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I. Fun With Sig Lines, Special Cloned Animal Aura Collection
OK, so here's another sig line diary. Here are parts one, two, three, four, and five.
What I've done is collect little snippets of comments or diaries that I felt would make funny signature lines.
I now have people emailing me comments for these diaries. So if you come across a good one, and you are so inclined, shoot me an email. All of these have cracked me up for one reason or another:
nothing scares me more than the aura of cloned beef and milk.
Cloned beef isn't as controversial as it should be, according to this professional aura reader.
Here I answer the best, practical questions I've received so far about my finding that cloned animals don't have auras.
Does God have any active part in making cloned animals?
The meat is 100% pure machine.
Even if you don't read auras yet, you deserve some clarification straight-from-the-real-live-physical-shoulder.
When we eat food, we are eating physical nutrients but we are also taking in the consciousness of the food.
Ancient wisdom traditions don't discuss eating machines instead of food.
Even the great sages who predicted our era, Kali Yuga, a time when falsity would trump truth 99 times out of 100, didn't have the tragic imagination to anticipate a time when human beings would voluntarily eat food with zero energy, no soul within, pure zilch.
Can you be more practical about what it means to eat food with no soul?
Is your idea of a great love experience to have an affair with an inflatable doll or a vibrator?
Which would you prefer for a friend, a real human being or a robot?
And which do you think your body would prefer to eat, a pie or a soft, chewy brick?
But cloned animals can be happy. Look at this photo of Scuppy, the cloned dog. If an animal can be happy, doesn't it have a soul?
I loved "The Wind in the Willows" as much as the next child, but toads don't really drive motor-cars.
a dog can run and drool and have bright eyes, but that doesn't mean anybody is home inside.
Machines can have devas, elemental spirits that help make them run.
So a cow that has been cloned is a machine that behaves like a cow. It's more like a robot.
Does that mean that cloned sheep don’t have souls?
Even a mosquito has a soul, I've learned.
But cloned people? They wouldn't have souls. They would be a kind of biological robot.
What do you think the consequence is of eating cloned food? What's the big deal about a "Frankenburger"?
I predict that the consequence is becoming more dead inside with every mouthful. I don't mean poisoned-type dead, I mean half-alive, numb, incurious, and aurically diminished.
II. Tonight's Top Comments
Via Allison in Seattle:
asimbagirl shares a powerful story about Obama's speech.
Via Land of Enchantment:
Well, this isn't exactly a timely nomination, but here is MRL leading one of the earliest discussions on DKos of Obama for President, from before Obama spoke at the 2004 convention.
Via taylormattd (yep, that's me):
sardonyx offers some good advice.
Top Mojo
Top Mojo excluding search-identifiable tip jars and first diary comments:
1) ct.... by nonnie9999 — 183
2) I really didn't want to write this by clammyc — 138
3) My situation is a lot like yours by DJShay — 102
4) No shit, grow some balls already. by rudewarrior — 97
5) What did I say? n/t by ct — 97
6) One of the thing that I have by Granny Doc — 96
7) Ct's talking about a series of tubes by smash artist — 91
8) Obama is Clearly the Most Gifted Politician by Mr X — 91
9) You know people have gone off deep end when... by KilljoyAZ — 88
10) A fact sheet of some basic talking points to use by ShadowSD — 84
11) Spring has sprung T'ursdee by Ninepatch — 82
12) My only issue with your diary... by mayan — 76
13) My 90-year-old aunt, a former HRC supporter,... by jeroly — 74
14) Who cares what the GOP thinks? by angrytoyrobot — 73
15) We're going to change the world, by strengthANDwisdom — 72
16) Happy Thursday! by DemocraticOz — 72
17) Is it one of these? by kath25 — 71
18) Now THIS is smart... by MikeMinCT — 69
19) You don't have to use code words to talk dirty, by DemocraticLuntz — 69
20) I do not like by FireCrow — 68
21) What, just cause a guy leaves his wife after by Skulnick — 66
22) Moms who have endured by Louise — 64
23) It takes CAJONES to go on Philly Sports Radio by davepez — 63
24) Keep the faith by Nick A — 63
25) Thank you for your eloquence... by mayan — 62
26) They. Can't. Stand. His. Confidence. by ksh01 — 62
27) I sent him $100 this morning..that is one way by RubyGal — 61
28) Their inability to address simple issues... by Spunkmeyer — 61
29) As a mom of three I know I rock! by Carpe Brewski — 59
30) corporate media establishment by WahooMatt — 59
Top Mojo with No Exclusions:
1) tips by thereisnospoon — 449
2) Tips for Moms. by OReillysNightmare — 395
3) Please rec this or pass it around by Inky99 — 358
4) Tip Jar by Acacia951 — 352
5) tip jar by jenontheshore — 299
6) Please share your LTEs, blog links, emails ... by VirginiaDem — 238
7) Fuck Tips by Steven R — 237
8) Tips for Connecting the Dots by dansac — 224
9) tip jar by slinkerwink — 194
10) Tip jar. by Eternal Hope — 188
11) ct.... by nonnie9999 — 183
12) E-A-G-L-E-S by Eric Schmeltzer — 180
13) my mojo mug by teacherken — 171
14) YES. WE. CAN. {tips} by Junglered1 — 162
15) You know, it's like everyone has gone nuts. by iconoclastic cat — 123
16) so a question I would ask is by Alan Charles — 110
17) My situation is a lot like yours by DJShay — 102
18) What did I say? n/t by ct — 98
19) No shit, grow some balls already. by rudewarrior — 97
20) One of the thing that I have by Granny Doc — 96
21) Obama is Clearly the Most Gifted Politician by Mr X — 91
22) Ct's talking about a series of tubes by smash artist — 91
23) You know people have gone off deep end when... by KilljoyAZ — 88
24) A fact sheet of some basic talking points to use by ShadowSD — 84
25) Spring has sprung T'ursdee by Ninepatch — 82
26) Tip Jar by Skulnick — 80
27) post humpday by khereva — 78
28) My only issue with your diary... by mayan — 76
29) My 90-year-old aunt, a former HRC supporter,... by jeroly — 74
30) Who cares what the GOP thinks? by angrytoyrobot — 73