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I just posted a comment on another blog that included this:<br></br><br><i>1. My loyalty goes to [Obama]  at a very basic level because my gut, my deepest sense, feels him as coming from some sort of real integrity/truth in some basic and unusual-for-politics way. I don't always agree with him on content but I am starting to feel like when it comes to political work, I have sometimes been distracted and disoriented by too much focus on content, like shiny glittery ideologies I am \"supposed\" to agree with but find myself not really *feeling.* I am starting to think that what is really important to me is basic good faith to not deceive/manipulate, even where there is disagreement on content.There are actully no words in English for what I am trying to describe but for me it is foundational in some way.</i></br><br></br><br>2. Even though my loyalty goes to Obama, the question still comes up, why do I care about the presidential election at all? Here is what I keep coming back to when I consider this question:</br><br></br><br>\"This person</br><br>in this role</br><br>at this time\"</br><br></br><br>I don't feel he will save the world. I don't feel he will save the country whatever that means. I feel: </br><br></br><br>\"This person</br><br>in this role</br><br>at this time.\"</br><br></br><br>I wonder if I am the only person who feels this way.</br><br></br><br>And then came over here to see this posted. I don't know if what I feel is what Alice Walker is writing about, since words can mean a lot of different things and what I was trying to say is just a poor translation of something I feel in my gut without easy words for it.</br><br></br><br>But whoa. To post that then come here to read this ....</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-28_18:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "de3917e982ff609a0d6f7fb5e3c8f079", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is the article that needs to be widely disseminated.<br></br><br>Wow. Just <i>wow.</i></br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-28_18:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The presidential campaign has really revealed the disconnect between white women and black women, not to mention people of color and whites as a whole. I feel that so many women, such as Erica Jong, Roseanne Barr, Gloria Steinem, etc., are voting for Hillary simply out of loyalty to the \"sisterhood.\" I don't believe that blacks, however, are voting for Obama because he is part-black. I know that many of us (blacks) felt that so-called black leaders, such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, didn't represent us. Obama has served as a unifier among blacks, young people and progressives generally because of his vision. I certainly don't believe this is the case for Hillary. Moreover, it would seem that feminists would want the first female president to be someone who didn't get where she is, in large part, because of her husband's success.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-28_18:41:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7ca5ec8b8af41ca86caf9b6a2f1f045f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behavior towards the Palestinians, and I want the people of the United States to cease acting like they don't understand what is going on......</i><br></br><br>So Alice Walker is an anti-American anti-semite now?   (I say that with rolled eyes, but not really.  Look at what happened to Pastor Wright.)</br><br></br><br>And Walker is absolutely correct about the disconnect between whtie feminists and feminists of color, and what this election season has revealed.  I'm sorry it's taken this, since it's always been there.  I wonder how her quotes are going to be dealt with in Women's Studies courses in the future?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-28_18:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "369dd1fe5f49cbfe5e745f45b499d41e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Also, Alice Walker's interview is a nice addendum to the Democracy Now! interview between <a href=\"http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/14/race_and_gender_in_presidential_politics\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gloria Steinem and Melissa Harris-Lacewell</a> which was posted at Democratic Underground by crankychatter this morning in the thread <a href=\"http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&amp;forum=132&amp;topic_id=5291026&amp;mesg_id=5291082\" rel=\"nofollow\">I'm that young, black woman who helped get white Democrats elected.</a><br></br><br>Am I the only one noticing something about Steinem's responses? because to me, Alice Walker has finally articulated what put me off of Steinem's responses in this interview.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-28_18:59:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "369dd1fe5f49cbfe5e745f45b499d41e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for this post. I'm surprised but glad Walker is supporting Barack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-28_20:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f68aefda2a734e88c29ef5d3cfd4156b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Having just read the excerpts, there are some people who are born to be writers.  Ms. Walker is one of them.  <br></br><br>This campaign has been a re-education of \"white\" America.  It's hard to believe that they are naive enough to think that everyone is in love with this place, but they have to hold that naivete.  If they don't it will require them to ask questions, and those questions <b>will</b> require answers.  </br><br></br><br>Black people are used to tough questions and tough answers, that's what preachers/ministers/\"old\" heads do whenever they get goin.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-28_20:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "e5ebb982b15ef7d8894e895e158ea777", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wonderful reading, plus everyones posts.   I used to be one of those who was totally into voting for a woman based on the feminist thing and thank heavens I grew out of that mentality.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-28_21:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e892379e7d442c8970d7cad6f54d5b8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Count me in as another white feminist for Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-28_23:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "87552106a6dab16d17811f990307db08", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good post and Alice: Thank you...You know what, Alice?  If your white feminist can't see past gender, can't that Obama is special, that he's the right person for America at this time, maybe they were never your friends after all.<br></br><br>They (white feminists) will continue to think black people are voting for Obama only because he's black...while failing to admit that they're voting for Hillary only because she's a woman.  Sometimes it's easier to see in others what's really inside ourselves. And, given the racism-- conscious and unconscious-- in this country, often what whites attribute to blacks often more about in-depth reality. White feminists, many of whom are racist, think blacks are voting for Obama only because he's black because, deep down, in their racist psychology, they believe that blacks stick together no matter what.  They won't even consider that Hillary is a centrist politician riding on hubby's coattail toward the presidency, and will throw the democratic party, Barack Obama, even her momma under the bus to get there.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_07:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f7722f5791bd840b8777096327d9831", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's not just white women - I saw Carol Simpson (sp?) on Larry King last night and she was spitting mad that people were calling on Hillary to drop out.  She said it's only because she's a woman and why should she just take a back seat and take one for the team.  Gee Carol, why don't you look at the facts of this particular situation instead of looking at Hillary as the embodiment of the women's movement?  And to think Hillary's supporters are constantly yelling about Obama playing the race card.  Project much?<br></br><br>Stephanie Miller was also on and tried to tell Carol it's because she's losing and there's no way she'll win NC, Oregon, SD, etc.  And Carol had the gall to yell out \"SMALL STATES!\"  Then she angrily spat out that Hillary's the best choice, yadda yadda, and it's time for a woman to be in charge!  </br><br></br><br>Doesn't it bother her in the least that Hillary went to <i><b>Richard Mellon Scaife</b></i> to revive the Wright controversy?  The godfather of the vast right wing conspiracy that accused Hillary of killing Vince Foster.  Hillary went to that guy because she's desperate and needs a way to keep stoking racial resentments.  How does such cravenness fit into Carol's belief that Hillary's such a great leader?</br><br></br><br>I've seen her before on shows defending Hillary and never saw that type of anger.  Also, I don't think I've heard Hillary supporters openly show disdain for \"small states\".  WTF?  I thought it was just another excuse/ploy to keep the campaign going, I didn't think they actually believed that crap.  </br><br></br><br>I was really ticked by her comments, but realized this morning that perhaps it's just a sign they finally see the writing on the wall.  That's the only way I can explain the incoherent lashing out.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_10:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "e92eceb2a7b2a2077611cc4589f01686", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959053": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I happen to be a white woman and I don't think (even though we have those two things in common) Hillary best represents me or my ideals. Barack does. And I don't care what he has or doesn't have between his legs! I mean, you put it in those terms and how freakin ridiculous that someone would vote for that reason!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_10:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed8af6fa7bff8c938c7a3f3ec73c8150", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Most times I love black people, but sometimes I hate black people!  I hate them most when they perpetuate the same type of intellectual laziness that we castigate white folks for.  Since the Reverend Wright controversy erupted, black folks have been critical of the one dimentionalization (yeah, I made up a word) of Reverend Wright based on a few snippets from a 35 year career.  <br></br><br>Yesterday, Senator Obama appeared on the View.  In response to Hasselback who asked--what most white voters are asking--why did he stay in the church for 20 years and is that a valid question of judgment, he said he MIGHT not have stayed if Reverend Wright were not retiring and if he did not acknowledge how hurtful (to white folks) and inappropriate his words were...\"  </br><br></br><br>Now based on that 10 second and political pratical answer--that did not undermine his core message that Reverend Wright is NOT the caricature he's being made out to be--some of his so-called supporters are now ready to abandon him.  </br><br></br><br>In the words of Reverend Wright, God Damn Black folks!</br><br></br><br>This man is in the political fight of his life, doing the best he can to walk the fine line that white folks and the media have strung out for him, and all we can do is knit pick!</br><br></br><br>And the fuckin' thing that pisses me off most is that he's been carrying this burden on his OWN.  Only a hand full of black preachers came to the Rev's defense!  Most were protecting their own asses!  Did the black folks critical of Senator Obama's statement on yesterday's view get off of their self-righteous asses in the last two weeks and take to the streets in defense of the Reverend Wright?  Hell no!  They left the burden to Senator Obama to defend the Rev, the black church and community as a whole.  And he did a damn good job!  </br><br></br><br>He stood strong for us!  And now SOME want to overly dissect his words on a fuckin' entertainment show and throw the brother overboard.  </br><br></br><br>No, it wasn't a perfect answer, but it was just ONE answer.  But acoording the \"purist\" of us, that ONE answere should dimish his speech and everything elses he said in defense of Rev. Wright while trying to keep his campaign afloat.</br><br></br><br>One black blogger, whom I DEEPLY respect, even reduced the choice between Clinton and Obama to the 'lesser of two evils'. Obama evil?  All it took it is a snippet to start using the racist language against Obama that white folks have been using against Reverend Wright the past two weeks?  After all that the Clintons have done and said, including trashing Reverend Wright sitting right next to Richard Mellon Schaif, you would actually put Senator Obama in the same box as Senator Clinton?</br><br></br><br>How mighty white of you.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_12:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OT<br></br><br>I should have specifically called out Dr. Marc 'Janus Face' Lamont Hill, the new negro media whore.  </br><br></br><br>He's the typical black Obama critic in that he speaks one way to black audiences, criticizing the Senator for being too comprosing and silent on race issues, but puts on another face in front of white folks.</br><br></br><br>Dan Abrams just this week PRAISED Dr. Lamont for his denouncement of Reverend Wright's comments!  But you would never know he denounced Reverend Wright to a primarily white audience when reading his blog on The Root.  In his blog, NOT on air, ee initially criticized Senator Obama for not more strongly defending Wright when the controversy first erupted.  Then, as I said, went on Dan Abram's show and condemned Reverend Wright's comments and said Senator Obama would have to explain his relationship with Wright and why he didn't leave the church.</br><br></br><br>Obama is right, we have more in common than not.  Black folks can be as duplicitous, judgmental, self-serving and self-righteous as white folks.  And it ain't just Marc Lamont Hill I'm talking about.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_12:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Do you think there is a special resentment some black men feel toward Obama?  Obama is biracial, his father was African - he's not typical.  During his early years, Obama wasn't exposed to the typical stigma of being biracial.  Obama seems to have an ease in both worlds, an absence of baggage; whereas, as pointed out with Marc, he morphs according to which audience he's speaking to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_12:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Do you think there is a special resentment some black men feel toward Obama? Obama is biracial, his father was African - he's not typical. During his early years, Obama wasn't exposed to the typical stigma of being biracial. Obama seems to have an ease in both worlds, an absence of baggage; whereas, as pointed out with Marc, he morphs according to which audience he's speaking to.</i><br></br><br>If you read <i>Dreams from My Father</i>, you will see that Obama felt the alienation that many young people who don't fit naturally into their environments feel.</br><br></br><br>Obama's story is typical, despite the characters and the landscape.</br><br></br><br>That said, I do think you hit on something with the resentment you speak of. I thought I'd seen it in the way some Black men publicly criticize Obama, but I thought I was the only one who saw it.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_13:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Reverend Wright and Maya Angelou Friends!  Who would have known?!  Certainly not by her silence. Lets's see, she supports Senator Clinton who bashed Reverend Wright, calling is words hate speech and comparing him to Don Imus, to a conservative editorial board and is friends with Reverend Wright, but did not defend publicly.  <br></br><br>I'll be holding by breath waiting for the same critics of Senator Obama to criticize Maya Angelou for her deceit and betrayal by silence.  Please, I ain't suicidal.</br><br></br><br>http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/867651,wrightcbs032908.article</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_13:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NMP,<br></br><br>Listen, I have heard of Rev. Wright countless times. He was (i'm not sure if he still is) on TV-One, he has been featured in black publications etc.. Many black celebs, scholars and other notables know the Rev. What has gotten me is that not one got up to defend him.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_13:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8623e8e850161265a6267d83471b3d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rhondacoca,<br></br><br>I've noted several times in my countless emails to major news outlets and political talk shows, that no doubt have fallen on death's ear, that it defies common sense that the snippets that are being broadcast are not an accurate reflection of the vast majority of his sermons.  To believe such would require us to believe a number of impossibilities, including the complete iprobability that corporate sponsors of his Sunday show would have either supported and ignored or not have known he was damning America and white folks on a regular basis.  That goes for the FCC as well.  It makes no sense!  Black folks with prominent voices could have made that argument, but they didn't because they didn't because want to risk their reputations and recurring invitation to sit in the negro chair on these programs.  But none of these \"righteous\" black folks criticizing Senator Obama, who has had to carry this burden without any support, has taken them to task for their complicity through silence.</br><br></br><br>They hold Senator Obama to a standard they don't hold other black folks or even themselves.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_13:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tavis on Real Time with Bill Maher, he's asked about the SOBU and Barack not attending.  Bill kind of slaps him after his response.  This YouTube link is the overtime part of the show:<br></br><br><a href=\"http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkkdjHgjxE\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link Real Time overtime</a></br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_14:10:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was just writing what you were saying but I dont think it went through. Exactly!!!<br></br><br>They were and still are shufflin on TV!! Their are so many contradictions that can be pointed out but nobody is doing it because they are also being controlled. They are scared of losing favor and yet of course, their jobs. </br><br></br><br>There is a video on YouTube of Common with Rev.Wright rapping his sermon. Where is he? Someone please go grab him. </br><br></br><br>My roommate used to attend the church because it is not too far from her building. She was introduced to it when her mother died of AIDS. She has been trying to contact the news outlets too and they have been ignoring her and turning her down. </br><br></br><br>I knew that this whole thing would be a problem because white folks dont understand nor do they want to hear certain things. I knew that all the mighty positives of Wright and his church would be tossed out and suppressed for political gain. </br><br></br><br>What a lot of people dont know is the prominence of Wright and TUCC, he isnt just some nut from Chi-Town. </br><br></br><br>\"They hold Senator Obama to a standard they don't hold other black folks or even themselves\"</br><br></br><br>I know and they do that knowing the situation. </br><br></br><br>P.S. why are some of you suprised about Alice Walker? It is a great piece as usual from Walker. She came out with an amazing endorsement of Obama last year. Real black womanists would never support Hillary Clinton.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_14:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8623e8e850161265a6267d83471b3d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tavis never stops.  He is so vain, this campaign is all about him.  Obama has addressed the concerns of black voters , just not at Tavis's circus.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_15:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "4882d91b6907b17d06223ce2ff4791a1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi all;<br></br><br>In case you haven't seen this yet, here is a response to the female Bosnia veteran who accused Hillary Clinton of Theft of Valor.  This is from the Pennyslvania Progressive.</br><br></br><br>\"General Stewart Responds to Tammi Hetherington's Letter</br><br>Retired General Walter Stewart has sent me the following letter about Tammi Hetherington's letter regarding Hillary Clinton's Bosnian visit.  I published Tammi's letter Wednesday and it has received national attention.  In that article I quoted General Stewart to provide context and background on the issue of valor theft.  I added his letter to that article as an update but have been asked to publish it on its own for those who might miss it there.</br><br></br><br>Dear Mr. Morgan,</br><br></br><br>Thank you for providing a forum that is generating such meaningful discussion on the topic of Senator Clinton\u2019s \u201cvalor theft.\u201d I am particularly impressed with the letter sent to you by Bosnia veteran, Tammi K. Hetherington, a former specialist with the 22nd Signal Brigade, 1st Armored Division, United States Army. I commend Tammi for her service to the nation \u2013 service that continues in her courageous willingness to speak truth to power. I commanded thousands of fine soldiers during my almost four decades of active and reserve service, and I would have been honored to have had Tammi among them.</br><br></br><br>Before I go on, I want to correct misreporting about my service as a Guardsman and as an Army major general in Europe. I was never \u201cleader\u201d or \u201ccommander\u201d of the Pennsylvania National Guard because that authority belongs to the Adjutant General. I did hold the same military rank as an adjutant general \u2013 major general \u2013 but did so as commander, 28th Infantry Division, and as the deputy commander of the State Area Readiness Command (figure that one out). In Europe, my service was at Headquarters, United States European Command (HQUSEUCOM), not at the Army command (USAREUR). EUCOM is the superior headquarters and USAREUR reported to us.</br><br>I know this minutia seems irrelevant, but in the military accurate representation of titles and performance are at the core of ethics. This is why fabrication of service or battle credentials \u2013 what we call \u201cvalor theft\u201d - is so offensive to service members and veterans (or should be). Be you soldier or civilian, if you didn\u2019t \u201cearn it\u201d in service to your country, for shame that you might be wearing it or talking about it - and it is equally shameful for those who have served with honor to defend the dishonor of others. Valor theft degrades every service member and veteran, and, as a point of honor, I call on the former admirals, generals, and service veterans who are publicly in support of Senator Clinton to renounce that support. Continue it, and her dishonor is your dishonor.</br><br></br><br>I proudly acknowledge that I changed voter registration so I could vote for Senator Obama in Pennsylvania\u2019s presidential primary. With 4000 dead in the supra-strategic national tragedy that is Iraq I could not but do otherwise. As a leader of soldiers I had one rule for advocating others to higher rank: would I want that person commanding my children in combat. For me, Senator Obama - a rational thinker not dumbed-down by \u201cyears in Washington\u201d - is the person for elevation to commander-in-chief. And as to Senator Clinton, were she a sergeant seeking promotion, her known fabrication of battle facts would disqualify her. I have been under fire many times, so much so that the incidents run together, but you can bet I remember the first time.</br><br>And let me put to rest the security situation at the Tuzla Airport during the March 1996 FLOTUS (first lady of the United States) visit. In the video clip, as she bends to caress the small girl, movement among those behind her reveals a stocky officer wearing four stars on a fatigue cap. I am certain that officer is Admiral \u201cSnuffy\u201d Smith, the senior commander of forces in the Bosnia operation. But Admiral Smith or no, top ranking officers in a war zone don\u2019t wear soft caps unless the security situation warrants it.</br><br>Senator Clinton\u2019s recollection of being under fire at Tuzla is an unarguable fabrication \u2013 a reprehensible act of valor theft, no ifs, ands, or buts.</br><br></br><br>Sincerely,</br><br> </br><br>Major General (Retired) Walter L. Stewart, Jr.</br><br>Former commander, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard</br><br>Former Director for Reserve Affairs (ECRA), HQUSEUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany</br><br></br><br>Ps. Tammi, this one is for you, and for all those who served with you.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_17:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e892379e7d442c8970d7cad6f54d5b8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Disconnect between white feminists and black women? But was there ever a connect between us and them?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_19:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "fc32fc3b75191bb4ce88008ebc519f7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Valor theft degrades every service member and veteran, and, as a point of honor, I call on the former admirals, generals, and service veterans who are publicly in support of Senator Clinton to renounce that support. Continue it, and her dishonor is your dishonor.</i><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>Wow.</br><br></br><br>Perhaps there will be a military campaign (a TV ad?) that gets this into the MSM in Pennsylvania.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_20:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959067": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig,<br></br><br>My hope is that more military personnel will voice their opinions.   And we should all be writing letters to Wesley Clark, Clinton's most well known military supporter..</br><br></br><br>I listened to a few new shows where political anaylsts have said this remains a problem for Clinton.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_20:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e892379e7d442c8970d7cad6f54d5b8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959068": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You can reach Gen. Wesley Clark at <a href=\"http://securingamerica.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">securingamerica.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_20:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e892379e7d442c8970d7cad6f54d5b8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I sent Alice Walker's piece to at least a dozen people earlier today, and was happy to find it this evening being talked about on Jack and Jill. it is beautiful the way the simple facts of her life story say so much about where we are and what needs to be discussed. She's YOUNGER than Pastor Wright, and her experience tells us much about the source of his passion.<br></br><br>I pray that her message, if heard, will resonate with those women who made a reflexive choice in siding with Klinton.</br><br></br><br>Imagine how much we could further the dialogue between blacks and whites if Obama becomes president!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_22:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c3922eb9c874481a105f30a314d9a0fd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Valor theft- what a terrible things to do to our brave service men and women.  It makes me sad; it makes me angry...It makes me wonder what type of theft she will do as president.<br></br><br>Now, everyone is floating around the idea of Barack as President and Hillary as Vice-President.  If the dems come up with this ticket, I will considered it tainted and will not vote for her.  That's how much I disrespect her.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-29_23:41:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f7722f5791bd840b8777096327d9831", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NMP,<br></br><br>I admit that I had my heart broken by Obama with his appearance on The View. But, I will still support him because of my mother and my great-niece. I can't say that my heart isn't broken. </br><br></br><br>Yet, I, too, am very conflicted about it all. I haven't worked through it all yet.</br><br></br><br>I'm still so upset about it, I can't even work through all my thoughts, and I've been thinking about it all day long. </br><br></br><br>Sorry I disappointed you.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_02:13:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I\u2019m still hurt. <br></br><br> Maybe, if we, in the blogosphere, weren\u2019t the only Black folk in America defending Obama on this.</br><br></br><br>Maybe, if some of those elected muthafuckers had opened their goddamned mouths over this. Maybe if SOMEONE, SOMEBODY had stepped up to DEFEND Wright, and the Black Church\u2026</br><br></br><br>I\u2019m not absolving him of what he did. But, considering that I\u2019m a political junkie, and was watching newsshows 24/7 on this shit, and didn\u2019t see NOBODY outside of Roland Martin, Jamal Simmons, and Joseph Lowery even remotely try and defend Obama and Wright\u2026</br><br></br><br>I don\u2019t count Rev. Al and Jesse, cause folks expect them to do everything. </br><br></br><br>We got 2 preachers on every frigging block in a Black Neighborhood in the USA, and couldn\u2019t none of them mofos come on the air to defend their fellow preacher Wright?</br><br></br><br>I am still hurt, but I had to step back and still acknowledge the cauldron Obama is facing. To know the forces that not only want to stop him but crush him. I'm calmer about it now.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_02:22:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama IS Jackie Robinson and all that encompasses. I admit that I was holding him to a Black Tax, but I do believe he was wrong. I'm allowed to believe he was wrong. What I'm NOT allowed to do is throw him away for one mistake - NMP, you're right on that, and it's cool- you calling me out like that.<br></br><br> He's earned 3 strikes for his success in the campaign so far. And considering that the Mainstream will only give him 1, being Black I must give him 3 - yes, just because he's Black.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_02:41:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah,<br></br><br>What mistake did Obama make on The View?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_10:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959075": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyrah,<br></br><br>Girl, you know I got nothing but love and respect for you!  It was your blog comments that got me interested and lead to my addiction. So nothing is going to change that!  That said, I have to admit I was a little hurt by your reaction to what Obama said.  I just don't get it.  I tapped the show, so I've had a chance to watch it seveal times now, and I just don't hear the betrayal that you and SB did.  What stood out most to me was his continued defense of Reverend Wright, and apparently it stood out to conservatives as well because they immediately commensed with tearing Obama down for continuing to defend Rev. Wright.  Tucker Carlson even called it a \"deranged\" commitment to Rev. Wright.  Again, nothing but love for ya', but do you think you can be guilty of being a tad bit oversensitive on this?</br><br></br><br>When I read SB's blog and the comments, including yours, I thought, \"damn, Black folks take one step forward, two steps back, then cut of their foot.\"  I tend to think that Black folks are developing an unrealistic and unhealthy sense of ownership of Senator Obama.</br><br></br><br>I thought we had long established that he is not running to be President of Black America, but President of the United States of America.  He has gotten more votes and money, quite frankly, from white folks than he has black folks.  As such, he as to be atuned to the sensitivities of ALL of his supporters, not just his Black supporters simply because we share a color line.  Like it or not, most folks, including many Black folks, were offended by what Reverend Wright said.  Senator Obama HAS to respect that.  </br><br></br><br>What was he supposed to say?  Yeah, I would have stayed in the church?  If he did, his campaign would have ended on the View, and we all know it. He's in an untenable position on this issue: damned if he does and damned if he doesn't!</br><br></br><br>I'm truly sorry that you were hurt, but I ask you to look at it from another perspective. Your seeming demand that he stay in the church under any circumstances are akin to white folks saying he must leave the church.  </br><br></br><br>I think it's a wholly unfair and inappropriate intrusion from both sides.  Whether it would be a personal or politically expedient decision, it's his decision.  </br><br></br><br>And let me touch on one other issue that Black folks aren't addressing.  I STRONGLY believe Reverend Wright bears some responsibility in this too.  He and the church chose to sell THOSE SELECT DVD's knowing FULL WELL that Sean Hannity was looking for rope to hang Senator Obama.  Some of those snippets we saw were made recently, AFTER Senator Obama announced his candidacy.  Reverend Wright new fox news hounds and their cameras were IN the church taping him. Reverend Wright's daughter knew that honoring Farrakhan would garner media attention and further undermine his credibility with Jews.  So why did they do it?</br><br></br><br>You and many others seem to be judging the Wright & Obama relationship from the stand point of what Obama owes Wright, but in fairness the question needs to be asked What does Wright owe Obama?  As his pastor, he has a duty to protect his flock, including Senator Obama. Why not do more to protect him from the assault of the media by simply not selling those particular DVD's?  Not playing up Wright's relationship with Farrakhan?  And not making insulting statements about Hillary Clinton?</br><br></br><br>There are countless perspectives that need to be taken into consideration when discussing this matter, so let's not oversimply it as the media and Obama's critics have done.  And certainly let's not hold Senator Obama to a standard we don't hold others or even ourselves.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_11:02:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>And let me touch on one other issue that Black folks aren't addressing. I STRONGLY believe Reverend Wright bears some responsibility in this too. He and the church chose to sell THOSE SELECT DVD's knowing FULL WELL that Sean Hannity was looking for rope to hang Senator Obama. Some of those snippets we saw were made recently, AFTER Senator Obama announced his candidacy. Reverend Wright new fox news hounds and their cameras were IN the church taping him. Reverend Wright's daughter knew that honoring Farrakhan would garner media attention and further undermine his credibility with Jews. So why did they do it?<br></br><br>You and many others seem to be judging the Wright & Obama relationship from the stand point of what Obama owes Wright, but in fairness the question needs to be asked What does Wright owe Obama? As his pastor, he has a duty to protect his flock, including Senator Obama. Why not do more to protect him from the assault of the media by simply not selling those particular DVD's? Not playing up Wright's relationship with Farrakhan? And not making insulting statements about Hillary Clinton?</br></i><br></br><br>We have been discussing these very issues in lily-white Maine. Some are suggesting that the church subconsciously sabotaged Obama's campaign with their irresponsible actions because it doesn't really want to see a Black man in the White House because it would have nothing more to blame America for.</br><br></br><br>While I don't necessarily agree, the observation raised my eyebrows. </br><br></br><br>I understand that the church is separate from Wright who is separate from Obama. But that's not the way it's perceived by many  people, no matter their racial identity. </br><br></br><br>The church had to have known it and yet, Wright had to have known it (as <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/27/flashback-wrights-lette_n_93820.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">this letter</a> he wrote to the NYT on March 11, 2007 proves) and Wright couldn't wait till November to start selling his DVD's?</br><br></br><br>It's a valid question.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_11:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ nmp<br></br><br>Great post NMP.  I've been thinking along those same lines.  Really, Obama has said enough, and his continued defense of Wright only reinforces the illusion that they're connected somehow with regard to his candidacy.  I've been wondering why Wright hasn't come out to speak for himself or to defend Barack?!  I've been annoyed at the careless release of the dvd's without review, or consideration of what would happen if they got into hostile hands...where is the Church's responsibility in this?  I think there is a desire to be confrontational, by thumbing their nose at the establishment, by embracing people like Farahkhan.  It's a recklessness - by which the church, and previous candidates tied to the black church have written the template of how to lose!</br><br></br><br>Barack is the \"spirit-child\" who walks between both worlds - black and white.  His powers depend on remaining spirit.  There are forces on both sides that wish to claim him, but if he chooses, he becomes mortal and is rendered powerless.  Barack needs to let this Wright issue go and allow Wright and the church to stand up for itself.  </br><br></br><br>Barack writes a new template: how to win!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_14:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Consider the implications of having a black man as President.  How will  the idea of Govt. conspiracy to infect blacks with HIV survive?  Can the narrative of racism survive?  Who and what organizations benefit financially from those narratives surviving?  Barack is biracial.  Biracial children are harassed by both blacks and whites.  What will it mean to have a biracial President?  What will it mean to have a President who grew up without the racism narrative programmed into his consciousness?<br></br><br>Do blacks REALLY want reconciliation with whites?  Does it matter if whites never understand where blacks are coming from?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_14:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"racism narrative programmed into his consciousness\" please elaborate.<br></br><br>In addition, reconciliation is achieved through understanding and respect. I cant tell you last when I got either one. It is obvious also that many white (not all) aren't interested in doing what it takes to bridge the racial divide. They feel that they can suppress our voices, distort them or just completely dismiss them. I was just telling someone today that repeating \"post racial\" over and over its bridging this large gap.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_15:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8623e8e850161265a6267d83471b3d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Consider the implications of having a black man as President. How will the idea of Govt. conspiracy to infect blacks with HIV survive?</b><br></br><br>That's not an intelligent question.</br><br></br><br></br><br><b>Can the narrative of racism survive?</b></br><br></br><br>A Black president Obama will still preside over a country based on WHITE MAJORITY RULE.  So, that's also not an intelligent question.</br><br></br><br>Also, a president isn't a monarch and there are things institutional and structural that Obama, apparently, may not even consider even if he does move to eradicate racism... as if it was ever contingent on the choice or color of a president.</br><br></br><br><b>What will it mean to have a President who grew up without the racism narrative programmed into his consciousness?</b></br><br></br><br>Unintelligible...  Ba-ROCK says:</br><br></br><br><i>In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination \u2014 and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past \u2014 are real and must be addressed. Not just with words, but with deeds \u2014 by investing in our schools and our communities; by enforcing our civil rights laws and ensuring fairness in our criminal justice system; by providing this generation with ladders of opportunity that were unavailable for previous generations. It requires all Americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams; that investing in the health, welfare, and education of black and brown and white children will ultimately help all of America prosper.</i></br><br></br><br>Whether that's \"programmed\" or not, he's spitting that \"narrative\" like lyrics to his favorite rap song.</br><br></br><br></br><br><b>Do blacks REALLY want reconciliation with whites?</b></br><br></br><br>It depends on what you mean.  It depends on who set the terms and what the terms are.  A better question given the history (the historical fact of racism that's it's not Black people who have the problem with Whites, it's the other way around):</br><br></br><br><b>Do Whites have the human decency and humility to try to reconcile...?</b></br><br></br><br>Racism is a white problem.  It's for White folks to resolve and approach reconciliation with Blacks, if anything.</br><br></br><br></br><br> </br><br><b> Does it matter if whites never understand where blacks are coming from?</b></br><br></br><br>No.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_15:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3ecde559248958521e4cb25a77f2ee65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let me but in here because some of you are getting off topic.<br></br><br>1. Do we know if the church knew that they were sellign the tapes to the media? I have been told that one could buy the tapes throught the webiste, I can be wrong.</br><br></br><br>2. When Rev. Wright was talking about Hillary (for those of u who still dont get it) he was talking to the black Clinton supporters who have been talking about how \"black\" the Clintons are while rejecting Obama because he isnt black enough. </br><br></br><br>3. Everyone who has any relation to Obama whether it be TUCC and Wright, Obama's campaign or Obama himself has themselves to blame for allowing the media to be the ones to frame this story. It was me, me telling everyone for the past year that this would be a problem because I know they will do something to frame it in a way like they have. They should have been on top of it but they were not. Now they have all learned their lessons. Duh...they should have been more careful, I have been saying this for a while now and people have been shutting me down then it blew up into something it didnt have to blow up into. </br><br></br><br>4. In addition, my new roommate is from Chicago and has gone to that church, she is telling me that they are completely rooting for Obama. I love how everyone is trying to make them look like the enemy. </br><br></br><br>P.S. Rev. Wright has a no interview policy like Chelsea Clinton. It has been like that since last year.</br><br></br><br></br><br>5. In addition, please let people know that just because America may potentially have a black president doesnt mean that race is no longer an issue in this country. Obama had to come santized and \"pasteurized\" in order to be accepted. God forbid he has any connection to black folk or culture, he is doomed. That does not say much about this country. I work in the fashion industry, the only reason why I am their beloved token at my company is because I compromise, bend backwards, bite my tongue, smile, act clueless at times and I leave parts of myself feelings and existence at home. One would call me a \"sell out\" and trust me I dont feel good about it. I wonder sometimes if its worth it but then again I look at it hoping that these are the means I must take to get to my desired place. That doesnt mean that my company is at all accepting...they are not.</br><br></br><br></br><br>Also, that crap about Obama not running for president of black folk...duH!! duh!! However does that mean that everyone should shut up and fall in line. No! Its simply called accountability. </br><br></br><br>\"The majority of Negro political leaders do not ascend to prominence on the shoulders of mass support. Although genuinely popular leaders are now emerging, most are still selected by white leadership, elevated to position, supplied with resources and inevitably subjected to white control. The mass of Negroes nurtures a healthy suspicion toward this manufactured leader, who spends little time in persuading them that he embodies personal integrity, commitment and ability and offers few programs and less service. Tragically, he is in too many respects not a fighter for a new life but a figurehead of the old one. Hence, very few Negro political leaders are impressive or illustrious to their constituents. They enjoy only limited loyalty and qualified support\"- MLK Jr.</br><br></br><br></br><br>I still love and support Senator Obama. However I will always give my two sense when neccessary and keep it honest like for example He sucks at bowling!!!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_16:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8623e8e850161265a6267d83471b3d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I co-sign NQuest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_16:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8623e8e850161265a6267d83471b3d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ rhondacoca<br></br><br>I mean, Barack was playing in rice fields in Indonesia, with a white mother and an Indonesian stepdad.  He didn't go to Sunday school in a black church.  He didn't grow up hearing about HIV conspiracies.  I imagine he learned about religions without any strong indoctrination.  I think that may have inoculated him against a strong emotional attachment to religion/church/pastor.</br><br></br><br>re your comment:</br><br><i>in addition, reconciliation is achieved through understanding and respect.</i></br><br></br><br>Is that the ONLY way toward reconciliation?  What if the other side refuses respect, refuses to understand?  Do you hold your ground until you receive what you may never receive?  Is there another way to reconcile?  Should you care whether they respect or understand you?  Are you able to live happily without their understanding?  And if so, should you?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_17:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "...terrific, then you can both hang out and bemoan the injustice of it all.  I'm getting excited just thinking about it.  Ahhh, the delight of being right!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_17:10:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"...terrific, then you can both hang out and bemoan the injustice of it all. I'm getting excited just thinking about it. Ahhh, the delight of being right!\"<br></br><br>What are you talking about?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_17:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8623e8e850161265a6267d83471b3d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I observe that many black folks are drawn fatally to the darkness.  I cheer for my team, but I am getting impatient, bored with their losing streak.  I don't want to hear any more excuses.  I don't want to be overwhelmed by small things.  I am no longer satisfied with small victories.  Small victories can no longer hold my interest.  <br></br><br>If I was a child of the \"black church\", I would be fixin' to give them a serious talking to.  I'd be gettin' ready to tell them off, not defend them.  I'd be ready to judge them as they have judged.  I'd be pissed off that they lost the faith, that they made peace with losing.  I'd be hopping mad that they - the supposed keepers of the flame - had let that flame go out.  I'd be enraged that they got caught unprepared for a Barack and were caught acting a fool.  I'd be mad that they were caught with no oil in their lamps.  I'd be asking them why'd they lie to me?</br><br></br><br>I'd be furious that they made peace with the hypocrites on my behalf..coddling the philandering swine and his insane wife so that they could return to poison my well.  How come they didn't discern their true characters?  Didn't the \"holy spirit\" speak to them?  I'd be asking some serious questions.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_18:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What, no post of the Michael Nutter interview?  I thought I would come here and read words like house negro, uncle Tom, sell-out, etc??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_18:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6f484f63f88827ac5d30808049dedcd0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michael Nutter's disdain for Obama is based upon a personal and political vendetta. Obama endorsed a mayoral opponent over him so that's that. This is political payback and Nutter can't help himself to make it personal as well.<br></br><br>Whether or not he's a sellout, he's waging war against Obama.</br><br></br><br>Now where's the link? I haven't even read his commentary yet.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_19:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959089": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truthseeker is obviously going through some things right now... ya'll will have to excuse him and his delusions. lol<br></br><br></br><br><b>Is that the ONLY way toward reconciliation? What if the other side refuses respect, refuses to understand?</b></br><br></br><br>I mean, seriously...  All I can do is laugh.  I guess he never made a strawman (of his own) that he ever liked.  Build the sucker up, just to tear it down. lol</br><br></br><br></br><br><b>Do you hold your ground until you receive what you may never receive? Is there another way to reconcile?</b></br><br></br><br>Okay, let me try. </br><br></br><br>1.  Do you actually have a reason for these idiotic, pointless questions?</br><br>2.  Did I just answer my own question or is there another way to communicate just how convoluted and contradictory TS' string of questions are?</br><br></br><br></br><br><b>Should you care whether they respect or understand you? Are you able to live happily without their understanding? And if so, should you?</b></br><br></br><br>1.  Are you mad about Harry?</br><br>2.  Is Harry just mad about you?</br><br>3.  If he is? Does that make for a happy same-sex relationship?  Should you be involved in a same-sex relationship? or should you have a V8?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_19:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3ecde559248958521e4cb25a77f2ee65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's pretty impetuous to not endorse a candidate based on him having supported your opponent, especially when that candidate(Barack) is most likely to win the Presidency.  Is he trying to hurt Barack's feelings?? LOL....and as I type this, CNN shows a clip of Nutter.   The word \"trifling\" comes to mind.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_20:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959091": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>When I read SB's blog and the comments, including yours, I thought, \"damn, Black folks take one step forward, two steps back, then cut of their foot.\" I tend to think that Black folks are developing an unrealistic and unhealthy sense of ownership of Senator Obama.<br></br><br>I thought we had long established that he is not running to be President of Black America, but President of the United States of America. He has gotten more votes and money, quite frankly, from white folks than he has black folks. As such, he as to be atuned to the sensitivities of ALL of his supporters, not just his Black supporters simply because we share a color line. Like it or not, most folks, including many Black folks, were offended by what Reverend Wright said. Senator Obama HAS to respect that. </br><br></br></i><br></br><br>NMP,</br><br></br><br>I thought I had done a pretty good balance of the percentages of when he had to be the Black Candidate. But, there are times when he has to be the Black Candidate, and if Black folks can't count on him during those times, then what's up with supporting him? </br><br></br><br>But, I'm gonna keep on supporting him, because I believe I should and he IS the best candidate in the race. </br><br></br><br>I don't think I ask him to be ' The Black Candidate' nearly as much as other folks. </br><br></br><br>But, I hear ya, and I'm glad we're discussing it like this. </br><br></br><br>Craig Hickman,</br><br></br><br>thank you for dropping us what's happening in Maine. </br><br></br><br>I want to thank all of the posters here, because some of you have made me step back and think seriously on this situation from angles that I had not considered.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_22:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959092": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michael Nutter's right wing talking points don't surprise me.<br></br><br>Clinton was down in a Gallup poll today by 52% to 42%, the first time Obama cracked 50% in the race. The Clintons are hanging from a cliff. They need everyone to do their bidding now. Nutter's timing is to off-set the Casey endorsement, which is proving as big as I expected.</br><br></br><br>If Nutter can make a few white ethnic fence-setters step over to Clinton or change their minds entirely, then he will have done his job.</br><br></br><br>I wonder why he wasn't offended by Clinton's own valor theft, why he didn't think that was beyond the pale?</br><br></br><br>I wonder how popular he'll remain in Philly if Obama makes it to the White House?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-30_22:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "..trifling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-31_00:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e63fda3bc8752465623f674ffcc5f40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>TruthSeeker said... <br>..trifling.</br></b><br></br><br>BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA</br><br></br><br>Nutter, well....</br><br></br><br>I'm asking this in all seriousness. </br><br></br><br>Have we EVER seen ANY of Obama's White Female Supporters CLOWN like this for Obama? </br><br></br><br>I don't think we have, but I'm just asking...</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-31_01:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I thought I had done a pretty good balance of the percentages of when he had to be the Black Candidate.\"<br></br><br>Rikyrah,</br><br></br><br>You most certainly have!  Please no that I did not mean to diminish your hurt.  While we don't see eye-to-eye on this particular point, I know you only have OUR best interest at heart.  I'm relieved that you're not giving up on Brother Barack.  He's not perfect by any measure, but he's worth fighting for.  And we need you on the front line.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-31_16:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I need to start spelling checking!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-03-31_16:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "2198693", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 7928970760326051293}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 55, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 2198693, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
		that.recv();
	};
	return window.setInterval(listener, 10);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
		if (hashIndex == -1) {
			return;
		}
		hash = this.reader.location.href.substring(hashIndex+1);
	}
	var flags = parseInt(hash.substring(0, 4), 10);
	var seqno = parseInt(hash.substring(4, 24), 10);
	var data  = hash.substring(24);

	if (this._lastHash !== hash) {
		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
			this._accumMsg += data;
			this.sendFlag(this.ACK, seqno);
			if (flags & this.FIN) {
				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
	}

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
	this.sendRawPacket(this._zerofill(flag, 4) + this._zerofill(seqno, 20));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
	this._send(0, encodeURIComponent(msg));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._send = function(packetNum, msg) {
	var that = this;
	var recvBuf = this.recv();

	if (packetNum === 0) {

		if (!(recvBuf.flags & this.READY)) {
			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
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	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
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	 </span>\
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		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
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		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
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		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
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	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
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		if(trackbacks.length) {
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				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
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			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
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		return html;
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				limit = source.length;
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			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
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		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
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		return element;
	};

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				container.innerHTML += el;
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		if (has_more) {
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			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

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			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
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	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
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			return;
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		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
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			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
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			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
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			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
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					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
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			return '';
		}

		html = '';
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			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
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	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
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			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
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					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
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			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
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				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
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	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
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		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
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			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
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		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
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								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
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									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
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						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
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	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
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			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
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		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/2198693/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959042" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959042">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959042" class="dsq-comment-message">Whoa. I just posted a comment on another blog that included this:<br></br><br><i>1. My loyalty goes to [Obama]  at a very basic level because my gut, my deepest sense, feels him as coming from some sort of real integrity/truth in some basic and unusual-for-politics way. I don\'t always agree with him on content but I am starting to feel like when it comes to political work, I have sometimes been distracted and disoriented by too much focus on content, like shiny glittery ideologies I am "supposed" to agree with but find myself not really *feeling.* I am starting to think that what is really important to me is basic good faith to not deceive/manipulate, even where there is disagreement on content.There are actully no words in English for what I am trying to describe but for me it is foundational in some way.</i></br><br></br><br>2. Even though my loyalty goes to Obama, the question still comes up, why do I care about the presidential election at all? Here is what I keep coming back to when I consider this question:</br><br></br><br>"This person</br><br>in this role</br><br>at this time"</br><br></br><br>I don\'t feel he will save the world. I don\'t feel he will save the country whatever that means. I feel: </br><br></br><br>"This person</br><br>in this role</br><br>at this time."</br><br></br><br>I wonder if I am the only person who feels this way.</br><br></br><br>And then came over here to see this posted. I don\'t know if what I feel is what Alice Walker is writing about, since words can mean a lot of different things and what I was trying to say is just a poor translation of something I feel in my gut without easy words for it.</br><br></br><br>But whoa. To post that then come here to read this ....</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959043">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959043" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the article that needs to be widely disseminated.<br></br><br>Wow. Just <i>wow.</i></br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959044">Nadra</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959044" class="dsq-comment-message">The presidential campaign has really revealed the disconnect between white women and black women, not to mention people of color and whites as a whole. I feel that so many women, such as Erica Jong, Roseanne Barr, Gloria Steinem, etc., are voting for Hillary simply out of loyalty to the "sisterhood." I don\'t believe that blacks, however, are voting for Obama because he is part-black. I know that many of us (blacks) felt that so-called black leaders, such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, didn\'t represent us. Obama has served as a unifier among blacks, young people and progressives generally because of his vision. I certainly don\'t believe this is the case for Hillary. Moreover, it would seem that feminists would want the first female president to be someone who didn\'t get where she is, in large part, because of her husband\'s success.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959045">Nita</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959045" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959045" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behavior towards the Palestinians, and I want the people of the United States to cease acting like they don\'t understand what is going on......</i><br></br><br>So Alice Walker is an anti-American anti-semite now?   (I say that with rolled eyes, but not really.  Look at what happened to Pastor Wright.)</br><br></br><br>And Walker is absolutely correct about the disconnect between whtie feminists and feminists of color, and what this election season has revealed.  I\'m sorry it\'s taken this, since it\'s always been there.  I wonder how her quotes are going to be dealt with in Women\'s Studies courses in the future?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959046">Nita</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959046" class="dsq-comment-message">Also, Alice Walker\'s interview is a nice addendum to the Democracy Now! interview between <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/14/race_and_gender_in_presidential_politics" rel="nofollow">Gloria Steinem and Melissa Harris-Lacewell</a> which was posted at Democratic Underground by crankychatter this morning in the thread <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&amp;forum=132&amp;topic_id=5291026&amp;mesg_id=5291082" rel="nofollow">I\'m that young, black woman who helped get white Democrats elected.</a><br></br><br>Am I the only one noticing something about Steinem\'s responses? because to me, Alice Walker has finally articulated what put me off of Steinem\'s responses in this interview.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959047">Kellybelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959047" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959047" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for this post. I\'m surprised but glad Walker is supporting Barack.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959048">Stankoniforous One</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959048" class="dsq-comment-message">Having just read the excerpts, there are some people who are born to be writers.  Ms. Walker is one of them.  <br></br><br>This campaign has been a re-education of "white" America.  It\'s hard to believe that they are naive enough to think that everyone is in love with this place, but they have to hold that naivete.  If they don\'t it will require them to ask questions, and those questions <b>will</b> require answers.  </br><br></br><br>Black people are used to tough questions and tough answers, that\'s what preachers/ministers/"old" heads do whenever they get goin.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959049">Angela</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959049" class="dsq-comment-message">Wonderful reading, plus everyones posts.   I used to be one of those who was totally into voting for a woman based on the feminist thing and thank heavens I grew out of that mentality.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959050">Lizzy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959050" class="dsq-comment-message">Count me in as another white feminist for Obama.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959051">MacDaddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959051" class="dsq-comment-message">Good post and Alice: Thank you...You know what, Alice?  If your white feminist can\'t see past gender, can\'t that Obama is special, that he\'s the right person for America at this time, maybe they were never your friends after all.<br></br><br>They (white feminists) will continue to think black people are voting for Obama only because he\'s black...while failing to admit that they\'re voting for Hillary only because she\'s a woman.  Sometimes it\'s easier to see in others what\'s really inside ourselves. And, given the racism-- conscious and unconscious-- in this country, often what whites attribute to blacks often more about in-depth reality. White feminists, many of whom are racist, think blacks are voting for Obama only because he\'s black because, deep down, in their racist psychology, they believe that blacks stick together no matter what.  They won\'t even consider that Hillary is a centrist politician riding on hubby\'s coattail toward the presidency, and will throw the democratic party, Barack Obama, even her momma under the bus to get there.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959052">cm</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959052" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not just white women - I saw Carol Simpson (sp?) on Larry King last night and she was spitting mad that people were calling on Hillary to drop out.  She said it\'s only because she\'s a woman and why should she just take a back seat and take one for the team.  Gee Carol, why don\'t you look at the facts of this particular situation instead of looking at Hillary as the embodiment of the women\'s movement?  And to think Hillary\'s supporters are constantly yelling about Obama playing the race card.  Project much?<br></br><br>Stephanie Miller was also on and tried to tell Carol it\'s because she\'s losing and there\'s no way she\'ll win NC, Oregon, SD, etc.  And Carol had the gall to yell out "SMALL STATES!"  Then she angrily spat out that Hillary\'s the best choice, yadda yadda, and it\'s time for a woman to be in charge!  </br><br></br><br>Doesn\'t it bother her in the least that Hillary went to <i><b>Richard Mellon Scaife</b></i> to revive the Wright controversy?  The godfather of the vast right wing conspiracy that accused Hillary of killing Vince Foster.  Hillary went to that guy because she\'s desperate and needs a way to keep stoking racial resentments.  How does such cravenness fit into Carol\'s belief that Hillary\'s such a great leader?</br><br></br><br>I\'ve seen her before on shows defending Hillary and never saw that type of anger.  Also, I don\'t think I\'ve heard Hillary supporters openly show disdain for "small states".  WTF?  I thought it was just another excuse/ploy to keep the campaign going, I didn\'t think they actually believed that crap.  </br><br></br><br>I was really ticked by her comments, but realized this morning that perhaps it\'s just a sign they finally see the writing on the wall.  That\'s the only way I can explain the incoherent lashing out.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959053">Lesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959053" class="dsq-comment-message">I happen to be a white woman and I don\'t think (even though we have those two things in common) Hillary best represents me or my ideals. Barack does. And I don\'t care what he has or doesn\'t have between his legs! I mean, you put it in those terms and how freakin ridiculous that someone would vote for that reason!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959054">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959054" class="dsq-comment-message">Most times I love black people, but sometimes I hate black people!  I hate them most when they perpetuate the same type of intellectual laziness that we castigate white folks for.  Since the Reverend Wright controversy erupted, black folks have been critical of the one dimentionalization (yeah, I made up a word) of Reverend Wright based on a few snippets from a 35 year career.  <br></br><br>Yesterday, Senator Obama appeared on the View.  In response to Hasselback who asked--what most white voters are asking--why did he stay in the church for 20 years and is that a valid question of judgment, he said he MIGHT not have stayed if Reverend Wright were not retiring and if he did not acknowledge how hurtful (to white folks) and inappropriate his words were..."  </br><br></br><br>Now based on that 10 second and political pratical answer--that did not undermine his core message that Reverend Wright is NOT the caricature he\'s being made out to be--some of his so-called supporters are now ready to abandon him.  </br><br></br><br>In the words of Reverend Wright, God Damn Black folks!</br><br></br><br>This man is in the political fight of his life, doing the best he can to walk the fine line that white folks and the media have strung out for him, and all we can do is knit pick!</br><br></br><br>And the fuckin\' thing that pisses me off most is that he\'s been carrying this burden on his OWN.  Only a hand full of black preachers came to the Rev\'s defense!  Most were protecting their own asses!  Did the black folks critical of Senator Obama\'s statement on yesterday\'s view get off of their self-righteous asses in the last two weeks and take to the streets in defense of the Reverend Wright?  Hell no!  They left the burden to Senator Obama to defend the Rev, the black church and community as a whole.  And he did a damn good job!  </br><br></br><br>He stood strong for us!  And now SOME want to overly dissect his words on a fuckin\' entertainment show and throw the brother overboard.  </br><br></br><br>No, it wasn\'t a perfect answer, but it was just ONE answer.  But acoording the "purist" of us, that ONE answere should dimish his speech and everything elses he said in defense of Rev. Wright while trying to keep his campaign afloat.</br><br></br><br>One black blogger, whom I DEEPLY respect, even reduced the choice between Clinton and Obama to the \'lesser of two evils\'. Obama evil?  All it took it is a snippet to start using the racist language against Obama that white folks have been using against Reverend Wright the past two weeks?  After all that the Clintons have done and said, including trashing Reverend Wright sitting right next to Richard Mellon Schaif, you would actually put Senator Obama in the same box as Senator Clinton?</br><br></br><br>How mighty white of you.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959055">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959055" class="dsq-comment-message">OT<br></br><br>I should have specifically called out Dr. Marc \'Janus Face\' Lamont Hill, the new negro media whore.  </br><br></br><br>He\'s the typical black Obama critic in that he speaks one way to black audiences, criticizing the Senator for being too comprosing and silent on race issues, but puts on another face in front of white folks.</br><br></br><br>Dan Abrams just this week PRAISED Dr. Lamont for his denouncement of Reverend Wright\'s comments!  But you would never know he denounced Reverend Wright to a primarily white audience when reading his blog on The Root.  In his blog, NOT on air, ee initially criticized Senator Obama for not more strongly defending Wright when the controversy first erupted.  Then, as I said, went on Dan Abram\'s show and condemned Reverend Wright\'s comments and said Senator Obama would have to explain his relationship with Wright and why he didn\'t leave the church.</br><br></br><br>Obama is right, we have more in common than not.  Black folks can be as duplicitous, judgmental, self-serving and self-righteous as white folks.  And it ain\'t just Marc Lamont Hill I\'m talking about.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959056">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959056" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you think there is a special resentment some black men feel toward Obama?  Obama is biracial, his father was African - he\'s not typical.  During his early years, Obama wasn\'t exposed to the typical stigma of being biracial.  Obama seems to have an ease in both worlds, an absence of baggage; whereas, as pointed out with Marc, he morphs according to which audience he\'s speaking to.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959057">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959057" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959057" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Do you think there is a special resentment some black men feel toward Obama? Obama is biracial, his father was African - he\'s not typical. During his early years, Obama wasn\'t exposed to the typical stigma of being biracial. Obama seems to have an ease in both worlds, an absence of baggage; whereas, as pointed out with Marc, he morphs according to which audience he\'s speaking to.</i><br></br><br>If you read <i>Dreams from My Father</i>, you will see that Obama felt the alienation that many young people who don\'t fit naturally into their environments feel.</br><br></br><br>Obama\'s story is typical, despite the characters and the landscape.</br><br></br><br>That said, I do think you hit on something with the resentment you speak of. I thought I\'d seen it in the way some Black men publicly criticize Obama, but I thought I was the only one who saw it.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959058" class="dsq-comment-message">Reverend Wright and Maya Angelou Friends!  Who would have known?!  Certainly not by her silence. Lets\'s see, she supports Senator Clinton who bashed Reverend Wright, calling is words hate speech and comparing him to Don Imus, to a conservative editorial board and is friends with Reverend Wright, but did not defend publicly.  <br></br><br>I\'ll be holding by breath waiting for the same critics of Senator Obama to criticize Maya Angelou for her deceit and betrayal by silence.  Please, I ain\'t suicidal.</br><br></br><br>http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/867651,wrightcbs032908.article</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959059" class="dsq-comment-message">NMP,<br></br><br>Listen, I have heard of Rev. Wright countless times. He was (i\'m not sure if he still is) on TV-One, he has been featured in black publications etc.. Many black celebs, scholars and other notables know the Rev. What has gotten me is that not one got up to defend him.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959060" class="dsq-comment-message">Rhondacoca,<br></br><br>I\'ve noted several times in my countless emails to major news outlets and political talk shows, that no doubt have fallen on death\'s ear, that it defies common sense that the snippets that are being broadcast are not an accurate reflection of the vast majority of his sermons.  To believe such would require us to believe a number of impossibilities, including the complete iprobability that corporate sponsors of his Sunday show would have either supported and ignored or not have known he was damning America and white folks on a regular basis.  That goes for the FCC as well.  It makes no sense!  Black folks with prominent voices could have made that argument, but they didn\'t because they didn\'t because want to risk their reputations and recurring invitation to sit in the negro chair on these programs.  But none of these "righteous" black folks criticizing Senator Obama, who has had to carry this burden without any support, has taken them to task for their complicity through silence.</br><br></br><br>They hold Senator Obama to a standard they don\'t hold other black folks or even themselves.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959061" class="dsq-comment-message">Tavis on Real Time with Bill Maher, he\'s asked about the SOBU and Barack not attending.  Bill kind of slaps him after his response.  This YouTube link is the overtime part of the show:<br></br><br><a href="http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkkdjHgjxE" rel="nofollow">Link Real Time overtime</a></br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959062" class="dsq-comment-message">I was just writing what you were saying but I dont think it went through. Exactly!!!<br></br><br>They were and still are shufflin on TV!! Their are so many contradictions that can be pointed out but nobody is doing it because they are also being controlled. They are scared of losing favor and yet of course, their jobs. </br><br></br><br>There is a video on YouTube of Common with Rev.Wright rapping his sermon. Where is he? Someone please go grab him. </br><br></br><br>My roommate used to attend the church because it is not too far from her building. She was introduced to it when her mother died of AIDS. She has been trying to contact the news outlets too and they have been ignoring her and turning her down. </br><br></br><br>I knew that this whole thing would be a problem because white folks dont understand nor do they want to hear certain things. I knew that all the mighty positives of Wright and his church would be tossed out and suppressed for political gain. </br><br></br><br>What a lot of people dont know is the prominence of Wright and TUCC, he isnt just some nut from Chi-Town. </br><br></br><br>"They hold Senator Obama to a standard they don\'t hold other black folks or even themselves"</br><br></br><br>I know and they do that knowing the situation. </br><br></br><br>P.S. why are some of you suprised about Alice Walker? It is a great piece as usual from Walker. She came out with an amazing endorsement of Obama last year. Real black womanists would never support Hillary Clinton.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959063" class="dsq-comment-message">Tavis never stops.  He is so vain, this campaign is all about him.  Obama has addressed the concerns of black voters , just not at Tavis\'s circus.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959064" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi all;<br></br><br>In case you haven\'t seen this yet, here is a response to the female Bosnia veteran who accused Hillary Clinton of Theft of Valor.  This is from the Pennyslvania Progressive.</br><br></br><br>"General Stewart Responds to Tammi Hetherington\'s Letter</br><br>Retired General Walter Stewart has sent me the following letter about Tammi Hetherington\'s letter regarding Hillary Clinton\'s Bosnian visit.  I published Tammi\'s letter Wednesday and it has received national attention.  In that article I quoted General Stewart to provide context and background on the issue of valor theft.  I added his letter to that article as an update but have been asked to publish it on its own for those who might miss it there.</br><br></br><br>Dear Mr. Morgan,</br><br></br><br>Thank you for providing a forum that is generating such meaningful discussion on the topic of Senator Clinton’s “valor theft.” I am particularly impressed with the letter sent to you by Bosnia veteran, Tammi K. Hetherington, a former specialist with the 22nd Signal Brigade, 1st Armored Division, United States Army. I commend Tammi for her service to the nation – service that continues in her courageous willingness to speak truth to power. I commanded thousands of fine soldiers during my almost four decades of active and reserve service, and I would have been honored to have had Tammi among them.</br><br></br><br>Before I go on, I want to correct misreporting about my service as a Guardsman and as an Army major general in Europe. I was never “leader” or “commander” of the Pennsylvania National Guard because that authority belongs to the Adjutant General. I did hold the same military rank as an adjutant general – major general – but did so as commander, 28th Infantry Division, and as the deputy commander of the State Area Readiness Command (figure that one out). In Europe, my service was at Headquarters, United States European Command (HQUSEUCOM), not at the Army command (USAREUR). EUCOM is the superior headquarters and USAREUR reported to us.</br><br>I know this minutia seems irrelevant, but in the military accurate representation of titles and performance are at the core of ethics. This is why fabrication of service or battle credentials – what we call “valor theft” - is so offensive to service members and veterans (or should be). Be you soldier or civilian, if you didn’t “earn it” in service to your country, for shame that you might be wearing it or talking about it - and it is equally shameful for those who have served with honor to defend the dishonor of others. Valor theft degrades every service member and veteran, and, as a point of honor, I call on the former admirals, generals, and service veterans who are publicly in support of Senator Clinton to renounce that support. Continue it, and her dishonor is your dishonor.</br><br></br><br>I proudly acknowledge that I changed voter registration so I could vote for Senator Obama in Pennsylvania’s presidential primary. With 4000 dead in the supra-strategic national tragedy that is Iraq I could not but do otherwise. As a leader of soldiers I had one rule for advocating others to higher rank: would I want that person commanding my children in combat. For me, Senator Obama - a rational thinker not dumbed-down by “years in Washington” - is the person for elevation to commander-in-chief. And as to Senator Clinton, were she a sergeant seeking promotion, her known fabrication of battle facts would disqualify her. I have been under fire many times, so much so that the incidents run together, but you can bet I remember the first time.</br><br>And let me put to rest the security situation at the Tuzla Airport during the March 1996 FLOTUS (first lady of the United States) visit. In the video clip, as she bends to caress the small girl, movement among those behind her reveals a stocky officer wearing four stars on a fatigue cap. I am certain that officer is Admiral “Snuffy” Smith, the senior commander of forces in the Bosnia operation. But Admiral Smith or no, top ranking officers in a war zone don’t wear soft caps unless the security situation warrants it.</br><br>Senator Clinton’s recollection of being under fire at Tuzla is an unarguable fabrication – a reprehensible act of valor theft, no ifs, ands, or buts.</br><br></br><br>Sincerely,</br><br> </br><br>Major General (Retired) Walter L. Stewart, Jr.</br><br>Former commander, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard</br><br>Former Director for Reserve Affairs (ECRA), HQUSEUCOM, Stuttgart, Germany</br><br></br><br>Ps. Tammi, this one is for you, and for all those who served with you.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959065" class="dsq-comment-message">Disconnect between white feminists and black women? But was there ever a connect between us and them?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959066" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Valor theft degrades every service member and veteran, and, as a point of honor, I call on the former admirals, generals, and service veterans who are publicly in support of Senator Clinton to renounce that support. Continue it, and her dishonor is your dishonor.</i><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>Wow.</br><br></br><br>Perhaps there will be a military campaign (a TV ad?) that gets this into the MSM in Pennsylvania.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959067" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig,<br></br><br>My hope is that more military personnel will voice their opinions.   And we should all be writing letters to Wesley Clark, Clinton\'s most well known military supporter..</br><br></br><br>I listened to a few new shows where political anaylsts have said this remains a problem for Clinton.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959068" class="dsq-comment-message">You can reach Gen. Wesley Clark at <a href="http://securingamerica.com" rel="nofollow">securingamerica.com</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959069" class="dsq-comment-message">I sent Alice Walker\'s piece to at least a dozen people earlier today, and was happy to find it this evening being talked about on Jack and Jill. it is beautiful the way the simple facts of her life story say so much about where we are and what needs to be discussed. She\'s YOUNGER than Pastor Wright, and her experience tells us much about the source of his passion.<br></br><br>I pray that her message, if heard, will resonate with those women who made a reflexive choice in siding with Klinton.</br><br></br><br>Imagine how much we could further the dialogue between blacks and whites if Obama becomes president!</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959070" class="dsq-comment-message">Valor theft- what a terrible things to do to our brave service men and women.  It makes me sad; it makes me angry...It makes me wonder what type of theft she will do as president.<br></br><br>Now, everyone is floating around the idea of Barack as President and Hillary as Vice-President.  If the dems come up with this ticket, I will considered it tainted and will not vote for her.  That\'s how much I disrespect her.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959071" class="dsq-comment-message">NMP,<br></br><br>I admit that I had my heart broken by Obama with his appearance on The View. But, I will still support him because of my mother and my great-niece. I can\'t say that my heart isn\'t broken. </br><br></br><br>Yet, I, too, am very conflicted about it all. I haven\'t worked through it all yet.</br><br></br><br>I\'m still so upset about it, I can\'t even work through all my thoughts, and I\'ve been thinking about it all day long. </br><br></br><br>Sorry I disappointed you.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959072" class="dsq-comment-message">I’m still hurt. <br></br><br> Maybe, if we, in the blogosphere, weren’t the only Black folk in America defending Obama on this.</br><br></br><br>Maybe, if some of those elected muthafuckers had opened their goddamned mouths over this. Maybe if SOMEONE, SOMEBODY had stepped up to DEFEND Wright, and the Black Church…</br><br></br><br>I’m not absolving him of what he did. But, considering that I’m a political junkie, and was watching newsshows 24/7 on this shit, and didn’t see NOBODY outside of Roland Martin, Jamal Simmons, and Joseph Lowery even remotely try and defend Obama and Wright…</br><br></br><br>I don’t count Rev. Al and Jesse, cause folks expect them to do everything. </br><br></br><br>We got 2 preachers on every frigging block in a Black Neighborhood in the USA, and couldn’t none of them mofos come on the air to defend their fellow preacher Wright?</br><br></br><br>I am still hurt, but I had to step back and still acknowledge the cauldron Obama is facing. To know the forces that not only want to stop him but crush him. I\'m calmer about it now.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959073" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama IS Jackie Robinson and all that encompasses. I admit that I was holding him to a Black Tax, but I do believe he was wrong. I\'m allowed to believe he was wrong. What I\'m NOT allowed to do is throw him away for one mistake - NMP, you\'re right on that, and it\'s cool- you calling me out like that.<br></br><br> He\'s earned 3 strikes for his success in the campaign so far. And considering that the Mainstream will only give him 1, being Black I must give him 3 - yes, just because he\'s Black.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959074" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah,<br></br><br>What mistake did Obama make on The View?</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959075" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah,<br></br><br>Girl, you know I got nothing but love and respect for you!  It was your blog comments that got me interested and lead to my addiction. So nothing is going to change that!  That said, I have to admit I was a little hurt by your reaction to what Obama said.  I just don\'t get it.  I tapped the show, so I\'ve had a chance to watch it seveal times now, and I just don\'t hear the betrayal that you and SB did.  What stood out most to me was his continued defense of Reverend Wright, and apparently it stood out to conservatives as well because they immediately commensed with tearing Obama down for continuing to defend Rev. Wright.  Tucker Carlson even called it a "deranged" commitment to Rev. Wright.  Again, nothing but love for ya\', but do you think you can be guilty of being a tad bit oversensitive on this?</br><br></br><br>When I read SB\'s blog and the comments, including yours, I thought, "damn, Black folks take one step forward, two steps back, then cut of their foot."  I tend to think that Black folks are developing an unrealistic and unhealthy sense of ownership of Senator Obama.</br><br></br><br>I thought we had long established that he is not running to be President of Black America, but President of the United States of America.  He has gotten more votes and money, quite frankly, from white folks than he has black folks.  As such, he as to be atuned to the sensitivities of ALL of his supporters, not just his Black supporters simply because we share a color line.  Like it or not, most folks, including many Black folks, were offended by what Reverend Wright said.  Senator Obama HAS to respect that.  </br><br></br><br>What was he supposed to say?  Yeah, I would have stayed in the church?  If he did, his campaign would have ended on the View, and we all know it. He\'s in an untenable position on this issue: damned if he does and damned if he doesn\'t!</br><br></br><br>I\'m truly sorry that you were hurt, but I ask you to look at it from another perspective. Your seeming demand that he stay in the church under any circumstances are akin to white folks saying he must leave the church.  </br><br></br><br>I think it\'s a wholly unfair and inappropriate intrusion from both sides.  Whether it would be a personal or politically expedient decision, it\'s his decision.  </br><br></br><br>And let me touch on one other issue that Black folks aren\'t addressing.  I STRONGLY believe Reverend Wright bears some responsibility in this too.  He and the church chose to sell THOSE SELECT DVD\'s knowing FULL WELL that Sean Hannity was looking for rope to hang Senator Obama.  Some of those snippets we saw were made recently, AFTER Senator Obama announced his candidacy.  Reverend Wright new fox news hounds and their cameras were IN the church taping him. Reverend Wright\'s daughter knew that honoring Farrakhan would garner media attention and further undermine his credibility with Jews.  So why did they do it?</br><br></br><br>You and many others seem to be judging the Wright & Obama relationship from the stand point of what Obama owes Wright, but in fairness the question needs to be asked What does Wright owe Obama?  As his pastor, he has a duty to protect his flock, including Senator Obama. Why not do more to protect him from the assault of the media by simply not selling those particular DVD\'s?  Not playing up Wright\'s relationship with Farrakhan?  And not making insulting statements about Hillary Clinton?</br><br></br><br>There are countless perspectives that need to be taken into consideration when discussing this matter, so let\'s not oversimply it as the media and Obama\'s critics have done.  And certainly let\'s not hold Senator Obama to a standard we don\'t hold others or even ourselves.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959076">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959076" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>And let me touch on one other issue that Black folks aren\'t addressing. I STRONGLY believe Reverend Wright bears some responsibility in this too. He and the church chose to sell THOSE SELECT DVD\'s knowing FULL WELL that Sean Hannity was looking for rope to hang Senator Obama. Some of those snippets we saw were made recently, AFTER Senator Obama announced his candidacy. Reverend Wright new fox news hounds and their cameras were IN the church taping him. Reverend Wright\'s daughter knew that honoring Farrakhan would garner media attention and further undermine his credibility with Jews. So why did they do it?<br></br><br>You and many others seem to be judging the Wright & Obama relationship from the stand point of what Obama owes Wright, but in fairness the question needs to be asked What does Wright owe Obama? As his pastor, he has a duty to protect his flock, including Senator Obama. Why not do more to protect him from the assault of the media by simply not selling those particular DVD\'s? Not playing up Wright\'s relationship with Farrakhan? And not making insulting statements about Hillary Clinton?</br></i><br></br><br>We have been discussing these very issues in lily-white Maine. Some are suggesting that the church subconsciously sabotaged Obama\'s campaign with their irresponsible actions because it doesn\'t really want to see a Black man in the White House because it would have nothing more to blame America for.</br><br></br><br>While I don\'t necessarily agree, the observation raised my eyebrows. </br><br></br><br>I understand that the church is separate from Wright who is separate from Obama. But that\'s not the way it\'s perceived by many  people, no matter their racial identity. </br><br></br><br>The church had to have known it and yet, Wright had to have known it (as <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/27/flashback-wrights-lette_n_93820.html" rel="nofollow">this letter</a> he wrote to the NYT on March 11, 2007 proves) and Wright couldn\'t wait till November to start selling his DVD\'s?</br><br></br><br>It\'s a valid question.</br></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959077" class="dsq-comment-message">@ nmp<br></br><br>Great post NMP.  I\'ve been thinking along those same lines.  Really, Obama has said enough, and his continued defense of Wright only reinforces the illusion that they\'re connected somehow with regard to his candidacy.  I\'ve been wondering why Wright hasn\'t come out to speak for himself or to defend Barack?!  I\'ve been annoyed at the careless release of the dvd\'s without review, or consideration of what would happen if they got into hostile hands...where is the Church\'s responsibility in this?  I think there is a desire to be confrontational, by thumbing their nose at the establishment, by embracing people like Farahkhan.  It\'s a recklessness - by which the church, and previous candidates tied to the black church have written the template of how to lose!</br><br></br><br>Barack is the "spirit-child" who walks between both worlds - black and white.  His powers depend on remaining spirit.  There are forces on both sides that wish to claim him, but if he chooses, he becomes mortal and is rendered powerless.  Barack needs to let this Wright issue go and allow Wright and the church to stand up for itself.  </br><br></br><br>Barack writes a new template: how to win!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959078">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959078" class="dsq-comment-message">Consider the implications of having a black man as President.  How will  the idea of Govt. conspiracy to infect blacks with HIV survive?  Can the narrative of racism survive?  Who and what organizations benefit financially from those narratives surviving?  Barack is biracial.  Biracial children are harassed by both blacks and whites.  What will it mean to have a biracial President?  What will it mean to have a President who grew up without the racism narrative programmed into his consciousness?<br></br><br>Do blacks REALLY want reconciliation with whites?  Does it matter if whites never understand where blacks are coming from?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959079">RhondaCoca</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959079" class="dsq-comment-message">"racism narrative programmed into his consciousness" please elaborate.<br></br><br>In addition, reconciliation is achieved through understanding and respect. I cant tell you last when I got either one. It is obvious also that many white (not all) aren\'t interested in doing what it takes to bridge the racial divide. They feel that they can suppress our voices, distort them or just completely dismiss them. I was just telling someone today that repeating "post racial" over and over its bridging this large gap.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959080">Nquest</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959080" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Consider the implications of having a black man as President. How will the idea of Govt. conspiracy to infect blacks with HIV survive?</b><br></br><br>That\'s not an intelligent question.</br><br></br><br></br><br><b>Can the narrative of racism survive?</b></br><br></br><br>A Black president Obama will still preside over a country based on WHITE MAJORITY RULE.  So, that\'s also not an intelligent question.</br><br></br><br>Also, a president isn\'t a monarch and there are things institutional and structural that Obama, apparently, may not even consider even if he does move to eradicate racism... as if it was ever contingent on the choice or color of a president.</br><br></br><br><b>What will it mean to have a President who grew up without the racism narrative programmed into his consciousness?</b></br><br></br><br>Unintelligible...  Ba-ROCK says:</br><br></br><br><i>In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination — and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past — are real and must be addressed. Not just with words, but with deeds — by investing in our schools and our communities; by enforcing our civil rights laws and ensuring fairness in our criminal justice system; by providing this generation with ladders of opportunity that were unavailable for previous generations. It requires all Americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams; that investing in the health, welfare, and education of black and brown and white children will ultimately help all of America prosper.</i></br><br></br><br>Whether that\'s "programmed" or not, he\'s spitting that "narrative" like lyrics to his favorite rap song.</br><br></br><br></br><br><b>Do blacks REALLY want reconciliation with whites?</b></br><br></br><br>It depends on what you mean.  It depends on who set the terms and what the terms are.  A better question given the history (the historical fact of racism that\'s it\'s not Black people who have the problem with Whites, it\'s the other way around):</br><br></br><br><b>Do Whites have the human decency and humility to try to reconcile...?</b></br><br></br><br>Racism is a white problem.  It\'s for White folks to resolve and approach reconciliation with Blacks, if anything.</br><br></br><br></br><br> </br><br><b> Does it matter if whites never understand where blacks are coming from?</b></br><br></br><br>No.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959081">RhondaCoca</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959081" class="dsq-comment-message">Let me but in here because some of you are getting off topic.<br></br><br>1. Do we know if the church knew that they were sellign the tapes to the media? I have been told that one could buy the tapes throught the webiste, I can be wrong.</br><br></br><br>2. When Rev. Wright was talking about Hillary (for those of u who still dont get it) he was talking to the black Clinton supporters who have been talking about how "black" the Clintons are while rejecting Obama because he isnt black enough. </br><br></br><br>3. Everyone who has any relation to Obama whether it be TUCC and Wright, Obama\'s campaign or Obama himself has themselves to blame for allowing the media to be the ones to frame this story. It was me, me telling everyone for the past year that this would be a problem because I know they will do something to frame it in a way like they have. They should have been on top of it but they were not. Now they have all learned their lessons. Duh...they should have been more careful, I have been saying this for a while now and people have been shutting me down then it blew up into something it didnt have to blow up into. </br><br></br><br>4. In addition, my new roommate is from Chicago and has gone to that church, she is telling me that they are completely rooting for Obama. I love how everyone is trying to make them look like the enemy. </br><br></br><br>P.S. Rev. Wright has a no interview policy like Chelsea Clinton. It has been like that since last year.</br><br></br><br></br><br>5. In addition, please let people know that just because America may potentially have a black president doesnt mean that race is no longer an issue in this country. Obama had to come santized and "pasteurized" in order to be accepted. God forbid he has any connection to black folk or culture, he is doomed. That does not say much about this country. I work in the fashion industry, the only reason why I am their beloved token at my company is because I compromise, bend backwards, bite my tongue, smile, act clueless at times and I leave parts of myself feelings and existence at home. One would call me a "sell out" and trust me I dont feel good about it. I wonder sometimes if its worth it but then again I look at it hoping that these are the means I must take to get to my desired place. That doesnt mean that my company is at all accepting...they are not.</br><br></br><br></br><br>Also, that crap about Obama not running for president of black folk...duH!! duh!! However does that mean that everyone should shut up and fall in line. No! Its simply called accountability. </br><br></br><br>"The majority of Negro political leaders do not ascend to prominence on the shoulders of mass support. Although genuinely popular leaders are now emerging, most are still selected by white leadership, elevated to position, supplied with resources and inevitably subjected to white control. The mass of Negroes nurtures a healthy suspicion toward this manufactured leader, who spends little time in persuading them that he embodies personal integrity, commitment and ability and offers few programs and less service. Tragically, he is in too many respects not a fighter for a new life but a figurehead of the old one. Hence, very few Negro political leaders are impressive or illustrious to their constituents. They enjoy only limited loyalty and qualified support"- MLK Jr.</br><br></br><br></br><br>I still love and support Senator Obama. However I will always give my two sense when neccessary and keep it honest like for example He sucks at bowling!!!</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959082">RhondaCoca</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959082" class="dsq-comment-message">I co-sign NQuest.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959083" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959083">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959083" class="dsq-comment-message">@ rhondacoca<br></br><br>I mean, Barack was playing in rice fields in Indonesia, with a white mother and an Indonesian stepdad.  He didn\'t go to Sunday school in a black church.  He didn\'t grow up hearing about HIV conspiracies.  I imagine he learned about religions without any strong indoctrination.  I think that may have inoculated him against a strong emotional attachment to religion/church/pastor.</br><br></br><br>re your comment:</br><br><i>in addition, reconciliation is achieved through understanding and respect.</i></br><br></br><br>Is that the ONLY way toward reconciliation?  What if the other side refuses respect, refuses to understand?  Do you hold your ground until you receive what you may never receive?  Is there another way to reconcile?  Should you care whether they respect or understand you?  Are you able to live happily without their understanding?  And if so, should you?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959084">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959084" class="dsq-comment-message">...terrific, then you can both hang out and bemoan the injustice of it all.  I\'m getting excited just thinking about it.  Ahhh, the delight of being right!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959085">RhondaCoca</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959085" class="dsq-comment-message">"...terrific, then you can both hang out and bemoan the injustice of it all. I\'m getting excited just thinking about it. Ahhh, the delight of being right!"<br></br><br>What are you talking about?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959086">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959086" class="dsq-comment-message">I observe that many black folks are drawn fatally to the darkness.  I cheer for my team, but I am getting impatient, bored with their losing streak.  I don\'t want to hear any more excuses.  I don\'t want to be overwhelmed by small things.  I am no longer satisfied with small victories.  Small victories can no longer hold my interest.  <br></br><br>If I was a child of the "black church", I would be fixin\' to give them a serious talking to.  I\'d be gettin\' ready to tell them off, not defend them.  I\'d be ready to judge them as they have judged.  I\'d be pissed off that they lost the faith, that they made peace with losing.  I\'d be hopping mad that they - the supposed keepers of the flame - had let that flame go out.  I\'d be enraged that they got caught unprepared for a Barack and were caught acting a fool.  I\'d be mad that they were caught with no oil in their lamps.  I\'d be asking them why\'d they lie to me?</br><br></br><br>I\'d be furious that they made peace with the hypocrites on my behalf..coddling the philandering swine and his insane wife so that they could return to poison my well.  How come they didn\'t discern their true characters?  Didn\'t the "holy spirit" speak to them?  I\'d be asking some serious questions.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959087">lele</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959087" class="dsq-comment-message">What, no post of the Michael Nutter interview?  I thought I would come here and read words like house negro, uncle Tom, sell-out, etc??</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959088">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959088" class="dsq-comment-message">Michael Nutter\'s disdain for Obama is based upon a personal and political vendetta. Obama endorsed a mayoral opponent over him so that\'s that. This is political payback and Nutter can\'t help himself to make it personal as well.<br></br><br>Whether or not he\'s a sellout, he\'s waging war against Obama.</br><br></br><br>Now where\'s the link? I haven\'t even read his commentary yet.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959089">Nquest</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959089" class="dsq-comment-message">Truthseeker is obviously going through some things right now... ya\'ll will have to excuse him and his delusions. lol<br></br><br></br><br><b>Is that the ONLY way toward reconciliation? What if the other side refuses respect, refuses to understand?</b></br><br></br><br>I mean, seriously...  All I can do is laugh.  I guess he never made a strawman (of his own) that he ever liked.  Build the sucker up, just to tear it down. lol</br><br></br><br></br><br><b>Do you hold your ground until you receive what you may never receive? Is there another way to reconcile?</b></br><br></br><br>Okay, let me try. </br><br></br><br>1.  Do you actually have a reason for these idiotic, pointless questions?</br><br>2.  Did I just answer my own question or is there another way to communicate just how convoluted and contradictory TS\' string of questions are?</br><br></br><br></br><br><b>Should you care whether they respect or understand you? Are you able to live happily without their understanding? And if so, should you?</b></br><br></br><br>1.  Are you mad about Harry?</br><br>2.  Is Harry just mad about you?</br><br>3.  If he is? Does that make for a happy same-sex relationship?  Should you be involved in a same-sex relationship? or should you have a V8?</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959090">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959090" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s pretty impetuous to not endorse a candidate based on him having supported your opponent, especially when that candidate(Barack) is most likely to win the Presidency.  Is he trying to hurt Barack\'s feelings?? LOL....and as I type this, CNN shows a clip of Nutter.   The word "trifling" comes to mind.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959091">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959091" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>When I read SB\'s blog and the comments, including yours, I thought, "damn, Black folks take one step forward, two steps back, then cut of their foot." I tend to think that Black folks are developing an unrealistic and unhealthy sense of ownership of Senator Obama.<br></br><br>I thought we had long established that he is not running to be President of Black America, but President of the United States of America. He has gotten more votes and money, quite frankly, from white folks than he has black folks. As such, he as to be atuned to the sensitivities of ALL of his supporters, not just his Black supporters simply because we share a color line. Like it or not, most folks, including many Black folks, were offended by what Reverend Wright said. Senator Obama HAS to respect that. </br><br></br></i><br></br><br>NMP,</br><br></br><br>I thought I had done a pretty good balance of the percentages of when he had to be the Black Candidate. But, there are times when he has to be the Black Candidate, and if Black folks can\'t count on him during those times, then what\'s up with supporting him? </br><br></br><br>But, I\'m gonna keep on supporting him, because I believe I should and he IS the best candidate in the race. </br><br></br><br>I don\'t think I ask him to be \' The Black Candidate\' nearly as much as other folks. </br><br></br><br>But, I hear ya, and I\'m glad we\'re discussing it like this. </br><br></br><br>Craig Hickman,</br><br></br><br>thank you for dropping us what\'s happening in Maine. </br><br></br><br>I want to thank all of the posters here, because some of you have made me step back and think seriously on this situation from angles that I had not considered.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959092">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959092" class="dsq-comment-message">Michael Nutter\'s right wing talking points don\'t surprise me.<br></br><br>Clinton was down in a Gallup poll today by 52% to 42%, the first time Obama cracked 50% in the race. The Clintons are hanging from a cliff. They need everyone to do their bidding now. Nutter\'s timing is to off-set the Casey endorsement, which is proving as big as I expected.</br><br></br><br>If Nutter can make a few white ethnic fence-setters step over to Clinton or change their minds entirely, then he will have done his job.</br><br></br><br>I wonder why he wasn\'t offended by Clinton\'s own valor theft, why he didn\'t think that was beyond the pale?</br><br></br><br>I wonder how popular he\'ll remain in Philly if Obama makes it to the White House?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959093">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959093" class="dsq-comment-message">..trifling.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959094">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959094" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>TruthSeeker said... <br>..trifling.</br></b><br></br><br>BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA</br><br></br><br>Nutter, well....</br><br></br><br>I\'m asking this in all seriousness. </br><br></br><br>Have we EVER seen ANY of Obama\'s White Female Supporters CLOWN like this for Obama? </br><br></br><br>I don\'t think we have, but I\'m just asking...</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959095">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959095" class="dsq-comment-message">"I thought I had done a pretty good balance of the percentages of when he had to be the Black Candidate."<br></br><br>Rikyrah,</br><br></br><br>You most certainly have!  Please no that I did not mean to diminish your hurt.  While we don\'t see eye-to-eye on this particular point, I know you only have OUR best interest at heart.  I\'m relieved that you\'re not giving up on Brother Barack.  He\'s not perfect by any measure, but he\'s worth fighting for.  And we need you on the front line.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959096">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959096" class="dsq-comment-message">I need to start spelling checking!</div>\
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				// if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
			});
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
		}
	}

	
	

	
	if(document.location.hash != '') {
		document.location.hash = document.location.hash.substring(1);
	}

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
		if(reply_id) { document.location.hash = 'comment-' + reply_id; }
	}

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=jackandjillpolitics&t=a_most_thoughtful_letter_from_alice_walker&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
		}
	}

	



	window.ExecuteWhen = (function () {
	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
			var cond = pending[i][0];
			var code = pending[i][1];
			// FIXME: if cond or code throw an error, they never get removed from pending
			if (cond()){
				code();
			}
			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
			}
		}
		pending = newPending;
	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

})();




