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them credit for is that they had an agenda they didn't give a $hit what the democrats thought.  They pushed their agenda and the Repubs in Congress were on board.  End of story.  Democrats were spineless when they were out of power and they are still spineless now that they control.<br><br>If 4 years from now we look back and the Obama Democrats don't accomplish health care reform, fix the economy and a climate bill but repealed DADT, DOMA and pursued bush officials that will be a complete failure.<br><br>That would be like Kobe Bryant and the Lakers being happy about winning a playoff game and not winning the Championship.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_17:02:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12159099, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "didn't the bush administration openly admitted that it tortured? didn't we have former officials come forward admitting every nasty detail about what happened? didn't we have a 9/11 truth commission? what is it that you need to know that you don't already know? <br>\"It's not like we are demanding that he walk on water.\" - no, more like turn shit into sugar in 6 months", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:35:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "friskee1", "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": 12159078, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158986": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I disagree, Val. If he brings it up to deflect, then it does matter. Yes, what he said is the truth for some poeple, but do you think it is typically the truth for the black people who were being discussed in that post about Wells Fargo?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:40:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158887, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "right. He promised transparency and accountability on HIS administration and he is fulfilling that promise.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:20:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158078, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158993": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Progressive Dems... Obama can use his political capital to prosecute Cheney and Asso. or push through health care reform.... He doesn't have the capital for Both!!<br><br>Choose wisely. <br><br>My lot is for the 40 million Americans living and working without health care (I was once in that number).  That is a matter of life and death, far more important than putting Cheney behind bars..  <br><br>To be honest expect to half to make that argument to the dailykos crowd... not so much to the Jack crowd.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:40:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "case123", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I followed this election cycle closely and not once did I read/listen to/hear Obama say he was going to waste time investigating Bush/Cheney.  <br><br>Obama promised to close Guantanamo, he put a ban on torture, he reversed laws that were against the constitution etc.  Personally I have no interest in Bush and Cheney at this point.  Move on and take steps to make sure that abuse never happens again.<br><br>All that aside, this post seems a bit overly dramatic to me.  We are missing key details and my spider sense tells me the conclusion drawn is the wrong one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157771, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12142105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This could very well be a wrong move. But I remain convinced that some of these decisions have more to do with keeping himself from being shot than anything else.<br><br>I won't hide behind that for everything, but when it comes to the military and intelligence, I can't and won't overlook it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_09:12:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12160030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's Moses and the Israelites all over again. It took the children of Israel 40 YEARS to get to the Promised Land (an eleven-day trip) because the whole way all they did was gripe and complain to Moses. And he was hearing DIRECTLY FROM GOD! Forty Years!!!! To make an eleven day trip. Some even said that they would rather go BACK TO EGYPT than keep on with Moses (sound familiar?) I can't tell you how many times I've read posts that said they'd rather have NO healthcare reform at all other than a plan without a public option. Now I am ALL for a public option, believe you ME. That's what I want! But if it turns out that's not what happens, I'm going to keep pressing on! I'm not going to give up. Not on President Obama, not on the fight. Not on myself. You can keep going around the same dumb mountain in the wilderness for God-knows-how-many-more years if you want to. But me, I'm going to exercise patience and keep on following Obama who IMHO is doing a lot more on many issues in SIX MONTHS than any other President.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:19:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159014": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, it was \"rant that was poorly said\". My question is...why were you moved to bring it up in the context of a post about Wells Fargo's criminality against black homeowners? <br><br>I went back and pulled it out in order to illustrate that you're doing the same thing here that you did there- trying to deflect from the subject at hand by throwing in something that is unrelated.<br><br>...and I was able to \"hang\" pretty well, just by pointing out that this is not a matter of Obama not \"getting around\" to something in enough time to satisfy people. It involves his Administration actively seeking to shield Bush Admin. wrongdoers from possible criminal charges. That's something completely different.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:42:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158790, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not falling for anything hook line and sinker. They have a direct quote from Obama about how we shouldn't be going after our own. Unless Obama didn't actually say that, there's no way even the Washington Post can mess that up. <br><br>I said they MAY be pulling back, not that they ARE. I suppose we aren't at the \"drawing lines in the sand\" part, but I want someone in that WH to state whether they will or won't sign health care legislation that doesn't include a public option. The way the administration has been waffling on that, it's not surprising that people are skeptical.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:42:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158094, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157998": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Calling out Mr. Obama on every little left wing policy agenda(DOMA, DADT pursuing Bush officials) WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING. He will get bogged in nonsense\"<br><br>co-signing.  not only will he get bogged down in nonsense but he will waste valuable time needed to resolve the larger issues you cited.  healthcare, economy etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:55:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12156547, "depth": 3, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No it wasn't.  It was off topic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:42:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "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": 12158986, "depth": 11, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12160561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "good points", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:28:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 12160255, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158002": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "no he didn't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:55:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157788, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"The legislative branch is a separate branch with its own power. Congress could ignore Obama and have its own investigations.\"<br><br>exactly.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:09:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158845, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I couldn't agree more(I had to google it)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:43:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "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": 12155754, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dick Cheney is a gangster.  How many people can get away with shooting someone in the face . And the victim says it was their fault. Maaaaaaaaaannnnnn!  Thats some true gangster shyt. POTUS dont wanna efffff wit  D.C. I know I would'nt.  But seriously.  Bush, Cheney, Rice, And Rove need to be held accountable for the mess O's trying to clean up.  Cleanup!  @ 1600 Pennsylvania Ave!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:21:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "BMWA", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12173384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think part of the challenge for the Dem party is that it does compromise all the disparate issues NOT under the GOP.  Folks are not so much bound by ideology as DEmocrats but are up under the 'big tent' of Democrat based on their political issue of interest.<br><br>Thus, we get all this whining about DOMA, since many of those individuals are solely interested in that politically, and only were drawn to the Democratic party based on that. They focus solely on their single interest and have no appreciation for the scope of national problems that impact ALL Americans.<br><br>You know they are the kind of folks who would save the photo album if the house was on fire, instead of working to put the fire out.  And in the end they would be happy because of all the sentimental memories in that album.  Now, no one would disagree on the value of cherished memories...but damn...you LET the house burn rather than help put out the fire?<br><br>See folks like that are so narcissitic, it doesn't matter what line of reasoning you use...all they care about are their pictures.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_11:25:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 12161536, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "...and let me clarify- not only am I not buying it, I'm especially not buying it from you, and saying \"I'm a Democrat who supports Obama\" isn't going to make a damn bit of difference. You gave up any chance at credibility when you tryped this:<br><br>\"More of the damn same. Drop out of high school. Have kids you can't afford. Call each other nigga. Rob a liquor store. Go to jail. Get out and go back to to selling drugs. And then have the nerve to ask the President to do something for you. How about doing something for yourself? Too many blacks in America have a welfare mentality. Those stories have happened to people across America no matter the color. Stop looking for a handout.\"<br><br>That's Stormfront stuff...<i>scripted</i> Stormfront stuff.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:24:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157357, "depth": 6, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Plantsmantx.  I see nothing wrong with the post on the decline in our black community. In fact I happen to agree with most of it.  <br><br>I wouldn't have written it the same way but the points are valid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:57:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157515, "depth": 7, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree Craig. Obama cannot get out there and make vast changes swiftly, it is a sure recipe to Arlington cemetery. Whenever America has her fundamentally core beliefs shattered with landmark decisions reversing long held beliefs....there is lots of HATE and bloodshed, in response. <br><br>Slow and steady wins the race. Justice does not belong to the mighty but to the righteous.<br><br>Besides, I think Obama knows he does not want this as a focus and the country embroiled in looking back..he wants to DO things and pass his agenda first. He wants to carry the country forward and not get sucked down in the muck and mire of all this contentious mess that was not on his watch. He has enough of that on his plate with the 2 wars and banking crisis without adding some more stuff on top of it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:16:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12142105, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Okay, that's YOU. There are other people who think those other issues ARE important. Just because YOU personally don't agree doesn't mean they aren't important. I'd like to see the Bush administration investigated, but that's not Obama's responsibility, that's Holder's. I'm not one of those \"prosecutions or bust\" people, but I'd like to know what the hell was being done in my name the last 8 years. Obama doesn't have to have anything to do with it as the DOJ is supposed to be independent of the WH. And I want the wars ENDED, I think that will save us a lot of money and resources and LIVES. <br><br>Obama himself said he can multi-task, and we aren't asking him to do anything more than he said he could do. It's not like we are demanding that he walk on water.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:45:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158148, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12138089": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Umm, THIS Black person is over Obama being the \"First African American President\" I want to see some action. I have been very disappointed on his lack of progress on LGBT rights, I haven't been all that satisfied with the \"transparency\" of this administration in relation to what he promised. I don't like the fact that he's using the same tired Bush Administration arguments to justify not releasing things that should be released. I'm not really all that happy about the economy (especially as a recent law school grad who doesn't want to get buried by bills). I'm not happy about being in two wars, one of which he just ramped up even as I had to sit through another \"troop memorial\" before our local fireworks on TV. The whole, him being Black thing is NICE, and I adore Michelle, but at the end of the day, that won't pay my bills, that won't end DADT and DOMA (yes, I know Congress has to do it, but this WH knows how to pressure Congress to do what it wants), won't prosecute Bush officials (I'm not a die-hard prosecution person, but I really want to see something happen because I have a feeling those people did a bunch of stuff that wasn't above board). <br><br>I don't want anymore nice speeches about what you are going to do, we all know he's good at \"speechifying\" let's see action. I realize he's only been there for 6 months, but he's already done a lot, the thing is, Obama has set the bar REALLY high for himself, and I hope he doesn't fall short. <br><br>And Eric Holder (while we're talking about Black firsts) needs to do better with the DOJ, some of the arguments coming out of that department are worse than disappointing. <br><br>When it comes to being vigilant, we Black folks need to be even MORE watchful than the white ones, because at the end of the day we are more likely to get the short end of the deal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_01:25:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I say CALL HIM OUT.  Call him out until the cows come home if you disagree with what he is doing.  All I'm saying is you are going to have compromise for the betterment of the country.  Obama made promises like all politicians do.  He will not be able to do everything.  As long as he remains true to his core agenda like health care reform and smart foreign diplomacy.  I don't care about the legislative crumbs.(DOMA, DADT, prosecuting Bush cronies)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:01:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157771, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I guess.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:45:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158110, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "people in hell want ice water and i'd like to be a millionaire. don't mean that it's gonna happen.<br><br>your reasoning is why I can't never truly be a progressive and take the progressive agenda seriously. I am getting sick and tired of the ''accountability police\" and the we have to hold his feet to the fire on everything gang. Say what you will about republicans, but bill maher got it wrong. The reason why bush and to the extent reagan and bush I passed so much legislation is because they had a congress that cared solely about retaining power, thereby creating a legacy. Why do you think repubs worship reagan so much? They had the ideas(shitty ideas) and they agreed on the principle of their ideology. Whatever issues that arouse was dealt with behind closed doors. No one came out on television to grandstand against the very policies that they were for. Hell, even John Mccain had issues with the way the Iraq war was ran, but at the end of the day, he voted for funding and believes in the mission. That in my book is gangsta and how it's done.<br><br>Dems/Progressives, not so much. Ask yourself why is it that now that the left seem to be in control that we have  gridlock and those coming out against the president's policies? We just lost almost half a million jobs last month, yet in your diatribe, you mentioned LGBT rights. No, I don't mean to sound cruel, but the economy and healthcare should be on the forefront. That issue seems to be what mostly white gays care about because most of the black people that I talk to(and most are gay) don't seem to care. One of the main issues for dems is that they are not disciplined to stick to a common purpose. Everybody has their own agenda and screw everyone else. When the preseident talked about change, he's always said that it didn't come from washington, that it came from us. Emailing your congressmen isn't gonna cut it no more. We all elected him with all his flaws and knew that he wasn't perfect. It doesn't make much sense to get angry over the things he said he was gonna do anyway like deploy more troops to the afghan region. I know that this has been said over and over, but it's really only been 6 months. When i voted back in november, I gave him 4 years. If he doesn't get it right in 4 years, well, what's the alternative?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:47:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "friskee1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12138089, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I never said he promised to investigate Bush/Cheney, but he DID promise transparency and accountability. I don't think promising that whatever bad things you do will never actually come to light is a good way to \"move on and take steps to make sure that abuse never happens again.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:00:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157971, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Calling out Mr. Obama on every little left wing policy agenda(DOMA, DADT pursuing Bush officials) WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING.  He will get bogged in nonsense and will turn the moderates against the President.  People like you are more concerned about your own agenda and less concerned about the country and real policy goals like Health care reform and the Economy. <br>Fortunately, for the rest of us the Democratic Party is not ruled by the San Francisco Wing of the Party.<br><br>Go ahead and mischaracterize my position on Justice Thomas there is no point gong back and forth your hate of JT blinds any chance of reasoned debate on the subject.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_13:19:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 39, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12154594, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12162186": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh please, Obama shouldn't have promised big changes if he's worried about being killed. I'm sorry, but that excuse isn't going to fly with me.<br><br>::<br><br>Apparently not. But it works for me just fine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_17:53:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "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": 12157702, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EXACTLY", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:47:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "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": 12155478, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159118": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not overly concerned with prosecuting Bushites, I do think health care is more important, but the thing is ANY prosecution of Bushites won't come from Obama they'll come from the DOJ and maybe Congress.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:48:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158993, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12137615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "By refusing to disclose info about Dick Cheney's persecution of Valerie Plame, I'm afraid that the Obama Administration will infuriate people at the CIA.  One of their own, a veteran CIA agent, successful and well-liked, was persecuted by the Bush Administration.  There must be people at the CIA who are furious about this, to this day.  For Obama to blow them off may be a big mistake; these men and women put their lives on the line for us, and Obama may be asking for their help with all kinds of things in the future.  What happened to Valerie Plame was incredible, and un-American: she was actually deliberately outed, endangering not only herself and her family, but DOZENS of people in foreign countries whom she contacted... and some of these people may well have paid a great price for all this.  I understand Obama's not wanting to antagonize a former Vice President, but Obama's famous deference may be a mistake here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_00:45:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "babyming", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama's already made it plain he supports a public option.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:48:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12159019, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You can't keep up with FACTS I've been saying on this board so you change the subject.  Typical.  <br><br>Since you went there.  I'll address it.<br><br>I made that statement and I STAND BY IT.<br>There is a terrible cycle in the poor sections of black community of violence and the celebration of ignorance.  And you are a liar if you don't know some of us that are like that.   I was merely articulating self-genocidal tendencies of some of us in young black america.  You may not like how I said it but you are not disputing what I said.<br><br>If you are going to quote that also take note at how many times I've posted on the site and others have posted in support and don't try to take one statement because you can't address the topic on this board you are obviously ill-equipped to talk about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:02:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157515, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158148": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "most of the issues you cited are not anywhere on my radar.  I want him to continue to work with congress on healthcare, continue to focus on the economy and I can see that is on the mend via work/projects that were implemented based on the recovery package in different states, I know employment won't pick up until next year at the earliest so I want him to focus on the American people so they will have that support until we get through this period, and I want him to work to fix our educational system and I want them to work hard to ensure the safety of the American people and remain focused on these two wars and create stronger relationships with other world leaders.<br><br>All other issues to me can wait and I could care less about prosecuting Bush or Cheney.  That is a waste of time, energy, money and resources.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:05:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12138089, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Repealing things like DOMA and DADT are not nonsense. <br><br>I personally don't care about prosecutions, I DO care about the lack of transparency and the arguments being used to justify that lack of transparency. Leave Bush and Cheney to the DOJ (that's its job anyway).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:03:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157998, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12162204": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, according to what we're being told...by Obama... there is no healthcare reform without the public option. What, is he \"playing chess\" again?:)). I mean, the one thing he has to know is that the \"far lefties\" aren't going to stop pushing. Is he \"Sistah Soulja-ing\" the lefties for the benefit of the Blue Dogs, knowing all the while that the \"far lefties\" will keep pushing, if not push harder...and he actually wants them to keep pushing?<br><br>Yeah, that's the ticket;).", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_17:55:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12160030, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158110": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Because it's just sad, it's just so sad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:03:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157651, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I think Obama knows he does not want this as a focus and the country embroiled in looking back..he wants to DO things and pass his agenda first. He wants to carry the country forward and not get sucked down in the muck and mire of all this contentious mess that was not on his watch. He has enough of that on his plate with the 2 wars and banking crisis without adding some more stuff on top of it.\"<br><br><br>Exactly.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:03:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 12155478, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156576": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good example, RobM.  I posted this article on the open thread.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_13:20:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12155675, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159155": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "did he say he was going to repeal DADT in 6 months without working through congress?  <br>I could have sworn that he was fighting for the Public Option and I know I heard my president push for that personally in a public forum when he presented that case directly to the American people and specifically asked that we pay attention and stay in contact with our officials to push our agenda.<br><br>He has upheld the constition by not just ignoring all the bodies of government and singlehandedly reversing ALL laws (to include DADT) but pushed the expectation that we all should be involved and force the folks we elected to do their jobs and present their case that reflects the need of the American people via legislation and have it on his desk for signature.<br><br>Regarding accountability and transparency we have that through the IT tool and other areas where the President published the salary of everyone in his administration. We have timely access to data and information almost immediately and he has provided transparency in HIS administration as much as he can without compromising the safety of our country and that is a work in progress.  <br><br>No where did I see anything about him going back to the previous administration and providing transparency to all documentation of the Bush administration and I visit the WH website daily.  Thanks for the suggestion though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:50:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158950, "depth": 8, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I meant YOU.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:50:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "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": 12159085, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159165": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did I say he doesn't support a public option? I'm saying it's not clear whether the presence of a public option is deemed non-negotiable/essential.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:50:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12159124, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ICAM!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:13:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12153819, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hee hee hee.  I would love the opportunity for all of us to be able to meet each other and have a discussion.  Yall keep me young.  lol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:51:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 12158878, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157651": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "?? What are you shaking your head about?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:33:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12155780, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "using whose money?  It is a waste of time and I don't want my money spent that way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:52:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158787, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159197": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well if you'd calm down long enough, you might realize that that is naturally the case.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:52:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12159165, "depth": 8, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12154594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This coming from someone who literally said that we shouldn't get upset at Unca Clarence's attempt to send Black People back to slavery days with his votes on the Voting Rights Act and other self-hating acts he perpetuates upon Black Americans with his off-kilter interpretation of the Constitution.  That we should be proud that there is an African-American still on the SCOTUS.<br><br>Where the hell is this African-American on the SCOTUS? (((side eye)))<br><br>Let me tell you something, Guns3000; we know very well who Jesus IS.  And on top of that, we all know Jesus wouldn't be making promises He would reneige on.<br><br>We're calling out Mr. Obama to come correct or he goes home in four years, instead of sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue until 2013.<br><br>Come back and engage in debate when you take your meds and you can discuss like you have some got-damned sense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_11:19:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 40, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12153819, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why in the hell would holding people accountable be a \"little left wing policy\"? In the case of the Plame matter specifically, he wouldn't have to get \"bogged\" in it at all. In fact, it would be wrong for him to get bogged in it, on either side....which is what he's done by actively protecting them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_13:26:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12156547, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "the statement said he would get bogged down in nonsense if you choose to assume that meant Guns3000 said DADT and DOMA is nonsense that is your perogative.  I did not interpret it as such and stand by my statements.  I understood what he meant.  <br><br>take care", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:54:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158907, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158845": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"To which I say if he\u2019s not doing anything wrong, the Administration should have NOTHING TO FEAR, n\u2019est pas?\"<br><br>I think you are being too simplistic with this quote. Unlike you or i the Obama administration has actual skin in the game, you are taking no risk. If he does what you say there is a potential was tic for tack prosecutions even if he didn't do anything wrong. you trust the Republicans too much.<br><br>Plus he isn't really stopping Congress from doing anything. The legislative branch is a separate branch with its own power. Congress could ignore Obama and have its own investigations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:31:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "malletgirl02", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay, we aren't going to agree, and I'm tired of going in circles. I've said what I have to say. I think Obama is wrong on certain issues and questionable on others, you think he isn't. Fine, we're just going to have to agree to disagree.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:54:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "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": 12159155, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When you threaten people you get a response that is not necessarily the results you want to happen.  This is the reason why we are still struggling with this issue.<br><br>If there is one thing the President knows about RobM is how to get results for the people based on his background as a community organizer.  The President made up his mind and he told us to stop these attacks because it is not helpful and clearly stated what he wants us to do instead.<br><br>So he made up his mind and now we can make up our minds and either choose to support the request or not.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:25:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 12155675, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He reversed laws and implemented policies to make sure that no one in a future Administration won't be able to out a CIA agent for political reasons? I'm going to pretend again- this time, I'm going to pretend that laws and policies against it weren't already in place, and ask exactly what he did that assures it'll never happen again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:43:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "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": 12160462, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12160255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama promised to close guantanamo yet the senate blocked it 90-6. I think that he will get the most hell coming from those blue dogs. I agree with you that we shouldn't be wasting our time prosecuting the past administration for alleged crimes that they got away with, but now we want retribution", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:22:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "friskee1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157971, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And the sheeple will continue to say, BAAAAA.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_17:25:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh please, Obama shouldn't have promised big changes if he's worried about being killed. I'm sorry, but that excuse isn't going to fly with me. He's reneging on promises that he made on accountability. HE'S the one that said the WH is the PEOPLE'S house, and yet he won't release which lobbyists are going to visit him regarding environmental issues (and probably health care as well). That has nothing to do with the military, and that does go against his promise of transparency. <br><br>I don't think the country will begrudge his DOJ looking into what the Bush administration may have done that's illegal, that's the DOJ's JOB, and the DOJ is supposed to operate independent of the President. And not wanting to release documents because future administrations may not be protected against THEIR illegal acts makes me wonder what exactly the Obama administration is planning on doing that would make the later release of documents pertaining to those acts a problem. <br><br>What happened to \"the fierce urgency of now\"?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:36:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12155478, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What? I'm perfectly calm, and you're making no sense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:55:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "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": 12159197, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158223": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And if getting them to support his agenda results in something that is different from his agenda, what's the point? If it results in a healthcare plan that is compromised into ineffectiveness, or worse stll, results in something that is more a windfall for the insurance companies than anything, what's the point, \"poor thing\"? No...no one is fooled. What you...I'm not talking about other commenters here, but you- you're responding to everything that Obama does or doesn't do that seems to you to be effectively what a right-wing Republican would or wouldn't do with \"But....the Blue Dogs!! But...national security!!!\"....all the while accusing other people of being radical left-wingers. It's no different than the Bushies hollering \"9/11\" to get their way. I've just documented your ideology with this:<br><br>\"More of the damn same. Drop out of high school. Have kids you can't afford. Call each other nigga. Rob a liquor store. Go to jail. Get out and go back to to selling drugs. And then have the nerve to ask the President to do something for you. How about doing something for yourself? Too many blacks in America have a welfare mentality. Those stories have happened to people across America no matter the color. Stop looking for a handout.\"<br><br>That's as cliched a bit of virulent, right-wing, anti-black racism as one is likely to find anywhere. Now...document what you say <i>my</i> ideology is. I have an archive of comments here, just like you. Document. Only a right-winger would think that not wanting to see people slide on outing Plame would make someone a \"left-winger\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:10:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "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": 12157793, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12173272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HotDAMN!<br>WElcome, Friskee...<br><br> A very cogent and excellent analysis, we need more posts like yours..<br><br> BTW<br><br> ICAM!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_11:17:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 12159099, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, he did.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:01:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158002, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How else should it be interpreted? Those are the main issues the left is \"whining\" about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:56:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12159214, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And yet, the WH may even be pulling back on things like the public option (something ELSE he promised during the campaign) that the public largely wants. In fact, there's a diary on DKos right now about how the WH wants people to stop pushing against Conservadems who have indicated that they won't support the public option.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:38:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12156326, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "*smh*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:33:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12138089, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am of two minds about Cheney. One, he needs to be put in his place over the leak of Plaume's name. We have had CIA people go renegade on them and cause serious damage. Letting the office of the VicePresident do it is far more dangerous given that the VP is sworn to uphold the law. Two, if you go after him you open all decisions of the President/Presidency to the courts ad infinitum. That destabilzation/paralysis of the country has a very good chance of destroying it.<br><br>To finesse the issue, I think you could go to a wise man investigation that includes past CIA chiefs and Bush the first whom was head of the CIA. The other thing this does is keep people like Baker from defending Cheney. Them telling the VP to sit down and STFU should do the job. If he doesn't then you give him the 9mm headache.<br><br>As  to the need for transparency and accountabilty this article w/ headline is disturbing:<br>Obama Urges Groups to Stop Attacks<br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070302309.html?hpid=moreheadlines\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>Basically President Obama is saying don't call out and threaten to run people against certain members of Capital Hill, in this particular case on the healthcare issue. To say this makes no sense from a tactical or strategic point of view is an understatement. How else do you have accountabilty and transparency? You hold coalitions together with a carrot or a stick. You use surrogates by acknowledging their point of view to call attention to your program and people in your coalition whom are argung against it. You certainly to come w/ weak sauce by acknowledging that people are going to vote for or against  because they have tough reelection fights publicly and then give them a piece of pork in the bill; i.e. the cap and trade bill.<br>This incremental approach is worthy of a consitutional scholar at a book fair discussing an issue w/ his peers televised on CSPAN. It is not what the President does. He needs to make up his mind.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:26:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's funny that you get around to saying something that is relevant to the post as \"one last thing\". In this case, it's not a matter of him not getting around to doing something. It's about him (or his DOJ) standing in the way of letting other people do something, and using the rhetoric of the Bush Administration in the process. I heard that \"Well, when he got his first intelligence briefing...\" argument when they stood in the way of the release of those torture photos, and I thought it was bull. \"Bull\" is even more applicable to the Plame situation. There is no reason whatsoever for anyone to ask questions about the details of what Plame did as a CIA employee, and no one has asked those questions. The question is who is legally liable for outing her. That's the only question, and there's no way it could compromise national security.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:57:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "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": 12153819, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok..once again. What is CPL's post about? It's about the Obama DOJ actively shielding Cheney from scrutiny in the Plame matter. Do you see what Guns3000 did? He threw up straw men, and tried to make it about \"blacks wanting Obama do do...whatever for blacks\". That's not what we're talking about. It's not the same thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:25:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158350, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If it prevents others from engaging in the same sort of thing, then it's not a waste of time or money....aside from upholding the idea that people who commit crimes should be held to account for them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:12:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12159188, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks Val,  some of us know that policing our own is the only way to instill real change in our community.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:11:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158035, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158259": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's the thing, Val...look at the comment in context. What prompted him to say it? Do you remember?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:12:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158035, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Please, no need to call folks morons.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:28:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 12153819, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not investigating them, and actively preventing others from doing so are two different things.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:28:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158478, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158790": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It was a rant which was poorly said.  I concede that BUT I STAND BEHIND THE MESSAGE. I don't even remember what the subject of the post. I didn't realize you archive all my posts.<br><br>Let me ask you this?  We were having a debate on this subject of this post and you pull out a post I made that has nothing to do with what we are talking about?  Why would you do that?  Why would you change the subject?<br><br>Hold on let me help you. ....<br>Because you couldn't hang.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:28:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158340, "depth": 10, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12172107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"What happened to \"the fierce urgency of now\"?\"<br><br>It is focused on healthcare, jobs, banking crisis, mfgring crisis and 2 wars.<br><br>These are the fiercely urgent needs of the nation.  Not your 'now wants'.<br><br>Just cause he is not focused where you want it  doesn't mean that he is not focused where he needs to be to meet the fiercely urgent needs of the nation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_10:59:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 12157702, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Right. Written by the WASHINGTON POST. The same newspaper that's been selling access to Obama to lobbyists. The SAME ARTICLE that cites only vague sources. You can believe that bullshit article if you want to. It's nothing but a tactic to split the left in half. And you're falling for it, hook, line, and sinker.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:02:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157720, "depth": 4, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Post the link of the page so everyone can get see not only the post but the conversation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:48:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "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": 12159014, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama made PROMISES regarding those \"little left wing\" policies. He shouldn't have made them if he wasn't going to keep them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:42:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12156547, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158815": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "YA DAMN SKIPPY", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:30:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "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": 12158148, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157793": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Poor thing.  You just don't get it. <br><br>\"The Republicans in the House, Senate, and everywhere else are going to do what they are going to do against Obama regardless.\"<br><br>The fact of matter is if Obama goes along with your idiotic line of thinking the Blue Dawgs in the Senate and the House to include Lieberman will not support his agenda.  And that means HE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS GAS let alone legislation  It's not just about the Republicans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:43:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157357, "depth": 6, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Yet when we TRY to do that, we get people being all snarky saying we expected Obama to be our savior.\"<br><br>Exactly. Even those of us who have said that as a black person, they don't expect, and aren't asking for, Obama do do anything they wouldn't expect any other Democratic President to do, and those things are mostly along the lines of effectively enforcing existing laws. It doesn't matter, though- you still get slammed by this kind of person as wanting him to do \"everything\" for black people. I've argured here that Obama shouldn't be expected to do everything for blacks. Funny thing, though- I was able to do it without telling the black people who disagreed with me that they were lazy, drug-abusing, no-school-going felons. Or that they think Obama is a savior.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:01:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "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": 12157771, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "On top of that, the Republicans have been getting railroaded in the House, and wouldn't be nearly as \"important\" in the Senate if we had a Senate leader with a damn spine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:43:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "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": 12157357, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ICAM? Could you please explain?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:31:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12155417, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "lolol right.  You are citing this dramatic made for daytime tv post as proof that the Obama Administration is failing to do what he promised?  Plantsmantx . . . Stevie Wonder could see that there is a gaping hole in this story and the conclusion isn't what it is portrayed to be.  <br><br>Regarding Guns3000 I tend to look past the extra \"stuff\" and try to get the core of the message because when we write it can put out a message in a way that we did not intend.  So I dont' take that too personally.  I interpreted Guns3000 statement to be . . . we can't focus on issues directly related to our personal groups/interests.  The situation we are in is too great. We can't lose sight in the fact that unless we fix the larger issues that affects ALL of us as Americans (fix the root of our problems) then fixing those other issues won't stop us from this free fall that we are currently caught in.  Does that make sense???<br><br>Well anyway it made sense to me and I agree.  Fix the root, stabilize the house and then resolve all other issues without retaining the fear of having the house collapse when we are all asleep under it's roof.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:31:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158762, "depth": 8, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agree on that last paragraph being Stormfront lingo and calling folks \"moron.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:45:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 12157515, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "lol Muzikal203.  He is saying getting bogged down in side issues (issues that do not directly impact ALL Americans) at this time is nonsense and a mistake.  We have a very short period of time to push through the bigger issues and reforms.  He did not say DADT/DOMA was nonsense. <br><br>I wrote this below and it applies here as well --  I interpreted Guns3000 statement to be . . . we can't focus on issues directly related to our personal groups/interests. The situation we are in is too great. We can't lose sight of the fact that unless we fix the larger issues that affects ALL of us as Americans (fix the root of our problems) then fixing those other issues won't stop us from this free fall that we are currently caught in. Does that make sense???<br><br>Well anyway it made sense to me and I agree. Fix the root, stabilize the house and then resolve all other issues without retaining the fear of having the house collapse when we are all asleep under it's roof.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:03:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12159254, "depth": 9, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"And you are a liar if you don't know some of us that are like that.\"<br><br>I ask you...what prompted you to say that? Was it a post about black crime? Black drug abuse? Blacks calling each other \"nigga\"? What was the subject of the post that prompted you to say those things?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:15:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158254, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "lol  Well I won't revert to childhood games so please provide documentation supporting your allegations on what you believe Obama promised to support.  :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:16:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158083, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RobM, it's the \"Change we NEED\", apparently he never said we were actually going to GET it. I love the Obamas like play cousins, really I do, but me liking them personally does not mean I'm going to give him a free pass on promises that HE made of his own volition while trying to get to where he is now. <br><br>The only thing I'm really just extremely proud of at this point is his foreign policy diplomacy, and that was supposedly his \"weak\" point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:46:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "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": 12155675, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:33:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "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": 12158787, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12172185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Very well stated!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_11:07:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "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": 12159359, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Actually he's not. How do you explain his refusal to release the WH visitors log, just for LOBBYISTS? I'm not talking about super top secret stuff here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:34:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158478, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156326": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree, he intends to spend ALL his political capital on healthcare reform (he said as much, don't have the link right now) If he gets that done successfully, it'll buy him a lot more capital and then he can take care of the other stuff.<br>PS Cheney is a dangerous man who would probably do anything to avoid being prosecuted, even assassinate an American President. I wouldn't put ANYTHING past that bastard.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_13:03:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12155478, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It really doesn't matter why he said it because the bottom line is  . . . it was the truth.  I've worked with at risk black kids for over 21 years.  I know what he said is truth.  I have teens that I offered to pay for their college education or drive them to complete GED courses, pay for trade school and they do not have to reimburse me. . . I get absolutely NO INTEREST.  It is too much work.  and sadly Plantsmantx it is getting worse.  I am still fighting for those kids but it can get depressing.<br><br>So I get Guns3000 and his points are correct.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:34:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158259, "depth": 9, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No...I'm not buying it. You can't say that no useful legislation wouldn't be passed if the Obama Administration refrained from actively protecting Bush wrongdoers. The Republicans in the House, Senate, and everywhere else  are going to do what they are going to do against Obama regardless. If anything should be obvious by now, that should be.<br><br>\"If Obama caves to people like you he...\"<br><br>What? \"people like me\" are concerned because he <i>is</i> caving too much. As far as \"historic Democratic control\" goes, what good is it if the result of it turns out to be pretty much the same thing the Republicans have done? That's like saying one should be grateful that Clarence Thomas is on the SCOTUS....because he's black, and shut up about what he's actually doing there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:15:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12156888, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159925": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell me...is there anything he can safely be \"called out\" on? I mean, without \"compromise for the betterment of the country\"?<br><br>\"As long as he remains true to his core agenda like health care reform...\"<br><br>Oh? What health care reform would that be?<br><br>\"BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH......Did you even answer my question? I don't think so. HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? WE ARE BROKE ALREADY!!! We can't keep borrowing money and we can't keep printing money. You said \"taxes\". The taxes that the government are collecting now are short of the expenditures that they have. Look at California, they made too many stupid programs and promises.\"<br><br><br>The health care reform you said that about?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:16:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "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": 12159335, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You quoted and co-signed something that stated that calling him out on stuff he promised (not talking about pursuing Bush officials, but they did promise action on DADT and DOMA) would get him bogged down in nonsense, thereby implying that all of the things in that parenthesis are nonsense. You didn't qualify your co-signage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:36:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158405, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No one is saying that he should have fixed everything in 6 months. I'm sure you can come up with a better disagreement without using that dumb argument. <br><br>I don't want Obama to be a savior, I just want him to keep the promises that HE made (that no one MADE him make). If he didn't intend to KEEP those promises, he should have never made them. Seems to me, you're the ones that are treating him more like a Savior than those of us who take issue to some of the things he has or hasn't done since being elected because you all just want us to keep the faith and keep our powder dry. Why wait  until it's too late to force him to keep his promises? We need to be on him like white on rice from day one, in fact that's what he TOLD US we were going to have to do. Yet when we TRY to do that, we get people being all snarky saying we expected Obama to be our savior.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:41:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12153819, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158405": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did I say DOMA and DADT was nonsense?  I didn't say that.<br><br>and there is transparency on THIS administration and it will continue to improve as we move forward.  I could care less about the prior administration.  He reversed all the necessary stuff.  Now I want to move on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:18:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158107, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12160462": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "President Obama already reversed laws and implemented policies to make sure that doesn't happen in future.  Going back to the past 8 years is not necessary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:27:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12159787, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12150737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, well, well.  I posted this article in the Friday open thread.  Good going CPL.<br><br>Two words:  FRY CHENEY", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_09:27:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12138451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wrong move by this Administration. you know I luve ya, CPL. gotta try and keep it honest around here, and wrong moves are wrong moves. must call them out. I want THE EVIL ONE in handcuffs. I admit it, and will not back down from that. And the American people deserve nothing less.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_01:55:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161493": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"lolol right. You are citing this dramatic made for daytime tv post as proof that the Obama Administration is failing to do what he promised?\"<br><br>You're kidding, right? You mean he had to promise explicitly to uphold the law for people (for the sake of argument, I'm going to pretend he didn't do that when he took the oath) to rightfully critisize him for not doing it? <br><br>\"Regarding Guns3000 I tend to look past the extra \"stuff\" and try to get the core of the message because when we write it can put out a message in a way that we did not intend.\"<br><br>Well, when it's put out there using wording that is stereotypically right-wing and anti-black, there's no need to look past it. You know what lies underneath is the same feeling those people at Stormfront have when they say the same thing, almost verbatim.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:58:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "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": 12158829, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why do you think Ford pardoned Nixon?  To move the country forward.  You would be happy to drag every official of the last administration through hearings that would take years and throw them in jail.  In the end you and your cronies will be happy and not one piece of useful legislation will be passed.  That would seal Obama's fate.  If Obama caves to people like you he will be viewed by moderates of squandering Historic Democratic control the Presidency and Congress to appease the Nancy Policy wing of the Party.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_13:42:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12156652, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158937": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, I didn't change the subject, you did. The subject was Cheney being shielded from scrutiny in the Plame case. You brought this in:<br>economy to be fixed<br>Two wars ended<br>Gitmo closed<br>The legal maze of gitmo prisoners to have a solution<br>Healthcare Reform<br>A climate bill<br>...and so on. It's the same thing you did when you typed up the bit of virulent racism I've cited here a couple of times...in the middle of a thread on black homeowners being swindled by Wells Fargo. You basically accused them, and anyone else who had the nerve to complaing about what was done to them, as drug-abusing, no-job-having, felons who were looking for nothing for a handout. That's how you responded to complaints of <i>working black homeowners</i> being swindled. If you weren't doing that, then what was the point of talking about black crime, drug abuse, etc. in the context of that post? That's not a rhetorical question, by the way.<br><br>\"Typical.\"<br><br>Typical of...what?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:37:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "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": 12158103, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12153819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here we go. Some of you guys I swear get Jesus and Obama confused.  Lets me gets this straight in 6 months you want:<br><br>economy to be fixed<br>Two wars ended<br>Gitmo closed<br>The legal maze of gitmo prisoners to have a solution<br>Healthcare Reform<br>A climate bill<br>prosecute prior administration officials<br>Repeal don't ask Don't tell and Defense of Marriage Act<br>Expansion of LGBT \"rights\"<br>obama to \"fix\" black unemployment<br>Correct bush's 8 years of cowboy diplomacy<br>Stable the financial system<br><br><br>And while all this is going on he has a Republican Party and a conservative media machine(talk radio/Fox news) trying to derail any chances of progress. In addition to the fact that the Dems have all the power in Congress and still bickering amongst themselves. Either some of you are completely oblivious to how government works or you really think Obama can perform miracles which in either case makes you moron.<br><br>How many of you emailed your Congressman (or woman) and told them to get on board with Obama's agenda or they will pay at the polls?<br><br>Do some research and look how much former presidents got done in 6 months?<br><br>Did you guys want a President or a Savior?<br><br>One last thing as far as Obama continuing some of Bush policies as much as the prior administration was an abortion I think when Obama got his first intelligence briefing as the POTUS and realized that it's his responsibility to keep us safe he realized that some of things that Bush did was not wrong.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_10:15:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 63, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I'd like to see the Bush administration investigated, I'd like to know what the hell was being done in my name the last 8 years and I want the wars ENDED.  Obama himself said he can multi-task, and we aren't asking him to do anything more than he said he could do. It's not like we are demanding that he walk on water.\"<br><br>Right - so he should just click his heels three times . . .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:17:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "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": 12159078, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I thought you said you were paying attention during the election? Every single speech he gave had something about repealing DADT, had something about heath care reform needing a public option, had something about upholding the constitution, about accountability and transparency. Just go to the WH website, and you'll see it. I'm not the one here playing childhood games.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:38:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12158350, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12158970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama doesn't have to go along, but he also doesn't have to discourage outside independent groups from going after them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_15:39:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "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": 12157793, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "24138723", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 2175267582557480314}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 109, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 24138723, "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"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  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.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s like'
				: '%(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});
	};
};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '478c43f137d197c991b940a072c91ca7';
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;



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
	this.reader = reader;
	this.writer = writer;
	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230' +
		'&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) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session]);
};

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

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session);
	};

	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/another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230/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_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;

			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>'))
							+ ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + '</a>'
							+  (!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</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='	+ 'another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230'
			+ '&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/another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230/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.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">109</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230/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>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <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:24138723" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		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"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</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/another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230/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;
			}
		}

		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>';
				} else {
					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>';
			}
		}

		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:24138723" 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:24138723" 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'				: 'another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230',
			// 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/another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230/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='	+ 'another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230'
			+ '&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='	+ 'another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230'
			+ '&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='		+ 'another_blogging_gunshot_wound8230'
				+ '&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);
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			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/24138723/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
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	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]) {
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		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
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						new_posts.push(post_id);
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			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
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}();

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

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;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
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	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
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	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
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	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
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			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
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			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
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(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
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		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
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	//
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	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

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Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12153819">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12153819" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12153819" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12153819">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12153819" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12153819" class="dsq-comment-message">Here we go. Some of you guys I swear get Jesus and Obama confused.  Lets me gets this straight in 6 months you want:<br><br>economy to be fixed<br>Two wars ended<br>Gitmo closed<br>The legal maze of gitmo prisoners to have a solution<br>Healthcare Reform<br>A climate bill<br>prosecute prior administration officials<br>Repeal don\'t ask Don\'t tell and Defense of Marriage Act<br>Expansion of LGBT "rights"<br>obama to "fix" black unemployment<br>Correct bush\'s 8 years of cowboy diplomacy<br>Stable the financial system<br><br><br>And while all this is going on he has a Republican Party and a conservative media machine(talk radio/Fox news) trying to derail any chances of progress. In addition to the fact that the Dems have all the power in Congress and still bickering amongst themselves. Either some of you are completely oblivious to how government works or you really think Obama can perform miracles which in either case makes you moron.<br><br>How many of you emailed your Congressman (or woman) and told them to get on board with Obama\'s agenda or they will pay at the polls?<br><br>Do some research and look how much former presidents got done in 6 months?<br><br>Did you guys want a President or a Savior?<br><br>One last thing as far as Obama continuing some of Bush policies as much as the prior administration was an abortion I think when Obama got his first intelligence briefing as the POTUS and realized that it\'s his responsibility to keep us safe he realized that some of things that Bush did was not wrong.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12154594">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12154594" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12154594" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12154594" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12154594" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12154594" class="dsq-comment-message">This coming from someone who literally said that we shouldn\'t get upset at Unca Clarence\'s attempt to send Black People back to slavery days with his votes on the Voting Rights Act and other self-hating acts he perpetuates upon Black Americans with his off-kilter interpretation of the Constitution.  That we should be proud that there is an African-American still on the SCOTUS.<br><br>Where the hell is this African-American on the SCOTUS? (((side eye)))<br><br>Let me tell you something, Guns3000; we know very well who Jesus IS.  And on top of that, we all know Jesus wouldn\'t be making promises He would reneige on.<br><br>We\'re calling out Mr. Obama to come correct or he goes home in four years, instead of sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue until 2013.<br><br>Come back and engage in debate when you take your meds and you can discuss like you have some got-damned sense.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12156547">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12156547" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12156547" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12156547">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12156547" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156547" class="dsq-comment-message">Calling out Mr. Obama on every little left wing policy agenda(DOMA, DADT pursuing Bush officials) WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING.  He will get bogged in nonsense and will turn the moderates against the President.  People like you are more concerned about your own agenda and less concerned about the country and real policy goals like Health care reform and the Economy. <br>Fortunately, for the rest of us the Democratic Party is not ruled by the San Francisco Wing of the Party.<br><br>Go ahead and mischaracterize my position on Justice Thomas there is no point gong back and forth your hate of JT blinds any chance of reasoned debate on the subject.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12157998">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157998" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157998" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157998">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157998" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157998" class="dsq-comment-message">"Calling out Mr. Obama on every little left wing policy agenda(DOMA, DADT pursuing Bush officials) WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING. He will get bogged in nonsense"<br><br>co-signing.  not only will he get bogged down in nonsense but he will waste valuable time needed to resolve the larger issues you cited.  healthcare, economy etc.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12158107">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158107" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158107" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158107" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158107" class="dsq-comment-message">Repealing things like DOMA and DADT are not nonsense. <br><br>I personally don\'t care about prosecutions, I DO care about the lack of transparency and the arguments being used to justify that lack of transparency. Leave Bush and Cheney to the DOJ (that\'s its job anyway).</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12158405">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158405" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158405" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158405">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158405" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158405" class="dsq-comment-message">Did I say DOMA and DADT was nonsense?  I didn\'t say that.<br><br>and there is transparency on THIS administration and it will continue to improve as we move forward.  I could care less about the prior administration.  He reversed all the necessary stuff.  Now I want to move on.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12158907">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158907" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158907" class="dsq-comment-message">You quoted and co-signed something that stated that calling him out on stuff he promised (not talking about pursuing Bush officials, but they did promise action on DADT and DOMA) would get him bogged down in nonsense, thereby implying that all of the things in that parenthesis are nonsense. You didn\'t qualify your co-signage.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12159214">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159214" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159214" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159214">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159214" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159214" class="dsq-comment-message">the statement said he would get bogged down in nonsense if you choose to assume that meant Guns3000 said DADT and DOMA is nonsense that is your perogative.  I did not interpret it as such and stand by my statements.  I understood what he meant.  <br><br>take care</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12159254">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159254" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159254" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159254" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159254" class="dsq-comment-message">How else should it be interpreted? Those are the main issues the left is "whining" about.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12159359">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159359" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159359">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159359" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159359" class="dsq-comment-message">lol Muzikal203.  He is saying getting bogged down in side issues (issues that do not directly impact ALL Americans) at this time is nonsense and a mistake.  We have a very short period of time to push through the bigger issues and reforms.  He did not say DADT/DOMA was nonsense. <br><br>I wrote this below and it applies here as well --  I interpreted Guns3000 statement to be . . . we can\'t focus on issues directly related to our personal groups/interests. The situation we are in is too great. We can\'t lose sight of the fact that unless we fix the larger issues that affects ALL of us as Americans (fix the root of our problems) then fixing those other issues won\'t stop us from this free fall that we are currently caught in. Does that make sense???<br><br>Well anyway it made sense to me and I agree. Fix the root, stabilize the house and then resolve all other issues without retaining the fear of having the house collapse when we are all asleep under it\'s roof.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12172185">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12172185" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12172185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12172185">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12172185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12172185" class="dsq-comment-message">Very well stated!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12156652">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156652" class="dsq-comment-message">Why in the hell would holding people accountable be a "little left wing policy"? In the case of the Plame matter specifically, he wouldn\'t have to get "bogged" in it at all. In fact, it would be wrong for him to get bogged in it, on either side....which is what he\'s done by actively protecting them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12156888" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12156888">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156888" class="dsq-comment-message">Why do you think Ford pardoned Nixon?  To move the country forward.  You would be happy to drag every official of the last administration through hearings that would take years and throw them in jail.  In the end you and your cronies will be happy and not one piece of useful legislation will be passed.  That would seal Obama\'s fate.  If Obama caves to people like you he will be viewed by moderates of squandering Historic Democratic control the Presidency and Congress to appease the Nancy Policy wing of the Party.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157357">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157357" class="dsq-comment-message">No...I\'m not buying it. You can\'t say that no useful legislation wouldn\'t be passed if the Obama Administration refrained from actively protecting Bush wrongdoers. The Republicans in the House, Senate, and everywhere else  are going to do what they are going to do against Obama regardless. If anything should be obvious by now, that should be.<br><br>"If Obama caves to people like you he..."<br><br>What? "people like me" are concerned because he <i>is</i> caving too much. As far as "historic Democratic control" goes, what good is it if the result of it turns out to be pretty much the same thing the Republicans have done? That\'s like saying one should be grateful that Clarence Thomas is on the SCOTUS....because he\'s black, and shut up about what he\'s actually doing there.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157793" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157793">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157793" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157793" class="dsq-comment-message">Poor thing.  You just don\'t get it. <br><br>"The Republicans in the House, Senate, and everywhere else are going to do what they are going to do against Obama regardless."<br><br>The fact of matter is if Obama goes along with your idiotic line of thinking the Blue Dawgs in the Senate and the House to include Lieberman will not support his agenda.  And that means HE WON\'T HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS GAS let alone legislation  It\'s not just about the Republicans.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158223" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158223" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158223">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158223" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158223" class="dsq-comment-message">And if getting them to support his agenda results in something that is different from his agenda, what\'s the point? If it results in a healthcare plan that is compromised into ineffectiveness, or worse stll, results in something that is more a windfall for the insurance companies than anything, what\'s the point, "poor thing"? No...no one is fooled. What you...I\'m not talking about other commenters here, but you- you\'re responding to everything that Obama does or doesn\'t do that seems to you to be effectively what a right-wing Republican would or wouldn\'t do with "But....the Blue Dogs!! But...national security!!!"....all the while accusing other people of being radical left-wingers. It\'s no different than the Bushies hollering "9/11" to get their way. I\'ve just documented your ideology with this:<br><br>"More of the damn same. Drop out of high school. Have kids you can\'t afford. Call each other nigga. Rob a liquor store. Go to jail. Get out and go back to to selling drugs. And then have the nerve to ask the President to do something for you. How about doing something for yourself? Too many blacks in America have a welfare mentality. Those stories have happened to people across America no matter the color. Stop looking for a handout."<br><br>That\'s as cliched a bit of virulent, right-wing, anti-black racism as one is likely to find anywhere. Now...document what you say <i>my</i> ideology is. I have an archive of comments here, just like you. Document. Only a right-winger would think that not wanting to see people slide on outing Plame would make someone a "left-winger".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158970" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158970" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158970" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158970" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158970" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama doesn\'t have to go along, but he also doesn\'t have to discourage outside independent groups from going after them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157515">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157515" class="dsq-comment-message">...and let me clarify- not only am I not buying it, I\'m especially not buying it from you, and saying "I\'m a Democrat who supports Obama" isn\'t going to make a damn bit of difference. You gave up any chance at credibility when you tryped this:<br><br>"More of the damn same. Drop out of high school. Have kids you can\'t afford. Call each other nigga. Rob a liquor store. Go to jail. Get out and go back to to selling drugs. And then have the nerve to ask the President to do something for you. How about doing something for yourself? Too many blacks in America have a welfare mentality. Those stories have happened to people across America no matter the color. Stop looking for a handout."<br><br>That\'s Stormfront stuff...<i>scripted</i> Stormfront stuff.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158035" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158035">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158035" class="dsq-comment-message">Plantsmantx.  I see nothing wrong with the post on the decline in our black community. In fact I happen to agree with most of it.  <br><br>I wouldn\'t have written it the same way but the points are valid.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158254" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158254">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158254" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Val,  some of us know that policing our own is the only way to instill real change in our community.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158340" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158340" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158340">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158340" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158340" class="dsq-comment-message">"And you are a liar if you don\'t know some of us that are like that."<br><br>I ask you...what prompted you to say that? Was it a post about black crime? Black drug abuse? Blacks calling each other "nigga"? What was the subject of the post that prompted you to say those things?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158790" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158790" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158790">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158790" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158790" class="dsq-comment-message">It was a rant which was poorly said.  I concede that BUT I STAND BEHIND THE MESSAGE. I don\'t even remember what the subject of the post. I didn\'t realize you archive all my posts.<br><br>Let me ask you this?  We were having a debate on this subject of this post and you pull out a post I made that has nothing to do with what we are talking about?  Why would you do that?  Why would you change the subject?<br><br>Hold on let me help you. ....<br>Because you couldn\'t hang.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159014" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159014" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159014">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159014" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159014" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, it was "rant that was poorly said". My question is...why were you moved to bring it up in the context of a post about Wells Fargo\'s criminality against black homeowners? <br><br>I went back and pulled it out in order to illustrate that you\'re doing the same thing here that you did there- trying to deflect from the subject at hand by throwing in something that is unrelated.<br><br>...and I was able to "hang" pretty well, just by pointing out that this is not a matter of Obama not "getting around" to something in enough time to satisfy people. It involves his Administration actively seeking to shield Bush Admin. wrongdoers from possible criminal charges. That\'s something completely different.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159119" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159119">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159119" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159119" class="dsq-comment-message">Post the link of the page so everyone can get see not only the post but the conversation.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158259" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158259" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158259">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158259" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158259" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s the thing, Val...look at the comment in context. What prompted him to say it? Do you remember?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158887" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158887">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158887" class="dsq-comment-message">It really doesn\'t matter why he said it because the bottom line is  . . . it was the truth.  I\'ve worked with at risk black kids for over 21 years.  I know what he said is truth.  I have teens that I offered to pay for their college education or drive them to complete GED courses, pay for trade school and they do not have to reimburse me. . . I get absolutely NO INTEREST.  It is too much work.  and sadly Plantsmantx it is getting worse.  I am still fighting for those kids but it can get depressing.<br><br>So I get Guns3000 and his points are correct.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158986" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158986">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158986" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158986" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree, Val. If he brings it up to deflect, then it does matter. Yes, what he said is the truth for some poeple, but do you think it is typically the truth for the black people who were being discussed in that post about Wells Fargo?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159023" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159023" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159023">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159023" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159023" class="dsq-comment-message">No it wasn\'t.  It was off topic.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158103">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158103" class="dsq-comment-message">You can\'t keep up with FACTS I\'ve been saying on this board so you change the subject.  Typical.  <br><br>Since you went there.  I\'ll address it.<br><br>I made that statement and I STAND BY IT.<br>There is a terrible cycle in the poor sections of black community of violence and the celebration of ignorance.  And you are a liar if you don\'t know some of us that are like that.   I was merely articulating self-genocidal tendencies of some of us in young black america.  You may not like how I said it but you are not disputing what I said.<br><br>If you are going to quote that also take note at how many times I\'ve posted on the site and others have posted in support and don\'t try to take one statement because you can\'t address the topic on this board you are obviously ill-equipped to talk about.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158937" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158937">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158937" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158937" class="dsq-comment-message">No, I didn\'t change the subject, you did. The subject was Cheney being shielded from scrutiny in the Plame case. You brought this in:<br>economy to be fixed<br>Two wars ended<br>Gitmo closed<br>The legal maze of gitmo prisoners to have a solution<br>Healthcare Reform<br>A climate bill<br>...and so on. It\'s the same thing you did when you typed up the bit of virulent racism I\'ve cited here a couple of times...in the middle of a thread on black homeowners being swindled by Wells Fargo. You basically accused them, and anyone else who had the nerve to complaing about what was done to them, as drug-abusing, no-job-having, felons who were looking for nothing for a handout. That\'s how you responded to complaints of <i>working black homeowners</i> being swindled. If you weren\'t doing that, then what was the point of talking about black crime, drug abuse, etc. in the context of that post? That\'s not a rhetorical question, by the way.<br><br>"Typical."<br><br>Typical of...what?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157821" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157821">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157821" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157821" class="dsq-comment-message">Agree on that last paragraph being Stormfront lingo and calling folks "moron."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157799" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12157799" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157799" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157799" class="dsq-comment-message">On top of that, the Republicans have been getting railroaded in the House, and wouldn\'t be nearly as "important" in the Senate if we had a Senate leader with a damn spine.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157788" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157788" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12157788" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157788" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157788" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama made PROMISES regarding those "little left wing" policies. He shouldn\'t have made them if he wasn\'t going to keep them.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158002" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158002" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158002">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158002" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158002" class="dsq-comment-message">no he didn\'t.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158083" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158083" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158083" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158083" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158083" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, he did.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158350" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158350">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158350" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158350" class="dsq-comment-message">lol  Well I won\'t revert to childhood games so please provide documentation supporting your allegations on what you believe Obama promised to support.  :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158762" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158762">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158762" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158762" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok..once again. What is CPL\'s post about? It\'s about the Obama DOJ actively shielding Cheney from scrutiny in the Plame matter. Do you see what Guns3000 did? He threw up straw men, and tried to make it about "blacks wanting Obama do do...whatever for blacks". That\'s not what we\'re talking about. It\'s not the same thing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158829" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158829" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158829">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158829" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158829" class="dsq-comment-message">lolol right.  You are citing this dramatic made for daytime tv post as proof that the Obama Administration is failing to do what he promised?  Plantsmantx . . . Stevie Wonder could see that there is a gaping hole in this story and the conclusion isn\'t what it is portrayed to be.  <br><br>Regarding Guns3000 I tend to look past the extra "stuff" and try to get the core of the message because when we write it can put out a message in a way that we did not intend.  So I dont\' take that too personally.  I interpreted Guns3000 statement to be . . . we can\'t focus on issues directly related to our personal groups/interests.  The situation we are in is too great. We can\'t lose sight in the fact that unless we fix the larger issues that affects ALL of us as Americans (fix the root of our problems) then fixing those other issues won\'t stop us from this free fall that we are currently caught in.  Does that make sense???<br><br>Well anyway it made sense to me and I agree.  Fix the root, stabilize the house and then resolve all other issues without retaining the fear of having the house collapse when we are all asleep under it\'s roof.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161493" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161493" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161493">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161493" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161493" class="dsq-comment-message">"lolol right. You are citing this dramatic made for daytime tv post as proof that the Obama Administration is failing to do what he promised?"<br><br>You\'re kidding, right? You mean he had to promise explicitly to uphold the law for people (for the sake of argument, I\'m going to pretend he didn\'t do that when he took the oath) to rightfully critisize him for not doing it? <br><br>"Regarding Guns3000 I tend to look past the extra "stuff" and try to get the core of the message because when we write it can put out a message in a way that we did not intend."<br><br>Well, when it\'s put out there using wording that is stereotypically right-wing and anti-black, there\'s no need to look past it. You know what lies underneath is the same feeling those people at Stormfront have when they say the same thing, almost verbatim.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158950" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158950" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158950" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158950" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought you said you were paying attention during the election? Every single speech he gave had something about repealing DADT, had something about heath care reform needing a public option, had something about upholding the constitution, about accountability and transparency. Just go to the WH website, and you\'ll see it. I\'m not the one here playing childhood games.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159155" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159155" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159155">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159155" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159155" class="dsq-comment-message">did he say he was going to repeal DADT in 6 months without working through congress?  <br>I could have sworn that he was fighting for the Public Option and I know I heard my president push for that personally in a public forum when he presented that case directly to the American people and specifically asked that we pay attention and stay in contact with our officials to push our agenda.<br><br>He has upheld the constition by not just ignoring all the bodies of government and singlehandedly reversing ALL laws (to include DADT) but pushed the expectation that we all should be involved and force the folks we elected to do their jobs and present their case that reflects the need of the American people via legislation and have it on his desk for signature.<br><br>Regarding accountability and transparency we have that through the IT tool and other areas where the President published the salary of everyone in his administration. We have timely access to data and information almost immediately and he has provided transparency in HIS administration as much as he can without compromising the safety of our country and that is a work in progress.  <br><br>No where did I see anything about him going back to the previous administration and providing transparency to all documentation of the Bush administration and I visit the WH website daily.  Thanks for the suggestion though.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159222" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159222" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159222" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159222" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, we aren\'t going to agree, and I\'m tired of going in circles. I\'ve said what I have to say. I think Obama is wrong on certain issues and questionable on others, you think he isn\'t. Fine, we\'re just going to have to agree to disagree.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12155417" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155417" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12155417">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12155417" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155417" class="dsq-comment-message">ICAM!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12155754" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155754" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12155754">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12155754" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155754" class="dsq-comment-message">ICAM? Could you please explain?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12155957" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155957" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12155957">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12155957" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155957" class="dsq-comment-message">I couldn\'t agree more(I had to google it)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12155703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12155703">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12155703" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155703" class="dsq-comment-message">Please, no need to call folks morons.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12156201" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12156201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12156201">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12156201" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156201" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s funny that you get around to saying something that is relevant to the post as "one last thing". In this case, it\'s not a matter of him not getting around to doing something. It\'s about him (or his DOJ) standing in the way of letting other people do something, and using the rhetoric of the Bush Administration in the process. I heard that "Well, when he got his first intelligence briefing..." argument when they stood in the way of the release of those torture photos, and I thought it was bull. "Bull" is even more applicable to the Plame situation. There is no reason whatsoever for anyone to ask questions about the details of what Plame did as a CIA employee, and no one has asked those questions. The question is who is legally liable for outing her. That\'s the only question, and there\'s no way it could compromise national security.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157771" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157771" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12157771" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157771" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157771" class="dsq-comment-message">No one is saying that he should have fixed everything in 6 months. I\'m sure you can come up with a better disagreement without using that dumb argument. <br><br>I don\'t want Obama to be a savior, I just want him to keep the promises that HE made (that no one MADE him make). If he didn\'t intend to KEEP those promises, he should have never made them. Seems to me, you\'re the ones that are treating him more like a Savior than those of us who take issue to some of the things he has or hasn\'t done since being elected because you all just want us to keep the faith and keep our powder dry. Why wait  until it\'s too late to force him to keep his promises? We need to be on him like white on rice from day one, in fact that\'s what he TOLD US we were going to have to do. Yet when we TRY to do that, we get people being all snarky saying we expected Obama to be our savior.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157971" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157971" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157971">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157971" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157971" class="dsq-comment-message">I followed this election cycle closely and not once did I read/listen to/hear Obama say he was going to waste time investigating Bush/Cheney.  <br><br>Obama promised to close Guantanamo, he put a ban on torture, he reversed laws that were against the constitution etc.  Personally I have no interest in Bush and Cheney at this point.  Move on and take steps to make sure that abuse never happens again.<br><br>All that aside, this post seems a bit overly dramatic to me.  We are missing key details and my spider sense tells me the conclusion drawn is the wrong one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12160255" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12160255" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12160255">friskee1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12160255" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama promised to close guantanamo yet the senate blocked it 90-6. I think that he will get the most hell coming from those blue dogs. I agree with you that we shouldn\'t be wasting our time prosecuting the past administration for alleged crimes that they got away with, but now we want retribution</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12160561" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12160561" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12160561">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12160561" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12160561" class="dsq-comment-message">good points</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158078" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158078" class="dsq-comment-message">I never said he promised to investigate Bush/Cheney, but he DID promise transparency and accountability. I don\'t think promising that whatever bad things you do will never actually come to light is a good way to "move on and take steps to make sure that abuse never happens again."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158478" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158478" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158478">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158478" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158478" class="dsq-comment-message">right. He promised transparency and accountability on HIS administration and he is fulfilling that promise.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158787" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158787" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158787">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158787" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158787" class="dsq-comment-message">Not investigating them, and actively preventing others from doing so are two different things.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158866" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158866" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158866" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158866" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158866" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159188" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159188" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159188">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159188" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159188" class="dsq-comment-message">using whose money?  It is a waste of time and I don\'t want my money spent that way.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159787" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159787" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159787">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159787" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159787" class="dsq-comment-message">If it prevents others from engaging in the same sort of thing, then it\'s not a waste of time or money....aside from upholding the idea that people who commit crimes should be held to account for them.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12160462" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12160462" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12160462">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12160462" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12160462" class="dsq-comment-message">President Obama already reversed laws and implemented policies to make sure that doesn\'t happen in future.  Going back to the past 8 years is not necessary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161236" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161236" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161236">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161236" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161236" class="dsq-comment-message">He reversed laws and implemented policies to make sure that no one in a future Administration won\'t be able to out a CIA agent for political reasons? I\'m going to pretend again- this time, I\'m going to pretend that laws and policies against it weren\'t already in place, and ask exactly what he did that assures it\'ll never happen again.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12158878">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158878" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158878" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158878" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158878" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158878" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually he\'s not. How do you explain his refusal to release the WH visitors log, just for LOBBYISTS? I\'m not talking about super top secret stuff here.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159180" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159180" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159180">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159180" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159180" class="dsq-comment-message">hee hee hee.  I would love the opportunity for all of us to be able to meet each other and have a discussion.  Yall keep me young.  lol.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159335" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159335" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159335">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159335" class="dsq-comment-message">I say CALL HIM OUT.  Call him out until the cows come home if you disagree with what he is doing.  All I\'m saying is you are going to have compromise for the betterment of the country.  Obama made promises like all politicians do.  He will not be able to do everything.  As long as he remains true to his core agenda like health care reform and smart foreign diplomacy.  I don\'t care about the legislative crumbs.(DOMA, DADT, prosecuting Bush cronies)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159925" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159925" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159925">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159925" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159925" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell me...is there anything he can safely be "called out" on? I mean, without "compromise for the betterment of the country"?<br><br>"As long as he remains true to his core agenda like health care reform..."<br><br>Oh? What health care reform would that be?<br><br>"BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH......Did you even answer my question? I don\'t think so. HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? WE ARE BROKE ALREADY!!! We can\'t keep borrowing money and we can\'t keep printing money. You said "taxes". The taxes that the government are collecting now are short of the expenditures that they have. Look at California, they made too many stupid programs and promises."<br><br><br>The health care reform you said that about?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159333" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159333">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159333" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159333" class="dsq-comment-message">"Yet when we TRY to do that, we get people being all snarky saying we expected Obama to be our savior."<br><br>Exactly. Even those of us who have said that as a black person, they don\'t expect, and aren\'t asking for, Obama do do anything they wouldn\'t expect any other Democratic President to do, and those things are mostly along the lines of effectively enforcing existing laws. It doesn\'t matter, though- you still get slammed by this kind of person as wanting him to do "everything" for black people. I\'ve argured here that Obama shouldn\'t be expected to do everything for blacks. Funny thing, though- I was able to do it without telling the black people who disagreed with me that they were lazy, drug-abusing, no-school-going felons. Or that they think Obama is a savior.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12142105" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12142105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12142105" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12142105" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12142105" class="dsq-comment-message">This could very well be a wrong move. But I remain convinced that some of these decisions have more to do with keeping himself from being shot than anything else.<br><br>I won\'t hide behind that for everything, but when it comes to the military and intelligence, I can\'t and won\'t overlook it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12155478" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155478" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12155478">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12155478" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155478" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree Craig. Obama cannot get out there and make vast changes swiftly, it is a sure recipe to Arlington cemetery. Whenever America has her fundamentally core beliefs shattered with landmark decisions reversing long held beliefs....there is lots of HATE and bloodshed, in response. <br><br>Slow and steady wins the race. Justice does not belong to the mighty but to the righteous.<br><br>Besides, I think Obama knows he does not want this as a focus and the country embroiled in looking back..he wants to DO things and pass his agenda first. He wants to carry the country forward and not get sucked down in the muck and mire of all this contentious mess that was not on his watch. He has enough of that on his plate with the 2 wars and banking crisis without adding some more stuff on top of it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12156326" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12156326" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12156326" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12156326" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156326" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree, he intends to spend ALL his political capital on healthcare reform (he said as much, don\'t have the link right now) If he gets that done successfully, it\'ll buy him a lot more capital and then he can take care of the other stuff.<br>PS Cheney is a dangerous man who would probably do anything to avoid being prosecuted, even assassinate an American President. I wouldn\'t put ANYTHING past that bastard.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157720" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157720" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12157720" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157720" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157720" class="dsq-comment-message">And yet, the WH may even be pulling back on things like the public option (something ELSE he promised during the campaign) that the public largely wants. In fact, there\'s a diary on DKos right now about how the WH wants people to stop pushing against Conservadems who have indicated that they won\'t support the public option.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158094" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158094" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158094" class="dsq-comment-message">Right. Written by the WASHINGTON POST. The same newspaper that\'s been selling access to Obama to lobbyists. The SAME ARTICLE that cites only vague sources. You can believe that bullshit article if you want to. It\'s nothing but a tactic to split the left in half. And you\'re falling for it, hook, line, and sinker.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159019" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159019" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159019" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159019" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not falling for anything hook line and sinker. They have a direct quote from Obama about how we shouldn\'t be going after our own. Unless Obama didn\'t actually say that, there\'s no way even the Washington Post can mess that up. <br><br>I said they MAY be pulling back, not that they ARE. I suppose we aren\'t at the "drawing lines in the sand" part, but I want someone in that WH to state whether they will or won\'t sign health care legislation that doesn\'t include a public option. The way the administration has been waffling on that, it\'s not surprising that people are skeptical.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159124" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159124" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159124" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159124" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama\'s already made it plain he supports a public option.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159165" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159165" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159165" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159165" class="dsq-comment-message">Did I say he doesn\'t support a public option? I\'m saying it\'s not clear whether the presence of a public option is deemed non-negotiable/essential.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159197" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159197" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159197" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159197" class="dsq-comment-message">Well if you\'d calm down long enough, you might realize that that is naturally the case.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159242" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159242" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159242" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159242" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159242" class="dsq-comment-message">What? I\'m perfectly calm, and you\'re making no sense.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12156044" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12156044" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12156044">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12156044" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156044" class="dsq-comment-message">EXACTLY</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157702" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157702" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12157702" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157702" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157702" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh please, Obama shouldn\'t have promised big changes if he\'s worried about being killed. I\'m sorry, but that excuse isn\'t going to fly with me. He\'s reneging on promises that he made on accountability. HE\'S the one that said the WH is the PEOPLE\'S house, and yet he won\'t release which lobbyists are going to visit him regarding environmental issues (and probably health care as well). That has nothing to do with the military, and that does go against his promise of transparency. <br><br>I don\'t think the country will begrudge his DOJ looking into what the Bush administration may have done that\'s illegal, that\'s the DOJ\'s JOB, and the DOJ is supposed to operate independent of the President. And not wanting to release documents because future administrations may not be protected against THEIR illegal acts makes me wonder what exactly the Obama administration is planning on doing that would make the later release of documents pertaining to those acts a problem. <br><br>What happened to "the fierce urgency of now"?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12162186" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12162186" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12162186" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh please, Obama shouldn\'t have promised big changes if he\'s worried about being killed. I\'m sorry, but that excuse isn\'t going to fly with me.<br><br>::<br><br>Apparently not. But it works for me just fine.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12172107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12172107">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12172107" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12172107" class="dsq-comment-message">"What happened to "the fierce urgency of now"?"<br><br>It is focused on healthcare, jobs, banking crisis, mfgring crisis and 2 wars.<br><br>These are the fiercely urgent needs of the nation.  Not your \'now wants\'.<br><br>Just cause he is not focused where you want it  doesn\'t mean that he is not focused where he needs to be to meet the fiercely urgent needs of the nation.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158111">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158111" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158111" class="dsq-comment-message">"I think Obama knows he does not want this as a focus and the country embroiled in looking back..he wants to DO things and pass his agenda first. He wants to carry the country forward and not get sucked down in the muck and mire of all this contentious mess that was not on his watch. He has enough of that on his plate with the 2 wars and banking crisis without adding some more stuff on top of it."<br><br><br>Exactly.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12160030" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12160030" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12160030" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s Moses and the Israelites all over again. It took the children of Israel 40 YEARS to get to the Promised Land (an eleven-day trip) because the whole way all they did was gripe and complain to Moses. And he was hearing DIRECTLY FROM GOD! Forty Years!!!! To make an eleven day trip. Some even said that they would rather go BACK TO EGYPT than keep on with Moses (sound familiar?) I can\'t tell you how many times I\'ve read posts that said they\'d rather have NO healthcare reform at all other than a plan without a public option. Now I am ALL for a public option, believe you ME. That\'s what I want! But if it turns out that\'s not what happens, I\'m going to keep pressing on! I\'m not going to give up. Not on President Obama, not on the fight. Not on myself. You can keep going around the same dumb mountain in the wilderness for God-knows-how-many-more years if you want to. But me, I\'m going to exercise patience and keep on following Obama who IMHO is doing a lot more on many issues in SIX MONTHS than any other President.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12162204" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12162204" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12162204">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12162204" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, according to what we\'re being told...by Obama... there is no healthcare reform without the public option. What, is he "playing chess" again?:)). I mean, the one thing he has to know is that the "far lefties" aren\'t going to stop pushing. Is he "Sistah Soulja-ing" the lefties for the benefit of the Blue Dogs, knowing all the while that the "far lefties" will keep pushing, if not push harder...and he actually wants them to keep pushing?<br><br>Yeah, that\'s the ticket;).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158993" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158993" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158993">case123</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158993" class="dsq-comment-message">Progressive Dems... Obama can use his political capital to prosecute Cheney and Asso. or push through health care reform.... He doesn\'t have the capital for Both!!<br><br>Choose wisely. <br><br>My lot is for the 40 million Americans living and working without health care (I was once in that number).  That is a matter of life and death, far more important than putting Cheney behind bars..  <br><br>To be honest expect to half to make that argument to the dailykos crowd... not so much to the Jack crowd.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159118" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159118" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159118" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not overly concerned with prosecuting Bushites, I do think health care is more important, but the thing is ANY prosecution of Bushites won\'t come from Obama they\'ll come from the DOJ and maybe Congress.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12138451">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12138451" class="dsq-comment-message">Wrong move by this Administration. you know I luve ya, CPL. gotta try and keep it honest around here, and wrong moves are wrong moves. must call them out. I want THE EVIL ONE in handcuffs. I admit it, and will not back down from that. And the American people deserve nothing less.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12137615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12137615">babyming</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12137615" class="dsq-comment-message">By refusing to disclose info about Dick Cheney\'s persecution of Valerie Plame, I\'m afraid that the Obama Administration will infuriate people at the CIA.  One of their own, a veteran CIA agent, successful and well-liked, was persecuted by the Bush Administration.  There must be people at the CIA who are furious about this, to this day.  For Obama to blow them off may be a big mistake; these men and women put their lives on the line for us, and Obama may be asking for their help with all kinds of things in the future.  What happened to Valerie Plame was incredible, and un-American: she was actually deliberately outed, endangering not only herself and her family, but DOZENS of people in foreign countries whom she contacted... and some of these people may well have paid a great price for all this.  I understand Obama\'s not wanting to antagonize a former Vice President, but Obama\'s famous deference may be a mistake here.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12155675">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155675" class="dsq-comment-message">I am of two minds about Cheney. One, he needs to be put in his place over the leak of Plaume\'s name. We have had CIA people go renegade on them and cause serious damage. Letting the office of the VicePresident do it is far more dangerous given that the VP is sworn to uphold the law. Two, if you go after him you open all decisions of the President/Presidency to the courts ad infinitum. That destabilzation/paralysis of the country has a very good chance of destroying it.<br><br>To finesse the issue, I think you could go to a wise man investigation that includes past CIA chiefs and Bush the first whom was head of the CIA. The other thing this does is keep people like Baker from defending Cheney. Them telling the VP to sit down and STFU should do the job. If he doesn\'t then you give him the 9mm headache.<br><br>As  to the need for transparency and accountabilty this article w/ headline is disturbing:<br>Obama Urges Groups to Stop Attacks<br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070302309.html?hpid=moreheadlines" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>Basically President Obama is saying don\'t call out and threaten to run people against certain members of Capital Hill, in this particular case on the healthcare issue. To say this makes no sense from a tactical or strategic point of view is an understatement. How else do you have accountabilty and transparency? You hold coalitions together with a carrot or a stick. You use surrogates by acknowledging their point of view to call attention to your program and people in your coalition whom are argung against it. You certainly to come w/ weak sauce by acknowledging that people are going to vote for or against  because they have tough reelection fights publicly and then give them a piece of pork in the bill; i.e. the cap and trade bill.<br>This incremental approach is worthy of a consitutional scholar at a book fair discussing an issue w/ his peers televised on CSPAN. It is not what the President does. He needs to make up his mind.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12156576" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12156576">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156576" class="dsq-comment-message">Good example, RobM.  I posted this article on the open thread.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157840" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12157840" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157840" class="dsq-comment-message">RobM, it\'s the "Change we NEED", apparently he never said we were actually going to GET it. I love the Obamas like play cousins, really I do, but me liking them personally does not mean I\'m going to give him a free pass on promises that HE made of his own volition while trying to get to where he is now. <br><br>The only thing I\'m really just extremely proud of at this point is his foreign policy diplomacy, and that was supposedly his "weak" point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158761" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158761">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158761" class="dsq-comment-message">When you threaten people you get a response that is not necessarily the results you want to happen.  This is the reason why we are still struggling with this issue.<br><br>If there is one thing the President knows about RobM is how to get results for the people based on his background as a community organizer.  The President made up his mind and he told us to stop these attacks because it is not helpful and clearly stated what he wants us to do instead.<br><br>So he made up his mind and now we can make up our minds and either choose to support the request or not.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12138089" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12138089" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12138089" class="dsq-comment-message">Umm, THIS Black person is over Obama being the "First African American President" I want to see some action. I have been very disappointed on his lack of progress on LGBT rights, I haven\'t been all that satisfied with the "transparency" of this administration in relation to what he promised. I don\'t like the fact that he\'s using the same tired Bush Administration arguments to justify not releasing things that should be released. I\'m not really all that happy about the economy (especially as a recent law school grad who doesn\'t want to get buried by bills). I\'m not happy about being in two wars, one of which he just ramped up even as I had to sit through another "troop memorial" before our local fireworks on TV. The whole, him being Black thing is NICE, and I adore Michelle, but at the end of the day, that won\'t pay my bills, that won\'t end DADT and DOMA (yes, I know Congress has to do it, but this WH knows how to pressure Congress to do what it wants), won\'t prosecute Bush officials (I\'m not a die-hard prosecution person, but I really want to see something happen because I have a feeling those people did a bunch of stuff that wasn\'t above board). <br><br>I don\'t want anymore nice speeches about what you are going to do, we all know he\'s good at "speechifying" let\'s see action. I realize he\'s only been there for 6 months, but he\'s already done a lot, the thing is, Obama has set the bar REALLY high for himself, and I hope he doesn\'t fall short. <br><br>And Eric Holder (while we\'re talking about Black firsts) needs to do better with the DOJ, some of the arguments coming out of that department are worse than disappointing. <br><br>When it comes to being vigilant, we Black folks need to be even MORE watchful than the white ones, because at the end of the day we are more likely to get the short end of the deal.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158148" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158148" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158148">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158148" class="dsq-comment-message">most of the issues you cited are not anywhere on my radar.  I want him to continue to work with congress on healthcare, continue to focus on the economy and I can see that is on the mend via work/projects that were implemented based on the recovery package in different states, I know employment won\'t pick up until next year at the earliest so I want him to focus on the American people so they will have that support until we get through this period, and I want him to work to fix our educational system and I want them to work hard to ensure the safety of the American people and remain focused on these two wars and create stronger relationships with other world leaders.<br><br>All other issues to me can wait and I could care less about prosecuting Bush or Cheney.  That is a waste of time, energy, money and resources.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158815" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158815">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158815" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158815" class="dsq-comment-message">YA DAMN SKIPPY</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12159078">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159078" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159078" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, that\'s YOU. There are other people who think those other issues ARE important. Just because YOU personally don\'t agree doesn\'t mean they aren\'t important. I\'d like to see the Bush administration investigated, but that\'s not Obama\'s responsibility, that\'s Holder\'s. I\'m not one of those "prosecutions or bust" people, but I\'d like to know what the hell was being done in my name the last 8 years. Obama doesn\'t have to have anything to do with it as the DOJ is supposed to be independent of the WH. And I want the wars ENDED, I think that will save us a lot of money and resources and LIVES. <br><br>Obama himself said he can multi-task, and we aren\'t asking him to do anything more than he said he could do. It\'s not like we are demanding that he walk on water.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159964" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159964">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159964" class="dsq-comment-message">"I\'d like to see the Bush administration investigated, I\'d like to know what the hell was being done in my name the last 8 years and I want the wars ENDED.  Obama himself said he can multi-task, and we aren\'t asking him to do anything more than he said he could do. It\'s not like we are demanding that he walk on water."<br><br>Right - so he should just click his heels three times . . .</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161027" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161027" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161027">friskee1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161027" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161027" class="dsq-comment-message">didn\'t the bush administration openly admitted that it tortured? didn\'t we have former officials come forward admitting every nasty detail about what happened? didn\'t we have a 9/11 truth commission? what is it that you need to know that you don\'t already know? <br>"It\'s not like we are demanding that he walk on water." - no, more like turn shit into sugar in 6 months</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12159099">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159099" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159099" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159099">friskee1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159099" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159099" class="dsq-comment-message">people in hell want ice water and i\'d like to be a millionaire. don\'t mean that it\'s gonna happen.<br><br>your reasoning is why I can\'t never truly be a progressive and take the progressive agenda seriously. I am getting sick and tired of the \'\'accountability police" and the we have to hold his feet to the fire on everything gang. Say what you will about republicans, but bill maher got it wrong. The reason why bush and to the extent reagan and bush I passed so much legislation is because they had a congress that cared solely about retaining power, thereby creating a legacy. Why do you think repubs worship reagan so much? They had the ideas(shitty ideas) and they agreed on the principle of their ideology. Whatever issues that arouse was dealt with behind closed doors. No one came out on television to grandstand against the very policies that they were for. Hell, even John Mccain had issues with the way the Iraq war was ran, but at the end of the day, he voted for funding and believes in the mission. That in my book is gangsta and how it\'s done.<br><br>Dems/Progressives, not so much. Ask yourself why is it that now that the left seem to be in control that we have  gridlock and those coming out against the president\'s policies? We just lost almost half a million jobs last month, yet in your diatribe, you mentioned LGBT rights. No, I don\'t mean to sound cruel, but the economy and healthcare should be on the forefront. That issue seems to be what mostly white gays care about because most of the black people that I talk to(and most are gay) don\'t seem to care. One of the main issues for dems is that they are not disciplined to stick to a common purpose. Everybody has their own agenda and screw everyone else. When the preseident talked about change, he\'s always said that it didn\'t come from washington, that it came from us. Emailing your congressmen isn\'t gonna cut it no more. We all elected him with all his flaws and knew that he wasn\'t perfect. It doesn\'t make much sense to get angry over the things he said he was gonna do anyway like deploy more troops to the afghan region. I know that this has been said over and over, but it\'s really only been 6 months. When i voted back in november, I gave him 4 years. If he doesn\'t get it right in 4 years, well, what\'s the alternative?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12161536">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161536" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161536">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161536" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161536" class="dsq-comment-message">Well said, I can\'t stand Bush and his cronies but one thing I\'ll give them credit for is that they had an agenda they didn\'t give a $hit what the democrats thought.  They pushed their agenda and the Repubs in Congress were on board.  End of story.  Democrats were spineless when they were out of power and they are still spineless now that they control.<br><br>If 4 years from now we look back and the Obama Democrats don\'t accomplish health care reform, fix the economy and a climate bill but repealed DADT, DOMA and pursued bush officials that will be a complete failure.<br><br>That would be like Kobe Bryant and the Lakers being happy about winning a playoff game and not winning the Championship.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12173384">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12173384" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12173384" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12173384">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12173384" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12173384" class="dsq-comment-message">I think part of the challenge for the Dem party is that it does compromise all the disparate issues NOT under the GOP.  Folks are not so much bound by ideology as DEmocrats but are up under the \'big tent\' of Democrat based on their political issue of interest.<br><br>Thus, we get all this whining about DOMA, since many of those individuals are solely interested in that politically, and only were drawn to the Democratic party based on that. They focus solely on their single interest and have no appreciation for the scope of national problems that impact ALL Americans.<br><br>You know they are the kind of folks who would save the photo album if the house was on fire, instead of working to put the fire out.  And in the end they would be happy because of all the sentimental memories in that album.  Now, no one would disagree on the value of cherished memories...but damn...you LET the house burn rather than help put out the fire?<br><br>See folks like that are so narcissitic, it doesn\'t matter what line of reasoning you use...all they care about are their pictures.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12173272">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12173272" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12173272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12173272">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12173272" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12173272" class="dsq-comment-message">HotDAMN!<br>WElcome, Friskee...<br><br> A very cogent and excellent analysis, we need more posts like yours..<br><br> BTW<br><br> ICAM!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12155780">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12155780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12155780" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12155780" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155780" class="dsq-comment-message">*smh*</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12157651">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157651" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157651" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12157651" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157651" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157651" class="dsq-comment-message">?? What are you shaking your head about?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12158110">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158110" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158110" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12158110" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158110" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158110" class="dsq-comment-message">Because it\'s just sad, it\'s just so sad.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12159085">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159085" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159085" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159085" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159085" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159085" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12159157">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159157" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159157" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12159157" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159157" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159157" class="dsq-comment-message">I meant YOU.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12158845">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12158845" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12158845" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12158845">malletgirl02</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12158845" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12158845" class="dsq-comment-message">"To which I say if he’s not doing anything wrong, the Administration should have NOTHING TO FEAR, n’est pas?"<br><br>I think you are being too simplistic with this quote. Unlike you or i the Obama administration has actual skin in the game, you are taking no risk. If he does what you say there is a potential was tic for tack prosecutions even if he didn\'t do anything wrong. you trust the Republicans too much.<br><br>Plus he isn\'t really stopping Congress from doing anything. The legislative branch is a separate branch with its own power. Congress could ignore Obama and have its own investigations.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12159667">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159667" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159667" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159667">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159667" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159667" class="dsq-comment-message">"The legislative branch is a separate branch with its own power. Congress could ignore Obama and have its own investigations."<br><br>exactly.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12150737">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12150737" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12150737" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12150737">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12150737" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12150737" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, well, well.  I posted this article in the Friday open thread.  Good going CPL.<br><br>Two words:  FRY CHENEY</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12157450">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157450" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157450" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157450">BMWA</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157450" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157450" class="dsq-comment-message">Dick Cheney is a gangster.  How many people can get away with shooting someone in the face . And the victim says it was their fault. Maaaaaaaaaannnnnn!  Thats some true gangster shyt. POTUS dont wanna efffff wit  D.C. I know I would\'nt.  But seriously.  Bush, Cheney, Rice, And Rove need to be held accountable for the mess O\'s trying to clean up.  Cleanup!  @ 1600 Pennsylvania Ave!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12161835">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161835" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161835" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12161835" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161835" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161835" class="dsq-comment-message">And the sheeple will continue to say, BAAAAA.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
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