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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.

This week’s contest is dedicated to Mia Love,the child of Haitian immigrants, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, the next congresswoman to represent Utah’s 4th congressional district and someone who has an innate understanding of what America is all about and exactly why it’s worth saving.

And of course, To Mrs. Ann Romney, who has always been proud of her country.

Council News:

This week, Ask Marion, Raising Asbergers Kids, Maggie’s Notebook, Right Truth and The Pirate’s Cove took advantage of my generous offer of link whorage and earned honorable mention status with some excellent pieces.

You can, too! Want to see your work appear on the Watcher’s Council homepage in our weekly contest listing? Didn’t get nominated by a Council member? No worries.

Simply head over to Joshuapundit and post the title a link to the piece you want considered along with an e-mail address ( which won’t be published) in the comments section no later than Monday 6PM PST in order to be considered for our honorable mention category.

Then just return the favor by creating a post on your site linking to the Watcher’s Council contest for the week.

It’s a great way of exposing your best work to Watcher’s Council readers and Council members. while grabbing the increased traffic and notoriety. And how good is that, eh?

OK, lets take a look at what we have this week….

Council Submissions

• The Noisy Room – The DNC Embraces Radical Islam
• The Independent Sentinel – Dems Using Every Trick In The Book To Distract From The Economy
• The Political Commentator – Two pictures that define Barack Obama and one that defines a leader! (Video)
• The Razor – The Democratic Party’s War on Children
• The Colossus of Rhodey – Offensive Meat
• Joshuapundit-Speaking Of Rape – Democrats Oppose Mandatory Sentences For Child Rapists
• Simply Jews – Al Qaeda recruiting via the Internet – and I know why
• GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – “Least Horrible”
• The Right Planet – The Fascism of Sustainable Development
• VA Right! - Homemade Video: ‘Remember” (A Remake of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’)
• Bookworm Room – Democrat gaffes, nastiness, and sheer ignorance – just a few highlights from the Democrat side of the aisle
• The Glittering Eye -Why We Must Change
• Gay Patriot – Why do some Americans who favor ‘smaller government with fewer services’ continue to back Democrats?
• The Mellow Jihadi – Mitt Romney’s Puppet Sticks Out
• Rhymes With Right – To Gain Farm Votes, Obama Will Drive Up Food Prices For Working Americans

Honorable Mentions

• Ask Marion – Oil – The Energy Source of the Future
• Maggie’s Notebook – Movie Review – 2016: Obama’s America – The Focus on One Hyphenated Word
• Raising Asbergers Kids – A Righteous Man….My Father
• Right Truth – 1972 Olympics Massacre – Germany’s Secret Contacts to Palestinian Terrorists
• The Pirate’s Cove – What Say To Muslim Extremists Praying At The DNC?

Non-Council Submissions

• Sultan Knish –Countdown in Tehran and Jerusalem submitted by The Noisy Room
• Yid With Lid – Why Does Obama Have Anti-Israel Activists On His List of Rabbi Supporters? submitted by The Independent Sentinel
• Alan Caruba/Family Security Matters -Destroying our military from within submitted by The Political Commentator
• Taki’s Magazine –No Brain, No Vote! submitted by The Razor
• Weekly Standard – Smart Writing submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• P.J. O’Rourke – Of Thee I Sigh: Baby Boomers Bust submitted by Joshuapundit
• The Contentious Centrist – On Hypocrites and Double Standards submitted by Simply Jews
• Danger Room – Top U.S. General: We Don’t Know Why Afghan Troops Are Killing Us submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• FrontpageMag.com – A Disturbing Event: The American Conservative Union Embraces an Islamist submitted by The Right Planet
• Doug Ross – Urgent Memo for the Mayor of New Orleans submitted by VA Right!
• PowerLine-The Outside Story of the Obama Campaignsubmitted by Bookworm Room
• Jim Treacher/The Daily Caller – Obama pays tribute to Neil Armstrong, the only way he knows how submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Jennifer Rubin -Is the liberal echo chamber a trap? submitted by Gay Patriot
• Atlas Shrugs –Bulletin Of The Oppression Of Women submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• Big Jolly Politics – Harris County Democrats: no diversity, no tolerance submitted by Rhymes with Right
• Iowahawk – Stars Get In Your Eyes submitted by The Watcher
• Raymond Ibrahim – Ramadan: Islam’s ‘Holy Month’ of Christian Oppression submitted by The Watcher

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Virginia is one week away from a Republican Primary contest featuring several important races. This article will focus on two of these races. The first, the US Senate race between former Governor and Senator George Allen, State Delegate Bob Marshall and two political newcomers Bishop E.W. Jackson and Jamie Radtke. The second race will look at [...]

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One of the most unsettling bits of news out of Washington DC lately concerns House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and his support for Indiana Senator Dick Lugar. Normally, we wouldn’t get too concerned over Cantor or any Republican supporting a fellow Republican incumbent.  It is understandable that the decision to support Lugar is not popular [...]

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Next time someone says, Ron Paul has not won a state yet, show them this article from a local MN newspaper (The Pierce County Herald): Paul’s campaign swept all the delegate and alternate slots in Congressional District No. 2, which south metro suburbs and CD 4 which is St. Paul, Ramsey County and the east [...]

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I like this resolution from the Denver County GOP on ICLEI and Agenda 21!  It’s short, sweet and to the point.  Here it is: RESOLUTION 5 – Opposing the United Nations Agenda 21 Whereas, The United Nations Agenda 21 promotes international directives and agendas and such as “smart growth” and “sustainable development” through the use [...]

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I have been playing catch up on several fronts and have yet to find the time to put down a few thoughts on a gathering last week at the US Capitol put together by Virginia Congressman Robert Hurt. I have met Congressman Hurt once or twice before, but only briefly. And I believe the first [...]

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By Karen Kwiatkowski Note: Karen Kwiatkowski is running for Congress against long time incumbent Bob Goodlatte. This is a primary challenge for the Republican nomination. Virginia Right! has endorsed Karen because we see Congressman Goodlatte has grown out of touch and has supported more government intrusions into our lives with bills like SOPA that would [...]

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This is an article by Karen Kwiatkowski who is running against Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte in VA-6 primary. Virginia Right! has endorsed Karen in her bid to retire 10 term Congressman Goodlatte. His support and push for internet censorship and giving the Hollywood Elite complete power over the internet after taking money from the Hollywood [...]

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (who by the way as a disclaimer I am supporting for Governor in 2013 and I have advised him of this fact!) has come out for sensible ballot access reform: “It now appears that the only two candidates that will be on Virginia’s ballot on March 6th: Governor Mitt Romney [...]

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I’m no attorney but I do know how to find and read the laws of Virginia. Various reports have stated that the signatures turned in by Newt Gingrich included at least 2,000 that were invalidated because there was no address given with the signature. If this were a Virginia Statewide office, that would be correct. [...]

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Newt Gingrich was eliminated from the possibility of having his name on the Virginia Republican Presidential Primary ballot for 2012. Virginia requires at least 10,000 signatures which must include 400 from each Congressional District. Mitt Romney and Ron Paul remain as the only candidates whose name will appear on the ballot in the Republican Presidential [...]

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I am excited and thrilled that Ron Paul got enough signatures to be on the Virginia ballot on March 6.  That is a personal tribute to the hard work of volunteers and the campaign to collect the 10,000 signatures (with 400 from each congressional district as part of that effort) needed to get on the [...]

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Tablet Magazine has a good piece on our Congressman Eric Cantor. H/T to David Gerstman Last month, when the Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives and John Boehner was elected speaker, Cantor became majority leader, the second most powerful person in the chamber and the one tasked with driving the partisan agenda [...]

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A week after the election some political chips are starting to fall, between the GOP and Tea Party movement, both here in Virginia and Nationally. So, time for some post election “analysis”. The first thing that caught my attention was the biggest upsets in Virginia the 9th congressional district. Fourteen term incumbent, Rick Boucher, was [...]

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RICHMOND– New television and radio ads will begin airing today in Virginia’s 9th congressional district that urges citizens to contact Rick Boucher and tell him that his policies are killing Virginia jobs. To view the television ad, click here. To listen to the radio ad, click here. The ad states that Rick Boucher has turned [...]

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Well, before getting to the answer for that question, I probably need to tell you who Ciro Rodriguez is.  Basically, he’s Pelosi’s lackey in southwest Texas.  He’s a Democrat Congressman, hailing from Texas’ 23rd Congressional District (until Quico Canseco beats him in November, anyway).  You might recall that about a month ago, he went nuts and slapped a table when a constituent challenged his lack of understanding of Obamacare, which he had voted for. It may be that that video is having more far reaching effects on his campaign than Ciro is letting on.  His campaign web site seems to have gone belly up.  Click on cirorodriguez.com and see…nothing.  Well, other than a generic page that’ll eventually pop up with helpful instructions on how to build a web site in minutes! Que pasa, Ciro?

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Virginia Right! Calls 1st Congressional District – Rob Whitman Projected Winner. This one was really not much of a race. With 66% of the Precincts in, Rob Whitman is winning 88% of the vote. Catherine Crabill should be getting ready to make a phone call to Congressman Whitman about now. The other Virginia Primaries are [...]

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Monday May 24, 2010 Roundup:

The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, these links are mostly outside of the Mainstream Media. This feature is designed to save you the time of sifting through dozens of websites and blogs. Buckle up. It is going to be a bumpy ride.

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We all want to be sure our candidates “fit” the mold that we, as Conservatives, put in place. Much has been written on Dede Scozzafava, the NY-23 RINO that pretended to be a Republican. But is a litmus test a good idea to avoid this?

On the surface, it sounds good. But it should surprise no one that people will say anything to get elected, then forget the promises they made in the heat of the election. (President Obama ring a bell?)

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