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.
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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.Welcome to the adult swim!
OK, may I say that I'm really glad I had the diary today; otherwise I would have completely forgotten about Mother's Day.
I'm usually not that bad about remembering holidays (Hallmark-generated or otherwise) but this one's a sore subject with me, having the extraordinarily bad luck to have chosen a biological mother who played favorites and counted coup. I was fortunate in that I had a loving and kind stepmother who taught me about unconditional love before it was too late. Regardless of our separate histories, I thank them both. Each taught me a great deal about life, in their own way.
Reading the site today I saw a great many comments from Kossacks, honoring the mothers in their lives. I've selected a few, below, to share.
Not too much chatter from me; I'm tired from overwork and the sick! :) But I had great fun reading the site after a few weeks' absence and I've missed you all terribly, so let's go on to the comments.
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Contributions From your fellow Kossacks! Remember, you can submit a comment for inclusion to Top Comments by emailing it to topcomments (at) gmail (dot) com.
From monkeybiz
Califsherry gets it right about the high standards to which our children hold us in this comment from SusanG's The Political Crucible of Motherhood. May we parents be our best selves for our children's sakes.
From peace voter
This is the first time that I've sent in a suggestion - I hope I'm not sending this too late in the day. It's a great sardonic comment by LNK
From LithiumCola
From the diary Near U.S. Media Blackout of Afghan Parliament by, umm, me.
rjonesstarts a good thread, debating the right way to deal with the situation in Afghanistan.
Superpolediscusses the effect of the American election cycle on Afghan politics.
From there, sheryle and Superpole get into a good discussion.
jennifer pooleoffers a concrete example of a media blackout, in Britain.
RockRichardbrings an on-the-ground perspective that the US is doing good in Afghanistan. Obviously against the tide for the diary; his comments are very good.
duffbeer tells a really, really funny joke.
From Night Owl
bumblebums on the old comment rating system.
From BeninSC:
This comment, by Loquatrix, tries to placate a commenter upset about what I thought was an exceptionally fine FP diary by SusanG. I thought it was simply an excellent comment, and am happy to recommend it to the TC community, along with Susan's diary!
From fellow traveler CSKendrick:
Virgomusicextols the virtues of traveling COACH instead of coach :)
kayakbiker reminds us that as far as the Bushies are concerned, it's not stealing if the people who already have all the money do it
Nightowl comes up with a pithy nickname for the endless succession of Bush administration scandals.
The Citizensgrrr.... :)
Mapman points out the difference between being a believer and being a religion addict
From Light Emitting Pickle
MrHinkyDinkresponds to my comment about having a Furby, but never turning it on. Heh.
From Carnacki
duffbeer on an Iraqi faceoff
jotter crunches the numbers to provide some Daily Kos historical perspective
the stormy present on the flight of professionals and other citizens from Iraq
And, from your humble diarist!
Mother's Day There are many odes to mothers and motherhood on the site today. Here are some I found:
From spiraltn, who posts the 1870 Mother's Day Proclamation. And from hester,undercovercalico,Desert Rose,FatPath,lynn47,Southern Mouth, and Karma for All.
The Raven speaks to Bush's chances of being an elder statesman
Tamifahchannels Senator Grassley
The Raven, again, on how the modern GOP works
buhdydharma reminds us we have a common mother
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Top Comments by Mojo
Top Mojo - excluding search-identifiable tip jars, first diary comments and C&J comments:
1 Sometimes he was wrong, but many times he was by blksista - 173 2 Share some Love by Tomtech - 119 3 Nice diary Mike. It is outrageous that by Scout Finch - 60 4 Honoring one sector of society ... by SusanG - 59 5 I agree with you on all counts ...n/t by Meteor Blades - 55 6 Yes, our "friend" in the Middle East is a by blue jersey mom - 53 7 someone in congress is apparently awake... by the stormy present - 53 8 Ditto by Lisa Lockwood - 51 9 Steve Gilliard is by Unstable Isotope - 49 10 I wish Kos didn't make by citizenx - 49 11 Godwin's law needs to be retired by Conservative Liberal - 46 12 Yellowstone for me! by MA Liberal - 44 13 The issue isn't really Coulter, kiddo... by la urracca - 44 14 i think you are overly sensitive by teacherken - 43 15 Steve's been way ahead of the game for long time by rhfactor - 43 16 Be prepared to duck. by dkmich - 42 17 If you're going somewhere, make sure... by Plutonium Page - 42 18 Nicely done. n/t by Meteor Blades - 42 19 ...and one of those errors by blksista - 41 20 Ironically, we did see this by LithiumCola - 40 21 Both you and Clammyc are on the mark. Sadly. by akeitz - 39 22 Drag Coulter in front of Congress. by chumley - 36 23 just in case :) .. a hug to spare by PhillyGal - 35 24 Staying home, supervised by the boss by retrograde - 35 25 My Sunday Funnies by craigb - 34 26 I hope this doesn't come across as morbid by Guy Noir - 34 27 Hospitals are very dangerous places in America by Dump Terry McAuliffe - 34 28 As an avid scuba diver by The Raven - 34 29 Congress needs to replicate itself three or by inclusiveheart - 33 30 Oh Jeeze. by blue vertigo - 33
Top Mojo - everything included:
1 Tip Jar by LithiumCola - 195 2 in all honesty, by clammyc - 190 3 Tip jar by canyonrat - 184 4 Sometimes he was wrong, but many times he was by blksista - 173 5 Share some Love by Tomtech - 119 6 Tip Jar by davidsirota - 106 7 Tip jar by devtob - 95 8 He has my prayers and best wishes. by Lucius Vorenus - 92 9 Tips for green beans! by KiaRioGrl79 - 91 10 Tip Jar by BlueTide - 80 11 Tip Jar......... by Cronesense - 76 12 Tip Jar - 13 May by Jerome a Paris - 71 13 hehehe! hitchin' a ride .. errr,,.... Tip Jar! by PhillyGal - 69 14 here i am! by buhdydharma - 68 15 Tips by kestrel9000 - 66 16 Tip Jar by Newsie8200 - 65 17 Nice diary Mike. It is outrageous that by Scout Finch - 60 18 Honoring one sector of society ... by SusanG - 59 19 I agree with you on all counts ...n/t by Meteor Blades - 55 20 Yes, our "friend" in the Middle East is a by blue jersey mom - 53 21 someone in congress is apparently awake... by the stormy present - 53 22 Ditto by Lisa Lockwood - 51 23 I wish Kos didn't make by citizenx - 51 24 Tip jar. by Eternal Hope - 50 25 Steve Gilliard is by Unstable Isotope - 49 26 Tonight's Resource by pastordan - 49 27 Tips/Flames by trifecta - 47 28 Tonight's Tip by carolita - 47 29 Godwin's law needs to be retired by Conservative Liberal - 46 30 Tip by Carnacki - 45
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