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Dr. West has always been \"eccentric\", but this is truly bizarre thinking.  I've been equal parts amused and enraged by the reactions of the left, right and everyone in btwn w/respect to The President.  It seems that Barack Obama has been and continues to be a catalyst for all the toxins and poisons buried beneath the surface in America.<br><br>We are getting deep into Crabs In A Barrel territory w/the SOBU crew.  I wonder what they'd have to say about Corp. Sponsor Wells Fargo and its targeting of black neighborhoods for predatory lending?  Still no word from SOBU Brotha Train on that one eh?  They all stink to high heaven and I'm done w/their condescension.<br><br>One of the things that has pissed me off for the past year is the attitude of some that we must all be blind, deaf and dumb for supporting The President.  They can stick their \"accountability\" up their collective a$$ when they attempt to demonize Obama and remain silent about so many issues plaguing Black Folk.<br><br>Phuck 'em all...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_16:58:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 11, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10822664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GREENLADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEYY!!!! They said you were ill, I'm so glad you're back. I said some prayers for ya hun!<br><br>But yeah, this dude right here, a real piece of work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:48:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821587, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10816009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If Cornel West would rather be in a crack house than White House, then I challenge him to hurry his azz down to the bank house (Wells Fargo, for one) and cuss their mofo-ing azzes  out<br><br>.......and then I forgot.......you and Tavis Smiley won't dare disrespect your SOTBU pimps...a run of the mill whore always know their place....the coon patrol won't dare mess up that dolla dolla flow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:31:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10817037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And I didn't even get into the deadly HNIC flu, afflicting black conservative which brought RNC Chair Michael Steele to cry out in delirium \"God save the white man\"...<br><br>From a little 5' tall middle aged Hispanic lady, who as one lone vote among 9 might bring the entire judicial system to it's knees by letting loose the righteous wrath of the evil demon...<br><br>La Raza.<br><br>Woe... Indeed.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:49:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "BTx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10816160, "depth": 2, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10842639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why is it suspicious....why can't someone disagree constructively?<br><br>I tend to agree with AM2k9, dissent is not welcome here which is why I have been commenting and coming here less and less. <br><br>Being attacked by the hounds on this thread is not fun for simply stating certain disgreements.<br><br>I spend more time defending Obama against silly attacks coming from the right because truth is Obama is center right so its ironic how idiots are still screaming socialist and radical. However when he does something that I disagree with, I will be vocal about it. Why not?<br><br>What I find suspicious is people's inability to criticize him when necessary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_13:46:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10820994, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10828120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I used to have respect for West.  I remember when I lost it: it was during a lecture at Vanderbilt that devolved into a bunch of preacherisms (I thought I had gone through a space-time warp and had been deposited in a Baptist church on First Sunday) and a whole lot of \"blame white folks for EVERYthing\"--including homophobia in African American communities.  It was a hot mess.  <br><br>I remember when I went from being irritated with West to straight-up being pissed off when he would speak: it was the infamous SOBTU (or, as I call it ClapFest 2000) when Smiley and West were going OFF on Obama for not announcing his candidacy there.  West was being all righteous about where Obama's financing was coming from--THIS, at the SOBTU with \"Wells Fargo\" and \"McDonald's\" and \"Wal-Mart\" logos behind his ratty afro.  I was done with him.  <br><br>My problem with these crabs is that their naked ambition is as tied to racism as that of any opportunistic white supremacist.  They love playing racial misery pimps--it's what keeps them in the public eye, as media outlets like CNN (hey, Black In America!) just LOVE to talk about Black folk as though we're all living in two room shanties and eating gub'mint cheese. Also, these crabs hitched their wagon to Hillary Clinton's star and Obama's ascendancy shut them out.  With Obama in office, the way in which they want to maintain their public profile is by criticizing him--not on his policies, but on his \"blackness,\" as though they've become the Arbiters of Blackness and Grand Poobahs of All Negritude.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_00:59:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "DoctorRoger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10824654, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SDG:   U!   JUST!   SPEAK!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:05:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814981, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843170": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How are these people backstabbers?<br><br>Cornel West made how he felt about Obama clear back in 2007 at the State of the Black Union when he questioned Obama's loyalties. He backtracked when Obama reached out to him. Obama reached out to him to get the black vote as he did with every other black public intellectual and well-known individual. Then when he secured the black vote, he could care less. Now people like West and Dyson feel \"used\" and they are lashing out.<br><br>Big deal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:08:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10815653, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10844195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For crying out loud...everybody who has a criticism isn't simply jealous.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_15:03:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821087, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sepia, you are PREACHIN the truth with that one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:07:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10820994, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10844725": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign PT Cruiser", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_15:32:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10844590, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10879543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's widely known in the graduate student circles as well. You go to a couple of conferences...and well...let's just say there are only so many presentations you can go to before you want to start talking about something other than the latest research. A few of my friends actually know some of the people involved. I snickered a bit when I read your line earlier, but I didn't want to say anything more, because then it just goes into another direction, and for the purpose of this discussion, it's not necessary.<br><br><br>However, I will say that it would be great to have a discussion here on JJP about Black academics and the male/female dynamic. The hypocrisy of so many of these men in how they deal with race relations, but not only do they not acknowlegde the patriarchy within the Ebony Tower, but are complicit in the continuation of this very dynamic on a multitude of levels. It's ridiculous and shameful. <br><br><br>And to think bell hooks is the one that put the spotlight on West, and where is she now compared to Dr. West?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-14_02:07:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10827531, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10822720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, at least in the case of Dr.West....well...hmm how shall I say this... I don't know if all the rumors are true, but he doesn't exactly have the best track record with women...lemme put it that way.<br><br>Oh, and don't get it twisted, academia is the last bastion of the patriarchy. Look at the number of female administrators (the real position of power at the university level). I mean, even a board of trustees is looking like the Supreme Court circa 1955.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:51:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10818662, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10817602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Damn rikyrah.......I read the title and rolled my eyes so far back I damn near went blind. Had to take a Goodie powder that hurt my head so bad.<br><br>I'm gettin real tired of these psuedo revolutionaries, I really am. Geez...and they wonder why our youth just tune them the hell out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:54:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10888780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hello Rhonda,<br><br>what you been doing with yourself?<br><br>Good to see  you back.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-14_13:36:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10845174, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10818639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1. We criticized him for not standing up for the Black Farmers.<br>2. We questioned the cut in funding to HBCU's.<br>3. We have wondered what's up with Don't Ask, Don't Tell. <br>4. We didn't agree with Candidate Obama about telecom immunity.<br>5. We believe that the Secretary of the Treasury is a crook, and lowdown, and is no good.<br>6. We don't believe that he has fought enough for MAIN STREET, concerning this bailout.  <br><br>-------------------------<br>Check our archives. When we disagree with The President, we have no qualms about saying so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_18:14:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10816440, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10842707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL LMAO @ CPL...I was trying to defend you but people here went crazy on me so I bounced. <br><br>and Rikyrah, while those topics were brought up, there are more that should have been added and the comments that were left were anyhting other than flattering to the mere mention of critique of Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_13:49:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10826376, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Actually, I was just having fun with Mr. Accountability's name.  I don't know what world you are in Rhonda black folks vote for Democrats in Presidential elections in the 90% range anyway.  Barack didn't need any of these slick talking negroes(Dyson,West or Smiley face).  And someone better not reply to my post by saying well if they didn't endorse him they were going to endorse Hillary. LOL.  Bill Clinton was doing a great job self destructing her campaign so I don't want to hear it.<br><br><a href=\"http://Iamverybroke.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Iamverybroke.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:38:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10843170, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10818662": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "First of all, let's be clear these are PSEUDO-INTELLIGENTSIA men hiding behind degrees but who are as ignorant as the day is long. I have yet to see any of them step up to the plate to discuss gender equality or defend Black women - esp in the case of West who was curiously SILENT when his colleague at Princeton, Dr. Yolanda Pierce was verbally lynched by Princeton Theological students in a newsletter. To which the administration still did ZERO about.<br><br>Now I have my pragmatic hat on when it comes to President Obama but I respect his role. I voted for him after all. I think more should be done but that will be largely up to Black people to organize. Since we can't seem to agree on many things for very long I don't know how that's going to happen any time soon.<br><br>These men are the flip side of Reverend Inc., the men who never met a criminal they won't defend if it's a Black male (if you're a BW you're on your own!), a tv camera they won't jump in front of and a cheap lunch as a quasi-payoff they won't refuse. <br><br>I have one question. Where's Harold Ford. Now he's been quiet lately - and that concerns me....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_18:16:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10842731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh boy CPL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_13:51:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10827531, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823792": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey GLH! You feeling ok?? Dont overdo it!! Ya hear me?!?!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:32:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10823368, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10824311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Y'all remember that big ole Wal-Mart sign from the Black State of the Union awhile back? I was like daaaaaaaaaaang, nobody is questioning the money. Actually, I think Sharpton did, but he did it indirectly and no one followed up on it. But still.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:57:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814623, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10822777": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I believe the Dark Sith is laying low waiting for whatever career building political debris to fall his way.  He's usually so off base he'll need a snack before he gets back into the fray.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:53:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Leota2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10818662, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10826376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For real, and most of those posts were MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>I've got more blogging gunshot wounds than 50 cent and just like Fiddy, I'm here to brag about them all! ROFL<br><br>And his Defense Secretary is right up there with low-life weasels!<br><br>Having said that, Cornell West can drink a six pack of STHU, and take his ass to that crack house he's whining he'd go.  As if Mr. Obama needs a fool like West's dumb ass in the West Wing stirring up shyt that his ass can't cover.<br><br>So much for the Pseudo-Intellectual Negro - I'll take that thug on the street for $500 dollars and he'd probably drop more knowledge than West ever has, especially when he's not knocking up white coeds on his college campuses and paying them off to shut the hell up about it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_23:38:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10818639, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:12:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10822880, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11817622": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL: HEEEEEY!   :&gt;)  YA GOT THA-ROUGH!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.commentnation.com/comments/thanks_red_glitter_heart.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">THANKS!!  LUV YA!!</a>   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_00:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10826426, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10846362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ah...the conspiracy theorist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_16:54:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821677, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10814623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I remember the exact moment I \u2018fell out\u2019 with Dyson. It was when I watched a Black man with a PhD sit on national tv, defending the use of the word NIGGER by Black folk.</i><br><br>Same here. And he kept referring to himself as a \"nigger\" over and over again. It was ridiculous. <br><br><i>I\u2019ll go into the crack house before I ever go that far inside.</i><br><br>And yet he co-signs Tavis' involvement with corporations that have hurt the black community?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_16:48:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10816160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"For an intellect of West's caliber to believe it is exactly the sort of misallocated hubris resulting in obtuse cranial-rectal impaction which years ago reached pandemic status among conservatives ...<br><br>And apparently some black intellectuals.\"<br><br>Stop it, stop it! LOL!!! :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:36:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10815480, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah I know he did it once. But he undermines it with everything else he does", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:41:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10842530, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821283": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Gunns 3000:   Hey!    :&gt;)   ***extendin' my hand***  PLEASED ta meet-cha!   :&gt;)<br><br>Have I got a <b>2-fer</b> 4  U!   :&gt;)<br><br>+    <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>the o'jays-back stabbers</b></a>   :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnnnnd,. . . . . .<br><br>+  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV69WBvFGBA&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Smiling Faces Undisputed Truth</b></a><br><br><b>CAN U DIGGIT??</b>    :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)   ***gettin my DANCE ON****     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_19:48:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10815653, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10815653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I really don't have much to say on this issue except these guys are so damn predictable. Him Dyson and Tavis Smile in your face and stab you in your back<br><br><a href=\"http://Iamverybroke.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Iamverybroke.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:20:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10815144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe they want him to break through the myth of the place and position of President, and make it truly the People's House, and truly a position of power, rather than just blending into the template of President's past.<br><br>I see Obama in many cases, upholding those same dysfunctional structures that have done much harm.  If that is similar to how West sees it, then I can also see why he would put the White House below a crack house, but yet hope that Obama would break through.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:04:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814106, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10842793": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I AGREE WITH YOU RHONDA!! I won't try to answer that question because I do believe that individuals should be free to think whatever they want about whomever they want. I have voiced concerns as well about pidgeon-holing people and trying to influence the thinking of \"thinking\" people, especially here at JJP. I find no fault with Dyson and take the good away from what he says. My favorite quote from him on Obama is \"What are we going to do with WHAT HE IS? Not to worry, believe me there are various schools of thought abounding on this subject and particularly on this site.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_13:53:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10842415, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10953395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What else is what you say but character building...it's not based on any facts.   How on earth would you know whether I feel bitter?<br><br>Just because you FEEL antagonized by me, doesn't follow logically that that is my goal.  That would be ascribing mythological powers to me..<br><br>As for the \"like\" button, who's counting with those things...are you?<br><br>They're not brainwashed exactly..they're cultivating their own ignorance.<br><br>This thread is finished.  It was fun kicking your ass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_20:22:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10953022, "depth": 15, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here is another notable on:<br><br>Malcolm X vs. the NOI", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:15:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10843096, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\"soul glo magic school bus crew\"</i><br><br><br>Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!<br><br>O mah guh'ness, that's my new line!!!!! Wooo chile, I'm gonna use that, but I'll give you props!! Shooot, that was hilarious!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:00:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814106, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10826426": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Welcome back, Green Lady.  I've been sending up prayers for you; glad to know I can still get one in to The Man on your behalf!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_23:41:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821283, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10819775": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "they weren't too keen with his choice of secretary of state either if I recall...hmm, or maybe that was just me who called her a \"Drama Queen\".", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_18:50:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10816440, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10820290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "....Punk Ass Bitches.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_19:10:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10817781, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "JunePearl:   LOL!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>With THAT - - I know that he wouldn't get in!!     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:14:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10822880, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10826786": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "When I went to New Orleans to help out after Hurricane Katrina (no, I didn't see Dyson, West, or Tavis there) there was this one displaced citizen that was there who let me and my girls stay in his trailer, as his house was still pretty inhabitable. We called him the Deep One becaue he kept dropping that knowledge. Barely finished high school, but we stayed up all night talking with him. There are a whole lot of folk without college degrees who have more intellect that folks with a college degree. Stay humble PhDs, stay humble.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_00:00:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10826376, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10827471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know, right? LMAO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_00:31:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10827150, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tupac vs. Biggie", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:17:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10843319, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10845914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Simple and to the Point. West, Smiley, Dyson--All Sell-outs!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_16:32:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "WaltInAZ", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821854": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  With all due respect to - - <a href=\"http://www.mannythemovieguy.com/images/three_stooges_moe_larry_curly.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">The 3 Stooges</a> - - <br>I'm in a quandry as 2 how to assign - - -Drs. Dyson, West & \"Travesty Smile-n-Stab!<br><br>***shakin' my head***  & ***snickerin' ****    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:15:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10822880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Your so called \"Crack-ese\" is the language of the children of the souls that have subdued themselves under oppression beneath the wings of the transient redemptive substances of this materialistic, nihilistic, culture.<br><br><br>At least, that's how I imagine Dr. West to respond, ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:54:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821906, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But they have albums, Dyson is the Hip Hop Professor. Yo.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:38:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10817602, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10906351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": ".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-14_22:40:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"There are a whole lot of folk without college degrees who have more intellect that folks with a college degree\"<br><br>YA DAMN SKIPPY<br><br>I've a got degree.  I don't feel and smarter but debt load is a lot higher.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:48:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10826786, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10817781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You said that in the most respectful way ever....you really did. <br><br>I'm not that nice....................they're acting like lil PUNKS!!!!!! lil whiny snot-nosed PUNKS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:56:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814345, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10888956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "West is no simpleton, and has a body of work to prove it.   As for being jealous, he seems to be doing the type of work he wants to do.  Surely, if he'd wanted to be in politics, he could have easily taken that route.<br><br>It's very simple to dismiss him as merely \"jealous\".   It's absurd.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-14_13:44:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10815455, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10814717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep!  Here we go again...<br><br><a href=\"http://www.accountability-central.com/fileadmin/_temp_/School_20Bus_20-_20Cartoon_207.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.accountability-central.com/fileadmin...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_16:50:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814400, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10905346": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Heh...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-14_21:46:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10897804, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10827531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let's just say, Rikyrah, that some people I know in the media business told me it was no secret that West had to leave another Ivy League school prior to coming to Princeton because he was getting his groove on with white coeds and their rich, equally white parents, were not happy about Buffy screwing a Black Professor of Religious Studies, which Cornel is.<br><br>I also heard this discussed at the first of the Negro Super Bowls I attended down in Atlanta back in '05...by one of the women panelists who was on that stage with Cornel.  I haven't seen her at an SOBU since.<br><br>I was sworn to confidence, but I will say that brothas in the media like Bruce Dixon hipped me to Dr. West and it was moot since dude isn't my type. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_00:33:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10827150, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10845456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The only reason why the polls looked like they did before is because some blacks were hesitant to vote for him in the primaries because they weren't sure if he would win the general election.  Once they realized he would win it was a wrap for Hillary Clinton.  I don't care if he reached out or not he didn't need the 3 stooges.  Do you remember in the primaries how Tavis Smiley face got his panties in a bunch because Obama wouldn't attend his Negro Super Bowl.  Hillary attended and Obama wanted to send his wife and Tavis through a hissy fit.  Do you really believe the election would have turned out any differently if it wasn't for Soul Glo, Smiley Face and Skeletal Negro.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_16:09:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10845159, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Wait-a-minute - - - <br><br>They wouldn't let HIM in a \"crack house!\"   He don't SPEAK - -\"CRACK-ese!\"  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:18:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10940693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't have to point out the contradictions here, do I?<br><br>You and others have created a larger than life mythology surrounding who you think I am...a story that projects and highlights your own insecurities...Jealous, bitter, lonely..they offer me sympathy, pity, accuse me of assaulting them...hmm.   Clearly, you know nothing factual about me.  So where is this information coming from, but from you?<br><br>What you think of my writing should be kept to yourself and pondered within the secret places of your heart, if you must ponder it.  .....and I think you're paying far too close attention to me for comfort, or for your own good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_14:40:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10897804, "depth": 7, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10951976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You previously wrote this response to me:<br><br><i>I think homophobes who refer to homosexuals as \"misfits\" are the scum of the earth, not worthy of time or attention.</i><br><br>It is clear you do not even  believe the bullshit that you write, your faux assertions about me or you would have given up this tired ass tirade a while ago...<br><br>you're quite pathological, I see....a zealot indeed.<br><br>Quite sad actually...<br><br>and another (Yawn)<br><br>your petty tactics and rumblings have become boring and predictable,<br><br>NEXT....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_19:32:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10951512, "depth": 12, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823465": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks, I understand your feelings.   hey, I know I haven't always done well in conveying my disagreements.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:18:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10817781, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10819882": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For me, this is what's important:<br><br>\"Because of his skin color, President Obama is negotiating a political minefield never before faced by an American president. Any misstep and he can forget a second term. On top of his trying to survive the daily constant daily daggers, he now has to answer to the black intelligentsia who, in my opinion, really don't care about the black community, but want to put on a show of caring about the black community, so that it makes them look good and stay relevant.\"<br><br>And just exactly who are they looking good and staying relevant for?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_18:54:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814799, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10842415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I keep saying this over and over again and I want someone to answer this question NOW:<br><br>Why is it that we keep worrying about people and their faults rather than actual visions and ideologies. Of course it is easier to attack black public intellectuals rather than deal with actual issues. Did anyone stop to think that if they stopped engaging these individuals every word, you may stop giving relevance to them. Why aren't we discussing the real issues at hand?<br><br>In addition, I was looking at the keywords for the article and I saw your mention of Soul Patrol from Melissa Harris Lacewell's much flawed article. <br><br>The best rebuttal of Micheal Eric Dyson comes from Glen Ford @ the Black Agenda Report. I rarely hear anyone looking to contest his facts. Glen Ford takes issue with both Obama and Michael Eric Dyson. I co-sign with him.<br><br>In reference to Cornel West's comments, who cares. Next...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_13:35:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10822961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't even bother responding to stuff like that. They really must not know our track record here on JJP. Shoot, remember when he first picked Biden, and we were all like \"For real?!\"...then it turned out to work all right. Now his nickname is Ride or Die, lol!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:57:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10818639, "depth": 2, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "JunePearl:   HEEEEEY!   :&gt;)<br><br>Still remediatin'.   But I was given some \"POSTIN' TIME 2-day!!   YAAAAA!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.commentnation.com/comments/thanks_red_glitter_heart.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">THANK U!  Keep-a-prayin'!  LUV U!</a>   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:18:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10822664, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823993": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But young people only listen to hip hop and we do jive talking slang. It's not like any of us have degrees, families that we actually try to shield from hip hop's worst, or have an investment in our future.<br><br><br>We're all just wearing our jeans real low and listening to the latest Asher Roth and Drizzy (ok, I love Jimmy Drake's overhyped self. Gotta call myself out on that one, lol!)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:41:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821030, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, if the White House isn't a place of actual power, why are they begging so hard to get up in it?<br><br>Seems like the central core complaint from Rev. Wright to Tavis to Dyson to West is they haven't been invited to join the inner circle.<br><br>If Obama ever did invite Brothas, Inc. to the White House every last one of them would be skinning, grinning and cheesing super hard in the photos.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_19:40:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10813904, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10820924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The make academia look bad. So very, very bad. MY parents are both part of what I call The Ebony Tower (both with PhDs and professors at a Research I institution), please believe me: We don't all think like this. We are not all self-involved, demanding, and thrilled with our own self-importance. Please do not think these men represent academia.<br><br>West lost me awhile back. Trust me, I recognize ego a mile away.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_19:34:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10953022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ah....the conspiracy theorist.....who believes that I have actually created a \"character\"about you...you do not warrant fictional character building....I deal in truth, written words, and the truth IS you are purposely here just to antagonize daily ...most are privy to your shit....the gloating, the feeling of importance that you get from your \"taunting\"...how 4th grade of you....oh, and I accidentally pressed the \"like\" button on your juvenile reply above....<br><br>who are these intellectual lightweights you speak of, care to indulge....<br><br>be aware, I  form my own opinions very well, no one here or elsewhere has to color my perceptions, even though I know you feel on your so-called perch that most here are brainwashed..that is part of the problem of being a zealot...those nasty, ill-guided aspersions that you cast.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_20:10:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10952525, "depth": 14, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10842944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The SotomayOR appointment will buy him 8 years baring he fixes the economy and produces jobs. If his 2nd Supreme Court appointment is a white woman, he is a definite shoo-in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:01:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10838423, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10826563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_23:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821492, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10824004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  HEEEEEY!   On the mend!    :&gt;)  S-L-O-W-L-Y.<br><br>I'm ONLY \"bouncin' IN\"  2-day!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.commentnation.com/comments/thanks_red_glitter_heart.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">THANK U!!  LUV YA!!</a>   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:42:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10823792, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10818377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "First off, troops will be leaving Iraq...that is why you have seen spikes in violence in some area....everything concerning our troops movements is not always broadcast for their safety....that's for one.<br><br>And I'm not sure you know many who have served, as you have been a FREQUENT TROOP BASHER, especially your Memorial Day diatribe, which was very tasteless by the way, but maybe you may want to acquaint yourself with someone who serves, get a real human perspective, and you might even learn a little about the missions, many of which the majority of our troops perform as their jobs, but do not craft.<br><br>Secondly as far as Pakistan, George Bush for YEARS gave Musharaff heaps of money to continue and support the extremist military regime there....to our detriment, Pakistanis and India.  Now of course no one likes to see civilian casualties, but the pressure being put on the extremist factions byt the Pakistan government FINALLY is what is leading to this surge of violence......but I just hope that if/when extremists in a unstable/nuclear-armed Pakistan gains access to those weapoms and possibly uses them to destroy even more lives, you won't be sitting around critiquing why didn't others (including the US) do more to avert that situation.<br><br>As far as Blackwater, last I heard they changed their name, and were actually asked to leave Iraq by the government, but I will check further on that.<br><br>The military-industrial complex is very deep and their connections wide and honestly I think it will be a lot longer before Obama or any other administration will even be able to clamp down on them....their reign for years will not dissipate in even one year, let alone 5 months into Obama's presidency...it's just that simple.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_18:05:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10816440, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10889035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think homophobes who refer to homosexuals as \"misfits\" are the scum of the earth, not worthy of time or attention.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-14_13:49:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10846700, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10952525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I believe it as much as you <i>believe</i> I am bitter, or sad.<br><br>There's that crazy nuance thing again.<br><br>I believe it as much as you believe your own words that the response 2 responses ago was your final response to me.<br><br>Now the mythological giant is \"pathological\".  Has your character disappointed you, monie?   Has she failed to live up to your expectations?<br><br>Yes, I am taunting you now.. because you have failed to live up to my high expectations.   You have allowed intellectual lightweights to colour your perceptions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_19:53:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10951976, "depth": 13, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10814799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The black intelligentsia is at times disingenuous. I'm speaking in generalities here, but Dr. West and his ilk pretend to speak for the \"black masses\" while at the same time enjoying elite lifestyles, perks, and privileges. <br>  I don't see Dr. West et al working at inner-city schools or teaching at black colleges, or really doing anything to get their fingernails dirty. What I do see is their loving the sound of their voice. Dyson in particular is very self-conscious of his rhetorical displays to the detriment of deep, structural change. <br>   Many in the black intelligentsia are disdainful of \"ordinary blacks\" and feel more comfortable around liberal whites, where they can then play the role of the black spokesmen. <br>  Because of his skin color,  President Obama is negotiating a political minefield never before faced by an American president. Any misstep and he can forget a second term. On top of his trying to survive the daily constant daily daggers, he now has to answer to the black intelligentsia who, in my opinion, really don't care about the black community, but want to put on a show of caring about the black community, so that it makes them look good and stay relevant", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_16:53:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "coop10", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 11, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh dear...you just confirmed my thoughts.....they want that \"green eyed monster\" sated.......big time!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:19:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821087, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10953556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hmmmmm...You kicked my ass..<br><br>funny, am I supposed to say <br>\"Ouch?\"<br><br>Prove  it where I called Gays \"misfits\"<br>and I'm a homophobe..<br><br>it is quite deceptive to delare yourself a Truthseeker when you deal in lies and fallacy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_20:27:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10953395, "depth": 16, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10951512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Adding to the mythology again?<br><br>Why is it important to you that the character you've created <i>wants</i> your attention?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_19:12:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10944463, "depth": 11, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10823527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "that is funny", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:20:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821030, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10819944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chuuuurch!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_18:57:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814981, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BTx:   Ya mean - - <a href=\"http://rlv.zazzle.com/crabs_in_a_barrel_card-p137125792842061723v1qr_325.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">LIKE THIS?</a>   :&gt;)<br><br>With all due respect to the \"CRABS!\"<br><br>I'm SAD 4 him that his ANALOGY <b>surpasses</b> his \"intellect\" in this case!!<br><br>***shakin' my head really hard****<br><br>Annnnnnnnd,  . . your statement. . .<br><br><i>. . sort of misallocated hubris resulting in obtuse cranial-rectal impaction which years ago reached pandemic status among conservatives ...</i><br><br>LUV IT!!!     :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_19:59:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10815480, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843500": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Dyson, he can get back to me when he is able to speak like a normal person\"<br><br><br>*dead*", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:24:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10838423, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10826642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I will dear. And I know you're all grown up and stuff, but  we worry, lol! Take care of yourself, don't push too hard :O)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_23:52:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10823476, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know where I am going with this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:24:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10843353, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10815857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damn! Not the \"cheese bus\", spirit! LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:25:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814717, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Each other.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_19:59:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10819882, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10820994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>'cause it seems that dissenting views on Obama arent just welcome</i><br><br>Not true. But I will say that I think it's suspicious when folks ONLY post criticisms of PBO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_19:37:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10816440, "depth": 1, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10814345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is it possible they are inflicted with envy but can't admit it so they find other ways to act out their feelings?   Maybe these people think they are more deserving or smarter and don't like that a young smart black guy has become the most powerful man in the world plus he's so popular world wide.    Just my humble opinion, I'm thinking jealousy.   I know it sounds too simple, but, I've seen jealousy make people behave in some odd ways.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_16:41:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10824599": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks....when I read some of the \"leading economists\" take on what to do to turnaround the economy...I'm always inclined to believe they are so far away from the real world they may as well be from Mars....they're so lost in \"theory\" and hearing the sound of just THEIR voices.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_22:10:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10824090, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10897804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You grow funnier by the day, and it's a shame because I actually thought some of your poetry /writing was good work<br><br>Take any consensus here and  you will find I have never written ANYTHING homophobic on this site or elsewhere....and I challenge you to look up my history of comments here, you will NEVER find me call homosexuals ANY name here...sorry, you threw out the wrong accusation this time, you might want to keep a better track of those you choose  to target<br><br>It is also fitting that the question I asked about the legal activities/actions the Gay community has taken in this country was one that you  could not/did not even provide an answer to...<br><br>But it's apparent that you often come here to pick your little fights, become a neo-Nazi of sorts and criticize people on everything from religion to the type of questioning they ask here...<br><br>And then I remember, you are the one who claims your nipples harden when you engage in these little combative episodes that you do....I guess some of us have to engage in other unconventional ways to achieve erotica and sensation....<br><br>So please dear,  what I do know for sure is the only opinion of me that matters and is of supreme importance  is the one I have of myself...<br><br>Go fuck with, intimidate, and name-call  your usual enemies.....it is becoming quite clear you have become a one-woman, bitter pill chewing maniac that lives beneath the scum of the earth.<br><br>I hope you gain your own inner peace, that way you can not stay busy casting your venom on other folks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-14_17:06:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10889035, "depth": 6, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10827150": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>especially when he's not knocking up white coeds on his college campuses and paying them off to shut the hell up about it.<br></i><br><br>OOOOOoooooo CPL...<br><br>you can't drop stuff like that and leave us hanging!<br><br>TELL!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_00:20:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10826376, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10819983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BWA HA HA HA!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_18:58:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10817945, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10815378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign all day long.<br><br>Who does he think he's fooling? He wouldn't go to the WH? He knows he wouldn't be ASKED. <br><br>And while that may be all that he can stand--with his academic cred and all--he needs to stop with pseudo-nationalist crap. It's so 1991. He knows full well that he'll be getting his party on at the annual CBC shindig in September like he's done before...not that there's anything wrong with that! :) <br><br>But then he shouldn't turn around and front like he's so down when Wells Fargo has been paying the bill.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:11:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814799, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10838423": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "West can get back to me once he gets a good haircut and some new glasses, that 60's radical look is stale. Tavis, he can get back to me when he stops talking with a mouthful of food every time he is on the air. and, Dyson, he can get back to me when he is able to speak like a normal person, not someone in a speed talking contest. And, all these two bit chumps need to step as the young folks say, they have been yakking for years and less than 2% of all Americans even know who they are.<br><br>But, Obama has his hands full, getting it from the blacks 'pundits' and the gays big time the past few weeks for what I guess they see as not paying them special attention since they were the only reason he got elected, the rest of the country does not matter or the real issues he's working on, he is going to have a long 4 years in office.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_10:38:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "EdnaMae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10817945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.stoopidteez.com/coming2america/soulgloppl.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.stoopidteez.com/coming2america/soulg...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:58:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814400, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10824090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And that ladies and gentlemen is the truth in two words.<br><br>I go to tons of conferences, my parents are doing research that propel them to the top of their field of research, people in academia are writing and transforming the knowledge base of the world. But no one is looking.<br><br>The only people who are paying attention are the other people who are doing the same thing. And we know it. That's why most people in academia tend to be tounge in cheek with themselves. But there are those who have lost themselves in their intelligence and have forgotton just because you know a lot about a little, does not mean you know a little about a lot. Life outside of the book is a whole 'nother ballgame.<br><br>Who are they staying relevant for? Each other.<br><br><br>Well said Miranda, well said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:46:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10821492, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10814106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's a possibility. However, if that is the case why would he (and the rest of the soul glo magic school bus crew) want to hold President Obama accountable, if the White House isn't a place of power?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_16:34:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10813904, "depth": 1, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10842530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I will say that I hear you heartsandflowers but Michael Eric Dyson has spoken up about sexism, male patriarchy and the de-valuing of black women. While not enough, I will give him credit for what he has done.<br><br>Nonetheless, I agree that there is a great deal of silence on that topic coming from these individuals.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_13:41:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10818662, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10824099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL......like I said.....and they wonder why our youth just TUNE THEM THE HELL OUT! LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_21:46:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10823906, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10943908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The conversations always end in exactly the same way...\"TruthSeeker, lets move on\"...\"TruthSeeker, you're assaulting me with your words, so I'll LET you have this one\"...\"TruthSeeker, you're being mean to me by pointing out the flaws in my logic, I'm through with you!\"...\"TruthSeeker, don't demonstrate my hypocrisy to me, you're just bitter and lonely!\"<br><br>Christianity, as practiced, IS bigotry.  Yet, they are so sensitive to any challenge of their <i>lifestyle</i>.<br><br>They cannot see themselves from where they are..upon morality's mountaintop .  So, It falls to me to reflect their own image back to them.   That is, until some other shiny object distracts my attention.<br><br>Let them gird up their loins, and defend their own beliefs...if they think it needs defending.<br><br>As for homophobia, it is as valid an accusation as yours that I am bitter.<br>Nuance is no fun if you have to explain it.<br><br>Yes, YOU move on, and mind your own business; I'm working here.<br><br>And by the way...nipple hardening is an autonomic response....nothing at all to do with erotica.  <br><br>Naughty naughty, monie.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_15:54:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10942440, "depth": 9, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think it's interesting most of these dudes dissing Obama feel they need to rap or rhyme about it, from MC Steele to Lil' Dyson.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_19:38:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814345, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10844590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I keep wondering: Just what exactly does the JJP considers to be legitimate criticism of Obama? 'cause it seems that dissenting views on Obama arent just welcome...and I'm not talking about some fringe lunatic stuff like the Karmi and D be throwing around. Nor am I talking about the Rush Limbaugh type of stuff either. I'm talking about the bailing out of executives but nothing for homeowners. I'm talking about the spread of war into Pakistan (something NOT EVEN BUSH DID). I'm talking about the escalation of war and the killing of civilians in Afghanistan. I'm talking about refusing to prosecute on torture. I'm talking about the continued using of mercenaries (Blackwater and them) in Iraq. I'm talking about ZERO signs of withdrawing troops from Iraq. Are any of these legitimate criticisms of Obama?</i><br><br>In the Realm of the Aspirational Believers no criticism of the object of their affection is ever valid. Killing civilians in Afghanistan, spreading war in Pakistan and declining to prosecute torturers, among other things, can all be explained away or justified. Don't ever back off your positions, though. You are never entirely alone here at JJP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_15:23:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10816440, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10846130": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'd rather listen to Kanye West over Cornel West.  This is ridiculous.<br><br>\"For an intellect of West's caliber to believe it is exactly the sort of misallocated hubris resulting in obtuse cranial-rectal impaction which years ago reached pandemic status among conservatives ...<br><br>And apparently some black intellectuals.\"<br><br>I've got bad knees and you're making me weak!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_16:44:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "WaltInAZ", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10826677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They are always talking about things that require no sacrifice from them.<br><br><br>I want to see their reaction if the gov't takes over universities and they have to take a pay cut because tuition is free for everybody. <br><br><br><br>Mmmhmmm, just what are they gonna say to that? <br><br>*side-eye*", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_23:55:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "JunePearl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10824099, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10816440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I keep wondering: Just what exactly does the JJP considers to be legitimate criticism of Obama? 'cause it seems that dissenting views on Obama arent just welcome...and I'm not talking about some fringe lunatic stuff like the Karmi and D be throwing around.  Nor am I talking about the Rush Limbaugh type of stuff either.  I'm talking about the bailing out of executives but nothing for homeowners.  I'm talking about the spread of war into Pakistan (something NOT EVEN BUSH DID).  I'm talking about the escalation of war and the killing of civilians in Afghanistan.  I'm talking about refusing to prosecute on torture.  I'm talking about the continued using of mercenaries (Blackwater and them) in Iraq. I'm talking about ZERO signs of withdrawing troops from Iraq.  Are any of these legitimate criticisms of Obama? <br><br>To be honest, the biggest criticisms I've seen on Obama came from his invite of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural prayer (and those were mostly related to Warren's views on Gay marriage and abortion).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:44:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "AM2k9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 36, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10848699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Why is it suspicious....why can't someone disagree constructively?</i><br><br>No where in my statement did I say that people can't disagree constructively. You can but when one's sole purpose is to ONLY criticize and complain, then you're suspect. <br><br><i>Being attacked by the hounds on this thread is not fun for simply stating certain disgreements.</i><br><br>I find this ironic coming from you. There have been many a posts by you attacking folk just like you claim you're being attacked. <br><br><i>What I find suspicious is people's inability to criticize him when necessary.</i><br>I agree. However, that's not the case here at JJP, as rikyrah have pointed out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_19:13:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10842639, "depth": 3, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10830316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "YEAH! ;) Love reading the discussion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_02:02:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "ElonJamesWhite", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10814400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"soul glo magic school bus crew\"<br>ROTFLMBAO!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_16:42:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Leota2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814106, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10820037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"soul glo magic school bus crew\"<br><br>*falls out like brett michaels at the tonys*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_19:00:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10814106, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10845638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL,<br><br>The stories you heard about West may have been true but if your Atlanta source was who I suspect it was, then you should tread carefully. That person has a long, long history of spreading outright lies about black men. This does not mean, however, that what you heard about West wasn't true but the Atlanta source who I suspect is a known liar.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_16:19:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10827531, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10824654": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I used to have so much respect for these \"Afro-Intellectuals\" (especially brother West), but more and more I'm finding them to be just as \"me-minded\" as brothers Sharpton and Jackson, just not as poetic (though certainly more verbose).  In this Joshua Generation of the new black leadership, these gentlemen are showing themselves to be petty and self severing.  It's heart breaking to see this kind of behavior from men of their caliber.  <br><br>I find it alarming that these people, who are supposed to be so smart, all got the WRONG idea of what the President was supposed to be do for the black community as opposed to all Americans.  I'll say it again; Obama is not the President of the Black States of America.  He must look out for the interests of us all, that's his job, that's why he was elected (and not just by us black folk).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_22:13:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "MrNoface", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10944463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And the gloating continues.<br><br>For someone who is non-deserving of your attention, you just can't seem to, well, forgo the  attention.<br><br>(Yawn)<br><br>NEXT.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_16:08:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10943908, "depth": 10, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10813904": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, maybe West doesn't see the White House as a place of actual power.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_16:28:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10821587": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "JunePearl:   Heeeeeey!    :&gt;)<br><br>Mega-co-sign!!   :&gt;)<br><br>\"WHYCOME\" he didn't look into ONA his or somebody's book and get a CREDITABLE QUOTE IFFFF he need somethin' \"INTELLECTUAL\" 2 say!??<br><br>DANG!!   ***shakin' my head***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_20:03:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10820924, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Leave Sharpton out of this. He has refused to offer even the least bit of critique of Obama. He hardly even mentions him on his radio show. When listeners call in and attack Obama, it is usually a defense. <br><br>Jesse Jackson....is he alive...seriously? Where is he? Not that I am necessarily looking for him? He needs to stay wherever he is because he is embarassing.<br><br>Tavis Smiley is a corporate opportunist.<br><br>Michael Eric Dyson tries to talk as fast as possible so it seems like he is saying a lot but when you break it down, it isn't that much.<br><br>Cornel West may have spent some time in a crack house because he sorta looks like it. He probably really enjoyed it there.<br><br>However I will please, please, please, please, please kindly ask black people to refrain from the usually squabbles and character assassinations. People have faults which is why we should not be discussing people. ...keep it to the issues. It is crap like this why we are still spinning in the same circles we have been for 100 years +.<br><br>Booker T. Washington vs Web DuBois<br><br>Marcus Garvey vs. W.E.B. DuBois and A. Phillip Randolph<br><br>Malcolm X vs. Martin Luther King<br><br>Black Panthers Vs. US Organization<br><br>these are just a few, a very few but most notable.<br><br>These fights have gotten ugly and in the process, we have managed to marginalize ourselves.<br><br>The white dominant community launches their attacks to silence, demobilize and marginalize us and we cannot even attempt a united front. We cannot even fake it. Ignore these people and make your voice louder if it is worth hearing.<br><br>Verdict on Cornel West: tasteless...if this was meant to be funny, it was not. It makes him lose all credibility. <br><br>However I do ot like the title on Elon White's article its a offensive blanket generalization.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:05:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10815991, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10815455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Perhaps, but it really doesn't seem that deep. He could have very well said the same thing you said (vague as it may be) to get his point across. Saying he'd rather be in a crack house is something that a jealous simpleton would say. Not the intellectual he claims to be.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:13:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10815144, "depth": 3, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10843616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFLMAO! I was so not expecting that....LMAO", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_14:30:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10843353, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10824614": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm pretty sure Dr. Boyce Watkins did, I distinctly remember a column he did about it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_22:11:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10824311, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10845159": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You did not get what I was saying. Obama (which is well documented) reached out to \"notable\" black people in order to get them to canvas for him. Of course blacks vote for Democrats in the election but at that point, Obama was trying to become the democratic candidate for the election. Hillary Clinton still had a chunk of the black vote. A split in the black vote would not have been good for Obama so he did a lot of outreach back in 2007 to generate more support. <br><br>These are facts. I am not making it up. <br><br>P.S. when you say world, what do you mean? I only know of one world which is the one that exists on Earth. Scientists are still trying to see if there is life on other planets and in other galaxies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_15:48:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10843747, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10942440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "First off, as I have already pointed out, your far-fetched and unsubstantiated claims that I am a homophobe are rooted in a lie...so apparently you know nothing FACTUAL about me.  But my challenge for you to bring up even one instance where i referred to homosexuals as \"misfits\" still stands....of course I know what the end result of that will be....you will not find one.<br><br>But what I do know is that your non-belief in religion is your conclusion, which is fine...but your mean-spirited attacks on those who believe in their religious ideas is plain ridiculous and is rooted in bigotry and festers itself almost everyday on this political forum...and there is no denying that, your mean-spiritedness is available for all to see.<br><br>and furthermore...me and others have supposedly created a mythology of you...wow, do you think you matter that much....I have only responded as a result of your snide remarks and observed, you are not EVEN a subject to be pondered or thoroughly considered in my view....<br><br>and please, I pay as much attention to you as  I do every comment that I read here from others as well,last time I checked, this is a forum in which ideas are exchanged/shared ...there is nothing particularly special/extraordinary about you in case you thought  I felt that way...<br><br>and with this, it's over..move on please.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-15_15:19:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10940693, "depth": 8, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10845832": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL,<br><br>I'm probably mistaken because the person I was referring to would never pass up the opportunity to attend Smiley's Kneegrow Super Bowl event and pontificate. You wrote that you had not seen your source at this event since 2005. I think that rules out my suspect.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_16:28:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10827531, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10846700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I say this with love, a smile on my face...<br><br>BITCH, please.<br><br>and yet I still think you're cool, if a bit self-serving :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_17:02:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10846362, "depth": 4, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10845174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree with your take Truthseeker however the way in which Cornel West articulated it was tasteless.<br><br>However I do agree with you completely.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-13_15:50:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10813904, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10815991": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Maybe the people sacrificing Black interest are the self-anointed saviors of it in the first place.\"<br>---<br>This. <br><br>All throughout the primary season and the general election Andrew Sullivan wrote extensively about the \"end of all that.\" That being identity politics. There are people, whether they realize it or not, that have benefited from pain.People like Al Sharpton and Dyson that need to be the mouthpiece for the black community. If THEY don't like it they we're not supposed to like it. If THEY deem someone an uncle Tom or sell out or someone that isn't fulfilling their plans for the black race than that person needs to be taken out. <br><br>I still have respect for Dr. West. He is an intelligent and insightful person but there is nothing wrong with calling things like they are and at this moment the good Dr. is wrong.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:30:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "miss_opinion", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10815480": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Crab in a barrel syndrome... Indeed.<br><br>Folks need to give Obama some time, despite the incessant wailing of the Chicken Little wing-nutz crew and imminent pronouncements of disaster driven by each and every policy.<br><br>Insofar as black folks wanting to be critical of the Obama Administration - fine. There are certainly things being done by this Administration I don't agree with. However, I don't have the sanctified hubris to get my head far enough up my ass to discount that despite my disagreement -the Administration may indeed be right.<br><br>However, thinking that somehow the presence of a American President who happens to be black is  a \"get America fixed for black folks\" card is asinine. For an intellect of West's caliber to believe it is exactly the sort of misallocated hubris resulting in obtuse cranial-rectal impaction which years ago reached pandemic status among conservatives ...<br><br>And apparently some black intellectuals.<br><br>Especially when the roof is caving in over all of us due to the foul and misguided policies of the last 8 years of conservative misrule and corruption.<br><br>So if West and/or the rest of his Mayberry U crew want to escape to that crack house - we'll certainly miss the potential contribution of their intellectual greatness to the body politic - but to rephrase Einsteins quote about inspiration and perspiration - great intellect is 10% pure genius...<br><br>And 90% pure lack of common sense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_17:14:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "BTx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 12, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10813946": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't wait to see the comments on this thread. Oh yeah, rikyrah, please don't forget to add \"Obama Derangement Syndrome\" to the tags.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-12_16:29:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "21434553", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -4167369158387853755}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 126, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 21434553, "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=cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please' +
		'&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/cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please/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='	+ 'cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please'
			+ '&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/cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please/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">126</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please/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/cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please/">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:21434553" 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/cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please/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:21434553" 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:21434553" 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'				: 'cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please',
			// 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/cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please/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='	+ 'cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please'
			+ '&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='	+ 'cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please'
			+ '&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='		+ 'cornel_west_would_rather_be_in_8220a_crack_house_than_the_white_house8221_kneegrow_please'
				+ '&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/21434553/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-10815480">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10815480" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10815480" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10815480" href="http://btx3.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BTx</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10815480" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10815480" class="dsq-comment-message">Crab in a barrel syndrome... Indeed.<br><br>Folks need to give Obama some time, despite the incessant wailing of the Chicken Little wing-nutz crew and imminent pronouncements of disaster driven by each and every policy.<br><br>Insofar as black folks wanting to be critical of the Obama Administration - fine. There are certainly things being done by this Administration I don\'t agree with. However, I don\'t have the sanctified hubris to get my head far enough up my ass to discount that despite my disagreement -the Administration may indeed be right.<br><br>However, thinking that somehow the presence of a American President who happens to be black is  a "get America fixed for black folks" card is asinine. For an intellect of West\'s caliber to believe it is exactly the sort of misallocated hubris resulting in obtuse cranial-rectal impaction which years ago reached pandemic status among conservatives ...<br><br>And apparently some black intellectuals.<br><br>Especially when the roof is caving in over all of us due to the foul and misguided policies of the last 8 years of conservative misrule and corruption.<br><br>So if West and/or the rest of his Mayberry U crew want to escape to that crack house - we\'ll certainly miss the potential contribution of their intellectual greatness to the body politic - but to rephrase Einsteins quote about inspiration and perspiration - great intellect is 10% pure genius...<br><br>And 90% pure lack of common sense.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10821481">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10821481" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10821481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821481">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10821481" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821481" class="dsq-comment-message">BTx:   Ya mean - - <a href="http://rlv.zazzle.com/crabs_in_a_barrel_card-p137125792842061723v1qr_325.jpg" rel="nofollow">LIKE THIS?</a>   :&gt;)<br><br>With all due respect to the "CRABS!"<br><br>I\'m SAD 4 him that his ANALOGY <b>surpasses</b> his "intellect" in this case!!<br><br>***shakin\' my head really hard****<br><br>Annnnnnnnd,  . . your statement. . .<br><br><i>. . sort of misallocated hubris resulting in obtuse cranial-rectal impaction which years ago reached pandemic status among conservatives ...</i><br><br>LUV IT!!!     :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10816160">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10816160" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10816160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10816160">APeach</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10816160" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10816160" class="dsq-comment-message">"For an intellect of West\'s caliber to believe it is exactly the sort of misallocated hubris resulting in obtuse cranial-rectal impaction which years ago reached pandemic status among conservatives ...<br><br>And apparently some black intellectuals."<br><br>Stop it, stop it! LOL!!! :)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10817037">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10817037" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10817037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10817037" href="http://btx3.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BTx</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10817037" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10817037" class="dsq-comment-message">And I didn\'t even get into the deadly HNIC flu, afflicting black conservative which brought RNC Chair Michael Steele to cry out in delirium "God save the white man"...<br><br>From a little 5\' tall middle aged Hispanic lady, who as one lone vote among 9 might bring the entire judicial system to it\'s knees by letting loose the righteous wrath of the evil demon...<br><br>La Raza.<br><br>Woe... Indeed.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10814799">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10814799" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10814799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10814799">coop10</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10814799" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10814799" class="dsq-comment-message">The black intelligentsia is at times disingenuous. I\'m speaking in generalities here, but Dr. West and his ilk pretend to speak for the "black masses" while at the same time enjoying elite lifestyles, perks, and privileges. <br>  I don\'t see Dr. West et al working at inner-city schools or teaching at black colleges, or really doing anything to get their fingernails dirty. What I do see is their loving the sound of their voice. Dyson in particular is very self-conscious of his rhetorical displays to the detriment of deep, structural change. <br>   Many in the black intelligentsia are disdainful of "ordinary blacks" and feel more comfortable around liberal whites, where they can then play the role of the black spokesmen. <br>  Because of his skin color,  President Obama is negotiating a political minefield never before faced by an American president. Any misstep and he can forget a second term. On top of his trying to survive the daily constant daily daggers, he now has to answer to the black intelligentsia who, in my opinion, really don\'t care about the black community, but want to put on a show of caring about the black community, so that it makes them look good and stay relevant</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10815378">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10815378" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10815378" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10815378">APeach</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10815378" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10815378" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign all day long.<br><br>Who does he think he\'s fooling? He wouldn\'t go to the WH? He knows he wouldn\'t be ASKED. <br><br>And while that may be all that he can stand--with his academic cred and all--he needs to stop with pseudo-nationalist crap. It\'s so 1991. He knows full well that he\'ll be getting his party on at the annual CBC shindig in September like he\'s done before...not that there\'s anything wrong with that! :) <br><br>But then he shouldn\'t turn around and front like he\'s so down when Wells Fargo has been paying the bill.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10819882" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10819882" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10819882">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10819882" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10819882" class="dsq-comment-message">For me, this is what\'s important:<br><br>"Because of his skin color, President Obama is negotiating a political minefield never before faced by an American president. Any misstep and he can forget a second term. On top of his trying to survive the daily constant daily daggers, he now has to answer to the black intelligentsia who, in my opinion, really don\'t care about the black community, but want to put on a show of caring about the black community, so that it makes them look good and stay relevant."<br><br>And just exactly who are they looking good and staying relevant for?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10821492" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10821492" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821492">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10821492" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821492" class="dsq-comment-message">Each other.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10824090" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10824090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10824090" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10824090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10824090" class="dsq-comment-message">And that ladies and gentlemen is the truth in two words.<br><br>I go to tons of conferences, my parents are doing research that propel them to the top of their field of research, people in academia are writing and transforming the knowledge base of the world. But no one is looking.<br><br>The only people who are paying attention are the other people who are doing the same thing. And we know it. That\'s why most people in academia tend to be tounge in cheek with themselves. But there are those who have lost themselves in their intelligence and have forgotton just because you know a lot about a little, does not mean you know a little about a lot. Life outside of the book is a whole \'nother ballgame.<br><br>Who are they staying relevant for? Each other.<br><br><br>Well said Miranda, well said.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10824599" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10824599" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10824599">Miranda</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10824599" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10824599" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks....when I read some of the "leading economists" take on what to do to turnaround the economy...I\'m always inclined to believe they are so far away from the real world they may as well be from Mars....they\'re so lost in "theory" and hearing the sound of just THEIR voices.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10826563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10826563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10826563">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10826563" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10826563" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10814981" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10814981" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10814981">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10814981" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10814981" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!  Dr. West has always been "eccentric", but this is truly bizarre thinking.  I\'ve been equal parts amused and enraged by the reactions of the left, right and everyone in btwn w/respect to The President.  It seems that Barack Obama has been and continues to be a catalyst for all the toxins and poisons buried beneath the surface in America.<br><br>We are getting deep into Crabs In A Barrel territory w/the SOBU crew.  I wonder what they\'d have to say about Corp. Sponsor Wells Fargo and its targeting of black neighborhoods for predatory lending?  Still no word from SOBU Brotha Train on that one eh?  They all stink to high heaven and I\'m done w/their condescension.<br><br>One of the things that has pissed me off for the past year is the attitude of some that we must all be blind, deaf and dumb for supporting The President.  They can stick their "accountability" up their collective a$$ when they attempt to demonize Obama and remain silent about so many issues plaguing Black Folk.<br><br>Phuck \'em all...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10819944" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10819944" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10819944" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10819944" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10819944" class="dsq-comment-message">Chuuuurch!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10821641" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10821641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821641">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10821641" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821641" class="dsq-comment-message">SDG:   U!   JUST!   SPEAK!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10814345" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10814345" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10814345">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10814345" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10814345" class="dsq-comment-message">Is it possible they are inflicted with envy but can\'t admit it so they find other ways to act out their feelings?   Maybe these people think they are more deserving or smarter and don\'t like that a young smart black guy has become the most powerful man in the world plus he\'s so popular world wide.    Just my humble opinion, I\'m thinking jealousy.   I know it sounds too simple, but, I\'ve seen jealousy make people behave in some odd ways.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10821030" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10821030" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821030">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10821030" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821030" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it\'s interesting most of these dudes dissing Obama feel they need to rap or rhyme about it, from MC Steele to Lil\' Dyson.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10823527" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10823527" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10823527">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10823527" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823527" class="dsq-comment-message">that is funny</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10823993" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10823993" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10823993" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10823993" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823993" class="dsq-comment-message">But young people only listen to hip hop and we do jive talking slang. It\'s not like any of us have degrees, families that we actually try to shield from hip hop\'s worst, or have an investment in our future.<br><br><br>We\'re all just wearing our jeans real low and listening to the latest Asher Roth and Drizzy (ok, I love Jimmy Drake\'s overhyped self. Gotta call myself out on that one, lol!)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10817781">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10817781" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10817781" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10817781">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10817781" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10817781" class="dsq-comment-message">You said that in the most respectful way ever....you really did. <br><br>I\'m not that nice....................they\'re acting like lil PUNKS!!!!!! lil whiny snot-nosed PUNKS.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10820290" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10820290" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10820290">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10820290" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10820290" class="dsq-comment-message">....Punk Ass Bitches.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10823465" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10823465" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10823465">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10823465" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823465" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks, I understand your feelings.   hey, I know I haven\'t always done well in conveying my disagreements.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10816009" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10816009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10816009">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10816009" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10816009" class="dsq-comment-message">If Cornel West would rather be in a crack house than White House, then I challenge him to hurry his azz down to the bank house (Wells Fargo, for one) and cuss their mofo-ing azzes  out<br><br>.......and then I forgot.......you and Tavis Smiley won\'t dare disrespect your SOTBU pimps...a run of the mill whore always know their place....the coon patrol won\'t dare mess up that dolla dolla flow.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10818662" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10818662" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10818662" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10818662" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10818662" class="dsq-comment-message">First of all, let\'s be clear these are PSEUDO-INTELLIGENTSIA men hiding behind degrees but who are as ignorant as the day is long. I have yet to see any of them step up to the plate to discuss gender equality or defend Black women - esp in the case of West who was curiously SILENT when his colleague at Princeton, Dr. Yolanda Pierce was verbally lynched by Princeton Theological students in a newsletter. To which the administration still did ZERO about.<br><br>Now I have my pragmatic hat on when it comes to President Obama but I respect his role. I voted for him after all. I think more should be done but that will be largely up to Black people to organize. Since we can\'t seem to agree on many things for very long I don\'t know how that\'s going to happen any time soon.<br><br>These men are the flip side of Reverend Inc., the men who never met a criminal they won\'t defend if it\'s a Black male (if you\'re a BW you\'re on your own!), a tv camera they won\'t jump in front of and a cheap lunch as a quasi-payoff they won\'t refuse. <br><br>I have one question. Where\'s Harold Ford. Now he\'s been quiet lately - and that concerns me....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10822777" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10822777" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10822777">Leota2</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10822777" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10822777" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe the Dark Sith is laying low waiting for whatever career building political debris to fall his way.  He\'s usually so off base he\'ll need a snack before he gets back into the fray.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10822720" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10822720" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10822720" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10822720" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10822720" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, at least in the case of Dr.West....well...hmm how shall I say this... I don\'t know if all the rumors are true, but he doesn\'t exactly have the best track record with women...lemme put it that way.<br><br>Oh, and don\'t get it twisted, academia is the last bastion of the patriarchy. Look at the number of female administrators (the real position of power at the university level). I mean, even a board of trustees is looking like the Supreme Court circa 1955.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10842530" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10842530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10842530" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10842530" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10842530" class="dsq-comment-message">I will say that I hear you heartsandflowers but Michael Eric Dyson has spoken up about sexism, male patriarchy and the de-valuing of black women. While not enough, I will give him credit for what he has done.<br><br>Nonetheless, I agree that there is a great deal of silence on that topic coming from these individuals.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10843809" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10843809" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10843809" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10843809" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843809" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah I know he did it once. But he undermines it with everything else he does</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10814623" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10814623" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10814623">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10814623" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10814623" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I remember the exact moment I ‘fell out’ with Dyson. It was when I watched a Black man with a PhD sit on national tv, defending the use of the word NIGGER by Black folk.</i><br><br>Same here. And he kept referring to himself as a "nigger" over and over again. It was ridiculous. <br><br><i>I’ll go into the crack house before I ever go that far inside.</i><br><br>And yet he co-signs Tavis\' involvement with corporations that have hurt the black community?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10824311" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10824311" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10824311" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10824311" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10824311" class="dsq-comment-message">Y\'all remember that big ole Wal-Mart sign from the Black State of the Union awhile back? I was like daaaaaaaaaaang, nobody is questioning the money. Actually, I think Sharpton did, but he did it indirectly and no one followed up on it. But still.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10824614" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10824614" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10824614">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10824614" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10824614" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m pretty sure Dr. Boyce Watkins did, I distinctly remember a column he did about it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10820924" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10820924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10820924" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10820924" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10820924" class="dsq-comment-message">The make academia look bad. So very, very bad. MY parents are both part of what I call The Ebony Tower (both with PhDs and professors at a Research I institution), please believe me: We don\'t all think like this. We are not all self-involved, demanding, and thrilled with our own self-importance. Please do not think these men represent academia.<br><br>West lost me awhile back. Trust me, I recognize ego a mile away.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10821587" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10821587" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821587">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10821587" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821587" class="dsq-comment-message">JunePearl:   Heeeeeey!    :&gt;)<br><br>Mega-co-sign!!   :&gt;)<br><br>"WHYCOME" he didn\'t look into ONA his or somebody\'s book and get a CREDITABLE QUOTE IFFFF he need somethin\' "INTELLECTUAL" 2 say!??<br><br>DANG!!   ***shakin\' my head***</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10822664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10822664" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10822664" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10822664" class="dsq-comment-message">GREENLADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEYY!!!! They said you were ill, I\'m so glad you\'re back. I said some prayers for ya hun!<br><br>But yeah, this dude right here, a real piece of work.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10823476" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10823476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10823476">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10823476" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823476" class="dsq-comment-message">JunePearl:   HEEEEEY!   :&gt;)<br><br>Still remediatin\'.   But I was given some "POSTIN\' TIME 2-day!!   YAAAAA!<br><br><a href="http://www.commentnation.com/comments/thanks_red_glitter_heart.gif" rel="nofollow">THANK U!  Keep-a-prayin\'!  LUV U!</a>   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10826642" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10826642" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10826642" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10826642" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10826642" class="dsq-comment-message">I will dear. And I know you\'re all grown up and stuff, but  we worry, lol! Take care of yourself, don\'t push too hard :O)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10815653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10815653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10815653">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10815653" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10815653" class="dsq-comment-message">I really don\'t have much to say on this issue except these guys are so damn predictable. Him Dyson and Tavis Smile in your face and stab you in your back<br><br><a href="http://Iamverybroke.com" rel="nofollow">Iamverybroke.com</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10821283" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821283">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821283" class="dsq-comment-message">Gunns 3000:   Hey!    :&gt;)   ***extendin\' my hand***  PLEASED ta meet-cha!   :&gt;)<br><br>Have I got a <b>2-fer</b> 4  U!   :&gt;)<br><br>+    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c" rel="nofollow"><b>the o\'jays-back stabbers</b></a>   :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnnnnd,. . . . . .<br><br>+  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV69WBvFGBA&feature=related" rel="nofollow"><b>Smiling Faces Undisputed Truth</b></a><br><br><b>CAN U DIGGIT??</b>    :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)   ***gettin my DANCE ON****     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10826426" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10826426" class="dsq-comment-message">Welcome back, Green Lady.  I\'ve been sending up prayers for you; glad to know I can still get one in to The Man on your behalf!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11817622">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11817622" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL: HEEEEEY!   :&gt;)  YA GOT THA-ROUGH!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.commentnation.com/comments/thanks_red_glitter_heart.gif" rel="nofollow">THANKS!!  LUV YA!!</a>   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10843170" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10843170" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843170" class="dsq-comment-message">How are these people backstabbers?<br><br>Cornel West made how he felt about Obama clear back in 2007 at the State of the Black Union when he questioned Obama\'s loyalties. He backtracked when Obama reached out to him. Obama reached out to him to get the black vote as he did with every other black public intellectual and well-known individual. Then when he secured the black vote, he could care less. Now people like West and Dyson feel "used" and they are lashing out.<br><br>Big deal.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10843747">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843747" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually, I was just having fun with Mr. Accountability\'s name.  I don\'t know what world you are in Rhonda black folks vote for Democrats in Presidential elections in the 90% range anyway.  Barack didn\'t need any of these slick talking negroes(Dyson,West or Smiley face).  And someone better not reply to my post by saying well if they didn\'t endorse him they were going to endorse Hillary. LOL.  Bill Clinton was doing a great job self destructing her campaign so I don\'t want to hear it.<br><br><a href="http://Iamverybroke.com" rel="nofollow">Iamverybroke.com</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10845159" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10845159" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10845159" class="dsq-comment-message">You did not get what I was saying. Obama (which is well documented) reached out to "notable" black people in order to get them to canvas for him. Of course blacks vote for Democrats in the election but at that point, Obama was trying to become the democratic candidate for the election. Hillary Clinton still had a chunk of the black vote. A split in the black vote would not have been good for Obama so he did a lot of outreach back in 2007 to generate more support. <br><br>These are facts. I am not making it up. <br><br>P.S. when you say world, what do you mean? I only know of one world which is the one that exists on Earth. Scientists are still trying to see if there is life on other planets and in other galaxies.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10845456" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10845456">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10845456" class="dsq-comment-message">The only reason why the polls looked like they did before is because some blacks were hesitant to vote for him in the primaries because they weren\'t sure if he would win the general election.  Once they realized he would win it was a wrap for Hillary Clinton.  I don\'t care if he reached out or not he didn\'t need the 3 stooges.  Do you remember in the primaries how Tavis Smiley face got his panties in a bunch because Obama wouldn\'t attend his Negro Super Bowl.  Hillary attended and Obama wanted to send his wife and Tavis through a hissy fit.  Do you really believe the election would have turned out any differently if it wasn\'t for Soul Glo, Smiley Face and Skeletal Negro.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10838423" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10838423">EdnaMae</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10838423" class="dsq-comment-message">West can get back to me once he gets a good haircut and some new glasses, that 60\'s radical look is stale. Tavis, he can get back to me when he stops talking with a mouthful of food every time he is on the air. and, Dyson, he can get back to me when he is able to speak like a normal person, not someone in a speed talking contest. And, all these two bit chumps need to step as the young folks say, they have been yakking for years and less than 2% of all Americans even know who they are.<br><br>But, Obama has his hands full, getting it from the blacks \'pundits\' and the gays big time the past few weeks for what I guess they see as not paying them special attention since they were the only reason he got elected, the rest of the country does not matter or the real issues he\'s working on, he is going to have a long 4 years in office.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10842944">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10842944" class="dsq-comment-message">The SotomayOR appointment will buy him 8 years baring he fixes the economy and produces jobs. If his 2nd Supreme Court appointment is a white woman, he is a definite shoo-in.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10843500">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843500" class="dsq-comment-message">"Dyson, he can get back to me when he is able to speak like a normal person"<br><br><br>*dead*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10824654">MrNoface</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10824654" class="dsq-comment-message">I used to have so much respect for these "Afro-Intellectuals" (especially brother West), but more and more I\'m finding them to be just as "me-minded" as brothers Sharpton and Jackson, just not as poetic (though certainly more verbose).  In this Joshua Generation of the new black leadership, these gentlemen are showing themselves to be petty and self severing.  It\'s heart breaking to see this kind of behavior from men of their caliber.  <br><br>I find it alarming that these people, who are supposed to be so smart, all got the WRONG idea of what the President was supposed to be do for the black community as opposed to all Americans.  I\'ll say it again; Obama is not the President of the Black States of America.  He must look out for the interests of us all, that\'s his job, that\'s why he was elected (and not just by us black folk).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10828120" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10828120">DoctorRoger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10828120" class="dsq-comment-message">I used to have respect for West.  I remember when I lost it: it was during a lecture at Vanderbilt that devolved into a bunch of preacherisms (I thought I had gone through a space-time warp and had been deposited in a Baptist church on First Sunday) and a whole lot of "blame white folks for EVERYthing"--including homophobia in African American communities.  It was a hot mess.  <br><br>I remember when I went from being irritated with West to straight-up being pissed off when he would speak: it was the infamous SOBTU (or, as I call it ClapFest 2000) when Smiley and West were going OFF on Obama for not announcing his candidacy there.  West was being all righteous about where Obama\'s financing was coming from--THIS, at the SOBTU with "Wells Fargo" and "McDonald\'s" and "Wal-Mart" logos behind his ratty afro.  I was done with him.  <br><br>My problem with these crabs is that their naked ambition is as tied to racism as that of any opportunistic white supremacist.  They love playing racial misery pimps--it\'s what keeps them in the public eye, as media outlets like CNN (hey, Black In America!) just LOVE to talk about Black folk as though we\'re all living in two room shanties and eating gub\'mint cheese. Also, these crabs hitched their wagon to Hillary Clinton\'s star and Obama\'s ascendancy shut them out.  With Obama in office, the way in which they want to maintain their public profile is by criticizing him--not on his policies, but on his "blackness," as though they\'ve become the Arbiters of Blackness and Grand Poobahs of All Negritude.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10816440">AM2k9</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10816440" class="dsq-comment-message">I keep wondering: Just what exactly does the JJP considers to be legitimate criticism of Obama? \'cause it seems that dissenting views on Obama arent just welcome...and I\'m not talking about some fringe lunatic stuff like the Karmi and D be throwing around.  Nor am I talking about the Rush Limbaugh type of stuff either.  I\'m talking about the bailing out of executives but nothing for homeowners.  I\'m talking about the spread of war into Pakistan (something NOT EVEN BUSH DID).  I\'m talking about the escalation of war and the killing of civilians in Afghanistan.  I\'m talking about refusing to prosecute on torture.  I\'m talking about the continued using of mercenaries (Blackwater and them) in Iraq. I\'m talking about ZERO signs of withdrawing troops from Iraq.  Are any of these legitimate criticisms of Obama? <br><br>To be honest, the biggest criticisms I\'ve seen on Obama came from his invite of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural prayer (and those were mostly related to Warren\'s views on Gay marriage and abortion).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10820994">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10820994" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>\'cause it seems that dissenting views on Obama arent just welcome</i><br><br>Not true. But I will say that I think it\'s suspicious when folks ONLY post criticisms of PBO.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821677">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821677" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia, you are PREACHIN the truth with that one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10846362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10846362">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10846362" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah...the conspiracy theorist.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10846700">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10846700" class="dsq-comment-message">I say this with love, a smile on my face...<br><br>BITCH, please.<br><br>and yet I still think you\'re cool, if a bit self-serving :)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10889035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10889035">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10889035" class="dsq-comment-message">I think homophobes who refer to homosexuals as "misfits" are the scum of the earth, not worthy of time or attention.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10897804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10897804">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10897804" class="dsq-comment-message">You grow funnier by the day, and it\'s a shame because I actually thought some of your poetry /writing was good work<br><br>Take any consensus here and  you will find I have never written ANYTHING homophobic on this site or elsewhere....and I challenge you to look up my history of comments here, you will NEVER find me call homosexuals ANY name here...sorry, you threw out the wrong accusation this time, you might want to keep a better track of those you choose  to target<br><br>It is also fitting that the question I asked about the legal activities/actions the Gay community has taken in this country was one that you  could not/did not even provide an answer to...<br><br>But it\'s apparent that you often come here to pick your little fights, become a neo-Nazi of sorts and criticize people on everything from religion to the type of questioning they ask here...<br><br>And then I remember, you are the one who claims your nipples harden when you engage in these little combative episodes that you do....I guess some of us have to engage in other unconventional ways to achieve erotica and sensation....<br><br>So please dear,  what I do know for sure is the only opinion of me that matters and is of supreme importance  is the one I have of myself...<br><br>Go fuck with, intimidate, and name-call  your usual enemies.....it is becoming quite clear you have become a one-woman, bitter pill chewing maniac that lives beneath the scum of the earth.<br><br>I hope you gain your own inner peace, that way you can not stay busy casting your venom on other folks.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10940693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10940693">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10940693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10940693" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t have to point out the contradictions here, do I?<br><br>You and others have created a larger than life mythology surrounding who you think I am...a story that projects and highlights your own insecurities...Jealous, bitter, lonely..they offer me sympathy, pity, accuse me of assaulting them...hmm.   Clearly, you know nothing factual about me.  So where is this information coming from, but from you?<br><br>What you think of my writing should be kept to yourself and pondered within the secret places of your heart, if you must ponder it.  .....and I think you\'re paying far too close attention to me for comfort, or for your own good.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10942440" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10942440">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10942440" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10942440" class="dsq-comment-message">First off, as I have already pointed out, your far-fetched and unsubstantiated claims that I am a homophobe are rooted in a lie...so apparently you know nothing FACTUAL about me.  But my challenge for you to bring up even one instance where i referred to homosexuals as "misfits" still stands....of course I know what the end result of that will be....you will not find one.<br><br>But what I do know is that your non-belief in religion is your conclusion, which is fine...but your mean-spirited attacks on those who believe in their religious ideas is plain ridiculous and is rooted in bigotry and festers itself almost everyday on this political forum...and there is no denying that, your mean-spiritedness is available for all to see.<br><br>and furthermore...me and others have supposedly created a mythology of you...wow, do you think you matter that much....I have only responded as a result of your snide remarks and observed, you are not EVEN a subject to be pondered or thoroughly considered in my view....<br><br>and please, I pay as much attention to you as  I do every comment that I read here from others as well,last time I checked, this is a forum in which ideas are exchanged/shared ...there is nothing particularly special/extraordinary about you in case you thought  I felt that way...<br><br>and with this, it\'s over..move on please.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10943908" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10943908">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10943908" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10943908" class="dsq-comment-message">The conversations always end in exactly the same way..."TruthSeeker, lets move on"..."TruthSeeker, you\'re assaulting me with your words, so I\'ll LET you have this one"..."TruthSeeker, you\'re being mean to me by pointing out the flaws in my logic, I\'m through with you!"..."TruthSeeker, don\'t demonstrate my hypocrisy to me, you\'re just bitter and lonely!"<br><br>Christianity, as practiced, IS bigotry.  Yet, they are so sensitive to any challenge of their <i>lifestyle</i>.<br><br>They cannot see themselves from where they are..upon morality\'s mountaintop .  So, It falls to me to reflect their own image back to them.   That is, until some other shiny object distracts my attention.<br><br>Let them gird up their loins, and defend their own beliefs...if they think it needs defending.<br><br>As for homophobia, it is as valid an accusation as yours that I am bitter.<br>Nuance is no fun if you have to explain it.<br><br>Yes, YOU move on, and mind your own business; I\'m working here.<br><br>And by the way...nipple hardening is an autonomic response....nothing at all to do with erotica.  <br><br>Naughty naughty, monie.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10944463" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10944463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10944463">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10944463" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10944463" class="dsq-comment-message">And the gloating continues.<br><br>For someone who is non-deserving of your attention, you just can\'t seem to, well, forgo the  attention.<br><br>(Yawn)<br><br>NEXT.....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10951512" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10951512" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10951512">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10951512" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10951512" class="dsq-comment-message">Adding to the mythology again?<br><br>Why is it important to you that the character you\'ve created <i>wants</i> your attention?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10951976" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10951976" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10951976">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10951976" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10951976" class="dsq-comment-message">You previously wrote this response to me:<br><br><i>I think homophobes who refer to homosexuals as "misfits" are the scum of the earth, not worthy of time or attention.</i><br><br>It is clear you do not even  believe the bullshit that you write, your faux assertions about me or you would have given up this tired ass tirade a while ago...<br><br>you\'re quite pathological, I see....a zealot indeed.<br><br>Quite sad actually...<br><br>and another (Yawn)<br><br>your petty tactics and rumblings have become boring and predictable,<br><br>NEXT....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10952525">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10952525" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe it as much as you <i>believe</i> I am bitter, or sad.<br><br>There\'s that crazy nuance thing again.<br><br>I believe it as much as you believe your own words that the response 2 responses ago was your final response to me.<br><br>Now the mythological giant is "pathological".  Has your character disappointed you, monie?   Has she failed to live up to your expectations?<br><br>Yes, I am taunting you now.. because you have failed to live up to my high expectations.   You have allowed intellectual lightweights to colour your perceptions.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10953022">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10953022" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah....the conspiracy theorist.....who believes that I have actually created a "character"about you...you do not warrant fictional character building....I deal in truth, written words, and the truth IS you are purposely here just to antagonize daily ...most are privy to your shit....the gloating, the feeling of importance that you get from your "taunting"...how 4th grade of you....oh, and I accidentally pressed the "like" button on your juvenile reply above....<br><br>who are these intellectual lightweights you speak of, care to indulge....<br><br>be aware, I  form my own opinions very well, no one here or elsewhere has to color my perceptions, even though I know you feel on your so-called perch that most here are brainwashed..that is part of the problem of being a zealot...those nasty, ill-guided aspersions that you cast.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10953395">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10953395" class="dsq-comment-message">What else is what you say but character building...it\'s not based on any facts.   How on earth would you know whether I feel bitter?<br><br>Just because you FEEL antagonized by me, doesn\'t follow logically that that is my goal.  That would be ascribing mythological powers to me..<br><br>As for the "like" button, who\'s counting with those things...are you?<br><br>They\'re not brainwashed exactly..they\'re cultivating their own ignorance.<br><br>This thread is finished.  It was fun kicking your ass.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10953556">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10953556" class="dsq-comment-message">hmmmmm...You kicked my ass..<br><br>funny, am I supposed to say <br>"Ouch?"<br><br>Prove  it where I called Gays "misfits"<br>and I\'m a homophobe..<br><br>it is quite deceptive to delare yourself a Truthseeker when you deal in lies and fallacy.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10905346">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10905346" class="dsq-comment-message">Heh...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10842639" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10842639" class="dsq-comment-message">Why is it suspicious....why can\'t someone disagree constructively?<br><br>I tend to agree with AM2k9, dissent is not welcome here which is why I have been commenting and coming here less and less. <br><br>Being attacked by the hounds on this thread is not fun for simply stating certain disgreements.<br><br>I spend more time defending Obama against silly attacks coming from the right because truth is Obama is center right so its ironic how idiots are still screaming socialist and radical. However when he does something that I disagree with, I will be vocal about it. Why not?<br><br>What I find suspicious is people\'s inability to criticize him when necessary.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10848699">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10848699" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Why is it suspicious....why can\'t someone disagree constructively?</i><br><br>No where in my statement did I say that people can\'t disagree constructively. You can but when one\'s sole purpose is to ONLY criticize and complain, then you\'re suspect. <br><br><i>Being attacked by the hounds on this thread is not fun for simply stating certain disgreements.</i><br><br>I find this ironic coming from you. There have been many a posts by you attacking folk just like you claim you\'re being attacked. <br><br><i>What I find suspicious is people\'s inability to criticize him when necessary.</i><br>I agree. However, that\'s not the case here at JJP, as rikyrah have pointed out.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10818377">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10818377" class="dsq-comment-message">First off, troops will be leaving Iraq...that is why you have seen spikes in violence in some area....everything concerning our troops movements is not always broadcast for their safety....that\'s for one.<br><br>And I\'m not sure you know many who have served, as you have been a FREQUENT TROOP BASHER, especially your Memorial Day diatribe, which was very tasteless by the way, but maybe you may want to acquaint yourself with someone who serves, get a real human perspective, and you might even learn a little about the missions, many of which the majority of our troops perform as their jobs, but do not craft.<br><br>Secondly as far as Pakistan, George Bush for YEARS gave Musharaff heaps of money to continue and support the extremist military regime there....to our detriment, Pakistanis and India.  Now of course no one likes to see civilian casualties, but the pressure being put on the extremist factions byt the Pakistan government FINALLY is what is leading to this surge of violence......but I just hope that if/when extremists in a unstable/nuclear-armed Pakistan gains access to those weapoms and possibly uses them to destroy even more lives, you won\'t be sitting around critiquing why didn\'t others (including the US) do more to avert that situation.<br><br>As far as Blackwater, last I heard they changed their name, and were actually asked to leave Iraq by the government, but I will check further on that.<br><br>The military-industrial complex is very deep and their connections wide and honestly I think it will be a lot longer before Obama or any other administration will even be able to clamp down on them....their reign for years will not dissipate in even one year, let alone 5 months into Obama\'s presidency...it\'s just that simple.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10818639">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10818639" class="dsq-comment-message">1. We criticized him for not standing up for the Black Farmers.<br>2. We questioned the cut in funding to HBCU\'s.<br>3. We have wondered what\'s up with Don\'t Ask, Don\'t Tell. <br>4. We didn\'t agree with Candidate Obama about telecom immunity.<br>5. We believe that the Secretary of the Treasury is a crook, and lowdown, and is no good.<br>6. We don\'t believe that he has fought enough for MAIN STREET, concerning this bailout.  <br><br>-------------------------<br>Check our archives. When we disagree with The President, we have no qualms about saying so.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10822961" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10822961" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t even bother responding to stuff like that. They really must not know our track record here on JJP. Shoot, remember when he first picked Biden, and we were all like "For real?!"...then it turned out to work all right. Now his nickname is Ride or Die, lol!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10826376" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10826376" class="dsq-comment-message">For real, and most of those posts were MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>I\'ve got more blogging gunshot wounds than 50 cent and just like Fiddy, I\'m here to brag about them all! ROFL<br><br>And his Defense Secretary is right up there with low-life weasels!<br><br>Having said that, Cornell West can drink a six pack of STHU, and take his ass to that crack house he\'s whining he\'d go.  As if Mr. Obama needs a fool like West\'s dumb ass in the West Wing stirring up shyt that his ass can\'t cover.<br><br>So much for the Pseudo-Intellectual Negro - I\'ll take that thug on the street for $500 dollars and he\'d probably drop more knowledge than West ever has, especially when he\'s not knocking up white coeds on his college campuses and paying them off to shut the hell up about it.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10826786" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10826786" class="dsq-comment-message">When I went to New Orleans to help out after Hurricane Katrina (no, I didn\'t see Dyson, West, or Tavis there) there was this one displaced citizen that was there who let me and my girls stay in his trailer, as his house was still pretty inhabitable. We called him the Deep One becaue he kept dropping that knowledge. Barely finished high school, but we stayed up all night talking with him. There are a whole lot of folk without college degrees who have more intellect that folks with a college degree. Stay humble PhDs, stay humble.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10843944">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843944" class="dsq-comment-message">"There are a whole lot of folk without college degrees who have more intellect that folks with a college degree"<br><br>YA DAMN SKIPPY<br><br>I\'ve a got degree.  I don\'t feel and smarter but debt load is a lot higher.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10827150">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10827150" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>especially when he\'s not knocking up white coeds on his college campuses and paying them off to shut the hell up about it.<br></i><br><br>OOOOOoooooo CPL...<br><br>you can\'t drop stuff like that and leave us hanging!<br><br>TELL!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10827471">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10827471" class="dsq-comment-message">I know, right? LMAO.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10827531" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10827531" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10827531" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s just say, Rikyrah, that some people I know in the media business told me it was no secret that West had to leave another Ivy League school prior to coming to Princeton because he was getting his groove on with white coeds and their rich, equally white parents, were not happy about Buffy screwing a Black Professor of Religious Studies, which Cornel is.<br><br>I also heard this discussed at the first of the Negro Super Bowls I attended down in Atlanta back in \'05...by one of the women panelists who was on that stage with Cornel.  I haven\'t seen her at an SOBU since.<br><br>I was sworn to confidence, but I will say that brothas in the media like Bruce Dixon hipped me to Dr. West and it was moot since dude isn\'t my type. LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10842731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10842731" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10842731" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10842731" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh boy CPL.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10845638">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10845638" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL,<br><br>The stories you heard about West may have been true but if your Atlanta source was who I suspect it was, then you should tread carefully. That person has a long, long history of spreading outright lies about black men. This does not mean, however, that what you heard about West wasn\'t true but the Atlanta source who I suspect is a known liar.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10845832">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10845832" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL,<br><br>I\'m probably mistaken because the person I was referring to would never pass up the opportunity to attend Smiley\'s Kneegrow Super Bowl event and pontificate. You wrote that you had not seen your source at this event since 2005. I think that rules out my suspect.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10879543" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10879543" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s widely known in the graduate student circles as well. You go to a couple of conferences...and well...let\'s just say there are only so many presentations you can go to before you want to start talking about something other than the latest research. A few of my friends actually know some of the people involved. I snickered a bit when I read your line earlier, but I didn\'t want to say anything more, because then it just goes into another direction, and for the purpose of this discussion, it\'s not necessary.<br><br><br>However, I will say that it would be great to have a discussion here on JJP about Black academics and the male/female dynamic. The hypocrisy of so many of these men in how they deal with race relations, but not only do they not acknowlegde the patriarchy within the Ebony Tower, but are complicit in the continuation of this very dynamic on a multitude of levels. It\'s ridiculous and shameful. <br><br><br>And to think bell hooks is the one that put the spotlight on West, and where is she now compared to Dr. West?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10842707" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10842707" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL LMAO @ CPL...I was trying to defend you but people here went crazy on me so I bounced. <br><br>and Rikyrah, while those topics were brought up, there are more that should have been added and the comments that were left were anyhting other than flattering to the mere mention of critique of Obama.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10844590">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10844590" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I keep wondering: Just what exactly does the JJP considers to be legitimate criticism of Obama? \'cause it seems that dissenting views on Obama arent just welcome...and I\'m not talking about some fringe lunatic stuff like the Karmi and D be throwing around. Nor am I talking about the Rush Limbaugh type of stuff either. I\'m talking about the bailing out of executives but nothing for homeowners. I\'m talking about the spread of war into Pakistan (something NOT EVEN BUSH DID). I\'m talking about the escalation of war and the killing of civilians in Afghanistan. I\'m talking about refusing to prosecute on torture. I\'m talking about the continued using of mercenaries (Blackwater and them) in Iraq. I\'m talking about ZERO signs of withdrawing troops from Iraq. Are any of these legitimate criticisms of Obama?</i><br><br>In the Realm of the Aspirational Believers no criticism of the object of their affection is ever valid. Killing civilians in Afghanistan, spreading war in Pakistan and declining to prosecute torturers, among other things, can all be explained away or justified. Don\'t ever back off your positions, though. You are never entirely alone here at JJP.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10844725" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10844725" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign PT Cruiser</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10819775" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10819775" class="dsq-comment-message">they weren\'t too keen with his choice of secretary of state either if I recall...hmm, or maybe that was just me who called her a "Drama Queen".</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10817602">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10817602" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn rikyrah.......I read the title and rolled my eyes so far back I damn near went blind. Had to take a Goodie powder that hurt my head so bad.<br><br>I\'m gettin real tired of these psuedo revolutionaries, I really am. Geez...and they wonder why our youth just tune them the hell out.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10823906" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823906" class="dsq-comment-message">But they have albums, Dyson is the Hip Hop Professor. Yo.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10824099">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10824099" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL......like I said.....and they wonder why our youth just TUNE THEM THE HELL OUT! LOL</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10826677" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10826677" class="dsq-comment-message">They are always talking about things that require no sacrifice from them.<br><br><br>I want to see their reaction if the gov\'t takes over universities and they have to take a pay cut because tuition is free for everybody. <br><br><br><br>Mmmhmmm, just what are they gonna say to that? <br><br>*side-eye*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10813904" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10813904" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10813904">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10813904" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10813904" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, maybe West doesn\'t see the White House as a place of actual power.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10814106" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10814106" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10814106">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10814106" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10814106" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a possibility. However, if that is the case why would he (and the rest of the soul glo magic school bus crew) want to hold President Obama accountable, if the White House isn\'t a place of power?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10820037" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10820037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10820037" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10820037" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10820037" class="dsq-comment-message">"soul glo magic school bus crew"<br><br>*falls out like brett michaels at the tonys*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10814400" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10814400">Leota2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10814400" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10814400" class="dsq-comment-message">"soul glo magic school bus crew"<br>ROTFLMBAO!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10817945" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10817945" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10817945">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10817945" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10817945" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.stoopidteez.com/coming2america/soulgloppl.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.stoopidteez.com/coming2america/soulg...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10819983" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10819983" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10819983">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10819983" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10819983" class="dsq-comment-message">BWA HA HA HA!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10814717" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10814717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10814717">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10814717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10814717" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep!  Here we go again...<br><br><a href="http://www.accountability-central.com/fileadmin/_temp_/School_20Bus_20-_20Cartoon_207.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.accountability-central.com/fileadmin...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10815857" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10815857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10815857">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10815857" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn! Not the "cheese bus", spirit! LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10815144" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10815144" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10815144">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10815144" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10815144" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe they want him to break through the myth of the place and position of President, and make it truly the People\'s House, and truly a position of power, rather than just blending into the template of President\'s past.<br><br>I see Obama in many cases, upholding those same dysfunctional structures that have done much harm.  If that is similar to how West sees it, then I can also see why he would put the White House below a crack house, but yet hope that Obama would break through.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10815455" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10815455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10815455">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10815455" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10815455" class="dsq-comment-message">Perhaps, but it really doesn\'t seem that deep. He could have very well said the same thing you said (vague as it may be) to get his point across. Saying he\'d rather be in a crack house is something that a jealous simpleton would say. Not the intellectual he claims to be.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10888956" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10888956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10888956">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10888956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10888956" class="dsq-comment-message">West is no simpleton, and has a body of work to prove it.   As for being jealous, he seems to be doing the type of work he wants to do.  Surely, if he\'d wanted to be in politics, he could have easily taken that route.<br><br>It\'s very simple to dismiss him as merely "jealous".   It\'s absurd.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10823028" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10823028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10823028" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10823028" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823028" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"soul glo magic school bus crew"</i><br><br><br>Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!<br><br>O mah guh\'ness, that\'s my new line!!!!! Wooo chile, I\'m gonna use that, but I\'ll give you props!! Shooot, that was hilarious!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10821087" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10821087" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821087">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10821087" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821087" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, if the White House isn\'t a place of actual power, why are they begging so hard to get up in it?<br><br>Seems like the central core complaint from Rev. Wright to Tavis to Dyson to West is they haven\'t been invited to join the inner circle.<br><br>If Obama ever did invite Brothas, Inc. to the White House every last one of them would be skinning, grinning and cheesing super hard in the photos.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10844195" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10844195" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10844195">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10844195" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10844195" class="dsq-comment-message">For crying out loud...everybody who has a criticism isn\'t simply jealous.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10823506" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10823506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10823506">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10823506" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823506" class="dsq-comment-message">oh dear...you just confirmed my thoughts.....they want that "green eyed monster" sated.......big time!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10845174" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10845174" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10845174" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10845174" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10845174" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with your take Truthseeker however the way in which Cornel West articulated it was tasteless.<br><br>However I do agree with you completely.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10888780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10888780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10888780">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10888780" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10888780" class="dsq-comment-message">Hello Rhonda,<br><br>what you been doing with yourself?<br><br>Good to see  you back.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10813946" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10813946" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10813946">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10813946" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t wait to see the comments on this thread. Oh yeah, rikyrah, please don\'t forget to add "Obama Derangement Syndrome" to the tags.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10815991" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10815991" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10815991">miss_opinion</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10815991" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10815991" class="dsq-comment-message">"Maybe the people sacrificing Black interest are the self-anointed saviors of it in the first place."<br>---<br>This. <br><br>All throughout the primary season and the general election Andrew Sullivan wrote extensively about the "end of all that." That being identity politics. There are people, whether they realize it or not, that have benefited from pain.People like Al Sharpton and Dyson that need to be the mouthpiece for the black community. If THEY don\'t like it they we\'re not supposed to like it. If THEY deem someone an uncle Tom or sell out or someone that isn\'t fulfilling their plans for the black race than that person needs to be taken out. <br><br>I still have respect for Dr. West. He is an intelligent and insightful person but there is nothing wrong with calling things like they are and at this moment the good Dr. is wrong.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10843096" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10843096" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10843096" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10843096" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843096" class="dsq-comment-message">Leave Sharpton out of this. He has refused to offer even the least bit of critique of Obama. He hardly even mentions him on his radio show. When listeners call in and attack Obama, it is usually a defense. <br><br>Jesse Jackson....is he alive...seriously? Where is he? Not that I am necessarily looking for him? He needs to stay wherever he is because he is embarassing.<br><br>Tavis Smiley is a corporate opportunist.<br><br>Michael Eric Dyson tries to talk as fast as possible so it seems like he is saying a lot but when you break it down, it isn\'t that much.<br><br>Cornel West may have spent some time in a crack house because he sorta looks like it. He probably really enjoyed it there.<br><br>However I will please, please, please, please, please kindly ask black people to refrain from the usually squabbles and character assassinations. People have faults which is why we should not be discussing people. ...keep it to the issues. It is crap like this why we are still spinning in the same circles we have been for 100 years +.<br><br>Booker T. Washington vs Web DuBois<br><br>Marcus Garvey vs. W.E.B. DuBois and A. Phillip Randolph<br><br>Malcolm X vs. Martin Luther King<br><br>Black Panthers Vs. US Organization<br><br>these are just a few, a very few but most notable.<br><br>These fights have gotten ugly and in the process, we have managed to marginalize ourselves.<br><br>The white dominant community launches their attacks to silence, demobilize and marginalize us and we cannot even attempt a united front. We cannot even fake it. Ignore these people and make your voice louder if it is worth hearing.<br><br>Verdict on Cornel West: tasteless...if this was meant to be funny, it was not. It makes him lose all credibility. <br><br>However I do ot like the title on Elon White\'s article its a offensive blanket generalization.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10843319" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10843319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10843319" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10843319" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843319" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is another notable on:<br><br>Malcolm X vs. the NOI</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10843353" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10843353" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10843353" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10843353" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843353" class="dsq-comment-message">Tupac vs. Biggie</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10843502" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10843502" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10843502" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843502" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know where I am going with this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10843616" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10843616" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10843616">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10843616" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10843616" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO! I was so not expecting that....LMAO</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10821854" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10821854" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821854">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10821854" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821854" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  With all due respect to - - <a href="http://www.mannythemovieguy.com/images/three_stooges_moe_larry_curly.jpg" rel="nofollow">The 3 Stooges</a> - - <br>I\'m in a quandry as 2 how to assign - - -Drs. Dyson, West & "Travesty Smile-n-Stab!<br><br>***shakin\' my head***  & ***snickerin\' ****    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10821906" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10821906" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10821906">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10821906" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Wait-a-minute - - - <br><br>They wouldn\'t let HIM in a "crack house!"   He don\'t SPEAK - -"CRACK-ese!"  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10822880" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10822880" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10822880" href="http://sooncome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JunePearl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10822880" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10822880" class="dsq-comment-message">Your so called "Crack-ese" is the language of the children of the souls that have subdued themselves under oppression beneath the wings of the transient redemptive substances of this materialistic, nihilistic, culture.<br><br><br>At least, that\'s how I imagine Dr. West to respond, ;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10823333" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10823333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10823333">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10823333" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823333" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10823368" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10823368">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10823368" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823368" class="dsq-comment-message">JunePearl:   LOL!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>With THAT - - I know that he wouldn\'t get in!!     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10823792" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10823792" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10823792">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10823792" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10823792" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey GLH! You feeling ok?? Dont overdo it!! Ya hear me?!?!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10824004" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10824004" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10824004">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10824004" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10824004" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  HEEEEEY!   On the mend!    :&gt;)  S-L-O-W-L-Y.<br><br>I\'m ONLY "bouncin\' IN"  2-day!!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.commentnation.com/comments/thanks_red_glitter_heart.gif" rel="nofollow">THANK U!!  LUV YA!!</a>   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10830316" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10830316" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10830316">ElonJamesWhite</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10830316" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10830316" class="dsq-comment-message">YEAH! ;) Love reading the discussion.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10842415" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10842415" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10842415" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10842415" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10842415" class="dsq-comment-message">I keep saying this over and over again and I want someone to answer this question NOW:<br><br>Why is it that we keep worrying about people and their faults rather than actual visions and ideologies. Of course it is easier to attack black public intellectuals rather than deal with actual issues. Did anyone stop to think that if they stopped engaging these individuals every word, you may stop giving relevance to them. Why aren\'t we discussing the real issues at hand?<br><br>In addition, I was looking at the keywords for the article and I saw your mention of Soul Patrol from Melissa Harris Lacewell\'s much flawed article. <br><br>The best rebuttal of Micheal Eric Dyson comes from Glen Ford @ the Black Agenda Report. I rarely hear anyone looking to contest his facts. Glen Ford takes issue with both Obama and Michael Eric Dyson. I co-sign with him.<br><br>In reference to Cornel West\'s comments, who cares. Next...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10842793">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10842793" class="dsq-comment-message">I AGREE WITH YOU RHONDA!! I won\'t try to answer that question because I do believe that individuals should be free to think whatever they want about whomever they want. I have voiced concerns as well about pidgeon-holing people and trying to influence the thinking of "thinking" people, especially here at JJP. I find no fault with Dyson and take the good away from what he says. My favorite quote from him on Obama is "What are we going to do with WHAT HE IS? Not to worry, believe me there are various schools of thought abounding on this subject and particularly on this site.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10845914" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10845914">WaltInAZ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10845914" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10845914" class="dsq-comment-message">Simple and to the Point. West, Smiley, Dyson--All Sell-outs!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10846130" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10846130" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10846130">WaltInAZ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10846130" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10846130" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'d rather listen to Kanye West over Cornel West.  This is ridiculous.<br><br>"For an intellect of West\'s caliber to believe it is exactly the sort of misallocated hubris resulting in obtuse cranial-rectal impaction which years ago reached pandemic status among conservatives ...<br><br>And apparently some black intellectuals."<br><br>I\'ve got bad knees and you\'re making me weak!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10906351" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10906351" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10906351" class="dsq-comment-message">.</div>\
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