The Watcher’s Council

*NoisyRoom Note: I’m Irish and my husband is Scottish – celebrate with us!! My great grandfather, by the name of Poole, came over from the Emerald Isle to the US and we’ve always loved Ireland. 8)

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.

Ah yes, it’s St. Patrick’s Day… back when I was a single gentleman, this used to be one of my favorite holidays, for reasons best left to the imagination.

At any rate, it’s a day to celebrate the extraordinary Irish and have a marvelous time at it… and maybe get a glimpse of a vision of your own pot o’ gold.

Here’s a little music to put you in the right spirit…

Council News:

This week, Liberty’s Spirit, The Grouch, Right Truth and Capitalist Preservation took advantage of my generous offer of link whorage and earned honorable mention status.

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 and 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 6 PM PST in order to be considered for our honorable mention category and 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?

So, let’s see what we have this week…

Council Submissions

Honorable Mentions

Non-Council Submissions

Enjoy! And don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter… ’cause we’re cool like that!