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Every mother wants her son to be successful.  Watching this mornings news conference has had to bring tears to her eyes.  Watching Dubba babble thru this news conference trying to defend his failed policies and grave  mistakes has to hard.<br><br>Can you believe his only regret about Katrina was where to land Air Force One&gt; OMG.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_10:54:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "5076481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/06/Poll_Low_approval_greets_new_Congress/UPI-73621231265577/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Poll: Low approval greets new Congress</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:42:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5076191, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5089542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Torino is the angry white man movie because non-whites have moved to his neighborhood. He then realizes they're not so bad but he's still angry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_04:49:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085123, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, it's the Republican Party, stil up to their DIRTY DEEDS with Coulter, Limbaugh, and Palin.  The rethugs who DON'T GIVE ADMISSION TO POC TO COME UNDER THEIR CIRCUS TENTS.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:20:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074175, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Was he pushing it or riding it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:27:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083601, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074437": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>cinematherapy</i> - love that! I'm going to have to start using that one...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:38:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074310, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Miranda,<br><br>Mr. Presley's story is so touching!  God Bless Him!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:58:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5080288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/index\" rel=\"nofollow\">Whoopi versus Coulter.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:50:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073423": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-Sign MsKitty!  Here are her words:<br><br><i>\"\"Almost everyone I've talked to said we're going to move to Houston. What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. (Said with concern.) Everybody is so overwhelmed by all the hospitality. And so many of the peoples in the arena here, you know, they're underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them.\" </i><br><br><a href=\"http://www.metafilter.com/44871/Barbara-Bush-insults-Katrina-survivors\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.metafilter.com/44871/Barbara-Bush-in...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:32:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073062, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Reminder: Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing begins tomorrow Jan 13 at 930.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:41:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "17d38a9bec20bbbf3fa16e256880eec2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "By Hucakbee himself?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:19:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5080387, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMG!  I was just describing the movie to my sister-in-law via email and compared it to my favorite movie of all time, City of God.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:50:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5079140, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've already read that comment on several blogs.  There is no way for Obama to make everyone 100% happy.  At least he is making an effort to make most people mostly okay with his actions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:05:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5078477, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074284": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Karmi,<br><br>You're a sore loser and it does not look good!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074175, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Those pictures made me giddy, and that was just with a stand in! And you are right, Derrick Brooks will have a story to tell his grandkids.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:47:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "b45f45c3d16eaa32e1783c1d1798a893", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5078518, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You've mentioned the Rich pardon, but what are your other oppositions to Holder?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:51:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5076277, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whoopi is calling her out to her FACE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:52:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074368, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is there a point in your gibberish?<br><br>btw. the U.S. is a mixed-market economy with plenty of socialist policies that the majority of the U.S. population likes -- even normal \"joe the plumber\" type republicans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:33:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMBAO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:19:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074356, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083171": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I guess folks think movies are made for free. They can complain all they want too about what movies are put in the theatres that are geared towards black folks.... but if nobody will actually go see The Great Debaters, The Secret Life of Bees or Akeelah and the Bee then don't get ya panties in a knot when they crowd the Magic Johnson theatre to see the latest MaDear movie. It is what it is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:24:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082727, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Movies are really a good barometer of what will appeal to the masses of black people...and unfortunately, we don't seem to want to go to see movies with compelling , thought-provoking themes. Maybe people just want a simple, don't have to think too much, comedy or the standard Morris Chestnut + Gabrielle/Sanaa/Taraji (take your pick) relationship story....I dont know...but its really not that there hasnt been a serious effort, heck...they can't MAKE us go to the threater, can they?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:15:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083497, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076014": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Effing A, I am waiting for the clip with baited breath.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:11:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074693, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074480": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No it's not a good look!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:39:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074284, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085861": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:22:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085548, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  Thank you.  :&gt;)<br><br>BUT it is OBVIOUS that IFFF one was doing GOOD while IN OFFICE, enough of that would have factored in in order to stave off that \"avalanche downfall in \"approval\" rating.<br><br>Annnnnd, doing the math:    27% \"Approval Rating\" <b>=</b> 73% <b>DISAPPROVAL RATING!</b>     Right?  :&gt;)    Perspective!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:13:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075738, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5071927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just finished reading a great \"fill in the blanks\" review of \"Not Easily Broken\" at What About Our Daughters: <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/92qrsc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/92qrsc</a> <br><br><i>\"Folks the damage Tyler Perry has done to Black cinema is unparalleled. It cannot be quantified. When you go to a movie and are just happy if the actors manage to make it through without becoming caricatures and give bonus points for no guns, no cross dressing, and no Ebonics, then we have truly reached a new low as we hurl towards the abyss.\"</i><br><br>I couldn't agree more!<br><br>Also: I have a new post up - \"Frodo, Prejudism, and 'Flight of the Conchords'\"  <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/9um7w4\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/9um7w4</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_09:22:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "5082680": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw that blogpost on WAOD. <br>How can indie black filmakers get investors to make movies that DON\"T have obligatory church clapping and \"where's mah man at?\" overtures?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:55:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "dadbe7e3312196048ad2153f599e6bb1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082399, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, fuckabee himself.   BOOYAH!!<br><br><a href=\"http://politikditto.blogspot.com/2009/01/mike-huckabee-gets-back-at-ann-coulter.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://politikditto.blogspot.com/2009/01/mike-h...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:33:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081109, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073981": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think her issue is that it is getting to the point where all of these movies seem to follow the same predictable plot points, same characters, and the same messages. Wouldn't it be nice to have a little more variety and wider range of perspectives? Perhaps there are other ways to approach the problems with black relationships, single-parent families, domestic abuse, etc. That's why I appreciated the post - plus her \"fill in the blanks\" were funny....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:10:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073837, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:42:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075103, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5072960": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He is pitiful!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:00:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5072896, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080886": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can't summon a reply worthy of such thoughts, so I'm turning it over to someone who can...<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZgVRJ-H8U\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mr. Moe Howard, the floor is yours</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:04:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5078762, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He speaks in loopy sentences similar to Sarah Palin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:55:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082724, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just saw on CNN.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:19:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081073, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  I've been trying ta post this ALL MORNING.  My computer kept getting jammed!  Whew!   :&gt;)<br><br><b>DAY -8 On His \"JOURNEY TO JANUARY 20, 2009!</b> Yaaaaaa!     :&gt;)<br><br>1.  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0109/Call_to_service.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Call to service</a><br><br>2.  HIS SCHEDULE:      <b>Monday Jan. 12, 2009</b><br><br>All Times Eastern7:00 AM\t<br>8:00 AM\t<br>8:15 AM\t<br><br>Celeb photographer Annie Leibovitz and her entourage arrive at Barack Obama's hotel.<br>9:00 AM\t<br>9:40 AM\t<br><br>Obama arrives at his transition office.<br>10:00 AM\t<br>11:00 AM\t<br>12:00 PM\t<br>12:20 PM\t<br><br>Obama leaves his transition offices.<br><b>12:30 PM\t<br><br>Obama meets with Mexico's President Felipe Calder\u00f3n at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C.<br><br>PHOTO<br>1:00 PM\t<br>1:53 PM\t<br><br>Obama addresses reporters after his lunch meeting with Calderon.</b><br>2:00 PM\t<br>2:40 PM\t<br><br>Obama returns to his transition office. <br><br>3.  <a href=\"http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/the_president-elects_plan/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The President-elect\u2019s plan</a><br><br><i>Last Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama gave a major speech outlining his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.<br><br>We asked some of the leading members of the Transition\u2019s policy teams to sit down and talk a bit about it\u2014why it\u2019s necessary, how it will work, and how we\u2019ll make sure it\u2019s as efficient and effective as it is bold.<br><br>We compiled their responses into a short video, touching on each of the major elements of the plan.<br><br>Watch the video now, and discuss it below:</i><br><br>4.  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/obama-guantanamo-preparin_n_157202.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Closing Guantanamo: Preparing Order In First Week</a><br><br><i><br><br>WASHINGTON \u2014 Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. That executive order is expected during Obama's first week on the job _ and possibly on his first day, according to two transition team advisers. Both spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.<br><br>Obama's order will direct his administration to figure out what to do with the estimated 250 al-Qaida and Taliban suspects and potential witnesses who are being held at Guantanamo.<br><br>It's still unlikely the prison would be closed any time soon. Obama last weekend said it would be \"a challenge\" to close it even within the first 100 days of his administration.</i><br><br>5.  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17357.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">House GOP invite Obama to caucus meeting</a><br><br><i>Barack Obama will address House Republicans shortly after his inauguration, a GOP leadership aide said Monday.<br><br>The new president will likely attend the weekly Capitol Hill caucus of the House Republicans within three weeks of being sworn in.<br><br>\u201cWe got an enthusiastic \u2018yes\u2019 from Rahm [Emanuel],\u201d said the GOP aide, referring to Obama\u2019s incoming chief of staff and a former House member.<br><br>House GOP leaders last week invited Obama to address one of their meetings, an appearance the Republicans says would be keeping with the president-elect\u2019s call for a new brand of politics.<br><br>\"In accordance with your campaign pledge to work in a bipartisan manner and change the partisan tone in Washington, D.C., we would like to extend an invitation to you to address a meeting of the House Republican Conference,\u201d wrote the eight members of the House Republican leadership to Obama in a letter dated January 9th.<br><br><b>The two parties meet separately each week the House is in session. President George W. Bush never made an appearance at the Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, but he did attend the House Democrats retreat in 2001, soon after taking office.</b><br><br>Much like Obama is now, Bush said at the time he was focused on fostering \u201ca civil tone in our discourse.\"<br><br>But after working closely with Hill Democrats on his education bill, relations between Bush and the congressional opposition frayed.<br><br>When Bush attended the same House Democratic retreat in 2007 \u2014 after Democrats had recaptured control of Congress \u2014 House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) noted that some in his caucus had been asking of Bush: \"Why is he coming?\u201d<br><br>Now, as both parties prepare to address the gasping economy, House Majority Leader John A. Boehner and his whip, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), say they want to find common ground with the president-elect.<br><br>\u201cHouse Republicans stand ready to work with you to restore economic prosperity in America, and we do not want partisan differences to stall achievement in those areas where we share common goals on behalf of the American people,\u201d the GOP leaders wrote.</i><br><br>6.   GETTIN' READY!!:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.wral.com/entertainment/story/4290222/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Networks have inauguration plans on screen and off</a><br><br><i>In all their planning to cover Barack Obama's inauguration as the nation's 44th president, television networks have paid particular attention to people who must spend their day in front of a computer.<br><br>CBS News has built a special inauguration Web site to show its coverage on Jan. 20. <a href=\"http://CNN.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNN.com</a> will have four live streams and will allow Facebook users to connect through its site. ABC is offering online archived speeches of past presidents. Fox News and MSNBC Web sites will both stream the inauguration live online.<br><br>\"There are a lot of people who are going to be captivated by the entire day, and a lot of them are not going to be able to have a television set in the office, or have access to a television,\" said Sean McManus, CBS News president. The online coverage \"has a much higher priority than it has in the past.\"<br><br>McManus has experience with the online audience of people who are supposed to be working; he's also president of CBS Sports, which streams the opening days of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.<br><br>The Facebook deal is part of how CNN is experimenting to find the right way to get viewers involved with the event, much like the debate it co-sponsored during primary season with YouTube, said David Bohrman, CNN senior vice president and Washington bureau chief. He senses that a lot of people on Jan. 20 will want to communicate with friends.<br><br>\"People are just trying to figure out the blend right now,\" Bohrman said. \"Everyone knows that there's something there, and this is an interesting step in the evolution. If you look at this moment in eight or 10 years it will be interesting to see what panned out and what went nowhere.\"<br><br>None of this means the networks are shortchanging their television plans. Like Election Night, a presidential inauguration is an event that has been in the planning for a long time and brings out the \"A\" team. It's even more so now, as Obama's installation as president caps a campaign that drew extraordinary interest from viewers.<br><br>\"For a news division, it is the gift that keeps on giving,\" McManus said.<br><br>CBS' daytime coverage on Inauguration Day stretches from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The network had originally planned to end it earlier, but its affiliates said they'd prefer more from Washington than the usual daytime talk shows, he said.<br><br>Besides the daytime ceremonies anchored by Charles Gibson, ABC will devote its entire prime-time lineup for the first time to the inauguration. For two hours, ABC will be on site at the \"Neighborhood Inaugural Ball,\" covering musical performances and the new president and first lady's first dance of the night. At 10 p.m. EST, ABC will track the other inaugural balls and report on the day's special significance for black Americans.<br><br>Brian Williams will anchor the daytime coverage for NBC and a live, one-hour special at 10 p.m. that visits several inaugural balls. CBS' Katie Couric will anchor a 9 p.m. EST special on Obama's journey to the White House, then do a live Webcast reviewing the day's events on <a href=\"http://CBSNews.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">CBSNews.com</a> and <a href=\"http://CNET.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNET.com</a>.<br><br>The networks are preparing for an inauguration event that may be larger than anything they've seen before, CNN's Bohrman said.<br><br>\"I don't think any of us realized how big this inaugural was going to be,\" he said.<br><br>Coverage of the event actually begins three days earlier, when CNN's Wolf Blitzer follows Obama's Saturday train ride from Pennsylvania to Washington. Blitzer and Anderson Cooper will be CNN's lead personalities for the inauguration.<br><br>On Fox News Channel, the inauguration will be the first big political event in years not anchored by Brit Hume, who has taken on a part-time role. Chris Wallace and Shepard Smith will be the main anchors, with Hume replacement Bret Baier getting both morning and evening duty.<br><br>Following its template from big political events last year, MSNBC will originate from an outdoor location on the National Mall, with Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and Eugene Robinson. CNBC airs an all-day \"CNBC Reports: President Obama & Your Money.\"<br><br>Jim Lehrer anchors PBS' inaugural coverage, with columnists David Brooks and Mark Shields among his panelists. PBS' \"NewsHour\" also has an extensive Web site with forums where voters can pose questions.<br><br>For those who want a realistic sense of being there, C-SPAN's four days of coverage marks major events with no narration.<br><br>The event has attracted some extraordinary TV attention, with networks like Nickelodeon, QVC, BET and TV One planning events. The night before the inauguration, The Disney Channel will air a concert honoring military families, \"Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future.\"</i><br><br>PLANS ARE BEING MADE FOR ERRYBODY TO WATCH THIS <b>HISTORICAL  and MOMENTOUS EVENT!!      :&gt;)      :&gt;)  <br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruidM0nfUdc\" rel=\"nofollow\">Crowd Cheer And Applause</a><br><br>WHEW!!  COMPLETED!!   ENJOY!!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:28:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081166": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow.  Even after all he's been through, still going strong with no bitterness.  What a story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:22:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5080288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  GREAT/MEMORABLE FIND!!   Thank you!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:56:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5080288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In regards to the GI bill, Bush THREATENED to veto it prior to signing it---so as far as signing it into legislation, Bush,  in my book, receives miniscule credit for that.<br><br>And then he had the nerve to mention the names of the likes of McCain and others who showed the starkest opposition to the bill, during the signing ceremony.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:16:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075738, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This made me laugh. Joe the plumber is now officially synonymous with stupid. Please enjoy! <br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/joe-the-plumber-fights-wi_n_157239.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/joe-th...</a><br><br><br>Joe The Plumber Fights With Israeli Reporter<br><br><br>Joe the Plumber has been reporting from Israel in his new position as Pajamas Media war correspondent.<br><br>The campaign trail celebrity went to war to correct what he saw as a glaring oversight in the journalism field: \"They're supposed to bring the news to you unbiased. They're supposed to actually report it and then let you make your opinion ... What I can provide are actual real questions and get real answers. I'm not talking manufactured answers, I'm not talking soundbites...And uh, not giving it any kind of slants.\"<br><br>Talking to reporters in Israel, Joe went even further, suggesting that journalists shouldn't be allowed anywhere near war zones: \"I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war (sic). I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what's happening day to day. You make a big deal out of it. I think it's asinine. You know, I liked back in World War I and World War II when you'd go to the theater and you'd see your troops on, you know, the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for them. Now everyone's got an opinion and wants to downer-and down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers.\"<br><br>[evita here ROFL: He asking for propaganda? That man is dense.]<br><br>It's not clear how this philosophy jibes with this exchange, transcribed by Firedoglake, where Joe tries to force an Israeli reporter to judge whether or not the country is \"bad.\"<br><br>    JOE: The story here is people are being killed and the media's slanting it and trying to make it Hamas is, uh, as far as, that Israel's being bad. Do you believe Israel is bad?<br><br><br>    REPORTER: Do I believe it?<br><br>    JOE: Yeah, do you?!<br><br>    REPORTER: I'm Israeli, so...<br><br>    JOE: So answer the question!<br>    Story continues below<br><br>    REPORTER: No, I don't think Israel is bad.<br><br>    JOE: Do you think Israel has every right to protect itself?<br><br>    REPORTER: Yeah.<br><br>    [pause]<br><br>    JOE: You do?!<br><br>    REPORTER: Yeah.<br><br>    JOE: Have you said that on air?<br><br>    REPORTER: I'm just a reporter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:58:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "apparently ann coulter is going to be on- TODAY", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:43:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074368, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Or, try this translation:<br><br>\"The Secretary of the Senate has determined that the new credentials presented today on behalf of Mr. Burris now satisfy Senate Rules and validate his appointment to the vacant Illinois Senate seat. In addition, as we requested, Mr. Burris has provided sworn testimony before the Illinois House Committee on Impeachment regarding the circumstances of his appointment.\"<br><br>Man, Blago handed us our asses.  <br><br>\"We have spoken to Mr. Burris to let him know that he is now the Senator-designate from Illinois and as such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a Senator-elect.\"<br><br>Obama told us we better seat that man if we know what's good for us.<br><br>\"As we worried all along, the Republicans are saying that Democrats caved and appointed Blago's hand-picked senator.\"<br><br>We're going to try to blame the Republicans on this.<br><br>\"As we had outlined to Mr. Burris, a path needed to be followed that respects the rules of the Senate. We committed to Mr. Burris that once those requirements were satisfied, we would be able to proceed. We are pleased that everything is now in order, we congratulate Senator-designee Burris on his appointment and we look forward to working with him in the 111th Congress.\"<br><br>We repeat: Blago handed us our asses.  Happy New Year and Congratulations to Sen.-elect Roland Burris.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:52:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082678, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_1143143O9\" rel=\"nofollow\">Oscar Grant shooting investigation nears conclusion&gt;</a><br><br>If that murderer is exonerated, the Bay Area--or at least Oaktown--is going to light up in flames. Johannes Mehserle, the perp, still hasn't been arrested for anything.  The inquiry went on without his input.<br><br>Wait until a fantastic lawyer breaks his ass down on the stand.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:17:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5072992": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Myth, I was all ears when it came to his Katrina explanation. He. is. so. darn. weird.<br><br>Nevertheless, I do not think that Barbara Bush regrets this offspring. I think that he is most similar to her than some of the others. She is one mean and dissin' human being. I think that he picked up her worst traits and flung those on the American people.<br><br>And, don't forget her revealing comment about Katrina folks...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:02:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5079140": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/off-topic-slumdog-millionaire-closing.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Off Topic:  Slumdog Millionaire Closing Credit Dance Video</a><br><br>Folks, this movie is the SHYTE.  If I can get my husband to watch this movie, because he was a City of the God movie fan, and him go purchase the soundtrack...then this movie deserved every award thus far, sweeping the golden globes.  It shows the true insight of poverty in India and emerges with hope.  A must see movie.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:18:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5072997": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That picture melted my heart, she is an absolute doll, I'm sure she'll treasure that picture when she gets older....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:02:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5071854, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5089553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ok but it made money!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_04:49:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086333, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:51:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077270, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5079146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:<br><br><b>HIS WATCH!</b>  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:19:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5078956, "depth": 13, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I beg to differ--we have the New Biggie Movie coming with Angela Bassett.  Angela wouldn't  attach herself to a crappy project.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:56:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082399, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075564": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:   ***shakin' my head**:&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>In which <b>DIRECTION</b> is his legacy(?) being shaped?<br><br>Annnnnnd, why didn't this information come out while he was IN OFFICE?<br><br>I'm just askin'. . . . .    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:45:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073378, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you hear Bush...He never thought he'd see the day a black man become President?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:04:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "(This was intended as a reply to blksista's 'Whoopi versus Coulter' post.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:18:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077471, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hear you on the math....<br><br>...but the flipside to that is the 110th Congress, led by two democrats, also had the lowest approval ratings in that organization's history.<br><br>Can we agree that, over at least the course of the last two years, neither the President or the Congress did that great of a job?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:18:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5076022, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gurrrrrrl, you know we gots to call this knee-grow out on his shenanigans.  <br><br>Go ahead and OOps up siide his HEAD!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_KmbW7TiB0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_KmbW7TiB0</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:35:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083434, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083768": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I honestly believe she's receiving a paycheck from the GOP to recite those memorized talking points. She's a female version of Armstrong Williams.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:04:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083357, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good grief, how many hustles does he have???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:02:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083601, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know he used to sleep with..ahem, date her...?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:15:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074839, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol@ \"where's mah man at?\"  That's a good question.  That one and the indie Black filmakers getting investors to make movies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:31:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082680, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085574": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "With the economy the way it is, people can't afford to throw down $10 to hang in one of his movie theaters, and Starbucks has been way past pricey.<br><br>I thought Magic knew how to hang on to his cash, but then again, he was the first Negro rented by the Clintons.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:01:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083769, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073545": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well...Between less physically active lives,  and the USDA allowing so much processed crap and hormones to be injected in farm animals that is no wonder we're in the shape we're in:<br><br>Top Army recruiter weighs fat camp for recruits <br><br>FORT JACKSON, S.C. \u2014 The Army has been dismissing so many overweight applicants that its top recruiter, trying to keep troop numbers up in wartime, is considering starting a fat farm to transform chubby trainees into svelte soldiers.<br>Maj. Gen. Thomas Bostick, head of the Army Recruiting Command, said he wants to see a formal diet and fitness regimen running alongside a new school at Fort Jackson that helps aspiring troops earn their GEDs.<br>Bostick told The Associated Press that obesity looms as \"a bigger challenge for us in the years ahead\" than any other problem that keeps young people from entering the military, including lack of a GED or high school diploma, misconduct or criminal behavior and other health issues such as eye or ear problems.<br>According to Defense Department figures provided to the AP, over the past four years 47,447 potential recruits flunked induction physicals at the nation's 35 Military Entrance Processing Stations because they were overweight.<br><a href=\"http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Military_Recruiting_Obesity.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/N...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:37:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well since you're peering into your crystal ball...tell me...do you see my middle finger?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:33:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074175, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh dear lord, Rent-A-Negro.    BWAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:22:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085574, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sepia:  Er    -um - - -   Respectfully, I believe that her last name is spelled- - - - <br><br>H-A-S-S-E-L-B-I-T-C-H.  <br><br>Otherwise, CO-SIGN on the /rant!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:30:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083164, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_11431439\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sorry, bad link for Oscar Grant shooting update.  Here's the right one.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:19:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I loved it in its simplicity. You never fail to acknowledge our humanity, BrownMan. That's one of the reasons I love reading your blog.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:47:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073338, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Isn't she a sweetie?<br><br>Goodness gracious, she is too precious!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:06:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5071854, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5116570": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Noelani:  ABSOLUTELY!!  SADLY!<br><br>Good ta HEAR from you!     :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-14_13:36:05", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5116275, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5093535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All this intrigue reminds me of a couple of life rules my Dad (thankfully) shared with me.  <br><br>The first is, <i><b>\"you will be surprised at the enemies you keep.\"</i></b>  In other words, sometimes your enemies are the very people who present themselves as your friends - just to clock your every move.  <br><br>The other is, \" <i><b> \"you'll be surprised at where your competition is coming from.\" </i></b>  This means that sometimes,without your knowledge, you're perceived as a threat by others for stuff you're not even aware of.  Sadly, this often comes from the most unlikely of places, like people you who don't even register on your radar, and about things you don't even care about.  LOL<br><br>That said, the high stakes game the PE is playing is much deeper than a potential professional rivalry by the Clintons.  I'm sure he already knows this.  <br><br>I know we all know this, but I just wanted to put it out there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_11:48:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081542, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082566": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've been hearing those ads on the radio. I feel like I'm in that movie \"Undercover Brother\" when they get the General to sell fried chicken. SMH. Not only is it bad for your credit score, it will take you longer to get your stimulus check as well. That will be worse for the people who are already hard up on money who would want to get these loans. I hate that this shit is targeted towards black people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:48:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082480, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't.  George W. Bush is very much his mother's child, as far as the total lack of empathy and selfishness.  To this day I still want to give that heifer a right hook over what she said about the Katrina survivors fleeing to Houston.  Let her live with the shame.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:08:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5072896, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nickwah22:  It's like  <b>MOOSE of a HERD!</b>  [Like \"birds of a feather!\"'  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:12:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084739, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5072043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why the GOP Fears Eric Holder. 2 Updates<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/17/12044/511/350/673939\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/17/12...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_09:32:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084848": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let me understand this....you were conversating with someone who frightened you? Where you afraid of this person?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:03:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084427, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Speaking of \"finger pointing!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/bushs-last-press-conferen_n_157042.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">FINGER-POINTING DEFIANCE</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/bill-clinton-pointing-finger.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/blog/2008/06/06/learn-to-control-your-finger-pointing/&h=500&w=347&sz=41&tbnid=xgJX2z62jk4gIM::&tbnh=130&tbnw=90&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpicture%2Bof%2Bbill%2Bclinton%2Bpointing%2Bhis%2Bfinger&usg=__NNkYxZZztrqAbioAHvj1y6qjeQo=&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Learn to control your finger pointing</a><br><br>I'm just sayin. . . .     :&gt;)<br><br>P.S.  This author also noted that Mr. P-EO points [as do many people]  BUT- he points to the side or upward.    <br><br><br>OOOPs!  I changed links 'caused Huffpost changed.    :&gt;)    :&gt;)  There usta B a pic of a \"pointin' SHRUB.\"   Oh -well!   Me & my \"technological skills\"  -  NOT!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Sorry.  :&gt;)<br><br>Oh!  NOW the video is not working so you could see his finger-pointing. **big sigh**  NOT my day!    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:46:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5116275": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am not surprised, remember we live in me, me, me times. It's all about self.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-14_13:19:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "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": 5082685, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, but who besides you paid attention to that detail? ;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:21:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5076055, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075129": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm talking about Bill Maher and Ann Coulter.<br><br>Don't say he ain't eclectic...but that's what he says.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:20:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075103, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Investors HAVE supported indie black filmmakers...but they've also seen the return on that investment. Beloved, Eve's Bayou, Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored - great movies that very few actually paid to go to a theatre and see.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:34:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082680, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Frightening in tow ways. First is intimidation, because he is very famous and  written Pulizter plays and a few movies and a very mean person now. He used to be a liberal now he's gotten very right wing and super pro Israel.  He seems indifferent to black people. Still, he's a giant in the business. Need more hints? (smile)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:25:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "dadbe7e3312196048ad2153f599e6bb1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084848, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083329": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kat:  Co-sign!   It's GETTIN' CLOSER!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:33:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5080604, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "One of my best movie lines ever was from Anthony Hopkins in 'The Edge' when he says to Alex Baldwin's character, \"never feel sorry for a man with a plane.\"  Borrowing off of that, never feel sorry for a woman whose husband and son were Presidents of the United States, especially one who helped produce the babbling idiot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:19:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5072896, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5072068": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Arlen Specter\u2019s grudge against Eric Holder... <br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/12/31447/2983/369/683049\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/12/31447/2...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_09:36:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074294": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lets talk about the failed Bush presidency.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:29:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074175, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMBAO!!!!!  Wise guy, why I oughta,  SAAA....LAP!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:52:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5080886, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I see both sides on Katrina. There was mismanagement, but it wasn't White House mismanagement.<br><br>And on Iraq....yeah, they did. He got the authorization to use force from them (and the UN, in a lesser known fact).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:31:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077466, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077714": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-balls-parties-schedules.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inaugural Balls, Parties, Schedules, Information.....</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:31:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cue the right wing going ape s--t.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:09:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077235, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lamh31:  WATCHIN'    Whooo!   Hoo!    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:31:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081073, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074139": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Eric Holder is not dirty, and he he WILL be confirmed.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:21:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073454, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076701": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "actually, I've never condemned the Clinton nomination.  <br><br>Call me naive, but I think the PE has given the Clintons an opportunity for public service that will, among other things, help clean up Bill's legacy.  <br><br>The rest is up to them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:46:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5076277, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076191": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:   Just SHOW me the published data - ratings.   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:22:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5076084, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GRANDSON OF SLAVES: OBAMA IS OUR MOSES<br><br>SLEDGE, Mississippi (CNN) -- James Presley stands amid chopped cotton, the thick Mississippi mud caked on his well-worn boots. A smile spreads across his face when he talks about voting for Barack Obama and what that might mean for generations to come. His voice picks up a notch. He holds his head up a bit higher.<br><br>\"There's a heap of pride in voting for a black man,\" he says.<br><br>At 78, Presley is a legend of the past living in the present and now hopeful for the future. A grandson of slaves, he's one of the few men left in America so closely tied to his slave past, still farming cotton on the same land as his ancestors. He's picked cotton since he was just 6 years old.<br><br>He and his wife of 57 years, Eva May, raised 13 children and six grandchildren in a cypress-sided house in the middle of cotton fields in northwestern Mississippi. He was a sharecropper most his life, but rarely qualified for food stamps.  <br>His father died in 1935 when he was 5, and he had to step up and be the \"Little Man\" of the house, a nickname that has stuck seven decades later.<br>He's lived a raw-knuckled life where hope moved at a molasses-slow pace. The last time he had hope for a better future was four decades ago -- first with President John F. Kennedy and then with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. <br><br>Obama has changed everything to the poor in these parts.<br><br>\"I'm a church man,\" he says. \"And I kind of figured this here is about like it was with Moses with the children of Israel. On that day, when he gets to be president, we're all going to be rejoicing.\"<br><br>Full story:<br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/grandson.of.slaves/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/grandson.of.sl...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:34:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078755": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:<br><br><br><b>HIS WATCH!</b>  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:10:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077712, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Harry, you're doing a heckuva job!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:38:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082678, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:19:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082480, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Y'all are all mean. Funny at times, but mean.<br><br>The article's simply asking if Obama is the right person to corral all the various factions that have started to come up/out since his election.<br><br>It's a fair question, even if the writer is obviously partisan (though I don't mind his politics, I know most others here wouldn't. Not to mention the tinge of racism and sexism in the article). In all fairness, though, it's probably too early to give an answer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:50:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074300, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/12/obama-climate-czar-has-socialist-ties/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama climate czar has socialist ties</a> - <i>\u2026one of 14 leaders of a socialist group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which calls for \"global governance\" and says <b>rich countries must shrink their economies</b> to address climate change.</i><br><br>It\u2019s amazing how stupid the Democratic Party\u2019s supporters are. Apparently they actually believe that the Communist/Socialist (Socialism is only \u201cone-step\u201d from Communism) agenda of the Democratic Party is going to somehow help them out, i.e. that the Big Gov\u2019t promoting Democratic Party is going to forcefully take from the \u201cevil rich\u201d and \u201cevil Big Corporations\u201d and give that money to them. <br><br>Problem is the Democratic Party is part of the World Socialism movement, and that movement eyes America as their main future source for funding, e.g. \u201c<i>rich countries must shrink their economies </i>.\u201d I have some bad news for the World Socialism movement: The Capitalists and Individualists \u2013 that the Communists/Socialists hate \u2013 have already started to shrink their businesses and investments since Obama was elected, and that shrinking is going to continue for quite some time.<br><br>BTW, for those who have never heard of the Ice Ages, \u201cman-made\u201d global warming is a hoax\u2026", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:10:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:   Ooooo-eeee.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKu0ZFZ7rp0&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?</a><br><br>O.K.  Agreed.    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:03:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5076481, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town, spot on a usual.<br><br>Can you have the movie directory printed up on bonded paper and have them placed in national weekend newspapers.  LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:47:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084947, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm with Miranda and Denise. I'm tired of being in a damn near empty theater with thinking Black movies. It pisses me off. <br><br>I'm STILL mad about Akeela and the Bee. <br><br>STILL MAD about it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:58:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086062, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073648": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well there were certainly a lot of nice pics in that document.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:46:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073378, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077235": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/gene-robinson-gay-bishop_n_157076.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gene Robinson: Gay Bishop Giving Obama Inauguration Prayer</a><br><br>From Huffpo:<br><br><i>New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, a vocal gay rights leader, will open President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration with a prayer on Sunday's kick-off event at the Lincoln Memorial.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:01:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084412": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFLMAO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:33:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083556, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5079295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah\"   I thought, 4 sure, that \"young man Damen Weaver\" would get his \"interview\" with Mr. P-EO.  Timing!   :&gt;)<br><br>A report is coming up on MSNBC.  We'll C.   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Well he got his PRESS PASS annnnd his pass to the parade!   CLOSE!   :&gt;)<br><br>Good on him!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:23:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075775": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Myth:    Aaaaaa-man!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:57:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073738, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He was in rare form for public review this morning. He is trying very very hard to come off as some normative human being. Think about it, he's being compared to Barack: a smart, sensible, compassionate human being who is black.<br><br>And, George Bush helped to spawn the conditions so we could end the nightmare.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:12:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073008, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075205": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In order to that, more of US need to be in positions to greenlight and distribute films. Until then, we're at their mercy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:26:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073981, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081862": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Praise the LAW.  On to the the INAUGURATION OF THE 44TH POTUS!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:05:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081421, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A very frightening thing said to me by a very frightening CAUCASIAN misanthrope-playwright in NYC is that white people and black people are equally ignorant and stupid. However, since there are more white people, there are proportionally more white people in a minority  who \"aren't Philistines\" and who could support certain types of arts and films as patrons and as audiences than the same group of more \"educated\" black people. This person is pretty famous and used to be an idol of mine until he started getting gruff and mean. <br>However, do you think he has a point?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:37:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "dadbe7e3312196048ad2153f599e6bb1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083910, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080846": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, and you know what they say.  Once you go Black.......<br><br>Just sayin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:01:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075265, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "While I am not that big a fan of Tyler Perry movies (for different reasons-I think there is so much potential to tell about our stories, and Mr. Perry does not take advantage of that potential.)  I do, however,  give him credit for providing a different look at our lives than so many of the movies that have Black casts in which criminal activities are glorified.     <br><br>However, here is a link from today's NY Times about Black directors looking beyond their niche.  In addition to Spike Lee and Tyler Perry, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Darnell Martin are also discussed.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/movies/11seym.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/movies/11seym...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:24:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "6d7d49072a27d86f59ab4d7ced4a8012", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5071927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084947": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The movie studios are only going to put the money into the same formulaic movies that are being churned out time and time again.  <br><br>For the white man, they'll make the same Matt Damon spy thriller.<br><br>For the white woman, they'll make the same Kate Hudson, Jennifer Anniston whiny chick flick.<br><br>For the masses (regardless of race) they'll make the Will Smith action flick.<br><br>For the (white) kids, they'll make the same kids' action movie or animated critter/object movie.<br><br>For the white girls, they'll make the same Disney stars' movie.<br><br>For the family they'll make the same lovable dog(s) movie.<br><br>For the black masses they'll make the same Snoop Dogg / Katt Williams shuck n buck or a Cedric the Entertainer + Queen Latifah/Mo'Nique Yo Man/MMm Chile movie.<br><br>For the black women, they'll make the same Madea / Morris Chestnut-Gabrielle Union movie. (in the 90s, it was the same Eddie Murphy/Bill Bellamy + Halle Berry movie with Robin Givens as the villain lol)<br><br>When they want a serious black drama, they make the same Lawrence Fishburn / Angela Bassett movie or a strugglin' in the hood with gangs & drugs movie.<br><br>When they want to show a serious movie with young black people, it's always a struggling in school movie***<br><br>When they want to show a movie with Hispanics it's always a drug lords / crawling 'cross the border / Mariachi singing type movie.  That's why they pack their stuff on DVD.<br><br>When they want to show a movie with Asians, it's always a Jet Li / Jackie Chan karate choppin', broken Engwish type of movie.<br><br>***When white people want to pat themselves on the back, they release the \"white teacher goes to the hood and straightens out the black/latino kids movie.\"  It's about time for one of them to be release, I haven't seen one in a while.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:11:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084427, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073454": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Too damn bad for Eric Holder. He prostituted himself for the Clintons signing off on a warrant for a man considered a traitor by the Jusice Department. It will not be saving grace to see him cop a plea and take the Clintons with him. It's what you get for playing w/ scorpions.<br>As to political corruption under the Republicans I'm sure PE Obama can find a competent  replacement with a lot cleaner", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:34:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5072043, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was JUST going to post this!<br><br>I think this is enormous. I wonder of Rick Warren will protest by NOT offering his services.  lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:06:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077235, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Looking at the second document (quick scan), a lot of it is talking points. I would've prefered more (unclassified) details as to the \"how\" these things happened, because that's really going to drive whatever vindication takes place in history.<br><br>Something interesting: no mention of his signing of the post 9/11 GI Bill, which is probably the BIGGEST thing he's done for veterans in his term. Yes, a democrat (Webb) was mostly responsible for it, but Bush did sign the legislation. Missed opportunity there.<br><br>So, long/short....it doesn't appear to be much anyone hasn't heard before, which makes the title of that second one somewhat misleading.<br><br>More detailed read to follow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:55:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075564, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Clip not up yet.  Will post when available.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:27:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "6d7d49072a27d86f59ab4d7ced4a8012", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074906, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "clips, please?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:05:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074368, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082399": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler, Revolutionary Road, Rachel Getting Married, etc. Quality flicks. <br>What do we have? TD Jakes and Tyler Perry. <br><br>Mad Men, 30 Rock, John Adams.<br>What do we have?  Chance...and House of Payne and Meet the Browns.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/01/not-easily-broken-a-fill-in-the-blank-movie-review-prize-give-a-way/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/01/no...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:35:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "dcf2c9ce3819616f8ba0ca48c54519c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 23, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course, someone <i>would</i> have to come and try and explain why the Congress' approval rating stunk.<br><br>Neither the Congress or the President did much for a majority of the country to be proud of over the last two years. End of story. Assign whatever reason you'd like, though I'm sure they'll all begin with \"Republican\" and end with \"Bush.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:35:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5079350, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083426": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:42:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083322, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How can we miss you if you won't go away?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:27:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074175, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081381": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Woo Hoo!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:36:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081073, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Major Co-Sign on the Hasselbitch!<br><br><br>&<br><br><br>Ann Coulter has man features!  No femininity....Nowhere!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:17:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083277, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083434": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dang, you are all up IN my head...I was JUST about to post that Magic needs to be slapped upside the head over this bull!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:40:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083125, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "goldenstar:   HEY!   :&gt;)<br><br>Watching he \"ACT\" this morning 2.  Uh!   Uh!  Uh!  **shakin' my head***<br><br>WHERE was THIS PERSON for the PAST 8 YEARS????<br><br>Additionally, he continues to be PERSON #1 this morning when he stated that he WAS NOT going to release the rest of the $350 Bil. UNTIL he was ASKED [TRANSLATE \"BEGGED\"] to do so.   ARRRRGGGGG!!<br><br>\"LEOPARDS - - - - SPOTS!\"  DON'T CHANGE!!    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:56:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073154, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She doesn't think, Sepia she presents the talking points. <br><br>Please see that D considerately shared 100 accomplishments (gag) of the Bush Administration... way below.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:37:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083164, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074532": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rofl", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:43:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074356, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Look I argue all the time part of being part of America is being able to make the same mistakes, have the same sins, et al as the majority but you have to pay for them too. Eric Holder goes beyond the pale. He deliberately chose not to do his job. It was nonfeasance to hide the Clintons malfeasance of selling pardons. There is no difference between the Clintons and Blago. Each has the authority and legal power to do what they did. The Clinton's unlike Blago were overrode the law to give the traitor Rich a pardon.<br>Now everyone whom is screaming for the Clinton's head at the hearing for Sec of State is going to receive a preview of it but chooses to look the other way for Eric Holder. I think analytic thinking has bolted on this issue if you think you can separate these issues.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:29:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "392ea94bd7ad166c39d81d49ad47bd51", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074922, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5079350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Congress didn't get much done because of the obstructionist Republicans.  The Republicans set a RECORD for the most filibusters in a two year period.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:25:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "ebecbd3d000916c390820264bf726d5c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5076084, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town!    Town!    Town!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>U   R     A   GREAT TRANSLATOR of - - - \"<b>BS-SPEAK!!</b>   LOL!!!<br><br>Thank you!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:18:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083578, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!!!<br><br>That's my problem with throwing around the \"lowest approval ratings\" statistic, cause both organizations-of late-did bad jobs.<br><br>And, if the start to the 111th is any indication, they might end up worse. You can't argue with/hold legislation from a popular sitting president and not expect to take some flack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:08:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077228, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign, Myth, everything is indeed in DIVINE ORDER.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:30:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073738, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No idea -- I wonder too. Coulter adds nothing new -- she just puts offensive commentary on top of long-dead issues. <br><br>Conservatives are doing themselves a disservice by allowing the Coulter-Limbaugh types to continue to hold cache with their elites (the rank and file folks who actually vote don't seem to pay that much attention to coulter-limbaugh -- both of them where feverently anti-McCain).<br><br>Most of the time she is just offensive, without even bringing up interesting points. She got bitch-slapped on Huck-a-fraud over the weekend as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:36:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077471, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082678": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Funny from Marc Ambinder, but so true!!<br><br>Burris, Blago Win<br>12 Jan 2009 04:27 pm<br><br>A joint statement from Senate Majority Leader Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin, annotated.<br><br>\"The Secretary of the Senate has determined that the new credentials presented today on behalf of Mr. Burris now satisfy Senate Rules and validate his appointment to the vacant Illinois Senate seat.  In addition, as we requested, Mr. Burris has provided sworn testimony before the Illinois House Committee on Impeachment regarding the circumstances of his appointment.<br><br>Wow, did we mess this up. The guy just did an end-run around all of us. We expected him to be Blago-like, but he wasn't. He was senatorial. Agreeable. Maybe he can win...uh, downstate. And .. we messed up the racial politics of this big-time.  So... in order to save some face, we'll just create a procedural defense: we always intended to seat the guy, but his paperwork wasn't in order.  <br><br> \"We have spoken to Mr. Burris to let him know that he is now the Senator-designate from Illinois and as such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a Senator-elect. <br><br>We apologized. <br><br> \"Accordingly, barring objections from Senate Republicans, we expect Senator-designee Burris to be sworn in and formally seated later this week.  We are working with him and the office of the Vice President to determine the date and time of the swearing-in.<br><br>As we worried all along, the Republicans are saying that Democrats caved and appointed Blago's hand-picked senator.<br><br>\"As we had outlined to Mr. Burris, a path needed to be followed that respects the rules of the Senate.  We committed to Mr. Burris that once those requirements were satisfied, we would be able to proceed.  We are pleased that everything is now in order, we congratulate Senator-designee Burris on his appointment and we look forward to working with him in the 111th Congress.\"]<br><br>This has been an enormous distraction. Obama's annoyed with us. Other senators are annoyed with us. The black caucus is annoyed with us. We need to move on, and quickly. Why didn't we go with a special election, again? <br><br>###<br><br>Permalink :: TrackBacks (0) :: <br>Share This <br><br>TrackBack<br>TrackBack URL for this entry:<br><a href=\"http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/40659\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/mt/mt-tb.cg...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:53:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082953": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Agree, Robert M, I saw the commercial this weekend.  Here's a link to the announcement of Johnson agreeing to be Hewlitt 's spokesperson.  WTF is wrong with him?  <br><a href=\"http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/11-13-2008/0004924940&EDATE=\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACC...</a><br><br>I also found a letter from a resturant to Hewlitt.  Interesting read  see link below.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nationalrestaurantassociation.com/pressroom/print/index.cfm?ID=720\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nationalrestaurantassociation.com/pr...</a><br><br>You know he's targeting the less fortunate blacks.    Hewlitt didn't sign him on because he's cute and cuddlely.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:14:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082480, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It has been Diving Providence since Obama ran for his first office.  Nothing could have stopped it and the right circumstances were put into place which includes Bush's failed policies.   Now we wait to see how the Lord uses him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:50:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073362, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/burris-will-be-sworn-in-by-end-of-week.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Roland Burris will be sworn in by the end of the week</a><br><br>AMEN, let's move on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:37:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL. I printed them both out to read on the commute.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_10:53:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073648, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm surprised \"My Pet Goat\" wasn't in there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:46:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073648, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/go-ahead-say-nigger.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Go ahead say nigger:</a> Looking at the desire of whiteness to nigger.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/presidential-eye-candy.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Presidential Eye Candy:</a> Looking at the reduction  of Michelle Obama to fashion symbol and ignoring the work that she is going to do as first  lady.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:53:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084500": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hear you, Robert.  <br><br>Let's see how this turns out.  The PE has passed ball into someone else's court ... and urrybody  is grown  ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:41:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081542, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope that little girl's family gets a real live print of that photo. What a beautiful little girl she is and what a fantastic thing, to be held in Obama's arms as a little princess baby.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:09:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great commentary.  I hate to pin so much on one man and his family, but I hope that seeing Obama as an example we can get over that \"reading, striving for good grades = acting white\" nonsense.  Maybe it will be cool to be smart again.<br><br>Changing the subject, I hadn't seen Bill Cosby in awhile and I was shocked at how old he looks in that picture.  I guess it's that disconnect where you don't expect your childhood icons to age, even if you're middle-aged yourself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:28:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073338, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  CO-SIGN.  Thanks for the reference!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:57:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073423, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076320": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To, precious!  We could be looking at the future POTUS!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:31:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075371, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi there!<br><br>That little baby looks like Sasha at that age..... how cute!!<br><br>Babies are just so calm and peaceful with him...I have seen many photos of Barack with babies and they always seem to pick up on his gentle spirit...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:33:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "53e8f8217bdc58ee1a6eb9100e6b6835", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083497": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Agree.  Miranda, you BEE bringin it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:48:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083171, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He shaved his Adam's apple so he could pass and insult trannies everywhere.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:56:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083944, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:47:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you, Miranda!<br><br>Sadly, I know of folk who were too \"busy\" to take their kids to see <i> Akila and the Bee </i>, but made damn sure they saw <i> Soul Plane. </i> <br><br>&gt;:-/<br><br>A black  First Family ain't gonna fix this foolishness, y'all.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:37:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083322, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Robert M:  Good find!   He ought ta B   ASHAMED of himself!!  HE KNOWS the financial danger of THIS KIND OF TRANSACTION!! <br><br>WHY!     WHY!     WHY!!!<br><br>I know!   The ALMIGHTY DOLLAR!!   WHEW!!!   THIS IS MADDENING!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:53:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082480, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082480": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Magic Johnson needs a meeting w/ the Drop Squad for his irresponsible behavior and bad advice. this is going tohurt alot of people.<br><br>I just saw a commercial for HewlittJackson. In it Magic suggested you take a loan against your income tax refund. The loans are more expensive than payday loans and are not capped. Taking these loans no matter what your financial situtation is just giving money away and potentially ruining your credit score if you can't pay it back. In a time of paying down debt there is no reason to hurt yourself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:42:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5079411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Crossing the railroad tracks amid a new time in history<br><br>Excerpt:<br>Let me tell you about Mary Dowden, an 80-year-old granddaughter of a slave. She told me that in the late 1960s she owed a local clinic $20. She started to walk through the front door, but it was slammed in her face. A white woman shouted mean, hateful things at her. Dowden wouldn't repeat the words to me, because she's too dignified.<br><br>But Dowden was determined to pay off her $20 debt by walking through the front door without breaking down in tears. She tried several times over the years, but each time she started to walk to the clinic the tears would start flowing.<br><br>It took four years. But she finally marched through the clinic's front door, her head held high, and paid her bill. There were no tears. That, my friends, is a portrait of courage and pride of an American hero.<br><br>And in a sign of just how complicated race relations are here, Dowden said that years later when the woman who slammed the door in her face died, she cried again. She had always liked the lady deep down inside.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/crossing.railroad.tracks/index.html?iref=werecommend\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/crossing.railr...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:29:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077364": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "See Sherri get all upset when Ann Coulter disrespected Barbara Walters?  <br><br>Whoppi was trying REALLY hard to not say what she WAS REALLY thinking. I wish this convo happened on cable. AC needs to be READ for her racist and intellectually flawed assertions. She needs someone able to say \"bitch please...\"  who would be the ideal Black FEMALE intellectual who WOULD go there?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:11:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077004, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5092726": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>***When white people want to pat themselves on the back, they release the \"white teacher goes to the hood and straightens out the black/latino kids movie.\" It's about time for one of them to be release, I haven't seen one in a while.</i><br><br>When I went to see \"Dreamgirls\" a couple of years ago there was a trailer for one of those movies (I think Hillary Swank was in it).  Much jeering and booing ensued and if the lights were up I might have seen some eye rolling too.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_10:53:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084947, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:31:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073648, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Joe The Plumber Files First Report From Israel On Gaza Crisis</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/11/joe-the-plumber-files-fir_n_156978.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/11/joe-th...</a><br><br><i>SDEROT, Israel \u2014 Joe the Plumber has set aside his wrenches to become a rookie war correspondent, covering Israel's side of its two-week-old military offensive in Gaza.</i><br><br><i>The Ohio man, who rocketed to fame during the U.S. presidential campaign for asking Barack Obama about his tax plan, was in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Sunday to tell readers of the conservative <a href=\"http://pjtv.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">pjtv.com</a> Web site about the rockets that rain down from the neighboring Gaza Strip.</i><br><br><i>The people of Sderot \"can't do normal things day to day\" like get soap in their eyes in the shower, for fear of rockets, said America's most famous plumber, whose real name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher.</i><br><br><i>\"I'm sure they're taking quick showers,\" he said. \"I know I would.\"</i><br><br><b>Wurzelbacher's status as a rookie was evident when he stood in front of a pile of spent rockets and said: \"I have thousands of questions but I can't think of the right one.\"</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:55:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes.<br><br>Thus ends another episode of \"Short Answers to Dumb Questions\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:30:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074175, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084138": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi Karmi - how's it hanging?  <br><br>Blessings to you and yours.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:30:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5078762, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just dont know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:40:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077471, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Baratunde:  -Er- -  -   -um- - -   Did you say something about <b>RACIAL PROFILING?</b>    :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/french-group-uses-obama-d_n_157226.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">French Group Uses Obama 'Double' To Highlight Racial Profiling</a><br><br><i><br><br><b>PARIS \u2014 A French black group is parading a Barack Obama-lookalike at the lower house of parliament and in Paris in a campaign to highlight its concerns about<u> alleged racial profiling by police in France.</u></b><br><br>After a stout \"Yes We Can!,\" American actor Michael Lamar met lawmakers at the National Assembly for Monday's start of a media blitz by the Representative Council of Black Associations.<br><br>For years, the group, known by the French acronym CRAN, has raised questions about a country that has championed a colorblind standard that sees all citizens as just French, regardless of ethnic origins _ and where collecting racial data is banned.<br><br>The group wants a meeting with Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie to discuss a survey it commissioned last year that showed \"visible minorities\" say they get stopped by police more often by police than other people.<br><br>Playing along after meeting Lamar, Green party lawmaker Yves Cochet said: \"The presence at our side of 'Mr. Obama' is the sign that France should become as generous and egalitarian as the United States can be.\"<br><br>Lamar, a San Francisco native who now lives in Philadelphia, was being taken _ dressed neatly in suit and tie _ to a police station and other parts of the capital, and CRAN was filming the reactions of passers-by for an upcoming publicity spot, the group said.<br><br>The videos were also planned \"to prompt dialogue on these issues that expose the backwardness of our country and its decision-makers when public opinion is concerned,\" it said.<br><br><b>Interior Ministry spokesman Gerard Gachet said French police do not stop people based on ethnic or racial backgrounds, and it would be \"unthinkable\" that such a policy could ever be put in place.</b></i><br><br>Mr. President-Elect Obama - - REPRESENTIN'   in PARIS!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:49:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083164": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I got a rant ya'll. <br><br>Re: The View<br><br>Did anyone see the entire show today? Something pissed me off a little more than Ann \"Afghan Hound\" Coulter's mindless dribble.<br><br>During Hot Topics, Elisabitch Hasselbeck was going on and on about her visit with Bush at the White House, and how such a wonderful president he has been, blah, blah fukkedy blah. However, this wench couldn't make it her business to visit Walter Reed? <br><br>This heffa goes on and on about how we should support the troops and insinuates that if you disagree with the war, then you're against the troops, made it seem like Rosie O'Donnell thinks the troops are terrorists.....etc., but she couldn't find the time to visit the troops at Walter Reed? <br><br>Rant off.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:26:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OIC...yes, it would be nice. I did not go to the link..let me go see it.<br><br>Variety is nice .it's just that I think he uses a formula just like they do for teen movies like LegallyBlonde and 10WaystoLoseAGuy and the reason is because it is profitable.<br><br>Folks like feel good movies without too much sex, or violence but very relationship oriented and fun.  That is the hook and people pay to see that.<br>A little humor and wit go a long way to making an afternoon of cinematherapy worth it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:28:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073981, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075265": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know.....that's why I said \"But, she's white\".  :-D", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:29:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075129, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I really agree with you.  He would served himself better to have continued to stay out of the media's line of  criticism.  Now his last week in office there is going to be a discussion of what he said he did and the media revealing what actually was.  BUT they might show pity on him and move on, everyone pretty much has Bush-fatigue.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:57:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073330, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:30:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073062, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-celebration-on-hbo.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inaugural Celebration on HBO</a><br><br>Jan 18th, celebs reads like a \"Who's, who....\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:11:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073810": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Holder is a good man. He will make an awesome AttyGen. There is not one professional out there who has not made an error in judgement. Holder is not the sum of his mistakes.<br><br>He is a man of strong integrity and he has apologized and said he regrets that he dropped the ball on that. He accepted accountability.<br><br>Holder brings far more in terms of his legal career to the table than that pardon.<br><br>He will make an excellent Atty General.<br><br>Arlen Spector can go jump...he was the one that let the Patriot Act pass with that mess about interim AG's being at the DOJ in perpetuity without ever having to be confirmed. Which is how Rove and them politicized the DOJ and  prosecuted opposing party opponents like the Governor in AL as well as firing Inglesias. Not to mention slotted all these incompetent ATTy Gen's all over the country with degrees from that religious college that Ashcroft taught. It was jsut a disgrace.<br><br>So, Spector has no ground to stand on. With him at the held the entire DOJ was practically dismantled and there was pervasive injustice and selective prosecution to disenfranchise voters with the claim of 'voter fraud' which was nothing more than a vile attempt to steal votes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:57:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073454, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075859": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't wait to hear all her dirty laundry called out.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:00:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075475, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  4 words:  <b>A    -    DOR   -    A   -    BLE!!</b>      :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>OOPs!   I  4-got:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WzocbSd2w\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)</a><br><br>ENJOY!    :&gt;)       :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:00:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5071854, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": ":) I saw it. LOL<br>Sherri looked like she wanted to smack her.<br>I have to make sure I get tickets to see her and Bill Maher going at it. Is anyone else from Chicago going to the Speaker Series? I'd love to meet with some people and discuss the Maher/Coulter match-up afterwards.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:59:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "OhPuhleezee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074368, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073816": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oops!  DIVINE PROVIDENCE I mean.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:56:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073738, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:58:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073738, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Little MAN has a BIG HEART.    What dedication, determination, and devotion he has towards life.<br><br>Great share, Miranda.  Thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:11:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5080288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah baby!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:14:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081862, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Bill Clinton could have gotten a blow job from any number of women whom would have kept their mouths shut to the public or friends reveling in what ever got them off about it.\"<br><br>-Of course, if those women had kept their mouths shut, Bill Clinton would never have gotten a blow job.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:51:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081542, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5079463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:32:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074420, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ah...That pic was your request!<br><br>She's a doll. You know those cheeks are too kissable!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:07:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075371, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"They take pride in their ignorance.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:00:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073787, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks for posting the pic Rikyrah!!! :o)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:34:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But <b>THEIR VOTE!</B> :)</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:13:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5078755, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073837": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I like Perry's movies. Diary of a Mad Black woman and Why did I get Married were very good. So, was Daddy's Little Girls.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:00:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5071927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5076398": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ditto, MsKitty.  And I'll give her a LEFT HOOK!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_14:36:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073062, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you notice all of his errors were viewed as though from the perspective of a PR professional? The prob with katrina was that he shoud have landed, but if he had landed you gotcha media types would have been all over me for that instead... The image-based presidency reduced this man's horizons to a world of news clippings about his name. For a man who didn't care about criticism, it seems that that's as far as he could think.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:25:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "johnmulligan", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5072992, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Something pissed me off a little more than Ann \"Afghan Hound\" Coulter's mindless dribble.\"<br><br>You hit on the head-- she does look like an Afghan hound!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:23:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Trumystique", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083164, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074869": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:03:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074115, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5080503": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Some more \"dap\" exchanged between Mayor Fenty and PE Obama in DC. It's the last 2 seconds of the video.  Check out \"American Exception\" & click on the enclosed link.<br><br><a href=\"http://americanexception.typepad.com/american_exception/2009/01/and-i-suppose-this-is-the-terrorist-handshake.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Exception</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:42:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "db31f0276ac24ac4d7bb797ea36feb8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b> \"Kiz-oh siz-zine \"</b>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:42:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081421, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"One brown man cooking pancakes. Two brown skinned teenaged girls eating pancakes at the other end of the kitchen island. One brown skinned woman reading the paper at the breakfast table. One brown skinned president elect on the TV droning on about his plans for America. And one brown haired dog staring up at all of us, hoping someone would give him a piece of sausage.\"<br><br><b><a href=\"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2009/01/our-magic-wand-in-age-of-obama.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Our Magic Wands In The Age Of Obama</a></b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:25:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "BrownManATL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But, she's white.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:18:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5075069, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damn, and I've been an Eastwood Fan from way back when \"Unforgiven\" allowed Morgan Freeman to chuck home an Oscar for a role in a western that didn't have a brotha buck dancing or hollering \"Where all de White Wimmen at?\", but \"Gran Torino\" is beyond the pale and I can't support Eastwood's efforts.<br><br>Especially since he crossed the color line a few years ago when he married Dina Ruiz (she's African-American/Latina) - I'm wondering how the hell he felt it was time for him to play a flaming BIGOT?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:05:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085123, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm all for fair questions but Karmi never comes here to engage in a genuine dialogue, but just to taunt and pick fights.  So he/she/it gets dealt with accordingly IMO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:02:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074664, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whoopie is on \"The View\" giving it to Ann Coulter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:32:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "6d7d49072a27d86f59ab4d7ced4a8012", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "5085123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "***When white people want to pat themselves on the back, they release the \"white teacher goes to the hood and straightens out the black/latino kids movie.\" It's about time for one of them to be release, I haven't seen one in a while.<br><br>I'm pretty sure Gran Torino is that movie.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:22:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084947, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086149": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I haven't seen it but it seems like the protect your property from the brown people - they're taking over movie.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:43:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085123, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I do not think you're naive. I just do not believe in redemption for people whom have proved at  every turn they will do anything to benefit them selves without regard to ideology or moral considerations or at anyone expense. <br>Bill Clinton could have gotten a blow job from any number of women whom would have kept their mouths shut to the public or friends reveling in what ever got them off about it. Hilliary could have walked out the door but choose instead to enable Bill and trash the very women feminism was designed to empower the most. Eric Holder works for a man whom trashes his own Presidency and then enables that man through nonfeasance to pardon a traitor for 12 pieces of silver and now he is chosen for AG.<br>If they want redemption let them spend their own resources to achieve it not the countries.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:45:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5076701, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yes, she is!!....those little tubby cheeks and cute in pink ...just wonderful...and  bright eyes all full of intelligence, on the video..Obama says something and she turns and looks him right in the eye!!<br><br>Just adorable...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:02:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5071854, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Whew. Was extremely worried about Bush's Treasury gettting there hands on the TARP remainder. bush tell's press PE Obama asked him to ask for it so it is ready day one for him and he will co-operate(eyes roll over like slot machine). Someone help us all if he acts up w/ $350 billion.<br><a href=\"http://www.cnbc.com/id/28619883\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnbc.com/id/28619883</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:16:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now watch somebody complain, \"but this doesn't count because it's not the inauguration ceremony itself.\"  You know it's gonna happen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:00:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077235, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hahahahaha...you crazy!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:02:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5071843, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:34:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074356, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083601": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe Magic is hurting for money.  I did see him hawking a book on Tavis and I saw him in a commercial pushing a lawn mower.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:54:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082953, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>And, George Bush helped to spawn the conditions so we could end the nightmare.</i><br><br>I was just saying to somebody recently that in a twisted sort of way we have Bush to thank for Obama becoming president.  Think about it, Bush effed up this country so bad that having a black man running things didn't seem like such a bad idea to the majority of the country.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:26:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073154, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D: <br><br> Don't want ta quibble, BUT -Congress did NOT order/continue the WAR IN IRAQ.<br><br>Katrina is also on HIS watch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:17:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077311, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5082076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I sure hope you got MsKitty's message!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_18:18:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5078762, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why does anyone in television feel compelled to give that bitch* Coulter airtime? She cannot move the needle that much. <br><br>(*appropriateness considerations)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:15:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Doing my part to help shape the legacy:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/bushrecord/documents/legacybooklet.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">Highlights of Accomplishments and Results of the Administration of George W. Bush</a><br><br>and...<br><br><a href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/bushrecord/documents/appendix_acc_for_web.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">100 Things Americans May Not Know About the Bush Administration Record</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:29:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 21, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5071843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh man.... I'm reeling over this picture. Would you look at that. Thanks for posting this, rikyrah. Oh my God - how can I get a picture of Obama holding my baby?!?!  At a few hundred dollars a photo, we could eliminate the national debt....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_09:11:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:05:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083277, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5075433": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda\"    LOL!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Just made it  <b>\"NEGATIVE\" 453</b>.      The \"POINTS\" just keep piling <b>DOWN!!</b>    Whew!!    **shakin' my head***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:37:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074356, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074922": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i> He is a man of strong integrity ...Holder brings far more in terms of his legal career to the table than that pardon.<br><br>He will make an excellent Atty General. </i><br><br>I have followed his career over the years, beginning with his appointment to the DC Superior Court back when I - as the only black person on staff - worked for a small general law practice.  <br><br>I feel very strongly that he knows this appointment is not about Eric Holder; it's about service to our country.  So I agree he'll make an excellent AG.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_13:04:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073810, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, I don't.  Black institutions don't survive unless we support them.  Once we support them for many, many years, then they can go after corporate and foundation support (e.g., Alvin Ailey; DuSable Museum of African American History; the Southern [football] Classic).<br><br>He is a misanthrope.  Let him stew in his misery alone.  Folks out here are trying to have hope and do something different.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:48:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "b579afb848e79a9a9e8ffcb227698dc1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084427, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5071854": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now if she isn't the cutest lil thang!!!  Oh I could kiss on those fat cheeks all day!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_09:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Breaking!!!!Senate to Seat Burris<br><br><a href=\"http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/01/done_deal_2.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:17:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He is so ignorant that it really should be treated with a vaccine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:30:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082724, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5081587": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can we please?!  Well, that's until he becomes a spectacle again 2010.  Hopefully they will have dried up his limited fund-raising avenues and Jesse Jackson Jr will have had his reputation restored in time to defeat Burris in the primary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_17:47:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5081421, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow...great idea, I was going to suggest photoshop but your idea gets the job done and helps with our national debt.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:37:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5071843, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Co-sign, carolinagirl.  You know this is the kind of shit that that looney nut job bitch michelle bachman used to blame blacks for the wall street meltdown and the phucked up economy.  Johnson needs to be taken out the back door behind the wood shed and,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:23:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5082566, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  I'll bet  that <b>Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks</b> will B  a \"happy camper\" 4  LIFE!: <br><br><a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/01/11/GA2009011101312.html?sid=ST2009011102548\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Inauguration Practice</b></a><br><br><i>Starting before dawn, officials staged a large-scale rehearsal of the upcoming presidential inauguration and parade, with thousands of people deployed later in the morning at the Capitol and along the parade route.</i><br><br>ENJOY the PICS!!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)  Gettin' closer!!   Whoo! Hoo!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_16:04:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5073748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MsKitty,<br><br>TELL IT!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_11:51:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5073062, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5077498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZ9UM_auxs\" rel=\"nofollow\">You Tube version.  Even relatively calm Baba Wawa got smacked down by the b*tch.</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:18:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5077364, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074175": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000%5C000%5C015%5C987slhyv.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">A New Circus Comes to Town</a> - <i>Is it too soon to talk about the failed Obama presidency just because Obama isn't president yet?</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:23:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "5086122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Neil Simon?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:41:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085885, "depth": 8, "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": "9781317", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -8289348663992570773}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "monday_open_thread_13", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 223, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 9781317, "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.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";
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	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
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	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
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	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
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	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";
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	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
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	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.
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		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
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		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
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			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});
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	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
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			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});
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	};

	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) {
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	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() {
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		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
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			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);
			}
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	}

	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=monday_open_thread_13' +
		'&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/monday_open_thread_13/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='	+ 'monday_open_thread_13'
			+ '&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/monday_open_thread_13/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">223</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/monday_open_thread_13/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/monday_open_thread_13/">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:9781317" 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/monday_open_thread_13/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:9781317" 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:9781317" 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'				: 'monday_open_thread_13',
			// 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/monday_open_thread_13/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='	+ 'monday_open_thread_13'
			+ '&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='	+ 'monday_open_thread_13'
			+ '&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='		+ 'monday_open_thread_13'
				+ '&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/9781317/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5071843" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh man.... I\'m reeling over this picture. Would you look at that. Thanks for posting this, rikyrah. Oh my God - how can I get a picture of Obama holding my baby?!?!  At a few hundred dollars a photo, we could eliminate the national debt....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073870" class="dsq-comment-message">hahahahaha...you crazy!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074420" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow...great idea, I was going to suggest photoshop but your idea gets the job done and helps with our national debt.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5079463">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5079463" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5071854">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5071854" class="dsq-comment-message">Now if she isn\'t the cutest lil thang!!!  Oh I could kiss on those fat cheeks all day!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5072997" class="dsq-comment-message">That picture melted my heart, she is an absolute doll, I\'m sure she\'ll treasure that picture when she gets older....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073043">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073043" class="dsq-comment-message">Isn\'t she a sweetie?<br><br>Goodness gracious, she is too precious!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073863">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073863" class="dsq-comment-message">yes, she is!!....those little tubby cheeks and cute in pink ...just wonderful...and  bright eyes all full of intelligence, on the video..Obama says something and she turns and looks him right in the eye!!<br><br>Just adorable...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075860" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  4 words:  <b>A    -    DOR   -    A   -    BLE!!</b>      :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>OOPs!   I  4-got:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WzocbSd2w" rel="nofollow"> Isn\'t She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)</a><br><br>ENJOY!    :&gt;)       :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5071927" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5071927" class="dsq-comment-message">I just finished reading a great "fill in the blanks" review of "Not Easily Broken" at What About Our Daughters: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/92qrsc" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/92qrsc</a> <br><br><i>"Folks the damage Tyler Perry has done to Black cinema is unparalleled. It cannot be quantified. When you go to a movie and are just happy if the actors manage to make it through without becoming caricatures and give bonus points for no guns, no cross dressing, and no Ebonics, then we have truly reached a new low as we hurl towards the abyss."</i><br><br>I couldn\'t agree more!<br><br>Also: I have a new post up - "Frodo, Prejudism, and \'Flight of the Conchords\'"  <a href="http://tinyurl.com/9um7w4" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/9um7w4</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073837">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073837" class="dsq-comment-message">I like Perry\'s movies. Diary of a Mad Black woman and Why did I get Married were very good. So, was Daddy\'s Little Girls.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5073981" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073981" class="dsq-comment-message">I think her issue is that it is getting to the point where all of these movies seem to follow the same predictable plot points, same characters, and the same messages. Wouldn\'t it be nice to have a little more variety and wider range of perspectives? Perhaps there are other ways to approach the problems with black relationships, single-parent families, domestic abuse, etc. That\'s why I appreciated the post - plus her "fill in the blanks" were funny....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074310">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074310" class="dsq-comment-message">OIC...yes, it would be nice. I did not go to the link..let me go see it.<br><br>Variety is nice .it\'s just that I think he uses a formula just like they do for teen movies like LegallyBlonde and 10WaystoLoseAGuy and the reason is because it is profitable.<br><br>Folks like feel good movies without too much sex, or violence but very relationship oriented and fun.  That is the hook and people pay to see that.<br>A little humor and wit go a long way to making an afternoon of cinematherapy worth it.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074437" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074437" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>cinematherapy</i> - love that! I\'m going to have to start using that one...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075205">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075205" class="dsq-comment-message">In order to that, more of US need to be in positions to greenlight and distribute films. Until then, we\'re at their mercy.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074193">librarian</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074193" class="dsq-comment-message">While I am not that big a fan of Tyler Perry movies (for different reasons-I think there is so much potential to tell about our stories, and Mr. Perry does not take advantage of that potential.)  I do, however,  give him credit for providing a different look at our lives than so many of the movies that have Black casts in which criminal activities are glorified.     <br><br>However, here is a link from today\'s NY Times about Black directors looking beyond their niche.  In addition to Spike Lee and Tyler Perry, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Darnell Martin are also discussed.<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/movies/11seym.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/movies/11seym...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5072043">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5072043" class="dsq-comment-message">Why the GOP Fears Eric Holder. 2 Updates<br><br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/17/12044/511/350/673939" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/17/12...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073454">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073454" class="dsq-comment-message">Too damn bad for Eric Holder. He prostituted himself for the Clintons signing off on a warrant for a man considered a traitor by the Jusice Department. It will not be saving grace to see him cop a plea and take the Clintons with him. It\'s what you get for playing w/ scorpions.<br>As to political corruption under the Republicans I\'m sure PE Obama can find a competent  replacement with a lot cleaner</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073810">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073810" class="dsq-comment-message">Holder is a good man. He will make an awesome AttyGen. There is not one professional out there who has not made an error in judgement. Holder is not the sum of his mistakes.<br><br>He is a man of strong integrity and he has apologized and said he regrets that he dropped the ball on that. He accepted accountability.<br><br>Holder brings far more in terms of his legal career to the table than that pardon.<br><br>He will make an excellent Atty General.<br><br>Arlen Spector can go jump...he was the one that let the Patriot Act pass with that mess about interim AG\'s being at the DOJ in perpetuity without ever having to be confirmed. Which is how Rove and them politicized the DOJ and  prosecuted opposing party opponents like the Governor in AL as well as firing Inglesias. Not to mention slotted all these incompetent ATTy Gen\'s all over the country with degrees from that religious college that Ashcroft taught. It was jsut a disgrace.<br><br>So, Spector has no ground to stand on. With him at the held the entire DOJ was practically dismantled and there was pervasive injustice and selective prosecution to disenfranchise voters with the claim of \'voter fraud\' which was nothing more than a vile attempt to steal votes.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074922">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074922" class="dsq-comment-message"><i> He is a man of strong integrity ...Holder brings far more in terms of his legal career to the table than that pardon.<br><br>He will make an excellent Atty General. </i><br><br>I have followed his career over the years, beginning with his appointment to the DC Superior Court back when I - as the only black person on staff - worked for a small general law practice.  <br><br>I feel very strongly that he knows this appointment is not about Eric Holder; it\'s about service to our country.  So I agree he\'ll make an excellent AG.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5076277">Robert M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076277" class="dsq-comment-message">Look I argue all the time part of being part of America is being able to make the same mistakes, have the same sins, et al as the majority but you have to pay for them too. Eric Holder goes beyond the pale. He deliberately chose not to do his job. It was nonfeasance to hide the Clintons malfeasance of selling pardons. There is no difference between the Clintons and Blago. Each has the authority and legal power to do what they did. The Clinton\'s unlike Blago were overrode the law to give the traitor Rich a pardon.<br>Now everyone whom is screaming for the Clinton\'s head at the hearing for Sec of State is going to receive a preview of it but chooses to look the other way for Eric Holder. I think analytic thinking has bolted on this issue if you think you can separate these issues.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5076701">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076701" class="dsq-comment-message">actually, I\'ve never condemned the Clinton nomination.  <br><br>Call me naive, but I think the PE has given the Clintons an opportunity for public service that will, among other things, help clean up Bill\'s legacy.  <br><br>The rest is up to them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081542">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081542" class="dsq-comment-message">I do not think you\'re naive. I just do not believe in redemption for people whom have proved at  every turn they will do anything to benefit them selves without regard to ideology or moral considerations or at anyone expense. <br>Bill Clinton could have gotten a blow job from any number of women whom would have kept their mouths shut to the public or friends reveling in what ever got them off about it. Hilliary could have walked out the door but choose instead to enable Bill and trash the very women feminism was designed to empower the most. Eric Holder works for a man whom trashes his own Presidency and then enables that man through nonfeasance to pardon a traitor for 12 pieces of silver and now he is chosen for AG.<br>If they want redemption let them spend their own resources to achieve it not the countries.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083556">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083556" class="dsq-comment-message">"Bill Clinton could have gotten a blow job from any number of women whom would have kept their mouths shut to the public or friends reveling in what ever got them off about it."<br><br>-Of course, if those women had kept their mouths shut, Bill Clinton would never have gotten a blow job.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084412">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084412" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084500">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084500" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you, Robert.  <br><br>Let\'s see how this turns out.  The PE has passed ball into someone else\'s court ... and urrybody  is grown  ;-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5093535" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5093535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5093535">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5093535" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5093535" class="dsq-comment-message">All this intrigue reminds me of a couple of life rules my Dad (thankfully) shared with me.  <br><br>The first is, <i><b>"you will be surprised at the enemies you keep."</i></b>  In other words, sometimes your enemies are the very people who present themselves as your friends - just to clock your every move.  <br><br>The other is, " <i><b> "you\'ll be surprised at where your competition is coming from." </i></b>  This means that sometimes,without your knowledge, you\'re perceived as a threat by others for stuff you\'re not even aware of.  Sadly, this often comes from the most unlikely of places, like people you who don\'t even register on your radar, and about things you don\'t even care about.  LOL<br><br>That said, the high stakes game the PE is playing is much deeper than a potential professional rivalry by the Clintons.  I\'m sure he already knows this.  <br><br>I know we all know this, but I just wanted to put it out there.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5081629" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081629">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5081629" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081629" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'ve mentioned the Rich pardon, but what are your other oppositions to Holder?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074139" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074139" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074139">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074139" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074139" class="dsq-comment-message">Eric Holder is not dirty, and he he WILL be confirmed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5072068" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5072068" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5072068">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5072068" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5072068" class="dsq-comment-message">Arlen Specter’s grudge against Eric Holder... <br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/12/31447/2983/369/683049" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/12/31447/2...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5072896" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5072896" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5072896">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5072896" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5072896" class="dsq-comment-message">I feel so sorry for Barbra Bush.  Every mother wants her son to be successful.  Watching this mornings news conference has had to bring tears to her eyes.  Watching Dubba babble thru this news conference trying to defend his failed policies and grave  mistakes has to hard.<br><br>Can you believe his only regret about Katrina was where to land Air Force One&gt; OMG.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5072960" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5072960" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5072960">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5072960" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5072960" class="dsq-comment-message">He is pitiful!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073062" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073062">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073062" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073062" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t.  George W. Bush is very much his mother\'s child, as far as the total lack of empathy and selfishness.  To this day I still want to give that heifer a right hook over what she said about the Katrina survivors fleeing to Houston.  Let her live with the shame.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073423" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073423" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073423">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073423" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073423" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-Sign MsKitty!  Here are her words:<br><br><i>""Almost everyone I\'ve talked to said we\'re going to move to Houston. What I\'m hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. (Said with concern.) Everybody is so overwhelmed by all the hospitality. And so many of the peoples in the arena here, you know, they\'re underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them." </i><br><br><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/44871/Barbara-Bush-insults-Katrina-survivors" rel="nofollow">http://www.metafilter.com/44871/Barbara-Bush-in...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5075804" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075804">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075804" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075804" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  CO-SIGN.  Thanks for the reference!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073748" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073748" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073748">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073748" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073748" class="dsq-comment-message">MsKitty,<br><br>TELL IT!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074319" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074319">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074319" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074319" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5076398" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5076398" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5076398">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5076398" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076398" class="dsq-comment-message">Ditto, MsKitty.  And I\'ll give her a LEFT HOOK!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074115" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074115">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074115" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074115" class="dsq-comment-message">One of my best movie lines ever was from Anthony Hopkins in \'The Edge\' when he says to Alex Baldwin\'s character, "never feel sorry for a man with a plane."  Borrowing off of that, never feel sorry for a woman whose husband and son were Presidents of the United States, especially one who helped produce the babbling idiot.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074869" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074869" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074869">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074869" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074869" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5072992" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5072992" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5072992">goldenstar</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5072992" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5072992" class="dsq-comment-message">Myth, I was all ears when it came to his Katrina explanation. He. is. so. darn. weird.<br><br>Nevertheless, I do not think that Barbara Bush regrets this offspring. I think that he is most similar to her than some of the others. She is one mean and dissin\' human being. I think that he picked up her worst traits and flung those on the American people.<br><br>And, don\'t forget her revealing comment about Katrina folks...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073330" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073330" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073330">johnmulligan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073330" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073330" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you notice all of his errors were viewed as though from the perspective of a PR professional? The prob with katrina was that he shoud have landed, but if he had landed you gotcha media types would have been all over me for that instead... The image-based presidency reduced this man\'s horizons to a world of news clippings about his name. For a man who didn\'t care about criticism, it seems that that\'s as far as he could think.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073805" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073805" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073805">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073805" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073805" class="dsq-comment-message">I really agree with you.  He would served himself better to have continued to stay out of the media\'s line of  criticism.  Now his last week in office there is going to be a discussion of what he said he did and the media revealing what actually was.  BUT they might show pity on him and move on, everyone pretty much has Bush-fatigue.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073008" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073008" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073008">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073008" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073008" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you hear Bush...He never thought he\'d see the day a black man become President?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073154" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073154" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073154">goldenstar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073154" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073154" class="dsq-comment-message">He was in rare form for public review this morning. He is trying very very hard to come off as some normative human being. Think about it, he\'s being compared to Barack: a smart, sensible, compassionate human being who is black.<br><br>And, George Bush helped to spawn the conditions so we could end the nightmare.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073362" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073362">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073362" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073362" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>And, George Bush helped to spawn the conditions so we could end the nightmare.</i><br><br>I was just saying to somebody recently that in a twisted sort of way we have Bush to thank for Obama becoming president.  Think about it, Bush effed up this country so bad that having a black man running things didn\'t seem like such a bad idea to the majority of the country.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073738" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073738">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073738" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073738" class="dsq-comment-message">It has been Diving Providence since Obama ran for his first office.  Nothing could have stopped it and the right circumstances were put into place which includes Bush\'s failed policies.   Now we wait to see how the Lord uses him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073816" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073816" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073816">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073816" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073816" class="dsq-comment-message">Oops!  DIVINE PROVIDENCE I mean.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073817" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073817" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073817">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073817" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073817" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5075775" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075775" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075775">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075775" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075775" class="dsq-comment-message">Myth:    Aaaaaa-man!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5076289" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5076289" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5076289">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5076289" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076289" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign, Myth, everything is indeed in DIVINE ORDER.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5075756" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075756" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075756">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075756" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075756" class="dsq-comment-message">goldenstar:   HEY!   :&gt;)<br><br>Watching he "ACT" this morning 2.  Uh!   Uh!  Uh!  **shakin\' my head***<br><br>WHERE was THIS PERSON for the PAST 8 YEARS????<br><br>Additionally, he continues to be PERSON #1 this morning when he stated that he WAS NOT going to release the rest of the $350 Bil. UNTIL he was ASKED [TRANSLATE "BEGGED"] to do so.   ARRRRGGGGG!!<br><br>"LEOPARDS - - - - SPOTS!"  DON\'T CHANGE!!    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073338" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073338" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5073338" href="http://www.brownmanthinkinghard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brown Man</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073338" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073338" class="dsq-comment-message">"One brown man cooking pancakes. Two brown skinned teenaged girls eating pancakes at the other end of the kitchen island. One brown skinned woman reading the paper at the breakfast table. One brown skinned president elect on the TV droning on about his plans for America. And one brown haired dog staring up at all of us, hoping someone would give him a piece of sausage."<br><br><b><a href="http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2009/01/our-magic-wand-in-age-of-obama.html" rel="nofollow">Our Magic Wands In The Age Of Obama</a></b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074267" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074267">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074267" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074267" class="dsq-comment-message">Great commentary.  I hate to pin so much on one man and his family, but I hope that seeing Obama as an example we can get over that "reading, striving for good grades = acting white" nonsense.  Maybe it will be cool to be smart again.<br><br>Changing the subject, I hadn\'t seen Bill Cosby in awhile and I was shocked at how old he looks in that picture.  I guess it\'s that disconnect where you don\'t expect your childhood icons to age, even if you\'re middle-aged yourself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5075600" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075600" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075600">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075600" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075600" class="dsq-comment-message">I loved it in its simplicity. You never fail to acknowledge our humanity, BrownMan. That\'s one of the reasons I love reading your blog.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073378" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073378" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5073378" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073378" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073378" class="dsq-comment-message">Doing my part to help shape the legacy:<br><br><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/bushrecord/documents/legacybooklet.pdf" rel="nofollow">Highlights of Accomplishments and Results of the Administration of George W. Bush</a><br><br>and...<br><br><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/bushrecord/documents/appendix_acc_for_web.pdf" rel="nofollow">100 Things Americans May Not Know About the Bush Administration Record</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073648" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073648" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073648">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073648" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073648" class="dsq-comment-message">Well there were certainly a lot of nice pics in that document.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5073745" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073745" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5073745" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073745" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073745" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL. I printed them both out to read on the commute.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074324" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074324" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074324" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074324" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074324" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5083474" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5083474" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083474">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5083474" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083474" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m surprised "My Pet Goat" wasn\'t in there.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5075564" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075564" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075564">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075564" class="dsq-comment-message">D:   ***shakin\' my head**:&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>In which <b>DIRECTION</b> is his legacy(?) being shaped?<br><br>Annnnnnd, why didn\'t this information come out while he was IN OFFICE?<br><br>I\'m just askin\'. . . . .    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5075738" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075738" class="dsq-comment-message">Looking at the second document (quick scan), a lot of it is talking points. I would\'ve prefered more (unclassified) details as to the "how" these things happened, because that\'s really going to drive whatever vindication takes place in history.<br><br>Something interesting: no mention of his signing of the post 9/11 GI Bill, which is probably the BIGGEST thing he\'s done for veterans in his term. Yes, a democrat (Webb) was mostly responsible for it, but Bush did sign the legislation. Missed opportunity there.<br><br>So, long/short....it doesn\'t appear to be much anyone hasn\'t heard before, which makes the title of that second one somewhat misleading.<br><br>More detailed read to follow.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5076022">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076022" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  Thank you.  :&gt;)<br><br>BUT it is OBVIOUS that IFFF one was doing GOOD while IN OFFICE, enough of that would have factored in in order to stave off that "avalanche downfall in "approval" rating.<br><br>Annnnnd, doing the math:    27% "Approval Rating" <b>=</b> 73% <b>DISAPPROVAL RATING!</b>     Right?  :&gt;)    Perspective!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5076084" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5076084" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076084" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you on the math....<br><br>...but the flipside to that is the 110th Congress, led by two democrats, also had the lowest approval ratings in that organization\'s history.<br><br>Can we agree that, over at least the course of the last two years, neither the President or the Congress did that great of a job?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5076191" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5076191">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5076191" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076191" class="dsq-comment-message">D:   Just SHOW me the published data - ratings.   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5076481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5076481" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5076481" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076481" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/06/Poll_Low_approval_greets_new_Congress/UPI-73621231265577/" rel="nofollow">Poll: Low approval greets new Congress</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5077228" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077228" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5077228">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5077228" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077228" class="dsq-comment-message">D:   Ooooo-eeee.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKu0ZFZ7rp0&feature=related" rel="nofollow">HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?</a><br><br>O.K.  Agreed.    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077311" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5077311" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5077311" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077311" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!!<br><br>That\'s my problem with throwing around the "lowest approval ratings" statistic, cause both organizations-of late-did bad jobs.<br><br>And, if the start to the 111th is any indication, they might end up worse. You can\'t argue with/hold legislation from a popular sitting president and not expect to take some flack.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077466" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5077466">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077466" class="dsq-comment-message">D: <br><br> Don\'t want ta quibble, BUT -Congress did NOT order/continue the WAR IN IRAQ.<br><br>Katrina is also on HIS watch.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5077712" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077712" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5077712" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5077712" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077712" class="dsq-comment-message">I see both sides on Katrina. There was mismanagement, but it wasn\'t White House mismanagement.<br><br>And on Iraq....yeah, they did. He got the authorization to use force from them (and the UN, in a lesser known fact).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5078755" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5078755">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078755" class="dsq-comment-message">D:<br><br><br><b>HIS WATCH!</b>  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5078956" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5078956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5078956" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5078956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078956" class="dsq-comment-message">But <b>THEIR VOTE!</B> :)</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5079146" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5079146" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5079146">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5079146" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5079146" class="dsq-comment-message">D:<br><br><b>HIS WATCH!</b>  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5079350" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5079350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5079350">Mike H</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5079350" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5079350" class="dsq-comment-message">The Congress didn\'t get much done because of the obstructionist Republicans.  The Republicans set a RECORD for the most filibusters in a two year period.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5080352" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5080352" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5080352" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080352" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course, someone <i>would</i> have to come and try and explain why the Congress\' approval rating stunk.<br><br>Neither the Congress or the President did much for a majority of the country to be proud of over the last two years. End of story. Assign whatever reason you\'d like, though I\'m sure they\'ll all begin with "Republican" and end with "Bush."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5076055">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5076055" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076055" class="dsq-comment-message">In regards to the GI bill, Bush THREATENED to veto it prior to signing it---so as far as signing it into legislation, Bush,  in my book, receives miniscule credit for that.<br><br>And then he had the nerve to mention the names of the likes of McCain and others who showed the starkest opposition to the bill, during the signing ceremony.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5076152" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5076152" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5076152" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076152" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, but who besides you paid attention to that detail? ;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073545">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073545" class="dsq-comment-message">Well...Between less physically active lives,  and the USDA allowing so much processed crap and hormones to be injected in farm animals that is no wonder we\'re in the shape we\'re in:<br><br>Top Army recruiter weighs fat camp for recruits <br><br>FORT JACKSON, S.C. — The Army has been dismissing so many overweight applicants that its top recruiter, trying to keep troop numbers up in wartime, is considering starting a fat farm to transform chubby trainees into svelte soldiers.<br>Maj. Gen. Thomas Bostick, head of the Army Recruiting Command, said he wants to see a formal diet and fitness regimen running alongside a new school at Fort Jackson that helps aspiring troops earn their GEDs.<br>Bostick told The Associated Press that obesity looms as "a bigger challenge for us in the years ahead" than any other problem that keeps young people from entering the military, including lack of a GED or high school diploma, misconduct or criminal behavior and other health issues such as eye or ear problems.<br>According to Defense Department figures provided to the AP, over the past four years 47,447 potential recruits flunked induction physicals at the nation\'s 35 Military Entrance Processing Stations because they were overweight.<br><a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Military_Recruiting_Obesity.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/N...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5073787" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073787">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073787" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073787" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Joe The Plumber Files First Report From Israel On Gaza Crisis</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/11/joe-the-plumber-files-fir_n_156978.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/11/joe-th...</a><br><br><i>SDEROT, Israel — Joe the Plumber has set aside his wrenches to become a rookie war correspondent, covering Israel\'s side of its two-week-old military offensive in Gaza.</i><br><br><i>The Ohio man, who rocketed to fame during the U.S. presidential campaign for asking Barack Obama about his tax plan, was in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Sunday to tell readers of the conservative <a href="http://pjtv.com" rel="nofollow">pjtv.com</a> Web site about the rockets that rain down from the neighboring Gaza Strip.</i><br><br><i>The people of Sderot "can\'t do normal things day to day" like get soap in their eyes in the shower, for fear of rockets, said America\'s most famous plumber, whose real name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher.</i><br><br><i>"I\'m sure they\'re taking quick showers," he said. "I know I would."</i><br><br><b>Wurzelbacher\'s status as a rookie was evident when he stood in front of a pile of spent rockets and said: "I have thousands of questions but I can\'t think of the right one."</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5073834">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5073834" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073834" class="dsq-comment-message">"They take pride in their ignorance."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074368" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074368">librarian</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074368" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074368" class="dsq-comment-message">Whoopie is on "The View" giving it to Ann Coulter.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074523" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074523" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074523" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074523" class="dsq-comment-message">apparently ann coulter is going to be on- TODAY</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074693" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074693" class="dsq-comment-message">Whoopi is calling her out to her FACE.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5076014" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5076014" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076014" class="dsq-comment-message">Effing A, I am waiting for the clip with baited breath.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074839" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074839">OhPuhleezee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074839" class="dsq-comment-message">:) I saw it. LOL<br>Sherri looked like she wanted to smack her.<br>I have to make sure I get tickets to see her and Bill Maher going at it. Is anyone else from Chicago going to the Speaker Series? I\'d love to meet with some people and discuss the Maher/Coulter match-up afterwards.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5075069" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075069" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075069" class="dsq-comment-message">You know he used to sleep with..ahem, date her...?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075103">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075103" class="dsq-comment-message">But, she\'s white.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075129" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5075129" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075129" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075129" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m talking about Bill Maher and Ann Coulter.<br><br>Don\'t say he ain\'t eclectic...but that\'s what he says.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075265" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075265">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075265" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075265" class="dsq-comment-message">I know.....that\'s why I said "But, she\'s white".  :-D</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5080846" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5080846">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5080846" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080846" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, and you know what they say.  Once you go Black.......<br><br>Just sayin.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077941" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5077941">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5077941" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077941" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074906">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074906" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074906" class="dsq-comment-message">clips, please?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075228" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075228">librarian</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075228" class="dsq-comment-message">Clip not up yet.  Will post when available.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075371">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075371" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for posting the pic Rikyrah!!! :o)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5076320">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076320" class="dsq-comment-message">To, precious!  We could be looking at the future POTUS!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5078713">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078713" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah...That pic was your request!<br><br>She\'s a doll. You know those cheeks are too kissable!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075475">vulcan girl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075475" class="dsq-comment-message">Reminder: Hillary Clinton\'s confirmation hearing begins tomorrow Jan 13 at 930.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075859">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075859" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t wait to hear all her dirty laundry called out.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5076069" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076069" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_1143143O9" rel="nofollow">Oscar Grant shooting investigation nears conclusion&gt;</a><br><br>If that murderer is exonerated, the Bay Area--or at least Oaktown--is going to light up in flames. Johannes Mehserle, the perp, still hasn\'t been arrested for anything.  The inquiry went on without his input.<br><br>Wait until a fantastic lawyer breaks his ass down on the stand.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5076111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5076111" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076111" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_11431439" rel="nofollow">Sorry, bad link for Oscar Grant shooting update.  Here\'s the right one.</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5076658">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5076658" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Speaking of "finger pointing!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/bushs-last-press-conferen_n_157042.html" rel="nofollow">FINGER-POINTING DEFIANCE</a><br><br><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/bill-clinton-pointing-finger.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/blog/2008/06/06/learn-to-control-your-finger-pointing/&h=500&w=347&sz=41&tbnid=xgJX2z62jk4gIM::&tbnh=130&tbnw=90&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpicture%2Bof%2Bbill%2Bclinton%2Bpointing%2Bhis%2Bfinger&usg=__NNkYxZZztrqAbioAHvj1y6qjeQo=&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1" rel="nofollow">Learn to control your finger pointing</a><br><br>I\'m just sayin. . . .     :&gt;)<br><br>P.S.  This author also noted that Mr. P-EO points [as do many people]  BUT- he points to the side or upward.    <br><br><br>OOOPs!  I changed links \'caused Huffpost changed.    :&gt;)    :&gt;)  There usta B a pic of a "pointin\' SHRUB."   Oh -well!   Me & my "technological skills"  -  NOT!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Sorry.  :&gt;)<br><br>Oh!  NOW the video is not working so you could see his finger-pointing. **big sigh**  NOT my day!    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077004" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5077004" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077004" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/index" rel="nofollow">Whoopi versus Coulter.</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077364" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5077364" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077364" class="dsq-comment-message">See Sherri get all upset when Ann Coulter disrespected Barbara Walters?  <br><br>Whoppi was trying REALLY hard to not say what she WAS REALLY thinking. I wish this convo happened on cable. AC needs to be READ for her racist and intellectually flawed assertions. She needs someone able to say "bitch please..."  who would be the ideal Black FEMALE intellectual who WOULD go there?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077498" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5077498" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077498" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZ9UM_auxs" rel="nofollow">You Tube version.  Even relatively calm Baba Wawa got smacked down by the b*tch.</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077334" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5077334" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077334" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope that little girl\'s family gets a real live print of that photo. What a beautiful little girl she is and what a fantastic thing, to be held in Obama\'s arms as a little princess baby.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5077471">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077471" class="dsq-comment-message">Why does anyone in television feel compelled to give that bitch* Coulter airtime? She cannot move the needle that much. <br><br>(*appropriateness considerations)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5077523">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077523" class="dsq-comment-message">(This was intended as a reply to blksista\'s \'Whoopi versus Coulter\' post.)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5077888">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077888" class="dsq-comment-message">I just dont know.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5080387" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5080387" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080387" class="dsq-comment-message">No idea -- I wonder too. Coulter adds nothing new -- she just puts offensive commentary on top of long-dead issues. <br><br>Conservatives are doing themselves a disservice by allowing the Coulter-Limbaugh types to continue to hold cache with their elites (the rank and file folks who actually vote don\'t seem to pay that much attention to coulter-limbaugh -- both of them where feverently anti-McCain).<br><br>Most of the time she is just offensive, without even bringing up interesting points. She got bitch-slapped on Huck-a-fraud over the weekend as well.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081109">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081109" class="dsq-comment-message">By Hucakbee himself?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083321">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083321" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, fuckabee himself.   BOOYAH!!<br><br><a href="http://politikditto.blogspot.com/2009/01/mike-huckabee-gets-back-at-ann-coulter.html" rel="nofollow">http://politikditto.blogspot.com/2009/01/mike-h...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5077451">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077451" class="dsq-comment-message">Whew. Was extremely worried about Bush\'s Treasury gettting there hands on the TARP remainder. bush tell\'s press PE Obama asked him to ask for it so it is ready day one for him and he will co-operate(eyes roll over like slot machine). Someone help us all if he acts up w/ $350 billion.<br><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/28619883" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnbc.com/id/28619883</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5077714" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077714" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-balls-parties-schedules.html" rel="nofollow">Inaugural Balls, Parties, Schedules, Information.....</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5078518">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078518" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I\'ll bet  that <b>Staff Sgt. Derrick Brooks</b> will B  a "happy camper" 4  LIFE!: <br><br><a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/01/11/GA2009011101312.html?sid=ST2009011102548" rel="nofollow"><b>Inauguration Practice</b></a><br><br><i>Starting before dawn, officials staged a large-scale rehearsal of the upcoming presidential inauguration and parade, with thousands of people deployed later in the morning at the Capitol and along the parade route.</i><br><br>ENJOY the PICS!!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)  Gettin\' closer!!   Whoo! Hoo!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5080604">Kat</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080604" class="dsq-comment-message">Those pictures made me giddy, and that was just with a stand in! And you are right, Derrick Brooks will have a story to tell his grandkids.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083329">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083329" class="dsq-comment-message">Kat:  Co-sign!   It\'s GETTIN\' CLOSER!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5079140" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5079140" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5079140" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/off-topic-slumdog-millionaire-closing.html" rel="nofollow">Off Topic:  Slumdog Millionaire Closing Credit Dance Video</a><br><br>Folks, this movie is the SHYTE.  If I can get my husband to watch this movie, because he was a City of the God movie fan, and him go purchase the soundtrack...then this movie deserved every award thus far, sweeping the golden globes.  It shows the true insight of poverty in India and emerges with hope.  A must see movie.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081623">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081623" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG!  I was just describing the movie to my sister-in-law via email and compared it to my favorite movie of all time, City of God.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5079295">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5079295" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah"   I thought, 4 sure, that "young man Damen Weaver" would get his "interview" with Mr. P-EO.  Timing!   :&gt;)<br><br>A report is coming up on MSNBC.  We\'ll C.   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Well he got his PRESS PASS annnnd his pass to the parade!   CLOSE!   :&gt;)<br><br>Good on him!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5079411">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5079411" class="dsq-comment-message">Crossing the railroad tracks amid a new time in history<br><br>Excerpt:<br>Let me tell you about Mary Dowden, an 80-year-old granddaughter of a slave. She told me that in the late 1960s she owed a local clinic $20. She started to walk through the front door, but it was slammed in her face. A white woman shouted mean, hateful things at her. Dowden wouldn\'t repeat the words to me, because she\'s too dignified.<br><br>But Dowden was determined to pay off her $20 debt by walking through the front door without breaking down in tears. She tried several times over the years, but each time she started to walk to the clinic the tears would start flowing.<br><br>It took four years. But she finally marched through the clinic\'s front door, her head held high, and paid her bill. There were no tears. That, my friends, is a portrait of courage and pride of an American hero.<br><br>And in a sign of just how complicated race relations are here, Dowden said that years later when the woman who slammed the door in her face died, she cried again. She had always liked the lady deep down inside.<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/crossing.railroad.tracks/index.html?iref=werecommend" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/crossing.railr...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5080096" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5080096" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5080096" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080096" class="dsq-comment-message">Is there a point in your gibberish?<br><br>btw. the U.S. is a mixed-market economy with plenty of socialist policies that the majority of the U.S. population likes -- even normal "joe the plumber" type republicans.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5080288">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080288" class="dsq-comment-message">GRANDSON OF SLAVES: OBAMA IS OUR MOSES<br><br>SLEDGE, Mississippi (CNN) -- James Presley stands amid chopped cotton, the thick Mississippi mud caked on his well-worn boots. A smile spreads across his face when he talks about voting for Barack Obama and what that might mean for generations to come. His voice picks up a notch. He holds his head up a bit higher.<br><br>"There\'s a heap of pride in voting for a black man," he says.<br><br>At 78, Presley is a legend of the past living in the present and now hopeful for the future. A grandson of slaves, he\'s one of the few men left in America so closely tied to his slave past, still farming cotton on the same land as his ancestors. He\'s picked cotton since he was just 6 years old.<br><br>He and his wife of 57 years, Eva May, raised 13 children and six grandchildren in a cypress-sided house in the middle of cotton fields in northwestern Mississippi. He was a sharecropper most his life, but rarely qualified for food stamps.  <br>His father died in 1935 when he was 5, and he had to step up and be the "Little Man" of the house, a nickname that has stuck seven decades later.<br>He\'s lived a raw-knuckled life where hope moved at a molasses-slow pace. The last time he had hope for a better future was four decades ago -- first with President John F. Kennedy and then with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. <br><br>Obama has changed everything to the poor in these parts.<br><br>"I\'m a church man," he says. "And I kind of figured this here is about like it was with Moses with the children of Israel. On that day, when he gets to be president, we\'re all going to be rejoicing."<br><br>Full story:<br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/grandson.of.slaves/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/grandson.of.sl...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5080833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5080833">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080833" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Miranda,<br><br>Mr. Presley\'s story is so touching!  God Bless Him!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5080987" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5080987" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5080987">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080987" class="dsq-comment-message">Little MAN has a BIG HEART.    What dedication, determination, and devotion he has towards life.<br><br>Great share, Miranda.  Thanks.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5081166" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081166" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081166">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081166" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.  Even after all he\'s been through, still going strong with no bitterness.  What a story.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5082706" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082706">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082706" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  GREAT/MEMORABLE FIND!!   Thank you!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5080503" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5080503" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5080503">sdg1844</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080503" class="dsq-comment-message">Some more "dap" exchanged between Mayor Fenty and PE Obama in DC. It\'s the last 2 seconds of the video.  Check out "American Exception" & click on the enclosed link.<br><br><a href="http://americanexception.typepad.com/american_exception/2009/01/and-i-suppose-this-is-the-terrorist-handshake.html" rel="nofollow">American Exception</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5080977" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5080977" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080977" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-celebration-on-hbo.html" rel="nofollow">Inaugural Celebration on HBO</a><br><br>Jan 18th, celebs reads like a "Who\'s, who...."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5081073" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081073" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081073">lamh31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081073" class="dsq-comment-message">Breaking!!!!Senate to Seat Burris<br><br><a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/01/done_deal_2.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5081156" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081156">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081156" class="dsq-comment-message">Just saw on CNN.....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5081306" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081306">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081306" class="dsq-comment-message">lamh31:  WATCHIN\'    Whooo!   Hoo!    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5081381" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081381" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081381">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5081381" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081381" class="dsq-comment-message">Woo Hoo!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5081421" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081421" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5081421" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5081421" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081421" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/burris-will-be-sworn-in-by-end-of-week.html" rel="nofollow">Roland Burris will be sworn in by the end of the week</a><br><br>AMEN, let\'s move on.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5081587" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081587" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081587">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5081587" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081587" class="dsq-comment-message">Can we please?!  Well, that\'s until he becomes a spectacle again 2010.  Hopefully they will have dried up his limited fund-raising avenues and Jesse Jackson Jr will have had his reputation restored in time to defeat Burris in the primary.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081862" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081862">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081862" class="dsq-comment-message">Praise the LAW.  On to the the INAUGURATION OF THE 44TH POTUS!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5082017" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5082017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082017">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5082017" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082017" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah baby!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5086136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086136">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5086136" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086136" class="dsq-comment-message"><b> "Kiz-oh siz-zine "</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5082399" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5082399" href="http://www.natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">chris chambers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5082399" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082399" class="dsq-comment-message">Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler, Revolutionary Road, Rachel Getting Married, etc. Quality flicks. <br>What do we have? TD Jakes and Tyler Perry. <br><br>Mad Men, 30 Rock, John Adams.<br>What do we have?  Chance...and House of Payne and Meet the Browns.<br><br><a href="http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/01/not-easily-broken-a-fill-in-the-blank-movie-review-prize-give-a-way/" rel="nofollow">http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/2009/01/no...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5082680" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5082680" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082680">Elaine</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082680" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw that blogpost on WAOD. <br>How can indie black filmakers get investors to make movies that DON"T have obligatory church clapping and "where\'s mah man at?" overtures?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5083262" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5083262" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083262">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5083262" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083262" class="dsq-comment-message">lol@ "where\'s mah man at?"  That\'s a good question.  That one and the indie Black filmakers getting investors to make movies.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5083322" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5083322" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083322">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5083322" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083322" class="dsq-comment-message">Investors HAVE supported indie black filmmakers...but they\'ve also seen the return on that investment. Beloved, Eve\'s Bayou, Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored - great movies that very few actually paid to go to a theatre and see.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5083426" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083426">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5083426" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083426" class="dsq-comment-message">Good point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5086062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086062">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086062" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, Miranda!<br><br>Sadly, I know of folk who were too "busy" to take their kids to see <i> Akila and the Bee </i>, but made damn sure they saw <i> Soul Plane. </i> <br><br>&gt;:-/<br><br>A black  First Family ain\'t gonna fix this foolishness, y\'all.  LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5086333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086333">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086333" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m with Miranda and Denise. I\'m tired of being in a damn near empty theater with thinking Black movies. It pisses me off. <br><br>I\'m STILL mad about Akeela and the Bee. <br><br>STILL MAD about it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5089553" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5089553" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5089553" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok but it made money!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5082727" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5082727" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5082727" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082727" class="dsq-comment-message">I beg to differ--we have the New Biggie Movie coming with Angela Bassett.  Angela wouldn\'t  attach herself to a crappy project.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5083171" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5083171" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083171">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5083171" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083171" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess folks think movies are made for free. They can complain all they want too about what movies are put in the theatres that are geared towards black folks.... but if nobody will actually go see The Great Debaters, The Secret Life of Bees or Akeelah and the Bee then don\'t get ya panties in a knot when they crowd the Magic Johnson theatre to see the latest MaDear movie. It is what it is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5083497" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083497">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5083497" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083497" class="dsq-comment-message">Agree.  Miranda, you BEE bringin it!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5083910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083910">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083910" class="dsq-comment-message">Movies are really a good barometer of what will appeal to the masses of black people...and unfortunately, we don\'t seem to want to go to see movies with compelling , thought-provoking themes. Maybe people just want a simple, don\'t have to think too much, comedy or the standard Morris Chestnut + Gabrielle/Sanaa/Taraji (take your pick) relationship story....I dont know...but its really not that there hasnt been a serious effort, heck...they can\'t MAKE us go to the threater, can they?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5084427" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5084427" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084427">Elaine</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5084427" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084427" class="dsq-comment-message">A very frightening thing said to me by a very frightening CAUCASIAN misanthrope-playwright in NYC is that white people and black people are equally ignorant and stupid. However, since there are more white people, there are proportionally more white people in a minority  who "aren\'t Philistines" and who could support certain types of arts and films as patrons and as audiences than the same group of more "educated" black people. This person is pretty famous and used to be an idol of mine until he started getting gruff and mean. <br>However, do you think he has a point?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5084583" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084583">Sagittarius</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5084583" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084583" class="dsq-comment-message">No, I don\'t.  Black institutions don\'t survive unless we support them.  Once we support them for many, many years, then they can go after corporate and foundation support (e.g., Alvin Ailey; DuSable Museum of African American History; the Southern [football] Classic).<br><br>He is a misanthrope.  Let him stew in his misery alone.  Folks out here are trying to have hope and do something different.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5084848" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084848">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5084848" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084848" class="dsq-comment-message">Let me understand this....you were conversating with someone who frightened you? Where you afraid of this person?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5085885" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5085885" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085885">Elaine</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5085885" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085885" class="dsq-comment-message">Frightening in tow ways. First is intimidation, because he is very famous and  written Pulizter plays and a few movies and a very mean person now. He used to be a liberal now he\'s gotten very right wing and super pro Israel.  He seems indifferent to black people. Still, he\'s a giant in the business. Need more hints? (smile)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5086122" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086122">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5086122" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086122" class="dsq-comment-message">Neil Simon?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5084947" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084947">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084947" class="dsq-comment-message">The movie studios are only going to put the money into the same formulaic movies that are being churned out time and time again.  <br><br>For the white man, they\'ll make the same Matt Damon spy thriller.<br><br>For the white woman, they\'ll make the same Kate Hudson, Jennifer Anniston whiny chick flick.<br><br>For the masses (regardless of race) they\'ll make the Will Smith action flick.<br><br>For the (white) kids, they\'ll make the same kids\' action movie or animated critter/object movie.<br><br>For the white girls, they\'ll make the same Disney stars\' movie.<br><br>For the family they\'ll make the same lovable dog(s) movie.<br><br>For the black masses they\'ll make the same Snoop Dogg / Katt Williams shuck n buck or a Cedric the Entertainer + Queen Latifah/Mo\'Nique Yo Man/MMm Chile movie.<br><br>For the black women, they\'ll make the same Madea / Morris Chestnut-Gabrielle Union movie. (in the 90s, it was the same Eddie Murphy/Bill Bellamy + Halle Berry movie with Robin Givens as the villain lol)<br><br>When they want a serious black drama, they make the same Lawrence Fishburn / Angela Bassett movie or a strugglin\' in the hood with gangs & drugs movie.<br><br>When they want to show a serious movie with young black people, it\'s always a struggling in school movie***<br><br>When they want to show a movie with Hispanics it\'s always a drug lords / crawling \'cross the border / Mariachi singing type movie.  That\'s why they pack their stuff on DVD.<br><br>When they want to show a movie with Asians, it\'s always a Jet Li / Jackie Chan karate choppin\', broken Engwish type of movie.<br><br>***When white people want to pat themselves on the back, they release the "white teacher goes to the hood and straightens out the black/latino kids movie."  It\'s about time for one of them to be release, I haven\'t seen one in a while.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085123">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085123" class="dsq-comment-message">***When white people want to pat themselves on the back, they release the "white teacher goes to the hood and straightens out the black/latino kids movie." It\'s about time for one of them to be release, I haven\'t seen one in a while.<br><br>I\'m pretty sure Gran Torino is that movie.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5085630" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5085630" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085630" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn, and I\'ve been an Eastwood Fan from way back when "Unforgiven" allowed Morgan Freeman to chuck home an Oscar for a role in a western that didn\'t have a brotha buck dancing or hollering "Where all de White Wimmen at?", but "Gran Torino" is beyond the pale and I can\'t support Eastwood\'s efforts.<br><br>Especially since he crossed the color line a few years ago when he married Dina Ruiz (she\'s African-American/Latina) - I\'m wondering how the hell he felt it was time for him to play a flaming BIGOT?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086149">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086149" class="dsq-comment-message">I haven\'t seen it but it seems like the protect your property from the brown people - they\'re taking over movie.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5089542" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5089542" class="dsq-comment-message">Torino is the angry white man movie because non-whites have moved to his neighborhood. He then realizes they\'re not so bad but he\'s still angry.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085421">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085421" class="dsq-comment-message">Town, spot on a usual.<br><br>Can you have the movie directory printed up on bonded paper and have them placed in national weekend newspapers.  LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5092726">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5092726" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>***When white people want to pat themselves on the back, they release the "white teacher goes to the hood and straightens out the black/latino kids movie." It\'s about time for one of them to be release, I haven\'t seen one in a while.</i><br><br>When I went to see "Dreamgirls" a couple of years ago there was a trailer for one of those movies (I think Hillary Swank was in it).  Much jeering and booing ensued and if the lights were up I might have seen some eye rolling too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082480">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082480" class="dsq-comment-message">Magic Johnson needs a meeting w/ the Drop Squad for his irresponsible behavior and bad advice. this is going tohurt alot of people.<br><br>I just saw a commercial for HewlittJackson. In it Magic suggested you take a loan against your income tax refund. The loans are more expensive than payday loans and are not capped. Taking these loans no matter what your financial situtation is just giving money away and potentially ruining your credit score if you can\'t pay it back. In a time of paying down debt there is no reason to hurt yourself.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082566">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082566" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve been hearing those ads on the radio. I feel like I\'m in that movie "Undercover Brother" when they get the General to sell fried chicken. SMH. Not only is it bad for your credit score, it will take you longer to get your stimulus check as well. That will be worse for the people who are already hard up on money who would want to get these loans. I hate that this shit is targeted towards black people.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083125">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083125" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign, carolinagirl.  You know this is the kind of shit that that looney nut job bitch michelle bachman used to blame blacks for the wall street meltdown and the phucked up economy.  Johnson needs to be taken out the back door behind the wood shed and,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083434">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083434" class="dsq-comment-message">Dang, you are all up IN my head...I was JUST about to post that Magic needs to be slapped upside the head over this bull!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085301">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085301" class="dsq-comment-message">Gurrrrrrl, you know we gots to call this knee-grow out on his shenanigans.  <br><br>Go ahead and OOps up siide his HEAD!!<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_KmbW7TiB0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_KmbW7TiB0</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082685">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082685" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert M:  Good find!   He ought ta B   ASHAMED of himself!!  HE KNOWS the financial danger of THIS KIND OF TRANSACTION!! <br><br>WHY!     WHY!     WHY!!!<br><br>I know!   The ALMIGHTY DOLLAR!!   WHEW!!!   THIS IS MADDENING!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5116275" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5116275" class="dsq-comment-message">I am not surprised, remember we live in me, me, me times. It\'s all about self.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5116570">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5116570" class="dsq-comment-message">Noelani:  ABSOLUTELY!!  SADLY!<br><br>Good ta HEAR from you!     :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082953">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082953" class="dsq-comment-message">Agree, Robert M, I saw the commercial this weekend.  Here\'s a link to the announcement of Johnson agreeing to be Hewlitt \'s spokesperson.  WTF is wrong with him?  <br><a href="http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/11-13-2008/0004924940&EDATE=" rel="nofollow">http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACC...</a><br><br>I also found a letter from a resturant to Hewlitt.  Interesting read  see link below.<br><br><a href="http://www.nationalrestaurantassociation.com/pressroom/print/index.cfm?ID=720" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalrestaurantassociation.com/pr...</a><br><br>You know he\'s targeting the less fortunate blacks.    Hewlitt didn\'t sign him on because he\'s cute and cuddlely.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083601">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083601" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe Magic is hurting for money.  I did see him hawking a book on Tavis and I saw him in a commercial pushing a lawn mower.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083769">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083769" class="dsq-comment-message">Good grief, how many hustles does he have???</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5085574" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5085574" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085574" class="dsq-comment-message">With the economy the way it is, people can\'t afford to throw down $10 to hang in one of his movie theaters, and Starbucks has been way past pricey.<br><br>I thought Magic knew how to hang on to his cash, but then again, he was the first Negro rented by the Clintons.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085836">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085836" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh dear lord, Rent-A-Negro.    BWAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085188">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085188" class="dsq-comment-message">Was he pushing it or riding it?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083054">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083054" class="dsq-comment-message">THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082678">lamh31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082678" class="dsq-comment-message">Funny from Marc Ambinder, but so true!!<br><br>Burris, Blago Win<br>12 Jan 2009 04:27 pm<br><br>A joint statement from Senate Majority Leader Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin, annotated.<br><br>"The Secretary of the Senate has determined that the new credentials presented today on behalf of Mr. Burris now satisfy Senate Rules and validate his appointment to the vacant Illinois Senate seat.  In addition, as we requested, Mr. Burris has provided sworn testimony before the Illinois House Committee on Impeachment regarding the circumstances of his appointment.<br><br>Wow, did we mess this up. The guy just did an end-run around all of us. We expected him to be Blago-like, but he wasn\'t. He was senatorial. Agreeable. Maybe he can win...uh, downstate. And .. we messed up the racial politics of this big-time.  So... in order to save some face, we\'ll just create a procedural defense: we always intended to seat the guy, but his paperwork wasn\'t in order.  <br><br> "We have spoken to Mr. Burris to let him know that he is now the Senator-designate from Illinois and as such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a Senator-elect. <br><br>We apologized. <br><br> "Accordingly, barring objections from Senate Republicans, we expect Senator-designee Burris to be sworn in and formally seated later this week.  We are working with him and the office of the Vice President to determine the date and time of the swearing-in.<br><br>As we worried all along, the Republicans are saying that Democrats caved and appointed Blago\'s hand-picked senator.<br><br>"As we had outlined to Mr. Burris, a path needed to be followed that respects the rules of the Senate.  We committed to Mr. Burris that once those requirements were satisfied, we would be able to proceed.  We are pleased that everything is now in order, we congratulate Senator-designee Burris on his appointment and we look forward to working with him in the 111th Congress."]<br><br>This has been an enormous distraction. Obama\'s annoyed with us. Other senators are annoyed with us. The black caucus is annoyed with us. We need to move on, and quickly. Why didn\'t we go with a special election, again? <br><br>###<br><br>Permalink :: TrackBacks (0) :: <br>Share This <br><br>TrackBack<br>TrackBack URL for this entry:<br><a href="http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/40659" rel="nofollow">http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/mt/mt-tb.cg...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083366">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083366" class="dsq-comment-message">Harry, you\'re doing a heckuva job!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083578">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083578" class="dsq-comment-message">Or, try this translation:<br><br>"The Secretary of the Senate has determined that the new credentials presented today on behalf of Mr. Burris now satisfy Senate Rules and validate his appointment to the vacant Illinois Senate seat. In addition, as we requested, Mr. Burris has provided sworn testimony before the Illinois House Committee on Impeachment regarding the circumstances of his appointment."<br><br>Man, Blago handed us our asses.  <br><br>"We have spoken to Mr. Burris to let him know that he is now the Senator-designate from Illinois and as such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a Senator-elect."<br><br>Obama told us we better seat that man if we know what\'s good for us.<br><br>"As we worried all along, the Republicans are saying that Democrats caved and appointed Blago\'s hand-picked senator."<br><br>We\'re going to try to blame the Republicans on this.<br><br>"As we had outlined to Mr. Burris, a path needed to be followed that respects the rules of the Senate. We committed to Mr. Burris that once those requirements were satisfied, we would be able to proceed. We are pleased that everything is now in order, we congratulate Senator-designee Burris on his appointment and we look forward to working with him in the 111th Congress."<br><br>We repeat: Blago handed us our asses.  Happy New Year and Congratulations to Sen.-elect Roland Burris.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083961">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083961" class="dsq-comment-message">Town!    Town!    Town!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>U   R     A   GREAT TRANSLATOR of - - - "<b>BS-SPEAK!!</b>   LOL!!!<br><br>Thank you!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5082724" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082724" class="dsq-comment-message">This made me laugh. Joe the plumber is now officially synonymous with stupid. Please enjoy! <br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/joe-the-plumber-fights-wi_n_157239.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/joe-th...</a><br><br><br>Joe The Plumber Fights With Israeli Reporter<br><br><br>Joe the Plumber has been reporting from Israel in his new position as Pajamas Media war correspondent.<br><br>The campaign trail celebrity went to war to correct what he saw as a glaring oversight in the journalism field: "They\'re supposed to bring the news to you unbiased. They\'re supposed to actually report it and then let you make your opinion ... What I can provide are actual real questions and get real answers. I\'m not talking manufactured answers, I\'m not talking soundbites...And uh, not giving it any kind of slants."<br><br>Talking to reporters in Israel, Joe went even further, suggesting that journalists shouldn\'t be allowed anywhere near war zones: "I don\'t think journalists should be anywhere allowed war (sic). I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what\'s happening day to day. You make a big deal out of it. I think it\'s asinine. You know, I liked back in World War I and World War II when you\'d go to the theater and you\'d see your troops on, you know, the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for them. Now everyone\'s got an opinion and wants to downer-and down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers."<br><br>[evita here ROFL: He asking for propaganda? That man is dense.]<br><br>It\'s not clear how this philosophy jibes with this exchange, transcribed by Firedoglake, where Joe tries to force an Israeli reporter to judge whether or not the country is "bad."<br><br>    JOE: The story here is people are being killed and the media\'s slanting it and trying to make it Hamas is, uh, as far as, that Israel\'s being bad. Do you believe Israel is bad?<br><br><br>    REPORTER: Do I believe it?<br><br>    JOE: Yeah, do you?!<br><br>    REPORTER: I\'m Israeli, so...<br><br>    JOE: So answer the question!<br>    Story continues below<br><br>    REPORTER: No, I don\'t think Israel is bad.<br><br>    JOE: Do you think Israel has every right to protect itself?<br><br>    REPORTER: Yeah.<br><br>    [pause]<br><br>    JOE: You do?!<br><br>    REPORTER: Yeah.<br><br>    JOE: Have you said that on air?<br><br>    REPORTER: I\'m just a reporter.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084146" class="dsq-comment-message">He is so ignorant that it really should be treated with a vaccine.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084739" class="dsq-comment-message">He speaks in loopy sentences similar to Sarah Palin.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084956" class="dsq-comment-message">nickwah22:  It\'s like  <b>MOOSE of a HERD!</b>  [Like "birds of a feather!"\'  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083164" class="dsq-comment-message">I got a rant ya\'ll. <br><br>Re: The View<br><br>Did anyone see the entire show today? Something pissed me off a little more than Ann "Afghan Hound" Coulter\'s mindless dribble.<br><br>During Hot Topics, Elisabitch Hasselbeck was going on and on about her visit with Bush at the White House, and how such a wonderful president he has been, blah, blah fukkedy blah. However, this wench couldn\'t make it her business to visit Walter Reed? <br><br>This heffa goes on and on about how we should support the troops and insinuates that if you disagree with the war, then you\'re against the troops, made it seem like Rosie O\'Donnell thinks the troops are terrorists.....etc., but she couldn\'t find the time to visit the troops at Walter Reed? <br><br>Rant off.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083277" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:  Er    -um - - -   Respectfully, I believe that her last name is spelled- - - - <br><br>H-A-S-S-E-L-B-I-T-C-H.  <br><br>Otherwise, CO-SIGN on the /rant!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083814">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083814" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083944">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083944" class="dsq-comment-message">Major Co-Sign on the Hasselbitch!<br><br><br>&<br><br><br>Ann Coulter has man features!  No femininity....Nowhere!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5085548" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085548" class="dsq-comment-message">He shaved his Adam\'s apple so he could pass and insult trannies everywhere.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085861" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5083357" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083357" class="dsq-comment-message">She doesn\'t think, Sepia she presents the talking points. <br><br>Please see that D considerately shared 100 accomplishments (gag) of the Bush Administration... way below.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083768">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083768" class="dsq-comment-message">I honestly believe she\'s receiving a paycheck from the GOP to recite those memorized talking points. She\'s a female version of Armstrong Williams.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085108" class="dsq-comment-message">"Something pissed me off a little more than Ann "Afghan Hound" Coulter\'s mindless dribble."<br><br>You hit on the head-- she does look like an Afghan hound!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083208" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I\'ve been trying ta post this ALL MORNING.  My computer kept getting jammed!  Whew!   :&gt;)<br><br><b>DAY -8 On His "JOURNEY TO JANUARY 20, 2009!</b> Yaaaaaa!     :&gt;)<br><br>1.  <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0109/Call_to_service.html" rel="nofollow">Call to service</a><br><br>2.  HIS SCHEDULE:      <b>Monday Jan. 12, 2009</b><br><br>All Times Eastern7:00 AM	<br>8:00 AM	<br>8:15 AM	<br><br>Celeb photographer Annie Leibovitz and her entourage arrive at Barack Obama\'s hotel.<br>9:00 AM	<br>9:40 AM	<br><br>Obama arrives at his transition office.<br>10:00 AM	<br>11:00 AM	<br>12:00 PM	<br>12:20 PM	<br><br>Obama leaves his transition offices.<br><b>12:30 PM	<br><br>Obama meets with Mexico\'s President Felipe Calderón at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C.<br><br>PHOTO<br>1:00 PM	<br>1:53 PM	<br><br>Obama addresses reporters after his lunch meeting with Calderon.</b><br>2:00 PM	<br>2:40 PM	<br><br>Obama returns to his transition office. <br><br>3.  <a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/the_president-elects_plan/" rel="nofollow">The President-elect’s plan</a><br><br><i>Last Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama gave a major speech outlining his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.<br><br>We asked some of the leading members of the Transition’s policy teams to sit down and talk a bit about it—why it’s necessary, how it will work, and how we’ll make sure it’s as efficient and effective as it is bold.<br><br>We compiled their responses into a short video, touching on each of the major elements of the plan.<br><br>Watch the video now, and discuss it below:</i><br><br>4.  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/obama-guantanamo-preparin_n_157202.html" rel="nofollow">Obama Closing Guantanamo: Preparing Order In First Week</a><br><br><i><br><br>WASHINGTON — Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. That executive order is expected during Obama\'s first week on the job _ and possibly on his first day, according to two transition team advisers. Both spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.<br><br>Obama\'s order will direct his administration to figure out what to do with the estimated 250 al-Qaida and Taliban suspects and potential witnesses who are being held at Guantanamo.<br><br>It\'s still unlikely the prison would be closed any time soon. Obama last weekend said it would be "a challenge" to close it even within the first 100 days of his administration.</i><br><br>5.  <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17357.html" rel="nofollow">House GOP invite Obama to caucus meeting</a><br><br><i>Barack Obama will address House Republicans shortly after his inauguration, a GOP leadership aide said Monday.<br><br>The new president will likely attend the weekly Capitol Hill caucus of the House Republicans within three weeks of being sworn in.<br><br>“We got an enthusiastic ‘yes’ from Rahm [Emanuel],” said the GOP aide, referring to Obama’s incoming chief of staff and a former House member.<br><br>House GOP leaders last week invited Obama to address one of their meetings, an appearance the Republicans says would be keeping with the president-elect’s call for a new brand of politics.<br><br>"In accordance with your campaign pledge to work in a bipartisan manner and change the partisan tone in Washington, D.C., we would like to extend an invitation to you to address a meeting of the House Republican Conference,” wrote the eight members of the House Republican leadership to Obama in a letter dated January 9th.<br><br><b>The two parties meet separately each week the House is in session. President George W. Bush never made an appearance at the Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, but he did attend the House Democrats retreat in 2001, soon after taking office.</b><br><br>Much like Obama is now, Bush said at the time he was focused on fostering “a civil tone in our discourse."<br><br>But after working closely with Hill Democrats on his education bill, relations between Bush and the congressional opposition frayed.<br><br>When Bush attended the same House Democratic retreat in 2007 — after Democrats had recaptured control of Congress — House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) noted that some in his caucus had been asking of Bush: "Why is he coming?”<br><br>Now, as both parties prepare to address the gasping economy, House Majority Leader John A. Boehner and his whip, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), say they want to find common ground with the president-elect.<br><br>“House Republicans stand ready to work with you to restore economic prosperity in America, and we do not want partisan differences to stall achievement in those areas where we share common goals on behalf of the American people,” the GOP leaders wrote.</i><br><br>6.   GETTIN\' READY!!:<br><br><a href="http://www.wral.com/entertainment/story/4290222/" rel="nofollow">Networks have inauguration plans on screen and off</a><br><br><i>In all their planning to cover Barack Obama\'s inauguration as the nation\'s 44th president, television networks have paid particular attention to people who must spend their day in front of a computer.<br><br>CBS News has built a special inauguration Web site to show its coverage on Jan. 20. <a href="http://CNN.com" rel="nofollow">CNN.com</a> will have four live streams and will allow Facebook users to connect through its site. ABC is offering online archived speeches of past presidents. Fox News and MSNBC Web sites will both stream the inauguration live online.<br><br>"There are a lot of people who are going to be captivated by the entire day, and a lot of them are not going to be able to have a television set in the office, or have access to a television," said Sean McManus, CBS News president. The online coverage "has a much higher priority than it has in the past."<br><br>McManus has experience with the online audience of people who are supposed to be working; he\'s also president of CBS Sports, which streams the opening days of the NCAA men\'s basketball tournament.<br><br>The Facebook deal is part of how CNN is experimenting to find the right way to get viewers involved with the event, much like the debate it co-sponsored during primary season with YouTube, said David Bohrman, CNN senior vice president and Washington bureau chief. He senses that a lot of people on Jan. 20 will want to communicate with friends.<br><br>"People are just trying to figure out the blend right now," Bohrman said. "Everyone knows that there\'s something there, and this is an interesting step in the evolution. If you look at this moment in eight or 10 years it will be interesting to see what panned out and what went nowhere."<br><br>None of this means the networks are shortchanging their television plans. Like Election Night, a presidential inauguration is an event that has been in the planning for a long time and brings out the "A" team. It\'s even more so now, as Obama\'s installation as president caps a campaign that drew extraordinary interest from viewers.<br><br>"For a news division, it is the gift that keeps on giving," McManus said.<br><br>CBS\' daytime coverage on Inauguration Day stretches from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The network had originally planned to end it earlier, but its affiliates said they\'d prefer more from Washington than the usual daytime talk shows, he said.<br><br>Besides the daytime ceremonies anchored by Charles Gibson, ABC will devote its entire prime-time lineup for the first time to the inauguration. For two hours, ABC will be on site at the "Neighborhood Inaugural Ball," covering musical performances and the new president and first lady\'s first dance of the night. At 10 p.m. EST, ABC will track the other inaugural balls and report on the day\'s special significance for black Americans.<br><br>Brian Williams will anchor the daytime coverage for NBC and a live, one-hour special at 10 p.m. that visits several inaugural balls. CBS\' Katie Couric will anchor a 9 p.m. EST special on Obama\'s journey to the White House, then do a live Webcast reviewing the day\'s events on <a href="http://CBSNews.com" rel="nofollow">CBSNews.com</a> and <a href="http://CNET.com" rel="nofollow">CNET.com</a>.<br><br>The networks are preparing for an inauguration event that may be larger than anything they\'ve seen before, CNN\'s Bohrman said.<br><br>"I don\'t think any of us realized how big this inaugural was going to be," he said.<br><br>Coverage of the event actually begins three days earlier, when CNN\'s Wolf Blitzer follows Obama\'s Saturday train ride from Pennsylvania to Washington. Blitzer and Anderson Cooper will be CNN\'s lead personalities for the inauguration.<br><br>On Fox News Channel, the inauguration will be the first big political event in years not anchored by Brit Hume, who has taken on a part-time role. Chris Wallace and Shepard Smith will be the main anchors, with Hume replacement Bret Baier getting both morning and evening duty.<br><br>Following its template from big political events last year, MSNBC will originate from an outdoor location on the National Mall, with Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and Eugene Robinson. CNBC airs an all-day "CNBC Reports: President Obama & Your Money."<br><br>Jim Lehrer anchors PBS\' inaugural coverage, with columnists David Brooks and Mark Shields among his panelists. PBS\' "NewsHour" also has an extensive Web site with forums where voters can pose questions.<br><br>For those who want a realistic sense of being there, C-SPAN\'s four days of coverage marks major events with no narration.<br><br>The event has attracted some extraordinary TV attention, with networks like Nickelodeon, QVC, BET and TV One planning events. The night before the inauguration, The Disney Channel will air a concert honoring military families, "Kids\' Inaugural: We Are the Future."</i><br><br>PLANS ARE BEING MADE FOR ERRYBODY TO WATCH THIS <b>HISTORICAL  and MOMENTOUS EVENT!!      :&gt;)      :&gt;)  <br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruidM0nfUdc" rel="nofollow">Crowd Cheer And Applause</a><br><br>WHEW!!  COMPLETED!!   ENJOY!!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083331" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi there!<br><br>That little baby looks like Sasha at that age..... how cute!!<br><br>Babies are just so calm and peaceful with him...I have seen many photos of Barack with babies and they always seem to pick up on his gentle spirit...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083501" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083523" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Baratunde:  -Er- -  -   -um- - -   Did you say something about <b>RACIAL PROFILING?</b>    :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/french-group-uses-obama-d_n_157226.html" rel="nofollow">French Group Uses Obama \'Double\' To Highlight Racial Profiling</a><br><br><i><br><br><b>PARIS — A French black group is parading a Barack Obama-lookalike at the lower house of parliament and in Paris in a campaign to highlight its concerns about<u> alleged racial profiling by police in France.</u></b><br><br>After a stout "Yes We Can!," American actor Michael Lamar met lawmakers at the National Assembly for Monday\'s start of a media blitz by the Representative Council of Black Associations.<br><br>For years, the group, known by the French acronym CRAN, has raised questions about a country that has championed a colorblind standard that sees all citizens as just French, regardless of ethnic origins _ and where collecting racial data is banned.<br><br>The group wants a meeting with Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie to discuss a survey it commissioned last year that showed "visible minorities" say they get stopped by police more often by police than other people.<br><br>Playing along after meeting Lamar, Green party lawmaker Yves Cochet said: "The presence at our side of \'Mr. Obama\' is the sign that France should become as generous and egalitarian as the United States can be."<br><br>Lamar, a San Francisco native who now lives in Philadelphia, was being taken _ dressed neatly in suit and tie _ to a police station and other parts of the capital, and CRAN was filming the reactions of passers-by for an upcoming publicity spot, the group said.<br><br>The videos were also planned "to prompt dialogue on these issues that expose the backwardness of our country and its decision-makers when public opinion is concerned," it said.<br><br><b>Interior Ministry spokesman Gerard Gachet said French police do not stop people based on ethnic or racial backgrounds, and it would be "unthinkable" that such a policy could ever be put in place.</b></i><br><br>Mr. President-Elect Obama - - REPRESENTIN\'   in PARIS!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5073747" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/go-ahead-say-nigger.html" rel="nofollow">Go ahead say nigger:</a> Looking at the desire of whiteness to nigger.<br><br><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/presidential-eye-candy.html" rel="nofollow">Presidential Eye Candy:</a> Looking at the reduction  of Michelle Obama to fashion symbol and ignoring the work that she is going to do as first  lady.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077235" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/gene-robinson-gay-bishop_n_157076.html" rel="nofollow">Gene Robinson: Gay Bishop Giving Obama Inauguration Prayer</a><br><br>From Huffpo:<br><br><i>New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, a vocal gay rights leader, will open President-elect Barack Obama\'s inauguration with a prayer on Sunday\'s kick-off event at the Lincoln Memorial.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5077270" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5077270" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5077270" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077270" class="dsq-comment-message">I was JUST going to post this!<br><br>I think this is enormous. I wonder of Rick Warren will protest by NOT offering his services.  lol</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5078120">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5078120" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5078120" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5078120">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5078120" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078120" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5078477">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5078477" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5078477" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5078477">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5078477" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078477" class="dsq-comment-message">Now watch somebody complain, "but this doesn\'t count because it\'s not the inauguration ceremony itself."  You know it\'s gonna happen.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5078552">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5078552" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5078552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5078552">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5078552" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078552" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve already read that comment on several blogs.  There is no way for Obama to make everyone 100% happy.  At least he is making an effort to make most people mostly okay with his actions.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5078739">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5078739" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5078739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5078739" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5078739" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078739" class="dsq-comment-message">Cue the right wing going ape s--t.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5078762">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5078762" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5078762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5078762" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5078762" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078762" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/12/obama-climate-czar-has-socialist-ties/" rel="nofollow">Obama climate czar has socialist ties</a> - <i>…one of 14 leaders of a socialist group\'s Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which calls for "global governance" and says <b>rich countries must shrink their economies</b> to address climate change.</i><br><br>It’s amazing how stupid the Democratic Party’s supporters are. Apparently they actually believe that the Communist/Socialist (Socialism is only “one-step” from Communism) agenda of the Democratic Party is going to somehow help them out, i.e. that the Big Gov’t promoting Democratic Party is going to forcefully take from the “evil rich” and “evil Big Corporations” and give that money to them. <br><br>Problem is the Democratic Party is part of the World Socialism movement, and that movement eyes America as their main future source for funding, e.g. “<i>rich countries must shrink their economies </i>.” I have some bad news for the World Socialism movement: The Capitalists and Individualists – that the Communists/Socialists hate – have already started to shrink their businesses and investments since Obama was elected, and that shrinking is going to continue for quite some time.<br><br>BTW, for those who have never heard of the Ice Ages, “man-made” global warming is a hoax…</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5080886">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5080886" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5080886" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5080886">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5080886" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5080886" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t summon a reply worthy of such thoughts, so I\'m turning it over to someone who can...<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZgVRJ-H8U" rel="nofollow">Mr. Moe Howard, the floor is yours</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5081689">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5081689" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5081689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5081689">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5081689" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5081689" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMBAO!!!!!  Wise guy, why I oughta,  SAAA....LAP!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5082076">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5082076" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5082076" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082076">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5082076" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082076" class="dsq-comment-message">I sure hope you got MsKitty\'s message!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5084138">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5084138" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5084138" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084138">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5084138" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084138" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Karmi - how\'s it hanging?  <br><br>Blessings to you and yours.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074175">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074175" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074175" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074175" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074175" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074175" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000%5C000%5C015%5C987slhyv.asp" rel="nofollow">A New Circus Comes to Town</a> - <i>Is it too soon to talk about the failed Obama presidency just because Obama isn\'t president yet?</i></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074284">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074284" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074284" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074284">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074284" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074284" class="dsq-comment-message">Karmi,<br><br>You\'re a sore loser and it does not look good!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074480">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074480" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074480" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074480">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074480" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074480" class="dsq-comment-message">No it\'s not a good look!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074294">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074294" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074294" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074294" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074294" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074294" class="dsq-comment-message">Lets talk about the failed Bush presidency.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074300">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074300" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074300">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074300" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074300" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes.<br><br>Thus ends another episode of "Short Answers to Dumb Questions"</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074664">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074664" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074664" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074664" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074664" class="dsq-comment-message">Y\'all are all mean. Funny at times, but mean.<br><br>The article\'s simply asking if Obama is the right person to corral all the various factions that have started to come up/out since his election.<br><br>It\'s a fair question, even if the writer is obviously partisan (though I don\'t mind his politics, I know most others here wouldn\'t. Not to mention the tinge of racism and sexism in the article). In all fairness, though, it\'s probably too early to give an answer.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074879">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074879" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074879" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074879">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074879" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074879" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m all for fair questions but Karmi never comes here to engage in a genuine dialogue, but just to taunt and pick fights.  So he/she/it gets dealt with accordingly IMO.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074356">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074356" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074356">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074356" class="dsq-comment-message">Well since you\'re peering into your crystal ball...tell me...do you see my middle finger?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074383">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074383" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074383" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074383">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074383" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074383" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5074532">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5074532" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5074532" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074532" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5074532" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074532" class="dsq-comment-message">rofl</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5075120">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5075120" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075120" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075120">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075120" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075120" class="dsq-comment-message">LMBAO</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5075433">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5075433" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075433" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075433">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075433" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075433" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda"    LOL!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Just made it  <b>"NEGATIVE" 453</b>.      The "POINTS" just keep piling <b>DOWN!!</b>    Whew!!    **shakin\' my head***</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5075236">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5075236" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5075236" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5075236">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5075236" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5075236" class="dsq-comment-message">How can we miss you if you won\'t go away?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5082115">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5082115" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5082115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5082115">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5082115" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5082115" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, it\'s the Republican Party, stil up to their DIRTY DEEDS with Coulter, Limbaugh, and Palin.  The rethugs who DON\'T GIVE ADMISSION TO POC TO COME UNDER THEIR CIRCUS TENTS.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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