

2nd Place: “Once More, William Arkin, With Feeling!” by The Sundries Shack

Non Council

1st Place: “Media Mischaracterizes Senate Resolution Vote” by The QandO Blog.

2nd Place: “Once in a While a Veterans Thoughts Are Echoed” by Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

Week ending 2/16

Council Category

1st Place: “San Francisco Has Bigger Scandals Than a Debauched Mayor” by Bookworm Room

2nd Place: “What a Tangled Web” by Done With Mirrors

3rd Place: “3 Squeeze Play: How the Palestinian Summit in Mecca Overturned Bush’s Middle East Policy” by Joshuapundit

Non Council Category

1st Plae: “Flagrant Evil” by Gates of Vienna

2nd Place: “Iran’s Obsession with the Jews” by The Weekly Standard

If you’d like to participate in the weekly Council vote, go here and follow instructions.

The votes are in from this week’s Watchers Council and the winner in the Council category was yours truly for “9/11: Just a Real Bad Day.” Finishing second was newbie Bookroom Worm for “They’ve Finally Admitted It.”

Finishing first in the non Council category was HuffPo for “New Trend on the Rise: The Patriotic Terrorist.”

If you’d like to participate in the Watchers Council, go here and follow instructions.

The votes are in from this week’s Watcher’s Council and the winner in the Council category is “On the Possibility of an Embargo of Iranian Oil” by American Future. Finishing second was “Teacher Merit Pay” by The Colossus of Rhodey.

Finishing first in the non Council category was “Because the Language They Use Is Killing” by INDC Journal.

Time to welcome our newest Council member Bookworm Room replacing Andrew Olmsted who has been called up.

If you’d like to participate in the weekly Watchers vote, go here and follow instructions.

The votes are in from this week’s Watchers Council and the winner in the Council category was “MLK Day — A Singular Holiday” by Rhymes with Right. Finishing second was Andrew Olmsted for “The Beauty of “Fairness”.”

Coming in first in the non Council category was “A Framework for Thinking About Iraq Strategy” by Small Wars Journal.

We say farewell to Andrew Olmsted who has been called up to serve our country. Good luck to Andrew and thanks for your service. An excellent writer and thinker who I’m sure we’ll be hearing more of in the future.

If you’d like to participate in the weekly Watchers Council vote, go here and follow instructions.

The votes are in from this week’s Watchers Council and the winner in the Council category is “Why is There A CIA” from Done With Mirrors. Finishing second was The Colossus of Rhodey for “American Fascists.”

Coming out on top in the non Council category was “A Strategy for the Long War” by Blackfive.

If you’d like to participate in the weekly Watchers vote, go here and follow instructions.

The votes are in from this week’s Watchers Council and the winner in the Council category is yours truly for “Religion and Politics: Intolerance Is Growing.” There was a tie for second with Andrew Olmsted’s “You Keep Using That Word…” and American Future’s “The Mysterious Mr. Ritter” sharing runners up honors.

Finishing on top in the non Council category was “The Blogosphere at War” from The Belmont Club.

If you’d like to participate in the weekly Watchers vote, go here and follow instructions.

The votes are in from this week’s Watchers Council and the winner in the Council category is Done with Mirrors for “Follow Your Surges.” Finishing second was “The Coming of Neo-Multilateralism” by American Future.

Coming out on top in the non Council category was “From Khomeini to Ahmadinejad” by Matthias Küntzel.

As we bid a fond farewell to Dymphna at Gates of Vienna, we welcome the newest member of the Council Francis W. Porretto of the excellent site Eternity Road. Good luck and welcome aboard!

If you’d like to participate in the weekly Watchers Vote, go here and follow instructions.

The votes are in from this week’s Watchers Council and the winner in the Council category is “Directions on Iraq: A Blogging Colloquium (Updated)” by The Glittering Eye. Finishing second was Joshuapundit for “Ex-president and Jew Hater for Sale — Jimmy Carter’s Dirty Little Secret.”

Winning in the non Council category was The Fourth Rail for “The ROC.”

Long time Council member and dear blogging comrade Dymphna from Gates of Vienna is going to be spending less time blogging in the future. Hence, she has decided to step down from the Council. If you’re interested in serving, please go here and follow the steps outlined.

Dymphna and her partner at Gates of Vienna the Baron are two of the best minds on the internet. And Dymphna is one of the finest writers it has been my pleasure to read. Clarity and reason were the hallmarks of her articles. And her passion is always on display. She pulls no punches and her only enemy is shallow thinking.

A lady. A scholar. A joy. She will be missed.