Watcher of Weasels:

The Council Has Spoken!

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are "The Courage to Do Nothing" by Big Lizards, and A Stand-up President by The Ornery American.  All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post.  There was actually a tie in the non-council category this week...  I enjoyed both posts, but Orson Scott Card's defense of George W. Bush ultimately won me over.  Only one member was unable to vote this week, unaffected by the 2/3 vote penalty.  Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week...  I'm eager to see next week's entries!  Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:

Votes	Council link
3	"The Courage to Do Nothing" Big Lizards
2  1/3	Separation of Church and State, Secularist Style Cheat Seeking Missiles
1  2/3	More on the Teacher Accused of Insulting Religion in His Class Bookworm Room
1  1/3	Whatever Happened To Separation of Mosque and State? Rhymes With Right
1	The Very Deep Thoughts of Mike Huckabee Right Wing Nut House
2/3	Chávez Suspected of Foul Play The Colossus of Rhodey
2/3	Fish Tales at the PA Aid Conference Soccer Dad
1/3	I Bet Not Done With Mirrors

Votes	Non-council link
3	A Stand-up President The Ornery American
2	A Muslim American National Review Online
1  1/3	Mearsheimer, Walt, and "Cold Feet" Sandbox
1  1/3	Only a Few Months and Hours Together But Memories for a Lifetime. Wizbang
1	The Pulpit and the Potemkin Village Opinion Journal
2/3	In the End, There Can Only Be One The American Scene
2/3	Manic Misinterpretations of Climate Change Capitulation by US in Bali NewsBusters.org
2/3	One on One: Debunking Dastardly Debate The Jerusalem Post
2/3	Handle Huckabee with Care TCS Daily
1/3	What Does It Mean To Be a Responsible Adult: Quotes Worth Considering TFS Magnum
1/3	A Blueprint for the Suppression of Dissent in Europe Gates of Vienna

I thought it would be best to leave out the entries that didn't receive any votes at all.  The fractions come from the splitting of the votes...  primary choices counted as 2/3 of a vote and secondary choices counted as 1/3.  Both counts for primary and secondary choices were then added all together.  I could have avoided using fractions, but it would have put the results on a completely different scale...  I'd rather that the total reflect how many people actually voted.  Please send any questions, comments, complaints, criticisms, crude insults, or thinly-veiled threats to this address.