We have so many insightful and powerful diaries written here at Daily Kos. Our diaries inform, inflame, impassion, and even entertain. We Kossacks have strong voices and an even stronger will to be the change we wish to see in this country.
One of the richest, and perhaps most under-appreciated, areas of thought come in the form of comments attached to these diaries.
Here at Top Comments we strive to recognize and promote the talent of this community by highlighting outstanding comments found throughout the day by the diarist, and through nominations at made at TopComments at gmail dot com by your fellow Kossacks.
These nominations are subjective, and certainly not complete (as no one can read the complete site on a daily basis!). But we hope they will serve to shine a light where deserved, and to give the reader a good starting point in finding conversation on the site.
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My day didn't start out to be this busy, but you know how life can be. It just dumped an overnight editing job on my desk, which means that although I need to do Top Comments tonight, I can't stick around for very long once the diary has been posted. As you may have already guessed by reading the title.
So no, this isn't a DK4 diary, or a DK4 beta diary. Since I won't be available to answer questions, it would be beyond cruel to actually talk about the last two days of the beta and of Daily Kos as we know it here. And I'm not a cruel person.
Instead, I'll end my penultimate pre-DK4 Top Comments diary—and the ante-penultimate pre-DK4 Top Comments diary period— with unusual celerity, since there were so many Top Comments nominated today. Why not run right to them?
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A number of people "posted" email comment nominations, and they duly appeared in the Top Comments mailbox in time for the 9:30pm Eastern Time deadline. The address of our mailbox for top comments submissions remains:
TopComments AT gmail DOT com
(change " AT " to "@" and " DOT " to ".")
Anyone can send great comments to our address. Be sure to include the direct link to a comment—the URL—which is available from that comment's date/time; we need that to find your choice. Please always include your Daily Kos user name in the body of your message, so we can credit you properly. If you send a writeup with the link, we are able to include that, too, though we reserve the right to edit.
From linneatus:
Empty Vessel talks about the high quality of Vermont politicians, and mama jo makes a spot-on observation in response.
From marleycat:
This comment from Ulysses795 in his rescued diary says a lot about the American mindset when it comes to helping others. [Editor's note: since the diary was rescued last night after Top Comments published, I'm allowing the comment even if it was made earlier on Tuesday than our deadline usually allows.]
From Kristina40:
From gjohnsit's diary How to drop the unemployment rate to zero, BigAlinWashSt's comment is a sad commentary about our unemployed and homeless populations, and in a completely different vein, jfromga has a snarkalicious comment.
From blueoregon:
geomoo laid out exactly why what Justice Thomas is doing is illegal and how badly our justice system is broken in Roger Shuler's diary on the same topic.
From alizard (writeup by sardonyx):
Egalitaire writes about the dangers in putting off maintaining infrastructure of all types, as this country has been wont to do.
From Angie in WA State:
In an0nym0us's diary BUSTED: Anonymous Uncovers Corporate Proposal to Take Down Wikileaks, Lisa Lockwood posts a perfect two-photo comment, each with its own word balloon.
From sardonyx (your running Wednesday diarist):
shaharazade reminds us of what it takes to generate demand in this economy.
agnostic asks if it's wrong to laugh hysterically at the chickens coming home to roost in Texas, but it's the lax enforcement description that caught many eyes.
A couple of wonderfully snarky comments about now-former-Congressman Chris Lee (back when he was pre-former) from Methinks They Lie (on Lee's cover identity), and ekyprogressive wanted a clarification about just where Lee's ads had been posted.
Please add your own comment finds below!
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Tonight's top mojo was generated by brillig; I owe her (another) big one!
Top 30 Comments excluding tip jars, first comments and stuff:
1) Hillary's right there's too much money to be made by FishOutofWater — 190
2) What was it FDR said? by Big Tex — 135
3) ! by Lisa Lockwood — 135
4) Thanks for keeping us up to date by Louise — 116
5) If you don't take a temperature... by Dallasdoc — 109
6) lemme see if I have the stats correct by entlord — 94
7) Chilling. by Jim M — 86
8) On the bright side, by psychodrew — 84
9) That certainly puts anti-Greenwald diaries here by lotlizard — 84
10) Is it just possible... by goinsouth — 83
11) Grew up there by Empty Vessel — 83
12) saw this on Maher. Unbelievable! by TheHalfrican — 83
13) "I welcome their hatred!" by Clarknt67 — 81
14) and unfortunately, by mama jo — 81
15) Never by Dallasdoc — 79
16) I highly recommend the Gawker article. by Adama D Brown — 76
17) Welcome to the REAL world guys and gals. How by nannyboz — 76
18) As a Florida resident by fl1972 — 75
19) She's right. by TomP — 72
20) And let's remember, they're making at least by Mother Mags — 71
21) The Party of "Family Values" by JekyllnHyde — 69
22) Experience... by rukidingme — 67
23) Wanna know how bad it is? by 4CasandChlo — 66
24) Well, my personal theory by Clarknt67 — 65
25) Florida's "New and Improved" GOP Governor by JekyllnHyde — 64
26) Very nice! by nippersdad — 64
27) "Fun, classy guy " by jnhobbs — 64
28) They like to ply their trade in the dark. by sceptical observer — 64
29) In all seriousness by HoratioGalt — 63
30) From: Aaron Barr <aaron@hbgary.com> by Andrew C White — 62
Top 30 Comments with no exclusions, aka the Tip Jar & Pooties list :-):
1) Tip Jar by an0nym0us — 370
2) Imagine if facts ruled in politics. by xxdr zombiexx — 360
3) Tip Jar by Clarknt67 — 332
4) Tip Jar by Clarknt67 — 322
5) Tip Jar by RogerShuler — 322
6) Tip Jar by SemDem — 302
7) Tip Jar by Adama D Brown — 288
8) Tip Jar by lanae — 285
9) Tip Jar by gjohnsit — 262
10) Tips? Flames? by Something the Dog Said — 191
11) Hillary's right there's too much money to be made by FishOutofWater — 190
12) Tip Jar by goinsouth — 184
13) Tip Jar by Democrats Ramshield — 136
14) What was it FDR said? by Big Tex — 135
15) ! by Lisa Lockwood — 135
16) Tip Jar by A Siegel — 124
17) Thanks for keeping us up to date by Louise — 116
18) If you don't take a temperature... by Dallasdoc — 109
19) lemme see if I have the stats correct by entlord — 94
20) Chilling. by Jim M — 86
21) Tip Jar by unspeakable — 85
22) On the bright side, by psychodrew — 84
23) That certainly puts anti-Greenwald diaries here by lotlizard — 84
24) Grew up there by Empty Vessel — 83
25) Is it just possible... by goinsouth — 83
26) Tip Jar Members of the Family in the by LaFeminista — 83
27) saw this on Maher. Unbelievable! by TheHalfrican — 83
28) Tip Jar by dmac — 82
29) and unfortunately, by mama jo — 81
30) "I welcome their hatred!" by Clarknt67 — 81
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