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Just got in!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:11:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982212, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4978198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Nominees...<br>  Hillary Clinton<br>  Bill Clinton<br>  David Plouffe<br>  Mark Penn<br>  Rod Blagojevich<br><br>...and now, the Academy Award for Best Political Gangsta of 2008-2009 goes to...***drumroll***<br><b>Rod___ Blagojevich!</b><br><br>...and I bet his ass beatz all the charges that Fitzgerald throws at him.<br><br>Confession:  I like Blago.  I wish that Blago could trade places with Harry Reid.  I'd much rather have a fighter than a limp noodle leading Democrats in the Senate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:32:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4977788, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But we know that won't happen. It's interesting to watch the 4 main local stations and how their news directors slant the story. One is definitely leaning more towards calling the cop a \"rookie\" and untrained - as if that's supposed to be an excuse. Others are talking about the death threats the cop is supposedly getting - whatever!. The funeral was today and they showed lots of segments with men crying on camera saying he was shot for no reason. Of course Mr. Grant's arrest record has been released as well. I knew something was up when BART claimed they weren't recording at the station that evening. Thank goodness for camera phones! The city will have to settle and squash this because tourism is the bulk of income for the City and the shooting is being broadcast around the world. I did a quick search and found blogs in Australia talking about this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:32:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973937, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4978010": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No doubt, the young aborigines are also checking this situation out, too.<br><br>Man, the press just protects and <i>protects</i> police, no matter how heinous, insensitive their crimes.  I saw one account where the culprit is said to be devastated by what has happened.  Yeah, right.  A DK diarist had more cellphone video on what occurred, and the cop who shot Oscar looked at his partner as if to say, \"Oh, sh*t.\"  And then rolled the poor young man over like he was a sack of nothing. <br><br>Didn't even make a call for emergency services or anything.  Except try to confiscate everybody's cellphone.<br><br>Yall keep your cell phones charged and ready for just this kind of thing.  Rodney King's beating caught with a camcorder to this cop murder caught via cell phone.  Nothing has changed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:19:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974108, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now GreenLady,<br><br>You know that's so wrong..<br><br>The Michelle Obama Paper Doll?<br><br>BWA HA HA HA<br><br>Just what a Michelle-A-Holic like myself needs..<br><br>Why you feeding my habit like that?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:56:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972357, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can see Michelle in the Valvo dress. That fits her to a tee/", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:32:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972823, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My thoughts exactly CPL...that will look good on her as she walks down Penn Ave to the Inauguration...that champagne color is BAD...it just makes chocolate skin POP!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:53:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973410, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I acknowledge that many evangelicals may be racist as they are not supportive of the gay political agenda either. Blumenthal though has an ax to grind.<br><br>I am noting that his journalism is biased towards gay activism. His other works may be balanced but this article is certainly not. This article regarding Warren is a continuing crusade within the gay community about Warren..  Evangelicals warrant no more exposure than gays do. It is quite hypocritical for gays to expose anyone.<br>the gay community also blames blacks for the failure of Prop8 so I really view anything they have to say about other groups as suspect.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:33:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974062, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4983339": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "whirerosebuddy:    The results are fairly even at this point.  Ima keep checking.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Here's ANOTHER \"WATCH\" for me!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>#2 VALVO  is WHAT color??   GREEEEEEEN!!  Whoo!  Hoo!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:44:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982401, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972589": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oohhh, that is addictive....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:58:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972357, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now, for the votes...Reem Acra, Valvo, and De La Renta all top my list.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:58:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972357, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I won't buy those coins, but I will buy those dolls.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:55:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974044, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973620": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:  ABSOLUTELY!!   Whooo!  Hoo!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>IFFF she doesn't, Ima try ta get it m'self!!   BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:56:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973410, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4983392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What did he do?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:49:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982414, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me too.  The author called it just like it happened.  Blago was not playing with them.  This political season has been anything but boring; I can't wait to see what happens next.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:17:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4981493, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974167": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "icebergslim:  I know.  Huh!?    :&gt;)       :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:34:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972589, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4983387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "icebergslim:    -Er      -ummmm    -uh---     What's a TIVO?    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>O.K.  I've heard of them; BUT I haven't quite hit that part of the 21st Century!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:48:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982462, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4989536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Exactly.  CNN  COON NETWORK NEWS!<br><br>Jakes was totally on board with the Faith-based intiative programs, putting $$$$ in his pocket.  I don't think his motives are pure.  Anyone can put on a backwards collar and say that he/she is a servant of God.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_11:42:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4983254, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982370": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If memory serves, everybody that was showing their ass during the primaries has been played - all but one - and I hope she's next.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:17:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4981378, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4983909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Recently, I said that mcancient hadn't been heard from.  Speak his name and here he is.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/mccain-repeats-palins-att_n_156106.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">McCain Repeats Palin's Attack On Fruit Fly Research</a><br><br><b>[NOTE:  Soooo, you wonder where her angst against \"FRUIT FLIES\" came from?]</b><br><br><i><b>John McCain reached back into the presidential campaign on Wednesday to pull out a scientific critique that had first been made by his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, when she ridiculed funding for fruit fly research. In a late-October speech, Palin noted that the research was going on in \"Paris, France\" and added \"I kid you not.\"<br><br>On Wednesday, McCain himself grabbed for the fruit-fly swatter at a press conference to unveil his new anti-earmark legislation.</b><br><br>After a long takedown of research into lobsters by the University of Maine that involves a \"Lobster Cam,\" McCain, a Senator from Arizona, turned on the fruit flies, saying, \"also, there's one in Paris that -- yes -- $212,000 for Olive Fruit Fly research in Paris, France.\"<br><br><b>During the campaign, Palin's criticism of fruit-fly research was heavily attacked by the scientific community, which argued that fruit flies, because of their brief life-spans, make up a cornerstone of scientific and medical research. In 1933, Thomas Hunt Morgan won a Nobel Prize for his work with fruit flies, which showed how genes are passed on through chromosomes.</b></i>  <b>[She didn't learn this in any of those 5 colleges!]</b><br><br><i><b><u>Palin was considered at the time to have been scientifically freelancing, but McCain's comments today indicate that the objection to fruit-fly research came from the top.</u></b><br><br>The specific earmark in question was requested by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.). The money was for a lab set up by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Europe to study emerging threats from insects.<b> \"The Olive Fruit Fly has infested thousands of California olive groves and is the single largest threat to the U.S. olive and olive oil industries,\" said Thompson. \"The research facility is located in France because Mediterranean countries like France have dealt with the Olive Fruit Fly for decades, while California has only been exposed since the 1990s.\"</b></i><br><br>He, apparently, didn't understand the significance of this branch of scientific research, EITHER!<br><br>***shakin' my head***  WHEW!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_02:46:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4973674": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Looking for father-figures most likely....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:00:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973530, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4983414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me too!  I'm so hoping she's next.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:50:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982370, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4977788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Ill committee charged w/ impeaching Blego has asked for his donor list. These folks have no idea they took a ride on the tiger. If he even publishe his list so many Democratic pols in Ill are going to have the same names on their lists. It's like the tammany hall political carton by Nash. <br>story here: <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=aGBx0up_EKZY\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110...</a><br><br>cartoon here: <a href=\"http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/fea/20050704/202/1467\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/fea/200507...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:04:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "tovangar2:  The comments are interesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:01:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973530, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982401": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That #6 was winning the vote when I cast mine. That is the tea length gown. HATED IT!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:22:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982123, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4981378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Reid is a wuss!  He got played!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_00:23:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4978327, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "T.D. Jakes' performance on election night left me questioning his motives.<br><br>I just don't like the man. At all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:22:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982212, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Its open season apparently:<br><a href=\"http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou090105_mh_bellaire_shooting_meeting.4059f425.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/kh...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:37:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972932, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4978327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid<br>By: Jane Hamsher Wednesday January 7, 2009 7:00 am <br><br><a href=\"http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/07/i-want-to-play-poker-with-harry-reid/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/07/i-want-to-pla...</a><br><br>excerpt:<br><br><i>Blago laughs out loud. This is amateur night in Dixieland. He leaks to the press that he spoke with Reid before the election, and that Reid didn't think any of the African American candidates vying for the seat were \"electable,\" while Tammy Duckworth was. He stirs up the potential jury pool and makes Reid look like an idiot -- the day before Reid is set to appear on Meet the Press.<br><br>Reid looks like a cat in a room full of rocking chairs on Meet the Press. Nobody knows how much Fitz has (not even Fitz, who is still trying to transcribe his tapes) or how much he'll need to reveal to prove his case, so Reid says he \"doesn't remember\" his conversation with Blago, but calls Blago a liar anyway. When asked if he supported Jesse Jackson Jr. for the Senate seat, he says he would support JJJ. And admits that there's \"room to negotiate\" on Burris.<br><br>Burris appears at the Senate on Tuesday. Gets turned away. Could Reid look any worse?<br><br>Yes!<br><br>Obama stares down DiFi, appoints Panetta to the CIA, and the NYT breaks the story before she's told (but Ron Wyden already knows). DiFi's fuming.<br><br>Despite having been one of the 50 Senators who signed Reid's letter saying Burris would never be seated, she announces that as the outgoing head of the Rules Committee she thinks the Senate has no choice but to seat him. (Good timing, because Charlie Rangel is already complaining about the Rules Committee dragging its feet, and Jesse White is complaining that Reid made him the fall guy.)<br><br>Reid can't hold his own caucus in line. Blames Rahm. Gives interview saying \"I don't work for Barack Obama.\"<br><br>Smooth. <br><br>WaPo: \"Burris Backs Reid Into a Corner.\" <br><br>A seventy-one year old dude who hasn't held office for 14 years, appointed by a crook, takes the Senate Majority Leader to the cleaners. <br></i><br><br>lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:34:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4994202": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "island550:  OoooKaaay!  :&gt;)   Ima try my best ta \"STEP\" a little further into the 21st Century!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_14:51:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4986195, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4978339": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Driving his parent's ride, parked in his parent's driveway, and was shot in the yard because they \"thought the vehicle was stolen\".....bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. This was attempted murder.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:35:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974842, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4986028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "horrific", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_08:21:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974742, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4978350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Eww on Valvo.<br><br>I appreciate the Kors gown. And I don't like Kors. That blue is stunning and it makes her appear so regal.<br><br>I'm not a fan of gowns that can look like pants when a woman is walking.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:34:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4978131, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4977846": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "reem in champagne", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:08:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972590, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973753": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Blumenthal is nothing but another gay activist with an agenda. His article is biased.<br>He is lieing about the condoms. They were destroyed because they were defective, somehow Blumenthal left that out of the article.<br><br>Too many folks in journalism are gay activist and gay themselves.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:06:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973530, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974778": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That Valvo dress in a deep red or majestic purple would truly set it off.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:38:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974113, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  YES SHE DID!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  I wish that she would be \"one person\" and not subdivided as she became!   ***shrug**", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:32:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973914, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982462": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-cabinet-confirmation-hearings.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Cabinet Confirmation Hearings Schedules</a><br><br>C-SPAN TIVO TIME!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:29:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982978": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When MSM were trying to derail Obama's Campaign with Rev Wright clips, I won't forget  I called the Potter's House and aked if T.D. Jakes would step up for Rev Wright as a black minister and someone at the Church stated....T.D. Jakes didn't want to get involved. Gasp!!<br><br>I was through!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:33:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982414, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4977185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know about Al's book. I've followed him for awhile now. I just think it's hilarious. I know it sounds hokey, but this is what I love about this country.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:01:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974980, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4981451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200901/end-of-whiteness\" rel=\"nofollow\">The End of White America</a><br><br><i>The Election of Barack Obama is just the most startling manifestation of a larger trend: the gradual erosion of \u201cwhiteness\u201d as the touchstone of what it means to be American. If the end of white America is a cultural and demographic inevitability, what will the new mainstream look like\u2014and how will white Americans fit into it? What will it mean to be white when whiteness is no longer the norm? And will a post-white America be less racially divided\u2014or more so?</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_00:28:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4982481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've always been pretty wary of him, but was never really sure why. What did he do on election night? I don't remember seeing him on TV that night.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:31:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982414, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He was a Bush Supporter, if not mistaken, but many AA preachers got caught up in the Bush Admin and their \"grant program for churches around this country\".  In return many of these \"preachers\" pushed Bush and the conservative lingo in the pulpit.  Did not say Bush by name, but Bush did not net 10% of the AA vote in 2004 without doing something.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:29:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982414, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, he is definitely a risk to society and a menace.<br>Things like this remind me of the Black Panthers and how they described the police force as nothing but a gang sanctioned by the state. They have all the attributes used to profile a gang...uniform colors, language unique to the group, hostile to those not in the group, and gang mentality when one of theirs is injured. They also lie and coverup to protect gang members.<br><br>Based on that Newton said that black folks had a right to arm themselves to protect themselves from the police gang that patrol their neighborhoods.<br><br>It was profound rhetoric in the sixties...and the visual of Seale and Newton marching on Sacramento with loaded ammunition and rifles is still a powerful sight to this day. At the time there was no law prohibiting such an act and boy were the white folks pissed when they cited the law!! That it was their legal right to be armed and all those brothers with afros just was such a powerful image to blacks and men but it was terrifying to whites.<br><br>This BART shooting was nothing but cold0blooded murder. I wish we could put together a citizens' group for these type mutant beasts where folks could take turns shooting the officer to death in court martial fashion.<br><br>That might teach the rest of the police gang members to think twice about shooting our UNARMED fathers, brothers, nephews, uncles & sons and lieing about it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:42:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974022, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That Calvin Klein dress looked like something some of the ladies would wear on a church sunday with a hat,  actually it looks like something gramma ruth would wear....  If gramma was living she'd be 80......+", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:10:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972357, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4977789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "1. Valvo<br>2. Oscar de la Renta<br>3. Acra", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:02:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972590, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4981493": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I love that article, rikyrah.<br><br>Reid is a weasel. He needs to go sit down somewhere and be quiet. Politics is above him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_00:31:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4978327, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-sign, Micheline.<br><br>There's science, there is common sense, and there is teaching people to respect their bodies.  I don't think that they are divorced from each other.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:44:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974062, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4994297": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thats right.  He was (is) definitely a Bushman.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_14:56:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "antennaness", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4989536, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm still LOL at the thought of Al Franken being a SENATOR. <br><br>God Bless America.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:09:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973951": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rorysmomma:  Church!    U R  correct!   :&gt;)  As long as there is a matching hat!!<br><br>BUT, I think that SHE could wear it in the day.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:20:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973805, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972797": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I only like one - Reem Acra.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:13:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972590, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5004033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll say!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-09_00:30:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "tovangar2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973693, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Valvo, yes in-double-deed!<br><br>Acra second.<br><br>Ralphie third.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:14:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972357, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rikyrah..<br><br>Have you read Al's book Liars and the Lying Lies they Tell?  It is very good. It will give you another whole view of Al. The man is very bright and knows what is going on and has a way with words that is incisive and just cuts to the core.<br><br>Pick it up and read it. You will enjoy it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:53:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973818, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4978138": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Truth About Beating A Dead Horse.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:30:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973530, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974891": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you read about the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball?  That is the first ball Michelle and Obama will attend. They will dance their first dance as FirstLady and President at the Neighborhood Ball.<br><br>They are truly the people's First Couple!~", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:48:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973998, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4984111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He kept praising McCain and suggesting that he would do better than anyone thought, and everytime he said it, the host announced a major state going to Barack.<br><br>First Pennsylvania. Then Ohio. <br><br>Each time, his face cracked and he had to amend his comments.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_02:56:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4983392, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  'cause - - - -  -ummmm   -er----     I'on't know!!  ***shrug***<br><br>'CAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TA DO!!  That's IT!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:14:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972575, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4977974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He is hilarious, and it's quite phenomenal when comedians, actors, and body builders become polititcians.  Ya gotta love America!<br><br>Al's our Senator!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:18:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4977185, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973886": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I read it.  I wouldn't discount everything someone from <i>The Nation</i> says.<br><br>I hope Obama is able to talk and make sense into some of this mess regarding AIDS here and in Africa.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:15:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973693, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4978486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Blagojevich the strategist<br>By BEN SMITH | 1/7/09 7:53 PM EST   <br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17193.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17193...</a><br><br><i>Move over David Plouffe. The cleverest Democratic campaign manager of the new year appears to be none other than Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.<br><br>In a season of troubled \"rollouts\" \u2013 think Sarah Palin and Caroline Kennedy \u2013 Roland Burris's has been all but flawless. He arrived December 30 with no warning, and his allies played \u2013 to the discomfort of many Democrats \u2013 what was perhaps his strongest political card, race, without shame.<br><br>In the days that followed, Burris has accomplished his key goals, calling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's bluff and putting his own apparently distinguished visage at the center of the story.<br><br>\"They have done a great job with the rollout,\" said Chris Lehane, a Democratic consultant and former aide to President Bill Clinton. \"The single smartest step was making sure that Burris \u2013 not Blagojevich \u2013 became the star actor in this narrative.\"<br></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:46:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4987724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Aww that was cute.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_10:36:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982169, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Although, I wasn't the person who said Blago was taking everyone down with him; I did say this:<br><br><i>Yes. I would. Why? Because Blago is willing to rat on whomever to save his own ass! He's not going down without a fight! I believe Blago played his trump card with Burris because of the conversation he had with Reid! Just saying...</i>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_00:55:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4978167, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That dress is elegance personified..and it has that brooch clasp..so Michelle would probably love it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:21:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972797, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I would so buy my daughter one.  I would also by her a paper Barack.  Each time she sees him she says that's Obama, I voted for him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:17:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973873, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle Bernard held it down on Hardball tonight. She was through with Durbin and Reid for being condescending towards Burris.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:16:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4973403": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I vote Reem Acra, PERIOD.<br><br>That panther brooch on the shoulder and the Grecian style suits our First Lady to a T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:37:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972590, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973410": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She should rock that two-piece suit during the day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:36:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972525, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "whiterosebuddy:   OMG!!  Thanks for this info.   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I cani't wait!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Whoooo!   Hooo!<br><br>-Ummmm:  Looks like I have ta wear #6 Lhillier to some event.  Nobody picked it soooo, I'll sacrifice and get it!!  HAH!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_00:58:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974891, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973937": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "HELL NO he didn't mistake his gun for a Taser. <br><br>The taser was on the OPPOSITE side.<br><br>He shot an unarmed man on the ground IN THE BACK. <br><br>He needs to be charged with MURDER", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:19:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972932, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982137": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rorysmomma:  VIRTUAL \"DAP!\"   :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_00:59:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974975, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4981629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can we please get rid of this mofo.  <br><br>watching maddow's show this idiot giving a standing ovation to Stevens in the Senate. And Reid said Stevens shouldn't  go jail.<br><br>These old white Dems..........git outta here!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_00:34:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4981378, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OMG, <br><br>Saw this on CNN: <a href=\"http://www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org</a><br>check our sleepy kitty", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:00:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "More about the shooting--caught via cellphones--of Oscar Grant by BART cops from <a href=\" \" rel=\"nofollow\">S.F. BayView,</a> one of several black weeklies in the Bay Area.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/oscar-grant-young-father-and-peacemaker-executed-by-bart-police/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Who was Oscar Grant?</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/did-bart-cop-who-killed-oscar-grant-mistake-gun-for-taser/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Did BART cop really mistake his gun for a Taser?</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:24:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  3 more P-EO <b>HEADLINE(s):</b><br><br>1.  <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/us/politics/08obama.html?_r=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Says He Will Seek to Overhaul Retiree Spending</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON \u2014<b> President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that overhauling Social Security and Medicare would be \u201ca central part\u201d of his administration\u2019s efforts to contain federal spending, signaling for the first time that he would wade into the thorny politics of entitlement programs.</b></i><br><br><b>[NOTE:  This is the part that I missed commenting on.]</b><br><br><i>As the Congressional Budget Office projected a record $1.2 trillion budget deficit for this year even before the costs of the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus package being taken up by the House and the Senate, Mr. Obama stepped up his effort to reassure lawmakers and the financial markets that he plans a vigorous effort to keep the government\u2019s finances from deteriorating further.<br><br>Speaking at a news conference in Washington, he provided no details of his approach to rein in Social Security and Medicare, which are projected to consume a growing share of government spending as the baby boom generation ages into retirement over the next two decades. But he said he would have more to say about the issue when he unveiled a budget next month.<br><br>Should he follow through with a serious effort to cut back the rates of growth of the two programs, he would be opening up a potentially risky battle that neither party has shown much stomach for. The programs have proved almost sacrosanct in political terms, even as they threaten to grow so large as to be unsustainable in the long run. President Bush failed in his effort to overhaul Social Security, and Medicare only grew larger during his administration with the addition of prescription drug coverage for retirees.<br><br>Mr. Obama also promised a more intensive effort to weed inefficient and bloated programs out of the federal budget in the short run, creating a White House position to \u201cscour this budget, line by line, eliminating what we don\u2019t need, or what doesn\u2019t work, and improving the things that do.\u201d He named Nancy Killefer to the post, called chief performance officer.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br><b>[NOTE:  This article has a lot of significant videos of today!!  Good stuff!  :&gt;)]</b><br><br><br>2.  <a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/2009/01/07/obama-to-sell-stimulus-in-major-economic-speech-thursday/?xid=rss-page\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama to Sell Stimulus in Major Economic Speech Thursday</a><br><br><i><b>The president-elect will deliver remarks at 11 am ET at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.</b><br><br>He's set to make his case for urgent action on his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to help the ailing economy.<br><br><b>Plus: Obama will also hold a closed door-meeting with the Senate Finance Committee Thursday to hash out the details of his plan.</b></i><br><br>3.  <a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/2009/01/07/obama-to-sit-down-with-kaine-thursday/?xid=rss-page\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama, Kaine to Hold Presser Thursday (Wednesday, January 7th, 2009)</a><br><br><i><b>The president-elect is expected to meet with the newly tapped Democratic National Committee Chair Thursday in Washington, D.C.<br><br>They'll hold a media availability from the DNC offices at 3:30 pm ET.</b></i><br><br>As I've stated B4, this PRESIDENT-ELECT <b>WORKS!</b> ALL DAY LONG!!  :&gt;)<br><br>HE IS <b>A  -  MA -  ZING!!</b>   America annnnnnd the WORLD is FORTUNATE to have his <b>LEADERSHIP!!</b>   GOD BLESS HIM!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:32:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4984210": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Mr. P-EO is still in HEAVY NEGOTIATIONS!:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/obama-says-hell-fight-to_n_156131.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Vows To Continue Fight To Keep Blackberry</a><br><br><i><b>Amid all the action leading up to Obama's inauguration it is easy to forget that there is still an issue very close to the President-Elect's heart that has yet to be resolved: <u>that of the fate of his BlackBerry.</u></b><br><br>Speaking with CNBC Wednesday, Obama explained that he is still fighting to hold onto the device despite the sea of lawyers who have warned him against keeping it.<br><br>    <b>I'm still clinging to my BlackBerry. They're going to pry it out of my hands.[...]</b><br><br>    I don't know that I'll win, but I'm still--I'm still fighting it. And--but here's the point I was making, I guess, is that it's not just the flow of information. I mean, I can get somebody to print out clips for me, and I can read newspapers. What it has to do with is having mechanisms where you are interacting with people who are outside of the White House in a meaningful way. And I've got to look for every opportunity to do that--ways that aren't scripted, ways that aren't controlled, ways where, you know, people aren't just complimenting you or standing up when you enter into a room, ways of staying grounded.</i><br><br>Isn't this just adorable?  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  BUT. he is SERIOUS!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_03:14:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4982169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "that's check out \"sleepy kitty\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:00:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982143, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4975003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Blk sista...I know you are not talking about science vs. common sense when it comes to defective condoms.<br><br>Do you actually believe that common sense is to use defective condoms when scientifically those defects render them useless.<br><br>GEEZ.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:55:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974839, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   MORE GOWN SELECTIONS for MRS. <b>FIRST LADY-TO-BE!</b>:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.star-telegram.com/Multimedia/Entertainment/9jan/090109Gowns/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>INAUGURATION GOWNS</b></a><br><br>This is INTERACTIVE!  YOU can make a CHOICE!   ENJOY!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>FIRST LADY TO-B MICHELLE OBAMA!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Whoo! Hoo!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:39:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 32, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelle Obama in white at Oprah's Legends Ball<br><br><a href=\"http://i.abcnews.com/GMA/popup?id=5322917&contentIndex=1&page=10&start=false\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://i.abcnews.com/GMA/popup?id=5322917&conte...</a><br><br>The bottom of this dress is too debutante foo-foo for me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:28:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4973998": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Ima go with:<br><br>2 VALVO;    6  Lhuillier     8  Acra     7  de la Renta      4  Klein suit for the day.<br><br>Actually, \"SHE can wear what eva SHE likes\",  'cause SHE will have soooo many activities!!   Sooo, ALL of US can get our wish(es).    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:24:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972590, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For the actual ceremony that wouldn't be bad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:25:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973951, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4987843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me too!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_10:43:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982370, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "T.D. Jakes is on Larry King, pimping his new movie and talking about Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:04:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Major Co-Sign!<br><br>He's a  Murderer!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:25:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973937, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4982215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And Rachel revealed him for the lying shill he is regarding Stevens not knowing what he was doing.<br><br>Reid is only thinking about re-election in 2010.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:04:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4981629, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is the s@#$ that has to stop. Check out how the guilty will hide in broad daylight.<br><a href=\"http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/01/bush_makes_more_last-minute_ap.html?hpid=topnews\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:28:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4978131": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1. Acra<br>2. Valvo<br>3. Lauren", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:30:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972357, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4983254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's why he's on Larry King.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:36:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982414, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Truth About Rick Warren<br><br><a href=\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-07/the-truth-about-rick-warren-in-africa/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/...</a><br><br>I wish our P-E didn't have such a blind spot about ministers.  Shoulda listened to his mom.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:48:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "tovangar2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rorysmomma:  What you wanna bet that there will be Barack/Michelle DOLLS!   Probably have them NOW!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>***whispering*** <i>This is between you & me:  Ima get those \"DOLLS\" for ME!</i>  Don't tell!  O.K?    :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:26:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973910, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bellaire has some #ing racist bigots to the core!  The young man was driving while black!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:44:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974742, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4984289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  IT'S OFFICIAL!!:    :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/official-inauguration-pos_n_156045.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Official Inauguration Poster Released By Obama Team: Exclusive</b></a><br><br><i>The Barack Obama Inaugural Committee is releasing an official inauguration poster playing off past themes and marking the history of January 20th in a uniquely Obama fashion.<br><br><b>Designed by famed street artist Shepard Fairey, the print, created especially for the 2009 Inauguration, boldly declares<u> \"BE THE CHANGE.\"</u></b><br><br>t is the next step in the branding of the presidency -- a development that is not unique to Obama but one that he has used better than any other politician in recent memory.<br><br>Fairey's initial design -- a guerrilla style, dark-colored portrait of the then-candidate -- proved to be a political and cultural phenomenon during the campaign. The current edition plays heavily off those themes and it seems likely to be a major symbol during the inauguration festivities. The image will be available on buttons, lapel pins, stickers and t-shirts.<br><br><b>The poster will officially be released tomorrow on the Inaugural Committee's online store.</b></i><br><br><b>Mr. President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama!    Large and IN CHARGE!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_03:25:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4973539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love the Valvo dress.  Now that I've seen it I can't imagine her in anything else.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:49:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972823, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972520": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "x", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:53:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4982250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lamh31:   OMG!!!  8 words: <b>AB- SO- LUTE- LY    A-  DOR -  A --BLE!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>MSKITTY!    MSKITTY!  You gotta see this!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks lamh31!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:09:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4982169, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4972525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I really liked Valvo and Klein. I loved Acra too...but the dress that is leading is not that hot to me..the tea length one.<br><br>I almost always like de la Renta as well...if that dress was champagne colored it would be perfect. I think that is what Ilked best about Klein...the color.<br><br>Valvo was just plain sassy and classy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:51:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4972357, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Blumenthal has done a lot good work in exposing evangelicals.  Many of whom are racist.  I would suggest you read his other works before judging him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_22:28:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973753, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4986195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh GreenLady, you are so cute. You really should get one. I love mine and I\"m not beholden to the TV when programs are on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_08:42:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4983387, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4983285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Merciful God<br><br>I pray the Obama Administration addresses racial profiling. I'm dog tired of unarmed  innocent black men dying at the hand of police!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_01:39:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4978339, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4978167": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "what poster here said that Blago was taking everyone down with him?<br><br>BWA HA HA HA HA<br><br>A Donor List? <br><br>Oh baby. It's about to get hot up in there. If you think that they ONLY gave to Blago and not every other Democrat and/or high ranking Republican, you're dreaming.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_23:32:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4977788, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "9551466", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -4985274519147741517}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 102, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 9551466, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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				: '%(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=countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread' +
		'&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/countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread/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='	+ 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread'
			+ '&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/countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread/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">102</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread/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/countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread/">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:9551466" 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/countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread/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:9551466" 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:9551466" 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'				: 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread',
			// 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/countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread/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='	+ 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread'
			+ '&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='	+ 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread'
			+ '&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='		+ 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_13_days_8212_open_thread'
				+ '&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/9551466/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);
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<ul id="dsq-comments">\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4972357" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4972357">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972357" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972357" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   MORE GOWN SELECTIONS for MRS. <b>FIRST LADY-TO-BE!</b>:<br><br><a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/Multimedia/Entertainment/9jan/090109Gowns/index.html" rel="nofollow"><b>INAUGURATION GOWNS</b></a><br><br>This is INTERACTIVE!  YOU can make a CHOICE!   ENJOY!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>FIRST LADY TO-B MICHELLE OBAMA!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Whoo! Hoo!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4972525">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4972525" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4972525">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972525" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972525" class="dsq-comment-message">I really liked Valvo and Klein. I loved Acra too...but the dress that is leading is not that hot to me..the tea length one.<br><br>I almost always like de la Renta as well...if that dress was champagne colored it would be perfect. I think that is what Ilked best about Klein...the color.<br><br>Valvo was just plain sassy and classy.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4973410">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973410" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973410" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4973410" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973410" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973410" class="dsq-comment-message">She should rock that two-piece suit during the day.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4973603">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973603" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973603" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973603">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973603" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973603" class="dsq-comment-message">My thoughts exactly CPL...that will look good on her as she walks down Penn Ave to the Inauguration...that champagne color is BAD...it just makes chocolate skin POP!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4973620">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973620" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973620" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973620">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973620" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973620" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  ABSOLUTELY!!   Whooo!  Hoo!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>IFFF she doesn\'t, Ima try ta get it m\'self!!   BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4972575">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4972575" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4972575">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972575" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972575" class="dsq-comment-message">Now GreenLady,<br><br>You know that\'s so wrong..<br><br>The Michelle Obama Paper Doll?<br><br>BWA HA HA HA<br><br>Just what a Michelle-A-Holic like myself needs..<br><br>Why you feeding my habit like that?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4973873">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973873" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973873">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973873" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973873" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  \'cause - - - -  -ummmm   -er----     I\'on\'t know!!  ***shrug***<br><br>\'CAUSE IT\'S THE RIGHT THING TA DO!!  That\'s IT!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4973910">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973910" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973910">rorysmomma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973910" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973910" class="dsq-comment-message">I would so buy my daughter one.  I would also by her a paper Barack.  Each time she sees him she says that\'s Obama, I voted for him.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4974044">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974044" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974044" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974044">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974044" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974044" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:  What you wanna bet that there will be Barack/Michelle DOLLS!   Probably have them NOW!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>***whispering*** <i>This is between you & me:  Ima get those "DOLLS" for ME!</i>  Don\'t tell!  O.K?    :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4974975">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974975">rorysmomma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974975" class="dsq-comment-message">I won\'t buy those coins, but I will buy those dolls.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4982137">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4982137" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982137" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982137">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982137" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982137" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:  VIRTUAL "DAP!"   :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4972589">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4972589" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972589" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4972589" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972589" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972589" class="dsq-comment-message">Oohhh, that is addictive....</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4974167">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974167" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974167" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974167">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974167" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974167" class="dsq-comment-message">icebergslim:  I know.  Huh!?    :&gt;)       :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4972590" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972590" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4972590">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972590" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972590" class="dsq-comment-message">Now, for the votes...Reem Acra, Valvo, and De La Renta all top my list.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4972797">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4972797" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972797" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4972797">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972797" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972797" class="dsq-comment-message">I only like one - Reem Acra.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4972885">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4972885" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972885" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4972885">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972885" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972885" class="dsq-comment-message">That dress is elegance personified..and it has that brooch clasp..so Michelle would probably love it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4973403">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973403" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973403" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4973403" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973403" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973403" class="dsq-comment-message">I vote Reem Acra, PERIOD.<br><br>That panther brooch on the shoulder and the Grecian style suits our First Lady to a T.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4973998">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973998" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973998" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973998">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973998" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973998" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Ima go with:<br><br>2 VALVO;    6  Lhuillier     8  Acra     7  de la Renta      4  Klein suit for the day.<br><br>Actually, "SHE can wear what eva SHE likes",  \'cause SHE will have soooo many activities!!   Sooo, ALL of US can get our wish(es).    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974891" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974891" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974891">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974891" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974891" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you read about the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball?  That is the first ball Michelle and Obama will attend. They will dance their first dance as FirstLady and President at the Neighborhood Ball.<br><br>They are truly the people\'s First Couple!~</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4982123">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4982123" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982123" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982123">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982123" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982123" class="dsq-comment-message">whiterosebuddy:   OMG!!  Thanks for this info.   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I cani\'t wait!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Whoooo!   Hooo!<br><br>-Ummmm:  Looks like I have ta wear #6 Lhillier to some event.  Nobody picked it soooo, I\'ll sacrifice and get it!!  HAH!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4982401">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4982401" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982401" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982401">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982401" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982401" class="dsq-comment-message">That #6 was winning the vote when I cast mine. That is the tea length gown. HATED IT!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4983339">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4983339" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4983339" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4983339">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4983339" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4983339" class="dsq-comment-message">whirerosebuddy:    The results are fairly even at this point.  Ima keep checking.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Here\'s ANOTHER "WATCH" for me!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>#2 VALVO  is WHAT color??   GREEEEEEEN!!  Whoo!  Hoo!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4977789">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4977789" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4977789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4977789">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4977789" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4977789" class="dsq-comment-message">1. Valvo<br>2. Oscar de la Renta<br>3. Acra</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4977846" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4977846" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4977846">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4977846" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4977846" class="dsq-comment-message">reem in champagne</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972823" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4972823" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972823" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972823" class="dsq-comment-message">Valvo, yes in-double-deed!<br><br>Acra second.<br><br>Ralphie third.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973539" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973539" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973539">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973539" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973539" class="dsq-comment-message">I love the Valvo dress.  Now that I\'ve seen it I can\'t imagine her in anything else.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974113" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974113" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974113">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974113" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974113" class="dsq-comment-message">I can see Michelle in the Valvo dress. That fits her to a tee/</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974778" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974778" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974778">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974778" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974778" class="dsq-comment-message">That Valvo dress in a deep red or majestic purple would truly set it off.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973805" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973805" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973805">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973805" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973805" class="dsq-comment-message">That Calvin Klein dress looked like something some of the ladies would wear on a church sunday with a hat,  actually it looks like something gramma ruth would wear....  If gramma was living she\'d be 80......+</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973951" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973951" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973951">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973951" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973951" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:  Church!    U R  correct!   :&gt;)  As long as there is a matching hat!!<br><br>BUT, I think that SHE could wear it in the day.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974017" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974017">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974017" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974017" class="dsq-comment-message">For the actual ceremony that wouldn\'t be bad.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4978131" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4978131" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4978131">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4978131" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4978131" class="dsq-comment-message">1. Acra<br>2. Valvo<br>3. Lauren</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4978350" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4978350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4978350" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4978350" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4978350" class="dsq-comment-message">Eww on Valvo.<br><br>I appreciate the Kors gown. And I don\'t like Kors. That blue is stunning and it makes her appear so regal.<br><br>I\'m not a fan of gowns that can look like pants when a woman is walking.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972520" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4972520">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972520" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972520" class="dsq-comment-message">x</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972932" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4972932" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972932" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972932" class="dsq-comment-message">More about the shooting--caught via cellphones--of Oscar Grant by BART cops from <a href=" " rel="nofollow">S.F. BayView,</a> one of several black weeklies in the Bay Area.<br><br><a href="http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/oscar-grant-young-father-and-peacemaker-executed-by-bart-police/" rel="nofollow">Who was Oscar Grant?</a><br><br><a href="http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/did-bart-cop-who-killed-oscar-grant-mistake-gun-for-taser/" rel="nofollow">Did BART cop really mistake his gun for a Taser?</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973937" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973937" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973937">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973937" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973937" class="dsq-comment-message">HELL NO he didn\'t mistake his gun for a Taser. <br><br>The taser was on the OPPOSITE side.<br><br>He shot an unarmed man on the ground IN THE BACK. <br><br>He needs to be charged with MURDER</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974022" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974022" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974022">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974022" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974022" class="dsq-comment-message">Major Co-Sign!<br><br>He\'s a  Murderer!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974812" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974812" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974812">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974812" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974812" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, he is definitely a risk to society and a menace.<br>Things like this remind me of the Black Panthers and how they described the police force as nothing but a gang sanctioned by the state. They have all the attributes used to profile a gang...uniform colors, language unique to the group, hostile to those not in the group, and gang mentality when one of theirs is injured. They also lie and coverup to protect gang members.<br><br>Based on that Newton said that black folks had a right to arm themselves to protect themselves from the police gang that patrol their neighborhoods.<br><br>It was profound rhetoric in the sixties...and the visual of Seale and Newton marching on Sacramento with loaded ammunition and rifles is still a powerful sight to this day. At the time there was no law prohibiting such an act and boy were the white folks pissed when they cited the law!! That it was their legal right to be armed and all those brothers with afros just was such a powerful image to blacks and men but it was terrifying to whites.<br><br>This BART shooting was nothing but cold0blooded murder. I wish we could put together a citizens\' group for these type mutant beasts where folks could take turns shooting the officer to death in court martial fashion.<br><br>That might teach the rest of the police gang members to think twice about shooting our UNARMED fathers, brothers, nephews, uncles & sons and lieing about it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974108" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974108" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4974108" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974108" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974108" class="dsq-comment-message">But we know that won\'t happen. It\'s interesting to watch the 4 main local stations and how their news directors slant the story. One is definitely leaning more towards calling the cop a "rookie" and untrained - as if that\'s supposed to be an excuse. Others are talking about the death threats the cop is supposedly getting - whatever!. The funeral was today and they showed lots of segments with men crying on camera saying he was shot for no reason. Of course Mr. Grant\'s arrest record has been released as well. I knew something was up when BART claimed they weren\'t recording at the station that evening. Thank goodness for camera phones! The city will have to settle and squash this because tourism is the bulk of income for the City and the shooting is being broadcast around the world. I did a quick search and found blogs in Australia talking about this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4978010" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4978010" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4978010" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4978010" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4978010" class="dsq-comment-message">No doubt, the young aborigines are also checking this situation out, too.<br><br>Man, the press just protects and <i>protects</i> police, no matter how heinous, insensitive their crimes.  I saw one account where the culprit is said to be devastated by what has happened.  Yeah, right.  A DK diarist had more cellphone video on what occurred, and the cop who shot Oscar looked at his partner as if to say, "Oh, sh*t."  And then rolled the poor young man over like he was a sack of nothing. <br><br>Didn\'t even make a call for emergency services or anything.  Except try to confiscate everybody\'s cellphone.<br><br>Yall keep your cell phones charged and ready for just this kind of thing.  Rodney King\'s beating caught with a camcorder to this cop murder caught via cell phone.  Nothing has changed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974742" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974742" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974742">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974742" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974742" class="dsq-comment-message">Its open season apparently:<br><a href="http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou090105_mh_bellaire_shooting_meeting.4059f425.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/kh...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4974842">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974842" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974842" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974842">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974842" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974842" class="dsq-comment-message">Bellaire has some #ing racist bigots to the core!  The young man was driving while black!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4978339" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4978339" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4978339">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4978339" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4978339" class="dsq-comment-message">Driving his parent\'s ride, parked in his parent\'s driveway, and was shot in the yard because they "thought the vehicle was stolen".....bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. This was attempted murder.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4983285" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4983285" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4983285">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4983285" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4983285" class="dsq-comment-message">Merciful God<br><br>I pray the Obama Administration addresses racial profiling. I\'m dog tired of unarmed  innocent black men dying at the hand of police!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4986028" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4986028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4986028">nickwah22</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4986028" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4986028" class="dsq-comment-message">horrific</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4972972" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4972972" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4972972">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4972972" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4972972" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle Obama in white at Oprah\'s Legends Ball<br><br><a href="http://i.abcnews.com/GMA/popup?id=5322917&contentIndex=1&page=10&start=false" rel="nofollow">http://i.abcnews.com/GMA/popup?id=5322917&conte...</a><br><br>The bottom of this dress is too debutante foo-foo for me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973006" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973006" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973006">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973006" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973006" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the s@#$ that has to stop. Check out how the guilty will hide in broad daylight.<br><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/01/bush_makes_more_last-minute_ap.html?hpid=topnews" rel="nofollow">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/20...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973530" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973530">tovangar2</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973530" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973530" class="dsq-comment-message">The Truth About Rick Warren<br><br><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-07/the-truth-about-rick-warren-in-africa/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/...</a><br><br>I wish our P-E didn\'t have such a blind spot about ministers.  Shoulda listened to his mom.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973674" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973674" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4973674" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973674" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973674" class="dsq-comment-message">Looking for father-figures most likely....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973693" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973693">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973693" class="dsq-comment-message">tovangar2:  The comments are interesting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973886" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973886" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4973886" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973886" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973886" class="dsq-comment-message">I read it.  I wouldn\'t discount everything someone from <i>The Nation</i> says.<br><br>I hope Obama is able to talk and make sense into some of this mess regarding AIDS here and in Africa.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5004033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5004033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5004033">tovangar2</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5004033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5004033" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll say!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973753" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973753" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973753">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973753" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973753" class="dsq-comment-message">Blumenthal is nothing but another gay activist with an agenda. His article is biased.<br>He is lieing about the condoms. They were destroyed because they were defective, somehow Blumenthal left that out of the article.<br><br>Too many folks in journalism are gay activist and gay themselves.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974062" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974062">Micheline </span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974062" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974062" class="dsq-comment-message">Blumenthal has done a lot good work in exposing evangelicals.  Many of whom are racist.  I would suggest you read his other works before judging him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974119" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974119">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974119" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974119" class="dsq-comment-message">I acknowledge that many evangelicals may be racist as they are not supportive of the gay political agenda either. Blumenthal though has an ax to grind.<br><br>I am noting that his journalism is biased towards gay activism. His other works may be balanced but this article is certainly not. This article regarding Warren is a continuing crusade within the gay community about Warren..  Evangelicals warrant no more exposure than gays do. It is quite hypocritical for gays to expose anyone.<br>the gay community also blames blacks for the failure of Prop8 so I really view anything they have to say about other groups as suspect.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974839" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974839" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4974839" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974839" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974839" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign, Micheline.<br><br>There\'s science, there is common sense, and there is teaching people to respect their bodies.  I don\'t think that they are divorced from each other.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4975003">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4975003" class="dsq-comment-message">Blk sista...I know you are not talking about science vs. common sense when it comes to defective condoms.<br><br>Do you actually believe that common sense is to use defective condoms when scientifically those defects render them useless.<br><br>GEEZ.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4978138" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4978138" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4978138" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4978138" class="dsq-comment-message">The Truth About Beating A Dead Horse.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973818" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973818" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973818">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973818" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973818" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m still LOL at the thought of Al Franken being a SENATOR. <br><br>God Bless America.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974980" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974980" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974980">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974980" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah..<br><br>Have you read Al\'s book Liars and the Lying Lies they Tell?  It is very good. It will give you another whole view of Al. The man is very bright and knows what is going on and has a way with words that is incisive and just cuts to the core.<br><br>Pick it up and read it. You will enjoy it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4977185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4977185">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4977185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4977185" class="dsq-comment-message">I know about Al\'s book. I\'ve followed him for awhile now. I just think it\'s hilarious. I know it sounds hokey, but this is what I love about this country.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4977974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4977974">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4977974" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4977974" class="dsq-comment-message">He is hilarious, and it\'s quite phenomenal when comedians, actors, and body builders become polititcians.  Ya gotta love America!<br><br>Al\'s our Senator!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973914" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4973914">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973914" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973914" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle Bernard held it down on Hardball tonight. She was through with Durbin and Reid for being condescending towards Burris.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4974111" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4974111">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974111" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974111" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  YES SHE DID!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  I wish that she would be "one person" and not subdivided as she became!   ***shrug**</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4977788">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4977788" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4977788" class="dsq-comment-message">The Ill committee charged w/ impeaching Blego has asked for his donor list. These folks have no idea they took a ride on the tiger. If he even publishe his list so many Democratic pols in Ill are going to have the same names on their lists. It\'s like the tammany hall political carton by Nash. <br>story here: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=aGBx0up_EKZY" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110...</a><br><br>cartoon here: <a href="http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/fea/20050704/202/1467" rel="nofollow">http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/fea/200507...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4978198" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4978198" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4978198" class="dsq-comment-message">The Nominees...<br>  Hillary Clinton<br>  Bill Clinton<br>  David Plouffe<br>  Mark Penn<br>  Rod Blagojevich<br><br>...and now, the Academy Award for Best Political Gangsta of 2008-2009 goes to...***drumroll***<br><b>Rod___ Blagojevich!</b><br><br>...and I bet his ass beatz all the charges that Fitzgerald throws at him.<br><br>Confession:  I like Blago.  I wish that Blago could trade places with Harry Reid.  I\'d much rather have a fighter than a limp noodle leading Democrats in the Senate.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4978167" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4978167">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4978167" class="dsq-comment-message">what poster here said that Blago was taking everyone down with him?<br><br>BWA HA HA HA HA<br><br>A Donor List? <br><br>Oh baby. It\'s about to get hot up in there. If you think that they ONLY gave to Blago and not every other Democrat and/or high ranking Republican, you\'re dreaming.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982099" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982099">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982099" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982099" class="dsq-comment-message">Although, I wasn\'t the person who said Blago was taking everyone down with him; I did say this:<br><br><i>Yes. I would. Why? Because Blago is willing to rat on whomever to save his own ass! He\'s not going down without a fight! I believe Blago played his trump card with Burris because of the conversation he had with Reid! Just saying...</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4978327" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4978327">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4978327" class="dsq-comment-message">I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid<br>By: Jane Hamsher Wednesday January 7, 2009 7:00 am <br><br><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/07/i-want-to-play-poker-with-harry-reid/" rel="nofollow">http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/07/i-want-to-pla...</a><br><br>excerpt:<br><br><i>Blago laughs out loud. This is amateur night in Dixieland. He leaks to the press that he spoke with Reid before the election, and that Reid didn\'t think any of the African American candidates vying for the seat were "electable," while Tammy Duckworth was. He stirs up the potential jury pool and makes Reid look like an idiot -- the day before Reid is set to appear on Meet the Press.<br><br>Reid looks like a cat in a room full of rocking chairs on Meet the Press. Nobody knows how much Fitz has (not even Fitz, who is still trying to transcribe his tapes) or how much he\'ll need to reveal to prove his case, so Reid says he "doesn\'t remember" his conversation with Blago, but calls Blago a liar anyway. When asked if he supported Jesse Jackson Jr. for the Senate seat, he says he would support JJJ. And admits that there\'s "room to negotiate" on Burris.<br><br>Burris appears at the Senate on Tuesday. Gets turned away. Could Reid look any worse?<br><br>Yes!<br><br>Obama stares down DiFi, appoints Panetta to the CIA, and the NYT breaks the story before she\'s told (but Ron Wyden already knows). DiFi\'s fuming.<br><br>Despite having been one of the 50 Senators who signed Reid\'s letter saying Burris would never be seated, she announces that as the outgoing head of the Rules Committee she thinks the Senate has no choice but to seat him. (Good timing, because Charlie Rangel is already complaining about the Rules Committee dragging its feet, and Jesse White is complaining that Reid made him the fall guy.)<br><br>Reid can\'t hold his own caucus in line. Blames Rahm. Gives interview saying "I don\'t work for Barack Obama."<br><br>Smooth. <br><br>WaPo: "Burris Backs Reid Into a Corner." <br><br>A seventy-one year old dude who hasn\'t held office for 14 years, appointed by a crook, takes the Senate Majority Leader to the cleaners. <br></i><br><br>lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4981378" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4981378">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4981378" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4981378" class="dsq-comment-message">Reid is a wuss!  He got played!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4981629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4981629">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4981629" class="dsq-comment-message">Can we please get rid of this mofo.  <br><br>watching maddow\'s show this idiot giving a standing ovation to Stevens in the Senate. And Reid said Stevens shouldn\'t  go jail.<br><br>These old white Dems..........git outta here!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982215" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4982215" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982215" class="dsq-comment-message">And Rachel revealed him for the lying shill he is regarding Stevens not knowing what he was doing.<br><br>Reid is only thinking about re-election in 2010.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982370">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982370" class="dsq-comment-message">If memory serves, everybody that was showing their ass during the primaries has been played - all but one - and I hope she\'s next.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4983414" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4983414">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4983414" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4983414" class="dsq-comment-message">Me too!  I\'m so hoping she\'s next.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4987843" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4987843">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4987843" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4987843" class="dsq-comment-message">Me too!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4981493" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4981493" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4981493" class="dsq-comment-message">I love that article, rikyrah.<br><br>Reid is a weasel. He needs to go sit down somewhere and be quiet. Politics is above him.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982343" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982343">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982343" class="dsq-comment-message">Me too.  The author called it just like it happened.  Blago was not playing with them.  This political season has been anything but boring; I can\'t wait to see what happens next.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4978486" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4978486">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4978486" class="dsq-comment-message">Blagojevich the strategist<br>By BEN SMITH | 1/7/09 7:53 PM EST   <br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17193.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17193...</a><br><br><i>Move over David Plouffe. The cleverest Democratic campaign manager of the new year appears to be none other than Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.<br><br>In a season of troubled "rollouts" – think Sarah Palin and Caroline Kennedy – Roland Burris\'s has been all but flawless. He arrived December 30 with no warning, and his allies played – to the discomfort of many Democrats – what was perhaps his strongest political card, race, without shame.<br><br>In the days that followed, Burris has accomplished his key goals, calling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid\'s bluff and putting his own apparently distinguished visage at the center of the story.<br><br>"They have done a great job with the rollout," said Chris Lehane, a Democratic consultant and former aide to President Bill Clinton. "The single smartest step was making sure that Burris – not Blagojevich – became the star actor in this narrative."<br></i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4981451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4981451" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4981451" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200901/end-of-whiteness" rel="nofollow">The End of White America</a><br><br><i>The Election of Barack Obama is just the most startling manifestation of a larger trend: the gradual erosion of “whiteness” as the touchstone of what it means to be American. If the end of white America is a cultural and demographic inevitability, what will the new mainstream look like—and how will white Americans fit into it? What will it mean to be white when whiteness is no longer the norm? And will a post-white America be less racially divided—or more so?</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982143" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982143">lamh31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982143" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG, <br><br>Saw this on CNN: <a href="http://www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org" rel="nofollow">www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org</a><br>check our sleepy kitty</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982169" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982169">lamh31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982169" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982169" class="dsq-comment-message">that\'s check out "sleepy kitty"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982250" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982250">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982250" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982250" class="dsq-comment-message">lamh31:   OMG!!!  8 words: <b>AB- SO- LUTE- LY    A-  DOR -  A --BLE!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>MSKITTY!    MSKITTY!  You gotta see this!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks lamh31!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4987724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4987724">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4987724" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4987724" class="dsq-comment-message">Aww that was cute.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982212" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982212">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982212" class="dsq-comment-message">T.D. Jakes is on Larry King, pimping his new movie and talking about Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982280" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982280">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982280" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982280" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  THANKS!  Just got in!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982414" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4982414" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982414" class="dsq-comment-message">T.D. Jakes\' performance on election night left me questioning his motives.<br><br>I just don\'t like the man. At all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982482" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4982482" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982482" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982482" class="dsq-comment-message">He was a Bush Supporter, if not mistaken, but many AA preachers got caught up in the Bush Admin and their "grant program for churches around this country".  In return many of these "preachers" pushed Bush and the conservative lingo in the pulpit.  Did not say Bush by name, but Bush did not net 10% of the AA vote in 2004 without doing something.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4982481" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982481">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982481" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve always been pretty wary of him, but was never really sure why. What did he do on election night? I don\'t remember seeing him on TV that night.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4982978">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4982978" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982978" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982978">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982978" class="dsq-comment-message">When MSM were trying to derail Obama\'s Campaign with Rev Wright clips, I won\'t forget  I called the Potter\'s House and aked if T.D. Jakes would step up for Rev Wright as a black minister and someone at the Church stated....T.D. Jakes didn\'t want to get involved. Gasp!!<br><br>I was through!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4983254" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4983254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4983254">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4983254" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4983254" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s why he\'s on Larry King.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4989536" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4989536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4989536">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4989536" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly.  CNN  COON NETWORK NEWS!<br><br>Jakes was totally on board with the Faith-based intiative programs, putting $$$$ in his pocket.  I don\'t think his motives are pure.  Anyone can put on a backwards collar and say that he/she is a servant of God.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4994297">antennaness</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4994297" class="dsq-comment-message">Thats right.  He was (is) definitely a Bushman.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4983392" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4983392">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4983392" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4983392" class="dsq-comment-message">What did he do?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4984111" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4984111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4984111" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4984111" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4984111" class="dsq-comment-message">He kept praising McCain and suggesting that he would do better than anyone thought, and everytime he said it, the host announced a major state going to Barack.<br><br>First Pennsylvania. Then Ohio. <br><br>Each time, his face cracked and he had to amend his comments.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982462" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4982462" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982462" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982462" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-cabinet-confirmation-hearings.html" rel="nofollow">Obama Cabinet Confirmation Hearings Schedules</a><br><br>C-SPAN TIVO TIME!!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4983387">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4983387" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4983387" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4983387">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4983387" class="dsq-comment-message">icebergslim:    -Er      -ummmm    -uh---     What\'s a TIVO?    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>O.K.  I\'ve heard of them; BUT I haven\'t quite hit that part of the 21st Century!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4986195">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4986195" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4986195" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4986195">islandgirl550</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4986195" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4986195" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh GreenLady, you are so cute. You really should get one. I love mine and I"m not beholden to the TV when programs are on.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4994202">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4994202" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4994202" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4994202">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4994202" class="dsq-comment-message">island550:  OoooKaaay!  :&gt;)   Ima try my best ta "STEP" a little further into the 21st Century!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4982509">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4982509" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4982509" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4982509">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4982509" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4982509" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  3 more P-EO <b>HEADLINE(s):</b><br><br>1.  <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/us/politics/08obama.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">Obama Says He Will Seek to Overhaul Retiree Spending</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON —<b> President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that overhauling Social Security and Medicare would be “a central part” of his administration’s efforts to contain federal spending, signaling for the first time that he would wade into the thorny politics of entitlement programs.</b></i><br><br><b>[NOTE:  This is the part that I missed commenting on.]</b><br><br><i>As the Congressional Budget Office projected a record $1.2 trillion budget deficit for this year even before the costs of the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus package being taken up by the House and the Senate, Mr. Obama stepped up his effort to reassure lawmakers and the financial markets that he plans a vigorous effort to keep the government’s finances from deteriorating further.<br><br>Speaking at a news conference in Washington, he provided no details of his approach to rein in Social Security and Medicare, which are projected to consume a growing share of government spending as the baby boom generation ages into retirement over the next two decades. But he said he would have more to say about the issue when he unveiled a budget next month.<br><br>Should he follow through with a serious effort to cut back the rates of growth of the two programs, he would be opening up a potentially risky battle that neither party has shown much stomach for. The programs have proved almost sacrosanct in political terms, even as they threaten to grow so large as to be unsustainable in the long run. President Bush failed in his effort to overhaul Social Security, and Medicare only grew larger during his administration with the addition of prescription drug coverage for retirees.<br><br>Mr. Obama also promised a more intensive effort to weed inefficient and bloated programs out of the federal budget in the short run, creating a White House position to “scour this budget, line by line, eliminating what we don’t need, or what doesn’t work, and improving the things that do.” He named Nancy Killefer to the post, called chief performance officer.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br><b>[NOTE:  This article has a lot of significant videos of today!!  Good stuff!  :&gt;)]</b><br><br><br>2.  <a href="http://thepage.time.com/2009/01/07/obama-to-sell-stimulus-in-major-economic-speech-thursday/?xid=rss-page" rel="nofollow">Obama to Sell Stimulus in Major Economic Speech Thursday</a><br><br><i><b>The president-elect will deliver remarks at 11 am ET at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.</b><br><br>He\'s set to make his case for urgent action on his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to help the ailing economy.<br><br><b>Plus: Obama will also hold a closed door-meeting with the Senate Finance Committee Thursday to hash out the details of his plan.</b></i><br><br>3.  <a href="http://thepage.time.com/2009/01/07/obama-to-sit-down-with-kaine-thursday/?xid=rss-page" rel="nofollow">Obama, Kaine to Hold Presser Thursday (Wednesday, January 7th, 2009)</a><br><br><i><b>The president-elect is expected to meet with the newly tapped Democratic National Committee Chair Thursday in Washington, D.C.<br><br>They\'ll hold a media availability from the DNC offices at 3:30 pm ET.</b></i><br><br>As I\'ve stated B4, this PRESIDENT-ELECT <b>WORKS!</b> ALL DAY LONG!!  :&gt;)<br><br>HE IS <b>A  -  MA -  ZING!!</b>   America annnnnnd the WORLD is FORTUNATE to have his <b>LEADERSHIP!!</b>   GOD BLESS HIM!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4983909">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4983909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4983909" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4983909">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4983909" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4983909" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Recently, I said that mcancient hadn\'t been heard from.  Speak his name and here he is.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/mccain-repeats-palins-att_n_156106.html" rel="nofollow">McCain Repeats Palin\'s Attack On Fruit Fly Research</a><br><br><b>[NOTE:  Soooo, you wonder where her angst against "FRUIT FLIES" came from?]</b><br><br><i><b>John McCain reached back into the presidential campaign on Wednesday to pull out a scientific critique that had first been made by his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, when she ridiculed funding for fruit fly research. In a late-October speech, Palin noted that the research was going on in "Paris, France" and added "I kid you not."<br><br>On Wednesday, McCain himself grabbed for the fruit-fly swatter at a press conference to unveil his new anti-earmark legislation.</b><br><br>After a long takedown of research into lobsters by the University of Maine that involves a "Lobster Cam," McCain, a Senator from Arizona, turned on the fruit flies, saying, "also, there\'s one in Paris that -- yes -- $212,000 for Olive Fruit Fly research in Paris, France."<br><br><b>During the campaign, Palin\'s criticism of fruit-fly research was heavily attacked by the scientific community, which argued that fruit flies, because of their brief life-spans, make up a cornerstone of scientific and medical research. In 1933, Thomas Hunt Morgan won a Nobel Prize for his work with fruit flies, which showed how genes are passed on through chromosomes.</b></i>  <b>[She didn\'t learn this in any of those 5 colleges!]</b><br><br><i><b><u>Palin was considered at the time to have been scientifically freelancing, but McCain\'s comments today indicate that the objection to fruit-fly research came from the top.</u></b><br><br>The specific earmark in question was requested by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.). The money was for a lab set up by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Europe to study emerging threats from insects.<b> "The Olive Fruit Fly has infested thousands of California olive groves and is the single largest threat to the U.S. olive and olive oil industries," said Thompson. "The research facility is located in France because Mediterranean countries like France have dealt with the Olive Fruit Fly for decades, while California has only been exposed since the 1990s."</b></i><br><br>He, apparently, didn\'t understand the significance of this branch of scientific research, EITHER!<br><br>***shakin\' my head***  WHEW!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4984210">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4984210" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4984210" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4984210">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4984210" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4984210" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Mr. P-EO is still in HEAVY NEGOTIATIONS!:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/obama-says-hell-fight-to_n_156131.html" rel="nofollow">Obama Vows To Continue Fight To Keep Blackberry</a><br><br><i><b>Amid all the action leading up to Obama\'s inauguration it is easy to forget that there is still an issue very close to the President-Elect\'s heart that has yet to be resolved: <u>that of the fate of his BlackBerry.</u></b><br><br>Speaking with CNBC Wednesday, Obama explained that he is still fighting to hold onto the device despite the sea of lawyers who have warned him against keeping it.<br><br>    <b>I\'m still clinging to my BlackBerry. They\'re going to pry it out of my hands.[...]</b><br><br>    I don\'t know that I\'ll win, but I\'m still--I\'m still fighting it. And--but here\'s the point I was making, I guess, is that it\'s not just the flow of information. I mean, I can get somebody to print out clips for me, and I can read newspapers. What it has to do with is having mechanisms where you are interacting with people who are outside of the White House in a meaningful way. And I\'ve got to look for every opportunity to do that--ways that aren\'t scripted, ways that aren\'t controlled, ways where, you know, people aren\'t just complimenting you or standing up when you enter into a room, ways of staying grounded.</i><br><br>Isn\'t this just adorable?  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  BUT. he is SERIOUS!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4984289">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4984289" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4984289" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4984289">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4984289" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4984289" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  IT\'S OFFICIAL!!:    :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/official-inauguration-pos_n_156045.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Official Inauguration Poster Released By Obama Team: Exclusive</b></a><br><br><i>The Barack Obama Inaugural Committee is releasing an official inauguration poster playing off past themes and marking the history of January 20th in a uniquely Obama fashion.<br><br><b>Designed by famed street artist Shepard Fairey, the print, created especially for the 2009 Inauguration, boldly declares<u> "BE THE CHANGE."</u></b><br><br>t is the next step in the branding of the presidency -- a development that is not unique to Obama but one that he has used better than any other politician in recent memory.<br><br>Fairey\'s initial design -- a guerrilla style, dark-colored portrait of the then-candidate -- proved to be a political and cultural phenomenon during the campaign. The current edition plays heavily off those themes and it seems likely to be a major symbol during the inauguration festivities. The image will be available on buttons, lapel pins, stickers and t-shirts.<br><br><b>The poster will officially be released tomorrow on the Inaugural Committee\'s online store.</b></i><br><br><b>Mr. President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama!    Large and IN CHARGE!</b></div>\
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