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 hopefully they will serve to shine a light where deserved, and to give the reader a good starting point in finding conversation on the site.
Please come in and make yourself at home! Join us beneath the fold...
Tonight's Top Comments
Via opendna:
Detroit Mark approaches media smears like a man from Michigan.
Via noweasels:
Hahahaha!! citizenx on the latest breaking news.
Via Crashing Vor:
timbuck asks a waste disposal question.
Via llbear:
rktect makes some great points about homelessness in debbieleft's diary The Homes McCain doesn't want us to see!
llbear says, "the joint is jumping" in this thread, including comments from darthstar and Dallasdoc.
Via 1864 House:
AdManAnt comes up with the perfect response to deal with McCain's POW dodge.
Via ThatPoshGirl:
G2geek explains in detail how to make a home-made cooling system.
Via Purple Priestess:
nainam97 tells us what folks should be saying to Fox News.
Diogenes2008 raises an interesting observation about those who continue to vote Republican.
Top Mojo
Top Mojo excluding search-identifiable tip jars and first diary comments:
1) Found it by psilocynic — 400
2) As a non-American ... by lifexpert — 293
3) "Sorry, can't help right now. by Patch Adam — 213
4) Rethugs are getting ugly by Dallasdoc — 192
5) I just can't wrap my mind around by Muzikal203 — 174
6) This one, too! by psilocynic — 154
7) Fuck Fox News! by Inky99 — 145
8) Bet he walked to school by Black Max — 142
9) we feel the same way. by bruised toes — 140
10) Used it again today by Kitty — 130
11) Great visual diary, send this to the Obama by pvmuse — 125
12) You'll hear outrage from McCain by discocarp — 125
13) That sounds so funny. by psilocynic — 125
14) McCain knows about getting trashed...he was a POW by darthstar — 116
15) Thanks all for putting this on the Rec List! by AAbshier — 115
16) Quite amusing that to Fox "freedom of speech" by prodigal — 94
17) This is not good for us by Malacandra — 93
18) fox was hoping to find by bosshogg — 88
19) He's grateful that Cindy's father by Muzikal203 — 87
20) He was a POW? by Hannibal — 86
21) How long have you been collecting them by rktect — 84
22) Jesus H. Christ...I just realised Jesus' middle by darthstar — 81
23) Hello papa... by D Wreck — 79
24) He should be VERY careful about bringing by RFK Lives — 79
25) Correction - his arms were broken when by moose67 — 75
26) Great News!!!! by MariaWr — 74
27) I didn't know this thanks by Navy Vet Terp — 73
28) I'm sure O'Reilly will by Stand Strong — 71
29) Obviously by seanflynn — 68
30) oh this is terrible! by fhqwgads — 66
Top Mojo with No Exclusions:
1) Tip Jar by debbieleft — 683
2) Tips and Recs for forceful offense... by kubla000 — 477
3) spare change? by bob zimway — 467
4) Tip Jar by AAbshier — 466
5) Delicious Front Page Goodness! by Glic — 450
6) Found it by psilocynic — 400
7) Tips by seanflynn — 393
8) Sorry if this is jumbled... by RenaRF — 364
9) Tips by JedReport — 323
10) As a non-American ... by lifexpert — 293
11) Tip Jar? by JasperJohns — 293
12) Good to be home... by JeffLieber — 254
13) Tip Jar by Gumpster — 237
14) Tips for Ted!!! by Mr Magu — 233
15) "Sorry, can't help right now. by Patch Adam — 213
16) Best of luck with the recovery by DiegoUK — 200
17) Rethugs are getting ugly by Dallasdoc — 192
18) I just can't wrap my mind around by Muzikal203 — 174
19) But he didn't have a trick or a pony by BoiseBlue — 160
20) This one, too! by psilocynic — 154
21) Fuck Fox News! by Inky99 — 145
22) Bet he walked to school by Black Max — 142
23) we feel the same way. by bruised toes — 140
24) Used it again today by Kitty — 130
25) You'll hear outrage from McCain by discocarp — 125
26) Great visual diary, send this to the Obama by pvmuse — 125
27) That sounds so funny. by psilocynic — 125
28) as usual, I hope this is of some value by teacherken — 122
29) McCain knows about getting trashed...he was a POW by darthstar — 116
30) Thanks all for putting this on the Rec List! by AAbshier — 115