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April 21, 2016 By Fausta

Our Watcher’s Council Nominations – ‘Trust Me’ Edition

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If President Barack Hussein Obama says something…need I finish that sentence?

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 morning.

So, let’s see what we have for you this week….

Council Submissions

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April 19, 2016 By Fausta

Forum: China And Russia – Enemies or Potential Partners?

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Every week on Monday, the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question: China And Russia – Enemies or Potential Partners?

The Razor : Neither of these nations are America’s natural enemies, but it doesn’t matter what we think. What matters is what they think, and they both perceive us as their enemies so we would be foolish not to respond accordingly. And that’s what we’ve been for the past dozen years or so, responding foolishly.
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April 15, 2016 By Fausta

The Council Has Spoken!! Our Watcher’s Council Results

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up.

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.” – Mark Twain

Stately McDaniel Manor

This week’s winning essay,Stately McDaniel Manor’s Racism In The Public Schools: Dead Or Alive? Is a professional educator’s look at rampant racism in the public schools..to wit, the racism and bigotry of low expectations. Here’s a slice:

Lyndon Baines Johnson was an old school, bare knuckles politician, hard-edged and bluntly obscene. He was very much reflective of his Democrat party, a party dedicated to segregation and the superiority of the white race. He is widely reported, in speaking about his “Great Society” plan,to have said:

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April 13, 2016 By Fausta

Our Watcher’s Council Nominations – Virtual Reality Edition

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Michael Ramirez - Creators

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 morning.

So, let’s see what we have for you this week….

Council Submissions

  • Stately McDaniel Manor – Racism In The Public Schools: Dead Or Alive?
  • The Glittering Eye –What Role Does Hesperophobia Play in Terror Attacks?
  • The Razor – Stop Using Phobia To Describe Rational Fear or Hate
  • Joshuapundit–Proof That Jew Haters Sometimes Provide A Valuable Service
  • Fausta’s Blog – Mexico: The wall as trumpery
  • The Noisy Room – The Panama Papers Scandal Ensnares Hillary Clinton
  • Puma By Design – Colorado GOP’s Creep Factor
  • The Daley Gator – So, The Kentucky Derby is now RAAAAACIST?
  • VA Right! – Virginia GOP Chairman Whitbeck’s Partisanship Forces Haley Back into Chariman’s Race
  • The Right Planet – The Collapse of Communism: The Untold Story
  • Bookworm Room – Was Mapplethorpe the moment we lost the battle for American culture?
  • GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – al-Qaeda’s Mini State
  • Nice Deb – The List: Political Retaliation in the Age of Obama

Non-Council Submissions

  • Glenn Reynolds/USA Today –Dear attorneys general: conspiring against free speech is a crime: Glenn Reynolds submitted by Stately McDaniel Manor
  • Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane/The Weekly Standard – Five Ways To Destroy The Economy submitted by The Glittering Eye
  • Elliot A. Cohen/The American Interest –The Westerplatte Moment submitted by The Razor
  • M.G. Oprea/The Federalist – How Islamists Are Slowly Desensitizing Europe And Americasubmitted by Joshuapundit
  • Zero Hedge – Former IMF Chief Economist Admits Japan’s “Endgame” Scenario Is Now In Playsubmitted by Fausta’s Blog
  • Mark Steyn – submitted by The Noisy RoomThe New Man and his Gender Gap
  • Adina Kutnicki –Christian Slaughter IGNORED By Obama Inc., DOJ RAIDS Anti-Planned Parenthood Citizen Journalist: Where Is The Nexus? submitted by Puma By Design
  • Moonbattery –Fracking Reduces Carbon emissionssubmitted by The Daley Gator
  • Pam Geller – New Poll: UK Muslim vicious hatred towards Jewssubmitted by VA Right!
  • Diana West – Did US Choose War over Qaddafi’s Abdication? submitted by The Right Planet
  • Heather MacDonald/City Journal–When Pieties Collidesubmitted by Bookworm Room
  • Parag Khanna? The National Interest – China’s ‘Use It or Lose It’ Grand Strategy submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
  • Guy Benson/Townhall –Oops: ‘Disenfranchised’ Colorado Trump ‘Delegate’ Who Burned Voter Card…Was Neither submitted by Nice Deb
  • Victor Davis Hanson – Why Westerners Make Inviting Targets for Terrorists submitted by The Watcher
  • The Onion – Shimmering Immaculate Republican Candidate Appears Before GOP Officialssubmitted by The Watcher

Enjoy! And don’t forget to like us on Facebook and follow us Twitter..’cause we’re cool like that!And don’t forget to tune in Friday for the results!

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April 12, 2016 By Fausta

Forum: What’s Your Favorite Sport? Why?

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Every week on Monday, the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question: What’s Your Favorite Sport? Why?

The Daley Gator : Easy, regular season college football is number 1. Love sports, but the passion of college football is unmatched. I am more passionate about my Gators than any other sports team I support. My only knock on the game is that the manner in which a champion is crowned is sub-standard. Oh it is getting better, at least we have a 4 -tea playoff now, but we should double that number.
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April 9, 2016 By Fausta

The Council Has Spoken! Our Watcher’s Council Results

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up.

“A world that did not lift a finger when Hitler was wiping out six million Jewish men, women, and children is now saying that the Jewish state of Israel will not survive if it does not come to terms with the Arabs. My feeling is that no one in this universe has the right and the competence to tell Israel what it has to do in order to survive. On the contrary, it is Israel that can tell us what to do. It can tell us that we shall not survive if we do not cultivate and celebrate courage, if we coddle traitors and deserters, bargain with terrorists, court enemies, and scorn friends. “ – Eric Hoffer

“Look at the past eight years. During those eight years, there was no space between us and Israel, and what did we get from that? When there is no daylight, Israel just sits on the sidelines, and that erodes our credibility with the Arab states.” – President Barack Hussein Obama, 2009

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This week’s winning essay is Joshuapundit’s So, Why Not Dump Israel ? After all, even a significant number of American Jews (including a presidential candidate) don’t back Israel any more. Wouldn’t it be better for America if we just ended all ties with the Jewish State? I took an honest look at the question, and present a few little known facts that might shed some light on whether the America-Israel alliance is a benefit or a burden…and also a look at how many Israelis see the Two State Solution. Here’s a slice:

Why all this fuss about Israel? Aren’t they nothing but trouble for America?
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April 5, 2016 By Fausta

Forum: What Do You See As The Pros And Cons of Digital Technology?

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Every week on Monday, the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question: What Do You See As The Pros And Cons of Digital Technology?

Laura Rambeau Lee, Right Reason : The advent of digital technology has changed all of our lives. Whether it has changed our lives for better or worse rests on each one of us alone and how we choose to use it. It is a two edged sword. At a time when the information we seek is at our fingertips, it is of utmost importance to be able to cull through pages and pages of data and critically determine what is true and what is not. Researching a subject can draw us into a rabbit hole of such dimensions we can spend hours in our quest for truth. For the autodidact the use of digital technology helps expand our understanding of specific topics of one’s own choosing in addition to history, the world, and world events. The scope of information is truly staggering and I personally love it.
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April 2, 2016 By Fausta

The Council Has Spoken!! Our Watcher’s Council Results

At the Watchers’ Council,

The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up.

“Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.”
– Titus Maccius Plautus

“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

“Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.” – Seneca

“The trouble with Islam is deeply rooted in its teachings. Islam is not only a religion. Islam (is) also a political ideology that preaches violence and applies its agenda by force.” – Dr. Wafa Sultan

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This week’s winning essay,Joshuapundit’s’s How Pakistan Celebrated Easter …And The Message it Sends Us Is my reaction to certain events that occurred in Pakistan on Easter Sunday…and their wider meaning for the rest of us. Here’s a slice:

Today was Easter Sunday, and many people took their families for an outing. In Lahore, Pakistan, many Christians took their children to Gulshan-e-Iqbal park for a special outing in an area set aside for them.
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