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 "Evolution" = "Growth" by Soccer Dad, and Numb by Kaboom: A Soldier's War Journal.  All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post.  Right Wing Nut House was the only member unable to vote this week, and the only member affected by the 2/3 vote penalty.  There was actually a tie in the non-council category this week...  I enjoyed both posts, but LT G's thoughts on war ultimately won me over.  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  1/3	"Evolution" = "Growth" Soccer Dad
2	Lebanon Becomes Hezbollahstan Joshuapundit
2	The Audacity of Newsweek Wolf Howling
1	Where we went wrong Hillbilly White Trash
1	And Tango Makes 420 Cheat Seeking Missiles
2/3	BUMPED: McCain Ahead In Electoral Vote Race? Rhymes With Right
2/3	Making Capitalists Bookworm Room
2/3	Curiouser and Curiouser The Glittering Eye
1/3	And People think George W. Bush Is a Moron The Colossus of Rhodey

Votes	Non-council link
4	Numb Kaboom: A Soldier's War Journal
3	POLITICS: Yes, Experience Matters Baseball Crank
1  1/3	Is the Criminal-Justice System Racist? City Journal
1	Holding Things Accountable for What Men Do With Them Classical Values
2/3	Minn: Muslim Students Force Out Disabled Teacher With Dog Atlas Shrugs
2/3	Obama on Lebanon: Cognitive Egocentric Porridge Augean Stables
2/3	Lebanon's "300" Heroes Ya Libnan
1/3	Heroes and Villains Dr. Sanity
1/3	"We Are All Jews Now!" All Things Beautiful

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.