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That is the point that I was trying to make.   There is a college program called \"<a href=\"http://www.clemson.edu/hehd/departments/education/research-service/callmemister/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Call Me Mister</a>\" at Clemson University that offers  tuition assistance to black men interested in being school teachers.  It appears that they are working to expand the program to additional campuses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_00:26:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10244681, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Demographics<br>Population and National Origin<br>    U.S. Rank1 <br>Total Hispanic Population in Minnesota 208,000 28 <br>Hispanics as Percent of State Population 4% 34 <br>Hispanics as Percent of U.S. Hispanic Population 0.5%  <br>Native-Born Hispanics (Percent of Hispanics) 60% 26 <br>Foreign-Born Hispanics (Percent of Hispanics) 40% 26 <br>Mexican Origin (Percent of Hispanics) 72% 21 <br><a href=\"http://pewhispanic.org/states/?stateid=MN\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://pewhispanic.org/states/?stateid=MN</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:56:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10240819, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That Kennyi was a cutie-pie.   Now Tim, he was more blunt - \"what's it mean?\"  No please - self-conscious and nerdy.  Those two girls were absolutely Lovely!  Kavya & Aishwarya (had to look for her name, everywhere).  Kyle was jus' too cute.  <br><br>That Kavya's father was just too cool & collected.  I am beyond impressed!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:37:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10243071, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243464": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How many Hispanic GOP officials are they?  <br><br>I only wonder because when it became obvious that Obama has a running chance of being nominated & winning the election it seems like even Faux News rushed to find any black pundit, strategist, consultant, whatever to issue commentary with a \"black\" perspective.<br><br>I'm with rikyrah.  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M&feature=player_embedded\" rel=\"nofollow\">Where the Hispanics at?</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:21:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "See, this is what I'm talking about.  Whites don't want Hispanics living in the burbs.  Central and Western MN have lots of factory jobs. Mexican immigrants come here to work.  They have their papers, they create businesses, and they are thriving.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:15:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241633, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10251916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The GOP repulses the rank and file soldiers. The men and women in uniform see what I see...straight up deserters with fat pockets using them for capital gains.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_06:53:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10243116, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10260750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If this story were true (coupled with the fact that we know how Muslim men are religiously connected to their women), why would America further spit in their faces with pictures of rape! Let's say the pictures don't show rape but sadistic beatings of various kinds, will the release prove greater intent? The error in my opinion is not the issue of transparency by the president but the lack of prudence and tactfulness of the far Left.  The president is not covering up his own mess he is trying to contain a messy situation (he inherited) until it can be resolved.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_11:37:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "moObama", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242852, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Rush and Cheney Show Accelerates Military Desertion of the GOP<br><br>For decades, the conventional wisdom was that the Republican Party was the party of the military. And while no party has or ever will monopolize military support, certainly Republicans had a good amount of support from some big names - from Eisenhower to Powell.<br><br>In recent years, however, as Republicans have abandoned ideals that make our military strong - no nation building using our Armed Forces, looking for strong alliances to join us in action, operating on a moral high ground when we do use force, and commitment to a strong enough and large enough force - we've seen big names head towards supporting Democrats - from General Wesley Clark and Major General Paul Eaton to General John Shalikashvili, General Joseph Hoar, and General Hugh Shelton. Oh, and Colin Powell.<br><br>That shift towards Democrats, and especially President Obama and Hillary Clinton during the primary, is about to be fast tracked, as Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney take control of Republican messaging, ideals, practices, and policies.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/the-rush-and-cheney-show_b_208187.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/the-rus...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:06:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Meeting with Abbas<br>This afternoon the President held a one-on-one meeting, and then an expanded meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, read the President's opening remarks when they spoke to the press together afterwards:<br><a href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Images-of-Abbas/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Images-of-Abbas/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:18:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Native blood in me has been there about the same length of time. <br><br>Heh<br><br>But the difference, to my perception, is that it is A-OK to speak it loudly instead of furtively. <br><br>But you are correct, it really is up to us to unite and banish the Anglo-Saxon supremacy. This is one of the many reasons I loved the Obama campaign. It united a lot of brown eyed people. Lots, I have even helped out with getting East Indian and other South Asians a living wage, marched with them. Helped Somali store owners, etc.<br><br>It is time for us to to demand justice, humanity and prosperity for all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:44:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242329, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243598": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't forget Michelle Malkin.  Her parents were here on student visas when her ass was born.  I wonder how she can fix her mouth to say anchor baby.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:27:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "vulcan_girl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242586, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243991": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now you know how I feel. I mean, damn, take the ones on the news shows on Telemundo and Univision - they all speak English. I know that there must be Puerto Rican politicians in NEW YORK - haven't seen any. I mean, it's been goddamn ridiculous watching this racist  bullshit unfold without someone Latino to put that shyt in check.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:45:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10243464, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10240536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It IS hilarious. Sometimes, I just rewind and watch it over and over and LMAO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:21:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10230752, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242329": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Welcome to the real America.We as AA have been going thru it for 400 years. It is up to us to banish Anglo-Saxon supremacy to the dust bin of history.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:33:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242016, "depth": 4, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So true, Lilytiger, and Tancredo, who's parents were Italian immigrants should know better.  He's clueless and has bought into the immigrant bashing; he's being at it for a while now.<br><br>This nut r actually ran for president.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:44:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242016, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10245276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "THESE mofos want to get re-elected.  They ain't crazy...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_00:48:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10243270, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Trying to find some good commentary but maybe we are just shocked all to hell. Dios mios.<br><br>Found this though<br><a href=\"http://www.latinola.com/story.php?story=7500\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.latinola.com/story.php?story=7500</a><br><br>TOP 10 Reasons Sonia Sotomayor Will Be Best Supreme Court Judge<br>Republican haters? Bring 'em on!<br>By Al Carlos Hernandez, Contributing Editor<br> <br> <br>10. She's Latina, so she's used to being lied to by experts.<br><br>heh", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:34:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10243464, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10245537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am not fond of retrospective studies in reletively small southern school districts being generalized to the the entire nation.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_01:00:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "fredman1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10210412, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Open Government Initiative: Phase II<br>Beth Noveck, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government, brings us an update on the Open Government Initiative:<br><br>Last week, the White House launched an unprecedented online process for public engagement in policymaking. That process began with a week of Brainstorming, hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration.<br> <br>You have shared almost 900 submissions and 33,000 votes on ideas ranging from strategies for making government data more accessible to legal and policy impediments to transparency.  Thank you!<br> <br>The Brainstorming phase is drawing to an official close tonight at midnight.  We are reviewing all material on the site in preparation for the Discussion Phase, which begins on Wednesday June 3rd.  We\u2019ll be distilling both the ideas from the Brainstorming and the comments from an online dialogue with government employees that took place earlier this spring on the MAX federal wiki.  All comments from MAX will be publicly posted tomorrow on the Open Government website.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Open-Government-Initiative-Phase-II/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Open-Government-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:16:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you kidding me.  The Hispanic population is the fastest growing minorities in rural Minnesota.  And white folks aren't real happy about it either.<br><br>My friend Cesar is from Mexico", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:42:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10240819, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242852": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Many of the white liberal blogs are flagging the story from UK Daily Telegraph about the unreleased torture pics that says that some of the pictures involved raping detainees, and are using the Telegraph's report to say that Obama is covering up for war criminals, and therefore is no better than Bush or is purposely shielding the wrong doers.<br><br>Well <a href=\"http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/28/the-daily-telegraphs-rape-photo-claim/#more-13323\" rel=\"nofollow\">reporter Michael Scherer of Time <a href=\"http://magazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">magazine.com</a> has done some \"REAL\" reporting on the subject, and he is giving some some well founded skepticism ont he Telegraph's reproting</a>, and the history of the Telegraph erroneous reporting on prior torture issues.<br><br>It's a good read.  Ya'll should check it out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:54:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10251941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How the hell does \"World Net Daily\" get a press pass?? What the hell? Does the National Enquirer and Star magazine have press credentials for White House briefings?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_06:55:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242392, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sit down and do not have any liquid in your mouth; Bill Clinton takes responsiblity for CDS mess<br>\"When the subject came up during our conversation in Chappaqua, Clinton calmly dissected the case against him and acknowledged that in at least some particulars his critics have a point. In almost clinical form, as if back at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, he broke down the case against him into three allegations: first, that he used the Community Reinvestment Act to force small banks into making loans to low-income depositors who were too risky. Second, that he signed the deregulatory Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999, repealing part of the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act that prohibited commercial banks from engaging in the investment business. And third, that he failed to regulate the complex financial instruments known as derivatives.<br>The first complaint Clinton rejects as \u201cjust a totally off-the-wall crazy argument\u201d made by the \u201cright wing,\u201d noting that community banks have not had major problems. The second he gives some credence to, although he blames Bush for, in his view, neutering the Securities and Exchange Commission. \u201cLetting banks take investment positions I don\u2019t think had much to do with this meltdown,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the more diversified institutions in general were better able to handle what happened. And again, if I had known that the S.E.C. would have taken a rain check, would I have done it? Probably not. But I wouldn\u2019t have done anything. In other words, I would have tried to reverse everything if I had known we were going to have eight years where we would not have an S.E.C. for most of the time.\u201d<br><br>Skip to next paragraph <br>Multimedia<br><br>Slide Show <br>The Postpresidency <br><br>Interactive Graphic <br>Bill Clinton: Life After the White House <br>Related<br>Economix: Bill Clinton, on His Economic Legacy <br>Times Topics: Bill ClintonClinton argued that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act set up a framework for overseeing the industry. \u201cSo I don\u2019t think that\u2019s such a good criticism,\u201d he said. \u201cI think, actually, if you want to make a criticism on that, it would be an indirect one \u2014 you could say that the signing of that legislation sped up what was happening anyway and maybe led some of these institutions to be bigger than they otherwise would have been and the very bigness of some of these groups caused some of this problem because the bigger something is and the newer it is, the harder it is to manage. And I do think there were some serious management problems which might not have occurred.\u201d<br><br>Then there are the derivatives. There, Clinton pleads guilty. Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, opposed regulation of derivatives as they came to the fore in the 1990s, and Clinton agreed. \u201cThey argued that nobody\u2019s going to buy these derivatives, we\u2019ll do it without transparency, they\u2019ll get the information they need,\u201d he recalled. \u201cAnd it turned out to be just wrong; it just wasn\u2019t true.\u201d He said others share blame, including credit-rating agencies that underestimated the risk. But he accepts responsibility as well. \u201cI very much wish now that I had demanded that we put derivatives under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and that transparency rules had been observed and that we had done that. That I think is a legitimate criticism of what we didn\u2019t do.\u201d He added: \u201cIf you ask me to write the indictment, I\u2019d say: \u2018I wish Bill Clinton had said more about derivatives. The Republicans probably would have stopped him from doing it, but at least he should have sounded the alarm bell.\u2019 \u201d<br><br>For all that, Clinton insisted he never would have let the housing bubble grow into the problem it became (never mind the high-technology bubble that burst on his watch) and would have stepped in if he were president to prevent the free fall. \u201cWhen anybody asks me that,\u201d he told me, \u201cI ask them, I look at them and ask them: \u2018Do you think this would have happened if we had been there? Look me in the face and say yes.\u2019 I haven\u2019t found any takers yet.\u201d<br><br><a href=\"http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/blaming-clinton/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/blaming-cl...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:33:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10225703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Me too....I'd like to see if they break down the demographics of the teachers....and also let us know what the criteria is for a \"top educator\"....I may be sensitve, but I'm perturbed by the pic they used to go with this article about it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:19:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10212415, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10239912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Keith knows how stupid it makes Rush look. Rush talked about him showing that video with him jumping ! lol  <br><br>But Keith is having fun.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:55:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10230752, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10245162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL - Clinton sort of admits to poisoning the economic well, but blames Bush for not monitoring and correcting the situation.  I can still remember some of the obvious BS that Clinton spewed during his debates with Bush.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_00:42:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "fredman1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242342, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I found a few more.  I was looking to see what Clarissa Pinkola Estes had to say but her site is down; they're working on a new format.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:28:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242158, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh that's nothing new.<br><br>The young white teachers fresh out of college get assignments in the black schools, do their time for a couple of years then move on to the white schools.<br><br><br>The young black teachers fresh out of college get assignments in the black schools but if they want to move to the white school they can't because Heather and Emily get sent to the white school before LaTonya and Charmella will.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:28:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10210412, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/wanda-sykes-mocks-medias_n_208489.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tancredo Accuses Senators McCain and Martinez of Complicity in KKK Activities; Will They Fight Back?</a><br><br><blockquote>Earlier today, Representative Tom Tancredo, a noted anti-immigrant extremist, went on television and denounced Sonia Sotomayor for her association with the National Council of La Raza. NCLR is a Latino advocacy group akin to the NAACP. But to Tancredo it\u2019s the equivalent of the Ku Klux Klan, a violent racist terrorist organization... <br><br>Now as Dave Meyer points out, this is not just a vile slur on Sotomayor and the NCLR, it\u2019s a serious slur on Senator John McCain (R-AZ) who delivered the keynote at NCLR\u2019s 2004 conference and also addressed the group in 2008. Meanwhile, Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) accepted an award from NCLR earlier this year. <br><br>The question arises as to whether McCain and Martinez are going to stand for this. Will they take on the maniacs in their own party who are slandering them, or will they decide to just lay low and hope that nobody notices what\u2019s going on. I know that if someone accused me of having delivered the keynote address at a Klan rally, I\u2019d be mad as hell. Is McCain?</blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:44:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Talent and skill are not something Repulicans pride themselves on otherwise theyw ouldn't allow this<br>Palin stands alone on a shrinking island <br>Les Gara <br>May 27, 2009 .Share this<br> <br> Digg Del.icio.us StumbleUpon Yahoo FacebookPrintE-mailDiscussTags<br>sarah palinstimulus fundsles garaalaska politicsalaska energy     <br> <br>Last week Governor Palin set herself apart from every other Republican and Democratic governor in the nation. It's a distinction I'd rather not have - as an Alaskan, or as an American who believes in President Obama's goal of reducing America's dependence on foreign energy. <br>Last week Governor Palin became the first governor in the nation to refuse to accept energy funds the president offered as part of his economic stimulus package. The governor vetoed the Alaska Legislature's acceptance of $28 million the president and Congress have offered Alaska to create a renewable energy and energy savings plan. All we had to do, to accept the funds - funds every other state is working to try to keep - was commit to do the rational. We just had to certify Alaska would make a good faith effort to adopt rational energy efficiency standards (the IEEC), and begin 90% compliance with it by 2017.<br><br>The nation's construction industry is already gearing up to follow energy efficiency standards because, well, they save money. As I tried to inform the governor, our own state residential housing agency, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, already requires compliance with this code for any construction it finances. And our normally conservative state Homebuilders Association supports its adoption because it makes sense. And cents.<br><br>Here are a few more reasons I could do without this \"only one of 50 states\" distinction.<br><br>Alaska has the highest energy prices in the nation. The solution to the problem isn't rejecting funds that could be dedicated to build wind, hydro and other renewable energy production.<br><br>Urban Alaska is facing a dangerous short-term shortage of natural gas, and high diesel and other energy costs. We need renewable energy sources on our electric power grid to lessen our reliance on natural gas and high cost diesel fuel.<br><br>Much of rural Alaska is facing an even more acute shortage of affordable, reliable energy. In most of our rural communities Alaskans rely heavily on barging and flying in diesel fuel. That's dangerous. Last winter diesel hit a pocket-emptying $8 - $9 a gallon in many remote communities. Many Alaskans in these communities were asked, in effect, to choose between food and heat.<br><br>Governor Palin's decision is as ironic as it is troubling.<br><br>Ironically, the state is likely to adopt the efficiency measures required by federal law - and just not get the $28 million offered to us for doing so. What Governor Palin's done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. I'm confident Alaska will eventually adopt standards for smart, energy efficient construction, and the private sector is already doing this. In that sense, the construction world is passing us by. It's hard to stop the world from progressing towards energy efficient construction. Consumers want it because it saves us money. The nation wants it because it protects our national security. We'll end up following along, and just not get the $28 million the president has offered for doing this.<br><br>Want a little more irony? Our Legislature, led by Senator Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), launched an impressive plan to help Alaskans make their homes more energy efficient. We can't all build new homes, so, at a cost of more than $300 million, the state is helping us upgrade the energy efficiency of the homes we live in today. It's hard to understand how the governor could join the Legislature in this effort, but not want to make new homes energy efficient in the first place. Building our schools and homes right is a lot cheaper than coming in afterwards make them more efficient.<br><br>The president is asking us to look forward, and save money to boot. The governor is in effect asking us to spend more by looking backwards.<br><br>As a legislator, I'm left with this question. What can we do? Many are requesting a veto override from the Legislature. That was my first instinct too. But (we're still researching this) a veto override may not accomplish anything productive. The governor has to affirmatively apply for the available federal funds, and promise the president Alaska will join 49 other states by committing to make the required progress on energy efficiency standards. If Governor Palin won't do that, we cannot receive the federal funds. We can't force the governor to make that commitment with a veto override.<br><br>In the meantime, the smartest thing we can all do is let the governor know, in e-mails to her and letters to the newspaper, and elsewhere, what we think. When faced with logical argument, a reminder of the nation's national security goals, and a vibrant public discussion about local energy needs, Governor Palin would do well to re-think her position.<br><br>Sometimes you have to stand on an island, alone, on principle. Sometimes, when you're alone on an island and everyone else is happily waving as they pass by, you need to think twice about what you've done. This is one of those times.<br><br>The 49 governors who are trying to work with the president to comply with our nation's energy efficiency efforts are right. Like them, we could use the funds for needed energy projects, and will benefit by joining the national move towards more energy efficient construction. I hope the governor thinks again about this one. Staying on this island's getting pretty expensive<br>Palin stands alone on a shrinking island <br>Les Gara <br>May 27, 2009 .Share this<br> <br> Digg Del.icio.us StumbleUpon Yahoo FacebookPrintE-mailDiscussTags<br>sarah palinstimulus fundsles garaalaska politicsalaska energy     <br> <br>Last week Governor Palin set herself apart from every other Republican and Democratic governor in the nation. It's a distinction I'd rather not have - as an Alaskan, or as an American who believes in President Obama's goal of reducing America's dependence on foreign energy. <br>Last week Governor Palin became the first governor in the nation to refuse to accept energy funds the president offered as part of his economic stimulus package. The governor vetoed the Alaska Legislature's acceptance of $28 million the president and Congress have offered Alaska to create a renewable energy and energy savings plan. All we had to do, to accept the funds - funds every other state is working to try to keep - was commit to do the rational. We just had to certify Alaska would make a good faith effort to adopt rational energy efficiency standards (the IEEC), and begin 90% compliance with it by 2017.<br><br>The nation's construction industry is already gearing up to follow energy efficiency standards because, well, they save money. As I tried to inform the governor, our own state residential housing agency, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, already requires compliance with this code for any construction it finances. And our normally conservative state Homebuilders Association supports its adoption because it makes sense. And cents.<br><br>Here are a few more reasons I could do without this \"only one of 50 states\" distinction.<br><br>Alaska has the highest energy prices in the nation. The solution to the problem isn't rejecting funds that could be dedicated to build wind, hydro and other renewable energy production.<br><br>Urban Alaska is facing a dangerous short-term shortage of natural gas, and high diesel and other energy costs. We need renewable energy sources on our electric power grid to lessen our reliance on natural gas and high cost diesel fuel.<br><br>Much of rural Alaska is facing an even more acute shortage of affordable, reliable energy. In most of our rural communities Alaskans rely heavily on barging and flying in diesel fuel. That's dangerous. Last winter diesel hit a pocket-emptying $8 - $9 a gallon in many remote communities. Many Alaskans in these communities were asked, in effect, to choose between food and heat.<br><br>Governor Palin's decision is as ironic as it is troubling.<br><br>Ironically, the state is likely to adopt the efficiency measures required by federal law - and just not get the $28 million offered to us for doing so. What Governor Palin's done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. I'm confident Alaska will eventually adopt standards for smart, energy efficient construction, and the private sector is already doing this. In that sense, the construction world is passing us by. It's hard to stop the world from progressing towards energy efficient construction. Consumers want it because it saves us money. The nation wants it because it protects our national security. We'll end up following along, and just not get the $28 million the president has offered for doing this.<br><br>Want a little more irony? Our Legislature, led by Senator Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), launched an impressive plan to help Alaskans make their homes more energy efficient. We can't all build new homes, so, at a cost of more than $300 million, the state is helping us upgrade the energy efficiency of the homes we live in today. It's hard to understand how the governor could join the Legislature in this effort, but not want to make new homes energy efficient in the first place. Building our schools and homes right is a lot cheaper than coming in afterwards make them more efficient.<br><br>The president is asking us to look forward, and save money to boot. The governor is in effect asking us to spend more by looking backwards.<br><br>As a legislator, I'm left with this question. What can we do? Many are requesting a veto override from the Legislature. That was my first instinct too. But (we're still researching this) a veto override may not accomplish anything productive. The governor has to affirmatively apply for the available federal funds, and promise the president Alaska will join 49 other states by committing to make the required progress on energy efficiency standards. If Governor Palin won't do that, we cannot receive the federal funds. We can't force the governor to make that commitment with a veto override.<br><br>In the meantime, the smartest thing we can all do is let the governor know, in e-mails to her and letters to the newspaper, and elsewhere, what we think. When faced with logical argument, a reminder of the nation's national security goals, and a vibrant public discussion about local energy needs, Governor Palin would do well to re-think her position.<br><br>Sometimes you have to stand on an island, alone, on principle. Sometimes, when you're alone on an island and everyone else is happily waving as they pass by, you need to think twice about what you've done. This is one of those times.<br><br>The 49 governors who are trying to work with the president to comply with our nation's energy efficiency efforts are right. Like them, we could use the funds for needed energy projects, and will benefit by joining the national move towards more energy efficient construction. I hope the governor thinks again about this one. Staying on this island's getting pretty expensive<br>Palin stands alone on a shrinking island <br>Les Gara <br>May 27, 2009 .Share this<br> <br> Digg Del.icio.us StumbleUpon Yahoo FacebookPrintE-mailDiscussTags<br>sarah palinstimulus fundsles garaalaska politicsalaska energy     <br> <br>Last week Governor Palin set herself apart from every other Republican and Democratic governor in the nation. It's a distinction I'd rather not have - as an Alaskan, or as an American who believes in President Obama's goal of reducing America's dependence on foreign energy. <br>Last week Governor Palin became the first governor in the nation to refuse to accept energy funds the president offered as part of his economic stimulus package. The governor vetoed the Alaska Legislature's acceptance of $28 million the president and Congress have offered Alaska to create a renewable energy and energy savings plan. All we had to do, to accept the funds - funds every other state is working to try to keep - was commit to do the rational. We just had to certify Alaska would make a good faith effort to adopt rational energy efficiency standards (the IEEC), and begin 90% compliance with it by 2017.<br><br>The nation's construction industry is already gearing up to follow energy efficiency standards because, well, they save money. As I tried to inform the governor, our own state residential housing agency, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, already requires compliance with this code for any construction it finances. And our normally conservative state Homebuilders Association supports its adoption because it makes sense. And cents.<br><br>Here are a few more reasons I could do without this \"only one of 50 states\" distinction.<br><br>Alaska has the highest energy prices in the nation. The solution to the problem isn't rejecting funds that could be dedicated to build wind, hydro and other renewable energy production.<br><br>Urban Alaska is facing a dangerous short-term shortage of natural gas, and high diesel and other energy costs. We need renewable energy sources on our electric power grid to lessen our reliance on natural gas and high cost diesel fuel.<br><br>Much of rural Alaska is facing an even more acute shortage of affordable, reliable energy. In most of our rural communities Alaskans rely heavily on barging and flying in diesel fuel. That's dangerous. Last winter diesel hit a pocket-emptying $8 - $9 a gallon in many remote communities. Many Alaskans in these communities were asked, in effect, to choose between food and heat.<br><br>Governor Palin's decision is as ironic as it is troubling.<br><br>Ironically, the state is likely to adopt the efficiency measures required by federal law - and just not get the $28 million offered to us for doing so. What Governor Palin's done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. I'm confident Alaska will eventually adopt standards for smart, energy efficient construction, and the private sector is already doing this. In that sense, the construction world is passing us by. It's hard to stop the world from progressing towards energy efficient construction. Consumers want it because it saves us money. The nation wants it because it protects our national security. We'll end up following along, and just not get the $28 million the president has offered for doing this.<br><br>Want a little more irony? Our Legislature, led by Senator Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), launched an impressive plan to help Alaskans make their homes more energy efficient. We can't all build new homes, so, at a cost of more than $300 million, the state is helping us upgrade the energy efficiency of the homes we live in today. It's hard to understand how the governor could join the Legislature in this effort, but not want to make new homes energy efficient in the first place. Building our schools and homes right is a lot cheaper than coming in afterwards make them more efficient.<br><br>The president is asking us to look forward, and save money to boot. The governor is in effect asking us to spend more by looking backwards.<br><br>As a legislator, I'm left with this question. What can we do? Many are requesting a veto override from the Legislature. That was my first instinct too. But (we're still researching this) a veto override may not accomplish anything productive. The governor has to affirmatively apply for the available federal funds, and promise the president Alaska will join 49 other states by committing to make the required progress on energy efficiency standards. If Governor Palin won't do that, we cannot receive the federal funds. We can't force the governor to make that commitment with a veto override.<br><br>In the meantime, the smartest thing we can all do is let the governor know, in e-mails to her and letters to the newspaper, and elsewhere, what we think. When faced with logical argument, a reminder of the nation's national security goals, and a vibrant public discussion about local energy needs, Governor Palin would do well to re-think her position.<br><br>Sometimes you have to stand on an island, alone, on principle. Sometimes, when you're alone on an island and everyone else is happily waving as they pass by, you need to think twice about what you've done. This is one of those times.<br><br>The 49 governors who are trying to work with the president to comply with our nation's energy efficiency efforts are right. Like them, we could use the funds for needed energy projects, and will benefit by joining the national move towards more energy efficient construction. I hope the governor thinks again about this one. Staying on this island's getting pretty expensive<br><a href=\"http://www.alaskadispatch.com/palin-watch/1189-palin-stands-alone-on-a-shrinking-island-\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.alaskadispatch.com/palin-watch/1189-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:49:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10240819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That Senator Klobuchar (sp?) has been out front and center defending the Sotomayor nomination....<br><br>I didn't think there were that many Hispanics in Minnesota...are there?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:32:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Mitt Romney has been mighty quiet...too quiet if you ask me.  The likely Republican Nominee in 2012 has not made any significant comments about Newt, Bloated, Cheney, Powell, or Sotomayor.  <br><br>The MSM is giving him a pass...these dumb-fuck reporters need to do their jobs and get him on the record.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:09:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10244681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "if we want change in our our inner-city school systems we need more young and intelligent Blacks to get in the teaching proffession that are willing to work in inner city and rural area schools b/c we can't expect others to go all out when it comes to educating our youngsters....and I agree that this article is trying to imply that the top educators are white if that were the case our kids would be doing much better in schools b/c the majority of teachers in this country are white females.....and yes a lot of public schools are acutually WORST then they were before integration", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_00:17:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "divineempress", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10245159": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Congratulations to the winner!!!  Another POC representing in the 09.  Her dad, her spelling coach, was so proud every time she was up.  I don't know how they do it.  The only word I knew was neufchatel because I eat so much of it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_00:42:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241063, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "SCRIPPS Spelling Bee!  These kids are GENIUS,  PURE GENIUS!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:42:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242234": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OMG....my sides are hurting after viewing this mess I am about to link to....the YBF bloglput up thi video about Quween the Celebrity Protector....I almost kinda of feel guilty about laughing<br><br>            <a href=\"http://theybf.com/index.php/2009/05/28/foolywang-material-celebrity-protector-quween/#comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://theybf.com/index.php/2009/05/28/foolywan...</a><br><br>BTW:   now, considering what the \"Catholic priestess\" reporter pulled today...do we need the Quween holding down the Prez's back.....I would pay to see these two ladies go head-to-head.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:28:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10245194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I LIKE  Carlos in DC's comments on his blog.  \"Hispanic\"  IS a made up word.  It came out of the Nixon era.  We have all fallen into using the word.  <br><br>Carlos makes the point that \"hispanic\" denies the African and Native American influence that difference cultures have. I think his point is well taken.  Sotomayor is a Nuyorican  (New York Puerto Rican)  of  Taino, Boriquan, and African descent.<br><br>If most of us, as Africans, had the knowledge of our ancestors, we could say  Fulani, Senegalese and Welsh descent,  etc.  But the majority of our ancestors got jack and forced into slavery, so black (or African American) it is...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_00:43:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10244652, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10212415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "can't wait to read this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:06:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10210412, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The rancor and racism I have seen in the last eight years is astounding. I can remember being called a bean dip or having other mild terms but now, sometimes, it feels kind of dangerous. <br><br>The Immigration \"thing\" covers up a lot of pure racism. They don't want native borns here either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:20:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241633, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243010": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope never. Serves as a reminder to anyone willing to let go of the past and actually take a serious look at the GOP/RNC that the party is filled with psycho nut jobs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:01:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242392, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/28/top-republican-calls-limbaugh-gingrich-comments-terrible/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sen John Coryn calls Limbaugh, Gingrich comments 'terrible'</a><br><br><blockquote> A top Senate Republican is taking aim at recent statements from conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich suggesting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a \"racist.\"<br><br>\"I think it's terrible,\" Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told NPR's \"All Things Considered\" Thursday. \"This is not the kind of tone any of us want to set when it comes to performing our constitutional responsibilities of advise and consent.\u201d<br><br></blockquote><br><br>And what state is Coryn the Senator for?????<br><br>What is \"TEXAS\" Alek? (ding, ding, ding)<br><br>Coryn ain't stupid.  He needs Hispanics to win in Texas.<br><br>How soon before Coryn has to kiss the ring???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:12:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hispanic Groups: Been There, Done That<br>Hispanic interest groups are headed to the Senate in support of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination, and not for the first time. In 1998, after Sotomayor's nomination to the appellate court level had languished in the Senate for more than a year, a coalition of legal and community groups began to complain that Hispanic judicial nominees were being held up for much longer than non-Hispanics. <br><a href=\"http://ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com/2009/05/hispanic-groups-been-there-don.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com/2009/05...</a><br><br><br>More articles<br>Griego: Judging Sotomayor? So predictable<br><a href=\"http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12465046?source=bb\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12465046?source=bb</a><br><br>Defending Sonia Sotomayor<br>Published by HispanicPundit <br><a href=\"http://hispanicpundit.com/2009/05/28/defending-sonia-sotomayor/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hispanicpundit.com/2009/05/28/defending-...</a><br><br>Groups Prepare For Sotomayor Battle<br><a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104620228\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:55:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10240819, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10232904": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/wanda-sykes-mocks-medias_n_208489.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wanda Sykes Mocks Media's Michelle Coverage: 'They're Waiting For Weezy' (VIDEO)</a><br><br><blockquote>Wanda Sykes made fun of the media skirting the race issue when talking about Michelle Obama during an appearance on Leno Wednesday night.<br><br>\"She is just so sweet,\" Sykes said of meeting the First Lady, \"Both of them are just very genuine.\"<br><br>But Sykes says the media didn't know how to cover her.<br><br>\"There are little subtle ways they dance around the race issue,\" Sykes told Leno. \"'When are we going to see the real Michelle Obama?' And you know what they're saying... They're waiting for her to throw all his stuff on the White House lawn... They're waiting for Weezy to jump out.\"...<br></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:26:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10245065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I want it for my screensaver.  It is hilarious.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_00:37:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10230752, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "New York Times Baffled By Teenagers Hugging<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/inew-york-timesi-baffled_n_208763.html#postComment\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/inew-y...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:41:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Outside of the immigration thing, I DO NOT SEE WHY.   I mean it.  I grew up with kids whose parents were from Mexico.  Goddamnit - they were tremendous!  I don't GET what the problem is.  When in junior high and especially high school we worked in the orchards and on the farms surrounding our place and the small town we lived in.  It was backbreaking work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:59:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241059, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10251853": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Un-freaking-believable.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_06:49:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10247900, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242895": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bush-Clinton 'Conversation' Tickets Not Selling Out<br>Bush-Clinton tickets not that hot <br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/bushclinton-tickets-not-s_n_208894.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/bushcl...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:56:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10244652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Found some stuff for ya.... and me.  All right, TOTALLY stumbled over it.<br><br>Clarissa Pinkola Estes - a bit on Sotomayor & the designation 'hispanic.'  Oopsss.<br><br>Culture Kitchen - jus' go!  <a href=\"http://culturekitchen.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://culturekitchen.com/</a>   <br><br>And got <a href=\"http://culturekitchen.com/liza/blog/puerto_rican_bloggers_in_the_us_you_need_to_know_about\" rel=\"nofollow\">this little list</a> from CK above.<br><br>I forgot <a href=\"http://www.talkleft.com/user/Big%20Tent%20Democrat/stories\" rel=\"nofollow\">Big Tent Democrat</a> at Talk Left is Puerto Rican; he's an attorney, so that's the context I think of him in.<br><br>Then there's <a href=\"http://carlosqc.blogspot.com/2009/05/justice-sonia-sotomayor-is-excelente.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Carlos in D.C.</a> - he has quite a take on Sotomayor.<br><br>Then I read this daily - <a href=\"http://promigrant.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Sanctuary</a>.  Scroll down a bit, a smidgen, and there are two posts on Sotomayor.  I forget about places like The Sanctuary because I'm there in relation to justice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_00:16:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10243991, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242388": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hispanic Pundit is a Republican!   Oh noes!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:36:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241377, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10229134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No surprise there.  WHITE FLIGHT.<br><br>And don't cha just love this comment.<br><br>\"Well,<br>i live in Canada and iv'e had many black friends in school,and they were very gentle and nice guys,so saying that a white teacher would leave a school because of the increasing numbers of none whites in some schools is true and not true at the same time.<br>Some old white teachers and educators are't that social with colored people and they won't spend any additional day in a none white school,the reason is because they are not comfortable amongst nonwhites.<br><br>Seriously, I think those emigrants that are coming to our countries should really consider one important thing, and thats they are welcome to live and thrive, but they should consider limiting their breeding.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:22:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10210412, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10245433": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HOLD UP!!   Ain't that the chick that was cryin' behind Micheal Jackson with the Dolla dolla bills on her headscarf??   She is putting a new spin on comedy<br><br>BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!    aWW HELL  NO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_00:55:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242234, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Fox Nation (who tries to be the rights answer to the Huffington Post) Dredges Up \"Birther\" Conspiracy<br><br>\"Word Net Daily\" whose \"correspondent\" recently asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs if Obama will release the birth certificate (which, of course, he has). Are we surprised that the third lede on Fox Nation is (drum roll please) \"Should Obama Release Birth Certificate? Or Is This Old News?\"<br><br>When will this idiocy end? <br><br><a href=\"http://www.newshounds.us/2009/05/28/fox_nation_dredges_up_birther_conspiracy.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newshounds.us/2009/05/28/fox_nation_...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:36:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Southerngal80", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "they really are smart as hell.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_21:49:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241063, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wondered about that.  I was just looking it up to see if Tancredo was a Spanish surname.   It's Italian.  Damn.  <br><br>2nd gen. immigrants are sometimes  the worst when it comes to \"new\" immigrants.  This guy is a trip!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:10:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242586, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10247900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Oklahoma Highway Patrol Fight With EMT</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluItc365hU\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluItc365hU</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.prisonplanet.com/cops-stop-ambulance-on-way-to-hospital-and-fight-with-emt.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.prisonplanet.com/cops-stop-ambulance...</a><br><br>Oklahoma State Troopers Stop Ambulance With A Patient Inside For Failing To Yield & Slams Trained EMT Against The Side Of EMT's Ambulance!<br><br><br><br>Jesus Christ!  The Trooper need to be fired. The EMT was transporting a patient to the hospital. OMG!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_01:15:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242810": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WTF?  I swear, for the last 45min or so, there was only one word I had even heard of.    And yes, while I am proud of all kids, and as a parent I can't even imagine the time and effort,  I definitely rooted a little harder for all the kids of color.  Kenny had personality and Kyle was definitely too cool for school.   I also loved how Kavya, the winner, spelled everything in her hand!  <br><br>They should all get full college scholarships.   <br><br>In fact, I think college should be free for those who qualify.  Set high standards across a broad field of study (math, literature and science, but also music, art and community service) and reward  kids who make the grades!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:52:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241966, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243294": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I read somewhere that he called her nominatin \"troubling\".<br><br>I think Politico reported it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:13:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10243194, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10230752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ROFLMAO.....why does Olbermann do this?? He know its mean....that Rush jumping up and down is the funniest thing EVER!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:24:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241633": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, Spirit -- I think I've mentioned this before.  Someone in AA met me for breakfast. She'd recently moved from California up here.  So we're talking & this tiny little thing marches by in the most colorful of dresses.  I laughed, said 'oh, how cute' or something, and the next thing ya know: \"I moved up here to get away from the goddamned mexicans.  i don't want to be around them; i don't want my kids around them.\"  (She's single btw).  I was still back at the 'goddamned mexicans' stunner.  But I said, 'ah, so you're a fucking bigot.'   That friendship was short-lived. <br><br>Oh - and the thing I kept asking was \"you moved HERE to get away from those goddamned mexicans?  You moved HERE?!\"  Our valley area with three cities has a pretty substantial Hispanic population, primarily Mexican in origin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:05:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241059, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241966": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Laodicean\"-adjective-  We have a WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>CONGRATULATIONS!  Kavya Shivashankar", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:18:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241063, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10251876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'd love to see more black men teaching.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_06:50:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10244864, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tense: Israel On Edge As Obama Meets With Palestinian Leader <br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/obama-presses-israel-pale_n_208873.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/obama-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:24:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah -<br><br>Did ya find any 'hispanic' blogs?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:10:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10240819, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>limiting their breeding.</i>   DAMN.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:14:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10229134, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10210412": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Teachers Leave Schools with Inflow of Black Students<br><br>According to the first study ever to assess the behavior of high-quality teachers in American schools, top educators are very likely to leave the institutions that are experiencing an affluence of African American students. In other words, whenever a learning institution \u2013 that is supposed to offer equal opportunities for everybody \u2013 gets more Black students, the best teachers move away, presumably to schools where White children are predominant. The new research paper was authored by Cornell University expert C. Kirabo Jackson, and will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Labor Economics.<br><br>Full Article:<br><a href=\"http://news.softpedia.com/news/Teachers-Leave-Schools-with-Inflow-of-Black-Students-112701.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.softpedia.com/news/Teachers-Leave-S...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:04:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242158": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "going around the net. found some, but not a lot. I'll keep on looking. What I've found has been positive with regards to Sotomayor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:25:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241769, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10242031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Will McCain fight back.Ahh Hell Naw!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:20:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10241117, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But you know what?  Unfortunately, there are some hateful, unqualified black teachers in public schools.    Of course, I don't agree that only white teachers are \"qualified\" and of course, there are great teachers black and white.<br><br>But I have seen (more than I care to admit) black teachers who don't have the high standards that I think are necessary to teach children, ALL children.  <br><br>A lot of big city public schools are just as segregated as they were back in the day when it was 'legal'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:20:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10236022, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10251989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*dead*", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-29_06:59:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242234, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10234485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They are implying that the  \"top educators\" are white.<br><br>Are they saying black teacher haul ass with an influx of black students? <br>highly unlikely.  They are implying that Black teachers aren't good enough to teach black students and when all the white teachers leave, well all the lill negro chllins don't get a good education.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:27:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10225703, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10236022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm right there with you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:29:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10234485, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10241785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amy is good people and was the former chief prosecutor for my county.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_22:11:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10240819, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10235770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*** NBC is going to air a behind the scenes special on the White House on June 2nd and 3rd<br><br><a href=\"http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/articles/1944269.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/articles/1944...</a><br><br>NBC News Presents: 'Inside the Obama White House'<br>Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:31 PM by Sam Go<br><br>Tuesday and Wednesday, June 2 & 3 at 9 \u2013 10 PM ET, Williams to take viewers Behind-the-Scenes for an Insider's Look at a Day in the Life in the Obama White House<br><br>Broadcast to include a One-on-One Interview with Williams of Obama on the Eve of the President's Trip to the Middle East and Europe", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:29:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "miss_opinion", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10239357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMAO!!!!!  Michelle's got a rod in her neck; too HILARIOUS!<br><br>Go Wanda, you tell the Ignoramuses.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:36:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10232904, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10214526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0509/AUC_touts_Primera_Hispana.html?showall\" rel=\"nofollow\">AUC touts 'Primera Hispana'(VIDEO)</a><br><br><blockquote>United for Change just released a Spanish-language video, reciting Sotomayor's biography \u2014 with an emphasis on her Puerto Rican heritage and her Catholic high school education \u2014 and asking viewers to call their senators to support her.<br><br>It's the first attempt to capitalize politically on the nomination but likely not the last.<br></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_20:08:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10243071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hear you.  I was rooting for the kids of color too.  All of them are great and deserve every advantage for a good college education.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-28_23:04:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10242810, "depth": 3, "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": "19695427", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -8730910843192048165}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "evening_open_thread_53", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 77, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 19695427, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '3a1994e3330279e78957da82fb64f754';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=evening_open_thread_53' +
		'&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/evening_open_thread_53/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='	+ 'evening_open_thread_53'
			+ '&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/evening_open_thread_53/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">77</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/evening_open_thread_53/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/evening_open_thread_53/">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:19695427" 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/evening_open_thread_53/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:19695427" 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:19695427" 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'				: 'evening_open_thread_53',
			// 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/evening_open_thread_53/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='	+ 'evening_open_thread_53'
			+ '&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='	+ 'evening_open_thread_53'
			+ '&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='		+ 'evening_open_thread_53'
				+ '&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/19695427/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

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

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

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

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

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





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

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

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10232904">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10232904" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10232904" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10232904">lamh32</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10232904" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10232904" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/wanda-sykes-mocks-medias_n_208489.html" rel="nofollow">Wanda Sykes Mocks Media\'s Michelle Coverage: \'They\'re Waiting For Weezy\' (VIDEO)</a><br><br><blockquote>Wanda Sykes made fun of the media skirting the race issue when talking about Michelle Obama during an appearance on Leno Wednesday night.<br><br>"She is just so sweet," Sykes said of meeting the First Lady, "Both of them are just very genuine."<br><br>But Sykes says the media didn\'t know how to cover her.<br><br>"There are little subtle ways they dance around the race issue," Sykes told Leno. "\'When are we going to see the real Michelle Obama?\' And you know what they\'re saying... They\'re waiting for her to throw all his stuff on the White House lawn... They\'re waiting for Weezy to jump out."...<br></blockquote></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10239357">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10239357" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10239357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10239357">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10239357" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10239357" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMAO!!!!!  Michelle\'s got a rod in her neck; too HILARIOUS!<br><br>Go Wanda, you tell the Ignoramuses.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10230752">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10230752" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10230752" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10230752">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10230752" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10230752" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO.....why does Olbermann do this?? He know its mean....that Rush jumping up and down is the funniest thing EVER!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10239912">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10239912" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10239912" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10239912">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10239912" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10239912" class="dsq-comment-message">Keith knows how stupid it makes Rush look. Rush talked about him showing that video with him jumping ! lol  <br><br>But Keith is having fun.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10240536">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10240536" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10240536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10240536">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10240536" class="dsq-comment-message">It IS hilarious. Sometimes, I just rewind and watch it over and over and LMAO.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10245065">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10245065" class="dsq-comment-message">I want it for my screensaver.  It is hilarious.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10214526">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10214526" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0509/AUC_touts_Primera_Hispana.html?showall" rel="nofollow">AUC touts \'Primera Hispana\'(VIDEO)</a><br><br><blockquote>United for Change just released a Spanish-language video, reciting Sotomayor\'s biography — with an emphasis on her Puerto Rican heritage and her Catholic high school education — and asking viewers to call their senators to support her.<br><br>It\'s the first attempt to capitalize politically on the nomination but likely not the last.<br></blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242852">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242852" class="dsq-comment-message">Many of the white liberal blogs are flagging the story from UK Daily Telegraph about the unreleased torture pics that says that some of the pictures involved raping detainees, and are using the Telegraph\'s report to say that Obama is covering up for war criminals, and therefore is no better than Bush or is purposely shielding the wrong doers.<br><br>Well <a href="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/05/28/the-daily-telegraphs-rape-photo-claim/#more-13323" rel="nofollow">reporter Michael Scherer of Time <a href="http://magazine.com" rel="nofollow">magazine.com</a> has done some "REAL" reporting on the subject, and he is giving some some well founded skepticism ont he Telegraph\'s reproting</a>, and the history of the Telegraph erroneous reporting on prior torture issues.<br><br>It\'s a good read.  Ya\'ll should check it out.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10260750" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10260750">MoObama</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10260750" class="dsq-comment-message">If this story were true (coupled with the fact that we know how Muslim men are religiously connected to their women), why would America further spit in their faces with pictures of rape! Let\'s say the pictures don\'t show rape but sadistic beatings of various kinds, will the release prove greater intent? The error in my opinion is not the issue of transparency by the president but the lack of prudence and tactfulness of the far Left.  The president is not covering up his own mess he is trying to contain a messy situation (he inherited) until it can be resolved.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10210412">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10210412" class="dsq-comment-message">Teachers Leave Schools with Inflow of Black Students<br><br>According to the first study ever to assess the behavior of high-quality teachers in American schools, top educators are very likely to leave the institutions that are experiencing an affluence of African American students. In other words, whenever a learning institution – that is supposed to offer equal opportunities for everybody – gets more Black students, the best teachers move away, presumably to schools where White children are predominant. The new research paper was authored by Cornell University expert C. Kirabo Jackson, and will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Labor Economics.<br><br>Full Article:<br><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Teachers-Leave-Schools-with-Inflow-of-Black-Students-112701.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://news.softpedia.com/news/Teachers-Leave-S...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10242222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242222">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242222" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh that\'s nothing new.<br><br>The young white teachers fresh out of college get assignments in the black schools, do their time for a couple of years then move on to the white schools.<br><br><br>The young black teachers fresh out of college get assignments in the black schools but if they want to move to the white school they can\'t because Heather and Emily get sent to the white school before LaTonya and Charmella will.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10212415">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10212415" class="dsq-comment-message">can\'t wait to read this.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10225703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10225703">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10225703" class="dsq-comment-message">Me too....I\'d like to see if they break down the demographics of the teachers....and also let us know what the criteria is for a "top educator"....I may be sensitve, but I\'m perturbed by the pic they used to go with this article about it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10234485" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10234485">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10234485" class="dsq-comment-message">They are implying that the  "top educators" are white.<br><br>Are they saying black teacher haul ass with an influx of black students? <br>highly unlikely.  They are implying that Black teachers aren\'t good enough to teach black students and when all the white teachers leave, well all the lill negro chllins don\'t get a good education.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10236022" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10236022">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10236022" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m right there with you.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10243440" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10243440">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243440" class="dsq-comment-message">But you know what?  Unfortunately, there are some hateful, unqualified black teachers in public schools.    Of course, I don\'t agree that only white teachers are "qualified" and of course, there are great teachers black and white.<br><br>But I have seen (more than I care to admit) black teachers who don\'t have the high standards that I think are necessary to teach children, ALL children.  <br><br>A lot of big city public schools are just as segregated as they were back in the day when it was \'legal\'.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10229134">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10229134" class="dsq-comment-message">No surprise there.  WHITE FLIGHT.<br><br>And don\'t cha just love this comment.<br><br>"Well,<br>i live in Canada and iv\'e had many black friends in school,and they were very gentle and nice guys,so saying that a white teacher would leave a school because of the increasing numbers of none whites in some schools is true and not true at the same time.<br>Some old white teachers and educators are\'t that social with colored people and they won\'t spend any additional day in a none white school,the reason is because they are not comfortable amongst nonwhites.<br><br>Seriously, I think those emigrants that are coming to our countries should really consider one important thing, and thats they are welcome to live and thrive, but they should consider limiting their breeding."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10243307">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10243307" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243307" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>limiting their breeding.</i>   DAMN.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10245537">fredman1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10245537" class="dsq-comment-message">I am not fond of retrospective studies in reletively small southern school districts being generalized to the the entire nation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10235770">miss_opinion</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10235770" class="dsq-comment-message">*** NBC is going to air a behind the scenes special on the White House on June 2nd and 3rd<br><br><a href="http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/articles/1944269.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/articles/1944...</a><br><br>NBC News Presents: \'Inside the Obama White House\'<br>Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:31 PM by Sam Go<br><br>Tuesday and Wednesday, June 2 & 3 at 9 – 10 PM ET, Williams to take viewers Behind-the-Scenes for an Insider\'s Look at a Day in the Life in the Obama White House<br><br>Broadcast to include a One-on-One Interview with Williams of Obama on the Eve of the President\'s Trip to the Middle East and Europe</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10240819">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10240819" class="dsq-comment-message">That Senator Klobuchar (sp?) has been out front and center defending the Sotomayor nomination....<br><br>I didn\'t think there were that many Hispanics in Minnesota...are there?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10241059">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241059" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you kidding me.  The Hispanic population is the fastest growing minorities in rural Minnesota.  And white folks aren\'t real happy about it either.<br><br>My friend Cesar is from Mexico</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10241484" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10241484" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241484" class="dsq-comment-message">Outside of the immigration thing, I DO NOT SEE WHY.   I mean it.  I grew up with kids whose parents were from Mexico.  Goddamnit - they were tremendous!  I don\'t GET what the problem is.  When in junior high and especially high school we worked in the orchards and on the farms surrounding our place and the small town we lived in.  It was backbreaking work.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10241633" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10241633" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241633" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, Spirit -- I think I\'ve mentioned this before.  Someone in AA met me for breakfast. She\'d recently moved from California up here.  So we\'re talking & this tiny little thing marches by in the most colorful of dresses.  I laughed, said \'oh, how cute\' or something, and the next thing ya know: "I moved up here to get away from the goddamned mexicans.  i don\'t want to be around them; i don\'t want my kids around them."  (She\'s single btw).  I was still back at the \'goddamned mexicans\' stunner.  But I said, \'ah, so you\'re a fucking bigot.\'   That friendship was short-lived. <br><br>Oh - and the thing I kept asking was "you moved HERE to get away from those goddamned mexicans?  You moved HERE?!"  Our valley area with three cities has a pretty substantial Hispanic population, primarily Mexican in origin.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242016">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242016" class="dsq-comment-message">The rancor and racism I have seen in the last eight years is astounding. I can remember being called a bean dip or having other mild terms but now, sometimes, it feels kind of dangerous. <br><br>The Immigration "thing" covers up a lot of pure racism. They don\'t want native borns here either.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242329">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242329" class="dsq-comment-message">Welcome to the real America.We as AA have been going thru it for 400 years. It is up to us to banish Anglo-Saxon supremacy to the dust bin of history.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10242581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242581">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242581" class="dsq-comment-message">The Native blood in me has been there about the same length of time. <br><br>Heh<br><br>But the difference, to my perception, is that it is A-OK to speak it loudly instead of furtively. <br><br>But you are correct, it really is up to us to unite and banish the Anglo-Saxon supremacy. This is one of the many reasons I loved the Obama campaign. It united a lot of brown eyed people. Lots, I have even helped out with getting East Indian and other South Asians a living wage, marched with them. Helped Somali store owners, etc.<br><br>It is time for us to to demand justice, humanity and prosperity for all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10242586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242586">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242586" class="dsq-comment-message">So true, Lilytiger, and Tancredo, who\'s parents were Italian immigrants should know better.  He\'s clueless and has bought into the immigrant bashing; he\'s being at it for a while now.<br><br>This nut r actually ran for president.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10243214" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10243214">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243214" class="dsq-comment-message">I wondered about that.  I was just looking it up to see if Tancredo was a Spanish surname.   It\'s Italian.  Damn.  <br><br>2nd gen. immigrants are sometimes  the worst when it comes to "new" immigrants.  This guy is a trip!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10243598" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10243598">vulcan_girl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243598" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t forget Michelle Malkin.  Her parents were here on student visas when her ass was born.  I wonder how she can fix her mouth to say anchor baby.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10241900" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10241900">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241900" class="dsq-comment-message">See, this is what I\'m talking about.  Whites don\'t want Hispanics living in the burbs.  Central and Western MN have lots of factory jobs. Mexican immigrants come here to work.  They have their papers, they create businesses, and they are thriving.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10241377">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241377" class="dsq-comment-message">Hispanic Groups: Been There, Done That<br>Hispanic interest groups are headed to the Senate in support of Sonia Sotomayor\'s nomination, and not for the first time. In 1998, after Sotomayor\'s nomination to the appellate court level had languished in the Senate for more than a year, a coalition of legal and community groups began to complain that Hispanic judicial nominees were being held up for much longer than non-Hispanics. <br><a href="http://ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com/2009/05/hispanic-groups-been-there-don.php" rel="nofollow">http://ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com/2009/05...</a><br><br><br>More articles<br>Griego: Judging Sotomayor? So predictable<br><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12465046?source=bb" rel="nofollow">http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12465046?source=bb</a><br><br>Defending Sonia Sotomayor<br>Published by HispanicPundit <br><a href="http://hispanicpundit.com/2009/05/28/defending-sonia-sotomayor/" rel="nofollow">http://hispanicpundit.com/2009/05/28/defending-...</a><br><br>Groups Prepare For Sotomayor Battle<br><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104620228" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10242388" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10242388" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10242388" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242388" class="dsq-comment-message">Hispanic Pundit is a Republican!   Oh noes!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10241409">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241409" class="dsq-comment-message">Demographics<br>Population and National Origin<br>    U.S. Rank1 <br>Total Hispanic Population in Minnesota 208,000 28 <br>Hispanics as Percent of State Population 4% 34 <br>Hispanics as Percent of U.S. Hispanic Population 0.5%  <br>Native-Born Hispanics (Percent of Hispanics) 60% 26 <br>Foreign-Born Hispanics (Percent of Hispanics) 40% 26 <br>Mexican Origin (Percent of Hispanics) 72% 21 <br><a href="http://pewhispanic.org/states/?stateid=MN" rel="nofollow">http://pewhispanic.org/states/?stateid=MN</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10241769" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241769" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah -<br><br>Did ya find any \'hispanic\' blogs?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242158">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242158" class="dsq-comment-message">going around the net. found some, but not a lot. I\'ll keep on looking. What I\'ve found has been positive with regards to Sotomayor.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10242220" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242220" class="dsq-comment-message">I found a few more.  I was looking to see what Clarissa Pinkola Estes had to say but her site is down; they\'re working on a new format.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10241785">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241785" class="dsq-comment-message">Amy is good people and was the former chief prosecutor for my county.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10241038">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241038" class="dsq-comment-message">New York Times Baffled By Teenagers Hugging<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/inew-york-timesi-baffled_n_208763.html#postComment" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/inew-y...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10241063">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241063" class="dsq-comment-message">SCRIPPS Spelling Bee!  These kids are GENIUS,  PURE GENIUS!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10241241">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241241" class="dsq-comment-message">they really are smart as hell.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241966" class="dsq-comment-message">"Laodicean"-adjective-  We have a WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>CONGRATULATIONS!  Kavya Shivashankar</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242810">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242810" class="dsq-comment-message">WTF?  I swear, for the last 45min or so, there was only one word I had even heard of.    And yes, while I am proud of all kids, and as a parent I can\'t even imagine the time and effort,  I definitely rooted a little harder for all the kids of color.  Kenny had personality and Kyle was definitely too cool for school.   I also loved how Kavya, the winner, spelled everything in her hand!  <br><br>They should all get full college scholarships.   <br><br>In fact, I think college should be free for those who qualify.  Set high standards across a broad field of study (math, literature and science, but also music, art and community service) and reward  kids who make the grades!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10243071">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243071" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you.  I was rooting for the kids of color too.  All of them are great and deserve every advantage for a good college education.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10243841" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243841" class="dsq-comment-message">That Kennyi was a cutie-pie.   Now Tim, he was more blunt - "what\'s it mean?"  No please - self-conscious and nerdy.  Those two girls were absolutely Lovely!  Kavya & Aishwarya (had to look for her name, everywhere).  Kyle was jus\' too cute.  <br><br>That Kavya\'s father was just too cool & collected.  I am beyond impressed!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10245159" class="dsq-comment-message">Congratulations to the winner!!!  Another POC representing in the 09.  Her dad, her spelling coach, was so proud every time she was up.  I don\'t know how they do it.  The only word I knew was neufchatel because I eat so much of it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10241117">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10241117" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/wanda-sykes-mocks-medias_n_208489.html" rel="nofollow">Tancredo Accuses Senators McCain and Martinez of Complicity in KKK Activities; Will They Fight Back?</a><br><br><blockquote>Earlier today, Representative Tom Tancredo, a noted anti-immigrant extremist, went on television and denounced Sonia Sotomayor for her association with the National Council of La Raza. NCLR is a Latino advocacy group akin to the NAACP. But to Tancredo it’s the equivalent of the Ku Klux Klan, a violent racist terrorist organization... <br><br>Now as Dave Meyer points out, this is not just a vile slur on Sotomayor and the NCLR, it’s a serious slur on Senator John McCain (R-AZ) who delivered the keynote at NCLR’s 2004 conference and also addressed the group in 2008. Meanwhile, Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) accepted an award from NCLR earlier this year. <br><br>The question arises as to whether McCain and Martinez are going to stand for this. Will they take on the maniacs in their own party who are slandering them, or will they decide to just lay low and hope that nobody notices what’s going on. I know that if someone accused me of having delivered the keynote address at a Klan rally, I’d be mad as hell. Is McCain?</blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242031">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242031" class="dsq-comment-message">Will McCain fight back.Ahh Hell Naw!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242113">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242113" class="dsq-comment-message">Tense: Israel On Edge As Obama Meets With Palestinian Leader <br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/obama-presses-israel-pale_n_208873.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/obama-...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242234">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242234" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG....my sides are hurting after viewing this mess I am about to link to....the YBF bloglput up thi video about Quween the Celebrity Protector....I almost kinda of feel guilty about laughing<br><br>            <a href="http://theybf.com/index.php/2009/05/28/foolywang-material-celebrity-protector-quween/#comments" rel="nofollow">http://theybf.com/index.php/2009/05/28/foolywan...</a><br><br>BTW:   now, considering what the "Catholic priestess" reporter pulled today...do we need the Quween holding down the Prez\'s back.....I would pay to see these two ladies go head-to-head.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10245433">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10245433" class="dsq-comment-message">HOLD UP!!   Ain\'t that the chick that was cryin\' behind Micheal Jackson with the Dolla dolla bills on her headscarf??   She is putting a new spin on comedy<br><br>BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!    aWW HELL  NO!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10251989">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10251989" class="dsq-comment-message">*dead*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242342" class="dsq-comment-message">Sit down and do not have any liquid in your mouth; Bill Clinton takes responsiblity for CDS mess<br>"When the subject came up during our conversation in Chappaqua, Clinton calmly dissected the case against him and acknowledged that in at least some particulars his critics have a point. In almost clinical form, as if back at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, he broke down the case against him into three allegations: first, that he used the Community Reinvestment Act to force small banks into making loans to low-income depositors who were too risky. Second, that he signed the deregulatory Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999, repealing part of the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act that prohibited commercial banks from engaging in the investment business. And third, that he failed to regulate the complex financial instruments known as derivatives.<br>The first complaint Clinton rejects as “just a totally off-the-wall crazy argument” made by the “right wing,” noting that community banks have not had major problems. The second he gives some credence to, although he blames Bush for, in his view, neutering the Securities and Exchange Commission. “Letting banks take investment positions I don’t think had much to do with this meltdown,” he said. “And the more diversified institutions in general were better able to handle what happened. And again, if I had known that the S.E.C. would have taken a rain check, would I have done it? Probably not. But I wouldn’t have done anything. In other words, I would have tried to reverse everything if I had known we were going to have eight years where we would not have an S.E.C. for most of the time.”<br><br>Skip to next paragraph <br>Multimedia<br><br>Slide Show <br>The Postpresidency <br><br>Interactive Graphic <br>Bill Clinton: Life After the White House <br>Related<br>Economix: Bill Clinton, on His Economic Legacy <br>Times Topics: Bill ClintonClinton argued that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act set up a framework for overseeing the industry. “So I don’t think that’s such a good criticism,” he said. “I think, actually, if you want to make a criticism on that, it would be an indirect one — you could say that the signing of that legislation sped up what was happening anyway and maybe led some of these institutions to be bigger than they otherwise would have been and the very bigness of some of these groups caused some of this problem because the bigger something is and the newer it is, the harder it is to manage. And I do think there were some serious management problems which might not have occurred.”<br><br>Then there are the derivatives. There, Clinton pleads guilty. Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, opposed regulation of derivatives as they came to the fore in the 1990s, and Clinton agreed. “They argued that nobody’s going to buy these derivatives, we’ll do it without transparency, they’ll get the information they need,” he recalled. “And it turned out to be just wrong; it just wasn’t true.” He said others share blame, including credit-rating agencies that underestimated the risk. But he accepts responsibility as well. “I very much wish now that I had demanded that we put derivatives under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and that transparency rules had been observed and that we had done that. That I think is a legitimate criticism of what we didn’t do.” He added: “If you ask me to write the indictment, I’d say: ‘I wish Bill Clinton had said more about derivatives. The Republicans probably would have stopped him from doing it, but at least he should have sounded the alarm bell.’ ”<br><br>For all that, Clinton insisted he never would have let the housing bubble grow into the problem it became (never mind the high-technology bubble that burst on his watch) and would have stepped in if he were president to prevent the free fall. “When anybody asks me that,” he told me, “I ask them, I look at them and ask them: ‘Do you think this would have happened if we had been there? Look me in the face and say yes.’ I haven’t found any takers yet.”<br><br><a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/blaming-clinton/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/blaming-cl...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10245162">fredman1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10245162" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL - Clinton sort of admits to poisoning the economic well, but blames Bush for not monitoring and correcting the situation.  I can still remember some of the obvious BS that Clinton spewed during his debates with Bush.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242392" class="dsq-comment-message">Fox Nation (who tries to be the rights answer to the Huffington Post) Dredges Up "Birther" Conspiracy<br><br>"Word Net Daily" whose "correspondent" recently asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs if Obama will release the birth certificate (which, of course, he has). Are we surprised that the third lede on Fox Nation is (drum roll please) "Should Obama Release Birth Certificate? Or Is This Old News?"<br><br>When will this idiocy end? <br><br><a href="http://www.newshounds.us/2009/05/28/fox_nation_dredges_up_birther_conspiracy.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.newshounds.us/2009/05/28/fox_nation_...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10243010">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243010" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope never. Serves as a reminder to anyone willing to let go of the past and actually take a serious look at the GOP/RNC that the party is filled with psycho nut jobs.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10251941">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10251941" class="dsq-comment-message">How the hell does "World Net Daily" get a press pass?? What the hell? Does the National Enquirer and Star magazine have press credentials for White House briefings?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10242738">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242738" class="dsq-comment-message">Talent and skill are not something Repulicans pride themselves on otherwise theyw ouldn\'t allow this<br>Palin stands alone on a shrinking island <br>Les Gara <br>May 27, 2009 .Share this<br> <br> Digg Del.icio.us StumbleUpon Yahoo FacebookPrintE-mailDiscussTags<br>sarah palinstimulus fundsles garaalaska politicsalaska energy     <br> <br>Last week Governor Palin set herself apart from every other Republican and Democratic governor in the nation. It\'s a distinction I\'d rather not have - as an Alaskan, or as an American who believes in President Obama\'s goal of reducing America\'s dependence on foreign energy. <br>Last week Governor Palin became the first governor in the nation to refuse to accept energy funds the president offered as part of his economic stimulus package. The governor vetoed the Alaska Legislature\'s acceptance of $28 million the president and Congress have offered Alaska to create a renewable energy and energy savings plan. All we had to do, to accept the funds - funds every other state is working to try to keep - was commit to do the rational. We just had to certify Alaska would make a good faith effort to adopt rational energy efficiency standards (the IEEC), and begin 90% compliance with it by 2017.<br><br>The nation\'s construction industry is already gearing up to follow energy efficiency standards because, well, they save money. As I tried to inform the governor, our own state residential housing agency, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, already requires compliance with this code for any construction it finances. And our normally conservative state Homebuilders Association supports its adoption because it makes sense. And cents.<br><br>Here are a few more reasons I could do without this "only one of 50 states" distinction.<br><br>Alaska has the highest energy prices in the nation. The solution to the problem isn\'t rejecting funds that could be dedicated to build wind, hydro and other renewable energy production.<br><br>Urban Alaska is facing a dangerous short-term shortage of natural gas, and high diesel and other energy costs. We need renewable energy sources on our electric power grid to lessen our reliance on natural gas and high cost diesel fuel.<br><br>Much of rural Alaska is facing an even more acute shortage of affordable, reliable energy. In most of our rural communities Alaskans rely heavily on barging and flying in diesel fuel. That\'s dangerous. Last winter diesel hit a pocket-emptying $8 - $9 a gallon in many remote communities. Many Alaskans in these communities were asked, in effect, to choose between food and heat.<br><br>Governor Palin\'s decision is as ironic as it is troubling.<br><br>Ironically, the state is likely to adopt the efficiency measures required by federal law - and just not get the $28 million offered to us for doing so. What Governor Palin\'s done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. I\'m confident Alaska will eventually adopt standards for smart, energy efficient construction, and the private sector is already doing this. In that sense, the construction world is passing us by. It\'s hard to stop the world from progressing towards energy efficient construction. Consumers want it because it saves us money. The nation wants it because it protects our national security. We\'ll end up following along, and just not get the $28 million the president has offered for doing this.<br><br>Want a little more irony? Our Legislature, led by Senator Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), launched an impressive plan to help Alaskans make their homes more energy efficient. We can\'t all build new homes, so, at a cost of more than $300 million, the state is helping us upgrade the energy efficiency of the homes we live in today. It\'s hard to understand how the governor could join the Legislature in this effort, but not want to make new homes energy efficient in the first place. Building our schools and homes right is a lot cheaper than coming in afterwards make them more efficient.<br><br>The president is asking us to look forward, and save money to boot. The governor is in effect asking us to spend more by looking backwards.<br><br>As a legislator, I\'m left with this question. What can we do? Many are requesting a veto override from the Legislature. That was my first instinct too. But (we\'re still researching this) a veto override may not accomplish anything productive. The governor has to affirmatively apply for the available federal funds, and promise the president Alaska will join 49 other states by committing to make the required progress on energy efficiency standards. If Governor Palin won\'t do that, we cannot receive the federal funds. We can\'t force the governor to make that commitment with a veto override.<br><br>In the meantime, the smartest thing we can all do is let the governor know, in e-mails to her and letters to the newspaper, and elsewhere, what we think. When faced with logical argument, a reminder of the nation\'s national security goals, and a vibrant public discussion about local energy needs, Governor Palin would do well to re-think her position.<br><br>Sometimes you have to stand on an island, alone, on principle. Sometimes, when you\'re alone on an island and everyone else is happily waving as they pass by, you need to think twice about what you\'ve done. This is one of those times.<br><br>The 49 governors who are trying to work with the president to comply with our nation\'s energy efficiency efforts are right. Like them, we could use the funds for needed energy projects, and will benefit by joining the national move towards more energy efficient construction. I hope the governor thinks again about this one. Staying on this island\'s getting pretty expensive<br>Palin stands alone on a shrinking island <br>Les Gara <br>May 27, 2009 .Share this<br> <br> Digg Del.icio.us StumbleUpon Yahoo FacebookPrintE-mailDiscussTags<br>sarah palinstimulus fundsles garaalaska politicsalaska energy     <br> <br>Last week Governor Palin set herself apart from every other Republican and Democratic governor in the nation. It\'s a distinction I\'d rather not have - as an Alaskan, or as an American who believes in President Obama\'s goal of reducing America\'s dependence on foreign energy. <br>Last week Governor Palin became the first governor in the nation to refuse to accept energy funds the president offered as part of his economic stimulus package. The governor vetoed the Alaska Legislature\'s acceptance of $28 million the president and Congress have offered Alaska to create a renewable energy and energy savings plan. All we had to do, to accept the funds - funds every other state is working to try to keep - was commit to do the rational. We just had to certify Alaska would make a good faith effort to adopt rational energy efficiency standards (the IEEC), and begin 90% compliance with it by 2017.<br><br>The nation\'s construction industry is already gearing up to follow energy efficiency standards because, well, they save money. As I tried to inform the governor, our own state residential housing agency, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, already requires compliance with this code for any construction it finances. And our normally conservative state Homebuilders Association supports its adoption because it makes sense. And cents.<br><br>Here are a few more reasons I could do without this "only one of 50 states" distinction.<br><br>Alaska has the highest energy prices in the nation. The solution to the problem isn\'t rejecting funds that could be dedicated to build wind, hydro and other renewable energy production.<br><br>Urban Alaska is facing a dangerous short-term shortage of natural gas, and high diesel and other energy costs. We need renewable energy sources on our electric power grid to lessen our reliance on natural gas and high cost diesel fuel.<br><br>Much of rural Alaska is facing an even more acute shortage of affordable, reliable energy. In most of our rural communities Alaskans rely heavily on barging and flying in diesel fuel. That\'s dangerous. Last winter diesel hit a pocket-emptying $8 - $9 a gallon in many remote communities. Many Alaskans in these communities were asked, in effect, to choose between food and heat.<br><br>Governor Palin\'s decision is as ironic as it is troubling.<br><br>Ironically, the state is likely to adopt the efficiency measures required by federal law - and just not get the $28 million offered to us for doing so. What Governor Palin\'s done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. I\'m confident Alaska will eventually adopt standards for smart, energy efficient construction, and the private sector is already doing this. In that sense, the construction world is passing us by. It\'s hard to stop the world from progressing towards energy efficient construction. Consumers want it because it saves us money. The nation wants it because it protects our national security. We\'ll end up following along, and just not get the $28 million the president has offered for doing this.<br><br>Want a little more irony? Our Legislature, led by Senator Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), launched an impressive plan to help Alaskans make their homes more energy efficient. We can\'t all build new homes, so, at a cost of more than $300 million, the state is helping us upgrade the energy efficiency of the homes we live in today. It\'s hard to understand how the governor could join the Legislature in this effort, but not want to make new homes energy efficient in the first place. Building our schools and homes right is a lot cheaper than coming in afterwards make them more efficient.<br><br>The president is asking us to look forward, and save money to boot. The governor is in effect asking us to spend more by looking backwards.<br><br>As a legislator, I\'m left with this question. What can we do? Many are requesting a veto override from the Legislature. That was my first instinct too. But (we\'re still researching this) a veto override may not accomplish anything productive. The governor has to affirmatively apply for the available federal funds, and promise the president Alaska will join 49 other states by committing to make the required progress on energy efficiency standards. If Governor Palin won\'t do that, we cannot receive the federal funds. We can\'t force the governor to make that commitment with a veto override.<br><br>In the meantime, the smartest thing we can all do is let the governor know, in e-mails to her and letters to the newspaper, and elsewhere, what we think. When faced with logical argument, a reminder of the nation\'s national security goals, and a vibrant public discussion about local energy needs, Governor Palin would do well to re-think her position.<br><br>Sometimes you have to stand on an island, alone, on principle. Sometimes, when you\'re alone on an island and everyone else is happily waving as they pass by, you need to think twice about what you\'ve done. This is one of those times.<br><br>The 49 governors who are trying to work with the president to comply with our nation\'s energy efficiency efforts are right. Like them, we could use the funds for needed energy projects, and will benefit by joining the national move towards more energy efficient construction. I hope the governor thinks again about this one. Staying on this island\'s getting pretty expensive<br>Palin stands alone on a shrinking island <br>Les Gara <br>May 27, 2009 .Share this<br> <br> Digg Del.icio.us StumbleUpon Yahoo FacebookPrintE-mailDiscussTags<br>sarah palinstimulus fundsles garaalaska politicsalaska energy     <br> <br>Last week Governor Palin set herself apart from every other Republican and Democratic governor in the nation. It\'s a distinction I\'d rather not have - as an Alaskan, or as an American who believes in President Obama\'s goal of reducing America\'s dependence on foreign energy. <br>Last week Governor Palin became the first governor in the nation to refuse to accept energy funds the president offered as part of his economic stimulus package. The governor vetoed the Alaska Legislature\'s acceptance of $28 million the president and Congress have offered Alaska to create a renewable energy and energy savings plan. All we had to do, to accept the funds - funds every other state is working to try to keep - was commit to do the rational. We just had to certify Alaska would make a good faith effort to adopt rational energy efficiency standards (the IEEC), and begin 90% compliance with it by 2017.<br><br>The nation\'s construction industry is already gearing up to follow energy efficiency standards because, well, they save money. As I tried to inform the governor, our own state residential housing agency, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, already requires compliance with this code for any construction it finances. And our normally conservative state Homebuilders Association supports its adoption because it makes sense. And cents.<br><br>Here are a few more reasons I could do without this "only one of 50 states" distinction.<br><br>Alaska has the highest energy prices in the nation. The solution to the problem isn\'t rejecting funds that could be dedicated to build wind, hydro and other renewable energy production.<br><br>Urban Alaska is facing a dangerous short-term shortage of natural gas, and high diesel and other energy costs. We need renewable energy sources on our electric power grid to lessen our reliance on natural gas and high cost diesel fuel.<br><br>Much of rural Alaska is facing an even more acute shortage of affordable, reliable energy. In most of our rural communities Alaskans rely heavily on barging and flying in diesel fuel. That\'s dangerous. Last winter diesel hit a pocket-emptying $8 - $9 a gallon in many remote communities. Many Alaskans in these communities were asked, in effect, to choose between food and heat.<br><br>Governor Palin\'s decision is as ironic as it is troubling.<br><br>Ironically, the state is likely to adopt the efficiency measures required by federal law - and just not get the $28 million offered to us for doing so. What Governor Palin\'s done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. I\'m confident Alaska will eventually adopt standards for smart, energy efficient construction, and the private sector is already doing this. In that sense, the construction world is passing us by. It\'s hard to stop the world from progressing towards energy efficient construction. Consumers want it because it saves us money. The nation wants it because it protects our national security. We\'ll end up following along, and just not get the $28 million the president has offered for doing this.<br><br>Want a little more irony? Our Legislature, led by Senator Lyman Hoffman (D-Bethel), launched an impressive plan to help Alaskans make their homes more energy efficient. We can\'t all build new homes, so, at a cost of more than $300 million, the state is helping us upgrade the energy efficiency of the homes we live in today. It\'s hard to understand how the governor could join the Legislature in this effort, but not want to make new homes energy efficient in the first place. Building our schools and homes right is a lot cheaper than coming in afterwards make them more efficient.<br><br>The president is asking us to look forward, and save money to boot. The governor is in effect asking us to spend more by looking backwards.<br><br>As a legislator, I\'m left with this question. What can we do? Many are requesting a veto override from the Legislature. That was my first instinct too. But (we\'re still researching this) a veto override may not accomplish anything productive. The governor has to affirmatively apply for the available federal funds, and promise the president Alaska will join 49 other states by committing to make the required progress on energy efficiency standards. If Governor Palin won\'t do that, we cannot receive the federal funds. We can\'t force the governor to make that commitment with a veto override.<br><br>In the meantime, the smartest thing we can all do is let the governor know, in e-mails to her and letters to the newspaper, and elsewhere, what we think. When faced with logical argument, a reminder of the nation\'s national security goals, and a vibrant public discussion about local energy needs, Governor Palin would do well to re-think her position.<br><br>Sometimes you have to stand on an island, alone, on principle. Sometimes, when you\'re alone on an island and everyone else is happily waving as they pass by, you need to think twice about what you\'ve done. This is one of those times.<br><br>The 49 governors who are trying to work with the president to comply with our nation\'s energy efficiency efforts are right. Like them, we could use the funds for needed energy projects, and will benefit by joining the national move towards more energy efficient construction. I hope the governor thinks again about this one. Staying on this island\'s getting pretty expensive<br><a href="http://www.alaskadispatch.com/palin-watch/1189-palin-stands-alone-on-a-shrinking-island-" rel="nofollow">http://www.alaskadispatch.com/palin-watch/1189-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10242895" class="dsq-comment-message">Bush-Clinton \'Conversation\' Tickets Not Selling Out<br>Bush-Clinton tickets not that hot <br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/bushclinton-tickets-not-s_n_208894.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/bushcl...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243116" class="dsq-comment-message">The Rush and Cheney Show Accelerates Military Desertion of the GOP<br><br>For decades, the conventional wisdom was that the Republican Party was the party of the military. And while no party has or ever will monopolize military support, certainly Republicans had a good amount of support from some big names - from Eisenhower to Powell.<br><br>In recent years, however, as Republicans have abandoned ideals that make our military strong - no nation building using our Armed Forces, looking for strong alliances to join us in action, operating on a moral high ground when we do use force, and commitment to a strong enough and large enough force - we\'ve seen big names head towards supporting Democrats - from General Wesley Clark and Major General Paul Eaton to General John Shalikashvili, General Joseph Hoar, and General Hugh Shelton. Oh, and Colin Powell.<br><br>That shift towards Democrats, and especially President Obama and Hillary Clinton during the primary, is about to be fast tracked, as Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney take control of Republican messaging, ideals, practices, and policies.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/the-rush-and-cheney-show_b_208187.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/the-rus...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10251916" class="dsq-comment-message">The GOP repulses the rank and file soldiers. The men and women in uniform see what I see...straight up deserters with fat pockets using them for capital gains.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10243194" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243194" class="dsq-comment-message">Mitt Romney has been mighty quiet...too quiet if you ask me.  The likely Republican Nominee in 2012 has not made any significant comments about Newt, Bloated, Cheney, Powell, or Sotomayor.  <br><br>The MSM is giving him a pass...these dumb-fuck reporters need to do their jobs and get him on the record.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243294" class="dsq-comment-message">I read somewhere that he called her nominatin "troubling".<br><br>I think Politico reported it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243270" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/28/top-republican-calls-limbaugh-gingrich-comments-terrible/" rel="nofollow">Sen John Coryn calls Limbaugh, Gingrich comments \'terrible\'</a><br><br><blockquote> A top Senate Republican is taking aim at recent statements from conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich suggesting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a "racist."<br><br>"I think it\'s terrible," Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told NPR\'s "All Things Considered" Thursday. "This is not the kind of tone any of us want to set when it comes to performing our constitutional responsibilities of advise and consent.”<br><br></blockquote><br><br>And what state is Coryn the Senator for?????<br><br>What is "TEXAS" Alek? (ding, ding, ding)<br><br>Coryn ain\'t stupid.  He needs Hispanics to win in Texas.<br><br>How soon before Coryn has to kiss the ring???</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10245276" class="dsq-comment-message">THESE mofos want to get re-elected.  They ain\'t crazy...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243362" class="dsq-comment-message">Open Government Initiative: Phase II<br>Beth Noveck, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government, brings us an update on the Open Government Initiative:<br><br>Last week, the White House launched an unprecedented online process for public engagement in policymaking. That process began with a week of Brainstorming, hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration.<br> <br>You have shared almost 900 submissions and 33,000 votes on ideas ranging from strategies for making government data more accessible to legal and policy impediments to transparency.  Thank you!<br> <br>The Brainstorming phase is drawing to an official close tonight at midnight.  We are reviewing all material on the site in preparation for the Discussion Phase, which begins on Wednesday June 3rd.  We’ll be distilling both the ideas from the Brainstorming and the comments from an online dialogue with government employees that took place earlier this spring on the MAX federal wiki.  All comments from MAX will be publicly posted tomorrow on the Open Government website.<br><br><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Open-Government-Initiative-Phase-II/" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Open-Government-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243416" class="dsq-comment-message">Meeting with Abbas<br>This afternoon the President held a one-on-one meeting, and then an expanded meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, read the President\'s opening remarks when they spoke to the press together afterwards:<br><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Images-of-Abbas/" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Images-of-Abbas/</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243464" class="dsq-comment-message">How many Hispanic GOP officials are they?  <br><br>I only wonder because when it became obvious that Obama has a running chance of being nominated & winning the election it seems like even Faux News rushed to find any black pundit, strategist, consultant, whatever to issue commentary with a "black" perspective.<br><br>I\'m with rikyrah.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">Where the Hispanics at?</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243743" class="dsq-comment-message">Trying to find some good commentary but maybe we are just shocked all to hell. Dios mios.<br><br>Found this though<br><a href="http://www.latinola.com/story.php?story=7500" rel="nofollow">http://www.latinola.com/story.php?story=7500</a><br><br>TOP 10 Reasons Sonia Sotomayor Will Be Best Supreme Court Judge<br>Republican haters? Bring \'em on!<br>By Al Carlos Hernandez, Contributing Editor<br> <br> <br>10. She\'s Latina, so she\'s used to being lied to by experts.<br><br>heh</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10243991" class="dsq-comment-message">Now you know how I feel. I mean, damn, take the ones on the news shows on Telemundo and Univision - they all speak English. I know that there must be Puerto Rican politicians in NEW YORK - haven\'t seen any. I mean, it\'s been goddamn ridiculous watching this racist  bullshit unfold without someone Latino to put that shyt in check.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10244652" class="dsq-comment-message">Found some stuff for ya.... and me.  All right, TOTALLY stumbled over it.<br><br>Clarissa Pinkola Estes - a bit on Sotomayor & the designation \'hispanic.\'  Oopsss.<br><br>Culture Kitchen - jus\' go!  <a href="http://culturekitchen.com/" rel="nofollow">http://culturekitchen.com/</a>   <br><br>And got <a href="http://culturekitchen.com/liza/blog/puerto_rican_bloggers_in_the_us_you_need_to_know_about" rel="nofollow">this little list</a> from CK above.<br><br>I forgot <a href="http://www.talkleft.com/user/Big%20Tent%20Democrat/stories" rel="nofollow">Big Tent Democrat</a> at Talk Left is Puerto Rican; he\'s an attorney, so that\'s the context I think of him in.<br><br>Then there\'s <a href="http://carlosqc.blogspot.com/2009/05/justice-sonia-sotomayor-is-excelente.html" rel="nofollow">Carlos in D.C.</a> - he has quite a take on Sotomayor.<br><br>Then I read this daily - <a href="http://promigrant.org/" rel="nofollow">The Sanctuary</a>.  Scroll down a bit, a smidgen, and there are two posts on Sotomayor.  I forget about places like The Sanctuary because I\'m there in relation to justice.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10245194" class="dsq-comment-message">I LIKE  Carlos in DC\'s comments on his blog.  "Hispanic"  IS a made up word.  It came out of the Nixon era.  We have all fallen into using the word.  <br><br>Carlos makes the point that "hispanic" denies the African and Native American influence that difference cultures have. I think his point is well taken.  Sotomayor is a Nuyorican  (New York Puerto Rican)  of  Taino, Boriquan, and African descent.<br><br>If most of us, as Africans, had the knowledge of our ancestors, we could say  Fulani, Senegalese and Welsh descent,  etc.  But the majority of our ancestors got jack and forced into slavery, so black (or African American) it is...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10244681" class="dsq-comment-message">if we want change in our our inner-city school systems we need more young and intelligent Blacks to get in the teaching proffession that are willing to work in inner city and rural area schools b/c we can\'t expect others to go all out when it comes to educating our youngsters....and I agree that this article is trying to imply that the top educators are white if that were the case our kids would be doing much better in schools b/c the majority of teachers in this country are white females.....and yes a lot of public schools are acutually WORST then they were before integration</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10244864">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10244864" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10244864" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10244864">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10244864" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10244864" class="dsq-comment-message">co-sign...  That is the point that I was trying to make.   There is a college program called "<a href="http://www.clemson.edu/hehd/departments/education/research-service/callmemister/index.html" rel="nofollow">Call Me Mister</a>" at Clemson University that offers  tuition assistance to black men interested in being school teachers.  It appears that they are working to expand the program to additional campuses.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10251876">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10251876" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10251876" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10251876">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10251876" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10251876" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'d love to see more black men teaching.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10247900">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10247900" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10247900" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10247900">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10247900" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10247900" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Oklahoma Highway Patrol Fight With EMT</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluItc365hU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluItc365hU</a><br><br><a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/cops-stop-ambulance-on-way-to-hospital-and-fight-with-emt.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.prisonplanet.com/cops-stop-ambulance...</a><br><br>Oklahoma State Troopers Stop Ambulance With A Patient Inside For Failing To Yield & Slams Trained EMT Against The Side Of EMT\'s Ambulance!<br><br><br><br>Jesus Christ!  The Trooper need to be fired. The EMT was transporting a patient to the hospital. OMG!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10251853">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10251853" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10251853" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10251853">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10251853" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10251853" class="dsq-comment-message">Un-freaking-believable.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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