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My smile is my make-up I wear since my break-up with you
Tracks of my tears – Linda Ronstadt

OK, last week I wrote about Smokey Robinson’s version of Tracks of my tears. I have to admit that though I like the song a lot, I much prefer Linda Ronstadt’s version. I much prefer the guitar work in the cover version.

If you’re a regular follower of the Watcher’s Council, you’ll notice a new name among this week’s council members. A hearty welcome to Snapped Shot. Please check him out!

Council Submissions

• The Colossus of Rhodey -This is Race to the Top?
• The Razor – The New Anti-Semitism Presents Tough Choices To American Jews
• Rhymes With Right – I’m Waiting For The Outcry About A Politicized Curriculum
• Right Truth – Right Truth Discovers Secret Microphone In White House Presidential Quarters
• Snapped Shot – A Case of Complicit Cropping?
• The Provocateur - Tony Demasi and the Chicago Way
• Bookworm Room – In the presence of greatness : the Battle of Midway celebration
• The Glittering Eye – Who Do You Think You Are?
• Joshuapundit - Helen Thomas,Jew Hatred And Its Polite Acceptance
• Mere Rhetoric – Reuters Withdraws Cropped Anti-Israel Photos, Inserts Biased Anti-Israel Captions Instead
• Wolf Howling – Turkey, Israel & Gaza, Take Two

Non Council Submissions

• Discriminations - Does Massive New “White Flight” Call For “Reverse Diversity”? Submitted by the Colossus of Rhodey
• Sandbox – Martin Kramer on the Middle East – Obama, Israel and American Jews Submitted by The Razor
• RabbiLIVE.com – Israel – The Jewel of Our People Submitted by Rhymes with Right
• The Daily Reckoning – Could Gov’t Workers be Fastest-Growing Set of US Millionaires? Submitted by Right Truth
• Elder of Ziyon –  Proof that Gaza is too crowded Submitted by Rhymes with Right
• The Blogmocracy – You Heard it Here First Submitted by The Provocateur
• Rubin Reports – Clash of perceptions : a picture is worth 10,000 academic theories Submitted by Bookworm Room
• Abu Muqawama – The State of COIN 2010 - Submitted by the Glittering Eye
• Pajamas TV – Obama At The Bat Submitted by JoshuaPundit
• The Volokh Conspiracy – More on Israeli Incompetence Submitted on behalf of Mere Rhetoric
• Walter Russell Mead – Goo-Goo Genocidaires: The Blood Is Dripping From Their Hands Submitted on behalf of Wolf Howling
• A Commonplace Blog – Chabon’s illusions Submitted by the Watcher

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Although she may be cute
She’s just a substitute
Because you’re the permanent one..

Tracks of my tears – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

I was just listening to a CD with some great Motown hits, including the original, Tracks of my Tears. Smokey Robinson is a great songwriter and I say that because I think that there is no better pop song than “My Girl.” Recently though, I learned that it’s not just his songwriting that set him apart. Here’s Pete Townshend of The Who:

The lyric, so applauded by rock critics, was thrown together very quickly. Smokey Robinson sang the word ‘substitute’ so perfectly in TRACKS OF MY TEARS- my favorite song at the time- that I decided to celebrate the word itself with a song all its own.

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I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth

Substitute – The Who

OK. Enough music. On to this week’s submissions.

Council Submissions

• Mere Rhetoric - Israel Publishes Gaza Travel Guidebook For Pro-Hamas Freedom Flotilla
• Bookworm Room - Memorial Day Post : The Warriors Among Us
• The Colossus of Rhodey – The White House and Joe Sestak — so what?
• The Razor – If You Want to a Degree in Religious and Women’s Studies…
• Rhymes With Right – Michael Berry Speaks Stupidly
• Wolf Howling – Obama, Turkey and Israel
• The Provocateur –  Word Games in the GWOT
• Joshuapundit – Israel And The West’s Dilemma – The Storm Before The Dawn
• Right Truth – A Time to Betray – A review

Non Council Submissions

• Elder of Ziyon - Syrian newspaper: Hezbollah has a 300 km missile Submitted by Mere Rhetoric
• Contentions/Max Boot - Israel can win every battle but still lose the war Submitted by Bookworm Room
• The Weekly Standard Blog - The Terror Finance Flotilla Submitted by the Colossus of Rhodey
• Katie, The Pirate King -  What do you do When Your Church Leaves You? Submitted by The Razor
• The Anchoress - Pray for Nancy Pelosi Submitted by Rhymes with Right
• EU Referendum - Deliberately Provocative Submitted by Wolf Howling
• Dick Morris –  Issue Trifecta Driving Obama Down Submitted by The Provocateur
• American Digest – Small Flags Submitted by JoshuaPundit
• Zenpundit – Israel Does Not Understand 4GW Submitted on behalf of Right Truth
• Rubin Reports - Sympathy for the Devil and the Gaza Sea Confrontation: How Can Helping a Repressive Fascist, Genocide-Intending Hamas Regime be Innocent? Submitted by The Watcher