High Impact Diaries - July 21, 2008

Welcome to yamans (uid 170940) who registered at 2008-07-22 06:06:19 EDT, the most recent of 132 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 331 Kogs posted 331 diaries of which 315 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3215 recommending readers and viewed by 10203; 165 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 65 by 30 or more, and 18 by 100 or more.  Commenters (2936) visited 326 diaries; 196 had 10 or more commenters, 56 had 30 or more, and 13 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 331 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.149, average = 0.41, max = 8.99, total =  136.9 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 3.16 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Tue Jul 22 06:10:05 2008 EDT; diaries posted less than 24 hours before that remained open for recommendation at that time.  

Links to on site search for yesterday, a year ago, and the last 6 hours are also included.

2008-07-21 00:00:55 - 2008-07-21 23:56:05
DailyKos diaries = 331;  331 per day; 13.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 4568 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5727 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	2936	1631	281	2895	1159	18	135
recommend	1631	3215	137	3144	1582	51	135
write	281	137	331	327	48		135
view	2895	3144	327	10203		5727	135

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	331	315	165	65	18
commentators	331	326	196	56	13
connections	331	315	262	125	20
views	331	331	331	312	191

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 331 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.149, average = 0.41, max = 8.99, total =  136.9 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 3.16 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 16888
Maximum possible such pairs: 4568 x 331 = 1512008
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.117%
Average degree (links/user) = 16888/4568 = 3.697

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 96556
Number of tag size classes: 773
Most often used tag: Barack Obama (36942 diaries)
Singleton tags: 59943 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 244 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 280 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 665 (number of diaries tagged by the tag just exceeding the n50 level)

• Up to 150 diaries, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
• The diaries are sorted by number of recommendations (nrec); those in bold were on the front page recommended list.
• The TableTools extension for the Firefox browser allows you to sort by any column.
• For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this diary.

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	viewers	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	817	542	301	1007	4864	8.99	UPDATEX2: Night Before Senator Obama Leaves Condi Rice Bars Embassies from Aiding Travel	mouser68	13:41
2	766	472	210	890	5455	8.27	America you have been had:  The BBC shames us again!	don mikulecky	00:58
3	615	699	337	814	2921	6.94	BREAKING:  10 Days That Shook The World - Obama in Iraq - (UPDATE ☺☺ 4)	Al Rodgers	12:13
4	503	513	289	723	5104	5.86	Meredith Vieira NAILING McCain on the Today Show (Now with Video)	CarrieNYC	07:19
5	484	462	262	662	4098	5.53	LOL! McCain Versus Obama In Today's Images	slinkerwink	15:56
6	421	400	170	486	2061	4.54	My NetrootsNation08 Recap EXTREMELY PHOTO HEAVY!!	navajo	18:52
7	421	284	176	543	3654	4.71	Updated II: NYT REJECTS McCain Op-ed because Victory Definition Wanted; with new SNARKY Rebutal	kubla000	12:12
8	386	378	137	463	2160	4.21	Woman Gives Birth Under Torture: Homeland Security Hell	thinkbridge	14:21
9	354	223	108	411	1820	3.82	They've Officially Moved from "Reconstruction" to "Occupation"	thereisnospoon	17:22
10	347	413	192	460	3218	3.92	Bush should be President for Life: Cheney-linked "Think-tank"	xxdr zombiexx	08:16
11	310	432	253	479	2145	3.73	Andrea Mitchell on Hardball:  "Clearly the Surge has worked"?!?   WTF?!?!	WinSmith	19:22
12	304	113	60	338	1590	3.24	House Hearing: What Your Broadband Provider Knows About Your Web Use	HeartlandLiberal	08:14
13	291	145	83	345	1812	3.16	Maliki does NOT credit 'surge' with turnaround in Iraq	GregMitch	15:19
14	280	337	175	385	2408	3.21	ABC: McCain confuses Iraq with Afganistan (updated with link)	AZDem	09:37
15	242	143	99	313	3141	2.71	Andrew Card laughed off Morning Joe for "Time Horizon" (updated w/Video)	Bob Sackamento	08:22
16	217	156	87	255	2454	2.35	I Lost My Virginity at NN at My Kegger (That the Cops Busted)	OrangeClouds115	21:50
17	112	126	45	129	614	1.21	Gather Ye Rosebuds...	JeffLieber	00:00
18	111	121	52	119	224	1.17	IGTNT: "I'll see you on the other side"	JeNoCo	21:43
19	73	83	36	91	438	0.81	How To Rape A Woman And Get Away With It	AndyT	15:10
20	70	102	47	91	246	0.78	This question needs to be asked about McCain's foreign policy gaffes	clammyc	16:20
21	67	492	61	86	163	0.75	Cheers and Jeers MONDAY!	AAbshier	13:53
22	57	50	22	59	136	0.60	Netroots Nation: Keep Turning Texas Blue!	kath25	11:02
23	52	85	54	91	656	0.66	Army Releases Strong Obama Photo with Petraeus	drational	20:26
24	51	51	31	70	521	0.58	Let's stick it to MSNBC's pro-McCain poll	Randall Sherman	16:55
25	50	105	27	61	195	0.55	Top Netroots Nation Moments (Squirmy Rooter Edition)	DemocraticLuntz	22:46
26	49	69	35	71	259	0.57	BREAKING: Karadzic, The butcher of Bosnia: CAPTURED!!! [UPDATEDx8]	yaddab	17:40
27	49	55	39	76	298	0.59	Be Careful, What You Wish For......	icebergslim	21:14
28	47	42	21	53	202	0.50	Howard Dean and me (updated w/NN gossip)	Carnacki	13:23
29	46	64	46	84	394	0.60	Bush Approval at 21%; 41% of Supporters Say Getting Worse	Pragmaticus	14:47
30	46	63	35	67	438	0.54	Lieberman on Giving RNC Speech: Strip My Leadership! w/video	Lauren S	03:05
31	45	120	54	81	341	0.58	Are They TRYING to Kill You?  Update	Granny Doc	14:51
32	44	10	10	47	100	0.46	Wonderful and crucial NN keynote by Van Jones	Jerome a Paris	13:17
33	43	94	61	84	233	0.58	O'Reilly to Women: Birth Control "Not A Medical Condition"	Cali Scribe	22:00
34	43	90	49	77	327	0.55	Desperate McCain Resorts to Attacking Obama on Lack of Service	turneresq	15:51
35	43	33	20	45	92	0.45	Say what you mean, do what you say	Larry Kissell	10:07
36	43	27	12	48	85	0.46	History for Kossacks: Bonus Expeditionary Force	Unitary Moonbat	21:27
37	42	19	9	45	152	0.44	Even if you couldn't be there - Politically Active Youth	teacherken	08:03
38	42	41	28	58	245	0.48	Blackwater Dropping Security	jimstaro	20:29
39	41	65	31	61	233	0.48	Why Is Bush/Mukasey Asking For New AUMF ?	SmileySam	15:10
40	41	61	26	61	297	0.48	Breaking: Iraqi govt AGAIN endorses Obama timeline	a gnostic	11:20
41	41	29	20	51	178	0.45	Obama Seeks to Rebuild European Alliances McCain Mocked	Avenging Angel	13:02
42	40	62	23	49	182	0.44	Here's Al-Maliki Video."We want US out by 2010", says Ali al-Dabbagh, NBC Video	Excelscior1	10:14
43	40	46	29	53	166	0.45	Sadie Does Austin: NN'08 Through the Eyes of My 8-Year-Old...	Melody Townsel	20:43
44	38	100	24	48	156	0.42	Top Comments: Corrections Edition	sardonyx	22:01
45	38	22	13	44	169	0.41	The most bang for your donation buck	droogie6655321	13:32
46	38	14	13	44	236	0.41	McCain Advisor Says Diebold Tampered With 2002 Races in Georgia	The Myrkat	07:15
47	37	82	33	55	225	0.44	ALERT: New McCain Ad Blames OBAMA for High Gas Prices	dansac	11:07
48	37	49	28	52	93	0.43	Infant mortality, race, and myths	mamamedusa	11:33
49	35	83	40	66	282	0.46	Wingnuts bar Sen. Grassley (R-IA) from Iowa's RNC delegation	VirginiaDem	22:47
50	34	22	20	44	177	0.38	FYI	edscan	22:12
51	34	11	9	37	104	0.36	Let's keep this ball rolling	Scott Kleeb	19:27
52	33	49	38	56	376	0.41	Last Month Obama Raised $25 million in ONE DAY and gets a new Plane (Updated)	Muzikal203	09:21
53	33	34	13	36	175	0.35	Not all the Austin news coverage was bad	anotherdemocrat	14:54
54	33	17	13	41	315	0.36	Times Publishes Entire Email to McCain, re: rejected op-ed	litho	21:16
55	32	32	17	39	131	0.35	Gearing Up for Years of Cheers & Jeers	MsSpentyouth	16:13
56	32	32	13	35	168	0.34	Netroots Photoblog--Notes from a budding activist	crazyshirley2100	12:22
57	31	168	27	42	243	0.35	Netroots Nation: dishing the gossip	occams hatchet	15:47
58	31	32	10	36	70	0.33	Veteran Affairs Office of Inspector General reports vet claims not being processed right	testvet6778	08:11
59	31	22	13	33	58	0.33	High Impact Diaries - July 20, 2008	jotter	09:44
60	31	19	16	40	317	0.35	NYT: McCain "berated" Democratic Senators to Authorize Iraq	RKA	10:44
61	31	17	14	40	217	0.35	92-year old woman endorses Obama w/ video	LaughingPlanet	12:23
62	30	63	44	64	272	0.43	Lieberman: Obama choosing to lose Iraq war	TomP	14:09
63	30	55	22	45	227	0.36	BREAKING: Karadzic Arrested in Serbia	FischFry	17:55
64	30	16	12	39	159	0.34	North Pole today, 7/21/08	billlaurelMD	12:28
65	30	6	6	32	179	0.32	University's PR Machine Trashes Fired Blogger	Bama Blazer	18:00
66	29	155	55	70	352	0.45	How Gore Should Have Answered the Meat Question	Michele Simon	02:18
67	29	110	55	77	741	0.48	McCain advisor attacks Obama's daughters	jedidiah	18:54
68	29	71	29	49	455	0.36	BREAKING: Court makes Heather Wilson (R-NM01) cry some mo'......	kestrel9000	10:35
69	29	12	9	32	113	0.31	It Came From the Swamps!	Devilstower	11:20
70	28	43	21	41	171	0.33	AK-SEN: Begich leads Stevens by 8 points	Angry White Democrat	15:32
71	28	14	12	33	120	0.30	Impeachment Hearing This Friday, July 25	Ralph Lopez	16:03
72	27	82	26	48	347	0.35	Scheduled take over of DailyKos by Europeans	cheap french wine	18:02
73	27	80	32	53	428	0.37	Obama has landed in IRAQ	VanBCGunner	01:28
74	27	42	28	50	420	0.35	The Washington Post All But Endorses McCain	Stroszek	14:41
75	26	129	33	53	340	0.36	PPP Poll Ohio: Obama Still Well Ahead	Davidsfr	13:20
76	26	71	17	37	148	0.30	I See Real People:  And So Do You	gchaucer2	13:55
77	26	8	6	28	55	0.27	Mountain Monday: 10 Years of Coal	faithfull	09:00
78	25	338	109	125	643	0.69	Breaking: Obama, Hagel, Reed Detail Iraq Mtgs	beegee kochav	22:07
79	25	46	17	39	381	0.30	The filings are in, and it was 54.2 MILLION!	synchronicityii	01:34
80	25	36	27	48	473	0.33	Bill O'Reilly Needs To Be Fired For This	davefromqueens	07:47
81	25	29	19	39	329	0.30	European Tour: Sarkozy and Brown Mad at Obama	Cleveland Dem	09:55
82	25	20	10	32	183	0.28	Keating Five gets some coverage. UPDATED.	bbxcountry25	11:20
83	24	105	39	55	434	0.36	Lieberman here is your ass. Bayh smackdown & a good week coming	ourhispanicvoices	00:36
84	24	22	11	32	332	0.27	Bill C51 in Canada is a MAJOR WARNING about fascism coming in through food and health products.	Scaredhuman	01:51
85	23	76	24	42	181	0.30	Biggest Health Insurer Admits: We put profits before people	Richard Kirsch	16:04
86	23	46	27	45	323	0.31	A PIE will get you on the terrorist watchlist, apparently	lordradish	00:23
87	23	43	18	36	123	0.28	Children held at Gitmo, at least one died there	benthos	12:18
88	23	42	24	35	124	0.27	"Caviar" health costs are our fault, whines McSame advisor	Dirk McQuigley	11:19
89	23	28	16	31	133	0.26	Shouting Down The Naysayers	RenaRF	14:31
90	23	23	15	31	113	0.26	McCain vs. Amtrak	gooners	18:26
91	23	20	12	32	143	0.26	Inspired by Darcy's T-Shirt	phoebe1st	15:47
92	23	12	6	25	131	0.24	The Woodward and Bernstein of 2008	MotleyPatriot	10:37
93	22	88	27	48	506	0.32	Colin Powell Advising Obama	mobilio316	10:24
94	22	55	23	32	165	0.26	I am NOT the Enemy	BayAreaKen	14:06
95	22	31	12	27	49	0.24	The Grieving Room - This Love will Carry...	KibbutzAmiad	19:45
96	22	21	13	28	67	0.24	Grandmothering and Politics	RO45	16:59
97	22	15	13	31	151	0.25	The Great DailyKos Seed Exchange	boatgeek	18:32
98	21	27	18	34	173	0.26	Manufacturing Monday: The Prius to be made in America, VW expands too!	Johnny Venom	05:17
99	21	24	15	31	219	0.25	Good Riddance, Wayne Allard [Updated X2, Same Great Poll]	Subo	18:10
100	21	14	11	27	72	0.23	Are you going to a platform meeting? Take this with you!	dawnt	15:03
101	20	42	12	30	385	0.24	What the hell is up with you, Newsweek?	AndyS In Colorado	07:47
102	20	23	9	27	140	0.23	Kids in NC Get Thrown Under the Bus	Jim Neal	16:41
103	19	38	13	26	96	0.22	Americans don't need Medical Insurance	funluvn1	10:32
104	19	16	7	23	78	0.21	Ok netroots, what do we do now?	DemocracyLover in NYC	19:49
105	18	64	29	38	144	0.25	When is Hate Speech OK?	Maori	22:33
106	18	63	37	51	438	0.31	Obama's train has left station without Hillraisers	truthseeking missile	17:08
107	18	50	24	35	302	0.24	I'm Shocked, Just Shocked. Shocked, I Say	AndrewMC	09:23
108	18	49	24	35	149	0.24	A Better Way to Counter the Pro-Drilling Argument	angryreader18	15:05
109	18	9	9	23	177	0.20	Nevada Republicans Sue ... the Nevada GOP	Califlander	19:17
110	18	8	7	20	91	0.19	A Humorous Live Blog of Netroots Nation	LeeCamp	16:58
111	16	160	25	33	165	0.22	The Daily Show/Colbert Report Spoiler and Chat Thread, 07/21/08	PerfectStormer	22:55
112	16	72	18	25	123	0.19	Take the Termite Challenge: Talk to three moderates about John McCain	The Termite	16:42
113	16	44	14	26	86	0.20	The "Enumerated Powers Act" - a snake in the grass? [Update]	Wee Mama	14:39
114	16	30	23	34	233	0.23	Movie Review: The Dark Knight	jeph	01:58
115	16	29	13	23	72	0.19	The Unconstitutional Leviathan that is FISA	EmperorHadrian	22:59
116	16	27	15	23	49	0.19	Wine, the NFL, and competing with the government	dhonig	13:16
117	16	17	12	20	71	0.18	Lakoff: Cultural Narratives, Metaphor, and Brain "Change"	Lindahyattyoung	21:11
118	16	13	10	22	65	0.18	Video Preview: John McCain and the War in Iraq	JedReport	18:45
119	16	10	9	21	39	0.18	NN08 & CA-04 - The Class Act that is Charlie Brown	TheWurx	18:50
120	16	10	7	18	66	0.17	DNC, College Dems team up to protect student voting rights	ScottyUrb	02:23
121	16	6	6	18	96	0.17	Post NN Memo to Netroots: No need to wait for next FISA... Let's just keep fighting	k franklin	17:31
122	16	3	3	17	112	0.17	What Do We Do With People Like You? updated	tmdem	23:33
123	15	151	97	107	605	0.57	Breaking: McCain to Pick VP This Week!	mikeymike68	17:53
124	15	50	32	41	183	0.25	Billo's annual tirade: DK = KKK & Nazis	Rob Dapore	20:17
125	15	31	19	25	71	0.19	Your Brother is The One Who Thinks Like You	Wattree	17:38
126	15	21	13	22	72	0.18	A Literary Thread: Slaughterhouse-Five and John McCain	Sad Iron	15:31
127	15	17	14	24	147	0.18	Obama "cool conservative," McCain "exuberant idealist"	John Campanelli	16:04
128	14	240	22	26	231	0.18	Countdown with Keith Olbermann - July 21, 2008	CityLightsLover	21:41
129	14	78	48	57	451	0.32	McCain Picking Veep, Going to New Orleans(Update: Or Not)	Setrak	19:12
130	14	18	13	26	268	0.18	It Keeps Getting Worse For McCain	omgitsparishilton	13:50
131	13	76	46	55	329	0.31	McCain (in desperation) will pick VP this week...	NMDan	18:43
132	13	69	36	42	250	0.25	What Does Obama Smell Like? (w/poll!)	djlavoie	14:16
133	13	32	22	30	211	0.19	Obama creates strategic shift on Iraq	catchlightning	16:37
134	12	67	24	31	177	0.19	Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation	Paul Hogarth	11:13
135	12	43	27	32	136	0.20	Mike Savage Hates Kids with Autism	CTReformedRep	16:03
136	12	37	19	26	114	0.17	Scum on the Day: Sec. of Treasury Paulson	jeepndesert	16:20
137	12	30	24	31	126	0.19	Myth of Media Bias for Obama	JohnKWilson	11:56
138	10	212	53	58	330	0.31	Sorry Observant Jews, The Constitution Doesn't Protect Your Mezuzah	The Rollback Campaign	11:30
139	10	68	22	32	140	0.19	A Dollar Donated to Hillary Clinton is a Dollar not Spent Against Republicans	organicdemocrat	07:17
140	9	134	72	74	411	0.39	Bill Oreilly describes Dailykos as 'evil'	Forbin001	23:25
141	9	27	21	28	113	0.17	Janet Jackson's Breast Unfined: Score One for the First Amendment	PaulLev	21:16
142	7	109	40	44	409	0.24	Obama is a EDITED FOR SENSIBILITIES	Black Max	11:13
143	7	51	33	39	280	0.21	Hillraisers Donated Less Than $20,000 To Obama In June	NicoPitney	17:42
144	7	50	38	44	272	0.24	O'Reilly: Netroots Nation Worse Than the Klan	CalexanderJ	19:39
145	7	30	26	30	212	0.17	Politico: "National Review to McCain: Run as Hillary"	Hope Reborn	11:48
146	6	239	65	71	667	0.37	Unreleased Pentagon 9-11 footage, possible C-130 overflight	2501	22:23
147	6	33	28	32	353	0.17	Why I just donated money to a Republican.	Brainwrap	13:28
148	3	242	69	72	393	0.37	What it's like to have been blacklisted.	doc superdog	23:07
149	3	90	41	43	273	0.22	Calling dKos Savvy Travelers:  HELP!	concernedamerican	23:30
150	3	51	31	32	206	0.17	Will Iraqi's Agreeing with Obama - Backfire on Him?	cscmm	21:45

Impact total:  122.1

 rank - Order based on number of recommendations.
 nrec - Number of recommendations
 ncom - Number of comments
 tator - Number of commenters or commenTators (ow, ... sorry, I know).
 cnx - Number of connections, which is the total of commenters and recommenders, without duplication.
 impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx
 Diary - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos diary displaying the title.
 Author - Hyperlink to the diary authors Daily Kos home page.
 Time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly posts.

NB: Some diaries on this list were still open for recommendation at the time it was compiled.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2007-07-22 00:05:29 - 2007-07-22 23:58:18
DailyKos diaries = 189;  189 per day;  7.9 per hour
Active Kogs: 3310 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2019	1285	175	659	100
recommend	1285	2563	100	1278	100
write	175	100	188	13	100

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	189	185	105	42	9
commentators	189	189	115	28	9
connections	189	185	148	69	11

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 1

Impact statistics from all 189 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.156, average = 0.43, max = 8.07, total =   80.6 bharns
r50 = 7 (at 3.02 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 9619
Maximum possible such pairs: 3310 x 188 = 622280
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.546%
Average degree (links/user) = 9619/3310 = 2.906

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	738	868	293	892	8.07	Bringing Down the Cheney-Bush Administration	Meteor Blades	22:54
2	618	375	148	676	6.55	Another 'False Flag' Red Flag	mrgrandefromage	11:23
3	554	373	196	667	6.05	College Republican Chickenhawks Get Busted	The Angry Rakkasan	04:32
4	531	230	137	585	5.64	Watch This Video	Unstable Isotope	07:43
5	427	369	162	502	4.63	"A Very Trying Process" My Ass	The Baculum King	21:32
6	362	1021	508	721	4.95	Demanding Accountability	Senator Russ Feingold	10:28
7	339	973	195	437	3.79	What Better Reason Than War Crimes and Treason?	One Pissed Off Liberal	12:36
8	277	344	123	333	3.02	"The Only Moral Abortion Is My Abortion"	choice joyce	16:21
9	125	43	25	131	1.31	CA-42 Ron Shepston rides into a Republican stronghold	Shockwave	10:52
10	78	419	119	154	1.06	Ask A Kossak, W/Free Answers! ...DK vs RL	buhdydharma	19:01

Double Bonus Election Year Bonanza Feature: One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2006-07-21 00:05:46 - 2006-07-21 23:55:19
DailyKos diaries = 286;  286 per day; 11.9 per hour
Active Kogs: 3135 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2035	1093	235	809	102
recommend	1093	2148	108	1049	102
write	235	108	286	45	102

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	286	272	112	33	11
commentators	286	282	132	29	5
connections	286	272	198	72	12

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 286 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.107, average = 0.25, max = 4.95, total =   72.9 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 0.58 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 9139
Maximum possible such pairs: 3135 x 286 = 896610
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.019%
Average degree (links/user) = 9139/3135 = 2.915

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	454	641	197	545	4.95	Pacifism	One Pissed Off Liberal	19:11
2	403	374	161	500	4.44	Wow, Sirota...what a finish!	Bill in Portland Maine	15:07
3	370	185	96	415	3.95	Forced Abortions = Trouble for the GOP	dengre	07:12
4	309	608	297	533	3.91	Take Newt Seriously	eugene	12:17
5	284	232	126	352	3.13	Hezbollah for Dummies...or Bush.  Either one.	advisorjim	16:42
6	281	126	82	322	3.02	Breaking: Negroponte Censors CIA from telling  Truth re: Iraq	Steven D	09:46
7	217	113	63	237	2.30	The Working Poor in Appalachian Ohio-My Story, Part II	Buckeye BattleCry	12:48
8	205	176	100	266	2.30	Soldiers Say They Had Orders to 'Kill All Military Age Males' in Iraq Raid	Daisy Cutter	19:27
9	202	186	82	248	2.22	Why I Support Jim Webb	Hackett	14:04
10	164	139	64	205	1.81	Spineless? Or Just Bought And Paid For? - UPDATED	OrangeClouds115	10:19

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