Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
The Watcher Emeritus on Nov 12 2008 at 6:48 am | Filed under: Nominations
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don’t want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time
Oh yes, welcome to the first post-election week Watcher of Weasels event.
In 1971 David Bowie released an album called “Hunky Dory” that contained a relatively low profile song that started out as a parody. Bowie was surprised at the cult like status the song reached after its 1972 release as a single despite staying out of the top 40. From that point on however “Changes” became a crowd favorite. The song that had been rejected by the mainstream took on a cult like following prompting David Bowie to state “I had no idea it would become such a popular thing.”
Sixteen years later another cult like force brought an era of change to America as Barack Obama became the first black man to be elected President of the United States. A majority of Americans voted for change, any change, that would distance themselves from the Bush years.
Now that change is upon us our work is just as hard if not harder. We are facing an unprecedented attack on free speech as Democrats float another stab at the Fairness Doctrine to shut down talk radio. But that could be the first step in a larger move to stifle political dissent across the internet.
Please enjoy this week’s submissions:
Council Submissions
- The Colossus of Rhodey – That ‘ol “kindred spirit” argument
- The Glittering Eye – A Prospective Obama Administration (Updated)
- Bookworm Room – Reaching new demographics
- Mere Rhetoric – Noted Democratic Shill Begs Nutroots Not To Viciously Attack Emanuel For Being Too Jewish
- Hillbilly White Trash – The Great GOP Civil War
- Soccer Dad – Overcoming idiocy
- Joshuapundit – From The Beginning
- Cheat-Seeking Missiles – Valor and Patience
- The Razor – Return to First Principles
- The Provocateur – Fraud, Corruption, and Power: What Our Bailout Tax Dollars Are Really Going To
- Rhymes With Right – Something That Must Be Said
Non-Council Submissions
- Submitted By: The Colossus of Rhodey
damnum absque injuria
Sore Winners - Submitted By: The Glittering Eye
The Next Right
Change.gov and the Contradiction of the Postmodern Left Netroots - Submitted By: Bookworm Room
Seraphic Secret
Israel: The One Bomb State - Submitted By: Mere Rhetoric
Danger Room
Defense Chief: Give Us New Nukes, or Else - Submitted By: Hillbilly White Trash
Big Lizards
The Great Leap Forward: How the Heck Can We Win Anyway? - Submitted By: Soccer Dad
Seraphic Secret
Israel: The One Bomb State - Submitted By: Joshuapundit
Dr. Robert Zubrin/Pajamas Media
We Can Solve the Financial Crisis by Destroying OPEC - Submitted By: Cheat-Seeking Missiles
Real Clear Politics
A Few Post-Election Thoughts - Submitted By: The Provocateur
Dick Morris
President Obama: Conservator in Chief - Submitted By: Rhymes With Right
Right on the Left Coast
Agency Fee Rebate
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