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I was only trying to point out that what McGruder actually said in his statement was a little different than what was reported on TJMS. <br><br>I mentioned Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, \"I am a Black\" in another thread, but I hope you don't mind if I post a verse here:<br><br><i>BLACK is an open umbrella<br>I am Black and A Black forever<br><br>I am one of the Blacks<br><br>We are Here, we are There.<br>We occur in Brazil, in Nigeria, Ghana,<br>in Botswana, Australia, in Haiti, Soweto, in<br>Grenada, in Cuba, in Panama, Libya, in<br>England and Italy, France.<br><br>We are graces in any places.<br>I am Black and A Black forever.</i><br><br>Brooks says is so much better than I ever could!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:45:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496302, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5501959": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barbara Walters told Elisabeth to beg, grovel and grind before Michelle Obama so the View can be the first daytime show to land an interview with the new First Lady.<br><br>That's all this is about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:56:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5499885, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5509128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't disagree with you and I don't understand what is that you disagree with about what I stated which was that I would have like to have seen a black designer in one of the slots and even before during the campaign.  My desire - that's it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:44:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5508874, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "lolol  How sweet.  Congratulations D.  Just keep your regular car for date nights.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:00:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501358, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"After losing the White House and 28 seats in Congress last year, some party leaders still aren\u2019t hearing the message from voters who are urging them to claw their way back to power by promoting minorities and striking a less partisan tone, said Rich Bond, a former Republican National Committee chairman.\" <br><br>\u201cWe need a great deal more tolerance for the other guy\u2019s point of view,\u201d Bond said. \u201cNot everybody comes from the same constituency as a majority-white homogenous district in the South where all people care about is keeping their guns and taxes.\u201d <br><br>-I guess Rich Bond is a bitter, terrorist-fist bumping Muslim magic Republican.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:27:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495964, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe this is why when everyone else was doing inaugural coverage at the White House, near the White House, on the street by the White House, BET was doing its' inaugural coverage in front of Ben's Chili Bowl and the 106 & Park Studios.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:20:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495975, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks! Sandra SHOULD be an entertainment/gossip blog...but what she has become is a very bitter, lying hag. Her hatred for some celebs is way beyond catty insults and petty gossip. Like I said, I've seen her pic so to a degree, her attitude is almost justified - but just because she looks like a gargoyle doesn't mean she has to be so nasty towards others.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:33:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498222, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yeah...that would have been the professional response.  michelle obama is not this person's relative...  someone should've advised her to express her opinions in a dignified, professional manner or not at all.  all that bitching and complaining is straight up STUPID.  michelle obama is GUARANTEED not to wear any of her shit now!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:22:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506315, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496852": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ok..that was funny!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:52:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494409, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe she'll sport Black designers during Black History Month.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:07:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506413, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "claudia:  Beautiful post!   Thank you.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:55:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496662, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  HERE'S the VID of his introductory remarks:<br><br>9:45 AM\t<br><br>Obama and Biden hold a bipartisan meeting with Democratic and Republican congressional leadership.<br><br><a href=\"http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1243705446/bclid1201016315/bctid8867619001\" rel=\"nofollow\">VIDEO</a><br><br>Annnnnd:  Democratic/Repub RESPONSES:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/postgame_report_1eda14f1-40e7-4ce7-a161-7f008ebaac3a.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/po...</a><br><br>I hope that I caught bofa-dem.   :&gt;)    <br><br>Signed, Ms. Technologically-Challenged!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:34:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5497884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Per this Fox News clip, apparently some are appalled and offended by Jay Z and Jeezy proclaiming \"My President is Black.\"  <br><br>What say you Jack and Jill??<br><a href=\"http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh4oWh3V55Ii20ih0w\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:44:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5510687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Do you know for a fact that they were prepared?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-24_00:26:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506822, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5500966": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "May have?<br><br>There's no question that more people here and around the world combined, on TV and internet feeds, watched this inauguration than Reagan's.<br><br>It's not even close.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:09:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5500343, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll just co-sign because my first reaction when I read that article was nothing but 4 letter words.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:47:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505989, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497386": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Blago takes the cake in nutty!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:19:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497267, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Or maybe she didn't like what the AA designers put out?  It could be as simple as that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:08:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506469, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I want Michelle Obama to wear more black designers.  I think she should.  <br><br>But, first and foremost it needs to be something she likes.  She doesn't need to be wearing no Gordon Gartrelle shit just to make some people happy.   She's not obligated to wear a black designer if she's not feeling their design.<br><br>And if this chick had designs that appealed to Michelle Obama, maybe she would wear them.  At any rate this chick should be permanently scratched off the list.<br><br>I mean, if a black designer really wanted to get ahold of Michelle Obama but perhaps their stuff wasn't in the store, they could have maybe pitched it to her via Desiree Rogers or Valerie Jarrett or Santita Jackson or somebody.  You know if they had a slamming design on and Michelle saw it she'd be like \"How can I be down?\"  Both Jason Wu and Isabel Toledo were in the Ikram store so maybe she's going with Ikram's suggestions?<br><br>I wonder if this individual pitched a design to Michelle BEFORE she was on track to become First Lady?  nah, didn't think so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:16:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5503163, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508145": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think White House culture is vastly different from life as a Senate spouse, or living in a suitcase on the campaign trail.  <br><br>I'm gonna give her a chance to get acclimated.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:48:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506456, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b><i> Blagojevich signaled he has <u> no plans to show up </u>in Springfield on Monday for the start of his impeachment trial if the rules don't change. </b> </i><br><br>HELLLLL - LO!!  :: raises the roof ::  This is MY kinda political entertainment!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:56:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496723, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL  The plane image is priceless!  <br><br>I actually like the hat.   The Queen's look was Southern Baptist Sunday Best, and I understood it completely", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:11:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497115, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497398": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>DAY 3 - - PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA</b><br><br>1.  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/23/obama-stimulus-bill-needs_n_160320.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama: Stimulus Bill Needs Bipartisan Help</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Barack Obama urged lawmakers from both parties Friday to back his economic stimulus package, saying the economy's dire problems require congressional action even if some members object to portions of the plan.<br><br>\"I know that it is a heavy lift to do something as substantial as we're doing right now,\" Obama said as he sat down with House and Senate leaders from both parties in the White House's Roosevelt Room. Republican members, especially, have objected to some of the $825 billion plan.<br><br>\"I recognize that there are still some differences around the table and between the administration and members of Congress about particular details on the plan,\" he said. \"But I think what unifies this group is a recognition that we are experiencing an unprecedented, perhaps, economic crisis that has to be dealt with, and dealt with rapidly.\"<br><br>He thanked congressional leaders for working quickly, even through some holiday periods, to move the rescue package he says will create 3 million to 4 million new jobs.<br><br>\"That is going to be absolutely critical and it appears that we are on target to make our President's Day weekend,\" he said.<br><br>Democratic leaders have promised the measure will be ready for Obama's signature by mid-February.<br><br>Obama also said that any legislation governing the use of an additional $350 billion in financial industry bailout money must include new measures to ensure accountability and transparency.<br><br>The stimulus legislation, priced at about $825 billion and likely to grow, advanced in House committees this week. Republicans, who are in the minority, were unable to make inroads with their proposals.<br>Story continues below </i><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>2.  HIS SCHEDULE     <b>Friday Jan. 23, 2009</b><br><br>All Times Eastern7:00 AM\t<br>8:00 AM\t<br>9:00 AM\t<br>9:15 AM\t<br><br>Obama and Biden attend the presidential daily briefing.<br>9:45 AM\t<br><br>Obama and Biden hold a bipartisan meeting with Democratic and Republican congressional leadership.<br>10:00 AM\t<br>11:00 AM\t<br>11:20 AM\t<br><br>Obama and Biden meet with members of the National Security Council.<br>12:00 PM\t<br>12:40 PM\t<br><br>Obama and Biden attend the economic daily briefing.<br>1:00 PM\t<br><br>Obama and Biden have lunch together.<br>2:00 PM\t<br><br>Obama and Biden hold a budget meeting.<br>3:00 PM\t<br>3:30 PM\t<br><br>Obama meets with Treasury Secretary-designate Tim Geithner.<br><b>[NOTE:   IT continues to be FULL and AGGRESSIVE!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)]</b><br><br>3.  <b>PLANNING AHEAD:</b>  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/in_the_tank_with_obama_3045db33-d490-4e84-8267-568a16eed2ae.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">POTUS to visit Pentagon next week</a><br><br><i><b>Obama is expected to meet with the Joint Chiefs of Staff next week in the Pentagon\u2019s renowned secure briefing room . . .<br><br>. . . known as the \u201cTank,\u201d Marine Commandant James Conway told reporters Friday.</b> <br><br>Given the new president\u2019s campaign pledge to remove U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months, plans for drawing down forces there and adding more in Afghanistan are a likely a hot topic. <br><br>\u201cAt this point, decisions have not been made, but with the speed in which we see other decisions being made, I think it\u2019s fair to say that it won\u2019t be long before we have a plan,\u201d the Marine general said. <br><br>And as discussion coalesces around the best way to reduce U.S. forces in Iraq, the Marines are eager to hand off the remaining policing work and other duties there to the Army and concentrate on the intensifying fight in Afghanistan. <br><br>\u201cThe time is right for the Marines in general terms to leave Iraq,\u201d Conway said.</i><br><br>4.  <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123267335720408593.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">CDC Insider Named Acting Director </a><br><br><i><b>The Obama administration has appointed an infectious disease and disaster preparedness expert as acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<br><br><u>Richard Besser,</u> who headed the CDC's public health emergency preparedness and response functions, succeeds Julie Gerberding, who stepped down with the change in administration after six years of leading the federal agency.</b><br><br>It wasn't clear whether Dr. Besser would be Dr. Gerberding's permanent successor. An email to CDC employees Thursday said that Dr. Besser would serve as acting director until a permanent director is named and assumes the role.<br><br>Dr. Gerberding, who officially stepped down when President Obama was sworn in this week, was originally to be replaced temporarily by William Gimson III, the agency's chief operating officer, until a permanent successor was named. People familiar with the agency said Dr. Besser was named instead because Mr. Gimson is not a medical doctor, a qualification considered important to head the public health agency even temporarily.<br><br>Dr. Besser, 49 years old, is a CDC veteran with wide public health experience. A pediatrician by training, he served in the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service, tracking foodborne diseases, followed by several years working on infectious disease issues. He spearheaded a national campaign to prevent overuse of antibiotics, a practice which helps to spawn antibiotic resistant bugs.  <br><br>Most recently, he has been director of the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, which handles public health emergency preparedness and emergency response.</i><br><br>5.  <a href=\"http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003016851\" rel=\"nofollow\">CQ Transcript: Democratic Congressional Leaders After a Meeting with President Obama</a><br><br><i>CQ Transcriptswire<br><br>SPEAKERS: REP. NANCY PELOSI, D-CALIF., SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE<br><br>SEN. HARRY REID, D-NEV., SENATE MAJORITY LEADER<br><br>[*] (JOINED IN PROGRESS) PELOSI: ... constructive suggestions, which we\u2019ll review. We have just completed two days of hearings in which they had a chance to offer their amendments, some of which were accepted into the package.<br><br>So we\u2019re on schedule for our timetable to have a bill on the president\u2019s desk to be signed before the Presidents Day recess. Again, if not, there will be no recess, but I feel certain that we will succeed.<br><br>This was a working meeting, and it was very encouraging, because the president listened to the suggestions of all there, especially the proposals made by our Republican colleagues. And -- and I have a good feeling about -- coming out of the meeting that we\u2019ll be able to reach more bipartisanship as we go forward.<br><br>I\u2019m pleased to yield to the distinguished majority leader, Senator Reid.<br><br>REID: There wasn\u2019t a single member of Congress or anyone in that room that didn\u2019t agree that we have an economic problem in the country, lots of economic difficulties. But at the conclusion of the meeting, there wasn\u2019t a single person who felt we couldn\u2019t work our way out of the problems that we had.<br><br>It was a bipartisan discussion. And truly, the president was leading us to be united, not divided.<br><br>He listened to the all of the suggestions, whether it was from us or the Republicans. I was very impressed with the meeting. I look forward to our having a bill on his desk before the Presidents Day recess a bill that will have the input of Democrats and Republicans and one that has the mark on it to bring this country out of the economic distress we\u2019re in. </i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>6.  <a href=\"http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003016849\" rel=\"nofollow\">CQ Transcript: Republican Congressional Leaders After a meeting with President Obama</a><br><br><i>SPEAKERS: REP. JOHN A. BOEHNER, R-OHIO, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER<br><br>SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL, R-KY., SENATE MINORITY LEADER<br><br>[*] (JOINED IN PROGRESS) MCCONNELL: ... came from a bipartisan meeting of the Senate and House leadership with the president. We had a good discussion about the most important issue in the country right now, which is to -- what we can do to get the economy moving.<br><br>The administration strikes me as open to our suggestions, and we made a number of them, both Senate and House leadership. I do think we\u2019ll be able to meet the president\u2019s deadline of getting the package to him by mid-February.<br><br>I think I can safely say that most Republicans actually believe the speaker had it right last year when she said any stimulus package ought to be timely, temporary and targeted. I think that\u2019s a good test to apply to what we\u2019re trying to do here. And it\u2019ll require a good deal of restraint on both sides to try to keep it within those -- with those -- within those parameters.<br><br>BOEHNER: I agree. I think we had a very productive meeting with the president and the vice president and our Democrat colleagues. There\u2019s unanimity that our economy needs help. And there\u2019s also a desire to move a package that would help rescue our economy, help American families, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and the self- employed.<br><br>We expressed our concerns about some of the spending that\u2019s being proposed in the House bill and the fact that it doesn\u2019t spend out very quickly -- it\u2019s almost too late -- and had concerns about -- obviously, about the size of the package.<br><br>The president has asked for our ideas. And we may still be scheduled to meet with him next week, but we felt that as fast as this package is moving, we needed to share those ideas with him today.<br><br>And so Mr. Cantor and I outlined the ideas from House Republicans about how we can get fast-acting tax relief in the hands of American families and small businesses, because, at the end of the day, government can\u2019t solve this problem. The American people have to solve it. And the way they can solve it is if we allow them to keep more of the money that they earn. </i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>7.  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/antibeanie_obamas_1beea931-1744-42f3-8644-87d1df745144.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">FLOTUS knocks Sasha, Malia dolls</a><br><br><i><b>Michelle Obama is none too pleased with the Beanie Baby dolls that share the names of the first daughters...<br><br>... \u201cMom-in-chief\u201d says the dolls are in bad taste.</b><br><br>\u201cWe believe it is inappropriate to use young, private citizens for marketing purposes,\u201d a first lady spokesman said.<br><br>The 12-inch dolls were released earlier this month and a company spokesman says the names were chosen because they are \u201cbeautiful,\u201d not because they attached to the first daughters.<br><br>Which seems, well, a little hard to believe.<br><br>Earlier this week the girls set off a run on J.Crew coats, after donning specially made coats on inauguration day.<br><br>After the whirlwind inauguration events, they were back in school hitting the books again Thursday.<br><br>FLOTUS had her first full day in the office Thursday, where she had a meet and greet with all the staff and had some birthday cake\u2014she turned 45 on Jan. 17.<br><br>And she\u2019s been unpacking and getting Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, settled into the White House.<br><br>Aides say she could venture out for a private or public event as early as next week.<br><br>And church might be in the plans this Sunday, but their schedule is still being worked out, aides said.</i><br><b>[NOTE:  SHE hath SPOKEN!   :&gt;)]</b><br><br>THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!   :&gt;)  ENJOY YOUR DAY!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:22:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5502707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They should not hold Obama responsible for the language of the song.  Does Brittany spears speak for all white women?  Is marilyn manson a father figure to all white boys?  Does George W. Bush represent the intelligence of all yale graduates?  Are all teenage white girls sluts like the girls on girls gone wild?<br><br>I'm saying....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:33:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497884, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5500474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Welll, I didn't find ALASKA's RESPONSE to the $180,000 WARDROBE - - YET!<br><br>BUT, there was an article on the OTHER Alaskan Senator - -Lisa Murkowski (R)[Senior Senator;  Begich is the, recently elected - DEFEATED Ted STEVENS- JUNIOR Senator.]<br><br><a href=\"http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/22/lisa-the-new-ted/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lisa - The New Ted.</a><br><br><i>Well, looky here.  Isn\u2019t this interesting\u2026<br><br>If the collective raising of eyebrows made a sound, you\u2019d be hearing it.<br><br><b>Alaska\u2019s new senior Senator (R) Lisa Murkowski, has landed the big one, and slipped into the vacuum left by convicTed Stevens on the coveted <u>Senate Appropriations Committee.</u></b>  <u>Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, was a longtime Appropriations chairman with oodles of influence on spending projects in Alaska.  This is one of the reasons nobody could imagine life without Ted</u><br><br>    In order to take the slot on Appropriations, she\u2019s giving up membership on the Foreign Relations Committee. But she\u2019ll retain her spot as the ranking Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and she\u2019ll stay on the Indian Affairs Committee and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Murkowski says she pursued being on Appropriations in part to push for funding projects that can benefit Alaska, from basic infrastructure like roads to hospitals.<br><br>Basically an Alaskan Senator would give up their right arm, nevermind the Foreign Relations Committee,  to get this assignment.  Looking forward to 2010, this does not bode well for anyone who\u2019s thinking about challenging Murkowski for the senate seat.  If the party powers that be, let\u2019s say, were trying to figure out how to assure that a certain governor from Alaska had a tougher time of knocking down the incumbent in a senatorial race, and worming her way into the nation\u2019s capital, this would be an excellent way of doing it.  Just sayin\u2019.<br><br><b>I\u2019ve mentioned before that it would be in the Democratic leadership\u2019s best interest to be awful nice to Mark Begich, and give him lots of goodies in the next six years for that very reason.  He needs to come home \u201cthe golden boy\u201d with feathers in his cap.  I doubt there are many in D.C. on either side of the aisle that would relish a \u201cPalin Dynasty.\u201d </b> <u>A cross-border alliance between a competent and influential moderate Republican and a competent and influential moderate Democrat is the best path for anyone wishing to avoid \u201cMrs. Palin Goes to Washington.</u>\u201d</i> <br><br>2 COMMENTS were interesting:<br><br><i>\" I think the combo of Sens. Lisa and Begich is turning out to be a great team for AK and our nation. \u2026 Can you imagine Palin debating Lisa if <u>Snowflake</u>  :&gt;) runs for a senate seat next year?? It would be painfully glorious to watch\u2026.and it could happen cuz Palin truly believes she is flawless and all her mess ups are everyone else\u2019s fault.\"<br>Palin == Out of Touch, Out for Herself.<b>COMMENT from EWF:</b></i><br><br>Here's another COMMENT:<i>\"It\u2019s a known fact in Washington D.C., Palin is NOT respected from either party. If Alaska sent her to D.C., our State would be toast! Senator Murkowski has the respect from both parties and is admired for her intellect, calmness and her true desire to look out for the families in Alaska. The gov. doesn\u2019t stand a chance running against Senator Murkowski, us Alaskan\u2019s have had enough of Queen gov.\" [WWRWTW]</i><br><br>ALASKANS are havin' a FIELD DAY with their version of \"SNOWFLAKE!\"   :&gt;)        :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:45:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5505596": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:16:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5497917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Aren't they stating a fact. <br><br>Cause MY President IS Black...isn't yours?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:46:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497884, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5504211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.posro.com/blog/entry?id=35\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.posro.com/blog/entry?id=35</a><br><br>Obama Needs To Kick The Habit<br><br>by Roland Laird<br><br>Jan 23, 2009<br><br>CNN just reported that President Obama is going to get some type of supersleuth blackberry device manufactured by General Dynamics. I don't know about you, but the idea that the President shooting top secret documents back and forth on a PDA, scares the heck out of me. Honestly, I don't think something like this can be a unilateral decision, and I don't think government agencies should cave in to the full court press that team Obama can put on them. <br><br>I don't care how secure the thing is, and how much redundancy in communication there will be, the notion that Obama will be in communication mobilely with some of his closest friends, doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Will they have secure devices on the other side? Will they be NSA secure? What types of emails will be sent? If it really is that limited, what's the need for the President to have such a watered down mode of communication? I understand President Obama is a fan of \"The Wire\". If this is the case, didn't he learn anything from Stringer Bell or Marlo Stanfield's demise? Once you start talking on those mobile devices, anybody can be brought down. I guess in many ways, Obama has the Stringer-esque tendency to think he can outsmart any and everybody. For the sake of America, I hope Obama is as smart as he thinks he is. Still it's hard for me to believe that our President has such an obsessive personality. Honestly, for the next four to eight years, I'd prefer that he ditched the Crackberry and went back to smoking.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:52:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "b320a99d7d57e02e44bd51f6a9568fbf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503551": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:    It's a SMALL WORLD:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/23/japanese-use-obamas-speec_n_160260.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Japanese Use Obama's Speeches To Learn English</a><br><br><i><b>TOKYO \u2014 Aspiring English speakers in Japan have made President Barack Obama's book of speeches and accompanying CD a national best-seller.</b><br><br><b>In Aichi, central Japan, a Buddhist monk has reportedly been playing the president's speeches during his temple service. <u>And dozens of students in an English-language class in Tokyo have been memorizing his 2004 Democratic Convention speech to improve their understanding and pronunciation.</u></b><br><br>\"Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely,\" the students at Kaplan Japan school recited together Friday.<br><br>\"The Speeches of Barack Obama\" has sold 420,000 copies since its release on Nov. 20 _ an \"unprecedented huge hit\" for an English-language text, according to publisher Asahi Press.<br><br>Any book that sells more than 100,000 copies in Japan, which has a population of 128 million, is considered a success, and foreign-language publication sales rarely exceed 20,000, the publisher said.<br><br>Obama's book of speeches surged to No. 2 in Japan's main best-seller list this week, according to Hiroki Tomatsu, an official of Japan's largest book distributor Tohan Co. that publishes the ranking.<br><br>The 95-page book compiles Obama's speeches including the one at the 2004 convention, many from the party primaries, and his victory speech after he beat Hillary Rodham Clinton to secure the Democratic nomination. Each English-language transcript comes with a Japanese translation.<br><br>Although the simplicity of campaign speeches makes them an obvious choice as a language-learning tool, other American presidents have rarely been so feted.<br><br><b>\"We don't publish every single president's speeches,\" Asahi Press official Yuzo Yamamoto said. \"Would you buy the text of former President George W. Bush's speeches?\"</b></i>         <b>  :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)</b><br><br>WHAT AN   -   <i><b>(Meiyo)</b> (=HONOR)</i>!!     :&gt;)<br><br>PRESIDENT OBAMA = A ONE-MAN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE!!   :&gt;)  <br><br><br>OOPS!        I'm sure that you were EXPECTING <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYQovmtO06k&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>It's A Small World film clip Disneyland Ca </b></a><br><br>ENJOY!!!     :&gt;)       :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:16:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5497408": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": ":-)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:22:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496822, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5494337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They really have been on this. It's patently absurd that this man would be allowed to once again be allowed to peddle poison.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_10:49:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494251, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  CAPTION:<br><br>SASHA:   Isn't that the \"FORMER President?\"   Yeah!  I  see you!<br><br>MALIA:   Ima look straight ahead, BUT I'm FROWNING at him!!<br><br>FIRST LADY:   **smoothing out her gloves***  Oh, I need him to say one cross word to my boo! [RESPECTFULLY!]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:05:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5506119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BAA's frustration needs to be channeled to CFDA, and fashion magazine editors like Anna Wintour, Glenda Bailey and demand that black designers be given as much exposure as their white counterparts. <br><br>And have these designers sent sketches to the First Lady or Ikram Goldman, who has been working with her?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:47:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5503163, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505609": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know she's probably e-mailing Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain right now calling Michelle a fat cow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:15:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501072, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498447": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "icebergslim:  I heard this being read!  VERY TENDER!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Thanks!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:13:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498332, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5501520": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D,<br><br><br>Kids need lots of room.<br><br>Congrats!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:36:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501358, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hmp...the rich and bailed out! LOL!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:23:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495156, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5494867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is the new Jet Magazine out about The Inauguration?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:19:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5497428": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, I agree. I read his statement and it was definitely not as simple as the way it was discussed by Tom and Sybil, but I can only give him credit for the words, not his intent", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496662, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  They just \"rolled on past\"  Col. 3:9!    :&gt;)        :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:24:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498822, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Everyone wants a piece of history, but to me this woman just sounds greedy.  Michelle Obama will be First Lady for 4 years. To me freedom is about choices so how dare this lady try and take away Michelle's. I hope Michelle Obama reads what this woman said and disses her FOR REAL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_19:45:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5503163, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Has anyone hear about the \"Drunken Negro Head\" Cookies, supposedly celebrating President Obama?  Just ridiculous. They still don't get it. For some reason, I\"m thinking he voted for Obama. I know lots of NYC racist  \"liberals\" who voted for Obama because he  is \"cool.\" <br><br><a href=\"http://gawker.com/5137787/bakery-celebrates-obama-with-drunken-negro-head-cookies?skyline=true&s=x\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://gawker.com/5137787/bakery-celebrates-oba...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:33:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "ce9b9e700c99e39366e21c8e2cfa666c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5497951": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was very satisfied with TVOne's coverage. I knew it would be far better than anything BET could put together.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:47:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497359, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5494883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "New People Magazine is an Inauguration Special.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:20:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5508196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:50:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506043, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Too bad I got one you appreciate<br>Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:13:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501856, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "At plain face value it is a good idea. What I fear is that at sometime these bad assets will improve in value and be bought from the federal government at a loss to the taxpayer and a gain to the private buyers(For example someone at Merrill Lynch knows what is in every mortgage backed bond they issued. That person will be trying to buy the bonds if the underlying mortgages are where there was the least deterioration in the value of homes and people did not default on their mortgages in aggregate. The cheaper they can buy them the more money they will make). What follows is a brief idea of the challenges. The solutions emphasize taxpayer protection.<br><br>The idea behind bad banks is that the Federal government would buy the bad assets of the banks. This was the original idea of TARP. What no one wanted to deal w/ is that any pricing mechanism was going to price them close to worthless. Those prices meant that the bank would be insolvent because those assets count as capital on the balance sheet. At this point with governments around the world dealing w/ the same problem it is just time to liquidate any insolvent bank and financial institution.<br><br>In this process the FDIC deposits and good loans would be put into existing good banks, fires the old management and the government keeps the remainder. This is where the question of it being a good solution becomes difficult.<br><br>The bad assets consist primarily of mortgage backed bonds and credit swap derivatives. The underlying mortgages in each bond consist of what is called tranches. A Tranche is simply a percentage of the bond mortgage assets being of different quality(which is why they are so hard to price). In a straightforward FNM mortgage bond every mortgage is 30 year fixed interest rate, with proof of income and credit history of mortgage holder known, i.e. a known quality. So now that they are on the books how do you price them.<br><br>I want to see a reverse dutch auction to price these assets(details here:<br><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_auction\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_auction</a>). Private money not banks or anybody whom needs a guarantee, buys them and gives the federal government money. The risk is transferred to the companies. The government has to be careful in the process not to get low balled and/or allow the buyers to buy only the most solvent bonds(there are ways to prevent this) or they will really own the most toxic(biggest loser)bonds.<br><br>The other asset class is credit swap derivatives. What they are is that if you own a bond you could buy insurance for its entire duration that guaranteed you would be paid principal an interest  based on changes in the bond issuers status. Banks and financial institutions currently have to put up capital against them or can count it as capital. Many of these were issued regardless of whether or not the issuer owned the underlying bond. My solution is basically declare them all worthless. This has to occur because we the taxpayer have become the payer of the guarantee. If we the taxpayer/federal government own the bonds why are we paying off on the insurance the area.<br>This will work well with the mortgage backed bonds. We should also immediately stop allowing credit swaps to be issued.<br><br>As to corporate bonds I do not know enough law in regards to them. Most of them are good as few non financial corporations have gone out of business. But swaps should no longer allowed to be issued on them.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:59:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498000, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506339": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Denise:  VIRTUAL 'DAP'!!    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:57:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506008, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5500528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate:   WOW!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  GREAT NEWS!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:49:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5500343, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Regarding: <a href=\"http://sandrarose.com/2009/01/23/calls-pour-in-for-rethas-custom-inaugural-crown/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aretha's Inauguration Crown-Hat,</a> Sandra Rose had made me laugh until I cried this morning.  Sandra gets my trophy for photo-shopping.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:59:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5494387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was just listening to Tom Joyner and the gang bashing Aaron McGruder about comments he made regarding Obama \"not being Black.\" (This is a topic that, I guess, whether we want to recognize it or not, is going to come up again and again over the next few years.) But before we pounce on McGruder, please also take a look at his statement posted on Rich Watson's comics blog: <a href=\"http://www.popcultureshock.com/blogs/mcgruder-responds-to-critics-re-obama/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.popcultureshock.com/blogs/mcgruder-r...</a> <br><br>It appears that some of his words were oversimplified a bit... and while I don't agree with everything he says, I don't think McGruder comes off as ignorant as the folks on TJMS made him sound. What do y'all think?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_10:52:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5502351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You couldn't have gone middle of the road and done the SUV thing? <br><br>I am LMAO, D. <br><br>As a single person, I didn't understand the purpose of minivans until my friends began to have children. <br><br>But, I beg to differ. Your vestiges of manhood will be secured by seatbelt in the back seat, my Brotha.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:14:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501358, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NMP\"   LOL!     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:15:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497721, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497472": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There's gonna be a new talking point for sure now...LOL<br><br>Obama's Indonesian Dazzles At State Department<br><br>ABC News' Kirit Radia Reports: As President Obama worked the rope-line at the State Department Thursday, a State Department staffer named Charles Silver, knowing the President once lived in Indonesia, shouted out, \"good afternoon\" in the local language.<br><br>Obama responded back in what Silver later told ABC News was \"very good\" Bahasa Indonesian.  The two then chatted briefly about the neighborhood Obama once lived in. <br><br><a href=\"http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/01/obama-speaks-ve.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/01...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:24:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5497987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Absolutely.  Some are offended by the WAY Jay Z and Jeezy were saying that though.  Personallly I think it's just a case of a few bitter whites getting their hate fully on.  I mean after all, it is Fox News lol...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:49:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497917, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wouldn't grant Elisabeth Hasselbeck shyt!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:01:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501959, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Stupid random thought of the morning:<br><br>If Busta Rhymes had simply made his song about \"A-Rod Money\", he really wouldn't have had so many folks upset with him. <br><br>That it all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:25:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5494409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sasha: When U leavin?<br><br>Malia: I'm not taking a picture of that.<br><br>Michelle: Girls lets keep it movin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_10:53:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5494922": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Jet Magazine Inaugural Special will probably come out in March and they'll probably have Jay-Z and Beyonce on the cover.  You know  how they do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:20:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494867, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hilarious!  ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:20:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496945, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506413": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've said all along that I thought she should support African American designers - I know one of them has something she can wear.  If she doesn't who will?  If a black won't support a black who will?  It's not a black thing - it's about give opportunity where it more than likely will not be given by main stream.  I think she could have gave at least one of those slots to a minority.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:03:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505583, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Robert, what do you think about  the government creating \"bad banks\" as a solution?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:50:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495715, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ain't he something?  Now that a Black Man is President, ole Uncle Bob wants to capitalize.  Isn't he the same dude who practically accused The President of being a possible drug hustler/seller?  Well what in the hell is Uncle Bob peddling?  I'm getting tired of triflin' Negroes tryin' to elevate off the hard work of The President", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:50:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "db31f0276ac24ac4d7bb797ea36feb8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494337, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503172": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:   BWAHAHAHAHAHA!  2  funny!!   :&gt;)   ***shakin' my head***<br><br>I don't <a href=\"http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-ghosts/BumperStickerCar.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>BLAME</b></a> her!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:00:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501856, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5509231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good point.<br><br>Whining to the press is not helpful.<br><br>Michelle Obama will be First Lady for at least four years.<br><br>Submit your ideas and let her decide.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:49:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506315, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497500": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He got tricked. Good. Serves him right for being a boot licker.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:26:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495975, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2009/01/inauguration-eve.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inauguration Eve</a><br><br>Photos and reflection.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:48:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5506722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obviously not since she didn't wear them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:16:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506563, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If we can put a man on the moon then there is no reason whatsoever for the technology within the White House to be stuck in the damn cold war.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:44:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505731, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Too funny. LMAO! Sad but most like true.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:11:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "151ed69d59543e36fc74c6a460a475a8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494922, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AMEN, who can ever forget his venom in South Carolina about Barack Obama.  Don't expect him on any WH invites.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:12:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494337, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506844": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think it's obvious since we don't know all the facts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:24:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506722, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe she wants designers who know how to design \"upscale\". Not every designer knows how to get it right.<br><br>In any case, such an attitude is very unprofessional. Michelle is not even obligated to wear new clothes, let alone clothes from a designer she is only using because its \"politically correct\".<br><br>The designers should have sent her sketches and samples, even done a private show for her to show how their designs can work with her new life. Complaints do not make up for lack of talent and sensitivity to her needs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:19:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "af6a26cff0b8f758a1a49ab0b987200a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506567, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SDG:  Major co-sign!!   VIRTUAL 'DAP'!   Isn't it GREAT to see HIM CONTINUE to \"PLAY\" [in the most serious vein] HIS GAME of CHESS!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>IT \"IS\" WHO HE IS - - \"CHESS MASTER!\"   :&gt;)  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TylvUGJIi_w&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">STANDING \"O\"</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:51:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497723, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree about 'edgy'. Kevan Hall, B. Michael and Tracy Reese fit MO's style. But Stephan Burrow is too Studio 54.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505652, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505709": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'll keep it in mind. It burns me up that the only reason she's defending the First Lady is to get an interview. We all know what a snake Elisabeth has been before. Once a snake always a snake.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502741, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498034": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cause water is \"wet\" and that's an offensive stmt.  Clowns.  Just when you think they couldn't sink any lower.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:52:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "db31f0276ac24ac4d7bb797ea36feb8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497917, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When an \"English only\" measure gets defeated in Nashville, TN, it's time to wake up!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:52:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496331, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499576": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  A NEW <b>ROLE</b> for Actor Morgan Freeman:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0109/Morgan_Freeman_fundraising_for_DSCC.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Morgan Freeman fundraising for DSCC</a><br><br><i><b>Senate Democrats have found an unlikely fundraising weapon: actor Morgan Freeman.<br><br>In an e-mailed fundraising pitch to Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee donors today, Freeman wrote that, \u201cwhen Barack Obama placed a hand on Abraham Lincoln's bible and was sworn in as America's 44th president, it was one of the most special moments in my life and the life of our nation.\u201d</b><br><br><b>Freeman went on to argue that while Democrats have succeeded in expanding their majority in the Senate over the last four years, <u>early donor involvement can help increase the party\u2019s numbers in 2010.</u></b><br><br>\u201cNow the DSCC has already begun the crucial work of recruiting the best candidates to make sure President Obama has strong Senate support throughout his first term. Starting strong today is essential to victory on Election Day. And they need our support now to do it right,\u201d Freeman wrote.<br><br>The actor concluded by asking supporters for a \"contribution of $5 or more.\"<br><br>\u2014 Alex Isenstadt</i><br><br>It's about 2010!  He's  GETTIN' READY!  FIRED UP!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:04:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5505652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "While many of us here want Michelle to wear Black designers, Black designers have to keep themselves in the game by knowing that MIchelle Obama CANNOT be seen in 'edgy' stuff. She can be seen in stylish and contemporary, but not 'edgy'. That it has to have a hip, but conservative twist. <br><br>I love Tracy Reese, but I could only pick a handful of her things that I could see on Michelle Obama. <br><br>I think some of the Black tailors have a better chance with President Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:21:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505583, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  ABSOLUTELY!!   YOU KNOW!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:28:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497267, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol<br><br>Yep.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:49:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495027, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5494465": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've been LOVING the conversations on so many blogs about Elizabeth Alexander's poem, \"Praise Song for the Day.\" This is yet one more thing that I can thank Obama for - getting folks to talk about poetry! Mmmm... It does a body good.<br><br>Well, you <i>know</i> I had to get in on the act. Check out my new post on \"The Inaugural Poem You Haven't Heard\" <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/bpgrqf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/bpgrqf</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_10:57:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5505731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you!<br><br>He is keeping it. <br><br>What surprised me was the total lack of technology within the WH too.  If their IT department is half as diligent as ours (I work at a hospital), I just DO NOT get WHY?!   Personally, I think it's bullsh*t and is about control.  The Secret Service or WHO-ever wants to keep them in some kind of stupid bubble.  Isolation is NOT good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:26:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505306, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's like getting pissed because someone said a dead man is \"dead\". He's their President as well whether they like it or not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:53:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "db31f0276ac24ac4d7bb797ea36feb8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497987, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes. Once a snake, always a snake.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:26:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505609, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5494475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL! Great caption.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_10:57:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494409, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, the President IS black, whether they like it or not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:42:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497884, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:   LOL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnd, I LOVE fruitcake 2.   Hmmmm.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:28:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497386, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And socialist...dont forget socialist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:39:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496331, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hear you. <br><br>When that type of attitude goes unchecked and off the rails, like my mother  says, \"Baby, that's why we have prisons...\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:19:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497583, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502329": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you say THREE boys under the age of 10?<br><br>GOD BLESS YOU!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:11:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501539, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5507288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If anyone was \"slighted\" it was Maria Pinto.<br><br>Michelle could have any design that she wants, so if she's not picking up the phone and calling this individual or Tracy Reese or Kevan Hall it could be that she just doesn't like their designs.  Doesn't mean she's against black designers, she just didn't like what they had for her. <br><br>I will repeat, I think it's \"interesting\" this individual decided to put Michelle Obama on blast to WWD about not wearing black designers but didn't put WWD, Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, In Style...hell LUCKY on blast for not showing black designers in their pages and not having black models in the books.  Any raggedy 24 year old white girl fresh from college with a sewing machine can get her dress made out of recycled thrift store clothes featured in the LUCKY magazine but they can't find any up and coming black designers?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:38:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506730, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Come'on....You know how things like \"facts\" offends the numbnuts of FauxNews.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:54:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497917, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499625": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BAP:  In the eyes of \"FAUX SPEWS\",  sayin' PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NAME is offensive.  Sooooo . .  .. . ..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:07:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497884, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't tell you how much I enjoy your commentary, LOL, great points!!!<br><br>Peace & Love,  Tawra", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:02:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502707, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Denise:  As HE sees it,   \"It's HIS WORLD!\"   WE just live in it!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:30:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496883, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She's the same clown who thought Malia Obama was too grown for speaking articulately but there was nothing wrong with Monica dressing her child like a junior thug.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:44:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497697, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think he's ignorant at all.  He's a very bright person, but that whole who is Black and who isn't argument is old, dead and tired.  I mean if we really want to get into percentages, what Negro living in Amerikka is \"Black?\"  Most of us would have our cards pulled.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:28:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494387, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": ". -    LOL!   :&gt;)       Now THIS sounds plausible!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:33:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501959, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope it was as simple as that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:20:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506567, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "(All said with love, of course)<br><br>Damn it, Val....you would say that AFTER I sell the other car.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_19:09:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505331, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"BAA's frustration needs to be channeled to CFDA, and fashion magazine editors like Anna Wintour, Glenda Bailey and demand that black designers be given as much exposure as their white counterparts.\"<br><br>RIGHT!<br><br>This chick is whining to WWD about Michelle Obama not wearing black designers, but she ain't said one peep TO WWD about the lack of black designers and black models in their pages.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:55:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506119, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5501539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D., you are so funny.   In 2005, we bought a minivan since I have 3 boys under 10. And to me they are the best FAMILY vehicles, especially when traveling long distances. We love driving it for our trips between Va and Fla.  We  even drove  cross-country last year...and it was THE most comfortable ride.<br><br>And I love it.....and surprisingly my husband often jumps in it (without me and the kids, sometimes too)  and that is no easy feat because he loves his German made sports sedan", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:37:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501358, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5504299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:56:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5503466, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you know for a fact that the designers weren't prepared?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:23:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506730, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>That was our moment.</i><br><br>No, it wasn't.  It was Michelle Obama's moment.  <br><br>'Nuff said.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:57:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5507321, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, maybe this will help:<br><br>1.  I am not angry she didn't wear a black designer's dress to her husband's Inaugural Ball.  <br><br>2.  I actually liked the dress she selected.<br><br>3.  MO will undergo a White House style transformation (like all the women who have preceded her) and her look will change to reflect her new role.  <br><br>4.  I have absolutely no reason to think her WH style will not showcase black designers.  <br><br>4.  I will give her time to make the style transformation.  <br><br>5.  I respect your right to disagree with me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:25:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5508534, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506315": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK! Instead of trying to put MO on blast, she should've made a collection of sketches and sent them to her along with a nice note describing her vision for the FLOTUS and why her designs should be considered. That's what a REAL businessperson does. <br><br>And if I were one of the black designers she mentioned, I'd be pissed!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:58:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505989, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Was that it?  The crazy ass. I wonder how she's working out on President Obama's fundraisers? LOL!<br><br>Ahhhh lol  Geraldine Ferraro thought he needed her to raise money!<br><br>LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:30:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502748, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5501072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hasselbeck is picking a good battle, because everyone knows that if she joined in the chorus of fashion criticism, Whoopi & Sherri might finally lose it and give her blonde behind a tag team beatdown.  <br><br>Well, that's how I think it might go down in my daydreams, anyway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:14:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5499885, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can't dress it up for McGruder.....the whole notion of who is or isn't black based on ancestral roots is ignorant. President Obama is as black as Emmitt Till was, period.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:17:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494387, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:  YEP!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:16:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498226, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58:  I belie' that her NAME is spelled - --- B-Y-T-C-H [first annnnd last name syllables!]    :&gt;)   <br><br>I'm just sayin'     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:35:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502085, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "what year is this???<br><br>President Obama - keep your blackberry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_19:58:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5504211, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!  The pic  is hilarious.  Arethas' hat looks fab on everyone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:08:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496945, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ferraro specifically said when Obama says \"our time is now\" he's really saying to white people \"Your time is up.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:36:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5499274, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rorysmomma:  <b>YOU JUST PREACH!!!</b>  :&gt;)      :&gt;)  Great comment!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:31:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502707, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502755": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:   Major co-sign!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:36:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501383, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "exactly, Denise.<br><br>NOBODY who has grown up in the Black church doubts what Ms. Franklin was doing. <br><br>period.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:22:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498420, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5501228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for sharing, Nate.  That's not what I heard this morning as I was heading out for work.  Supposedly, Reagan had more audience viewership?  I said to my self, \"Self, this is a bald face lie.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:23:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5500343, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, congratulations on the Mini van!  Too funny.  My hubby and I have 8 grown children and we brought a mini van 2 years ago.  Think of all the joy you and the wee ones will have on those long road trips singing<br><br>99 bottles of  Soda, beer,.....on the wall .  You fill in the blank.  Hahaaaa!<br> <br>You chose wisely, dear dad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:35:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502821, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496625": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The times they are a changing!! LOL<br><br>Pope Launces YouTube Channel<br><br>VATICAN CITY \u2014 Pope Benedict XVI joined U.S. President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II on Friday by launching his own YouTube channel, the latest Vatican effort to reach out to the digital generation.<br><br>The Vatican said it was launching the channel to broaden Benedict's audience while also giving the Holy See better control over the papal image online.<br><br>In his inaugural foray, Benedict welcomed viewers to this \"great family that knows no borders\" and said he hoped they would \"feel involved in this great dialogue of truth.\"<br><br>The site, , was launched the same day the pontiff praised as a \"gift to humanity\" the benefits of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace in forging friendships and understanding. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/vaticanit\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/vaticanit</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:41:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5497651": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What's the background?  Why are people upset with Busta Rhymes?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:31:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497479, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5510453": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She could do a fashion history of Black America for the entire month of February. Complete with all the hairstyles.<br><br>I'd so enjoy the 60s and 70s looks. <br><br>(wink)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-24_00:13:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5508603, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5510455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't doubt that many people felt slighted. Does the that Michelle and Barrack are Black automatically mean that someone who is also African American be a part of every aspect of what they do to feel represented? I'm not saying that is what you are saying... I'm asking to put the idea in the air- at which point is being critical about this one detail and perhaps  diminishing the multicultural sentiment of also including other groups in the day. There was LOTS of African Americans represented during the inauguration from Aretha Franklin to Joe Lowery, African American culture and tradition was represented, in my opinion very prominently...and I loved it.  But being critical over not getting a shout out in Michelle's clothing? Sounds like jealousy and greed to me and NOT AT ALL respectful or grateful for best representation of all- the First family.<br><br>Where is HER sense of community? Or is she defining community as only the African American community? He is the President of Cuban Americans, Asian Americans, white Americans, people with disabilities, etc.<br><br>She can feel slighted, or she can feel proud that other communities of color and less recognized designers were given a special opportunity. I'm sad she chose the former.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-24_00:13:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506469, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498684": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Catching my breath.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:23:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498332, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nate:    LOL!!!   :&gt;)  Sharing your   \"smack down\" DREAM!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKn6h2x5IcY\" rel=\"nofollow\">All I have to do is <b>dream</b></a><br><br>ENJOY!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:39:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501072, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5500641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Right Wingers's are gonna explode! <br><br><i><br><a href=\"http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/mixed-media/2009/01/22/msnbcs-newest-host-bill-maher-could-happen\" rel=\"nofollow\">MSNBC's Newest Host: Bill Maher? Could Happen</a><br><br>MSNBC wants to create a new show to fill its 10 p.m. hour. Might Bill Maher be its host?<br><br>It's widely known in the cable news world that the third-place network has a longstanding interest in Maher, who now hosts a weekly current-events chat program, Real Time, on HBO. He's an obvious choice, having hosted his own daily talk show, Politically Incorrect, until ABC canceled him in 2002, a few months after the comedian made some poorly-received remarks about the Sept. 11 hijackers.<br><br>Though more libertarian than strictly liberal, Maher's politics make him a good fit with MSNBC's audience, which has grown in direct proportion to the network's enthusiasm for the Democratic party. One caveat: Maher would probably be expensive (although Chris Matthews's recent pay cut, from $5 million a year to around $2 million, frees up some cash for that).<br><br>I reached out to reps for Maher and MSNBC to ask whether anything's in the works. Nothing yet. In the meantime, let's think about the other possibilities: MSNBC could create a show for Chuck Todd, the boyish political whiz who, though lacking polish, nevertheless was a strong contender for replacing the late Tim Russert at Meet the Press. It could move Chris Matthews's Hardball from its berth at 5 p.m., although that would create a double vacuum earlier in the evening (Hardball repeats at 7). It could lure away Alan Colmes from Fox News, where he's just marking time now that Sean Hannity's gone solo. Or it could just do what it did last time and let Keith Olbermann install the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of his choice.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:54:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5505353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "8 kids spririt?  Blessings to you and your wonderful family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_19:58:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5503858, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:   SSSSSSSSSSSSure U right!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:01:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505709, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "anyone seeing these articles saying barack isnt really closing gitmo or not really changing anything.? lol day 3 and all things are supposed to just shut down overnight. bush didnt start gitmo over night so it wont be shut down overnight. its amazing how patient we were with bush and impatient they are with barack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:33:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "86846660249df8847cf00be468b03a33", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Actually it's a wonder no up and coming politician hasn't tried to put on a reality show.  They might not be able to do it through the broadcast TV but I don't see why they couldn't put on a weekly YouTube show detailing the trials and tribulations of the campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:49:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497721, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5494615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah: President Obama will SPEAK to BOTH parties about HIS ARR [ECONOMIC PLAN:<br><br><i><b>Obama's meeting with congressional leaders was scheduled to begin at 9:45. On the invite list: Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn, Boehner, Cantor, Reid, Durbin, McConnell, Kyl.<br>Will the Dems raise their members' concerns about the tax cuts in stimulus package?<br><br>Will the GOPers vent to Obama about Dems cutting them out of the process of crafting the bill?<br>More on stimulus resistance here.</b></i>  FROM:  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/politico44/</a><br><br>It's a little D-layed, so I'll return.   :&gt;)<br><br><br>Oh.  I thought that there would B  more.  <br><br>Anyhoo, he slammed the former CEO who spent thousands of dollars on \"home repairs/UP-GRADES - -  -WAAAAAAAAY  UP in the \"thousands!\"<br><br>What a FOOL!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:02:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5509979": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/30/healing_the_wounds_of_democrats_sexism/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opi...</a><br><br>\"As for Reagan Democrats, how Clinton was treated is not their issue. They are more concerned with how they have been treated. Since March, when I was accused of being racist for a statement I made about the influence of blacks on Obama's historic campaign, people have been stopping me to express a common sentiment: If you're white you can't open your mouth without being accused of being racist. They see Obama's playing the race card throughout the campaign and no one calling him for it as frightening. They're not upset with Obama because he's black; they're upset because they don't expect to be treated fairly because they're white. It's not racism that is driving them, it's racial resentment. And that is enforced because they don't believe he understands them and their problems. That when he said in South Carolina after his victory \"Our Time Has Come\" they believe he is telling them that their time has passed.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_23:42:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5503350, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I watched Jenna & Laura on Larry King and I really believe Jenna may have voted for President Obama because when Laura replied that she was voting for a Republican, Jenna stated she had to look and listen to both candidates and what each had to say.  It  seemed she wasn't voting Republican just because her parents are.  Classy young lady!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:49:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498332, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497697": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wanna look, but I don't want to link to Sandra Rose's site....something is definitely wrong with her. I know she's a self-hating individual...and after viewing her photo, its certainly understandeable....but during the campaign, her lies and rhetoric took on a whole new level of Pastor Manning proportions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:33:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496945, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damn. <br><br>That's extraordinary.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:00:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5503551, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496164": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   I'm believin' that our President has gotten Repub. support for his Economic Plan.  They said:<br>--HE is OPEN to our suggestions.<br>--I am confident that we will be able to meet HIS mid-February DEADLINE.  As Pelosi said, the Economic Plan must B TIMELY, TEMPORARY and TARGETED.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAKFlpdcfc&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">Yaaaaaaa!</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:21:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5502821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The mrs has promised me an SUV after Allie is born.<br><br>MDX, here I come....LOL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:40:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502351, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5500774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uh oh<br><br>Blago is going to hold a News Conference within minutes!<br><br>What next.....?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:00:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5498733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Oooookaaaaay!  Ima step out and post this!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/23/palins-180000-campaign-cl_n_160313.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Palin's $180,000 Campaign Clothes \"Stuffed In Trash Bags\" At RNC Headquarters: NewMajority (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)</a><br><br><b>[NOTE:  This SAGA RAGES ON!  :&gt;)]</b>  THEY SAD - - I'm GLAD!  :&gt;)<br><br><i><b>NewMajority has a report today that Sarah Palin's infamous wardrobe has not been given to charity as promised by the McCain campaign after the amazing bill was revealed in October.<br>McCain even told the press that \"one-third of the clothing was \"given back.\"</b><br><b>[NOTE:  Hmmm.  Did SOMEBODY LIE??  SOP!!  NOTHING has CHANGED!]</b><br><br>    But for reasons that remain mysterious, the clothes remain stashed at the RNC's Washington, D.C., headquarters. A source close to the issue told NewMajority that the clothes are \"in the process\" of being donated, and an RNC spokesman corroborated, saying the clothes have indeed been returned from Palin, \"inventoried and will be appropriately dispersed to various charities.\" Attempts for an explanation of when and where the clothes will be donated went unanswered, and the governor's Alaska office does not comment on campaign issues.<br><br>    <b><u>The fact that the clothes have not been donated or publicly accounted for, however, has angered some big donors - who want to know exactly how their money was spent, and who are already enraged by the extravagant wardrobe figure.</u> They say it's time for the RNC to air its dirty laundry, if you will.</b><br><br>Read more from Moira Bagley's NewMajority report here. </i><br><br>Oh!   U   know that Ima take a \"Field Trip\" to ALASKA to see \"what they talkin' 'bout!\"  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:23:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5498222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I feel ya Miranda; I originally thought the images were Rose's work, but she acquired them from another blogger, <a href=\"http://www.rhymeswithsnitch.blogspot.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"That B!tch,\"</a> so you could link to that site if you like.  Although, I think that Rose's presentation was better.<br><br>Since Sandra is more of an entertainment/gossip blog, I don't hold her as accountable for political discourse.  She does stoke controversy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:01:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497697, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Flat out nuts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:59:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497267, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-is-why-public-dont-have-any-pity.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lifestyles of the Rich and Bailed Out</a> Video", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:33:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5503350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you serious?<br><br>She is even dumber than I thought! And how can you be that old and stupid??????? The older she gets the \"stupider\" she gets and not the other way around. Makes no sense!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:08:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502748, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497721": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He's crazy enough to be ratings gold for a network brave enough to give him his own show.  I ain't gonna' lie, I would watch a Blago reality show.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:37:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497267, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497723": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There is something to be said for reaching across the aisle and killin' htem w/kindness.  Folks will be less willing to obstruct you later.  Well played El Presidente.  Well played.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:37:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "db31f0276ac24ac4d7bb797ea36feb8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496164, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you ARP.  <br><br>I am in a house full of testosterone....but being the only female in the house has it's benefits, I am officially \"Queen\" of the house with no competing drama!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:13:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502329, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D, I have a wonderful family!  And  I love them soooo much!  When we get together, the laughter and joy is off the chart.  Our children are so special, smart, and never cease to teach me and hubby what really matters in life.<br><br>BEING TOGETHER.  <br><br>The mini van will bring so many memories for you and your family. There's room for playing games, eating, sleeping, it's like a room away from home.  Our kids loved the van. They felt secure and it's a great transition for kids when you plan on stoping at a motel.<br><br>Enjoy the ride!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:03:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5503958, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And if the author had said it the way you just did....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:05:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5508177, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BLACK DESIGNER HATING ON MICHELLE<br>FIRST LADY UNDER FIRE: Amid all the praise of First Lady Michelle Obama\u2019s fashion choices for the inaugural festivities, the Black Artists Association is taking her to task for not wearing anything by an African American designer. Cofounder Amnau Eele said Wednesday she will make a formal appeal to the First Lady\u2019s office on behalf of the BAA. \u201cIt\u2019s fine and good if you want to be all \u2018Kumbaya\u2019 and \u2018We Are the World\u2019 by representing all different countries. But if you are going to have Isabel Toledo do the inauguration dress, and Jason Wu do the evening gown, why not have Kevan Hall, B Michael, Stephen Burrows or any of the other black designers do something too?\u201d Eele said. The BAA leader was a runway model in her own right for Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Bill Blass and others.<br><br>Asked if perhaps the First Lady isn\u2019t looking at the world colorlessly, Eele said, \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to look at the world without color but she had seven slots to wear designer clothes. Why wasn\u2019t she wearing the clothes of a black designer? That was our moment.\u201d<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/nice-going-first-lady-under-fire-chair-man-1935797\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/...</a><br><br>My first question is who is the \"our\" that she's refering to in that last sentence?<br>black people?<br>fashion designers?<br>unknown fashion designers?<br>unknown black fashion designers?<br><br>MO doesnt owe that chick or any other black designer a damn thing. Im not even completely convinced that she purposely picked virtual unknowns for the clothes she chose to wear. It could be that she just picked what she liked. But if she did make a point to pick something from lesser-known designers, as to not let well knowns profit off of her, than more power to her. But IMHO she was in no way obligated to pic a black designer. If you want her to wear your sh*t, maybe you need to step up your game.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:59:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "OhPuhleezee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 39, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The President is black...duh!<br><br>The whackos kill me by analyzing someone's every word. Like Geraldine Ferraro... \"what does Barack Obama mean, when he says\", \"it's our time\"? Ugh!  (Eye Roll)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:51:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5499084, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A light skinned Barack-like brotha probably dissed her like the chickenhead she is.   She probably chalked it up to the light skinned brotha not liking dark skinned women but when she saw Mr. Lite Skin with a Dark Skin Sista she had to conclude it was HER...<br><br>therefore she \"hates on\" light skinned Barack like brothas and boosts up ghetto chickenheads as \"real.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:42:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5499889, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   Oooooo-kaaaay!   \"What's goin' on?\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/elisabeth-hasselbeck-tell_n_160060.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Elisabeth Hasselbeck Tells Media: Lay Off Michelle Obama</a><br><br><i>Elisabeth Hasselbeck defended Michelle Obama against the media Thursday morning on \"The View.\"<br><br>In response to media critics who have laid into the First Lady for her inaugural fashion choices, a somewhat shaken Hasselbeck said, \"I think, look, if this is the media's attempt at trying to be objective as we move into the next administration, they're moving in the wrong direction.\"<br><br>Hasselbeck went on praising the fashions that the First Lady and her daughters wore throughout the inaugural celebrations, both for their affordability and the fact that they were made by American designers.<br><br>\"All these naysayers on the side better find something else to get objective about,\" she said.<br><br>Watch:</i><br><br>I mean it.  Wha' ha'[has]  happened?  :&gt;)<br><br>Meanwhile:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>\"What's Going On</b> [What's Happening Brother\"]</a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  Wooo!  Hoo!  :&gt;)    ***dancin'***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:19:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Denise:  U  have a WISE momma:  God Bless her!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:28:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498580, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496723": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  WHEW!   BLAGO is in another WORLD! - - - HIS!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1393977,blagojevich-wls-radio-governor-chicago-012309.articlehttp://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1393977,blagojevich-wls-radio-governor-chicago-012309.article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Blagojevich on WLS-AM: The 'fix is in'</a><br><br><i>Gov. Blagojevich continued to hammer away at the rules governing his upcoming impeachment trial this morning, saying the \"fix is in in\" and Illinoisans would be socked with massive tax increases should he be kicked out of office.<br><br>\"They want to get me out fast so they could put a huge income-tax increase on the people of Illinois,\" the governor said in a 43-minute interview this morning on WLS-AM 890's Don Wade & Roma show. \"It's either going be a 66 percent income-tax increase or a 33 percent income-tax increase. And they want to raise the sales tax on gas.<br><br>They know I'm against those things, and I veto them. If I'm out of the way, they can quietly push this through.\"<br><br>The governor's radio appearance kicked off what's expected to be a media blitz that could include appearances on national news networks within the next several days. Blagojevich signaled he has no plans to show up in Springfield on Monday for the start of his impeachment trial if the rules don't change.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE  and MORE  and MORE!!<br><br>He is on an <b>INCESSANT RANT!!</b>  LAWD HA'MERCY!!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSMvFP6mdg&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>you talk too much</b>(run dmc )</a>    :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!     :&gt;)       :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:49:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5496302": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The notion that he isn't black is sickening. He is more black than some of us who call ourselves black. Most blacks in this country have come from a long line of mixed blood due to slavery. His father was a 100% black man. How many of us can say that about our fathers? America and all it's critics need to except the fact he is BLACK. Live with it and Deal with it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:26:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "151ed69d59543e36fc74c6a460a475a8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496082, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle Obama has had her voice. I said don't let the Obama campaign handlers change her voice.  After all, this is the woman who was concerned about becoming successful and leaving the black community behind.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:03:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506008, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5501856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hear you...<br><br>Imma hafta throw some D's on it or somethin'.<br><br>And the mrs isn't allowing bumper stickers this time around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:51:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501539, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think it's this time for these large national banks. They should be closed. Ken Lewis(BAC) and John Thain(MER) are the just more proof.  Who do they think they are; the Clintons. Rewarding incompetence and then thumbing your nose at  your saviour is just ridiculous.<br><a href=\"http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/time-to-get-swedish/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/time-to-ge...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:01:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5505444": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol<br><br>You're killing me!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:06:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502860, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506469": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hope she reads this and thinks about how aa designers were slighted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:03:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505113, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499889": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "her hatred/jealousy  of the Obamas rivals the best right-wing wingnuts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:18:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498897, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm pretty sure she is gay.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:10:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5502860, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Republicans legislators just don't understand. <br><a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aN5z7TvAtZoQ&refer=home\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:08:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5495210": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the fact that blacks are still subjecting other blacks to some racial litmus test is just lame.  if being black is about just being descendants of american slaves than we are really isolating ourselves. we are supposed to accept black people of all ancestry, their struggle is no lesser than our own. barack personally identified with african americans and lived his life as such. i mean he wants to be black and is black so why tell him he didnt pass the test? how lame and childish is that", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:37:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "86846660249df8847cf00be468b03a33", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495027, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5501358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Completely random:<br><br>I am the proud new owner of...a minivan.<br><br>My last vestige of manhood is gone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:30:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5506007": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Apparently its 1963 and Soviet communists are going to hack into President Obama's blackberry and steal his NCAA March Madness picks. Imagine the uproar if folks find out he's picking UConn to win it all.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:42:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505306, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I told you he was crazy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:16:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496723, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5500341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well you KNOW the POTUS is actually a citizen of Indonesia and therefore ineligible to be President...duh", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497472, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Does Whitehouse culture mean you can't select a black designer?    Doe s the culture mean you don't have to or does it mean you should wait until someone else tells you it's okay, or do not choose a black designer because you don't like their designs?  Your argument/position is all over the place.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:07:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5508145, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5500343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "More people may have watched President Obama's first inauguration than President Reagan's in 1981.<br><br>\"37.8 Million Watched Obama's Inauguration\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/162488-UPDATED_37_8_Million_Watched_Obama_s_Inauguration.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/162488...</a><br><br><i>\"That 37.8 million figure includes same-day time-shifted viewing to 17 broadcast and cable networks between 10 a.m. and five p.m. But what it doesn't include, and wasn't around to be measured in Reagan's day, was the number of people who monitored the proceedings on the Web.\"</i><br><br>But, there was also this story from Tuesday:<br><br>\"Inauguration video draws record crowds online\"<br><br><a href=\"http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090121/ap_on_hi_te/tec_inauguration_internet\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090121/ap_on_hi...</a><br><br><i>\"Akamai Technologies Inc. said 7.7 million people watched video streams carried by Akamai at the same time on Tuesday, a record for the company, which is hired by many news sites to handle video delivery.<br>...<br>Akamai competitor Limelight Networks Inc. of Tempe, Ariz., said 2.5 million people watched the inauguration on sites that use Limelight for delivery, with most of the viewers staying for Obama's entire speech.\"</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:40:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You better call Xzibit (Pimp My Minivan)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:42:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5501856, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you sdg1844.  Co-signing", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:08:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495027, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5505989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If a designer came at me with the \"Why ain't you wearing me, oreo bitch?\" attitude they would be at the bottom of the list.  This chick is just trying to Blagojevich Michelle.  She needs to take that funky attitude elsewhere.  Michelle should check into black designers but this individual should not be one of them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:41:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505652, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "These people need to stop lying. Do any of them ever tell the truth? Ugh!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:30:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5498733, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5501383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is the same Elisabeth Hasselbeck who told the audience at a luncheon for Cindy McCain that First Lady Michelle had something to hide when she visited The View. This is same woman who always tried to bring up the First Lady's thesis on the show to attack Pres. Obama. <br><br>So, maybe she should practice what she preaches.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_16:31:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5499885, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5497290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Repeat, Socialist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_13:14:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5496531, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503949": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  No big deal.  He talked about <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxIuIxqo2So\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>THIS!</b></a>      :&gt;)        :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:40:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5500774, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5502420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah that she is. She LOVES Monica, TI & Tiny! LOL!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:18:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5499122, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503958": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Goodness, I never thought of that.<br><br>Wow.....THAT oughta be fun.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:40:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5503858, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5507321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No we don't know all the facts but we're prepared to claim that Michelle Obama is dissing and slighting black designers without those facts, right?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:39:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506844, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5506008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How long has Mrs. O been FLOTUS - a whole two days, right??  <br><br>I say just  STFU and give the woman a chance to find her voice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_20:40:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5505652, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5498332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/bush-girls-letter-to-obama-girls-from.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bush Girls Letter to the Obama Girls from the Today Show</a><br><br>Jenna and Barbara Bush recited the letter they left for Malia and Sasha.  They have class.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_14:07:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5499871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thank you", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:15:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5499122, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That would be obviously tacky.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:11:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5508526, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wasn't supporting the author or her argument, the story took me back to early in the campaign when I hoped that she would choose some up and coming AA designers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_22:10:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5508484, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5494758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "claudia_m:  Took my \"Field Trip{ to your site!   VERY NICE!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, THANK YOU for bringin' that \"POEM\" by President Obama.  WOW!!<br><br>Ima make a COPY!!   THANK YOU!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:13:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5494465, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5508177": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not prepared to claim anything. I'm stating that I wish she had worn a design by an up and coming black designer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_21:47:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5507321, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mr Geithner in trying to save his nomination(his taxes are a small matter considering no one wants to hold him accountable for his actions as NY FED President during Bush's regime of nonfeasance) has invoked the President's name.  \"President Obama - backed by the conclusions of a broad range of economists - believes that China is manipulating its currency,\" Geithner wrote, adding that Obama would \"use aggressively all the diplomatic avenues open to him to seek change in China's currency practices.\" <br><br>Now we all know he will speak for the President but economic matters on that level are transmitted by cabinet level officials not FED officials. To me this is more indicative that he lacks political skills. President Obama does not need Fredo. This guy has got to go.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:38:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5494251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From What About Our Daughters--more on Bob Johnson and his bid for a new BET. <br> Wow...hope Barack remembers what Bob said and did during the primaries...<br><br><a href=\"http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/01/bob-johnson-and-civil-rights-industrial-complex-conspire-to-destroy-minority-broadcasters-broadcasting-sharecropping/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/01/bo...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_10:40:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "dcf2c9ce3819616f8ba0ca48c54519c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5500397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She has a hatred that needs to be reported to the Secret Service...its absolutely pathological.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_15:40:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5499889, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ain't that the truth.  The level of maturity in this country is going to have to rise big time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_11:38:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495123, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5511664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Do you realize how infrequent Black faces have appeared in Vogue in the past?   I know you know the answer to that.<br><br>Yet Anna Wintour, and pratically the entire fashion industry has embraced the Obama family wholeheartedly.  And I think that it is a HUGE improvement.<br><br>Only now have we seen an emergence of minority women in the pages /covers of many publications like Vogue....and a lot of it is due to the \"Barack and Michelle Obama effect.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-24_00:54:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5506413, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5495793": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/aw-snaps-michelle-obama-not-happy-about.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michelle Obama not happy with these Malia and Sasha Beanie Baby Dolls</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:05:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5517907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Its time for Mr Obama to get off the dime and get those girls the dog he promised them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-24_12:38:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "93211f1f6ead347b35e89226be73a671", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5496822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "sdg1844:   You got that right!   Didn't Mr. PRESIDENT OBAMA tell us to \"PUT AWAY 'CHILDISH THINGS'?\"   I heard him!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_12:53:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5495278, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5503572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bernie Madeoff is killing us all. ACLU had money w/ him. read results here:<br><a href=\"http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/01/madoffs_collateral_damage_the_aclu.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_18:19:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5502459": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BAP, <br><br>They must not have heard him say his lambo was blue also?????? Where is the objection to that?!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_17:18:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5497884, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "10410737", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -8447676873207248065}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "friday_open_thread_370", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 201, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 10410737, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	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=friday_open_thread_370' +
		'&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/friday_open_thread_370/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='	+ 'friday_open_thread_370'
			+ '&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/friday_open_thread_370/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">201</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/friday_open_thread_370/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>\
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	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/friday_open_thread_370/">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:10410737" 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/friday_open_thread_370/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:10410737" 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:10410737" 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'				: 'friday_open_thread_370',
			// 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/friday_open_thread_370/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='	+ 'friday_open_thread_370'
			+ '&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='	+ 'friday_open_thread_370'
			+ '&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='		+ 'friday_open_thread_370'
				+ '&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/10410737/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;
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5494409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5494409">.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494409" class="dsq-comment-message">Sasha: When U leavin?<br><br>Malia: I\'m not taking a picture of that.<br><br>Michelle: Girls lets keep it movin.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5494475" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494475" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! Great caption.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496852">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5496852" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496852" class="dsq-comment-message">ok..that was funny!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5494251" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5494251" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5494251" href="http://www.natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chris Chambers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5494251" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494251" class="dsq-comment-message">From What About Our Daughters--more on Bob Johnson and his bid for a new BET. <br> Wow...hope Barack remembers what Bob said and did during the primaries...<br><br><a href="http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/01/bob-johnson-and-civil-rights-industrial-complex-conspire-to-destroy-minority-broadcasters-broadcasting-sharecropping/" rel="nofollow">http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/01/bo...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5494337" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5494337" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5494337">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5494337" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494337" class="dsq-comment-message">They really have been on this. It\'s patently absurd that this man would be allowed to once again be allowed to peddle poison.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5495975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5495975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5495975" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5495975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495975" class="dsq-comment-message">AMEN, who can ever forget his venom in South Carolina about Barack Obama.  Don\'t expect him on any WH invites.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5497359" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5497359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497359">.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5497359" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497359" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe this is why when everyone else was doing inaugural coverage at the White House, near the White House, on the street by the White House, BET was doing its\' inaugural coverage in front of Ben\'s Chili Bowl and the 106 & Park Studios.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5497951" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497951">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5497951" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497951" class="dsq-comment-message">I was very satisfied with TVOne\'s coverage. I knew it would be far better than anything BET could put together.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5497500" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497500">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5497500" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497500" class="dsq-comment-message">He got tricked. Good. Serves him right for being a boot licker.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5498001" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498001">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5498001" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498001" class="dsq-comment-message">Ain\'t he something?  Now that a Black Man is President, ole Uncle Bob wants to capitalize.  Isn\'t he the same dude who practically accused The President of being a possible drug hustler/seller?  Well what in the hell is Uncle Bob peddling?  I\'m getting tired of triflin\' Negroes tryin\' to elevate off the hard work of The President</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5494387" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5494387" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5494387" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5494387" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494387" class="dsq-comment-message">I was just listening to Tom Joyner and the gang bashing Aaron McGruder about comments he made regarding Obama "not being Black." (This is a topic that, I guess, whether we want to recognize it or not, is going to come up again and again over the next few years.) But before we pounce on McGruder, please also take a look at his statement posted on Rich Watson\'s comics blog: <a href="http://www.popcultureshock.com/blogs/mcgruder-responds-to-critics-re-obama/" rel="nofollow">http://www.popcultureshock.com/blogs/mcgruder-r...</a> <br><br>It appears that some of his words were oversimplified a bit... and while I don\'t agree with everything he says, I don\'t think McGruder comes off as ignorant as the folks on TJMS made him sound. What do y\'all think?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5496082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496082">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5496082" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496082" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t dress it up for McGruder.....the whole notion of who is or isn\'t black based on ancestral roots is ignorant. President Obama is as black as Emmitt Till was, period.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496302">lewevelyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5496302" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496302" class="dsq-comment-message">The notion that he isn\'t black is sickening. He is more black than some of us who call ourselves black. Most blacks in this country have come from a long line of mixed blood due to slavery. His father was a 100% black man. How many of us can say that about our fathers? America and all it\'s critics need to except the fact he is BLACK. Live with it and Deal with it.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5496662" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496662" class="dsq-comment-message">@ Miranda and Lewevelyn: I couldn\'t agree with you more! And whoa, that Emmitt Till reference really hit me hard... I was only trying to point out that what McGruder actually said in his statement was a little different than what was reported on TJMS. <br><br>I mentioned Gwendolyn Brooks\' poem, "I am a Black" in another thread, but I hope you don\'t mind if I post a verse here:<br><br><i>BLACK is an open umbrella<br>I am Black and A Black forever<br><br>I am one of the Blacks<br><br>We are Here, we are There.<br>We occur in Brazil, in Nigeria, Ghana,<br>in Botswana, Australia, in Haiti, Soweto, in<br>Grenada, in Cuba, in Panama, Libya, in<br>England and Italy, France.<br><br>We are graces in any places.<br>I am Black and A Black forever.</i><br><br>Brooks says is so much better than I ever could!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496855">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496855" class="dsq-comment-message">claudia:  Beautiful post!   Thank you.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497428">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5497428" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497428" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I agree. I read his statement and it was definitely not as simple as the way it was discussed by Tom and Sybil, but I can only give him credit for the words, not his intent</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495027">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5495027" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495027" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think he\'s ignorant at all.  He\'s a very bright person, but that whole who is Black and who isn\'t argument is old, dead and tired.  I mean if we really want to get into percentages, what Negro living in Amerikka is "Black?"  Most of us would have our cards pulled.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495210">oz</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495210" class="dsq-comment-message">the fact that blacks are still subjecting other blacks to some racial litmus test is just lame.  if being black is about just being descendants of american slaves than we are really isolating ourselves. we are supposed to accept black people of all ancestry, their struggle is no lesser than our own. barack personally identified with african americans and lived his life as such. i mean he wants to be black and is black so why tell him he didnt pass the test? how lame and childish is that</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495483">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5495483" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495483" class="dsq-comment-message">lol<br><br>Yep.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505474" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505474">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505474" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505474" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you sdg1844.  Co-signing</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5494465" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5494465" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494465" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve been LOVING the conversations on so many blogs about Elizabeth Alexander\'s poem, "Praise Song for the Day." This is yet one more thing that I can thank Obama for - getting folks to talk about poetry! Mmmm... It does a body good.<br><br>Well, you <i>know</i> I had to get in on the act. Check out my new post on "The Inaugural Poem You Haven\'t Heard" <a href="http://tinyurl.com/bpgrqf" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/bpgrqf</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5494758" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5494758">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494758" class="dsq-comment-message">claudia_m:  Took my "Field Trip{ to your site!   VERY NICE!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, THANK YOU for bringin\' that "POEM" by President Obama.  WOW!!<br><br>Ima make a COPY!!   THANK YOU!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5494615" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5494615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5494615">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494615" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah: President Obama will SPEAK to BOTH parties about HIS ARR [ECONOMIC PLAN:<br><br><i><b>Obama\'s meeting with congressional leaders was scheduled to begin at 9:45. On the invite list: Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn, Boehner, Cantor, Reid, Durbin, McConnell, Kyl.<br>Will the Dems raise their members\' concerns about the tax cuts in stimulus package?<br><br>Will the GOPers vent to Obama about Dems cutting them out of the process of crafting the bill?<br>More on stimulus resistance here.</b></i>  FROM:  <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/politico44/</a><br><br>It\'s a little D-layed, so I\'ll return.   :&gt;)<br><br><br>Oh.  I thought that there would B  more.  <br><br>Anyhoo, he slammed the former CEO who spent thousands of dollars on "home repairs/UP-GRADES - -  -WAAAAAAAAY  UP in the "thousands!"<br><br>What a FOOL!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5494867">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5494867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494867" class="dsq-comment-message">Is the new Jet Magazine out about The Inauguration?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5494922" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5494922" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5494922">.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5494922" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494922" class="dsq-comment-message">The Jet Magazine Inaugural Special will probably come out in March and they\'ll probably have Jay-Z and Beyonce on the cover.  You know  how they do.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5495974" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5495974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495974">lewevelyn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495974" class="dsq-comment-message">Too funny. LMAO! Sad but most like true.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5494883" class="dsq-comment-message">New People Magazine is an Inauguration Special.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5495156" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495156" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-is-why-public-dont-have-any-pity.html" rel="nofollow">Lifestyles of the Rich and Bailed Out</a> Video</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497425">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497425" class="dsq-comment-message">hmp...the rich and bailed out! LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495123">oz</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495123" class="dsq-comment-message">anyone seeing these articles saying barack isnt really closing gitmo or not really changing anything.? lol day 3 and all things are supposed to just shut down overnight. bush didnt start gitmo over night so it wont be shut down overnight. its amazing how patient we were with bush and impatient they are with barack.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495278">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495278" class="dsq-comment-message">Ain\'t that the truth.  The level of maturity in this country is going to have to rise big time.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496822">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496822" class="dsq-comment-message">sdg1844:   You got that right!   Didn\'t Mr. PRESIDENT OBAMA tell us to "PUT AWAY \'CHILDISH THINGS\'?"   I heard him!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497408">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497408" class="dsq-comment-message">:-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495274">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495274" class="dsq-comment-message">Mr Geithner in trying to save his nomination(his taxes are a small matter considering no one wants to hold him accountable for his actions as NY FED President during Bush\'s regime of nonfeasance) has invoked the President\'s name.  "President Obama - backed by the conclusions of a broad range of economists - believes that China is manipulating its currency," Geithner wrote, adding that Obama would "use aggressively all the diplomatic avenues open to him to seek change in China\'s currency practices." <br><br>Now we all know he will speak for the President but economic matters on that level are transmitted by cabinet level officials not FED officials. To me this is more indicative that he lacks political skills. President Obama does not need Fredo. This guy has got to go.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495715">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495715" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it\'s this time for these large national banks. They should be closed. Ken Lewis(BAC) and John Thain(MER) are the just more proof.  Who do they think they are; the Clintons. Rewarding incompetence and then thumbing your nose at  your saviour is just ridiculous.<br><a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/time-to-get-swedish/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/time-to-ge...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498000">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498000" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, what do you think about  the government creating "bad banks" as a solution?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503169">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503169" class="dsq-comment-message">At plain face value it is a good idea. What I fear is that at sometime these bad assets will improve in value and be bought from the federal government at a loss to the taxpayer and a gain to the private buyers(For example someone at Merrill Lynch knows what is in every mortgage backed bond they issued. That person will be trying to buy the bonds if the underlying mortgages are where there was the least deterioration in the value of homes and people did not default on their mortgages in aggregate. The cheaper they can buy them the more money they will make). What follows is a brief idea of the challenges. The solutions emphasize taxpayer protection.<br><br>The idea behind bad banks is that the Federal government would buy the bad assets of the banks. This was the original idea of TARP. What no one wanted to deal w/ is that any pricing mechanism was going to price them close to worthless. Those prices meant that the bank would be insolvent because those assets count as capital on the balance sheet. At this point with governments around the world dealing w/ the same problem it is just time to liquidate any insolvent bank and financial institution.<br><br>In this process the FDIC deposits and good loans would be put into existing good banks, fires the old management and the government keeps the remainder. This is where the question of it being a good solution becomes difficult.<br><br>The bad assets consist primarily of mortgage backed bonds and credit swap derivatives. The underlying mortgages in each bond consist of what is called tranches. A Tranche is simply a percentage of the bond mortgage assets being of different quality(which is why they are so hard to price). In a straightforward FNM mortgage bond every mortgage is 30 year fixed interest rate, with proof of income and credit history of mortgage holder known, i.e. a known quality. So now that they are on the books how do you price them.<br><br>I want to see a reverse dutch auction to price these assets(details here:<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_auction" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_auction</a>). Private money not banks or anybody whom needs a guarantee, buys them and gives the federal government money. The risk is transferred to the companies. The government has to be careful in the process not to get low balled and/or allow the buyers to buy only the most solvent bonds(there are ways to prevent this) or they will really own the most toxic(biggest loser)bonds.<br><br>The other asset class is credit swap derivatives. What they are is that if you own a bond you could buy insurance for its entire duration that guaranteed you would be paid principal an interest  based on changes in the bond issuers status. Banks and financial institutions currently have to put up capital against them or can count it as capital. Many of these were issued regardless of whether or not the issuer owned the underlying bond. My solution is basically declare them all worthless. This has to occur because we the taxpayer have become the payer of the guarantee. If we the taxpayer/federal government own the bonds why are we paying off on the insurance the area.<br>This will work well with the mortgage backed bonds. We should also immediately stop allowing credit swaps to be issued.<br><br>As to corporate bonds I do not know enough law in regards to them. Most of them are good as few non financial corporations have gone out of business. But swaps should no longer allowed to be issued on them.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5495793" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495793" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/aw-snaps-michelle-obama-not-happy-about.html" rel="nofollow">Michelle Obama not happy with these Malia and Sasha Beanie Baby Dolls</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495878">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495878" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  CAPTION:<br><br>SASHA:   Isn\'t that the "FORMER President?"   Yeah!  I  see you!<br><br>MALIA:   Ima look straight ahead, BUT I\'m FROWNING at him!!<br><br>FIRST LADY:   **smoothing out her gloves***  Oh, I need him to say one cross word to my boo! [RESPECTFULLY!]</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5495964">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5495964" class="dsq-comment-message">Republicans legislators just don\'t understand. <br><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aN5z7TvAtZoQ&refer=home" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496331">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496331" class="dsq-comment-message">"After losing the White House and 28 seats in Congress last year, some party leaders still aren’t hearing the message from voters who are urging them to claw their way back to power by promoting minorities and striking a less partisan tone, said Rich Bond, a former Republican National Committee chairman." <br><br>“We need a great deal more tolerance for the other guy’s point of view,” Bond said. “Not everybody comes from the same constituency as a majority-white homogenous district in the South where all people care about is keeping their guns and taxes.” <br><br>-I guess Rich Bond is a bitter, terrorist-fist bumping Muslim magic Republican.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496531">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496531" class="dsq-comment-message">And socialist...dont forget socialist.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497290">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497290" class="dsq-comment-message">Repeat, Socialist.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498038">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498038" class="dsq-comment-message">When an "English only" measure gets defeated in Nashville, TN, it\'s time to wake up!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496164">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496164" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   I\'m believin\' that our President has gotten Repub. support for his Economic Plan.  They said:<br>--HE is OPEN to our suggestions.<br>--I am confident that we will be able to meet HIS mid-February DEADLINE.  As Pelosi said, the Economic Plan must B TIMELY, TEMPORARY and TARGETED.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAKFlpdcfc&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Yaaaaaaa!</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497723">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497723" class="dsq-comment-message">There is something to be said for reaching across the aisle and killin\' htem w/kindness.  Folks will be less willing to obstruct you later.  Well played El Presidente.  Well played.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498027">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498027" class="dsq-comment-message">SDG:  Major co-sign!!   VIRTUAL \'DAP\'!   Isn\'t it GREAT to see HIM CONTINUE to "PLAY" [in the most serious vein] HIS GAME of CHESS!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>IT "IS" WHO HE IS - - "CHESS MASTER!"   :&gt;)  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TylvUGJIi_w&feature=related" rel="nofollow">STANDING "O"</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496625">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496625" class="dsq-comment-message">The times they are a changing!! LOL<br><br>Pope Launces YouTube Channel<br><br>VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI joined U.S. President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II on Friday by launching his own YouTube channel, the latest Vatican effort to reach out to the digital generation.<br><br>The Vatican said it was launching the channel to broaden Benedict\'s audience while also giving the Holy See better control over the papal image online.<br><br>In his inaugural foray, Benedict welcomed viewers to this "great family that knows no borders" and said he hoped they would "feel involved in this great dialogue of truth."<br><br>The site, , was launched the same day the pontiff praised as a "gift to humanity" the benefits of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace in forging friendships and understanding. <br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/vaticanit" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/vaticanit</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496723">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496723" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  WHEW!   BLAGO is in another WORLD! - - - HIS!!<br><br><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1393977,blagojevich-wls-radio-governor-chicago-012309.articlehttp://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1393977,blagojevich-wls-radio-governor-chicago-012309.article" rel="nofollow">Blagojevich on WLS-AM: The \'fix is in\'</a><br><br><i>Gov. Blagojevich continued to hammer away at the rules governing his upcoming impeachment trial this morning, saying the "fix is in in" and Illinoisans would be socked with massive tax increases should he be kicked out of office.<br><br>"They want to get me out fast so they could put a huge income-tax increase on the people of Illinois," the governor said in a 43-minute interview this morning on WLS-AM 890\'s Don Wade & Roma show. "It\'s either going be a 66 percent income-tax increase or a 33 percent income-tax increase. And they want to raise the sales tax on gas.<br><br>They know I\'m against those things, and I veto them. If I\'m out of the way, they can quietly push this through."<br><br>The governor\'s radio appearance kicked off what\'s expected to be a media blitz that could include appearances on national news networks within the next several days. Blagojevich signaled he has no plans to show up in Springfield on Monday for the start of his impeachment trial if the rules don\'t change.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE  and MORE  and MORE!!<br><br>He is on an <b>INCESSANT RANT!!</b>  LAWD HA\'MERCY!!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSMvFP6mdg&feature=related" rel="nofollow"><b>you talk too much</b>(run dmc )</a>    :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!     :&gt;)       :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496883">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496883" class="dsq-comment-message"><b><i> Blagojevich signaled he has <u> no plans to show up </u>in Springfield on Monday for the start of his impeachment trial if the rules don\'t change. </b> </i><br><br>HELLLLL - LO!!  :: raises the roof ::  This is MY kinda political entertainment!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497583">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497583" class="dsq-comment-message">Denise:  As HE sees it,   "It\'s HIS WORLD!"   WE just live in it!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498580">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498580" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you. <br><br>When that type of attitude goes unchecked and off the rails, like my mother  says, "Baby, that\'s why we have prisons...".</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498770">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498770" class="dsq-comment-message">Denise:  U  have a WISE momma:  God Bless her!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497267">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497267" class="dsq-comment-message">I told you he was crazy.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497386">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497386" class="dsq-comment-message">Blago takes the cake in nutty!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497553">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497553" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   LOL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnd, I LOVE fruitcake 2.   Hmmmm.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497530">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497530" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  ABSOLUTELY!!   YOU KNOW!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5497721" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5497721" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497721">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497721" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s crazy enough to be ratings gold for a network brave enough to give him his own show.  I ain\'t gonna\' lie, I would watch a Blago reality show.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498485" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498485">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498485" class="dsq-comment-message">NMP"   LOL!     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5499222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499222">.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499222" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually it\'s a wonder no up and coming politician hasn\'t tried to put on a reality show.  They might not be able to do it through the broadcast TV but I don\'t see why they couldn\'t put on a weekly YouTube show detailing the trials and tribulations of the campaign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5498226" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498226">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498226" class="dsq-comment-message">Flat out nuts.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498499" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498499">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498499" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:  YEP!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5496945" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496945" class="dsq-comment-message">Regarding: <a href="http://sandrarose.com/2009/01/23/calls-pour-in-for-rethas-custom-inaugural-crown/" rel="nofollow">Aretha\'s Inauguration Crown-Hat,</a> Sandra Rose had made me laugh until I cried this morning.  Sandra gets my trophy for photo-shopping.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5497115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497115">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497115" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!  The pic  is hilarious.  Arethas\' hat looks fab on everyone.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498420">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498420" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL  The plane image is priceless!  <br><br>I actually like the hat.   The Queen\'s look was Southern Baptist Sunday Best, and I understood it completely</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498667">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498667" class="dsq-comment-message">exactly, Denise.<br><br>NOBODY who has grown up in the Black church doubts what Ms. Franklin was doing. <br><br>period.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5497367" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497367">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497367" class="dsq-comment-message">Hilarious!  ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5497697" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497697">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497697" class="dsq-comment-message">I wanna look, but I don\'t want to link to Sandra Rose\'s site....something is definitely wrong with her. I know she\'s a self-hating individual...and after viewing her photo, its certainly understandeable....but during the campaign, her lies and rhetoric took on a whole new level of Pastor Manning proportions.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5498222" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498222" class="dsq-comment-message">I feel ya Miranda; I originally thought the images were Rose\'s work, but she acquired them from another blogger, <a href="http://www.rhymeswithsnitch.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">"That B!tch,"</a> so you could link to that site if you like.  Although, I think that Rose\'s presentation was better.<br><br>Since Sandra is more of an entertainment/gossip blog, I don\'t hold her as accountable for political discourse.  She does stoke controversy.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498897">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498897" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks! Sandra SHOULD be an entertainment/gossip blog...but what she has become is a very bitter, lying hag. Her hatred for some celebs is way beyond catty insults and petty gossip. Like I said, I\'ve seen her pic so to a degree, her attitude is almost justified - but just because she looks like a gargoyle doesn\'t mean she has to be so nasty towards others.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5499889" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499889">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5499889" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499889" class="dsq-comment-message">her hatred/jealousy  of the Obamas rivals the best right-wing wingnuts.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5500397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5500397">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5500397" class="dsq-comment-message">She has a hatred that needs to be reported to the Secret Service...its absolutely pathological.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5502860" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502860">.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502860" class="dsq-comment-message">A light skinned Barack-like brotha probably dissed her like the chickenhead she is.   She probably chalked it up to the light skinned brotha not liking dark skinned women but when she saw Mr. Lite Skin with a Dark Skin Sista she had to conclude it was HER...<br><br>therefore she "hates on" light skinned Barack like brothas and boosts up ghetto chickenheads as "real."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5503400" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503400">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503400" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m pretty sure she is gay.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505444" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505444">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505444" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505444" class="dsq-comment-message">lol<br><br>You\'re killing me!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499122">.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5499122" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499122" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s the same clown who thought Malia Obama was too grown for speaking articulately but there was nothing wrong with Monica dressing her child like a junior thug.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499871">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499871" class="dsq-comment-message">thank you</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5502420" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502420">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502420" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah that she is. She LOVES Monica, TI & Tiny! LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497398">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497398" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>DAY 3 - - PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA</b><br><br>1.  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/23/obama-stimulus-bill-needs_n_160320.html" rel="nofollow">Obama: Stimulus Bill Needs Bipartisan Help</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged lawmakers from both parties Friday to back his economic stimulus package, saying the economy\'s dire problems require congressional action even if some members object to portions of the plan.<br><br>"I know that it is a heavy lift to do something as substantial as we\'re doing right now," Obama said as he sat down with House and Senate leaders from both parties in the White House\'s Roosevelt Room. Republican members, especially, have objected to some of the $825 billion plan.<br><br>"I recognize that there are still some differences around the table and between the administration and members of Congress about particular details on the plan," he said. "But I think what unifies this group is a recognition that we are experiencing an unprecedented, perhaps, economic crisis that has to be dealt with, and dealt with rapidly."<br><br>He thanked congressional leaders for working quickly, even through some holiday periods, to move the rescue package he says will create 3 million to 4 million new jobs.<br><br>"That is going to be absolutely critical and it appears that we are on target to make our President\'s Day weekend," he said.<br><br>Democratic leaders have promised the measure will be ready for Obama\'s signature by mid-February.<br><br>Obama also said that any legislation governing the use of an additional $350 billion in financial industry bailout money must include new measures to ensure accountability and transparency.<br><br>The stimulus legislation, priced at about $825 billion and likely to grow, advanced in House committees this week. Republicans, who are in the minority, were unable to make inroads with their proposals.<br>Story continues below </i><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>2.  HIS SCHEDULE     <b>Friday Jan. 23, 2009</b><br><br>All Times Eastern7:00 AM	<br>8:00 AM	<br>9:00 AM	<br>9:15 AM	<br><br>Obama and Biden attend the presidential daily briefing.<br>9:45 AM	<br><br>Obama and Biden hold a bipartisan meeting with Democratic and Republican congressional leadership.<br>10:00 AM	<br>11:00 AM	<br>11:20 AM	<br><br>Obama and Biden meet with members of the National Security Council.<br>12:00 PM	<br>12:40 PM	<br><br>Obama and Biden attend the economic daily briefing.<br>1:00 PM	<br><br>Obama and Biden have lunch together.<br>2:00 PM	<br><br>Obama and Biden hold a budget meeting.<br>3:00 PM	<br>3:30 PM	<br><br>Obama meets with Treasury Secretary-designate Tim Geithner.<br><b>[NOTE:   IT continues to be FULL and AGGRESSIVE!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)]</b><br><br>3.  <b>PLANNING AHEAD:</b>  <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/in_the_tank_with_obama_3045db33-d490-4e84-8267-568a16eed2ae.html" rel="nofollow">POTUS to visit Pentagon next week</a><br><br><i><b>Obama is expected to meet with the Joint Chiefs of Staff next week in the Pentagon’s renowned secure briefing room . . .<br><br>. . . known as the “Tank,” Marine Commandant James Conway told reporters Friday.</b> <br><br>Given the new president’s campaign pledge to remove U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months, plans for drawing down forces there and adding more in Afghanistan are a likely a hot topic. <br><br>“At this point, decisions have not been made, but with the speed in which we see other decisions being made, I think it’s fair to say that it won’t be long before we have a plan,” the Marine general said. <br><br>And as discussion coalesces around the best way to reduce U.S. forces in Iraq, the Marines are eager to hand off the remaining policing work and other duties there to the Army and concentrate on the intensifying fight in Afghanistan. <br><br>“The time is right for the Marines in general terms to leave Iraq,” Conway said.</i><br><br>4.  <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123267335720408593.html" rel="nofollow">CDC Insider Named Acting Director </a><br><br><i><b>The Obama administration has appointed an infectious disease and disaster preparedness expert as acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<br><br><u>Richard Besser,</u> who headed the CDC\'s public health emergency preparedness and response functions, succeeds Julie Gerberding, who stepped down with the change in administration after six years of leading the federal agency.</b><br><br>It wasn\'t clear whether Dr. Besser would be Dr. Gerberding\'s permanent successor. An email to CDC employees Thursday said that Dr. Besser would serve as acting director until a permanent director is named and assumes the role.<br><br>Dr. Gerberding, who officially stepped down when President Obama was sworn in this week, was originally to be replaced temporarily by William Gimson III, the agency\'s chief operating officer, until a permanent successor was named. People familiar with the agency said Dr. Besser was named instead because Mr. Gimson is not a medical doctor, a qualification considered important to head the public health agency even temporarily.<br><br>Dr. Besser, 49 years old, is a CDC veteran with wide public health experience. A pediatrician by training, he served in the CDC\'s Epidemic Intelligence Service, tracking foodborne diseases, followed by several years working on infectious disease issues. He spearheaded a national campaign to prevent overuse of antibiotics, a practice which helps to spawn antibiotic resistant bugs.  <br><br>Most recently, he has been director of the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, which handles public health emergency preparedness and emergency response.</i><br><br>5.  <a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003016851" rel="nofollow">CQ Transcript: Democratic Congressional Leaders After a Meeting with President Obama</a><br><br><i>CQ Transcriptswire<br><br>SPEAKERS: REP. NANCY PELOSI, D-CALIF., SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE<br><br>SEN. HARRY REID, D-NEV., SENATE MAJORITY LEADER<br><br>[*] (JOINED IN PROGRESS) PELOSI: ... constructive suggestions, which we’ll review. We have just completed two days of hearings in which they had a chance to offer their amendments, some of which were accepted into the package.<br><br>So we’re on schedule for our timetable to have a bill on the president’s desk to be signed before the Presidents Day recess. Again, if not, there will be no recess, but I feel certain that we will succeed.<br><br>This was a working meeting, and it was very encouraging, because the president listened to the suggestions of all there, especially the proposals made by our Republican colleagues. And -- and I have a good feeling about -- coming out of the meeting that we’ll be able to reach more bipartisanship as we go forward.<br><br>I’m pleased to yield to the distinguished majority leader, Senator Reid.<br><br>REID: There wasn’t a single member of Congress or anyone in that room that didn’t agree that we have an economic problem in the country, lots of economic difficulties. But at the conclusion of the meeting, there wasn’t a single person who felt we couldn’t work our way out of the problems that we had.<br><br>It was a bipartisan discussion. And truly, the president was leading us to be united, not divided.<br><br>He listened to the all of the suggestions, whether it was from us or the Republicans. I was very impressed with the meeting. I look forward to our having a bill on his desk before the Presidents Day recess a bill that will have the input of Democrats and Republicans and one that has the mark on it to bring this country out of the economic distress we’re in. </i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>6.  <a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003016849" rel="nofollow">CQ Transcript: Republican Congressional Leaders After a meeting with President Obama</a><br><br><i>SPEAKERS: REP. JOHN A. BOEHNER, R-OHIO, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER<br><br>SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL, R-KY., SENATE MINORITY LEADER<br><br>[*] (JOINED IN PROGRESS) MCCONNELL: ... came from a bipartisan meeting of the Senate and House leadership with the president. We had a good discussion about the most important issue in the country right now, which is to -- what we can do to get the economy moving.<br><br>The administration strikes me as open to our suggestions, and we made a number of them, both Senate and House leadership. I do think we’ll be able to meet the president’s deadline of getting the package to him by mid-February.<br><br>I think I can safely say that most Republicans actually believe the speaker had it right last year when she said any stimulus package ought to be timely, temporary and targeted. I think that’s a good test to apply to what we’re trying to do here. And it’ll require a good deal of restraint on both sides to try to keep it within those -- with those -- within those parameters.<br><br>BOEHNER: I agree. I think we had a very productive meeting with the president and the vice president and our Democrat colleagues. There’s unanimity that our economy needs help. And there’s also a desire to move a package that would help rescue our economy, help American families, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and the self- employed.<br><br>We expressed our concerns about some of the spending that’s being proposed in the House bill and the fact that it doesn’t spend out very quickly -- it’s almost too late -- and had concerns about -- obviously, about the size of the package.<br><br>The president has asked for our ideas. And we may still be scheduled to meet with him next week, but we felt that as fast as this package is moving, we needed to share those ideas with him today.<br><br>And so Mr. Cantor and I outlined the ideas from House Republicans about how we can get fast-acting tax relief in the hands of American families and small businesses, because, at the end of the day, government can’t solve this problem. The American people have to solve it. And the way they can solve it is if we allow them to keep more of the money that they earn. </i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>7.  <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/antibeanie_obamas_1beea931-1744-42f3-8644-87d1df745144.html" rel="nofollow">FLOTUS knocks Sasha, Malia dolls</a><br><br><i><b>Michelle Obama is none too pleased with the Beanie Baby dolls that share the names of the first daughters...<br><br>... “Mom-in-chief” says the dolls are in bad taste.</b><br><br>“We believe it is inappropriate to use young, private citizens for marketing purposes,” a first lady spokesman said.<br><br>The 12-inch dolls were released earlier this month and a company spokesman says the names were chosen because they are “beautiful,” not because they attached to the first daughters.<br><br>Which seems, well, a little hard to believe.<br><br>Earlier this week the girls set off a run on J.Crew coats, after donning specially made coats on inauguration day.<br><br>After the whirlwind inauguration events, they were back in school hitting the books again Thursday.<br><br>FLOTUS had her first full day in the office Thursday, where she had a meet and greet with all the staff and had some birthday cake—she turned 45 on Jan. 17.<br><br>And she’s been unpacking and getting Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, settled into the White House.<br><br>Aides say she could venture out for a private or public event as early as next week.<br><br>And church might be in the plans this Sunday, but their schedule is still being worked out, aides said.</i><br><b>[NOTE:  SHE hath SPOKEN!   :&gt;)]</b><br><br>THAT\'S ALL FOR NOW!   :&gt;)  ENJOY YOUR DAY!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497472">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497472" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s gonna be a new talking point for sure now...LOL<br><br>Obama\'s Indonesian Dazzles At State Department<br><br>ABC News\' Kirit Radia Reports: As President Obama worked the rope-line at the State Department Thursday, a State Department staffer named Charles Silver, knowing the President once lived in Indonesia, shouted out, "good afternoon" in the local language.<br><br>Obama responded back in what Silver later told ABC News was "very good" Bahasa Indonesian.  The two then chatted briefly about the neighborhood Obama once lived in. <br><br><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/01/obama-speaks-ve.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/01...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5500341" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5500341">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5500341" class="dsq-comment-message">Well you KNOW the POTUS is actually a citizen of Indonesia and therefore ineligible to be President...duh</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497479">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497479" class="dsq-comment-message">Stupid random thought of the morning:<br><br>If Busta Rhymes had simply made his song about "A-Rod Money", he really wouldn\'t have had so many folks upset with him. <br><br>That it all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5497651" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497651">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5497651" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497651" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s the background?  Why are people upset with Busta Rhymes?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5497884" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497884">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497884" class="dsq-comment-message">Per this Fox News clip, apparently some are appalled and offended by Jay Z and Jeezy proclaiming "My President is Black."  <br><br>What say you Jack and Jill??<br><a href="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh4oWh3V55Ii20ih0w" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497917">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497917" class="dsq-comment-message">Aren\'t they stating a fact. <br><br>Cause MY President IS Black...isn\'t yours?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5497987" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5497987">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5497987" class="dsq-comment-message">Absolutely.  Some are offended by the WAY Jay Z and Jeezy were saying that though.  Personallly I think it\'s just a case of a few bitter whites getting their hate fully on.  I mean after all, it is Fox News lol...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5498052" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498052" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498052">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5498052" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498052" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s like getting pissed because someone said a dead man is "dead". He\'s their President as well whether they like it or not.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5498034" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498034">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498034" class="dsq-comment-message">Cause water is "wet" and that\'s an offensive stmt.  Clowns.  Just when you think they couldn\'t sink any lower.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498081" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498081">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5498081" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498081" class="dsq-comment-message">Come\'on....You know how things like "facts" offends the numbnuts of FauxNews.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499084">.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5499084" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499084" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, the President IS black, whether they like it or not.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5499274" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499274">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499274" class="dsq-comment-message">The President is black...duh!<br><br>The whackos kill me by analyzing someone\'s every word. Like Geraldine Ferraro... "what does Barack Obama mean, when he says", "it\'s our time"? Ugh!  (Eye Roll)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502748">.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5502748" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502748" class="dsq-comment-message">Ferraro specifically said when Obama says "our time is now" he\'s really saying to white people "Your time is up."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5503350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503350">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503350" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you serious?<br><br>She is even dumber than I thought! And how can you be that old and stupid??????? The older she gets the "stupider" she gets and not the other way around. Makes no sense!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5509979" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5509979">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5509979" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/30/healing_the_wounds_of_democrats_sexism/" rel="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opi...</a><br><br>"As for Reagan Democrats, how Clinton was treated is not their issue. They are more concerned with how they have been treated. Since March, when I was accused of being racist for a statement I made about the influence of blacks on Obama\'s historic campaign, people have been stopping me to express a common sentiment: If you\'re white you can\'t open your mouth without being accused of being racist. They see Obama\'s playing the race card throughout the campaign and no one calling him for it as frightening. They\'re not upset with Obama because he\'s black; they\'re upset because they don\'t expect to be treated fairly because they\'re white. It\'s not racism that is driving them, it\'s racial resentment. And that is enforced because they don\'t believe he understands them and their problems. That when he said in South Carolina after his victory "Our Time Has Come" they believe he is telling them that their time has passed."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505804">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505804" class="dsq-comment-message">Was that it?  The crazy ass. I wonder how she\'s working out on President Obama\'s fundraisers? LOL!<br><br>Ahhhh lol  Geraldine Ferraro thought he needed her to raise money!<br><br>LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499625">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499625" class="dsq-comment-message">BAP:  In the eyes of "FAUX SPEWS",  sayin\' PRESIDENT OBAMA\'S NAME is offensive.  Sooooo . .  .. . ..</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5502459" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502459">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502459" class="dsq-comment-message">BAP, <br><br>They must not have heard him say his lambo was blue also?????? Where is the objection to that?!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502707">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502707" class="dsq-comment-message">They should not hold Obama responsible for the language of the song.  Does Brittany spears speak for all white women?  Is marilyn manson a father figure to all white boys?  Does George W. Bush represent the intelligence of all yale graduates?  Are all teenage white girls sluts like the girls on girls gone wild?<br><br>I\'m saying....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5503212" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503212">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503212" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t tell you how much I enjoy your commentary, LOL, great points!!!<br><br>Peace & Love,  Tawra</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503776">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503776" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:  <b>YOU JUST PREACH!!!</b>  :&gt;)      :&gt;)  Great comment!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5498017" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5498017" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498017" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2009/01/inauguration-eve.html" rel="nofollow">Inauguration Eve</a><br><br>Photos and reflection.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498332" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5498332" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5498332" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498332" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/bush-girls-letter-to-obama-girls-from.html" rel="nofollow">Bush Girls Letter to the Obama Girls from the Today Show</a><br><br>Jenna and Barbara Bush recited the letter they left for Malia and Sasha.  They have class.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498447" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498447">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498447" class="dsq-comment-message">icebergslim:  I heard this being read!  VERY TENDER!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Thanks!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498684" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5498684" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5498684" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498684" class="dsq-comment-message">Catching my breath.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5499228" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5499228" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499228">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5499228" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499228" class="dsq-comment-message">I watched Jenna & Laura on Larry King and I really believe Jenna may have voted for President Obama because when Laura replied that she was voting for a Republican, Jenna stated she had to look and listen to both candidates and what each had to say.  It  seemed she wasn\'t voting Republican just because her parents are.  Classy young lady!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498733" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498733">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498733" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Oooookaaaaay!  Ima step out and post this!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/23/palins-180000-campaign-cl_n_160313.html" rel="nofollow">Palin\'s $180,000 Campaign Clothes "Stuffed In Trash Bags" At RNC Headquarters: NewMajority (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)</a><br><br><b>[NOTE:  This SAGA RAGES ON!  :&gt;)]</b>  THEY SAD - - I\'m GLAD!  :&gt;)<br><br><i><b>NewMajority has a report today that Sarah Palin\'s infamous wardrobe has not been given to charity as promised by the McCain campaign after the amazing bill was revealed in October.<br>McCain even told the press that "one-third of the clothing was "given back."</b><br><b>[NOTE:  Hmmm.  Did SOMEBODY LIE??  SOP!!  NOTHING has CHANGED!]</b><br><br>    But for reasons that remain mysterious, the clothes remain stashed at the RNC\'s Washington, D.C., headquarters. A source close to the issue told NewMajority that the clothes are "in the process" of being donated, and an RNC spokesman corroborated, saying the clothes have indeed been returned from Palin, "inventoried and will be appropriately dispersed to various charities." Attempts for an explanation of when and where the clothes will be donated went unanswered, and the governor\'s Alaska office does not comment on campaign issues.<br><br>    <b><u>The fact that the clothes have not been donated or publicly accounted for, however, has angered some big donors - who want to know exactly how their money was spent, and who are already enraged by the extravagant wardrobe figure.</u> They say it\'s time for the RNC to air its dirty laundry, if you will.</b><br><br>Read more from Moira Bagley\'s NewMajority report here. </i><br><br>Oh!   U   know that Ima take a "Field Trip" to ALASKA to see "what they talkin\' \'bout!"  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5498822" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498822" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498822">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5498822" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498822" class="dsq-comment-message">These people need to stop lying. Do any of them ever tell the truth? Ugh!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499989">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499989" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  They just "rolled on past"  Col. 3:9!    :&gt;)        :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5498907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5498907">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5498907" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  HERE\'S the VID of his introductory remarks:<br><br>9:45 AM	<br><br>Obama and Biden hold a bipartisan meeting with Democratic and Republican congressional leadership.<br><br><a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1243705446/bclid1201016315/bctid8867619001" rel="nofollow">VIDEO</a><br><br>Annnnnd:  Democratic/Repub RESPONSES:<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/postgame_report_1eda14f1-40e7-4ce7-a161-7f008ebaac3a.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/po...</a><br><br>I hope that I caught bofa-dem.   :&gt;)    <br><br>Signed, Ms. Technologically-Challenged!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499576">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499576" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  A NEW <b>ROLE</b> for Actor Morgan Freeman:<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0109/Morgan_Freeman_fundraising_for_DSCC.html" rel="nofollow">Morgan Freeman fundraising for DSCC</a><br><br><i><b>Senate Democrats have found an unlikely fundraising weapon: actor Morgan Freeman.<br><br>In an e-mailed fundraising pitch to Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee donors today, Freeman wrote that, “when Barack Obama placed a hand on Abraham Lincoln\'s bible and was sworn in as America\'s 44th president, it was one of the most special moments in my life and the life of our nation.”</b><br><br><b>Freeman went on to argue that while Democrats have succeeded in expanding their majority in the Senate over the last four years, <u>early donor involvement can help increase the party’s numbers in 2010.</u></b><br><br>“Now the DSCC has already begun the crucial work of recruiting the best candidates to make sure President Obama has strong Senate support throughout his first term. Starting strong today is essential to victory on Election Day. And they need our support now to do it right,” Freeman wrote.<br><br>The actor concluded by asking supporters for a "contribution of $5 or more."<br><br>— Alex Isenstadt</i><br><br>It\'s about 2010!  He\'s  GETTIN\' READY!  FIRED UP!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5499885">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5499885" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Oooooo-kaaaay!   "What\'s goin\' on?"<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/elisabeth-hasselbeck-tell_n_160060.html" rel="nofollow">Elisabeth Hasselbeck Tells Media: Lay Off Michelle Obama</a><br><br><i>Elisabeth Hasselbeck defended Michelle Obama against the media Thursday morning on "The View."<br><br>In response to media critics who have laid into the First Lady for her inaugural fashion choices, a somewhat shaken Hasselbeck said, "I think, look, if this is the media\'s attempt at trying to be objective as we move into the next administration, they\'re moving in the wrong direction."<br><br>Hasselbeck went on praising the fashions that the First Lady and her daughters wore throughout the inaugural celebrations, both for their affordability and the fact that they were made by American designers.<br><br>"All these naysayers on the side better find something else to get objective about," she said.<br><br>Watch:</i><br><br>I mean it.  Wha\' ha\'[has]  happened?  :&gt;)<br><br>Meanwhile:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s" rel="nofollow"><b>"What\'s Going On</b> [What\'s Happening Brother"]</a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  Wooo!  Hoo!  :&gt;)    ***dancin\'***</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5501072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5501072">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5501072" class="dsq-comment-message">Hasselbeck is picking a good battle, because everyone knows that if she joined in the chorus of fashion criticism, Whoopi & Sherri might finally lose it and give her blonde behind a tag team beatdown.  <br><br>Well, that\'s how I think it might go down in my daydreams, anyway.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502858">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502858" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate:    LOL!!!   :&gt;)  Sharing your   "smack down" DREAM!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKn6h2x5IcY" rel="nofollow">All I have to do is <b>dream</b></a><br><br>ENJOY!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505609">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505609" class="dsq-comment-message">You know she\'s probably e-mailing Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain right now calling Michelle a fat cow.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505738">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505738" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes. Once a snake, always a snake.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5501383">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5501383" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the same Elisabeth Hasselbeck who told the audience at a luncheon for Cindy McCain that First Lady Michelle had something to hide when she visited The View. This is same woman who always tried to bring up the First Lady\'s thesis on the show to attack Pres. Obama. <br><br>So, maybe she should practice what she preaches.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502755">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502755" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:   Major co-sign!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5501959">.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5501959" class="dsq-comment-message">Barbara Walters told Elisabeth to beg, grovel and grind before Michelle Obama so the View can be the first daytime show to land an interview with the new First Lady.<br><br>That\'s all this is about.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502085">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502085" class="dsq-comment-message">I wouldn\'t grant Elisabeth Hasselbeck shyt!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502741">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502741" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  I belie\' that her NAME is spelled - --- B-Y-T-C-H [first annnnd last name syllables!]    :&gt;)   <br><br>I\'m just sayin\'     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505709">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505709" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll keep it in mind. It burns me up that the only reason she\'s defending the First Lady is to get an interview. We all know what a snake Elisabeth has been before. Once a snake always a snake.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506378">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506378" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   SSSSSSSSSSSSure U right!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502708">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502708" class="dsq-comment-message">. -    LOL!   :&gt;)       Now THIS sounds plausible!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5500343">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5500343" class="dsq-comment-message">More people may have watched President Obama\'s first inauguration than President Reagan\'s in 1981.<br><br>"37.8 Million Watched Obama\'s Inauguration"<br><br><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/162488-UPDATED_37_8_Million_Watched_Obama_s_Inauguration.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/162488...</a><br><br><i>"That 37.8 million figure includes same-day time-shifted viewing to 17 broadcast and cable networks between 10 a.m. and five p.m. But what it doesn\'t include, and wasn\'t around to be measured in Reagan\'s day, was the number of people who monitored the proceedings on the Web."</i><br><br>But, there was also this story from Tuesday:<br><br>"Inauguration video draws record crowds online"<br><br><a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090121/ap_on_hi_te/tec_inauguration_internet" rel="nofollow">http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090121/ap_on_hi...</a><br><br><i>"Akamai Technologies Inc. said 7.7 million people watched video streams carried by Akamai at the same time on Tuesday, a record for the company, which is hired by many news sites to handle video delivery.<br>...<br>Akamai competitor Limelight Networks Inc. of Tempe, Ariz., said 2.5 million people watched the inauguration on sites that use Limelight for delivery, with most of the viewers staying for Obama\'s entire speech."</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5500528">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5500528" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate:   WOW!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  GREAT NEWS!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5500966" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5500966" class="dsq-comment-message">May have?<br><br>There\'s no question that more people here and around the world combined, on TV and internet feeds, watched this inauguration than Reagan\'s.<br><br>It\'s not even close.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5501228">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5501228" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for sharing, Nate.  That\'s not what I heard this morning as I was heading out for work.  Supposedly, Reagan had more audience viewership?  I said to my self, "Self, this is a bald face lie."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5500474">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5500474" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Welll, I didn\'t find ALASKA\'s RESPONSE to the $180,000 WARDROBE - - YET!<br><br>BUT, there was an article on the OTHER Alaskan Senator - -Lisa Murkowski (R)[Senior Senator;  Begich is the, recently elected - DEFEATED Ted STEVENS- JUNIOR Senator.]<br><br><a href="http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/22/lisa-the-new-ted/" rel="nofollow">Lisa - The New Ted.</a><br><br><i>Well, looky here.  Isn’t this interesting…<br><br>If the collective raising of eyebrows made a sound, you’d be hearing it.<br><br><b>Alaska’s new senior Senator (R) Lisa Murkowski, has landed the big one, and slipped into the vacuum left by convicTed Stevens on the coveted <u>Senate Appropriations Committee.</u></b>  <u>Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, was a longtime Appropriations chairman with oodles of influence on spending projects in Alaska.  This is one of the reasons nobody could imagine life without Ted</u><br><br>    In order to take the slot on Appropriations, she’s giving up membership on the Foreign Relations Committee. But she’ll retain her spot as the ranking Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and she’ll stay on the Indian Affairs Committee and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Murkowski says she pursued being on Appropriations in part to push for funding projects that can benefit Alaska, from basic infrastructure like roads to hospitals.<br><br>Basically an Alaskan Senator would give up their right arm, nevermind the Foreign Relations Committee,  to get this assignment.  Looking forward to 2010, this does not bode well for anyone who’s thinking about challenging Murkowski for the senate seat.  If the party powers that be, let’s say, were trying to figure out how to assure that a certain governor from Alaska had a tougher time of knocking down the incumbent in a senatorial race, and worming her way into the nation’s capital, this would be an excellent way of doing it.  Just sayin’.<br><br><b>I’ve mentioned before that it would be in the Democratic leadership’s best interest to be awful nice to Mark Begich, and give him lots of goodies in the next six years for that very reason.  He needs to come home “the golden boy” with feathers in his cap.  I doubt there are many in D.C. on either side of the aisle that would relish a “Palin Dynasty.” </b> <u>A cross-border alliance between a competent and influential moderate Republican and a competent and influential moderate Democrat is the best path for anyone wishing to avoid “Mrs. Palin Goes to Washington.</u>”</i> <br><br>2 COMMENTS were interesting:<br><br><i>" I think the combo of Sens. Lisa and Begich is turning out to be a great team for AK and our nation. … Can you imagine Palin debating Lisa if <u>Snowflake</u>  :&gt;) runs for a senate seat next year?? It would be painfully glorious to watch….and it could happen cuz Palin truly believes she is flawless and all her mess ups are everyone else’s fault."<br>Palin == Out of Touch, Out for Herself.<b>COMMENT from EWF:</b></i><br><br>Here\'s another COMMENT:<i>"It’s a known fact in Washington D.C., Palin is NOT respected from either party. If Alaska sent her to D.C., our State would be toast! Senator Murkowski has the respect from both parties and is admired for her intellect, calmness and her true desire to look out for the families in Alaska. The gov. doesn’t stand a chance running against Senator Murkowski, us Alaskan’s have had enough of Queen gov." [WWRWTW]</i><br><br>ALASKANS are havin\' a FIELD DAY with their version of "SNOWFLAKE!"   :&gt;)        :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5500641">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5500641" class="dsq-comment-message">The Right Wingers\'s are gonna explode! <br><br><i><br><a href="http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/mixed-media/2009/01/22/msnbcs-newest-host-bill-maher-could-happen" rel="nofollow">MSNBC\'s Newest Host: Bill Maher? Could Happen</a><br><br>MSNBC wants to create a new show to fill its 10 p.m. hour. Might Bill Maher be its host?<br><br>It\'s widely known in the cable news world that the third-place network has a longstanding interest in Maher, who now hosts a weekly current-events chat program, Real Time, on HBO. He\'s an obvious choice, having hosted his own daily talk show, Politically Incorrect, until ABC canceled him in 2002, a few months after the comedian made some poorly-received remarks about the Sept. 11 hijackers.<br><br>Though more libertarian than strictly liberal, Maher\'s politics make him a good fit with MSNBC\'s audience, which has grown in direct proportion to the network\'s enthusiasm for the Democratic party. One caveat: Maher would probably be expensive (although Chris Matthews\'s recent pay cut, from $5 million a year to around $2 million, frees up some cash for that).<br><br>I reached out to reps for Maher and MSNBC to ask whether anything\'s in the works. Nothing yet. In the meantime, let\'s think about the other possibilities: MSNBC could create a show for Chuck Todd, the boyish political whiz who, though lacking polish, nevertheless was a strong contender for replacing the late Tim Russert at Meet the Press. It could move Chris Matthews\'s Hardball from its berth at 5 p.m., although that would create a double vacuum earlier in the evening (Hardball repeats at 7). It could lure away Alan Colmes from Fox News, where he\'s just marking time now that Sean Hannity\'s gone solo. Or it could just do what it did last time and let Keith Olbermann install the protégé of his choice.</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5500774">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5500774" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh oh<br><br>Blago is going to hold a News Conference within minutes!<br><br>What next.....?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503949">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503949" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  No big deal.  He talked about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxIuIxqo2So" rel="nofollow"><b>THIS!</b></a>      :&gt;)        :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5501358" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5501358" class="dsq-comment-message">Completely random:<br><br>I am the proud new owner of...a minivan.<br><br>My last vestige of manhood is gone.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5501520">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5501520" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br><br>Kids need lots of room.<br><br>Congrats!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5501539">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5501539" class="dsq-comment-message">D., you are so funny.   In 2005, we bought a minivan since I have 3 boys under 10. And to me they are the best FAMILY vehicles, especially when traveling long distances. We love driving it for our trips between Va and Fla.  We  even drove  cross-country last year...and it was THE most comfortable ride.<br><br>And I love it.....and surprisingly my husband often jumps in it (without me and the kids, sometimes too)  and that is no easy feat because he loves his German made sports sedan</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5501856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5501856" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5501856" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you...<br><br>Imma hafta throw some D\'s on it or somethin\'.<br><br>And the mrs isn\'t allowing bumper stickers this time around.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5502910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502910">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502910" class="dsq-comment-message">You better call Xzibit (Pimp My Minivan)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503172">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503172" class="dsq-comment-message">D:   BWAHAHAHAHAHA!  2  funny!!   :&gt;)   ***shakin\' my head***<br><br>I don\'t <a href="http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-ghosts/BumperStickerCar.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>BLAME</b></a> her!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503505">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503505" class="dsq-comment-message">Too bad I got one you appreciate<br>Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O\'Donnell fat</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5502329" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5502329" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502329">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502329" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you say THREE boys under the age of 10?<br><br>GOD BLESS YOU!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5503466" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5503466" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503466">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503466" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you ARP.  <br><br>I am in a house full of testosterone....but being the only female in the house has it\'s benefits, I am officially "Queen" of the house with no competing drama!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5504299" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5504299">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5504299" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5502351">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502351" class="dsq-comment-message">You couldn\'t have gone middle of the road and done the SUV thing? <br><br>I am LMAO, D. <br><br>As a single person, I didn\'t understand the purpose of minivans until my friends began to have children. <br><br>But, I beg to differ. Your vestiges of manhood will be secured by seatbelt in the back seat, my Brotha.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5502821" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5502821" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5502821" class="dsq-comment-message">The mrs has promised me an SUV after Allie is born.<br><br>MDX, here I come....LOL.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503858">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503858" class="dsq-comment-message">D, congratulations on the Mini van!  Too funny.  My hubby and I have 8 grown children and we brought a mini van 2 years ago.  Think of all the joy you and the wee ones will have on those long road trips singing<br><br>99 bottles of  Soda, beer,.....on the wall .  You fill in the blank.  Hahaaaa!<br> <br>You chose wisely, dear dad.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5503958" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5503958" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5503958" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503958" class="dsq-comment-message">Goodness, I never thought of that.<br><br>Wow.....THAT oughta be fun.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508501" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508501" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5508501">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508501" class="dsq-comment-message">D, I have a wonderful family!  And  I love them soooo much!  When we get together, the laughter and joy is off the chart.  Our children are so special, smart, and never cease to teach me and hubby what really matters in life.<br><br>BEING TOGETHER.  <br><br>The mini van will bring so many memories for you and your family. There\'s room for playing games, eating, sleeping, it\'s like a room away from home.  Our kids loved the van. They felt secure and it\'s a great transition for kids when you plan on stoping at a motel.<br><br>Enjoy the ride!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505353" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505353">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505353" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505353" class="dsq-comment-message">8 kids spririt?  Blessings to you and your wonderful family.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505331" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505331">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505331" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505331" class="dsq-comment-message">lolol  How sweet.  Congratulations D.  Just keep your regular car for date nights.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505492" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5505492" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505492" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505492" class="dsq-comment-message">(All said with love, of course)<br><br>Damn it, Val....you would say that AFTER I sell the other car.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503163">OhPuhleezee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503163" class="dsq-comment-message">BLACK DESIGNER HATING ON MICHELLE<br>FIRST LADY UNDER FIRE: Amid all the praise of First Lady Michelle Obama’s fashion choices for the inaugural festivities, the Black Artists Association is taking her to task for not wearing anything by an African American designer. Cofounder Amnau Eele said Wednesday she will make a formal appeal to the First Lady’s office on behalf of the BAA. “It’s fine and good if you want to be all ‘Kumbaya’ and ‘We Are the World’ by representing all different countries. But if you are going to have Isabel Toledo do the inauguration dress, and Jason Wu do the evening gown, why not have Kevan Hall, B Michael, Stephen Burrows or any of the other black designers do something too?” Eele said. The BAA leader was a runway model in her own right for Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Bill Blass and others.<br><br>Asked if perhaps the First Lady isn’t looking at the world colorlessly, Eele said, “It’s one thing to look at the world without color but she had seven slots to wear designer clothes. Why wasn’t she wearing the clothes of a black designer? That was our moment.”<br><br><br><a href="http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/nice-going-first-lady-under-fire-chair-man-1935797" rel="nofollow">http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/...</a><br><br>My first question is who is the "our" that she\'s refering to in that last sentence?<br>black people?<br>fashion designers?<br>unknown fashion designers?<br>unknown black fashion designers?<br><br>MO doesnt owe that chick or any other black designer a damn thing. Im not even completely convinced that she purposely picked virtual unknowns for the clothes she chose to wear. It could be that she just picked what she liked. But if she did make a point to pick something from lesser-known designers, as to not let well knowns profit off of her, than more power to her. But IMHO she was in no way obligated to pic a black designer. If you want her to wear your sh*t, maybe you need to step up your game.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505113" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5505113" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505113" class="dsq-comment-message">Everyone wants a piece of history, but to me this woman just sounds greedy.  Michelle Obama will be First Lady for 4 years. To me freedom is about choices so how dare this lady try and take away Michelle\'s. I hope Michelle Obama reads what this woman said and disses her FOR REAL.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506469" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506469">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506469" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope she reads this and thinks about how aa designers were slighted.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506567">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506567" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506567" class="dsq-comment-message">Or maybe she didn\'t like what the AA designers put out?  It could be as simple as that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506730">Carol Duhart</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506730" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe she wants designers who know how to design "upscale". Not every designer knows how to get it right.<br><br>In any case, such an attitude is very unprofessional. Michelle is not even obligated to wear new clothes, let alone clothes from a designer she is only using because its "politically correct".<br><br>The designers should have sent her sketches and samples, even done a private show for her to show how their designs can work with her new life. Complaints do not make up for lack of talent and sensitivity to her needs.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506822">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506822" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you know for a fact that the designers weren\'t prepared?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5510687" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5510687">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5510687" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5510687" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you know for a fact that they were prepared?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5507288" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5507288">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5507288" class="dsq-comment-message">If anyone was "slighted" it was Maria Pinto.<br><br>Michelle could have any design that she wants, so if she\'s not picking up the phone and calling this individual or Tracy Reese or Kevan Hall it could be that she just doesn\'t like their designs.  Doesn\'t mean she\'s against black designers, she just didn\'t like what they had for her. <br><br>I will repeat, I think it\'s "interesting" this individual decided to put Michelle Obama on blast to WWD about not wearing black designers but didn\'t put WWD, Vogue, Elle, Harper\'s Bazaar, In Style...hell LUCKY on blast for not showing black designers in their pages and not having black models in the books.  Any raggedy 24 year old white girl fresh from college with a sewing machine can get her dress made out of recycled thrift store clothes featured in the LUCKY magazine but they can\'t find any up and coming black designers?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506808" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506808">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506808" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope it was as simple as that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5510455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5510455" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5510455" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t doubt that many people felt slighted. Does the that Michelle and Barrack are Black automatically mean that someone who is also African American be a part of every aspect of what they do to feel represented? I\'m not saying that is what you are saying... I\'m asking to put the idea in the air- at which point is being critical about this one detail and perhaps  diminishing the multicultural sentiment of also including other groups in the day. There was LOTS of African Americans represented during the inauguration from Aretha Franklin to Joe Lowery, African American culture and tradition was represented, in my opinion very prominently...and I loved it.  But being critical over not getting a shout out in Michelle\'s clothing? Sounds like jealousy and greed to me and NOT AT ALL respectful or grateful for best representation of all- the First family.<br><br>Where is HER sense of community? Or is she defining community as only the African American community? He is the President of Cuban Americans, Asian Americans, white Americans, people with disabilities, etc.<br><br>She can feel slighted, or she can feel proud that other communities of color and less recognized designers were given a special opportunity. I\'m sad she chose the former.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505583">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505583" class="dsq-comment-message">I want Michelle Obama to wear more black designers.  I think she should.  <br><br>But, first and foremost it needs to be something she likes.  She doesn\'t need to be wearing no Gordon Gartrelle shit just to make some people happy.   She\'s not obligated to wear a black designer if she\'s not feeling their design.<br><br>And if this chick had designs that appealed to Michelle Obama, maybe she would wear them.  At any rate this chick should be permanently scratched off the list.<br><br>I mean, if a black designer really wanted to get ahold of Michelle Obama but perhaps their stuff wasn\'t in the store, they could have maybe pitched it to her via Desiree Rogers or Valerie Jarrett or Santita Jackson or somebody.  You know if they had a slamming design on and Michelle saw it she\'d be like "How can I be down?"  Both Jason Wu and Isabel Toledo were in the Ikram store so maybe she\'s going with Ikram\'s suggestions?<br><br>I wonder if this individual pitched a design to Michelle BEFORE she was on track to become First Lady?  nah, didn\'t think so.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505652" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505652">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505652" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505652" class="dsq-comment-message">While many of us here want Michelle to wear Black designers, Black designers have to keep themselves in the game by knowing that MIchelle Obama CANNOT be seen in \'edgy\' stuff. She can be seen in stylish and contemporary, but not \'edgy\'. That it has to have a hip, but conservative twist. <br><br>I love Tracy Reese, but I could only pick a handful of her things that I could see on Michelle Obama. <br><br>I think some of the Black tailors have a better chance with President Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506008" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506008">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506008" class="dsq-comment-message">How long has Mrs. O been FLOTUS - a whole two days, right??  <br><br>I say just  STFU and give the woman a chance to find her voice.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506339">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506339" class="dsq-comment-message">Denise:  VIRTUAL \'DAP\'!!    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506456">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506456" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle Obama has had her voice. I said don\'t let the Obama campaign handlers change her voice.  After all, this is the woman who was concerned about becoming successful and leaving the black community behind.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5508145">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508145" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508145" class="dsq-comment-message">I think White House culture is vastly different from life as a Senate spouse, or living in a suitcase on the campaign trail.  <br><br>I\'m gonna give her a chance to get acclimated.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508534" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508534" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5508534">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508534" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508534" class="dsq-comment-message">Does Whitehouse culture mean you can\'t select a black designer?    Doe s the culture mean you don\'t have to or does it mean you should wait until someone else tells you it\'s okay, or do not choose a black designer because you don\'t like their designs?  Your argument/position is all over the place.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508874" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5508874">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508874" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508874" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, maybe this will help:<br><br>1.  I am not angry she didn\'t wear a black designer\'s dress to her husband\'s Inaugural Ball.  <br><br>2.  I actually liked the dress she selected.<br><br>3.  MO will undergo a White House style transformation (like all the women who have preceded her) and her look will change to reflect her new role.  <br><br>4.  I have absolutely no reason to think her WH style will not showcase black designers.  <br><br>4.  I will give her time to make the style transformation.  <br><br>5.  I respect your right to disagree with me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5509128" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5509128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5509128">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5509128" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5509128" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t disagree with you and I don\'t understand what is that you disagree with about what I stated which was that I would have like to have seen a black designer in one of the slots and even before during the campaign.  My desire - that\'s it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5505989" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505989" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505989">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505989" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505989" class="dsq-comment-message">If a designer came at me with the "Why ain\'t you wearing me, oreo bitch?" attitude they would be at the bottom of the list.  This chick is just trying to Blagojevich Michelle.  She needs to take that funky attitude elsewhere.  Michelle should check into black designers but this individual should not be one of them.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506088" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506088">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506088" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506088" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll just co-sign because my first reaction when I read that article was nothing but 4 letter words.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506315" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506315" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506315">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506315" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506315" class="dsq-comment-message">OK! Instead of trying to put MO on blast, she should\'ve made a collection of sketches and sent them to her along with a nice note describing her vision for the FLOTUS and why her designs should be considered. That\'s what a REAL businessperson does. <br><br>And if I were one of the black designers she mentioned, I\'d be pissed!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506819" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506819" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506819">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506819" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506819" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah...that would have been the professional response.  michelle obama is not this person\'s relative...  someone should\'ve advised her to express her opinions in a dignified, professional manner or not at all.  all that bitching and complaining is straight up STUPID.  michelle obama is GUARANTEED not to wear any of her shit now!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5509231" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5509231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5509231">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5509231" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5509231" class="dsq-comment-message">Good point.<br><br>Whining to the press is not helpful.<br><br>Michelle Obama will be First Lady for at least four years.<br><br>Submit your ideas and let her decide.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506220" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506220" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506220">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506220" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506220" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree about \'edgy\'. Kevan Hall, B. Michael and Tracy Reese fit MO\'s style. But Stephan Burrow is too Studio 54.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506413" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506413" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506413">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506413" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506413" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve said all along that I thought she should support African American designers - I know one of them has something she can wear.  If she doesn\'t who will?  If a black won\'t support a black who will?  It\'s not a black thing - it\'s about give opportunity where it more than likely will not be given by main stream.  I think she could have gave at least one of those slots to a minority.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508526" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508526" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5508526" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508526" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508526" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe she\'ll sport Black designers during Black History Month.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508603" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508603" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5508603">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508603" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508603" class="dsq-comment-message">That would be obviously tacky.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5510453" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5510453" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5510453" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5510453" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5510453" class="dsq-comment-message">She could do a fashion history of Black America for the entire month of February. Complete with all the hairstyles.<br><br>I\'d so enjoy the 60s and 70s looks. <br><br>(wink)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5511664" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5511664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5511664">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5511664" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5511664" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you realize how infrequent Black faces have appeared in Vogue in the past?   I know you know the answer to that.<br><br>Yet Anna Wintour, and pratically the entire fashion industry has embraced the Obama family wholeheartedly.  And I think that it is a HUGE improvement.<br><br>Only now have we seen an emergence of minority women in the pages /covers of many publications like Vogue....and a lot of it is due to the "Barack and Michelle Obama effect."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506119" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506119">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506119" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506119" class="dsq-comment-message">BAA\'s frustration needs to be channeled to CFDA, and fashion magazine editors like Anna Wintour, Glenda Bailey and demand that black designers be given as much exposure as their white counterparts. <br><br>And have these designers sent sketches to the First Lady or Ikram Goldman, who has been working with her?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506299" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506299" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506299">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506299" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506299" class="dsq-comment-message">"BAA\'s frustration needs to be channeled to CFDA, and fashion magazine editors like Anna Wintour, Glenda Bailey and demand that black designers be given as much exposure as their white counterparts."<br><br>RIGHT!<br><br>This chick is whining to WWD about Michelle Obama not wearing black designers, but she ain\'t said one peep TO WWD about the lack of black designers and black models in their pages.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506563">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506563" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506563" class="dsq-comment-message">"If you want her to wear your sh*t, maybe you need to step up your game."<br><br>I bet money one of them had more game than that uglee gown she wore to the balls.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506722" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506722" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506722">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506722" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506722" class="dsq-comment-message">Obviously not since she didn\'t wear them.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506844" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506844" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506844">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506844" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506844" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think it\'s obvious since we don\'t know all the facts.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5507321" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5507321" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5507321">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5507321" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5507321" class="dsq-comment-message">No we don\'t know all the facts but we\'re prepared to claim that Michelle Obama is dissing and slighting black designers without those facts, right?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508177" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508177" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5508177">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508177" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508177" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not prepared to claim anything. I\'m stating that I wish she had worn a design by an up and coming black designer.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-5508484">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508484" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508484" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5508484" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508484" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508484" class="dsq-comment-message">And if the author had said it the way you just did....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508581" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5508581">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508581" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508581" class="dsq-comment-message">I wasn\'t supporting the author or her argument, the story took me back to early in the campaign when I hoped that she would choose some up and coming AA designers.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508361" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508361" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5508361">Denise</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508361" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508361" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>That was our moment.</i><br><br>No, it wasn\'t.  It was Michelle Obama\'s moment.  <br><br>\'Nuff said.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5503551" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503551">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503551" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:    It\'s a SMALL WORLD:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/23/japanese-use-obamas-speec_n_160260.html" rel="nofollow">Japanese Use Obama\'s Speeches To Learn English</a><br><br><i><b>TOKYO — Aspiring English speakers in Japan have made President Barack Obama\'s book of speeches and accompanying CD a national best-seller.</b><br><br><b>In Aichi, central Japan, a Buddhist monk has reportedly been playing the president\'s speeches during his temple service. <u>And dozens of students in an English-language class in Tokyo have been memorizing his 2004 Democratic Convention speech to improve their understanding and pronunciation.</u></b><br><br>"Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let\'s face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely," the students at Kaplan Japan school recited together Friday.<br><br>"The Speeches of Barack Obama" has sold 420,000 copies since its release on Nov. 20 _ an "unprecedented huge hit" for an English-language text, according to publisher Asahi Press.<br><br>Any book that sells more than 100,000 copies in Japan, which has a population of 128 million, is considered a success, and foreign-language publication sales rarely exceed 20,000, the publisher said.<br><br>Obama\'s book of speeches surged to No. 2 in Japan\'s main best-seller list this week, according to Hiroki Tomatsu, an official of Japan\'s largest book distributor Tohan Co. that publishes the ranking.<br><br>The 95-page book compiles Obama\'s speeches including the one at the 2004 convention, many from the party primaries, and his victory speech after he beat Hillary Rodham Clinton to secure the Democratic nomination. Each English-language transcript comes with a Japanese translation.<br><br>Although the simplicity of campaign speeches makes them an obvious choice as a language-learning tool, other American presidents have rarely been so feted.<br><br><b>"We don\'t publish every single president\'s speeches," Asahi Press official Yuzo Yamamoto said. "Would you buy the text of former President George W. Bush\'s speeches?"</b></i>         <b>  :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)</b><br><br>WHAT AN   -   <i><b>(Meiyo)</b> (=HONOR)</i>!!     :&gt;)<br><br>PRESIDENT OBAMA = A ONE-MAN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE!!   :&gt;)  <br><br><br>OOPS!        I\'m sure that you were EXPECTING <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYQovmtO06k&feature=related" rel="nofollow"><b>It\'s A Small World film clip Disneyland Ca </b></a><br><br>ENJOY!!!     :&gt;)       :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508451" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5508451" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508451" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508451" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn. <br><br>That\'s extraordinary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5503572" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5503572" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5503572">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5503572" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5503572" class="dsq-comment-message">Bernie Madeoff is killing us all. ACLU had money w/ him. read results here:<br><a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/01/madoffs_collateral_damage_the_aclu.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5504211" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5504211" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5504211" href="http://www.posro.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Taneshia</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5504211" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5504211" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.posro.com/blog/entry?id=35" rel="nofollow">http://www.posro.com/blog/entry?id=35</a><br><br>Obama Needs To Kick The Habit<br><br>by Roland Laird<br><br>Jan 23, 2009<br><br>CNN just reported that President Obama is going to get some type of supersleuth blackberry device manufactured by General Dynamics. I don\'t know about you, but the idea that the President shooting top secret documents back and forth on a PDA, scares the heck out of me. Honestly, I don\'t think something like this can be a unilateral decision, and I don\'t think government agencies should cave in to the full court press that team Obama can put on them. <br><br>I don\'t care how secure the thing is, and how much redundancy in communication there will be, the notion that Obama will be in communication mobilely with some of his closest friends, doesn\'t make a lot of sense to me. Will they have secure devices on the other side? Will they be NSA secure? What types of emails will be sent? If it really is that limited, what\'s the need for the President to have such a watered down mode of communication? I understand President Obama is a fan of "The Wire". If this is the case, didn\'t he learn anything from Stringer Bell or Marlo Stanfield\'s demise? Once you start talking on those mobile devices, anybody can be brought down. I guess in many ways, Obama has the Stringer-esque tendency to think he can outsmart any and everybody. For the sake of America, I hope Obama is as smart as he thinks he is. Still it\'s hard for me to believe that our President has such an obsessive personality. Honestly, for the next four to eight years, I\'d prefer that he ditched the Crackberry and went back to smoking.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5505306" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505306">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505306" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505306" class="dsq-comment-message">what year is this???<br><br>President Obama - keep your blackberry.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5505731" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5505731" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505731" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505731" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you!<br><br>He is keeping it. <br><br>What surprised me was the total lack of technology within the WH too.  If their IT department is half as diligent as ours (I work at a hospital), I just DO NOT get WHY?!   Personally, I think it\'s bullsh*t and is about control.  The Secret Service or WHO-ever wants to keep them in some kind of stupid bubble.  Isolation is NOT good.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5506043">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506043" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506043">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506043" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506043" class="dsq-comment-message">If we can put a man on the moon then there is no reason whatsoever for the technology within the White House to be stuck in the damn cold war.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5508196">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5508196" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5508196" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5508196">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5508196" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5508196" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign!!!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5506007">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5506007" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5506007" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5506007">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5506007" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5506007" class="dsq-comment-message">Apparently its 1963 and Soviet communists are going to hack into President Obama\'s blackberry and steal his NCAA March Madness picks. Imagine the uproar if folks find out he\'s picking UConn to win it all.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5505596">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5505596" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5505596" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5505596">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5505596" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5505596" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5517907">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5517907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5517907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5517907">Ishmael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5517907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5517907" class="dsq-comment-message">Its time for Mr Obama to get off the dime and get those girls the dog he promised them.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5496411">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5496411" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5496411" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5496411">jwarren</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5496411" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5496411" class="dsq-comment-message">Has anyone hear about the "Drunken Negro Head" Cookies, supposedly celebrating President Obama?  Just ridiculous. They still don\'t get it. For some reason, I"m thinking he voted for Obama. I know lots of NYC racist  "liberals" who voted for Obama because he  is "cool." <br><br><a href="http://gawker.com/5137787/bakery-celebrates-obama-with-drunken-negro-head-cookies?skyline=true&s=x" rel="nofollow">http://gawker.com/5137787/bakery-celebrates-oba...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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Dsq.Debug.profile(function() {
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		Dsq.container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.header() + Dsq.container.innerHTML + Dsq.Templates.footer();
	}
	Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML = Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
}); // Dsq.Debug.Profile

// HACK: Resetting cache because we're done with.
Dsq.Utils.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = null;


	
	
	var dsq_styleEl = document.getElementById(disqus_container_id);
	var dsq_anchorEl = document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
	
	Dsq.Thread.fc = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, 'color');
	if(dsq_anchorEl) { Dsq.Thread.ac = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_anchorEl, 'color'); }
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, (Dsq.Utils.ie || window.opera ? 'fontFamily' : 'font-family'));
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	Dsq.Thread.ac = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ac);
	Dsq.Thread.ff = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ff);

	
	
	
	if(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer)) {
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			Dsq.frames['reply_0'] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.textareaContainer));
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
				// Use fallback iframe
				Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer).innerHTML = '';
				var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer), null, {theme: theme});
				// if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
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			// DEPRECATED
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
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	}

	
	

	
	if(document.location.hash != '') {
		document.location.hash = document.location.hash.substring(1);
	}

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
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	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
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				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=jackandjillpolitics&t=friday_open_thread_370&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
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	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
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	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
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				code();
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			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
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// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
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		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
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	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
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				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
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			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
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}


	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

})();




