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 Energy Independence -- What It Am And What It Ain't by Joshuapundit, and The Conclusion We Dare Not Face by Dr. Sanity.  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 four-way tie in the non-council category this week...  some good posts to choose from, but I ultimately cast my tie-breaking vote for Dr. Sanity's post about the compatibility of Islam with free societies.  Right Wing Nut House was the only member unable to vote this week, and the only member affected 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
2  2/3	Energy Independence -- What It Am And What It Ain't Joshuapundit
1  1/3	About Those "Lies" The Colossus of Rhodey
1  1/3	The Media, Richard Scaife, and the Never Ending Soros Connection Bookworm Room
1  1/3	How to Lie About Lying Big Lizards
1	Complicit Soccer Dad
1	Orwell's Britain Is Halal Toast Wolf Howling
2/3	A Shot in the Dark Done With Mirrors
2/3	Quote of the Day: Prez Bill Edition Cheat Seeking Missiles
1/3	State of the Union, 2008 The Glittering Eye

Votes	Non-council link
2  1/3	The Conclusion We Dare Not Face Dr. Sanity
1  1/3	A Moral Core for U.S. Foreign Policy Hoover Institution
1  1/3	Be a Victim! Or Else! Classical Values
1  1/3	The Muslims of Europe Charter Gates of Vienna
1	On Term Limits and Government Power Somewhere On A1A...
1	John McCain's Open-Borders Outreach Director: The Next DHS Secretary?; Update: A "Non-Paid Volunteer" Michelle Malkin
1	Treaties and Executive Agreements Outside the Beltway
1	The Audacity of Questioning Obama's Commitment to Israel American Thinker
1	Capitalism Doesn't Work, Mr. Gates? Rasmussen Reports
2/3	A List of Regional Pizza Styles Slice

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.