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Almost as tall as her mom.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:09:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400604, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12401161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't forget the \"artfully tasteful\" Playboy pictorial to make it a famewhore trifecta.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:10:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398971, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12399703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wouldn't it be nice if 'journalists\" got an ass-whupping every time they wrote crap like this...a public flogging...a brick thrown upside their dome-piece?...<br><br>Let's just combine all the media comglomerates and call them TMZ already..this shit, along with a lot of other mess pumped out these days has NO business being published", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:36:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398650, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"a lot of the talkers are black: Quncy Jones, Stanley Crouch\"<br><br>well of course, otherwise it would be seen for the racist babble it is, only the color of their skin, gives credence to this scurrlious defamation of character.<br><br>Q, married white women, and Crouch is just a visual eyesore!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:38:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409105, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wait, what did I miss?  Is there a pic of this floating around?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:01:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408036, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Great to see the Jackson family requested whom they wanted to contribute to MJ's service.<br><br>Grammys' Ehrlich tells how Jackson tribute came together <br>By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY<br><br>Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson drew a big, but not a record, U.S. television audience: 31.1 million viewers on 19 networks, according to Nielsen. In January, President Obama's inauguration drew 38 million.<br>But what happened behind the scenes in the days leading up to the event? Ken Ehrlich, the storied Grammy Awards producer, who worked with choreographer Kenny Ortega to produce the event, shared behind-the-scenes details Wednesday.<br><br>\u2022 Paris Jackson's tearful tribute to her father was unplanned. \"My impression was that the brothers and sisters, and definitely not the parents, would talk,\" Ehrlich says. \"Nobody knew she would speak up.\"<br><br>\u2022 The Jacksons specifically requested the Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and the children of Martin Luther King Jr. A few on Ehrlich's wish list were unavailable: Diana Ross, Beyonc\u00e9, the Black Eyed Peas and Paul McCartney.<br><br>\u2022 The program was rushed into place, with one day of rehearsal. Mariah Carey, who apologized Wednesday for her shaky rendition of I'll Be There, was the only one who didn't rehearse. Ehrlich e-mailed her, calling her concerns \"silly nonsense\" and noting that by being human and acknowledging the casket, she created a comfort level for acts that followed.\u2022 Ehrlich learned Saturday that the casket would be brought to the Staples Center. He notified memorial participants so they wouldn't be surprised. \"I was a little taken aback initially, but the family was absolutely right. It meant so much to the artists and the fans.\"<br><br>\u2022 Some elements fell into place very late. We Had Him, Maya Angelou's poem (requested by Katherine Jackson), didn't reach Queen Latifah until an hour before the memorial, and Angelou insisted they go over the reading before Latifah hit the podium.<br><br>\u2022 John Mayer was going to play Smile, until Ehrlich learned Jermaine Jackson wanted to sing it. Mayer was happy to switch to Human Nature, the song he was noodling in the studio the day Jackson died.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-07-08-jackson-ehrlich_N.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-07-08-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:58:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 26, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400666": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why does she have to have a hair stylist? She can wash her own head in the sink just like Eunice on Mama's Family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:58:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399676, "depth": 4, "points": 9, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "those strange black people. lmao", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:36:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "TAG60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407247, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Aint this some shit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:08:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415920, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400305": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm down with the public ass-whupping.<br><br>I think TMZ does better and more accurate reporting than the so-called news media.<br><br>At least TMZ ain't writing articles that question whether MJ's kids would be comfortable with their black family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:50:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399703, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She was there to read Maya's poem, sometimes people just always have to make something out of nothing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:40:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408054, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My sister had me ROLLING telling me how our great-grandmother used to have her clean it out! LOLOLOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:52:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410959, "depth": 9, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12396040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can Palin's behind just do a stint on \"Dancing with the Stars\" or do like Tonya Harding and launch a boxing career....and then afterwards crawl her azz into obscurity. PLEASE.  She freakin resigned from governing Alaska, of all places, what possibly could this simpleton add to politics anymore...DAMN<br><br>I am so tired of this train wreck....I am ashamed for white women and I'm black.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:50:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410419": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The peace symbol was originally designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement. It was designed and completed February 21, 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist in Britain for the April 4 march planned by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) from Trafalgar Square, London to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at AldermastonChristan in England[3]. The symbol was later adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and<br><br>SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL EMBLEM for the 1960s ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT and THE COUNTERCULTURE AT THE TIME.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:54:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409116, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "makes me think of this:<br><br><a href=\"http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/n/U/moran.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/n/U/mor...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:39:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398280, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm glad Beyonce was unavailable since she thought the Jacksons were so low-class.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:39:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400661, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How much she spends for food?<br><br>AIN'T McDonald's good enough? /snark", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:46:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399676, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I would like it if reporters would do more journalism than stenography. That was a disgraceful article. Sarah and her flunkies do what they do. Is it unreasonable for a reporter to explicitly point out the foolishness and complete and utter idiocy of what Palinistas say about everything. <br><br>If anybody associated with Palin said the sky was blue, I would go outside and check. The reporting is just ridiculous. Jay Newton Small is getting blasted in the comments and rightfully so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:18:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm suffering from an overdose of teh stoopid.  Maybe I should go back on vacation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:59:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398280, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12399164": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "they need to stop<br>since these kids were born they have been around the Jackson family<br>remember that trip to Japan Michael took for all that money awhile back?<br>Katherine Jackson was with him and she took care of the kids while he was busy.<br>so it's not a big deal. those children know their family<br>the media are the only ones acting like the kids are going to be raised by Vulcans", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:26:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398280, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407877": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL.....how you think I know this scene so well?? I spared y'all by leaving out the part where Mama Robinson supposed to have a snuff bucket right beside her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:49:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407206, "depth": 7, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep! Michael turned to blacks to surround himself in his personal life. His children know the face of love as black. The doctor everyone is talking about that Conrad is black, the nurse who talked about the Ditropan, is black.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:40:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408676, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410959": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BWA HA HA HA!!!  You aint right.  LMBAO!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:08:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407877, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12399698": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So This Is What Victory Looks Like?<br>Fireworks lit up the Baghdad sky on the evening of June 30th, signaling the advent of \u201cNational Sovereignty Day.\u201d Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared the new holiday to commemorate the withdrawal of American combat troops from the Iraqi capital and all other major urban centers, although thousands of \u201cadvisers\u201d would remain in the cities, embedded with Iraqi forces. The celebration transpired inside a city that has been radically transformed over the past six years. Even with American combat forces ostensibly withdrawn, Baghdad remains one of the most militarized urban areas in the world. It wasn\u2019t always so. When I was in Baghdad during the 1990s, I was struck by the lack of an overt military presence for a nation purported to be governed by one of the world\u2019s worst militaristic dictatorships.<br>Read More<br><a href=\"http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090707_so_this_is_what_victory_looks_like/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090707_so...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:36:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That is some straight up dumb shyt. Latifah said she was there as a fan, from the GET GO....and every speaker is not eulogizing - some are simply SPEAKING. Hell, I know plenty of times when people have been 'bought home\" to be buried and the pastor who actually PREACHED had never met them. These dumb mongrels make me sick.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:14:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408054, "depth": 2, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409101": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sure you right, Lisa M.<br><br>ALL you muthafuckers need to 'BEAT IT, because you are DANGEROUS. MJ told<br>the world it don't matter if your'e BLACK or WHITE, but you won't  STOP<br>TIL YOU GET ENOUGH.<br><br>Rowe trying to be a SMOOTH CRIMINAL.<br><br>Michael said he's BAD and they make him want to SCREAM!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:19:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408054, "depth": 2, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And my Mom-Mom (LOL)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:38:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407206, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "....because political thought is circular not linear so the lines between the extreme left and the extreme right get blurred. That's why the popularity of Ron Paul as a more recent example.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:09:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410513, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12405850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "now damn you wen't there with Mama's family LOL<br><br><br>The Obama team should never have denied it was the bag<br>they should have just ignored them<br>like they did with the expensive sneaker faux outrage<br><br>now they are outraged over baby Malia's peace shirt<br><a href=\"http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/obamas-adolescent-national-security.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/o...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400666, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yep<br>those kids are sure scared of those blacks<br>and very uncomfortable around them<br>the kids and Grace<br>i guess they are clinging to her out of fear<br>and the black woman with the blonde hair <br>Raymone Bain<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.jillstanek.com/grace.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jillstanek.com/grace.jpg</a><br><br><a href=\"http://youpode.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/grace02.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://youpode.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/0...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:08:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409857, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And my point is that people of colour are capable of seriously harming other people of colour for personal gain.  <br><br>He might have loved black people...but they may not have always loved him back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:09:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410667, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm w/ you but a lot of the talkers are black: Quncy Jones, Stanley Crouch, to name a few. <br><br>And, who was a HUUUUGE contributor to UNCF? MJ.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:19:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408310, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks for the link. D.K. took that little snot nosed punk ta school!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:22:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408238, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Ehrlich learned Saturday that the casket would be brought to the Staples Center. He notified memorial participants so they wouldn't be surprised. \"I was a little taken aback initially, but the family was absolutely right. It meant so much to the artists and the fans.\" \"<br><br>It was a Homegoing Service, dude.  Can't have one without a casket.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:03:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "sagittarius", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400661, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12393586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nobody should be that glam when they're just 11 years old (LOL).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_13:54:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12395635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, because Rahm and Obama have NOTHING better to do with their time than worry about what the hell Sarah Palin is or is not doing in Alaska.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:39:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and you would be surprised who is saying this bull sh-t<br>you know all they can do is hide behind their computers<br>because in real life they know they will catch a beat down", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:05:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412038, "depth": 5, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12419708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO - thanks for the explanation!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:15:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "sagittarius", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418031, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The peace symbol was originally designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement. It was designed and completed February 21, 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist in Britain for the April 4 march planned by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) from Trafalgar Square, London to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at AldermastonChristan in England[3]. The symbol was later adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and <br><br>SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL EMBLEM for the 1960s ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT and THE COUNTERCULTURE AT THE TIME.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:16:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12405850, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That poor young lad will be called into the Oval Office where PBO will have a file on him, his parents, his grandparents and the doctor that delivered him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:26:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12393741, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12412038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The rethugs have already started with their b.s<br><a href=\"http://www.freerepublic.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.freerepublic.com/</a>...<br><br>\"we;\u2019re being represented by a family of ghetto trash.\" <br><br>\"Looks like a bunch of ghetto thugs. A stain on America.\" <br><br>\"Looks like a typical street whore.\" <br><br>\"What we now are sending the ghetto over to represent us. and if so who the hell is that flea bag who looks to be dragged from the trash dumpster.\" <br><br>\"you could go down any ghetto right now and see exactly the same.\" <br><br>\"could you imagine what world leaders must be thinking seeing this kind of street trash and that we paid for this kind of street ghetto trash to go over there\" <br><br>\"the world must be laughing like mad right now at that we have this kind of street trash in our white house.\" <br><br>Racist minds sure do think alike, don't they?<br><br>\"Wonder when she will have her first abortion.\" <br><br>sad isn\u2019t it that we now have ghetto street trash over there representing us in Europe. <br><br>Sad isn't it that the only black people you like are Jesse Lee Paterson, Alan Keyes, the star from your favorite sports team, and MAYBE Juan Williams.<br><br>\"AND NONE I REPEAT NONE of the Palin kids never even ventured into the public arena making anykind of statement comparable to this Obubbo\u2019s daughter\" <br><br>....THE FUCK? (I cut out this poster's \"trash\" quote)<br><br>\"This disgusting display makes me more and more eager for the revolution.<br><br>They make me sick.... The whole family... mammy, pappy, the free loadin\u2019 mammy-in-law, the misguided chillin\u2019, and especially \u2018lil cuz... This is not the America I want representin\u2019 my peeps.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:41:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409987, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Extremists = leftists=christian right=taliban=terrorist<br><br>Send all their buts to Gitmo", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:51:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410513, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12394632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin is accusing the President, one of his chief advisors and Rahm Emmanuel of being behind the ethics complaints.  <br><br><a href=\"http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/07/09/a-final-palin-post/#more-14455\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/07/09/a-fi...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:16:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 28, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That black doctor and nurse might have been feeding his addiction..<br><br>As for the nurse, she made sure to come out early and imply she never injected him..time will tell.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:56:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409926, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NEWS FLASH to Palin:  <br><br>VICTIMHOOD is so not an attractive look for a politician.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:07:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394998, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL! It'll be intense.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:46:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12411523, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ha Haaa, that was probably the same black chef, that sat that bucket of KFC in front of MJ when Magic was over.<br><br>lmao!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:12:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409124, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Like I heard someone say, the extreme left eventually runs into the extreme right.<br><br>EVERYONE wants their pet cause to be first on President Obama's agenda.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:56:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409608, "depth": 1, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for nothing Nancy!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>I hope voters remember your ass and pass you up!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:06:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408087, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yup...she had an hour to deliver it like it was her own. It's not just reading something aloud.<br><br>Good on her. I'm glad she was there. I'm glad everyone was there. He was honored in a proper and dignified manner.<br><br>I'd suggest to BET to take notes, but it would fall on deaf ears. They clearly have such contempt for the people who make them money--but it's a lot of money.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:11:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407641, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415131": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dana,<br><br>LMAO!<br><br><br>When I read Rikyrah's caption from Beyonce's pic....<i>\"I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille\",</i> I died. I just couldn't stop laughing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:12:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408036, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "White folks traditionally have memorial services without caskets. That is the difference between a memorial service and funeral, in the white culture.  Whereas, us black folks, we just mix it all in together. Homecoming, memorial funeral.<br><br>But the mainstream media, consistently referred to it as a memorial service.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:32:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408427, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "KUCINICH ROCKS ON SINGLE-PAYER! Pawns MD who claimed Canadian health care was worse than the US's.<br><br>I saw this article at Metafilter (always worth a look and, for full disclosure, I took the subject line starting with \"Pwns\" directly from the posting). Kucinich's questioning is simply devastating. No wonder the corporate media tries to limit discussion of single-payer.<br><br>You can view the webcast at <a href=\"http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/06/examining-the\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/06/exami...</a>... . Kucinich starts at 1:21:30.<br><br>The transcript comes from <a href=\"http://www.pnhp.org/blog/2009/06/10/house-help-committe\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.pnhp.org/blog/2009/06/10/house-help-...</a>... /", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:32:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12396675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For the love of God....Will this ignorant woman just go away?!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:01:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418167": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Malia has looks and poise that won't quit!  Both the girls are delightful beyond words.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:12:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12398761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "the first lady nor the president should have to defend <br>their wardrobe or  the bags they carry<br>do people really think the Obama's were living like Florida and James Evans before they moved into the Whitehouse?<br>it's not like they aren't used to expensive things", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:20:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 25, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398328, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12397740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Okay, I'll say it....<br><br>Bitch, please.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:06:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 16, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12397741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Am I thinking of another Pete Rouse. The Same Pete Rouse that spent, what, over a decade working for Daschle in Washington? Which means he woudln't know shyt about her participation in Alaskan politics. That Pete Rouse? When's the last time Rouse was in Alaska? <br><br>Or maybe I'm thinking of another Rouse?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:06:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12395918, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12399676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i know <br>it's just plain stupid<br>if it isn't the first lady's clothes it's her shoes<br>now it's her bag<br>what's next?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:35:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399371, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400816": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:02:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400666, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And this is what cracks me up about folks like Donny Douche whining about MJ coverage deterring the media from reporting on more important stories, like the media exhibited journalistic intergrity prior to his death. Folks forget that before MJ died, the cable news networks were fixated on Gov. Sanford's scandal. If MJ never died, stories about the troops would've been pushed aside for bullshyte like this, Palin....etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:20:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398328, "depth": 1, "points": 12, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12397683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Right.  And President Obama taught palin how to write and speak in RUN-ON sentences too!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:05:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL......this heifer think the sun don't RISE till she get up. DAYUM.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:52:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics:<br> <a href=\"http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp</a><br><br>I'm guessing they dont have many members.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:41:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399703, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Same Pete Rouse.  She's accusing a man with decades of experience in the Senate and unquestionable integrity according to those on the Left and Right of working behind the scenes to drive this already bat crazy bitch more crazy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:09:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12397741, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12402373": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Palin the Pole dancer", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:14:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398971, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12395718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "anybody watching the nonsense on cnn bout the burial plot in Chicago? creepy. Apparently, the cemetery workers would push down coffin to make more space in order ot bury another on top of it. Emmet Till was buried there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:42:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "TAG60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398280": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i hereby dub thee racism Thursday!<br><br>ABC want to know if Micheal's kids will get along with their black family.<br><br><a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/MichaelJackson/story?id=8039127&page=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/MichaelJack...</a><br>yes..this is a real article y'all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:09:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "TAG60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>we;\u2019re being represented by a family of ghetto trash.\"</i> <br><br><i>\"Looks like a bunch of ghetto thugs. A stain on America.\"</i> <br><br><i>\"Looks like a typical street whore.\" </i><br><br><br><br><br><b>My eyes!  My eyes!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:34:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412038, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good, now I don't have to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:50:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12397740, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416204": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK!  Which explains Sir Paul's absence from MJ's  the memorial service.<br><br>He prolly was watching and singing \"The catalog is mine.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:54:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414374, "depth": 7, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "was it from the house of Dereon ? LOL<br>Somebody should have talked to her about that dress<br>wear something classy <br>Bey really makes me miss  Whitney Houston", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:18:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408630, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12395216": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "or lived in Alaska", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:30:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12395153, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTLMBAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:14:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409709, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12396813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I saw a CNN story about the ethics complaints.  For example, one was that she wore a jacket/parka with the manufacters logo on it to a photographed govt. event and this constituted a conflict of interest.  Most of the other ethics complaints were of a similiar nature.  <br>This may be a Dick Tuck moment or maybe not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:02:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and all that hell-raising he did LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:17:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12411368, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12401374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>the media are the only ones acting like the kids are going to be raised by Vulcans</i><br><br>Um, why you gotta go there like that?    :-D", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:11:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "vulcan_girl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399164, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of course not!  It puts the lie to Q Jones and the rest of the naysayers, who are medically ignorant, old school and know nothing about vitiligo.<br><br>\"Klein said he treated Jackson's vitiligo with a cream that eventually bleached Jackson's darker pigmentation to even out his skin color. He said it was that treatment -- not a once-rumored desire by Jackson to be white -- that lightened his skin over the years.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:44:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408616, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12396257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "5 Leaders Who Miss George W. Bush<br>Barack Obama might still be overwhelmingly popular around the world, but here are five heads of state who probably wish they could have the old guy back.<br><a href=\"http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/07/08/5_leaders_who_miss_george_w_bush?page=0%2C0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/07/0...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:55:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12399330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Awww nawww, we got another <a href=\"http://www.ajc.com/news/clark-shootout-suspect-escapes-87637.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brian Nichols on the loose</a> in Atlanta.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:29:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12395748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/09/illinois.cemetery.scheme/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/09/illinois.ce...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:42:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "TAG60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12419814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You crazy!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:20:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414924, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I said they were clones of the Cowsills, and Osmunds.<br>I also said that I could not stand the J5 music until Thriller.  Never could stand bubble gum music.  And I never said they stole from them, just were the black versions of them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:42:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412506, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:41:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407990, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12396267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "James Hoffa, the president of the Teamsters Union, wrote an op-ed piece blasting the idea of taxing employee health benifits.  He mentioned that 1) Mr Obama was against it during the debates,   2) the Teamsters endorsed Mr Obama based upon that position.<br>He suggested a higher Medicare tax, taxing the rich, making Wall street pay for expanded health care.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:55:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ummm, as much as Obama and Michelle are regular people, they are also MILLIONAIRES. As long as they pay their taxes, what the hell does it matter how much they spend on clothing and accessories? It's THEIR money, and hell you can't take it with you when you die.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:45:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398328, "depth": 1, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "d", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:57:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12398834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ABC HAS NO SHAME!<br><br>WE SEE YOU, ABC! WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TOO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:21:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398280, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409587": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nor her latest entry into the wig crypt hall of fame, or her blank vacant look, or her hommage to mushmouth from fat albert, or her glycerine tears.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:31:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408036, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "huh?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:06:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408239, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And why is HuffPost making such a big deal that Queen Latifah had never met Michael?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/queen-latifah-never-met-m_n_228473.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Queen Latifah Never MET Michael Jackson, Despite Eulogizing</a><br><br>They just got to be starting something.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:54:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400661, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now see you know the conservatives who feign feminism would be so upset with this statement, but in truth its a part of her culture of choice. <br><br>\"rednecks\"<br><br>There is no way she ever thought she was going into politics when she was flunking out of college(s.) Those tapes have GOT to be out there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:06:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398971, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398328": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The insanity continues.<br><br>White House denies manufacturer's boast that First Lady carried their $5,950 bag<br>DAILY NEWS STAFF <br>Updated Thursday, July 9th 2009, 10:01 AM <br><br>Is First Lady Michelle Obama sporting a taste for ultra-expensive fashion pieces, or is she cementing her status as a savvy shopper?<br>Back in April she wore a pair of $540 Lanvin sneakers at a Washington food bank. Earlier this week (while strolling the wooded landscape outside of Moscow), she carried a sexy black clutch, which Italian luxury house VBH boasts is their shiny black alligator manila bag \u2013 with a retail sticker price of $5,950. <br>The White House says she was carrying the $875 VBH patent leather clutch. <br>The First Lady, who has impressed with her chic, affordable style sense, embracing Everywoman brands like Gap and J.Crew, flashed the shiny handheld while walking with her husband, President Barack Obama, during their Monday meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana.<br>Told that Obama's office denied the bag was the high-end VBH clutch, Kelly Vitko, a rep for the company replied, \"It\u2019s definitely ours [manila bag].\"<br><br>Read more: <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/07/09/2009-07-09_michelle_obama_flashes_expensive_taste_carries_5950_black_bag_alligator_russia_.html#ixzz0Kmk4iuSb&C\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:10:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 28, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413140": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you know he said the cowsills LOL LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:08:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412506, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bam....and there it is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:36:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414374, "depth": 7, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414721": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sepia,<br><br>I can't type fast enough to concur! <br>That's it right there! You nailed it baby! <br><br>From the time Michael's death was announced, I read on how many blogs that the beatles catalog should be given back? WTF? WTF?<br><br>Girl, when I read that, I nearly stroked out myself. I was so damn angry @ the mofos. Like Michael had something that wasn't rightfully his. <br>I'm telling you...these people are bold & brazen!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:58:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414374, "depth": 7, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409608": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now look at this banner Greenpeace threw up on Mount Rushmore<br><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31808464?GT1=43001\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31808464?GT1=43001</a><br><br>All I gotta say is a lotta muthaphuckers are getting bold with it, bolder than ever before....now we all know criticizing the President Obama is a new Olympic game these days...but can someone tell me when has the President walked back his stance on global warming....what warranted this display?  I might have missed something.<br><br>I mean damn the Republicans are crticizing the Prez on cap-and-trade and the environmentalist are criticizing just because of publicity.  Muthaphuckas are bold<br><br>A lot of muthaphuckers are \"wishing\" to see another side...I tell ya", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:31:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12399371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know black folks AIN'T suppose to have expensive things like that? And if they do....How did they get it? What are they doing? /snark<br><br><br>Gawd, erryday it's the never-ending ignorance of these idiots!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:30:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398761, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12393741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So true, MsKitty.  Malia is stunning, 'Tre chic.  I really do pitty the boy who comes calling on her.   <br><br>I'd love to be a fly on the wall when PBO tries to sign that dating bill into law.  LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_13:57:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12393586, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!! You know she thought that was the ish.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:54:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408036, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411153": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's it!   I'm gonna finish my invention which will allow me to virtually smack someone upside their head.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:14:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "LTMidnight", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409116, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sasha had on a peace shirt a couple of weeks ago, clearly the Obamas are raising hippies. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:41:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408239, "depth": 3, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here it is Justice58!<br><br>Pelosi: Resolution on Michael Jackson unnecessary<br>By SUZANNE GAMBOA \u2013 3 hours ago <br><br><br>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise \"contrary views\" about the pop star's life.<br><br>Lawmakers are free to use House speeches \"to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish,\" said Pelosi, D-Calif. \"I don't think it's necessary for us to have a resolution.\"<br><br>A resolution sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, cites some of the singer's charitable acts and proclaims him an American legend, musical icon and world humanitarian.<br><br>Even before Pelosi's comments, some Democrats said privately they did not support the resolution and a divisive debate would hurt House efforts to muster the votes for priorities such as health care and climate change.<br><br>Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who posted a video on YouTube calling Michael Jackson a \"pervert\" and a \"pedophile,\" has pledged to do all he could to block the resolution.<br><br>Michael Jackson was acquitted in 2005 of charges that he molested a 13-year-old boy. Those allegations, and his admission that children slept in his bed at his home but nothing sexual occurred, have led some members of Congress to put distance between themselves and any formal honor for the entertainer.<br><br>\"A resolution, I think, would open up to contrary views to \u2014 that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different,\" Pelosi said at a Capitol Hill news conference where she discussed various legislative matters.<br><br>Unbowed, Jackson Lee said she will seek support from colleagues who thanked her when she introduced the measure June 26, one day after Michael Jackson died. She said honorary resolutions don't often \"pass the next day.\"<br><br>\"On this floor we elevate people and doing that we have to work to tell your story,\" she said after a House vote. But she would need support from Democratic leadership for the resolution to advance to the full House from the committee where it is now.<br><br>When members of the Congressional Black Caucus held a moment of silence in the House after Jackson died June 25, some lawmakers walked out of the chamber.<br><br>Jackson Lee has pledged that the resolution, now before the House Foreign Affairs Committee where she is a member, would come to the full House for debate. Such honorary measures normally move quickly from committee to the full House and pass on a voice vote.<br><br>But Jackson Lee's resolution was in trouble early. It drew only one co-sponsor, Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif., and was not endorsed by other black caucus members.<br><br>From the stage at Jackson's memorial Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Jackson Lee hoisted a framed copy of the resolution.<br><br>Associated Press writer Jim Abrams contributed to this report.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gZcIFA7srDf5RZEEL0jWLEkYhiLQD99B2OTO0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALe...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:55:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 35, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12588314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "His actions - hiring black people who may or may not have fed his addiction - prove nothing with regards to his love of blacks.<br><br>Whites who don't particularly like blacks, hire blacks.   And those blacks may, or may not spit in their soup.<br><br>Now, if you argued that Michael hired blacks even while knowing that they did not care for him...and that self-<i>sacrifice</i> demonstrates a love for blacks...that might make some sense.<br><br>The whole discussion here is really pointless.   What is \"loving\" blacks, anyway?   And, how would someone demonstrate such love?   How would a third party be able to determine if that person loved blacks or not?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-13_14:21:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415976, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/obamas-adolescent-national-security.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/o...</a><br><br>you know it's a sad thing when people think peace is bad<br>and trying to talk sh-t about an innocent child", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:19:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408239, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Am I wrong because I wished the Minister had spoken? I know he was there......I SOOOOO wish he had spoken.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:43:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409342, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why do you think they keep their hair so long? It's less circumspect than a leash.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:46:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407247, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Im sorry i don't mean them good Vulcans like you<br>i mean them other ones LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:30:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12401374, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yes,I read something recently about how he specifically requested a black chef because he wanted to give jobs to black folks in those kinds of jobs because they rarely get a break in Hollywood. All the nannies and personal chefs and assistants of these celebrities are usually white nowadays. He really did want to \"help a brotha/sista out.\" How many other black celebrities chose to employ black folks in those kinds of positions?<br><br>Also, the first time I ever saw someone tell the truth and have Egyptians portrayed by black people was \"Remember the Time\". All beautiful black people. That was something. MJ loved black people, period. I don't think he loved himself very much. Vitiligo or not, he mutilated his face. I think that has more to do with his father and the pressures of fame than it did his blackness. But I do believe he loved his black people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:20:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "itgurl_29", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408310, "depth": 2, "points": 15, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow.  I'm speechless, and not in a good way.<br><br>That's the problem with today's divas, all they know is hoochie, they don't know they they can show some class and be just as hot.  You would have never seen Miss Ross parading around on stage in that type of getup.  SMH.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:20:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408800, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So true. I wonder if this will get as much segment time as all the other stuff:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/07/09/michael.jackson.glove/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/07/09/michael.j...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:07:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408310, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So? Could they have feed his addiction if they were white?<br><br>Would it make a difference if they were white.<br><br>The point of the comment is that MJ surrounded himself with POC!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:01:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410509, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12399404": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What the freak? You mean that isn't The Onion?<br><br>Ummm...are they freakin' BLIND or did they NOT see how the children were clinging to their Auntie Janet? Kids don't fake that.<br><br>Post-racial my...never mind.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:30:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398280, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh nooooo Justice.....while she plantin all those exotic foods in that garden, she should have had some purple hulls and snap beans and corn. Michelle and Mama Robinson supposed to be in the kitchen with a tattered up gown and houseshoes on, shelling peas and shuckin corn while listening to some Mahalia Jackson or Albertina Walker records and sanging.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:30:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400185, "depth": 5, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12399885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Leon Penetta sent a letter to congress saying that the CIA was less than truthful during the past 8 years.<br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/politics/09intel.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/politics/0...</a><br><br>Call me cynical but is this just a way of getting Nancy Pelosi off the hook?  It stinks of politics.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:39:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "danadevin, you call it a naughty wedding dress.<br><br>I say she looked like she had the starring role in one of Timothy Leary LSD-fueled, tripped out dreams.<br><br>Someone else (I think rorysmomma) called it a 'onesie'.<br><br>All in all, it was a tacky, hot mess.  Can't say I expect anything different from Yawnsee and her peeps.  She fit right in at the BET crapfest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:07:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "sagittarius", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408036, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All those numbnuts can CATCH FIRE. That catalog was Michaels, and now its his children's...case closed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:37:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414721, "depth": 8, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398904": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barbara is trying to get that interview with Debbie Rowe. No doubt about it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:22:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398555, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good vid. Thanks.<br><br>It is so sad Sepia, that they hounded MJ so badly about his disease and turned his efforts to his symptoms into 'eccentricities'...basically used them to create this entire 'whackojacko' persona.<br><br>It would have not taken any effort to have compassion and balance the reporting instead of going to such extremes to make him into a bizarre caricature.  His plastic surgery was the most extreme thing he did in all of this. And that was likely do to the ugly tormenting verbal abuse by Joe Jackson saying he was ugly and had the biggest nose ever. <br><br>The world is so cruel.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:12:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412239, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12412365": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mamma say Mamma Sa Ma Ma Ku Sa.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:47:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408054, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "stop that LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:01:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409709, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12394307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i'll post it", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:09:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12393907, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and it was written by a black woman apparently. so stupid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:12:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "TAG60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12419915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All that because she wore a shirt with a peace symbol on it? That's just a rhetorical question. I'm not surprised at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:24:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412038, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12412239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There was a doctor on GMA this morning who said that MJ having Lupus might have contributed to his skin problem, too. But folks don't want to hear it. <br><br>VIDEO: <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8040369\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8040369</a><br><br>If anything, this is an opportunity to fully explore these two diseases so that we can understand them and those who suffer from them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:43:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410080, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12419920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's astounding that Time would publish such lazy journalism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:24:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398650, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the owner of that blog is a raving lunatic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:44:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "TAG60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12405850, "depth": 6, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dennis K, don't play.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:45:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409221, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This article just shyted on BET's piss poor excuse of not having enough time.<br><br><i>A few on Ehrlich's wish list were unavailable: Diana Ross, Beyonc\u00e9, the Black Eyed Peas and Paul McCartney.</i><br><br>I get the feeling the Jacksons said \"Hell No!\" to Bouncy and Sir Paul.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:44:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400661, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Pelosi said upfront she was mislead\" and omg the \"proof\" is sent over by Panetta.  UH HUh, sure.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:17:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408702, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414815": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nope. I've got my issues with the Minister, but damn if he don't tell the truth about <i>them</i>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:00:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414238, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411792": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She might as well have since she has not accomplished anything else this year other than lie about the CIA.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:33:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "EdnaMae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408087, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "thats right Grace Rawarmba helped raise those children<br>she was with Michael for 17 years", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:09:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408310, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "im glad Bey didn't come<br>i really didn't wan't to see her in a naughty wedding dress again", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:53:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407641, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12395153": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I didn't know Obama and Rahm were Republicans.  Hmm.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:28:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12393833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Alright Malia, you come work for me and I will gladly stunt your shades in Rome!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_13:59:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "texasladybird", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12405098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*Document, meet shred bin*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:19:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400666, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:32:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394307, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409709": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i betta not EVER see PBO in a pair of briwn corduroy nuthuggers!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:34:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398761, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!  that caption was a hoot; there really wasn't one more fitting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:00:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415131, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "News Alert<br>6:13 PM EDT Thursday, July 9, 2009 <br>Sen. Roland Burris Won't Seek Reelection <br>Appointed Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) will not seek reelection in 2010, according to a Democratic strategist, a decision that was all-but-certain given his ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.<br><br>For more information, visit <a href=\"http://washingtonpost.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">washingtonpost.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:21:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John Mayer had never met MJ either.<br><br>Individuals are requested by the living to speak at funerals, not the dead.<br><br>Funerals are for the LIVING, they set them up and request who they like to provide remembrance of their loved one, FOR THEM.<br><br><br>MJ did not have to have met a soul, folks knew MJ through his music.  But he did know the RevAlSharpton who DID eulogize him.<br><br>Funerals, I repeat are for the LIVING.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:48:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408054, "depth": 2, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414837": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank You! Thank You!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:01:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410227, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, y'know..it is real clear that despite fame and celebrity and wealth MJ experienced racism from society. He felt it, he understood it and he proudly fought against it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:03:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409342, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't forget about the Sony catalog he had as well, Sepia.  I believe you are quite right...<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW1T1DZdWrA\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW1T1DZdWrA</a><br><br>it's long, but @ 8:00 it gets very pointed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:42:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "devessel", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414374, "depth": 7, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I thought they were supposed to celebrate when we came...not when we left.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:55:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399698, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hell, just do the obligatory home-made porn video; have someone \"leak\" it to TMZ; and collect the royalties.  <br><br>That's just about where she's headed anyway ...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:23:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12396040, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They dont care. Those fools have the mark of the beast on the back of their scalps and have the DNA of jackals...they're demonic spirits. They would attack a 2 yr old if the child was black.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:40:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414971, "depth": 6, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "...isn't it interesting that it was uploaded on the 25th?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:31:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "devessel", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418499, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok - I'm clueless on this one.  What are brown corduroy nuthuggers?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:42:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "sagittarius", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409709, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Who gives a shyt, whether it was judgment/misinformation all that means is it was  not likely the truth, shades of truth, partial truth?<br><br>The point is that It simply was not the truth.<br><br>Pelosi, said up front she was mislead...<br><br>Intent and motive are  nothing but reasons for failing to give the truth.<br><br>Truth is truth.<br><br>Lies of omission are the same as damn lies....all of it is misleading!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:09:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12401040, "depth": 3, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408199": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I get the feeling the Jacksons said \"Hell No!\" to Bouncy and Sir Paul.\"<br><br>I agree, Sepia... particularly since Yawnsee tried to call the Jacksons ghetto trash in the Elle interview.  Not only do I think they said no, I wouldn't be surprised if a couple of them said 'Hell em effing NO'!<br><br>I also have the sneaking suspicion that Quincy Jones wasn't particularly encouraged to attend by the family.  Don't have any proof - but the man they had a falling out with years ago - Berry Gordy - was given a prominent role at the service.  I don't recall Quincy's name being mentioned at all during the service.  Must be all that ish he's been talking about Michael since 2005.  And, quiet as it's kept, Quincy doesn't have ANY room to discuss other folks issues.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:58:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "sagittarius", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407641, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12395918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The woman who has decried a \"witch hunt\" now calls it a \"direct route\" from Pete Rouse, who used to live in Alaska, to Alaska.  That's right her evidence is that because Pete Rouse used to live in Alaska and now works with the President he must be behind the investigations.  Her statement isn't atounding (I expect this crazy shit from her), but what is astounding is the Time Magazine reporter didn't challenge her and it's not getting attention.  I guess it would undermine the national media pity party for her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:46:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12395216, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh they're ignoring the kids clinging to their black auntie!<br><br>Nah Nah Nah.....Barbara Wawa DON'T wanna see that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:55:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399404, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12401040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Were they lies or damn lies?  Were they judgement calls that turned out to be wrong?  Were they disinformation fed to the agency that turned out to be wrong?  But since nothing specific was mentioned in the letter, maybe its just politics as usual?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:07:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400114, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Didn't he say at the beginning of the \"Nancy Pelosi was mislead\" thing that the CIA didn't mislead Congress?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:33:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399885, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "link not working", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:10:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399330, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING OPEN THREAD IS UP!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:35:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12414022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Getting a little heated there, whiterose?<br><br>Relax.<br><br>Ultimately, what is the point of saying he turned to blacks if it is possible that they were feeding off him?   It would have all been for naught.    So what if he proved he did care for blacks..his expression of love for his people would have been for naught if they didn't care for him in return...everything canceling out in the end.<br><br>Some would say, no love is ever for naught.   For for the purposes of our discussion...he may as well have surrounded himself with inanimate objects..the good it did him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:36:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413011, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407206": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "shelling peas and shuckin corn while listening to some Mahalia Jackson or Albertina Walker records and sanging.<br><br>Alright now don't be talking about my Grandma Annie<br>and my Aunt Pearl LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:33:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407087, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree. MJ outsmarted them, somehow. I always wondered how he so shrewedly beat out all those record moguls and titans for one of the most priceless music catalogs ever.  They wanted to bankrupt him so he would have to use it as leverage and they could steal it back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:29:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414374, "depth": 7, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12401068": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tea, say hello to keyboard", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:07:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400666, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sorry rikyrah, here\u2019s the Youtube video clip.  The second link I sent above has the transcript.<br><br>Dennis Kucinich Sets Dr. David Gratzer Straight<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DII7v8yeRjs\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DII7v8yeRjs</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:59:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407267, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How long will it be before someone gets all upset over her wearing a tee shirt with a peace sign on it? Probably not very long.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:59:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12401160, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I love that ABC is being called out for this bullshyt.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:42:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398280, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12399539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you!<br><br>Now I feel better. Tell the truth!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:33:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12397740, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12394428": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "aaawww ain't she a cutie<br>she's got Michelles eyebrows", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:12:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12407744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Have White Supremacists Really Gone Mainstream?<br>In November 2007, on the weekend after a $5 million one day \"moneybomb\" for Rep. Ron Paul's presidential bid, I covered a rally for the candidate in Philadelphia and met a student who had come to pass out fliers attacking him. \"He's got truly radical views that are being mainstreamed at events like this,\" said Matt Sullivan, a liberal who was attending Temple University. A largely white crowd brushed him aside; his fliers, which reprinted racist statements about blacks that ran in an old Paul newsletter, were crumpled up.<br><br>Two months later, everyone who followed the race learned that Paul's connections to racists had been hidden in plain sight, in many more newsletters and in speaking engagements. In October 2008, Paul spoke at the 50th Anniversary of the John Birch Society.<br><br>All of this has been forgotten in the mainstream press, in which Paul is covered as a compelling political eccentric, but I thought of all it while reading Blood and Politics. At one point, Leonard Zeskind recreates a 1983 meeting of \"tax protesters\" and \"Identity Christians\" in Kansas who pass around a flier that can inform their neighbors of why their farms are worth ever less and less. It excoriates \"Jewish bankers\" and names \"the real owners\" of the Federal Reserve, including the Rothschilds, the Rockefellers, Lehman Brothers, and Goldman Sachs.<br><br>Attacks on Paul are characterized as paranoid, obsessive and unfair, as I'm sure Zeskind's book will be characterized. Just this week, The Atlantic's political reporter Marc Ambinder wrote that Republicans suffer from a \"double standard\" that gives them \"much less of a margin for error when it comes to making racially insensitive remarks.\"<br><br>The implication was that conservatives might have a few bad apples in their movement, or that they might make some gaffes in their pursuit, but that their version of racial and economic justice -- an end to racial preferences, tax cuts, school vouchers -- is perfectly legitimate. And Zeskind argues against this. Willis Carto's bigoted Liberty Lobby flourished with Barry Goldwater. Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan appointed lawyers who chipped away at civil rights. Pat Buchanan \"courted [David] Duke's constituency\" when he ran for president. Scratch a conservative Republican and you'll find a racist; dust off a Republican idea and you'll find a policy that would elevate the white majority over racial minorities.<br><br>This is much further than I'd go, because I know that the Myron Magnets and Charles Murrays who have convinced today's Republicans that, for example, welfare without restrictions has a malicious effect on its recipients, did not do so because they wanted to preserve white privilege. Most bad faith, racially-obsessive policies -- the fear of Mexican immigrants that David Duke used as a recruiting tool three decades before Tom Tancredo -- are adopted by people who are simply worried about their economic well-being and want to find an attackable culprit. So, fear of the shadowy federal reserve, and fear of Sonia Sotomayor's outrageous idea that non-white judges might make wiser decisions in discrimination cases than white judges.<br><br>A lot of Zeskind's material is fun and sensational, but not that worrying. Overtly racist, David Duke politics aren't effective in Barack Obama and Bobby Jindal's America, and the list of Aryan or Klan leaders who have imploded or been revealed as undercover agents is longer than the list of active, full-time racists. Zeskind's more controversial thesis should stick with us, though. Conspiracy theories about the \"real rulers of the world\" and anger at policies that might lift up minorities are very, very easily transmitted into mainstream politics. It's not a \"double standard\" or an act of political witch-hunting to ask whether a new conservative idea, wrapped up as an appeal to America's founding principles, is actually a throwback to base racism.<br><a href=\"http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/08/_in_november_2007_on/?ref=fpd\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/08...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:46:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12418499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, alrighty then.  MJ went straight up gangsta on  Sony & Motola.  Beautiful!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:25:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417400, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12412506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, but you're the same person who thinks The Jacksons stole from The Osmonds and some group called The Cowchips so....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:51:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12411227, "depth": 5, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anyone else notice that for all the talk about MJ denying his racial heirtage, that the caretakers of his kids are black. MJ surrounded those kids with POC. Those are the only faces of love they know.<br><br>Folks need to quit talking about MJ based on his surgery/skin...the man knew what he was...a black man, in a racist world...lyrics 'they don't care about us' 'remember the time' etc...speak loudly and clearly MJ understood and stood up for POC.<br><br>I don't think there is any bigger testament to that then the color of the faces he surround his kids with.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:01:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 32, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408087, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12393927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Isn't she beautiful? Go Malia!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:00:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12414924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Spirit,<br><br>You rock, baby!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:04:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409101, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414413": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cowchips............<br><br>DAMMIT GINA!!! WHYYYYYYY!!<br><br>ROFLMAO!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:49:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412506, "depth": 6, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh...so y'all couldn't see how those kids were CLEARLY being held against their will and frightened of all those strange people around them? Y'all didn't see that?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:34:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398280, "depth": 1, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12398555": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ABC isn't asking how that lil Malawi kid of Madonna's and lil Pax from the Pitt/Jolie clan will get along with their WHITE family.<br><br>We SEE you ABC-  (This includes Barbara Walters)-  Water Carriers for Debbie Rowe!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398280, "depth": 1, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12400604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not trying to be funny, but Malia is gonna be a knockout when she grows up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:57:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12401629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like the way you think.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:12:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12398971, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12403678": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*nearly chokes on his food*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:16:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12400666, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408800": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "all i have to say is <br>she was wrong<br><br><a href=\"http://www.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/bet-awards-09-beyonce.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/b...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:11:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408336, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "link took me to a 404 page", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:35:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12407143, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I believe that the root of all of that torment they put upon MJ was the Beatles catalog. <br><br>As long as MJ just sang and dance, <i>they</i> didn't give a damn about whatever plastic surgery he had. But as soon as he got his hands on that Beatles catalog, which is worth $$$$$, then they consulted the Nazi propaganda playbook and decided to make him into a child molesting monster. <br><br>In this world, Money = Power and we all know that <i>they</i> are fearful of us gaining power.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:48:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413241, "depth": 6, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFLMAO!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:50:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12409709, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Gosh, I just wish you could follow the train of thought instead of all these tangents you create that have nothing to do with the core statements.<br><br>It was not about whether POC loved or use him.<br><br>The statement was made to REBUT all those alleging that he hated his own blackness!! His actions demonstrated otherwise. Regardless of the skin depigmentation and plastic surgery.<br><br>That was the point.<br><br>Not whether folks around him could use or abuse him.<br><br>Geez.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:44:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414022, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12393907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Question: the other day someone posted about Boyce Watkins getting a call to advise the Obama administration.  Will someone re-post it? In my search all I am coming up with is short blurb on AOL Black Voices. Or, was that it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:00:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "if you have ever watched an old episode of \"good times\", you will notice that james always wore some raggedy ass brown corduroy pants.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417411, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12403697": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Place of Women on the Court<br>By EMILY BAZELON<br>Published: July 7, 2009 <br><br>In late February, three weeks after she had an operation for a recurrence of cancer, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to Barack Obama\u2019s first address to Congress. Given the circumstances, it wasn\u2019t an event anyone expected her to attend. She went, she said, because she wanted the country to see that there was a woman on the Supreme Court. <br>Now another woman, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is about to begin the confirmation hearings that stand between her and a seat near Ginsburg on the high bench. After 16 years on the court \u2014 the last three, since the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor, as the only woman working alongside eight men \u2014 Ginsburg has a unique perspective on what\u2019s at stake in Sotomayor\u2019s nomination. I sat down with the 76-year-old justice last week to talk about women on the bench and their effect on the dynamics and decisions of the court.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12ginsburg-t.html?_r=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12gi...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:16:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months 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}, "12400114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So are you saying that the CIA has never lied to Congress or the American public?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:44:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399885, "depth": 1, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Your point is not the topic, as usual. Can white people harm POC, of course, so your point has no relevance. Doesn't matter what color they are if they are going to harm you. All humans can harm others.<br><br>The focus was that he had POC surrounding him and his kids.  NOT who could harm him. Geez<br><br>No one was talking about who loved him we certainly know white folks could harm him to...ergo what are noting adds ZILCH.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:04:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12411011, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12394998": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "when it comes to Palin<br>someone else is always to blame<br>she is always the victim", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_14:25:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12394632, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ooh, I dare these fools to go after the girls just to see the epic wrath that will come down on them.  Malia and Sasha are America's sweethearts, they better recognize (LOL).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:35:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12405850, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just so we're clear.  They are referring to 2 girls that are 11 and 8 years old right?<br><br>Do they really not know how they look?  Do they care?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:06:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "LTMidnight", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412038, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "the FOI were his security ...for pete's sake!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:25:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408310, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "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": "24822777", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 7001011906617746331}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "afternoon_open_thread_76", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 197, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 24822777, "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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};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
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}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
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	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
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	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
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	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
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  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
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			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
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			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
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			(num == 1
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				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s point'
				: '%(num)s points'
			), {num:num});
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};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





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Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



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FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
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FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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	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=afternoon_open_thread_76' +
		'&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/afternoon_open_thread_76/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='	+ 'afternoon_open_thread_76'
			+ '&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/afternoon_open_thread_76/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) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">197</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/afternoon_open_thread_76/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
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	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:24822777" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
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		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
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				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		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>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/afternoon_open_thread_76/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				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>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		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;
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		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"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></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;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<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 + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</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> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
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					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : 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 += '</div>';
			}
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		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"><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>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:24822777" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p> \n';
	};

	//
	// 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() {
			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;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" 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>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		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"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</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>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		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"> \
							 \
								 \
									<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You must log into an account in order to comment on Jack and Jill Politics" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:24822777" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// 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 = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'afternoon_open_thread_76',
			// 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
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// 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/afternoon_open_thread_76/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='	+ 'afternoon_open_thread_76'
			+ '&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='	+ 'afternoon_open_thread_76'
			+ '&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='		+ 'afternoon_open_thread_76'
				+ '&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/24822777/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);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

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

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/jackandjillpolitics/queueurl.js');
	};
};

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

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
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<ul id="dsq-comments">\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12393586" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12393586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12393586">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12393586" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12393586" class="dsq-comment-message">Nobody should be that glam when they\'re just 11 years old (LOL).</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12393741">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12393741" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12393741" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12393741">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12393741" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12393741" class="dsq-comment-message">So true, MsKitty.  Malia is stunning, \'Tre chic.  I really do pitty the boy who comes calling on her.   <br><br>I\'d love to be a fly on the wall when PBO tries to sign that dating bill into law.  LOL!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12411523">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12411523" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411523" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12411523">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12411523" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411523" class="dsq-comment-message">That poor young lad will be called into the Oval Office where PBO will have a file on him, his parents, his grandparents and the doctor that delivered him.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12414317">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12414317" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414317" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414317">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414317" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414317" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! It\'ll be intense.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12409608">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409608" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409608" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409608">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12409608" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409608" class="dsq-comment-message">Now look at this banner Greenpeace threw up on Mount Rushmore<br><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31808464?GT1=43001" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31808464?GT1=43001</a><br><br>All I gotta say is a lotta muthaphuckers are getting bold with it, bolder than ever before....now we all know criticizing the President Obama is a new Olympic game these days...but can someone tell me when has the President walked back his stance on global warming....what warranted this display?  I might have missed something.<br><br>I mean damn the Republicans are crticizing the Prez on cap-and-trade and the environmentalist are criticizing just because of publicity.  Muthaphuckas are bold<br><br>A lot of muthaphuckers are "wishing" to see another side...I tell ya</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12410513">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12410513" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410513">AxelFoley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12410513" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410513" class="dsq-comment-message">Like I heard someone say, the extreme left eventually runs into the extreme right.<br><br>EVERYONE wants their pet cause to be first on President Obama\'s agenda.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12415063">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415063" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12415063" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415063" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415063" class="dsq-comment-message">....because political thought is circular not linear so the lines between the extreme left and the extreme right get blurred. That\'s why the popularity of Ron Paul as a more recent example.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12416135">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416135" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416135" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416135">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416135" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416135" class="dsq-comment-message">Extremists = leftists=christian right=taliban=terrorist<br><br>Send all their buts to Gitmo</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12400604">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12400604" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400604" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400604">AxelFoley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400604" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400604" class="dsq-comment-message">Not trying to be funny, but Malia is gonna be a knockout when she grows up.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12401160">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12401160" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12401160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12401160">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12401160" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12401160" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes she is! She is a gorgeous CHILD at eleven. Almost as tall as her mom.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12408239">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12408239" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12408239" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408239">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12408239" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408239" class="dsq-comment-message">How long will it be before someone gets all upset over her wearing a tee shirt with a peace sign on it? Probably not very long.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12409987">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409987" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409987" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12409987" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12409987" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409987" class="dsq-comment-message">Sasha had on a peace shirt a couple of weeks ago, clearly the Obamas are raising hippies. LOL</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12412038">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12412038" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12412038" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12412038">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12412038" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12412038" class="dsq-comment-message">The rethugs have already started with their b.s<br><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freerepublic.com/</a>...<br><br>"we;’re being represented by a family of ghetto trash." <br><br>"Looks like a bunch of ghetto thugs. A stain on America." <br><br>"Looks like a typical street whore." <br><br>"What we now are sending the ghetto over to represent us. and if so who the hell is that flea bag who looks to be dragged from the trash dumpster." <br><br>"you could go down any ghetto right now and see exactly the same." <br><br>"could you imagine what world leaders must be thinking seeing this kind of street trash and that we paid for this kind of street ghetto trash to go over there" <br><br>"the world must be laughing like mad right now at that we have this kind of street trash in our white house." <br><br>Racist minds sure do think alike, don\'t they?<br><br>"Wonder when she will have her first abortion." <br><br>sad isn’t it that we now have ghetto street trash over there representing us in Europe. <br><br>Sad isn\'t it that the only black people you like are Jesse Lee Paterson, Alan Keyes, the star from your favorite sports team, and MAYBE Juan Williams.<br><br>"AND NONE I REPEAT NONE of the Palin kids never even ventured into the public arena making anykind of statement comparable to this Obubbo’s daughter" <br><br>....THE FUCK? (I cut out this poster\'s "trash" quote)<br><br>"This disgusting display makes me more and more eager for the revolution.<br><br>They make me sick.... The whole family... mammy, pappy, the free loadin’ mammy-in-law, the misguided chillin’, and especially ‘lil cuz... This is not the America I want representin’ my peeps."</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12413047">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12413047" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413047" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413047">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12413047" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413047" class="dsq-comment-message">and you would be surprised who is saying this bull sh-t<br>you know all they can do is hide behind their computers<br>because in real life they know they will catch a beat down</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12414971">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12414971" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414971" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12414971" href="http://themidnightsolution.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LTMidnight</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414971" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414971" class="dsq-comment-message">Just so we\'re clear.  They are referring to 2 girls that are 11 and 8 years old right?<br><br>Do they really not know how they look?  Do they care?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12415870">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415870" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415870" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415870">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415870" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415870" class="dsq-comment-message">They dont care. Those fools have the mark of the beast on the back of their scalps and have the DNA of jackals...they\'re demonic spirits. They would attack a 2 yr old if the child was black.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12415689">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415689" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415689">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415689" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415689" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>we;’re being represented by a family of ghetto trash."</i> <br><br><i>"Looks like a bunch of ghetto thugs. A stain on America."</i> <br><br><i>"Looks like a typical street whore." </i><br><br><br><br><br><b>My eyes!  My eyes!</b></div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12419915">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12419915" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12419915" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419915">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12419915" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419915" class="dsq-comment-message">All that because she wore a shirt with a peace symbol on it? That\'s just a rhetorical question. I\'m not surprised at all.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12409116">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409116" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409116" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409116">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12409116" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409116" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/obamas-adolescent-national-security.html" rel="nofollow">http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/o...</a><br><br>you know it\'s a sad thing when people think peace is bad<br>and trying to talk sh-t about an innocent child</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12411153">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12411153" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411153" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12411153" href="http://themidnightsolution.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LTMidnight</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12411153" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411153" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s it!   I\'m gonna finish my invention which will allow me to virtually smack someone upside their head.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12410419">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12410419" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410419" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410419">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12410419" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410419" class="dsq-comment-message">The peace symbol was originally designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement. It was designed and completed February 21, 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist in Britain for the April 4 march planned by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) from Trafalgar Square, London to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at AldermastonChristan in England[3]. The symbol was later adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and<br><br>SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL EMBLEM for the 1960s ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT and THE COUNTERCULTURE AT THE TIME.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12408321">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12408321" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12408321" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408321">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12408321" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408321" class="dsq-comment-message">someone did..search this post, they gave the link to the loon.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12408565">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12408565" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12408565" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408565">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12408565" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408565" class="dsq-comment-message">huh?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12398280">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398280" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398280" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398280">TAG60</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398280" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398280" class="dsq-comment-message">i hereby dub thee racism Thursday!<br><br>ABC want to know if Micheal\'s kids will get along with their black family.<br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/MichaelJackson/story?id=8039127&page=1" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/MichaelJack...</a><br>yes..this is a real article y\'all.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12398555">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398555" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398555" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398555">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398555" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398555" class="dsq-comment-message">ABC isn\'t asking how that lil Malawi kid of Madonna\'s and lil Pax from the Pitt/Jolie clan will get along with their WHITE family.<br><br>We SEE you ABC-  (This includes Barbara Walters)-  Water Carriers for Debbie Rowe!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12398904">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398904" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398904" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398904">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398904" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398904" class="dsq-comment-message">Barbara is trying to get that interview with Debbie Rowe. No doubt about it.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12399164">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12399164" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12399164" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12399164">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12399164" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399164" class="dsq-comment-message">they need to stop<br>since these kids were born they have been around the Jackson family<br>remember that trip to Japan Michael took for all that money awhile back?<br>Katherine Jackson was with him and she took care of the kids while he was busy.<br>so it\'s not a big deal. those children know their family<br>the media are the only ones acting like the kids are going to be raised by Vulcans</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12401374" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12401374" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12401374">vulcan_girl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12401374" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12401374" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>the media are the only ones acting like the kids are going to be raised by Vulcans</i><br><br>Um, why you gotta go there like that?    :-D</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407074" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407074" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407074">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407074" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407074" class="dsq-comment-message">Im sorry i don\'t mean them good Vulcans like you<br>i mean them other ones LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12399404" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12399404" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12399404">APeach</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12399404" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399404" class="dsq-comment-message">What the freak? You mean that isn\'t The Onion?<br><br>Ummm...are they freakin\' BLIND or did they NOT see how the children were clinging to their Auntie Janet? Kids don\'t fake that.<br><br>Post-racial my...never mind.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12400527" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400527" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400527">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400527" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400527" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh they\'re ignoring the kids clinging to their black auntie!<br><br>Nah Nah Nah.....Barbara Wawa DON\'T wanna see that!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407247" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407247" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407247">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407247" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407247" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh...so y\'all couldn\'t see how those kids were CLEARLY being held against their will and frightened of all those strange people around them? Y\'all didn\'t see that?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12410143">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12410143" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410143" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12410143" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12410143" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410143" class="dsq-comment-message">Why do you think they keep their hair so long? It\'s less circumspect than a leash.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407325" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407325">TAG60</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407325" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407325" class="dsq-comment-message">those strange black people. lmao</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12400699" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400699" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400699">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400699" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400699" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m suffering from an overdose of teh stoopid.  Maybe I should go back on vacation.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398834" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398834" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398834">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398834" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398834" class="dsq-comment-message">ABC HAS NO SHAME!<br><br>WE SEE YOU, ABC! WE KNOW WHAT YOU\'RE UP TOO!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415920" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415920" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415920">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415920" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415920" class="dsq-comment-message">I love that ABC is being called out for this bullshyt.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416547" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416547" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416547">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416547" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416547" class="dsq-comment-message">Aint this some shit.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12409909">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409909" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12409909" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12409909" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409909" class="dsq-comment-message">makes me think of this:<br><br><a href="http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/n/U/moran.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/n/U/mor...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12398328">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398328" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398328" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398328">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398328" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398328" class="dsq-comment-message">The insanity continues.<br><br>White House denies manufacturer\'s boast that First Lady carried their $5,950 bag<br>DAILY NEWS STAFF <br>Updated Thursday, July 9th 2009, 10:01 AM <br><br>Is First Lady Michelle Obama sporting a taste for ultra-expensive fashion pieces, or is she cementing her status as a savvy shopper?<br>Back in April she wore a pair of $540 Lanvin sneakers at a Washington food bank. Earlier this week (while strolling the wooded landscape outside of Moscow), she carried a sexy black clutch, which Italian luxury house VBH boasts is their shiny black alligator manila bag – with a retail sticker price of $5,950. <br>The White House says she was carrying the $875 VBH patent leather clutch. <br>The First Lady, who has impressed with her chic, affordable style sense, embracing Everywoman brands like Gap and J.Crew, flashed the shiny handheld while walking with her husband, President Barack Obama, during their Monday meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana.<br>Told that Obama\'s office denied the bag was the high-end VBH clutch, Kelly Vitko, a rep for the company replied, "It’s definitely ours [manila bag]."<br><br>Read more: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/07/09/2009-07-09_michelle_obama_flashes_expensive_taste_carries_5950_black_bag_alligator_russia_.html#ixzz0Kmk4iuSb&C" rel="nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/20...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12398769">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398769" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398769" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398769">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398769" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398769" class="dsq-comment-message">And this is what cracks me up about folks like Donny Douche whining about MJ coverage deterring the media from reporting on more important stories, like the media exhibited journalistic intergrity prior to his death. Folks forget that before MJ died, the cable news networks were fixated on Gov. Sanford\'s scandal. If MJ never died, stories about the troops would\'ve been pushed aside for bullshyte like this, Palin....etc.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12410095" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410095" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12410095" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12410095" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410095" class="dsq-comment-message">Ummm, as much as Obama and Michelle are regular people, they are also MILLIONAIRES. As long as they pay their taxes, what the hell does it matter how much they spend on clothing and accessories? It\'s THEIR money, and hell you can\'t take it with you when you die.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12398761">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398761" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398761" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398761">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398761" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398761" class="dsq-comment-message">the first lady nor the president should have to defend <br>their wardrobe or  the bags they carry<br>do people really think the Obama\'s were living like Florida and James Evans before they moved into the Whitehouse?<br>it\'s not like they aren\'t used to expensive things</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409709" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409709" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12409709" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12409709" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409709" class="dsq-comment-message">i betta not EVER see PBO in a pair of briwn corduroy nuthuggers!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12410685" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410685">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12410685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410685" class="dsq-comment-message">stop that LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12414439" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414439" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414439">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414439" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414439" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415185" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415185">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415185" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTLMBAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417411" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417411" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417411">sagittarius</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12417411" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417411" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok - I\'m clueless on this one.  What are brown corduroy nuthuggers?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12418031">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418031" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418031" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12418031" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418031" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418031" class="dsq-comment-message">if you have ever watched an old episode of "good times", you will notice that james always wore some raggedy ass brown corduroy pants.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12419708" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12419708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419708">sagittarius</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12419708" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419708" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO - thanks for the explanation!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12399371" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12399371" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12399371">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12399371" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399371" class="dsq-comment-message">You know black folks AIN\'T suppose to have expensive things like that? And if they do....How did they get it? What are they doing? /snark<br><br><br>Gawd, erryday it\'s the never-ending ignorance of these idiots!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12399676">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12399676" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12399676" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12399676">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12399676" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399676" class="dsq-comment-message">i know <br>it\'s just plain stupid<br>if it isn\'t the first lady\'s clothes it\'s her shoes<br>now it\'s her bag<br>what\'s next?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12400666">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12400666" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400666" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400666">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400666" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400666" class="dsq-comment-message">Why does she have to have a hair stylist? She can wash her own head in the sink just like Eunice on Mama\'s Family.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12400816">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12400816" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400816" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400816">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400816" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400816" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12401068" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12401068" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12401068">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12401068" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12401068" class="dsq-comment-message">Tea, say hello to keyboard</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12403678" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12403678" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12403678">AxelFoley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12403678" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12403678" class="dsq-comment-message">*nearly chokes on his food*</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12405098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12405098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12405098">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12405098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12405098" class="dsq-comment-message">*Document, meet shred bin*</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12405850">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12405850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12405850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12405850">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12405850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12405850" class="dsq-comment-message">now damn you wen\'t there with Mama\'s family LOL<br><br><br>The Obama team should never have denied it was the bag<br>they should have just ignored them<br>like they did with the expensive sneaker faux outrage<br><br>now they are outraged over baby Malia\'s peace shirt<br><a href="http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/obamas-adolescent-national-security.html" rel="nofollow">http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/o...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12407635">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407635" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407635" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407635">TAG60</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407635" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407635" class="dsq-comment-message">the owner of that blog is a raving lunatic.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12407288">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407288" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407288" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407288">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407288" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407288" class="dsq-comment-message">Ooh, I dare these fools to go after the girls just to see the epic wrath that will come down on them.  Malia and Sasha are America\'s sweethearts, they better recognize (LOL).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12408961" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12408961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408961">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12408961" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408961" class="dsq-comment-message">The peace symbol was originally designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement. It was designed and completed February 21, 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist in Britain for the April 4 march planned by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) from Trafalgar Square, London to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at AldermastonChristan in England[3]. The symbol was later adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and <br><br>SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL EMBLEM for the 1960s ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT and THE COUNTERCULTURE AT THE TIME.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12400185" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400185">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400185" class="dsq-comment-message">How much she spends for food?<br><br>AIN\'T McDonald\'s good enough? /snark</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407087" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407087" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407087">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407087" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407087" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh nooooo Justice.....while she plantin all those exotic foods in that garden, she should have had some purple hulls and snap beans and corn. Michelle and Mama Robinson supposed to be in the kitchen with a tattered up gown and houseshoes on, shelling peas and shuckin corn while listening to some Mahalia Jackson or Albertina Walker records and sanging.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12407206">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407206" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407206" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407206">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407206" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407206" class="dsq-comment-message">shelling peas and shuckin corn while listening to some Mahalia Jackson or Albertina Walker records and sanging.<br><br>Alright now don\'t be talking about my Grandma Annie<br>and my Aunt Pearl LOL</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12407877">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407877" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407877" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407877">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407877" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407877" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL.....how you think I know this scene so well?? I spared y\'all by leaving out the part where Mama Robinson supposed to have a snuff bucket right beside her.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12410959" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410959" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410959">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12410959" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410959" class="dsq-comment-message">BWA HA HA HA!!!  You aint right.  LMBAO!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12414509" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414509" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414509">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414509" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414509" class="dsq-comment-message">My sister had me ROLLING telling me how our great-grandmother used to have her clean it out! LOLOLOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407382" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407382">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407382" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407382" class="dsq-comment-message">And my Mom-Mom (LOL)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12395718" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12395718" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12395718">TAG60</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12395718" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12395718" class="dsq-comment-message">anybody watching the nonsense on cnn bout the burial plot in Chicago? creepy. Apparently, the cemetery workers would push down coffin to make more space in order ot bury another on top of it. Emmet Till was buried there.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12396267">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12396267" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12396267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12396267">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12396267" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12396267" class="dsq-comment-message">James Hoffa, the president of the Teamsters Union, wrote an op-ed piece blasting the idea of taxing employee health benifits.  He mentioned that 1) Mr Obama was against it during the debates,   2) the Teamsters endorsed Mr Obama based upon that position.<br>He suggested a higher Medicare tax, taxing the rich, making Wall street pay for expanded health care.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12393833">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12393833" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12393833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12393833">texasladybird</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12393833" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12393833" class="dsq-comment-message">Alright Malia, you come work for me and I will gladly stunt your shades in Rome!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12393907">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12393907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12393907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12393907" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12393907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12393907" class="dsq-comment-message">Question: the other day someone posted about Boyce Watkins getting a call to advise the Obama administration.  Will someone re-post it? In my search all I am coming up with is short blurb on AOL Black Voices. Or, was that it?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12394307">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12394307" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12394307" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12394307">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12394307" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12394307" class="dsq-comment-message">i\'ll post it</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12411756">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12411756" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411756" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12411756" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12411756" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411756" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12393927">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12393927" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12393927" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12393927">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12393927" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12393927" class="dsq-comment-message">Isn\'t she beautiful? Go Malia!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12394428">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12394428" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12394428" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12394428">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12394428" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12394428" class="dsq-comment-message">aaawww ain\'t she a cutie<br>she\'s got Michelles eyebrows</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12394632">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12394632" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12394632" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12394632">NMP1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12394632" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12394632" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is accusing the President, one of his chief advisors and Rahm Emmanuel of being behind the ethics complaints.  <br><br><a href="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/07/09/a-final-palin-post/#more-14455" rel="nofollow">http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/07/09/a-fi...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12397740">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12397740" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12397740" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12397740">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12397740" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12397740" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, I\'ll say it....<br><br>Bitch, please.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12400331" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400331" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400331">Lisa M</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400331" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400331" class="dsq-comment-message">Good, now I don\'t have to.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12400643" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400643">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400643" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400643" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12399539" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12399539" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12399539">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12399539" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399539" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you!<br><br>Now I feel better. Tell the truth!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12396040">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12396040" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12396040" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12396040">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12396040" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12396040" class="dsq-comment-message">Can Palin\'s behind just do a stint on "Dancing with the Stars" or do like Tonya Harding and launch a boxing career....and then afterwards crawl her azz into obscurity. PLEASE.  She freakin resigned from governing Alaska, of all places, what possibly could this simpleton add to politics anymore...DAMN<br><br>I am so tired of this train wreck....I am ashamed for white women and I\'m black.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12398971">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398971" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398971" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398971">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398971" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398971" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell, just do the obligatory home-made porn video; have someone "leak" it to TMZ; and collect the royalties.  <br><br>That\'s just about where she\'s headed anyway ...</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12401161">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12401161" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12401161" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12401161">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12401161" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12401161" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t forget the "artfully tasteful" Playboy pictorial to make it a famewhore trifecta.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12401629">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12401629" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12401629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12401629">AxelFoley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12401629" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12401629" class="dsq-comment-message">I like the way you think.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12402373">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12402373" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12402373" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12402373">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12402373" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12402373" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin the Pole dancer</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12408567">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12408567" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12408567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12408567" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12408567" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408567" class="dsq-comment-message">Now see you know the conservatives who feign feminism would be so upset with this statement, but in truth its a part of her culture of choice. <br><br>"rednecks"<br><br>There is no way she ever thought she was going into politics when she was flunking out of college(s.) Those tapes have GOT to be out there.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12395635">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12395635" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12395635" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12395635" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12395635" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12395635" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, because Rahm and Obama have NOTHING better to do with their time than worry about what the hell Sarah Palin is or is not doing in Alaska.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407990" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407990" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407990">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407990" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407990" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL......this heifer think the sun don\'t RISE till she get up. DAYUM.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409980" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409980" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409980">AxelFoley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12409980" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409980" class="dsq-comment-message">HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12394998">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12394998" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12394998" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12394998">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12394998" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12394998" class="dsq-comment-message">when it comes to Palin<br>someone else is always to blame<br>she is always the victim</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398222" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398222">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398222" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398222" class="dsq-comment-message">NEWS FLASH to Palin:  <br><br>VICTIMHOOD is so not an attractive look for a politician.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12398650">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12398650" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398650">Lisa M</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12398650" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398650" class="dsq-comment-message">I would like it if reporters would do more journalism than stenography. That was a disgraceful article. Sarah and her flunkies do what they do. Is it unreasonable for a reporter to explicitly point out the foolishness and complete and utter idiocy of what Palinistas say about everything. <br><br>If anybody associated with Palin said the sky was blue, I would go outside and check. The reporting is just ridiculous. Jay Newton Small is getting blasted in the comments and rightfully so.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12399703">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12399703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12399703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12399703">Monie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12399703" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399703" class="dsq-comment-message">Wouldn\'t it be nice if \'journalists" got an ass-whupping every time they wrote crap like this...a public flogging...a brick thrown upside their dome-piece?...<br><br>Let\'s just combine all the media comglomerates and call them TMZ already..this shit, along with a lot of other mess pumped out these days has NO business being published</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12407485">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12407485" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407485" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407485">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12407485" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407485" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics:<br> <a href="http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp</a><br><br>I\'m guessing they dont have many members.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12400305">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12400305" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400305" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400305">Lisa M</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400305" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400305" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m down with the public ass-whupping.<br><br>I think TMZ does better and more accurate reporting than the so-called news media.<br><br>At least TMZ ain\'t writing articles that question whether MJ\'s kids would be comfortable with their black family.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12419920">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12419920" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12419920" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419920">NMP1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12419920" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419920" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s astounding that Time would publish such lazy journalism.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12396675">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12396675" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12396675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12396675">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12396675" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12396675" class="dsq-comment-message">For the love of God....Will this ignorant woman just go away?!</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12395153" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12395153" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12395153">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12395153" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12395153" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t know Obama and Rahm were Republicans.  Hmm.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12395216">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12395216" class="dsq-comment-message">or lived in Alaska</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12395918">NMP1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12395918" class="dsq-comment-message">The woman who has decried a "witch hunt" now calls it a "direct route" from Pete Rouse, who used to live in Alaska, to Alaska.  That\'s right her evidence is that because Pete Rouse used to live in Alaska and now works with the President he must be behind the investigations.  Her statement isn\'t atounding (I expect this crazy shit from her), but what is astounding is the Time Magazine reporter didn\'t challenge her and it\'s not getting attention.  I guess it would undermine the national media pity party for her.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12397741">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12397741" class="dsq-comment-message">Am I thinking of another Pete Rouse. The Same Pete Rouse that spent, what, over a decade working for Daschle in Washington? Which means he woudln\'t know shyt about her participation in Alaskan politics. That Pete Rouse? When\'s the last time Rouse was in Alaska? <br><br>Or maybe I\'m thinking of another Rouse?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12398276" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398276">NMP1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398276" class="dsq-comment-message">Same Pete Rouse.  She\'s accusing a man with decades of experience in the Senate and unquestionable integrity according to those on the Left and Right of working behind the scenes to drive this already bat crazy bitch more crazy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12396813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12396813">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12396813" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw a CNN story about the ethics complaints.  For example, one was that she wore a jacket/parka with the manufacters logo on it to a photographed govt. event and this constituted a conflict of interest.  Most of the other ethics complaints were of a similiar nature.  <br>This may be a Dick Tuck moment or maybe not.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12397683">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12397683" class="dsq-comment-message">Right.  And President Obama taught palin how to write and speak in RUN-ON sentences too!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12395748">TAG60</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12395748" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/09/illinois.cemetery.scheme/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/09/illinois.ce...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12396257">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12396257" class="dsq-comment-message">5 Leaders Who Miss George W. Bush<br>Barack Obama might still be overwhelmingly popular around the world, but here are five heads of state who probably wish they could have the old guy back.<br><a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/07/08/5_leaders_who_miss_george_w_bush?page=0%2C0" rel="nofollow">http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/07/0...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12398409">TAG60</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12398409" class="dsq-comment-message">and it was written by a black woman apparently. so stupid.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12399330" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399330" class="dsq-comment-message">Awww nawww, we got another <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/clark-shootout-suspect-escapes-87637.html" rel="nofollow">Brian Nichols on the loose</a> in Atlanta.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408731">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12399698">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399698" class="dsq-comment-message">So This Is What Victory Looks Like?<br>Fireworks lit up the Baghdad sky on the evening of June 30th, signaling the advent of “National Sovereignty Day.” Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared the new holiday to commemorate the withdrawal of American combat troops from the Iraqi capital and all other major urban centers, although thousands of “advisers” would remain in the cities, embedded with Iraqi forces. The celebration transpired inside a city that has been radically transformed over the past six years. Even with American combat forces ostensibly withdrawn, Baghdad remains one of the most militarized urban areas in the world. It wasn’t always so. When I was in Baghdad during the 1990s, I was struck by the lack of an overt military presence for a nation purported to be governed by one of the world’s worst militaristic dictatorships.<br>Read More<br><a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090707_so_this_is_what_victory_looks_like/" rel="nofollow">http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090707_so...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400506">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12400506" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400506" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought they were supposed to celebrate when we came...not when we left.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12399885" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12399885">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12399885" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399885" class="dsq-comment-message">Leon Penetta sent a letter to congress saying that the CIA was less than truthful during the past 8 years.<br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/politics/09intel.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/politics/0...</a><br><br>Call me cynical but is this just a way of getting Nancy Pelosi off the hook?  It stinks of politics.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400114">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400114" class="dsq-comment-message">So are you saying that the CIA has never lied to Congress or the American public?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12401040" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12401040">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12401040" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12401040" class="dsq-comment-message">Were they lies or damn lies?  Were they judgement calls that turned out to be wrong?  Were they disinformation fed to the agency that turned out to be wrong?  But since nothing specific was mentioned in the letter, maybe its just politics as usual?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408702">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12408702" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408702" class="dsq-comment-message">Who gives a shyt, whether it was judgment/misinformation all that means is it was  not likely the truth, shades of truth, partial truth?<br><br>The point is that It simply was not the truth.<br><br>Pelosi, said up front she was mislead...<br><br>Intent and motive are  nothing but reasons for failing to give the truth.<br><br>Truth is truth.<br><br>Lies of omission are the same as damn lies....all of it is misleading!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12411227">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411227" class="dsq-comment-message">"Pelosi said upfront she was mislead" and omg the "proof" is sent over by Panetta.  UH HUh, sure.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12412506">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12412506" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, but you\'re the same person who thinks The Jacksons stole from The Osmonds and some group called The Cowchips so....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414413">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414413" class="dsq-comment-message">Cowchips............<br><br>DAMMIT GINA!!! WHYYYYYYY!!<br><br>ROFLMAO!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413140">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413140" class="dsq-comment-message">you know he said the cowsills LOL LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414183">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414183" class="dsq-comment-message">I said they were clones of the Cowsills, and Osmunds.<br>I also said that I could not stand the J5 music until Thriller.  Never could stand bubble gum music.  And I never said they stole from them, just were the black versions of them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407194">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407194" class="dsq-comment-message">Didn\'t he say at the beginning of the "Nancy Pelosi was mislead" thing that the CIA didn\'t mislead Congress?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400661">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400661" class="dsq-comment-message">Great to see the Jackson family requested whom they wanted to contribute to MJ\'s service.<br><br>Grammys\' Ehrlich tells how Jackson tribute came together <br>By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY<br><br>Tuesday\'s public memorial for Michael Jackson drew a big, but not a record, U.S. television audience: 31.1 million viewers on 19 networks, according to Nielsen. In January, President Obama\'s inauguration drew 38 million.<br>But what happened behind the scenes in the days leading up to the event? Ken Ehrlich, the storied Grammy Awards producer, who worked with choreographer Kenny Ortega to produce the event, shared behind-the-scenes details Wednesday.<br><br>• Paris Jackson\'s tearful tribute to her father was unplanned. "My impression was that the brothers and sisters, and definitely not the parents, would talk," Ehrlich says. "Nobody knew she would speak up."<br><br>• The Jacksons specifically requested the Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and the children of Martin Luther King Jr. A few on Ehrlich\'s wish list were unavailable: Diana Ross, Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas and Paul McCartney.<br><br>• The program was rushed into place, with one day of rehearsal. Mariah Carey, who apologized Wednesday for her shaky rendition of I\'ll Be There, was the only one who didn\'t rehearse. Ehrlich e-mailed her, calling her concerns "silly nonsense" and noting that by being human and acknowledging the casket, she created a comfort level for acts that followed.• Ehrlich learned Saturday that the casket would be brought to the Staples Center. He notified memorial participants so they wouldn\'t be surprised. "I was a little taken aback initially, but the family was absolutely right. It meant so much to the artists and the fans."<br><br>• Some elements fell into place very late. We Had Him, Maya Angelou\'s poem (requested by Katherine Jackson), didn\'t reach Queen Latifah until an hour before the memorial, and Angelou insisted they go over the reading before Latifah hit the podium.<br><br>• John Mayer was going to play Smile, until Ehrlich learned Jermaine Jackson wanted to sing it. Mayer was happy to switch to Human Nature, the song he was noodling in the studio the day Jackson died.<br><br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-07-08-jackson-ehrlich_N.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-07-08-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12407641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407641">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407641" class="dsq-comment-message">This article just shyted on BET\'s piss poor excuse of not having enough time.<br><br><i>A few on Ehrlich\'s wish list were unavailable: Diana Ross, Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas and Paul McCartney.</i><br><br>I get the feeling the Jacksons said "Hell No!" to Bouncy and Sir Paul.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408036">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408036" class="dsq-comment-message">im glad Bey didn\'t come<br>i really didn\'t wan\'t to see her in a naughty wedding dress again</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409587" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409587" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12409587" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409587" class="dsq-comment-message">nor her latest entry into the wig crypt hall of fame, or her blank vacant look, or her hommage to mushmouth from fat albert, or her glycerine tears.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415131">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415131" class="dsq-comment-message">Dana,<br><br>LMAO!<br><br><br>When I read Rikyrah\'s caption from Beyonce\'s pic....<i>"I\'m ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille",</i> I died. I just couldn\'t stop laughing.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416367">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416367" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!  that caption was a hoot; there really wasn\'t one more fitting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12408078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12408078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408078">Lisa M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408078" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!! You know she thought that was the ish.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408336">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408336" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait, what did I miss?  Is there a pic of this floating around?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408800">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408800" class="dsq-comment-message">all i have to say is <br>she was wrong<br><br><a href="http://www.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/bet-awards-09-beyonce.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/b...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409125">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409125" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.  I\'m speechless, and not in a good way.<br><br>That\'s the problem with today\'s divas, all they know is hoochie, they don\'t know they they can show some class and be just as hot.  You would have never seen Miss Ross parading around on stage in that type of getup.  SMH.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408630">sagittarius</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408630" class="dsq-comment-message">danadevin, you call it a naughty wedding dress.<br><br>I say she looked like she had the starring role in one of Timothy Leary LSD-fueled, tripped out dreams.<br><br>Someone else (I think rorysmomma) called it a \'onesie\'.<br><br>All in all, it was a tacky, hot mess.  Can\'t say I expect anything different from Yawnsee and her peeps.  She fit right in at the BET crapfest.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409039">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409039" class="dsq-comment-message">was it from the house of Dereon ? LOL<br>Somebody should have talked to her about that dress<br>wear something classy <br>Bey really makes me miss  Whitney Houston</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12411076">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411076" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup...she had an hour to deliver it like it was her own. It\'s not just reading something aloud.<br><br>Good on her. I\'m glad she was there. I\'m glad everyone was there. He was honored in a proper and dignified manner.<br><br>I\'d suggest to BET to take notes, but it would fall on deaf ears. They clearly have such contempt for the people who make them money--but it\'s a lot of money.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408199">sagittarius</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408199" class="dsq-comment-message">"I get the feeling the Jacksons said "Hell No!" to Bouncy and Sir Paul."<br><br>I agree, Sepia... particularly since Yawnsee tried to call the Jacksons ghetto trash in the Elle interview.  Not only do I think they said no, I wouldn\'t be surprised if a couple of them said \'Hell em effing NO\'!<br><br>I also have the sneaking suspicion that Quincy Jones wasn\'t particularly encouraged to attend by the family.  Don\'t have any proof - but the man they had a falling out with years ago - Berry Gordy - was given a prominent role at the service.  I don\'t recall Quincy\'s name being mentioned at all during the service.  Must be all that ish he\'s been talking about Michael since 2005.  And, quiet as it\'s kept, Quincy doesn\'t have ANY room to discuss other folks issues.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12409911" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409911" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m glad Beyonce was unavailable since she thought the Jacksons were so low-class.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408054">Lisa M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408054" class="dsq-comment-message">And why is HuffPost making such a big deal that Queen Latifah had never met Michael?<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/queen-latifah-never-met-m_n_228473.html" rel="nofollow">Queen Latifah Never MET Michael Jackson, Despite Eulogizing</a><br><br>They just got to be starting something.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408915">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408915" class="dsq-comment-message">That is some straight up dumb shyt. Latifah said she was there as a fan, from the GET GO....and every speaker is not eulogizing - some are simply SPEAKING. Hell, I know plenty of times when people have been \'bought home" to be buried and the pastor who actually PREACHED had never met them. These dumb mongrels make me sick.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409101">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409101" class="dsq-comment-message">Sure you right, Lisa M.<br><br>ALL you muthafuckers need to \'BEAT IT, because you are DANGEROUS. MJ told<br>the world it don\'t matter if your\'e BLACK or WHITE, but you won\'t  STOP<br>TIL YOU GET ENOUGH.<br><br>Rowe trying to be a SMOOTH CRIMINAL.<br><br>Michael said he\'s BAD and they make him want to SCREAM!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414924">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414924" class="dsq-comment-message">Spirit,<br><br>You rock, baby!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419814">Lisa M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419814" class="dsq-comment-message">You crazy!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410227">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410227" class="dsq-comment-message">John Mayer had never met MJ either.<br><br>Individuals are requested by the living to speak at funerals, not the dead.<br><br>Funerals are for the LIVING, they set them up and request who they like to provide remembrance of their loved one, FOR THEM.<br><br><br>MJ did not have to have met a soul, folks knew MJ through his music.  But he did know the RevAlSharpton who DID eulogize him.<br><br>Funerals, I repeat are for the LIVING.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414837" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank You! Thank You!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12412365">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12412365" class="dsq-comment-message">Mamma say Mamma Sa Ma Ma Ku Sa.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12409350" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409350" class="dsq-comment-message">exactly! and she wasn\'t eulogizing, she just recalled some memories and read a poem.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12409935" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409935" class="dsq-comment-message">She was there to read Maya\'s poem, sometimes people just always have to make something out of nothing.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408427">sagittarius</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408427" class="dsq-comment-message">"Ehrlich learned Saturday that the casket would be brought to the Staples Center. He notified memorial participants so they wouldn\'t be surprised. "I was a little taken aback initially, but the family was absolutely right. It meant so much to the artists and the fans." "<br><br>It was a Homegoing Service, dude.  Can\'t have one without a casket.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415644">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415644" class="dsq-comment-message">White folks traditionally have memorial services without caskets. That is the difference between a memorial service and funeral, in the white culture.  Whereas, us black folks, we just mix it all in together. Homecoming, memorial funeral.<br><br>But the mainstream media, consistently referred to it as a memorial service.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12403697">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12403697" class="dsq-comment-message">The Place of Women on the Court<br>By EMILY BAZELON<br>Published: July 7, 2009 <br><br>In late February, three weeks after she had an operation for a recurrence of cancer, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to Barack Obama’s first address to Congress. Given the circumstances, it wasn’t an event anyone expected her to attend. She went, she said, because she wanted the country to see that there was a woman on the Supreme Court. <br>Now another woman, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is about to begin the confirmation hearings that stand between her and a seat near Ginsburg on the high bench. After 16 years on the court — the last three, since the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, as the only woman working alongside eight men — Ginsburg has a unique perspective on what’s at stake in Sotomayor’s nomination. I sat down with the 76-year-old justice last week to talk about women on the bench and their effect on the dynamics and decisions of the court.<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12ginsburg-t.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12gi...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407143">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407143" class="dsq-comment-message">KUCINICH ROCKS ON SINGLE-PAYER! Pawns MD who claimed Canadian health care was worse than the US\'s.<br><br>I saw this article at Metafilter (always worth a look and, for full disclosure, I took the subject line starting with "Pwns" directly from the posting). Kucinich\'s questioning is simply devastating. No wonder the corporate media tries to limit discussion of single-payer.<br><br>You can view the webcast at <a href="http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/06/examining-the" rel="nofollow">http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/06/exami...</a>... . Kucinich starts at 1:21:30.<br><br>The transcript comes from <a href="http://www.pnhp.org/blog/2009/06/10/house-help-committe" rel="nofollow">http://www.pnhp.org/blog/2009/06/10/house-help-...</a>... /</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407267">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407267" class="dsq-comment-message">link took me to a 404 page</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408238">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408238" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry rikyrah, here’s the Youtube video clip.  The second link I sent above has the transcript.<br><br>Dennis Kucinich Sets Dr. David Gratzer Straight<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DII7v8yeRjs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DII7v8yeRjs</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12409221" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409221" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the link. D.K. took that little snot nosed punk ta school!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414293">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414293" class="dsq-comment-message">Dennis K, don\'t play.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407744">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407744" class="dsq-comment-message">Have White Supremacists Really Gone Mainstream?<br>In November 2007, on the weekend after a $5 million one day "moneybomb" for Rep. Ron Paul\'s presidential bid, I covered a rally for the candidate in Philadelphia and met a student who had come to pass out fliers attacking him. "He\'s got truly radical views that are being mainstreamed at events like this," said Matt Sullivan, a liberal who was attending Temple University. A largely white crowd brushed him aside; his fliers, which reprinted racist statements about blacks that ran in an old Paul newsletter, were crumpled up.<br><br>Two months later, everyone who followed the race learned that Paul\'s connections to racists had been hidden in plain sight, in many more newsletters and in speaking engagements. In October 2008, Paul spoke at the 50th Anniversary of the John Birch Society.<br><br>All of this has been forgotten in the mainstream press, in which Paul is covered as a compelling political eccentric, but I thought of all it while reading Blood and Politics. At one point, Leonard Zeskind recreates a 1983 meeting of "tax protesters" and "Identity Christians" in Kansas who pass around a flier that can inform their neighbors of why their farms are worth ever less and less. It excoriates "Jewish bankers" and names "the real owners" of the Federal Reserve, including the Rothschilds, the Rockefellers, Lehman Brothers, and Goldman Sachs.<br><br>Attacks on Paul are characterized as paranoid, obsessive and unfair, as I\'m sure Zeskind\'s book will be characterized. Just this week, The Atlantic\'s political reporter Marc Ambinder wrote that Republicans suffer from a "double standard" that gives them "much less of a margin for error when it comes to making racially insensitive remarks."<br><br>The implication was that conservatives might have a few bad apples in their movement, or that they might make some gaffes in their pursuit, but that their version of racial and economic justice -- an end to racial preferences, tax cuts, school vouchers -- is perfectly legitimate. And Zeskind argues against this. Willis Carto\'s bigoted Liberty Lobby flourished with Barry Goldwater. Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan appointed lawyers who chipped away at civil rights. Pat Buchanan "courted [David] Duke\'s constituency" when he ran for president. Scratch a conservative Republican and you\'ll find a racist; dust off a Republican idea and you\'ll find a policy that would elevate the white majority over racial minorities.<br><br>This is much further than I\'d go, because I know that the Myron Magnets and Charles Murrays who have convinced today\'s Republicans that, for example, welfare without restrictions has a malicious effect on its recipients, did not do so because they wanted to preserve white privilege. Most bad faith, racially-obsessive policies -- the fear of Mexican immigrants that David Duke used as a recruiting tool three decades before Tom Tancredo -- are adopted by people who are simply worried about their economic well-being and want to find an attackable culprit. So, fear of the shadowy federal reserve, and fear of Sonia Sotomayor\'s outrageous idea that non-white judges might make wiser decisions in discrimination cases than white judges.<br><br>A lot of Zeskind\'s material is fun and sensational, but not that worrying. Overtly racist, David Duke politics aren\'t effective in Barack Obama and Bobby Jindal\'s America, and the list of Aryan or Klan leaders who have imploded or been revealed as undercover agents is longer than the list of active, full-time racists. Zeskind\'s more controversial thesis should stick with us, though. Conspiracy theories about the "real rulers of the world" and anger at policies that might lift up minorities are very, very easily transmitted into mainstream politics. It\'s not a "double standard" or an act of political witch-hunting to ask whether a new conservative idea, wrapped up as an appeal to America\'s founding principles, is actually a throwback to base racism.<br><a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/08/_in_november_2007_on/?ref=fpd" rel="nofollow">http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/08...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408087" class="dsq-comment-message">Here it is Justice58!<br><br>Pelosi: Resolution on Michael Jackson unnecessary<br>By SUZANNE GAMBOA – 3 hours ago <br><br><br>WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise "contrary views" about the pop star\'s life.<br><br>Lawmakers are free to use House speeches "to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish," said Pelosi, D-Calif. "I don\'t think it\'s necessary for us to have a resolution."<br><br>A resolution sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, cites some of the singer\'s charitable acts and proclaims him an American legend, musical icon and world humanitarian.<br><br>Even before Pelosi\'s comments, some Democrats said privately they did not support the resolution and a divisive debate would hurt House efforts to muster the votes for priorities such as health care and climate change.<br><br>Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who posted a video on YouTube calling Michael Jackson a "pervert" and a "pedophile," has pledged to do all he could to block the resolution.<br><br>Michael Jackson was acquitted in 2005 of charges that he molested a 13-year-old boy. Those allegations, and his admission that children slept in his bed at his home but nothing sexual occurred, have led some members of Congress to put distance between themselves and any formal honor for the entertainer.<br><br>"A resolution, I think, would open up to contrary views to — that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different," Pelosi said at a Capitol Hill news conference where she discussed various legislative matters.<br><br>Unbowed, Jackson Lee said she will seek support from colleagues who thanked her when she introduced the measure June 26, one day after Michael Jackson died. She said honorary resolutions don\'t often "pass the next day."<br><br>"On this floor we elevate people and doing that we have to work to tell your story," she said after a House vote. But she would need support from Democratic leadership for the resolution to advance to the full House from the committee where it is now.<br><br>When members of the Congressional Black Caucus held a moment of silence in the House after Jackson died June 25, some lawmakers walked out of the chamber.<br><br>Jackson Lee has pledged that the resolution, now before the House Foreign Affairs Committee where she is a member, would come to the full House for debate. Such honorary measures normally move quickly from committee to the full House and pass on a voice vote.<br><br>But Jackson Lee\'s resolution was in trouble early. It drew only one co-sponsor, Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif., and was not endorsed by other black caucus members.<br><br>From the stage at Jackson\'s memorial Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Jackson Lee hoisted a framed copy of the resolution.<br><br>Associated Press writer Jim Abrams contributed to this report.<br><br><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gZcIFA7srDf5RZEEL0jWLEkYhiLQD99B2OTO0" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALe...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12408310" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408310">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408310" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone else notice that for all the talk about MJ denying his racial heirtage, that the caretakers of his kids are black. MJ surrounded those kids with POC. Those are the only faces of love they know.<br><br>Folks need to quit talking about MJ based on his surgery/skin...the man knew what he was...a black man, in a racist world...lyrics \'they don\'t care about us\' \'remember the time\' etc...speak loudly and clearly MJ understood and stood up for POC.<br><br>I don\'t think there is any bigger testament to that then the color of the faces he surround his kids with.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409124" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409124" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409124">itgurl_29</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409124" class="dsq-comment-message">yes,I read something recently about how he specifically requested a black chef because he wanted to give jobs to black folks in those kinds of jobs because they rarely get a break in Hollywood. All the nannies and personal chefs and assistants of these celebrities are usually white nowadays. He really did want to "help a brotha/sista out." How many other black celebrities chose to employ black folks in those kinds of positions?<br><br>Also, the first time I ever saw someone tell the truth and have Egyptians portrayed by black people was "Remember the Time". All beautiful black people. That was something. MJ loved black people, period. I don\'t think he loved himself very much. Vitiligo or not, he mutilated his face. I think that has more to do with his father and the pressures of fame than it did his blackness. But I do believe he loved his black people.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416656" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416656">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416656" class="dsq-comment-message">ha Haaa, that was probably the same black chef, that sat that bucket of KFC in front of MJ when Magic was over.<br><br>lmao!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409857" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12409857" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409857" class="dsq-comment-message">Also, the nanny that some people talk about being really close to the kids is a Black woman. I\'m pretty sure, as far as those kids know they ARE black.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410971" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410971">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410971" class="dsq-comment-message">yep<br>those kids are sure scared of those blacks<br>and very uncomfortable around them<br>the kids and Grace<br>i guess they are clinging to her out of fear<br>and the black woman with the blonde hair <br>Raymone Bain<br><br><br><a href="http://www.jillstanek.com/grace.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.jillstanek.com/grace.jpg</a><br><br><a href="http://youpode.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/grace02.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://youpode.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/0...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409342">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409342" class="dsq-comment-message">the FOI were his security ...for pete\'s sake!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12414238" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414238" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414238">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414238" class="dsq-comment-message">Am I wrong because I wished the Minister had spoken? I know he was there......I SOOOOO wish he had spoken.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12414815" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414815" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414815">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414815" class="dsq-comment-message">Nope. I\'ve got my issues with the Minister, but damn if he don\'t tell the truth about <i>them</i>.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410742" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410742">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410742" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, y\'know..it is real clear that despite fame and celebrity and wealth MJ experienced racism from society. He felt it, he understood it and he proudly fought against it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409105" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409105">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409105" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m w/ you but a lot of the talkers are black: Quncy Jones, Stanley Crouch, to name a few. <br><br>And, who was a HUUUUGE contributor to UNCF? MJ.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409871" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409871">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409871" class="dsq-comment-message">"a lot of the talkers are black: Quncy Jones, Stanley Crouch"<br><br>well of course, otherwise it would be seen for the racist babble it is, only the color of their skin, gives credence to this scurrlious defamation of character.<br><br>Q, married white women, and Crouch is just a visual eyesore!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12408616" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408616">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408616" class="dsq-comment-message">So true. I wonder if this will get as much segment time as all the other stuff:<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/07/09/michael.jackson.glove/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/07/09/michael.j...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410080" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410080">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410080" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course not!  It puts the lie to Q Jones and the rest of the naysayers, who are medically ignorant, old school and know nothing about vitiligo.<br><br>"Klein said he treated Jackson\'s vitiligo with a cream that eventually bleached Jackson\'s darker pigmentation to even out his skin color. He said it was that treatment -- not a once-rumored desire by Jackson to be white -- that lightened his skin over the years."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12412239" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12412239" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12412239">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12412239" class="dsq-comment-message">There was a doctor on GMA this morning who said that MJ having Lupus might have contributed to his skin problem, too. But folks don\'t want to hear it. <br><br>VIDEO: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8040369" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8040369</a><br><br>If anything, this is an opportunity to fully explore these two diseases so that we can understand them and those who suffer from them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413241" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413241">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413241" class="dsq-comment-message">Good vid. Thanks.<br><br>It is so sad Sepia, that they hounded MJ so badly about his disease and turned his efforts to his symptoms into \'eccentricities\'...basically used them to create this entire \'whackojacko\' persona.<br><br>It would have not taken any effort to have compassion and balance the reporting instead of going to such extremes to make him into a bizarre caricature.  His plastic surgery was the most extreme thing he did in all of this. And that was likely do to the ugly tormenting verbal abuse by Joe Jackson saying he was ugly and had the biggest nose ever. <br><br>The world is so cruel.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414374" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414374">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414374" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe that the root of all of that torment they put upon MJ was the Beatles catalog. <br><br>As long as MJ just sang and dance, <i>they</i> didn\'t give a damn about whatever plastic surgery he had. But as soon as he got his hands on that Beatles catalog, which is worth $$$$$, then they consulted the Nazi propaganda playbook and decided to make him into a child molesting monster. <br><br>In this world, Money = Power and we all know that <i>they</i> are fearful of us gaining power.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414721" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414721">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414721" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia,<br><br>I can\'t type fast enough to concur! <br>That\'s it right there! You nailed it baby! <br><br>From the time Michael\'s death was announced, I read on how many blogs that the beatles catalog should be given back? WTF? WTF?<br><br>Girl, when I read that, I nearly stroked out myself. I was so damn angry @ the mofos. Like Michael had something that wasn\'t rightfully his. <br>I\'m telling you...these people are bold & brazen!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415799">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415799" class="dsq-comment-message">All those numbnuts can CATCH FIRE. That catalog was Michaels, and now its his children\'s...case closed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417400" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417400">devessel</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417400" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t forget about the Sony catalog he had as well, Sepia.  I believe you are quite right...<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW1T1DZdWrA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW1T1DZdWrA</a><br><br>it\'s long, but @ 8:00 it gets very pointed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418499" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418499">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418499" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, alrighty then.  MJ went straight up gangsta on  Sony & Motola.  Beautiful!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418639" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418639" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418639">devessel</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418639" class="dsq-comment-message">...isn\'t it interesting that it was uploaded on the 25th?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415591" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415591">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415591" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415591" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree. MJ outsmarted them, somehow. I always wondered how he so shrewedly beat out all those record moguls and titans for one of the most priceless music catalogs ever.  They wanted to bankrupt him so he would have to use it as leverage and they could steal it back.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415739">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415739" class="dsq-comment-message">Bam....and there it is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416204" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416204">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416204" class="dsq-comment-message">OK!  Which explains Sir Paul\'s absence from MJ\'s  the memorial service.<br><br>He prolly was watching and singing "The catalog is mine."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12408676" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12408676">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12408676" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408676" class="dsq-comment-message">thats right Grace Rawarmba helped raise those children<br>she was with Michael for 17 years</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409926" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409926" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409926">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12409926" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409926" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep! Michael turned to blacks to surround himself in his personal life. His children know the face of love as black. The doctor everyone is talking about that Conrad is black, the nurse who talked about the Ditropan, is black.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12410509" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410509" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410509">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410509" class="dsq-comment-message">That black doctor and nurse might have been feeding his addiction..<br><br>As for the nurse, she made sure to come out early and imply she never injected him..time will tell.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12410667" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410667" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12410667">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12410667" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410667" class="dsq-comment-message">So? Could they have feed his addiction if they were white?<br><br>Would it make a difference if they were white.<br><br>The point of the comment is that MJ surrounded himself with POC!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12411011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12411011">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411011" class="dsq-comment-message">And my point is that people of colour are capable of seriously harming other people of colour for personal gain.  <br><br>He might have loved black people...but they may not have always loved him back.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413011">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12413011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413011" class="dsq-comment-message">Your point is not the topic, as usual. Can white people harm POC, of course, so your point has no relevance. Doesn\'t matter what color they are if they are going to harm you. All humans can harm others.<br><br>The focus was that he had POC surrounding him and his kids.  NOT who could harm him. Geez<br><br>No one was talking about who loved him we certainly know white folks could harm him to...ergo what are noting adds ZILCH.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12414022">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12414022" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414022" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414022">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414022" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414022" class="dsq-comment-message">Getting a little heated there, whiterose?<br><br>Relax.<br><br>Ultimately, what is the point of saying he turned to blacks if it is possible that they were feeding off him?   It would have all been for naught.    So what if he proved he did care for blacks..his expression of love for his people would have been for naught if they didn\'t care for him in return...everything canceling out in the end.<br><br>Some would say, no love is ever for naught.   For for the purposes of our discussion...he may as well have surrounded himself with inanimate objects..the good it did him.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12415976">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415976" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415976" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415976">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415976" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415976" class="dsq-comment-message">Gosh, I just wish you could follow the train of thought instead of all these tangents you create that have nothing to do with the core statements.<br><br>It was not about whether POC loved or use him.<br><br>The statement was made to REBUT all those alleging that he hated his own blackness!! His actions demonstrated otherwise. Regardless of the skin depigmentation and plastic surgery.<br><br>That was the point.<br><br>Not whether folks around him could use or abuse him.<br><br>Geez.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12588314">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12588314" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12588314" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12588314">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12588314" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12588314" class="dsq-comment-message">His actions - hiring black people who may or may not have fed his addiction - prove nothing with regards to his love of blacks.<br><br>Whites who don\'t particularly like blacks, hire blacks.   And those blacks may, or may not spit in their soup.<br><br>Now, if you argued that Michael hired blacks even while knowing that they did not care for him...and that self-<i>sacrifice</i> demonstrates a love for blacks...that might make some sense.<br><br>The whole discussion here is really pointless.   What is "loving" blacks, anyway?   And, how would someone demonstrate such love?   How would a third party be able to determine if that person loved blacks or not?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12411792">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12411792" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411792" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12411792">EdnaMae</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12411792" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411792" class="dsq-comment-message">She might as well have since she has not accomplished anything else this year other than lie about the CIA.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12413076">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12413076" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413076" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413076">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12413076" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413076" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for nothing Nancy!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>I hope voters remember your ass and pass you up!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12409754">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12409754" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12409754" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12409754">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12409754" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409754" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING OPEN THREAD IS UP!!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12411368">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12411368" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411368" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12411368">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12411368" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411368" class="dsq-comment-message">News Alert<br>6:13 PM EDT Thursday, July 9, 2009 <br>Sen. Roland Burris Won\'t Seek Reelection <br>Appointed Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) will not seek reelection in 2010, according to a Democratic strategist, a decision that was all-but-certain given his ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.<br><br>For more information, visit <a href="http://washingtonpost.com" rel="nofollow">washingtonpost.com</a></div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12415268">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415268" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415268" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415268">danadevin74</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415268" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415268" class="dsq-comment-message">and all that hell-raising he did LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12414704">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12414704" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414704">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414704" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414704" class="dsq-comment-message">d</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12418167">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418167" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418167" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418167">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418167" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418167" class="dsq-comment-message">Malia has looks and poise that won\'t quit!  Both the girls are delightful beyond words.</div>\
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	 </li>\
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