That’s Right Nate

The journalism Natie is the crown jewel of the Natie awards.   To be nominated, an article must seamlessly combine fact, analysis, and opinion to let the reader know not only what is happening in the world, but also to let them know what they should think about it.   This is the most difficult category to narrow down the nominations for and this year was especially difficult.   Last year’s winner Now Obama Has His Own Flag – I Bet the Colors Run set the bar very high, but I believe all 6 of this year’s nominees surpassed it in some way.  The nominees are:

1. Obama Endangers Rural Illinois (www.thatsrightnate.com)
2. A Patriot’s Guide to Disrupting Town Halls (www.thatsrightnate.com)
3. Obama’s Surgeon General is Just Too Fat (www.thatsrightnate.com)
4. Did Obama Murder Stimulus Critic Mark Sanford (www.thatsrightnate.com)
5. Report Attacking Conservatives is the Real Terrorism (www.thatsrightnate.com)
6. Obama Recites Presidential Oath on Koran (www.thatsrightnate.com)

In a very close vote, Obama Recites Presidential Oath on Koran is the winner!!

Wow, I feel very honored to have personally captured 3 Naties so far this year and to have all 4 of the winners be from my site.  The NATIE nominations remain a great place to find a half dozen of the most important and most influential blog postings in the past year.

The NATIE for reporting is for straight reporting.   That isn’t to imply that the other reporting on is somehow less heterosexual, but instead to point out the lack of opinion in the articles.  This is my “No Spin Zone” to quote the great Bill O’Reilly.   These articles attempt to give the fair and balanced coverage that a Fox News or Newsmax gives rather than Rush Limbaugh style opinion.  As a conservative blogger, I consider it my duty to provide the simple facts which show the rightness of conservative thought.    The nominees for the 2009 NATIE for reporting:

1. Texas Makes The Ultimate Sacrifice to Defend Marriage (www.thatsrightnate.com)
2. Obama Bungles H1N1 Vaccine (www.thatsrightnate.com)
3. How the Jack O’Lantern Kept Christianity Alive (www.thatsrightnate.com)
4. Arne Duncan Clears Himself in Student Death (www.thatsrightnate.com)
5. The Bristol Palin Abstinence Tour (www.thatsrightnate.com)
6. 75% of Oklahomans Can’t Name First President (www.thatsrightnate.com)

And the winner is How the Jack O’Lantern Kept Christianity Alive.

It is tremendously exciting to get back to my winning ways.   All of the stories had something I appreciated, but my faith is very important to me and the war to strip Halloween of all it’s Christian history must be fought.   I’m proud that my article earned some recognition for this cause.

The Natie Award for Opinion Blogging replaces the previous award for News Analysis.   This award is given to the article that best captures it’s authors opinions.  These opinions need not be backed up by facts or research, much like George Will’s columns.  Articles in this category enable the blogger to communicate with his reading public without facts or threat of litigation standing in the way.   In an amazing surprise all of the nominees are from www.thatsrightnate.com.  However, one of the articles is from Congressman Jack Kimble (R-CA) and another one is from Mrs. B. Wright marking the first time that articles not written by myself were nominated.    Here are the top 6 nominees:

1. Why Republicans Voted Against Funding Our Troops (www.thatsrightnate.com/ Nate Peele – Author)
2. That’s Why They Call it the First Amendment (www.thatsrightnate.com/Mrs. B. Wright – Author)
3. Racism, They Name is America (www.thatsrightnate.com/Nate Peele – Author)
4. Congressman Kimble’s Rebuttal to Obama’s School Speech (www.thatsrightnate.com/Congressman Jack Kimble – Author)
5. Obama Merit Pay Plan a Good Start (www.thatsrightnate.com/Nate Peele – Author)
6. Republican Party Must Become Sexual Predators by 2012 (www.thatsrightnate.com/Nate Peele – Author)

And the winner is That’s Why They Call it the First Amendment by Mrs. B. Wright.

This is a groundbreaking win as she is not only the first female to win a Natie, but the first person other than myself to win won.  On her twitter account @Wingnutte, Mrs. Wright sent out the following messages, “I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the NATIE committee. Let me be clear, I do not view this as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but as an affirmation of …but as an affirmation of the teapartiers, wingnuts, and all people who understand that fear is the greatest motive force in civilization.”   Truer words have never been spoken.