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When Powell was 31 years old he was Maj. Powell, in the army serving in Vietnam.  He was assigned to investigate whether a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by US troops took place at an obscure village named My Lai.  <br></br><br>By many accounts there were hundreds of massacres during the US war in Indochina, but for a single incident My Lai was one of the bigger ones, and the only ones where Americans were actually prosecuted and convicted.</br><br></br><br>Colin Powell weighed the evidence, read the reports and did whatever it is investigators do.  Then he told the higher ups that nothing happened.  Nothing.  No harm, no foul, no three to seven hundred dead women and children.  Powell did not just participate in the cover-up.  He played a <a href=\"http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/colin3.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">lead role</a> in it.  Of course if he hadn't that would have been the end of his career.  The US military is nothing if not an utterly unforgiving bureaucracy, and ratting out other officers is seriously frowned upon.  So his  going along with Bush to lie to us and get a much larger number of folks killed was no aberration, no one-time thing.  It was his  career pattern, and that of almost every military officer.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_00:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "37b8714289b7cae2f08f81db844a868d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ bruce dixon wrote, <i>It was his career pattern, and that of almost every military officer.</i><br></br><br>then is your real beef with Powell; or with the military, and military culture, in general?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_02:10:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "369dd1fe5f49cbfe5e745f45b499d41e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959721": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What Bruce said. I quit ROTC when I got the scope of what went on at My Lai and gave up plans for military career I'd had since I was 10. When I found out the scoop on Powell in covering it up, I put him down as a ticket puncher and moved on. Bruce has the facts about right. You don't want generals anywhere near politics. That's why Obama's so great, nothing military about him. Time to get a new bag and close down the garrison state.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_05:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb6bacee09b073662d2675a155a7946b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Although I'll never forget that General Powell has been a \"good soldier\" to a fault, I have forgiven him for it.  I've forgiven him because I sense--through many of his interviews since leaving the Bush admininstration--that he's learned that being a \"good soldier\" can have severe consequences for a nation.  <br></br><br>That said, I think he's done with politics, and is very much enjoying the consulting gig.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_08:02:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959723": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I always wondered what would've happened if GEN Powell had run for the presidency in '00, or if he did so today.<br></br><br>History will remember Powell, like Ronnie said, as a man who exemplified the values of loyalty and honor. The \"blot\" that some would put on his record from the UN speech will-and is beginning to-fade over time.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_08:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am sure that Powell's interview has the media scrambling to look up the meaning of the word \"context\", since its a term they are totally unfamiliar with.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_09:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f41b6ea54c5a4aed22d15a43da123d39", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959725": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL @ kat-\"context\"<br>I too have a soft spot for Powell and know of all his dirt. I think it's a case of \"when you know better, you do better\". I think he was in the system  for years and his conscience caught up to him.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_09:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "22897369ca516e2f48907ce10d70fa3b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959726": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"What If?\" indeedy.<br></br><br>No matter how honorable, or noble we may think Colin Powell is, the bottom line for me is when he had the opportunity to stand for honor and nobility, he folded and compromised.  Not to mention he threw in his lot with the most contemptable and corrupted Presidential Administration since Richard Milhous Nixon and Ronald Wilson Reagan <i>combined</i>.</br><br></br><br>But we're supposed to give him credit because the stench of foul activities got to him and he was pretty much forced out?</br><br></br><br>I would have had more respect for him if he went out like Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill did.  And O'Neill was a very wealthy corporate guy who thought he was serving his country when he agreed to take the position as Treasury Secretary, only to be handed his ass and fired when he refused to go along with Bush ripping off the country and using Treasury as a money printing press.</br><br></br><br>So, I think he's (Powell) the last person to be in a position to criticize the preaching philosophy of Jeremiah Wright.  The positive that comes out of the whole saga is that Whites got those YouTube clips of Wright's sermons in full and listened to what he had to say, by which they wound up agreeing with most of what he was teaching.</br><br></br><br>And we have not seen Rev. Wright back down, retract, or try to sugar-coat what he said.  He's sticking by his principles, his Christian faith and beliefs from which those principles came, and to me, he's in a far better position of nobility and honor than Colin Powell can ever dream of, or Barack Obama could ever contemplate.</br><br></br><br>Powell's acceptability is cloaked in his military uniform.  I consider him a good soldier who did as he was ordered, but as my collegue, Bruce Dixon, pointed out, when he had the opportunity to give orders, he gave them in My Lai based on what he was being ordered to do by the SecDef, even though it was WRONG.</br><br></br><br>A person of principles, moral character, honor and nobility, will do what follows those characteristics, even if he find himself standing alone.  He can sleep at night knowing he did what was right.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_09:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ec01304ef170f657e87f409a510ddfde", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What's lost about GEN Powell-especially among those who have never worn the uniform-is that the nature of his business prevented him from criticism on Iraq once the final decision was made. Powell did caution President Bush against going into Iraq; however, once that course was set, it was his job to support it.<br></br><br>I'm not going to attempt to speak intelligently about Mai Lai, but it seems to be the same sort of situation.</br><br></br><br>Powell's roles in the government-from National Security Advisor to Secretary of State-gave him ample room to warn against a particular course of action, which by all accounts, he did. </br><br></br><br>Placing the mission first, at whatever cost to your life or personal standing-as stated in the Army's Soldier's Creed-is the truest nobility.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_10:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959728": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"What's lost about GEN Powell-especially among those who have never worn the uniform-is that the nature of his business prevented him from criticism on Iraq once the final decision was made. Powell did caution President Bush against going into Iraq; however, once that course was set, it was his job to support it.\"<br></br><br>-If he felt so strongly that Iraq was wrong (and I don't think he did), he could have resigned.</br><br></br><br>He didn't.</br><br></br><br>He went along with the program.</br><br></br><br>Fuck him.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_10:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama would be wise to offer a position to Colin Powell in his administration, while I don\u2019t see him running as VP, but Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense would provide Powell another shot at restoring his tarnished legacy concerning Iraq. <br></br><br>Powell, who is a Republican, would provide some credence to Obama's change and unity mantra.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_10:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "dff7b0b089d65975d8857fa991590e66", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House, the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific details of how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, sources tell ABC News.\" <br></br><br>\"The so-called Principals who participated in the meetings also approved the use of \"combined\" interrogation techniques -- using different techniques during interrogations, instead of using one method at a time -- on terrorist suspects who proved difficult to break, sources said.\" </br><br></br><br>\"Highly placed sources said a handful of top advisers signed off on how the CIA would interrogate top al Qaeda suspects -- whether they would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep or subjected to simulated drowning, called waterboarding.\" </br><br></br><br>\"The high-level discussions about these \"enhanced interrogation techniques\" were so detailed, these sources said, some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed -- down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic.\" </br><br></br><br>\"The advisers were members of the National Security Council's Principals Committee, a select group of senior officials who met frequently to advise President Bush on issues of national security policy.\" </br><br></br><br>\"At the time, the Principals Committee included Vice President Cheney, former National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General John Ashcroft.\"</br><br></br><br>-ABC News, April 9, 2008</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_10:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Obama would be wise to offer a position to Colin Powell in his administration, while I don\u2019t see him running as VP, but Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense would provide Powell another shot at restoring his tarnished legacy concerning Iraq.\"<br></br><br>-If he does that, Obama is a damned fool.</br><br></br><br>If Obama is in the tarnished legacy business, he might as well have Hillary as his VP, too!</br><br></br><br>Obama does not need Powell's baggage (you are against the Iraq War, but you're hiring one of the architects of the Iraq War?</br><br>Brilliant! [snark])</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_10:34:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "56f1b58fb6a26c86d03a37c2ea95329e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959732": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are missing the point, Powell is WELL respected in the Global arena and would provide and instant boost to Obama's foreign policy.<br></br><br>Whatever his \"baggage\" as you say, will be minimal compared to what he brings to the table. His semi- endorsement is already having the desired effect..instead of talking about Wright, we are debating Powell. </br><br></br><br>Imagine this scenario, Obama locks up the nomination in June, and quickly announces the following: </br><br></br><br>Sen. Chuck Hagel as VP and Colin Powell as Secretary of Defense.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_10:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "dff7b0b089d65975d8857fa991590e66", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More importantly in that interview:<br></br><br>Powell said that the next president will face limitations on bringing troops home, as Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton \u2014 rivals for the Democratic nomination \u2014 have promised to do.</br><br></br><br>\"They will have to continue to draw down at some pace,\" he said. \"None of them are going to have the flexibility of just saying we're out of here, turn off the switch, turn off the lights, we're leaving. They will have a situation before them.\"</br><br></br><br>At some point before the convention or after he is nominated, Obama will have to face reality and alter his stance on the war.</br><br></br><br>Is Powell paving the way for Obama to move to the center on the war?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_11:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So should we be impressed by Sell-out Powell's backhanded compliments.<br></br><br>He doesn't know Reverend Wright but has the audacity to pass judgment on him!!???  The same Sell-out Powell who stood before the world and proclaim a lie and knew he was lying and have the nerve, the outright nerve to criticize Reverend Wright?</br><br></br><br>Yes, this is the black man that many conservatives would have loved being the first to run as president.  As you can see what kind of man he is, the go-along-to-get-along type, the quintessential black republican, who would throw not only his mother, but his grandmother and anybody else under the bus to try and gain these racists folks approval.</br><br></br><br>Now somebody please try to explain to me why I must even consider anything this man says as relevant.  He wasn't relevant to me when he had a position of authority to speak truth to power and CHOOSE not to, as Reverend Wright did and has.  </br><br></br><br>I could continue this vent, but I will contain myself.  </br><br></br><br>What a fu(&*YTI sell-out.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_12:20:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "While Powell would bring a great deal to the table-especially to a candidate who has NO concept of where to even start with the military-I don't see him coming back out. He seems content with his legacy as is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_12:22:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Powell says Reverend Wright's remarks were deplorable, hmmm..<br>now lets see, Powell lied about weapons of mass destruction and as a result at present more than 4000 American solidiers are DEAD, thousands maimed, thousands of Iraqis DEAD and their homeland bombed into dust, from Powell's contribution to one of the most horrific, immoral, illegal wars in this nations history.  </br><br></br><br>Reverend Wright speaks truth that is only deplorable to people who don't want to hear it.</br><br></br><br>Powell silently went along with this abomination because he was being a good soldier.  </br><br></br><br>Yes, now tell me what is more \"deplorable.\"</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_12:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And here's the REAL reason why Powell and Rice probably shouldn't run: because everything they say or do will be turned into a referendum on Iraq. Which, of course, would be completely unfair to them and their records (not like anyone cares about that, as long as you can get your digs in at President Bush!!).<br></br><br>Though it would be interesting to see how many other African Americans would come to their defense. I can guess at a number, and it's pretty close to....zero.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_12:41:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm speechless.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_12:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D,<br></br><br>What is unfair about ensuring that a handkerchiefhead(s) are shown for what they are?</br><br></br><br>Unfair, you have got to be kidding!</br><br></br><br>Tell that to the families of all the DEAD people's families, both American and Iraqi and the people who have been tortured using techniques discussed and approved by the senior staff that included both Rice and Powell.</br><br></br><br>Unfair, sheesh.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_12:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have an even better \"what if\".<br></br><br>What if they had counted all the votes in 2000?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_12:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Peg,<br>Put on a personal level: would you be willing to have your entire career judged on the basis of one event? Come off the talking points for a minute, and consider that.</br><br></br><br>I understand you are strongly against the war (or just about anything done to protect our country, but I digress)...but can you really justify basing your dislike of someone on a single event?</br><br></br><br>And unless you're going to tell me that GEN Powell never once disagreed with the methods of interrogation that were approved (which you can't, unless you were at the meeting yourself), you have no way of knowing whether he stood up against them at one point or not.</br><br></br><br>I guess the concept of serving on a team-and the ability to place the goals of that team above your personal feelings to accomplish a greater cause-is something that's lost on the civilian sector.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_13:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "d, says:<br></br><br>I understand you are strongly against the war (or just about anything done to protect our country, but I digress)...but can you really justify basing your dislike of someone on a single event?</br><br></br><br>d,  how did you guess?</br><br></br><br>Putting words in my mouth huh D.  Why is it every time anyone  not just me says something about this immoral war we are against protecting the country?</br><br></br><br>Now I personally judge him not on the decision, but his involvement in it knowing as he should have as a military man, the destruction that it would cause and did, he even said that about the pottery barn theory, yet went along with it anyway.  If he disagreed with what was going on he should have said something publically, that shit about being a good soldier is just that, pure BS.</br><br></br><br>Yes, he should be judged on this ONE decision, a decision that resulted in death and destruction.  </br><br></br><br>The old team player argument huh?  Yes, being a team player is always best even when you know the team you are on is cheating to win, d?  Just look the other way as they steal, cheat and lie their way to victory.  A cheap victory if I ever saw one.  Sometimes the moral thing to do is stand up in spite of your team when you know they are wrong.</br><br></br><br>Now tell me what greater goals were accomplished?  School me.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_13:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess the concept of serving on a team-and the ability to place the goals of that team above your personal feelings to accomplish a greater cause-is something that's lost on the civilian sector.<br>________________________________________</br><br></br><br>With a little adjustment, this could just as easily be seen as a line of defense of Wright, but alas, not for Powell...</br><br></br><br>Big double standard here at JJP.</br><br></br><br>d, you're a voice in the wilderness here. Too bad.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_13:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm amazed at the full court press the media is putting on the nation to make sure that Mrs. Nixon wins PA by double digits and keeps this race alive.<br></br><br>Clinton is still be touted as a top-of-the-ticket candidate with Obama as her running mate.</br><br></br><br>Unbelievable.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_13:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>With a little adjustment, this could just as easily be seen as a line of defense of Wright, but alas, not for Powell...</i><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>Please show me where Wright's actions have led to the death  more than 4,000 Americans and devastated their families.</br><br></br><br>Show me.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_13:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's something new at Obama events these days. \"A greater emphasis on prayer and added patriotism at Obama events started in Indiana on the mid-March weekend when a controversy over statements made by his longtime Chicago pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, first gained widespread attention,\" he writes. \"There is clearly a pattern of added emphasis on Christianity and patriotism for Obama -- at least in conservative-leaning places like Indiana and North Carolina -- in the wake of the Wright controversy. Such overt religious displays had been relatively rare in the first 13 months of Obama's presidential bid.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_13:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Peg,<br>Good soldiers-on in this case, members of a presidential cabinet-don't speak out against their leadership (in this case, the President) once a decision they disagree with has been made. That gets them fired. Remember ADM Fallon from a few weeks ago? The liberal conspiracy theorists would have you believe that he was \"fired\" FOR speaking out.</br><br></br><br>I mention your being against the protection of this country only because you brought it into the argument.</br><br></br><br>By your logic, any president-or member of the president's administration-should be judged in the negative if the country went to war. Congratulations, you've just thrown several great presidents-from BOTH parties-under the bus.</br><br></br><br>_____________</br><br>Anon 10:24,</br><br>Please don't spin that....LOL.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_13:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>While Powell would bring a great deal to the table-especially to a candidate who has NO concept of where to even start with the military-I don't see him coming back out. He seems content with his legacy as is.</i><br></br><br>Except for the Obama criticism, I agree with D.  I think Powell is comfortable in civilian life.  If he were even thinking about a position in the Obama administration, he (Powell) would have already started his mea culpa tour around the Sunday morning talk show circuit.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_14:12:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "25c2ebf4464c5d95fa227ddd4a0d2fe5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Powell's career is full of wanton acts of criminality.  It's the only way one rises to the top of the military, the business of which is after all, to break things and kill people, and at the higher ranks, occasionally to lie about it.  For example, Powell was chairman of the Joint Chiefs when the US invaded Panama, supposedly to arrest their former henchman Noriega.  <br></br><br>Panama has deep racial divisions, and Noriega had serious popular support in some of Panama city's poorest neighborhoods.  So the US military, on Gen. Powell's watch, to prevent thousands of black poor people from coming out into the streets to support their guy Noriega during the US invasion, sent aircraft to bomb and burn those poor black shantytowns to prevent unfortunate political disturbances.</br><br></br><br>Those poor black people, hundreds of them, whose murders were ordered by Gen. Powell had no copters or planes of their own to fight against the US military, no anti-aircraft defenses.  It was a civilian neighborhood and they lived there.  With wives and aunties and children.  They were wives, and aunties and granfathers and children.</br><br></br><br>I have a couple friends who were there, and it's documented in a number of places.  The neighborhood was called <a href=\"http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE7DF1639F930A35752C1A9679C8B63\" rel=\"nofollow\">El Chorillo</a>.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_14:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "37b8714289b7cae2f08f81db844a868d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wonder what Rev. Wright thinks of Powell?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_14:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "conscience catching up with powell? give me a break! he got out of the machine because he realized he was messed around with and that his image was getting tarnished. he has been selfish for all his life, he's been walking over dead bodies in the process and he's to be forgotten as soon as possible. if not also brought before a court.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_14:35:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "abae42e5f15036a8e5fb7c96309de1b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My personal feelings about Powell are irrelevant; it's about what he can do for Obama. Colin Powell is the MOST respected person on foreign policy in the country and maybe even the world despite Iraq.  The only edge that Senator McCain has over Obama (besides race) is foreign policy.  If Colin Powell gives Obama his blessings, it political terms it will be akin to Moses passing his staff to Joshua because Independents and Moderate Republicans will damn sure follow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_14:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959753": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Collin Powell showed himself to be a standup guy on this issue. I've been out of the Blog loop for a minute but I got a videoblog you guys should check out.<br></br><br>\"Brothers Talking about Obama\"</br><br>http://thoughtmerchant.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/brothers-talking-about-obama/</br><br></br><br></br><br>Thought Merchant</br><br>www.thoughtmerchant.wordpress.com</br><br>Politics and commentary for the thinking person of color</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_14:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "1dbd79df621332fbe07f60cf99911af3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "d, <br></br><br>OMG. OMG.</br><br></br><br>How in the hell did I say I did not want this country protected, you idiot!!  Yes, I went there.</br><br></br><br>If Powell was so afraid of standing up and man up and speak the truth, his sorry ass should have been fired, YET, he stayed and went along and would have stayed for the next four years but had outlived his usefulness to the other idiot and was let go, like other help that is no longer needed.  If he is a profile of a good soldier, then Lord help us all.  He is a sell-out, handkerchief head, all about me, egotistical, arrogant, asshole.  Yeah, I said that too.</br><br></br><br>You also said:</br><br>By your logic, any president-or member of the president's administration-should be judged in the negative if the country went to war. Congratulations, you've just thrown several great presidents-from BOTH parties-under the bus.</br><br></br><br>If the country went to war for the right reasons to defend an against an invasion or imminent invasion of this country, then most reasonable people would stand up salute and sing God Bless America, however, as usual you once again make an assumption that makes what of you.  </br><br></br><br>As a proud American I don't automatically genuflect when I hear the words America right or wrong, because America d, has been wrong on so many levels.</br><br></br><br>Not read what you will into that.</br><br></br><br>So be it.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_15:09:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959755": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The only edge that Senator McCain has over Obama (besides race) is foreign policy. If Colin Powell gives Obama his blessings, it political terms it will be akin to Moses passing his staff to Joshua because Independents and Moderate Republicans will damn sure follow.<br>==================================</br><br></br><br>This statement is so wrong on so many levels, if it was so sad, it might possibly be laughable.</br><br></br><br>Truly pathetic that this person actually believes what he just wrote.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_15:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Peg,<br>You do realize this same \"sell-out, handkerchief head, all about me, egotistical, arrogant, asshole\" is the one who put his life on the line so you can freely say the things you just did, correct?</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_15:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The irony of this is, are we trying to give Powell a free pass, and if so, are we doing so because he's a brotha?  That's like saying you're going to vote for Obama because he's a brotha; and not based on his political platform.<br></br><br>As a Political Junkie, I can't do that.  Just last night in my Foreign Policy class, my instructor assigned a book written by Francis Fukuyama on foreign policy.  I objected because Fukuyama was a signatory on the \"Project for a New American Century\" which was 1997 documant that rolled out the Iraq War, exactly as it was carried out, complete with 9/11 \"Pearl Harbor-like\" event to get the public buy-in on attacking Iraq.</br><br></br><br>I was admonished to read the book because even Fukuyama realized he'd thrown in his lot with a bunch of f-tards and wanted no part of it.  He went so far as to write a book condemning all of it, and that's the book I'm assigned to read. I can read it with less bias, because Fukuyama realised his errors, apologized and got out.</br><br></br><br>Has Powell apologized for going to the U. N. and lying about WMDs?  He's certainly tap-danced around the issue; sounding apologetic in foreign media interviews without actually apologizing.  He's even admitted on the air in an interview done about two years ago on \"20/20\" that he and Bush were still friends who had dinner together and shot the breeze.</br><br></br><br>This, after disagreeing with Bush, Bush froze him out because Powell was saying stuff Bush didn't want to hear.  If you really want to know how Bush operates, read Bob Woodward's \"State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III\".  Rumsfeld treated Powell with abject contempt and Bush didn't check Rummy on it, either.  Bush wanted a war, and by God, Rummy and Powell, perhaps at gunpoint, delievered it to him.</br><br></br><br><i>THEN</i>, Powell resigns.  But the damage is done, so he might as well leave. </br><br></br><br>He should be evaluated on the merits of his actions as a member of Bush's cabinet.  It was pointed out upthread, that Powell did warn the Administration about the risks of war - yet after warning them, he fell in line and became a team player to the point of assisting in the facilitation of that war.  </br><br></br><br>Lesser ranked military officials, because they understood their oath as military officers, saw what this Administration was trying to do and rather than be a part of it, they all resigned or retired from military service, because while they understood the military creed, code and honor, they were equally unwilling to tarnish their own records by being a team player and aiding and abetting the worst criminality of a POTUS administration since Nixon, and Bush makes Nixon look like a Boy Scout by comparison.  Just recently, as reported in Black Agenda Report, similar military officials had to \"leak\" the details of Bush's plans to invade Iran because they were just like the plans to invade Iraq - the military had to stage its own \"coup\" in order to check the POTUS gone wild.</br><br></br><br>Their honor and military code <i>demanded</i> it.</br><br></br><br>I did an ROTC stint - so I fully understand the time honored military code in terms of combat and strategy; it must be done because it has to and in order to defend the country from attack.  Where did Iraq attack us? And with what?  Those WMDs that Reagan sent Rummy over to Iraq with, when it was feasible to take out Iran back in 1983?</br><br></br><br>Additionally, the only area I will cut Powell a little slack is the fact his son was in the Bush Cabinet as well and he may have very well went along to protect Michael, while Mike FUBARed the FCC beyond all recognition, and allowed for full monopolization of the media, which has been equally complicit in crimes and covering up for this administration.</br><br></br><br>Those are the facts that can be verified through Google, Black Agenda Report and other publications on the web.</br><br></br><br>I don't have to forgive or not forgive Powell - if I felt he had something to offer politically, I would still say what I've stated, and provide reasons why I would support him.  He just jumped on the \"beat-up-Dr. Jeremiah Wright-bandwagon\" cause as Uncle Ruckus of the Boondocks would say, he's being a good lil' \"Nigglet\".</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_15:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ec01304ef170f657e87f409a510ddfde", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, as did my father, uncles spouse and daughter.  In addition to the 4000 dead Americans and the injured in this war alone.<br></br><br>For their service I thank them.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_15:36:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Then why disparage him in the next breath? That's a lot disrespectful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_15:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ms.martin said...<br></br><br><i>I wonder what Rev. Wright thinks of Powell?</i></br><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>I wonder what Powell thinks of Powell.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "d,<br></br><br>Have you not been reading what I said?</br><br></br><br>Its not a matter of whether or not I respect Colin Powell, it is a matter of whether Colin Powell respects/respected himself?  Or his lack of respect for Americans that he went along with the lies of this administration.</br><br></br><br>Colin Powell is the man in the mirror.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:08:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, I knew this would bring out a good discussion, and it did. Brother Dixon, I alway appreciate when you come and drop some cold knowledge on us. <br></br><br>I've read all the back and forth and enjoy the discussions, and I have to answer CPL above, yeah, it's because he's Black...ain't right, maybe. But, I understand the arguments against him. Maybe I think he's trying for some sort of redemption. </br><br></br><br>d, </br><br></br><br>I appreciate you bringing forth your consistent argument, because we need to hear opposing viewpoints on this, if only to remind us that there is another side. </br><br></br><br>But, I'm loving this heated debate. Black Republicans never make it boring around here..LOL</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f85f4de88a30987f0360c336da9569ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, I still hold a soft spot for Powell myself.  It might could be due to race, but not completely, lol.<br></br><br>L</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6853cbda04d9979eb2ac59af9b099bce", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959764": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm pretty sure he respects himself. One of the great things about being in the military is that you learn to accept and live with your decisions, regardless of what people (who generally have no clue of what making those decisions involves) think of them in hindsight.<br></br><br>I guess some segments of the liberal populace will keep throwing good men-and women-under the bus until Bush is jailed, Obama is elected, the military is withdrawn from Iraq with no concern for the future, and Iran becomes a nuclear state.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959765": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John Shreffler said...<br> </br><br>\"I quit ROTC when I got the scope of what went on at My Lai and gave up plans for military career I'd had since I was 10.\"</br><br></br><br>If the certain unpleasant facts of war were shocking enough for you to abandon plans for a military career, how did you choose a different career? Tragedies, corruption and misdeeds have occurred in all human endeavors.</br><br></br><br>I hopoe you didn't decide to become a priest. Given the history of slavery in the US, would it have been possible for you to enter politics in any way?</br><br></br><br>Meanwhile, if you were deeply disturbed by My Lai, I would have expected you to have abandoned your military aspirations after learning about Dresden and of course, the all time favorites, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f2573cf433bef1e1d8a3b5762689d235", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959766": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This will all be moot when Obama starts to move towards the recommendations of Patraeus and Crocker. In his questioning, you could see that though he tried to pin both men down, they were adamant that any draw down would be premature and have disastrous consequences. <br></br><br>To continue to sell his present plan (halt the escalation and implement a phased redeployment of American forces from Iraq) to the American people would be to ignore the advise of these two realistic, brave men.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c4455626754e1b9bc3be232b1024136", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959767": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"What's lost about GEN Powell-especially among those who have never worn the uniform-is that the nature of his business prevented him from criticism on Iraq once the final decision was made. Powell did caution President Bush against going into Iraq; however, once that course was set, it was his job to support it.\"<br></br><br>I agree with bro. Komack here. So does journalist Woodward.  I read two of his books on Bush and the Bush administration; and the two things I gout of it about Powell, first, was that he was the consumate military person: loyal to a fought, refusing to play the politics and not speaking against the Bush administration, at least not in public. </br><br></br><br>But that's not say he was a wimp or a patsy. According to Woodward-- and I haven't read anything that disagrees with this-- only Powell who had the nerve to question and disagree with Donald Rumsfeld, Bush's Secretary of Defense, and close friend of Bush the dad.  The two problems were that, first, Bush seemed too idiotic to understand the complexities of issues (especially problems associated with logistics on the ground or the different factions in Iraq). Second, Bush, competitive with his dad, wanting to outdo him, wanted to invade and occupy Iraq no matter what Powell said. Rumsfeld accommodated the arrogant Bush's wishes to outshine his dad. So, despite the fact that Powell knew what he was talking about, Bush almost always sided with Rumsfeld.  This is why Powell had to go, when Bush was reelected. Powell didn't resign; he was made to feel so unwelcomed that he had to leave.</br><br></br><br>But Woodward's point, as I remember it, was not to defend Powell but to get us to better understand him within the context of a man who had been and, at the same time, make sure we understood that he wasn't a lackey or wimp but a complex character. in the military just about all of his life.</br><br></br><br>I think he never should have soiled his excellent reputation by getting involved with Bush in the first place.  But then i've neve been in the military.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:34:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f7722f5791bd840b8777096327d9831", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959768": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I guess some segments of the liberal populace will keep throwing good men-and women-under the bus until Bush is jailed, Obama is elected, the military is withdrawn from Iraq with no concern for the future, and Iran becomes a nuclear state\"<br></br><br>...cats and dogs living together in sin, it rains frogs, plagues of locust scour the Earth, Monkeys fly out of my ***, Western civilization falls and the apocalyspe draws nigh. LOL.</br><br></br><br>Geez D, co-sign Riykah, but drama much? </br><br></br><br>I jest - keep bringing the conservative viewpoint - it challenges us all to better hone our own viewpoints.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5594e5b59875523084a70424b6d54aa8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dick Armitage PBS/Frontline Transcripts from Bush's War: <br></br><br>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/interviews/armitage.html</br><br></br><br>\"So you weigh it. Had he left, do you think that would have stopped the war? No. I don't think anyone thinks that. The Congress had voted in October, long before the secretary gave his U.N. speech. The Congress voted not too long before the president gave his State of the Union speech. ... I don't think a resignation of one or two members of the administration would have necessarily changed that tide. ...\"</br><br></br><br>Douglas Feith has been making the rounds lately b/c of his new book and he made the point on NPR about the level of in fighting in this administration and the contempt some members had for others. </br><br>I think this along with the quote from Dick illustrates what may have gone through Powell's head--he knew if he resigned the war would still happen so maybe he thought it better to stay to mitigate some of the damage and chaos that by his own experience he knew was coming. </br><br></br><br>Obviously we will never know one way or the other if his resignation would have made a difference, but it's fair to assume that the \"wonder twins\" Che/Rum would never have given up on invading Iraq.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_16:58:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "a74a014c003ae5c1cfe93a269ca19062", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"The only edge that Senator McCain has over Obama (besides race) is foreign policy. If Colin Powell gives Obama his blessings, it political terms it will be akin to Moses passing his staff to Joshua because Independents and Moderate Republicans will damn sure follow.<br>==================================</br><br></br><br>This statement is so wrong on so many levels, if it was so sad, it might possibly be laughable.</br><br></br><br>Truly pathetic that this person actually believes what he just wrote.\"</br><br></br><br>Squarepeg, it might be laughable if it was NOT true.  I wrote it, and I stand by it.  As I said, my personal opinion of Colin Powell is irrelevant.  What is at issue is his political capital and there is not one human being walking this Earth at this point who has more political capital than Colin Powell.  That's no opinion or blief, but FACT.  There is not one opinion poll that disputes it. Consistently, Colin Powell is ranked as the single endorsement that could move a decisive percentage of the electorate.</br><br></br><br>Fine, take issue with my comparison of Moses and Joshua, but to deny that Colin Powell would not move voters, particularly white men, in mass to Obama is most certainly laughable.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_17:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I still don't see what McCain's foreign policy expertise boils down to.<br></br><br>Yeah he's a certified war hero. But I'm pretty convinced he's damaged by what he had to endure. </br><br></br><br>Whatever his mental/emotional/spiritual state, Teflon John doesn't seem to know much about anything, but he's not being taken to task for his ignorance.</br><br></br><br>For now, anyway.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_17:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9bf0971c139c9dc33659e8ed441e4f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959772": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I also believe that Powell is trying to get on the right side of this thing.<br></br><br>I don't believe that his open support of Obama is just about him being proud of a capable African American candidate.</br><br></br><br>D-</br><br></br><br>I have a feeling this association is about more than the white male vote.</br><br></br><br>Obama was adamant about the war and the future implications of it.  Hopefully, he and Powell are working together to advert another military blunder.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_17:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959773": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nmp,<br></br><br>Exactly what \"capital\" does Colin Powell possess other than in the minds of militaristic, gung-hung war chickenhawks?</br><br></br><br>I would dare say that the majority of posters to this blog in addition to informed African-Americans would differ with your assessment.  So I am glad that you cleared that up when you indicated that white men would follow him.</br><br></br><br>Isn't that how we got in this mess in the first place, because white men who seem to think that the world revolves around their every wont, that every place in this world should try to emulate them in all their superiority, and when shunned and actually told that everyone does not want to be like them, respond in the only way they can in their war-like, chest-beating, desire to make everyone capitulate to their power.</br><br></br><br>Yes, unfortunately, you probably are correct as we have seen this borne out in the policies that continue to sink this country into a downward spiral.  Have any of these chauvinistic white males ever read history and what happened to Rome due to hubris, arrogance and the belief that the bully will win every time?</br><br></br><br>I thought not or more accurately, as is probably more relevant they don't care, after all, we're America and we can whup anybody!</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_17:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SquarePeg-<br></br><br>Obama apparently believes Powell has capital as he consults with him regarding foreign policy matters.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_18:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959775": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Isn't that how we got in this mess in the first place, because white men who seem to think that the world revolves around their every wont...\"<br></br><br>Think?  Do you think the last 5 centuries have been an interminable staged reality-show?  The world has revolved around their every want!  Ain't no thinking about it.</br><br></br><br>Yes, history will eventually repeat itself; this empire will fall (China will see to that), but for now, they are still in command of the chess board we call the world, and Obama has to figure out a way to beat them at their game.  If Colin Powell is willing to lend his hand (blood stained as it may be) to him, then he should take it!</br><br></br><br>Hell, for all we know, this could be his attempt at redemption.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_18:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c60cf267cb7a0392bdb4a893a5ee5c7c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ms. Martin,<br></br><br>For my edification, please provide some tangible examples of this foreign policy assistance from Powell to Obama, please.</br><br></br><br>Also,</br><br></br><br>Thank you nmp for telling it like it is, I knew it was in you all the time, you superior man of the world.  Excuse me while I swoon.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_18:34:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959777": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Peg,<br>Let's compare the two:</br><br>Obama-first term senator, seat on the Foreign Relations committee.</br><br></br><br>Powell-Former national security advisor, JCS chairman, and secretary of state. Probably more experience with foreign policy as national security advisor to Reagan than Obama has at this point in his career.</br><br></br><br>If Obama thinks that Powell isn't knowledgeable in foreign matters, then he's stupid. And if you can't give Powell credit for his experience-whether you like him or not-then you're equally stupid.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_18:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959778": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Square:<br></br><br>Colin Powell stated during an interview that Obama calls him to consult.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_18:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959779": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Square:<br></br><br>I am not in opposition to your feelings regarding Powell.  I'm just not as emotional about the situation.</br><br></br><br>Regardless to the way some may feel about him and his involvement in the Iraq invasion, he is formittable and sought after for his experience.</br><br></br><br>I wouldn't be surprised if he is given a cabinet position in an Obama whitehouse.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_19:00:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9fcb7c771a7713dda01aa936fd426bfe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Did he?  <br></br><br>Must of miss that one.</br><br></br><br>For all his so-called experience, didn't work too well did it?</br><br></br><br>For the third time, you are once again putting words not just in my mouth, but now you are presuming to know what Obama thinks.  Are you a clarivoyant, ESP, if not then you should know stupid is as stupid does.  Didn't your mama teach you that one.</br><br></br><br>Seriously, there are countless people with as much or more foreign policy experience who are more than qualified and capable to serve in Obama's cabinet that would give him sound advice, and who would be more concerned about the country them concerned with his own inflated ego and dreams of greatness.</br><br></br><br>Oops.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-10_19:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm more than surprised at the tone of the discussion here. <br></br><br>Hmm...  Judge the man entirely on the basis of one event.  A lot of us have been judging folks harshly that have done that to Wright.  Are we so much more willing to do so to Powell because he worked under the Bush adminstrations?</br><br></br><br>I am still not convinced that he went on a campaign to Lie to the public and UN about Iraq.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-11_07:34:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c728c42f8fb8a79b2e030e7d9a3f949", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959782": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"But, I'm loving this heated debate. Black Republicans never make it boring around here..LOL\"<br></br><br>For the record, I'm a Democrat, not a Republican.  Not sure about the parties the other posters align.   :-)</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-11_07:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c728c42f8fb8a79b2e030e7d9a3f949", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959783": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "With recent revelations of Powell's involvement in decision-making regarding the types of torture humans would be subjected to, in addition to statements of facts from posters on this blog, contradicts many who are desperately trying to reconcile Powell's image by stating that his defense of the Weapons of Mass Destruction lie was a one-time event.<br></br><br>How many events will it take before it becomes apparent that Powell is just as reckless, slimey, and arrogant as his other co-workers in this dehumanizing enterprise?</br><br></br><br>How many more events will it take?</br><br></br><br>Every time he tries to salvage his reputation another horrid FACT surfaces.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-11_08:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959784": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Peg,<br>As Secretary of State-not to mention with his military experience-of course Powell would be brought in on any discussion about interrogations, especially if they were taking place on foreign soil. It'd be common sense to include him.</br><br></br><br>I challenge you to find some documentation that Powell did not raise any objections to the methods of interrogation.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-11_08:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0183bc94f5be8b9ec79636f3f2174ff5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ squarepeg<br></br><br>\"With recent revelations of Powell's involvement in decision-making regarding the types of torture humans would be subjected to...  statements of facts\"</br><br></br><br>What are you referring to? Serious question.  Most of us take statements of fact from fellow bloggers with a grain of salt.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-11_10:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c728c42f8fb8a79b2e030e7d9a3f949", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1959786": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am sure you already well aware of the FACTs and don't have to rely on statements from any of these posters with the information readily available through many search engines, department of defense records, etc...<br></br><br>Just as an example, go to Google, put in Powell's name along with Mai Lai, Panama or any other conflict he was chosen to investigate and see what comes up.</br><br></br><br>Don't take my word and you already know this, you won't like what you will find about this \"great\" man.</br>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-11_11:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "555b9b929d53b153dec595af7090ac7a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "1527622", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 8788289029480522114}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 68, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 1527622, "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 = '3a1994e3330279e78957da82fb64f754';
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=colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




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

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

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


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

		
		

		return html;

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

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

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

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


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

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

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

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

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

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


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

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


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

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

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

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

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


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



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

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




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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		d = auth_data;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

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

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

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		}

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

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

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

		var extra_params = '';

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

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright'
			+ '&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/colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

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

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

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return params;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	};

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

};
// Dsq.Utils

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

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

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

		header = title;
		body = message;

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

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	};

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

		popup.style.display = 'block';

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			return ret;
		};
	};

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

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

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

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


			//

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">68</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright/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/colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright/">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:1527622" 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/colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright/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:1527622" 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:1527622" 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'				: 'colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright',
			// 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/colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright/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='	+ 'colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright'
			+ '&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='	+ 'colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright'
			+ '&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='		+ 'colin_powell_on_obama_and_jeremiah_wright'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/1527622/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	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');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(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];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	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);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959719">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959719" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959719" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959719">Bruce Dixon</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959719" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959719" class="dsq-comment-message">Whenever you feel that soft spot for old Colin Powell, here\'s a lil sumpm\' to remember.  When Powell was 31 years old he was Maj. Powell, in the army serving in Vietnam.  He was assigned to investigate whether a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by US troops took place at an obscure village named My Lai.  <br></br><br>By many accounts there were hundreds of massacres during the US war in Indochina, but for a single incident My Lai was one of the bigger ones, and the only ones where Americans were actually prosecuted and convicted.</br><br></br><br>Colin Powell weighed the evidence, read the reports and did whatever it is investigators do.  Then he told the higher ups that nothing happened.  Nothing.  No harm, no foul, no three to seven hundred dead women and children.  Powell did not just participate in the cover-up.  He played a <a href="http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/colin3.html" rel="nofollow">lead role</a> in it.  Of course if he hadn\'t that would have been the end of his career.  The US military is nothing if not an utterly unforgiving bureaucracy, and ratting out other officers is seriously frowned upon.  So his  going along with Bush to lie to us and get a much larger number of folks killed was no aberration, no one-time thing.  It was his  career pattern, and that of almost every military officer.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959720">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959720" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959720" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959720">Nita</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959720" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959720" class="dsq-comment-message">@ bruce dixon wrote, <i>It was his career pattern, and that of almost every military officer.</i><br></br><br>then is your real beef with Powell; or with the military, and military culture, in general?</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959721">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959721" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959721" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959721">John Shreffler</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959721" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959721" class="dsq-comment-message">What Bruce said. I quit ROTC when I got the scope of what went on at My Lai and gave up plans for military career I\'d had since I was 10. When I found out the scoop on Powell in covering it up, I put him down as a ticket puncher and moved on. Bruce has the facts about right. You don\'t want generals anywhere near politics. That\'s why Obama\'s so great, nothing military about him. Time to get a new bag and close down the garrison state.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959722">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959722" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959722" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959722">Ronnie B</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959722" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959722" class="dsq-comment-message">Although I\'ll never forget that General Powell has been a "good soldier" to a fault, I have forgiven him for it.  I\'ve forgiven him because I sense--through many of his interviews since leaving the Bush admininstration--that he\'s learned that being a "good soldier" can have severe consequences for a nation.  <br></br><br>That said, I think he\'s done with politics, and is very much enjoying the consulting gig.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959723">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959723" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959723" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959723">D.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959723" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959723" class="dsq-comment-message">I always wondered what would\'ve happened if GEN Powell had run for the presidency in \'00, or if he did so today.<br></br><br>History will remember Powell, like Ronnie said, as a man who exemplified the values of loyalty and honor. The "blot" that some would put on his record from the UN speech will-and is beginning to-fade over time.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959724">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959724" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959724">Kat</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959724" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959724" class="dsq-comment-message">I am sure that Powell\'s interview has the media scrambling to look up the meaning of the word "context", since its a term they are totally unfamiliar with.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959725">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959725" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959725" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959725">Sister P</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959725" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959725" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL @ kat-"context"<br>I too have a soft spot for Powell and know of all his dirt. I think it\'s a case of "when you know better, you do better". I think he was in the system  for years and his conscience caught up to him.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959726">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959726" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959726" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959726">The Christian Progressive Libe</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959726" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959726" class="dsq-comment-message">"What If?" indeedy.<br></br><br>No matter how honorable, or noble we may think Colin Powell is, the bottom line for me is when he had the opportunity to stand for honor and nobility, he folded and compromised.  Not to mention he threw in his lot with the most contemptable and corrupted Presidential Administration since Richard Milhous Nixon and Ronald Wilson Reagan <i>combined</i>.</br><br></br><br>But we\'re supposed to give him credit because the stench of foul activities got to him and he was pretty much forced out?</br><br></br><br>I would have had more respect for him if he went out like Treasury Secretary Paul O\'Neill did.  And O\'Neill was a very wealthy corporate guy who thought he was serving his country when he agreed to take the position as Treasury Secretary, only to be handed his ass and fired when he refused to go along with Bush ripping off the country and using Treasury as a money printing press.</br><br></br><br>So, I think he\'s (Powell) the last person to be in a position to criticize the preaching philosophy of Jeremiah Wright.  The positive that comes out of the whole saga is that Whites got those YouTube clips of Wright\'s sermons in full and listened to what he had to say, by which they wound up agreeing with most of what he was teaching.</br><br></br><br>And we have not seen Rev. Wright back down, retract, or try to sugar-coat what he said.  He\'s sticking by his principles, his Christian faith and beliefs from which those principles came, and to me, he\'s in a far better position of nobility and honor than Colin Powell can ever dream of, or Barack Obama could ever contemplate.</br><br></br><br>Powell\'s acceptability is cloaked in his military uniform.  I consider him a good soldier who did as he was ordered, but as my collegue, Bruce Dixon, pointed out, when he had the opportunity to give orders, he gave them in My Lai based on what he was being ordered to do by the SecDef, even though it was WRONG.</br><br></br><br>A person of principles, moral character, honor and nobility, will do what follows those characteristics, even if he find himself standing alone.  He can sleep at night knowing he did what was right.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959727">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959727" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s lost about GEN Powell-especially among those who have never worn the uniform-is that the nature of his business prevented him from criticism on Iraq once the final decision was made. Powell did caution President Bush against going into Iraq; however, once that course was set, it was his job to support it.<br></br><br>I\'m not going to attempt to speak intelligently about Mai Lai, but it seems to be the same sort of situation.</br><br></br><br>Powell\'s roles in the government-from National Security Advisor to Secretary of State-gave him ample room to warn against a particular course of action, which by all accounts, he did. </br><br></br><br>Placing the mission first, at whatever cost to your life or personal standing-as stated in the Army\'s Soldier\'s Creed-is the truest nobility.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959728">Admiral Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959728" class="dsq-comment-message">"What\'s lost about GEN Powell-especially among those who have never worn the uniform-is that the nature of his business prevented him from criticism on Iraq once the final decision was made. Powell did caution President Bush against going into Iraq; however, once that course was set, it was his job to support it."<br></br><br>-If he felt so strongly that Iraq was wrong (and I don\'t think he did), he could have resigned.</br><br></br><br>He didn\'t.</br><br></br><br>He went along with the program.</br><br></br><br>Fuck him.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959729">thevaneljournal.com</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959729" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama would be wise to offer a position to Colin Powell in his administration, while I don’t see him running as VP, but Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense would provide Powell another shot at restoring his tarnished legacy concerning Iraq. <br></br><br>Powell, who is a Republican, would provide some credence to Obama\'s change and unity mantra.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959730">Admiral Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959730" class="dsq-comment-message">"In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House, the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific details of how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, sources tell ABC News." <br></br><br>"The so-called Principals who participated in the meetings also approved the use of "combined" interrogation techniques -- using different techniques during interrogations, instead of using one method at a time -- on terrorist suspects who proved difficult to break, sources said." </br><br></br><br>"Highly placed sources said a handful of top advisers signed off on how the CIA would interrogate top al Qaeda suspects -- whether they would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep or subjected to simulated drowning, called waterboarding." </br><br></br><br>"The high-level discussions about these "enhanced interrogation techniques" were so detailed, these sources said, some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed -- down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic." </br><br></br><br>"The advisers were members of the National Security Council\'s Principals Committee, a select group of senior officials who met frequently to advise President Bush on issues of national security policy." </br><br></br><br>"At the time, the Principals Committee included Vice President Cheney, former National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General John Ashcroft."</br><br></br><br>-ABC News, April 9, 2008</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959731">Admiral Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959731" class="dsq-comment-message">"Obama would be wise to offer a position to Colin Powell in his administration, while I don’t see him running as VP, but Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense would provide Powell another shot at restoring his tarnished legacy concerning Iraq."<br></br><br>-If he does that, Obama is a damned fool.</br><br></br><br>If Obama is in the tarnished legacy business, he might as well have Hillary as his VP, too!</br><br></br><br>Obama does not need Powell\'s baggage (you are against the Iraq War, but you\'re hiring one of the architects of the Iraq War?</br><br>Brilliant! [snark])</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959732" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959732">thevaneljournal.com</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959732" class="dsq-comment-message">You are missing the point, Powell is WELL respected in the Global arena and would provide and instant boost to Obama\'s foreign policy.<br></br><br>Whatever his "baggage" as you say, will be minimal compared to what he brings to the table. His semi- endorsement is already having the desired effect..instead of talking about Wright, we are debating Powell. </br><br></br><br>Imagine this scenario, Obama locks up the nomination in June, and quickly announces the following: </br><br></br><br>Sen. Chuck Hagel as VP and Colin Powell as Secretary of Defense.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959733">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959733" class="dsq-comment-message">More importantly in that interview:<br></br><br>Powell said that the next president will face limitations on bringing troops home, as Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton — rivals for the Democratic nomination — have promised to do.</br><br></br><br>"They will have to continue to draw down at some pace," he said. "None of them are going to have the flexibility of just saying we\'re out of here, turn off the switch, turn off the lights, we\'re leaving. They will have a situation before them."</br><br></br><br>At some point before the convention or after he is nominated, Obama will have to face reality and alter his stance on the war.</br><br></br><br>Is Powell paving the way for Obama to move to the center on the war?</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959734" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959734">SquarePeg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959734" class="dsq-comment-message">So should we be impressed by Sell-out Powell\'s backhanded compliments.<br></br><br>He doesn\'t know Reverend Wright but has the audacity to pass judgment on him!!???  The same Sell-out Powell who stood before the world and proclaim a lie and knew he was lying and have the nerve, the outright nerve to criticize Reverend Wright?</br><br></br><br>Yes, this is the black man that many conservatives would have loved being the first to run as president.  As you can see what kind of man he is, the go-along-to-get-along type, the quintessential black republican, who would throw not only his mother, but his grandmother and anybody else under the bus to try and gain these racists folks approval.</br><br></br><br>Now somebody please try to explain to me why I must even consider anything this man says as relevant.  He wasn\'t relevant to me when he had a position of authority to speak truth to power and CHOOSE not to, as Reverend Wright did and has.  </br><br></br><br>I could continue this vent, but I will contain myself.  </br><br></br><br>What a fu(&*YTI sell-out.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959735">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959735" class="dsq-comment-message">While Powell would bring a great deal to the table-especially to a candidate who has NO concept of where to even start with the military-I don\'t see him coming back out. He seems content with his legacy as is.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959736">SquarePeg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959736" class="dsq-comment-message">Powell says Reverend Wright\'s remarks were deplorable, hmmm..<br>now lets see, Powell lied about weapons of mass destruction and as a result at present more than 4000 American solidiers are DEAD, thousands maimed, thousands of Iraqis DEAD and their homeland bombed into dust, from Powell\'s contribution to one of the most horrific, immoral, illegal wars in this nations history.  </br><br></br><br>Reverend Wright speaks truth that is only deplorable to people who don\'t want to hear it.</br><br></br><br>Powell silently went along with this abomination because he was being a good soldier.  </br><br></br><br>Yes, now tell me what is more "deplorable."</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959737">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959737" class="dsq-comment-message">And here\'s the REAL reason why Powell and Rice probably shouldn\'t run: because everything they say or do will be turned into a referendum on Iraq. Which, of course, would be completely unfair to them and their records (not like anyone cares about that, as long as you can get your digs in at President Bush!!).<br></br><br>Though it would be interesting to see how many other African Americans would come to their defense. I can guess at a number, and it\'s pretty close to....zero.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959738">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959738" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m speechless.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959739">SquarePeg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959739" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br></br><br>What is unfair about ensuring that a handkerchiefhead(s) are shown for what they are?</br><br></br><br>Unfair, you have got to be kidding!</br><br></br><br>Tell that to the families of all the DEAD people\'s families, both American and Iraqi and the people who have been tortured using techniques discussed and approved by the senior staff that included both Rice and Powell.</br><br></br><br>Unfair, sheesh.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959740">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959740" class="dsq-comment-message">I have an even better "what if".<br></br><br>What if they had counted all the votes in 2000?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959741">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959741" class="dsq-comment-message">Peg,<br>Put on a personal level: would you be willing to have your entire career judged on the basis of one event? Come off the talking points for a minute, and consider that.</br><br></br><br>I understand you are strongly against the war (or just about anything done to protect our country, but I digress)...but can you really justify basing your dislike of someone on a single event?</br><br></br><br>And unless you\'re going to tell me that GEN Powell never once disagreed with the methods of interrogation that were approved (which you can\'t, unless you were at the meeting yourself), you have no way of knowing whether he stood up against them at one point or not.</br><br></br><br>I guess the concept of serving on a team-and the ability to place the goals of that team above your personal feelings to accomplish a greater cause-is something that\'s lost on the civilian sector.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959742" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959742">SquarePeg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959742" class="dsq-comment-message">d, says:<br></br><br>I understand you are strongly against the war (or just about anything done to protect our country, but I digress)...but can you really justify basing your dislike of someone on a single event?</br><br></br><br>d,  how did you guess?</br><br></br><br>Putting words in my mouth huh D.  Why is it every time anyone  not just me says something about this immoral war we are against protecting the country?</br><br></br><br>Now I personally judge him not on the decision, but his involvement in it knowing as he should have as a military man, the destruction that it would cause and did, he even said that about the pottery barn theory, yet went along with it anyway.  If he disagreed with what was going on he should have said something publically, that shit about being a good soldier is just that, pure BS.</br><br></br><br>Yes, he should be judged on this ONE decision, a decision that resulted in death and destruction.  </br><br></br><br>The old team player argument huh?  Yes, being a team player is always best even when you know the team you are on is cheating to win, d?  Just look the other way as they steal, cheat and lie their way to victory.  A cheap victory if I ever saw one.  Sometimes the moral thing to do is stand up in spite of your team when you know they are wrong.</br><br></br><br>Now tell me what greater goals were accomplished?  School me.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959743">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959743" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess the concept of serving on a team-and the ability to place the goals of that team above your personal feelings to accomplish a greater cause-is something that\'s lost on the civilian sector.<br>________________________________________</br><br></br><br>With a little adjustment, this could just as easily be seen as a line of defense of Wright, but alas, not for Powell...</br><br></br><br>Big double standard here at JJP.</br><br></br><br>d, you\'re a voice in the wilderness here. Too bad.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959744">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959744" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m amazed at the full court press the media is putting on the nation to make sure that Mrs. Nixon wins PA by double digits and keeps this race alive.<br></br><br>Clinton is still be touted as a top-of-the-ticket candidate with Obama as her running mate.</br><br></br><br>Unbelievable.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959745">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959745" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>With a little adjustment, this could just as easily be seen as a line of defense of Wright, but alas, not for Powell...</i><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>Please show me where Wright\'s actions have led to the death  more than 4,000 Americans and devastated their families.</br><br></br><br>Show me.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959746">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959746" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s something new at Obama events these days. "A greater emphasis on prayer and added patriotism at Obama events started in Indiana on the mid-March weekend when a controversy over statements made by his longtime Chicago pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, first gained widespread attention," he writes. "There is clearly a pattern of added emphasis on Christianity and patriotism for Obama -- at least in conservative-leaning places like Indiana and North Carolina -- in the wake of the Wright controversy. Such overt religious displays had been relatively rare in the first 13 months of Obama\'s presidential bid."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959747">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959747" class="dsq-comment-message">Peg,<br>Good soldiers-on in this case, members of a presidential cabinet-don\'t speak out against their leadership (in this case, the President) once a decision they disagree with has been made. That gets them fired. Remember ADM Fallon from a few weeks ago? The liberal conspiracy theorists would have you believe that he was "fired" FOR speaking out.</br><br></br><br>I mention your being against the protection of this country only because you brought it into the argument.</br><br></br><br>By your logic, any president-or member of the president\'s administration-should be judged in the negative if the country went to war. Congratulations, you\'ve just thrown several great presidents-from BOTH parties-under the bus.</br><br></br><br>_____________</br><br>Anon 10:24,</br><br>Please don\'t spin that....LOL.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959748" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959748">Ronnie B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959748" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>While Powell would bring a great deal to the table-especially to a candidate who has NO concept of where to even start with the military-I don\'t see him coming back out. He seems content with his legacy as is.</i><br></br><br>Except for the Obama criticism, I agree with D.  I think Powell is comfortable in civilian life.  If he were even thinking about a position in the Obama administration, he (Powell) would have already started his mea culpa tour around the Sunday morning talk show circuit.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959749" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959749">Bruce Dixon</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959749" class="dsq-comment-message">Powell\'s career is full of wanton acts of criminality.  It\'s the only way one rises to the top of the military, the business of which is after all, to break things and kill people, and at the higher ranks, occasionally to lie about it.  For example, Powell was chairman of the Joint Chiefs when the US invaded Panama, supposedly to arrest their former henchman Noriega.  <br></br><br>Panama has deep racial divisions, and Noriega had serious popular support in some of Panama city\'s poorest neighborhoods.  So the US military, on Gen. Powell\'s watch, to prevent thousands of black poor people from coming out into the streets to support their guy Noriega during the US invasion, sent aircraft to bomb and burn those poor black shantytowns to prevent unfortunate political disturbances.</br><br></br><br>Those poor black people, hundreds of them, whose murders were ordered by Gen. Powell had no copters or planes of their own to fight against the US military, no anti-aircraft defenses.  It was a civilian neighborhood and they lived there.  With wives and aunties and children.  They were wives, and aunties and granfathers and children.</br><br></br><br>I have a couple friends who were there, and it\'s documented in a number of places.  The neighborhood was called <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE7DF1639F930A35752C1A9679C8B63" rel="nofollow">El Chorillo</a>.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959750">Ms.Martin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959750" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder what Rev. Wright thinks of Powell?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959751">marc</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959751" class="dsq-comment-message">conscience catching up with powell? give me a break! he got out of the machine because he realized he was messed around with and that his image was getting tarnished. he has been selfish for all his life, he\'s been walking over dead bodies in the process and he\'s to be forgotten as soon as possible. if not also brought before a court.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959752">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959752" class="dsq-comment-message">My personal feelings about Powell are irrelevant; it\'s about what he can do for Obama. Colin Powell is the MOST respected person on foreign policy in the country and maybe even the world despite Iraq.  The only edge that Senator McCain has over Obama (besides race) is foreign policy.  If Colin Powell gives Obama his blessings, it political terms it will be akin to Moses passing his staff to Joshua because Independents and Moderate Republicans will damn sure follow.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959753">Thought Merchant</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959753" class="dsq-comment-message">Collin Powell showed himself to be a standup guy on this issue. I\'ve been out of the Blog loop for a minute but I got a videoblog you guys should check out.<br></br><br>"Brothers Talking about Obama"</br><br>http://thoughtmerchant.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/brothers-talking-about-obama/</br><br></br><br></br><br>Thought Merchant</br><br>www.thoughtmerchant.wordpress.com</br><br>Politics and commentary for the thinking person of color</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959754">SquarePeg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959754" class="dsq-comment-message">d, <br></br><br>OMG. OMG.</br><br></br><br>How in the hell did I say I did not want this country protected, you idiot!!  Yes, I went there.</br><br></br><br>If Powell was so afraid of standing up and man up and speak the truth, his sorry ass should have been fired, YET, he stayed and went along and would have stayed for the next four years but had outlived his usefulness to the other idiot and was let go, like other help that is no longer needed.  If he is a profile of a good soldier, then Lord help us all.  He is a sell-out, handkerchief head, all about me, egotistical, arrogant, asshole.  Yeah, I said that too.</br><br></br><br>You also said:</br><br>By your logic, any president-or member of the president\'s administration-should be judged in the negative if the country went to war. Congratulations, you\'ve just thrown several great presidents-from BOTH parties-under the bus.</br><br></br><br>If the country went to war for the right reasons to defend an against an invasion or imminent invasion of this country, then most reasonable people would stand up salute and sing God Bless America, however, as usual you once again make an assumption that makes what of you.  </br><br></br><br>As a proud American I don\'t automatically genuflect when I hear the words America right or wrong, because America d, has been wrong on so many levels.</br><br></br><br>Not read what you will into that.</br><br></br><br>So be it.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959755">SquarePeg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959755" class="dsq-comment-message">The only edge that Senator McCain has over Obama (besides race) is foreign policy. If Colin Powell gives Obama his blessings, it political terms it will be akin to Moses passing his staff to Joshua because Independents and Moderate Republicans will damn sure follow.<br>==================================</br><br></br><br>This statement is so wrong on so many levels, if it was so sad, it might possibly be laughable.</br><br></br><br>Truly pathetic that this person actually believes what he just wrote.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959756">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959756" class="dsq-comment-message">Peg,<br>You do realize this same "sell-out, handkerchief head, all about me, egotistical, arrogant, asshole" is the one who put his life on the line so you can freely say the things you just did, correct?</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959757">The Christian Progressive Libe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959757" class="dsq-comment-message">The irony of this is, are we trying to give Powell a free pass, and if so, are we doing so because he\'s a brotha?  That\'s like saying you\'re going to vote for Obama because he\'s a brotha; and not based on his political platform.<br></br><br>As a Political Junkie, I can\'t do that.  Just last night in my Foreign Policy class, my instructor assigned a book written by Francis Fukuyama on foreign policy.  I objected because Fukuyama was a signatory on the "Project for a New American Century" which was 1997 documant that rolled out the Iraq War, exactly as it was carried out, complete with 9/11 "Pearl Harbor-like" event to get the public buy-in on attacking Iraq.</br><br></br><br>I was admonished to read the book because even Fukuyama realized he\'d thrown in his lot with a bunch of f-tards and wanted no part of it.  He went so far as to write a book condemning all of it, and that\'s the book I\'m assigned to read. I can read it with less bias, because Fukuyama realised his errors, apologized and got out.</br><br></br><br>Has Powell apologized for going to the U. N. and lying about WMDs?  He\'s certainly tap-danced around the issue; sounding apologetic in foreign media interviews without actually apologizing.  He\'s even admitted on the air in an interview done about two years ago on "20/20" that he and Bush were still friends who had dinner together and shot the breeze.</br><br></br><br>This, after disagreeing with Bush, Bush froze him out because Powell was saying stuff Bush didn\'t want to hear.  If you really want to know how Bush operates, read Bob Woodward\'s "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III".  Rumsfeld treated Powell with abject contempt and Bush didn\'t check Rummy on it, either.  Bush wanted a war, and by God, Rummy and Powell, perhaps at gunpoint, delievered it to him.</br><br></br><br><i>THEN</i>, Powell resigns.  But the damage is done, so he might as well leave. </br><br></br><br>He should be evaluated on the merits of his actions as a member of Bush\'s cabinet.  It was pointed out upthread, that Powell did warn the Administration about the risks of war - yet after warning them, he fell in line and became a team player to the point of assisting in the facilitation of that war.  </br><br></br><br>Lesser ranked military officials, because they understood their oath as military officers, saw what this Administration was trying to do and rather than be a part of it, they all resigned or retired from military service, because while they understood the military creed, code and honor, they were equally unwilling to tarnish their own records by being a team player and aiding and abetting the worst criminality of a POTUS administration since Nixon, and Bush makes Nixon look like a Boy Scout by comparison.  Just recently, as reported in Black Agenda Report, similar military officials had to "leak" the details of Bush\'s plans to invade Iran because they were just like the plans to invade Iraq - the military had to stage its own "coup" in order to check the POTUS gone wild.</br><br></br><br>Their honor and military code <i>demanded</i> it.</br><br></br><br>I did an ROTC stint - so I fully understand the time honored military code in terms of combat and strategy; it must be done because it has to and in order to defend the country from attack.  Where did Iraq attack us? And with what?  Those WMDs that Reagan sent Rummy over to Iraq with, when it was feasible to take out Iran back in 1983?</br><br></br><br>Additionally, the only area I will cut Powell a little slack is the fact his son was in the Bush Cabinet as well and he may have very well went along to protect Michael, while Mike FUBARed the FCC beyond all recognition, and allowed for full monopolization of the media, which has been equally complicit in crimes and covering up for this administration.</br><br></br><br>Those are the facts that can be verified through Google, Black Agenda Report and other publications on the web.</br><br></br><br>I don\'t have to forgive or not forgive Powell - if I felt he had something to offer politically, I would still say what I\'ve stated, and provide reasons why I would support him.  He just jumped on the "beat-up-Dr. Jeremiah Wright-bandwagon" cause as Uncle Ruckus of the Boondocks would say, he\'s being a good lil\' "Nigglet".</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959758" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959758">SquarePeg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959758" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, as did my father, uncles spouse and daughter.  In addition to the 4000 dead Americans and the injured in this war alone.<br></br><br>For their service I thank them.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959759">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959759" class="dsq-comment-message">Then why disparage him in the next breath? That\'s a lot disrespectful.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959760">Craig Hickman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959760" class="dsq-comment-message">ms.martin said...<br></br><br><i>I wonder what Rev. Wright thinks of Powell?</i></br><br></br><br>::</br><br></br><br>I wonder what Powell thinks of Powell.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959761">SquarePeg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959761" class="dsq-comment-message">d,<br></br><br>Have you not been reading what I said?</br><br></br><br>Its not a matter of whether or not I respect Colin Powell, it is a matter of whether Colin Powell respects/respected himself?  Or his lack of respect for Americans that he went along with the lies of this administration.</br><br></br><br>Colin Powell is the man in the mirror.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959762">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959762" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, I knew this would bring out a good discussion, and it did. Brother Dixon, I alway appreciate when you come and drop some cold knowledge on us. <br></br><br>I\'ve read all the back and forth and enjoy the discussions, and I have to answer CPL above, yeah, it\'s because he\'s Black...ain\'t right, maybe. But, I understand the arguments against him. Maybe I think he\'s trying for some sort of redemption. </br><br></br><br>d, </br><br></br><br>I appreciate you bringing forth your consistent argument, because we need to hear opposing viewpoints on this, if only to remind us that there is another side. </br><br></br><br>But, I\'m loving this heated debate. Black Republicans never make it boring around here..LOL</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959763">Lola Gets</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959763" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, I still hold a soft spot for Powell myself.  It might could be due to race, but not completely, lol.<br></br><br>L</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959764">D.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959764" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m pretty sure he respects himself. One of the great things about being in the military is that you learn to accept and live with your decisions, regardless of what people (who generally have no clue of what making those decisions involves) think of them in hindsight.<br></br><br>I guess some segments of the liberal populace will keep throwing good men-and women-under the bus until Bush is jailed, Obama is elected, the military is withdrawn from Iraq with no concern for the future, and Iran becomes a nuclear state.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959765">no_slappz</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959765" class="dsq-comment-message">John Shreffler said...<br> </br><br>"I quit ROTC when I got the scope of what went on at My Lai and gave up plans for military career I\'d had since I was 10."</br><br></br><br>If the certain unpleasant facts of war were shocking enough for you to abandon plans for a military career, how did you choose a different career? Tragedies, corruption and misdeeds have occurred in all human endeavors.</br><br></br><br>I hopoe you didn\'t decide to become a priest. Given the history of slavery in the US, would it have been possible for you to enter politics in any way?</br><br></br><br>Meanwhile, if you were deeply disturbed by My Lai, I would have expected you to have abandoned your military aspirations after learning about Dresden and of course, the all time favorites, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959766">Anonymous</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959766" class="dsq-comment-message">This will all be moot when Obama starts to move towards the recommendations of Patraeus and Crocker. In his questioning, you could see that though he tried to pin both men down, they were adamant that any draw down would be premature and have disastrous consequences. <br></br><br>To continue to sell his present plan (halt the escalation and implement a phased redeployment of American forces from Iraq) to the American people would be to ignore the advise of these two realistic, brave men.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959767">MacDaddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959767" class="dsq-comment-message">"What\'s lost about GEN Powell-especially among those who have never worn the uniform-is that the nature of his business prevented him from criticism on Iraq once the final decision was made. Powell did caution President Bush against going into Iraq; however, once that course was set, it was his job to support it."<br></br><br>I agree with bro. Komack here. So does journalist Woodward.  I read two of his books on Bush and the Bush administration; and the two things I gout of it about Powell, first, was that he was the consumate military person: loyal to a fought, refusing to play the politics and not speaking against the Bush administration, at least not in public. </br><br></br><br>But that\'s not say he was a wimp or a patsy. According to Woodward-- and I haven\'t read anything that disagrees with this-- only Powell who had the nerve to question and disagree with Donald Rumsfeld, Bush\'s Secretary of Defense, and close friend of Bush the dad.  The two problems were that, first, Bush seemed too idiotic to understand the complexities of issues (especially problems associated with logistics on the ground or the different factions in Iraq). Second, Bush, competitive with his dad, wanting to outdo him, wanted to invade and occupy Iraq no matter what Powell said. Rumsfeld accommodated the arrogant Bush\'s wishes to outshine his dad. So, despite the fact that Powell knew what he was talking about, Bush almost always sided with Rumsfeld.  This is why Powell had to go, when Bush was reelected. Powell didn\'t resign; he was made to feel so unwelcomed that he had to leave.</br><br></br><br>But Woodward\'s point, as I remember it, was not to defend Powell but to get us to better understand him within the context of a man who had been and, at the same time, make sure we understood that he wasn\'t a lackey or wimp but a complex character. in the military just about all of his life.</br><br></br><br>I think he never should have soiled his excellent reputation by getting involved with Bush in the first place.  But then i\'ve neve been in the military.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959768">ac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959768" class="dsq-comment-message">"I guess some segments of the liberal populace will keep throwing good men-and women-under the bus until Bush is jailed, Obama is elected, the military is withdrawn from Iraq with no concern for the future, and Iran becomes a nuclear state"<br></br><br>...cats and dogs living together in sin, it rains frogs, plagues of locust scour the Earth, Monkeys fly out of my ***, Western civilization falls and the apocalyspe draws nigh. LOL.</br><br></br><br>Geez D, co-sign Riykah, but drama much? </br><br></br><br>I jest - keep bringing the conservative viewpoint - it challenges us all to better hone our own viewpoints.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959769">RedLipstick</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959769" class="dsq-comment-message">Dick Armitage PBS/Frontline Transcripts from Bush\'s War: <br></br><br>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/interviews/armitage.html</br><br></br><br>"So you weigh it. Had he left, do you think that would have stopped the war? No. I don\'t think anyone thinks that. The Congress had voted in October, long before the secretary gave his U.N. speech. The Congress voted not too long before the president gave his State of the Union speech. ... I don\'t think a resignation of one or two members of the administration would have necessarily changed that tide. ..."</br><br></br><br>Douglas Feith has been making the rounds lately b/c of his new book and he made the point on NPR about the level of in fighting in this administration and the contempt some members had for others. </br><br>I think this along with the quote from Dick illustrates what may have gone through Powell\'s head--he knew if he resigned the war would still happen so maybe he thought it better to stay to mitigate some of the damage and chaos that by his own experience he knew was coming. </br><br></br><br>Obviously we will never know one way or the other if his resignation would have made a difference, but it\'s fair to assume that the "wonder twins" Che/Rum would never have given up on invading Iraq.</br></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959770">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959770" class="dsq-comment-message">"The only edge that Senator McCain has over Obama (besides race) is foreign policy. If Colin Powell gives Obama his blessings, it political terms it will be akin to Moses passing his staff to Joshua because Independents and Moderate Republicans will damn sure follow.<br>==================================</br><br></br><br>This statement is so wrong on so many levels, if it was so sad, it might possibly be laughable.</br><br></br><br>Truly pathetic that this person actually believes what he just wrote."</br><br></br><br>Squarepeg, it might be laughable if it was NOT true.  I wrote it, and I stand by it.  As I said, my personal opinion of Colin Powell is irrelevant.  What is at issue is his political capital and there is not one human being walking this Earth at this point who has more political capital than Colin Powell.  That\'s no opinion or blief, but FACT.  There is not one opinion poll that disputes it. Consistently, Colin Powell is ranked as the single endorsement that could move a decisive percentage of the electorate.</br><br></br><br>Fine, take issue with my comparison of Moses and Joshua, but to deny that Colin Powell would not move voters, particularly white men, in mass to Obama is most certainly laughable.</br></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959771" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959771">Craig Hickman</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959771" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959771" class="dsq-comment-message">I still don\'t see what McCain\'s foreign policy expertise boils down to.<br></br><br>Yeah he\'s a certified war hero. But I\'m pretty convinced he\'s damaged by what he had to endure. </br><br></br><br>Whatever his mental/emotional/spiritual state, Teflon John doesn\'t seem to know much about anything, but he\'s not being taken to task for his ignorance.</br><br></br><br>For now, anyway.</br></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959772">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959772" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959772" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959772">Ms.Martin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959772" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959772" class="dsq-comment-message">I also believe that Powell is trying to get on the right side of this thing.<br></br><br>I don\'t believe that his open support of Obama is just about him being proud of a capable African American candidate.</br><br></br><br>D-</br><br></br><br>I have a feeling this association is about more than the white male vote.</br><br></br><br>Obama was adamant about the war and the future implications of it.  Hopefully, he and Powell are working together to advert another military blunder.</br></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959773">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959773" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959773" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959773">SquarePeg</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959773" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959773" class="dsq-comment-message">nmp,<br></br><br>Exactly what "capital" does Colin Powell possess other than in the minds of militaristic, gung-hung war chickenhawks?</br><br></br><br>I would dare say that the majority of posters to this blog in addition to informed African-Americans would differ with your assessment.  So I am glad that you cleared that up when you indicated that white men would follow him.</br><br></br><br>Isn\'t that how we got in this mess in the first place, because white men who seem to think that the world revolves around their every wont, that every place in this world should try to emulate them in all their superiority, and when shunned and actually told that everyone does not want to be like them, respond in the only way they can in their war-like, chest-beating, desire to make everyone capitulate to their power.</br><br></br><br>Yes, unfortunately, you probably are correct as we have seen this borne out in the policies that continue to sink this country into a downward spiral.  Have any of these chauvinistic white males ever read history and what happened to Rome due to hubris, arrogance and the belief that the bully will win every time?</br><br></br><br>I thought not or more accurately, as is probably more relevant they don\'t care, after all, we\'re America and we can whup anybody!</br></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959774">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959774" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959774" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959774">Ms.Martin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959774" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959774" class="dsq-comment-message">SquarePeg-<br></br><br>Obama apparently believes Powell has capital as he consults with him regarding foreign policy matters.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959775">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959775" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959775" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959775">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959775" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959775" class="dsq-comment-message">"Isn\'t that how we got in this mess in the first place, because white men who seem to think that the world revolves around their every wont..."<br></br><br>Think?  Do you think the last 5 centuries have been an interminable staged reality-show?  The world has revolved around their every want!  Ain\'t no thinking about it.</br><br></br><br>Yes, history will eventually repeat itself; this empire will fall (China will see to that), but for now, they are still in command of the chess board we call the world, and Obama has to figure out a way to beat them at their game.  If Colin Powell is willing to lend his hand (blood stained as it may be) to him, then he should take it!</br><br></br><br>Hell, for all we know, this could be his attempt at redemption.</br></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959776">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959776" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959776" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959776">SquarePeg</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959776" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959776" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms. Martin,<br></br><br>For my edification, please provide some tangible examples of this foreign policy assistance from Powell to Obama, please.</br><br></br><br>Also,</br><br></br><br>Thank you nmp for telling it like it is, I knew it was in you all the time, you superior man of the world.  Excuse me while I swoon.</br></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959777">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959777" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959777" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959777">D.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959777" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959777" class="dsq-comment-message">Peg,<br>Let\'s compare the two:</br><br>Obama-first term senator, seat on the Foreign Relations committee.</br><br></br><br>Powell-Former national security advisor, JCS chairman, and secretary of state. Probably more experience with foreign policy as national security advisor to Reagan than Obama has at this point in his career.</br><br></br><br>If Obama thinks that Powell isn\'t knowledgeable in foreign matters, then he\'s stupid. And if you can\'t give Powell credit for his experience-whether you like him or not-then you\'re equally stupid.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959778">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959778" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959778" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959778">Ms.Martin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959778" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959778" class="dsq-comment-message">Square:<br></br><br>Colin Powell stated during an interview that Obama calls him to consult.</br></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959779">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959779" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959779" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959779">Ms.Martin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959779" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959779" class="dsq-comment-message">Square:<br></br><br>I am not in opposition to your feelings regarding Powell.  I\'m just not as emotional about the situation.</br><br></br><br>Regardless to the way some may feel about him and his involvement in the Iraq invasion, he is formittable and sought after for his experience.</br><br></br><br>I wouldn\'t be surprised if he is given a cabinet position in an Obama whitehouse.</br></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959780">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959780">SquarePeg</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959780" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959780" class="dsq-comment-message">Did he?  <br></br><br>Must of miss that one.</br><br></br><br>For all his so-called experience, didn\'t work too well did it?</br><br></br><br>For the third time, you are once again putting words not just in my mouth, but now you are presuming to know what Obama thinks.  Are you a clarivoyant, ESP, if not then you should know stupid is as stupid does.  Didn\'t your mama teach you that one.</br><br></br><br>Seriously, there are countless people with as much or more foreign policy experience who are more than qualified and capable to serve in Obama\'s cabinet that would give him sound advice, and who would be more concerned about the country them concerned with his own inflated ego and dreams of greatness.</br><br></br><br>Oops.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959781">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959781" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959781" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959781">BlackLiterature</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959781" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959781" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m more than surprised at the tone of the discussion here. <br></br><br>Hmm...  Judge the man entirely on the basis of one event.  A lot of us have been judging folks harshly that have done that to Wright.  Are we so much more willing to do so to Powell because he worked under the Bush adminstrations?</br><br></br><br>I am still not convinced that he went on a campaign to Lie to the public and UN about Iraq.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959782">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959782" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959782" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959782">BlackLiterature</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959782" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959782" class="dsq-comment-message">"But, I\'m loving this heated debate. Black Republicans never make it boring around here..LOL"<br></br><br>For the record, I\'m a Democrat, not a Republican.  Not sure about the parties the other posters align.   :-)</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959783">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959783" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959783" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959783">SquarePeg</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959783" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959783" class="dsq-comment-message">With recent revelations of Powell\'s involvement in decision-making regarding the types of torture humans would be subjected to, in addition to statements of facts from posters on this blog, contradicts many who are desperately trying to reconcile Powell\'s image by stating that his defense of the Weapons of Mass Destruction lie was a one-time event.<br></br><br>How many events will it take before it becomes apparent that Powell is just as reckless, slimey, and arrogant as his other co-workers in this dehumanizing enterprise?</br><br></br><br>How many more events will it take?</br><br></br><br>Every time he tries to salvage his reputation another horrid FACT surfaces.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959784">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959784" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959784" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959784">D.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959784" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959784" class="dsq-comment-message">Peg,<br>As Secretary of State-not to mention with his military experience-of course Powell would be brought in on any discussion about interrogations, especially if they were taking place on foreign soil. It\'d be common sense to include him.</br><br></br><br>I challenge you to find some documentation that Powell did not raise any objections to the methods of interrogation.</br></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959785">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959785" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959785" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959785">BlackLiterature</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959785" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959785" class="dsq-comment-message">@ squarepeg<br></br><br>"With recent revelations of Powell\'s involvement in decision-making regarding the types of torture humans would be subjected to...  statements of facts"</br><br></br><br>What are you referring to? Serious question.  Most of us take statements of fact from fellow bloggers with a grain of salt.</br></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1959786">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1959786" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1959786" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1959786">SquarePeg</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1959786" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1959786" class="dsq-comment-message">I am sure you already well aware of the FACTs and don\'t have to rely on statements from any of these posters with the information readily available through many search engines, department of defense records, etc...<br></br><br>Just as an example, go to Google, put in Powell\'s name along with Mai Lai, Panama or any other conflict he was chosen to investigate and see what comes up.</br><br></br><br>Don\'t take my word and you already know this, you won\'t like what you will find about this "great" man.</br></div>\
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