Wednesday Reading

Somehow I'm seeing Fred McMurray, all tweeds, slippers and pipes, settling down for a good read with the Watcher of Weasels' weekly carnival of miscellaneous good stuff. My three sons ... and a computer?

Anyway, here's what the Watcher's Council nominated as this week's best curl up for a good read posts in the blogosphere. Council members will vote Thursday evening, and winners will be posted here Friday morning.

Council links:

1. Complicit
   Soccer Dad
2. A Shot in the Dark
   Done With Mirrors
3. Orwell's Britain Is Halal Toast
   Wolf Howling
4. About Those "Lies"
   The Colossus of Rhodey
5. How to Lie About Lying
   Big Lizards
6. The Media, Richard Scaife, and the Never Ending Soros Connection
   Bookworm Room
7. State of the Union, 2008
   The Glittering Eye
8. Quote of the Day: Prez Bill Edition
   Cheat Seeking Missiles
9. Energy Independence -- What It Am And What It Ain't
   Joshuapundit
10. Repeal the Twenty-Second Amendment
    Rhymes With Right
11. The ACLU: Senator Craig's Newest Pals
    The Education Wonks
12. The GOP Comes A’Courtin’
    Right Wing Nut House

Non-council links:

1. On Term Limits and Government Power
   Somewhere On A1A...
2. A Moral Core for U.S. Foreign Policy
   Hoover Institution
3. Britain's Top 9 New Names For Islamic Terrorists
   The Nose On Your Face
4. Big News: Indonesia's Largest Muslim Group Vows to Combat Misunderstanding of Islam!
   Jihad Watch
5. John McCain's Open-Borders Outreach Director: The Next DHS Secretary?; Update: A "Non-Paid Volunteer"
   Michelle Malkin
6. The Audacity of Questioning Obama's Commitment to Israel
   American Thinker
7. Treaties and Executive Agreements
   Outside the Beltway
8. Capitalism Doesn't Work, Mr. Gates?
   Rasmussen Reports
9. The Muslims of Europe Charter
   Gates of Vienna
10. A List of Regional Pizza Styles
    Slice
11. The Conclusion We Dare Not Face
    Dr. Sanity
12. Be a Victim! Or Else!
    Classical Values
13. BDS as an Occupational Hazard
    The Paragraph Farmer
14. Thoughts on Froggy Billion Fraud
    Dodgeblogium

Thanks, Watcher ... got a match for my pipe?*

* Long, long ago. I've been a nonsmoker for years now.