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He reports on what he sees on the ground.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:04:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023278, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A \u201cconspiracy\u201d? <b>Nope!</b> <a href=\"http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/07/28/is-anything-sacred.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Is Anything Sacred?</a> \u2026<i>the Obama campaign actually leaked the note to reporters before Obama even placed it in the wall.</i> A quote from <a href=\"http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331112489&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ma'ariv</a>: <i><b>\u201cBarack Obama's note was approved for publication in the international media even before he put in the Kotel (Western Wall), a short time after he wrote it at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.\u201d</b></i> It was a photo op\u2026fully staged, and has now backfired\u2026OOPS!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_20:17:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021327, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "djchefron,<br>I am speechless.  You make such an important point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:05:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "kenyaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020527, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I owe Craig an apology.<br><br>It seems now that the McCain campaign's strategy is to trot out every single veteran who's ever set foot in Germany to say that Obama could've visited the troops there.<br><br>Including <a href=\"http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/News/PressReleases/0e6a537f-6ac2-4b68-bcab-97aa8fec222c.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">CWO4 Michael Durant</a>.....he of <i>Black Hawk Down.</i><br><br>That's obviously pandering......and somewhat disrespectful.<br><br>Think I'll be staying at home this November.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:45:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1024983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let's just say I was pleasantly shocked by her candor and her passion about the issue.<br><br>She almost seemed pained.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_18:58:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024903, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just in on MSNBC McCain had a small mole removed from his body might be cancerous might not be.The republicans will not nominate McCain they will look elsewhere lest their losses will be even bigger than anyone is even predicting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:58:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1020440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wonder what the O strategists have to say about this.  If voter registration is a key part of their strategy, then surely they have a plan to deal with voter purges?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:35:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019964, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL......honestly? It's possible. Can't say it's not.<br><br>Do I think that he should know the consequences of randomly scratching said itch? Yes.<br><br>Will I support him if he just decides to go marching off to war for no apparent reason? No.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:11:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021336, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "(sigh)<br><br>Off subject: what branch of service were you in?<br><br>Let's look at those definitions: in this case, the strategy-the plan of action-was to deploy more troops to Iraq to reach the goals that I stated above. One of the tactics of said strategy was the redeployment of troops outside of the Green Zone/Baghdad areas to other cities and provinces. <br><br>As such, the Anbar Awakening and its related movements across Iraq could not have happened without the tactic of putting Americans with Iraqis in the local communities. Which could not have been possible had the strategic decision been made to send more troops to Iraq in the first place.<br><br>Or did the Navy teach me something wrong?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_10:45:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019869, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From an email:<br><br> LaVena Johnson was a 19 year old private in the Army, serving in Iraq, when she was raped, murdered, and her body was burned--by someone from her own military base. Despite overwhelming physical evidence, the Army called her death a suicide and has closed the case.1<br><br>For three years, LaVena's parents have been fighting for answers. At almost every turn, they've been met with closed doors or lies. They've appealed to Congress, the one body that can hold the military accountable. But, as in other cases where female soldiers have been raped and murdered and the Army has called it suicide, Congress has failed to act.<br><br>Will you join Mr. and Mrs. Johnson in calling on Congressman Henry Waxman, Chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, to mount a real investigation into LaVena Johnson's death and the Army's cover-up2? Will you ask your friends and family to do the same?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=1884-523273\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=1884-52...</a><br><br>From the beginning, LaVena's death made no sense as a suicide. She was happy and had been talking with friends and family regularly3--nothing indicated she could be suicidal. And when the Johnsons received her body, they noticed signs that she had been beaten.4 That was when they started asking questions.<br><br>After two years of being denied answers and hearing explanations that made no sense, the Johnsons received a CD-ROM from someone on the inside. It contained pictures of the crime scene where LaVena died and an autopsy showing that she had suffered bruises, abrasions, a dislocated shoulder, broken teeth, and some type of sexual assault. Her body was partially burned; she had been doused in a flammable liquid, and someone had set her body on fire. A corrosive chemical had been poured in her genital area, perhaps to cover up evidence of rape.5<br><br>Still the Army sticks by their story. They refuse to explain the overwhelming physical evidence that LaVena was raped and murdered and continue to claim that she killed herself.<br><br>For many Black youth, and working class young people of every race, the military is seen as an option for securing a better future. LaVena came from a deeply supportive family, and while the military wasn't her only option, she was attracted by its promise to help her pay for a college education and the opportunity to travel around the world. She also thought that by joining she could continue her lifelong commitment to serving other people in need. She made a decision to serve in the military, with all its risks, and expected respect and dignity in return.<br><br>LaVena's death is part of a disturbing pattern of cases where female soldiers have been raped and killed, and where the military has hidden the truth and labeled the deaths suicides.6,7 In virtually all cases, Congress has been slow to investigate or hold the military accountable in any way. Unfortunately, most families simply don't have the resources, time, and psychological strength to push back.<br><br>We can help the Johnsons, and other families, by holding Congress accountable in the LaVena Johnson case and by demanding it investigate the pattern of cover-ups by the military.<br><br>Please take a moment to join those calling on Congressman Waxman to investigate the cover-up of LaVena Johnson's death:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=1884-523273\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=1884-52...</a><br><br>Thanks and Peace,<br><br>-- James, Gabriel, Clarissa, Andre, Kai, and the rest of the <a href=\"http://ColorOfChange.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">ColorOfChange.org</a> team<br>   July 28th, 2008", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:59:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think Elisabeth got her talking points on the View this morning...she asked Nancy Pelosi why Barack denied the surge was successful.  LOL...she didn't even ask a question of Pelosi herself, she asked about Barack!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:12:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019192, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Audacity of Incompetence.<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:36:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021081, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good luck getting a sitting general to go opposite message of the current CIC..<br>NICE TRY....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:36:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020291, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/181811/924/958/558410\" rel=\"nofollow\">TN Shooter Influenced by Right-Wing Pundits</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_20:50:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1020972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My whole issue with this Iraq withdrawal situation is I agree with both Petraeus and Obama.  I think withdrawal should depend on the conditions on the ground (which Obama agrees with) and with the bombing today (that killed 59 people) Iraq is not quite ready for withdrawal.  But I also think that our continued presence there will only be staving off violence If the Iraqi government doesn't step it up and try to take a more active role in governing, and doing more for its people.  <br>It just seems like we are babysitting an intra-country conflict.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:24:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020291, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020461": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Too bad he had to get next to Blair, Bush's lapdog...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:36:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019201, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're not going to answer whether being a soldier is just a job, huh?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:12:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024479, "depth": 13, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Been called many things in life....though never a psychopath. That's a first.....and I'm not sure it's complimentary.<br><br>Of course it doesn't. At the same time, I'm not going to allow someone-really, anyone-to disrespect the uniform I wore just because I don't agree with them politically. And I'm damn sure not going to tolerate it from someone who did not hear the call to serve. I respect the fact that they didn't, and that's fine....but it's not a pass to disrespect me.<br><br>That's how I took what Craig said. If I took it incorrectly, I'll stand corrected (though he'll probably yawn).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:25:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020759, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know if they aren't, PT. Campaign lawyers' actions don't get play at this stage of the game.<br><br>Voter rolls are also be purged in poor communities of color in swing states.<br><br>People need to check their registrations long before the deadline to register for November in their home states.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:05:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020134, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Republicans would be even more cynical than I think they are to put this man up for the nomination.<br><br>If they can find a health-related story to get him to get out of the race, they will.<br><br>I bet the mole was removed from the site where  McCain \"bumped his head\" getting out of a car recently.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:01:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021973, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Karl Rove's last hope (besides the character assassination he's so famous for) is to put more wedge issues on ballots in swing states. Affirmative Action is one of them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1018789, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If I vote for McCain, it will be because I feel that of the two candidates, he will be the least worst for this country. And if he does someething while president that I disagree with, I'll say so.<br><br>If Obama just randomly went marching off to war for no apparent reason, I'd like to think you wouldn't support him either (then again, I may be wrong......or someone will just say that \"Obama would NEVER do that!!\").", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:01:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021856, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He claims he knows how to win a war, yet he's never commanded an army or won a war.<br><br>He claims he knows how to catch bin Laden. Yet he hardly recognizes Afghanistan's existence and thinks Pakistan shares a border with Iraq.<br><br>He has sold his soul to the highest bidder many times over. (See the money he's no receiving from the oil industry after his off shore drilling flip flop.)<br><br>He's delusional. He's troubled. He's unprincipled. He's dangerous. He needs help.<br><br>I actually pity him. <br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:50:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1022259, "depth": 6, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Craig,<br>She is soo good.<br>She almost flipped me on the fathers day speech-gate last week. lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:11:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "kenyaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1022095, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's just Another Sad Surge Song racking my brain like crazy.<br><br>It's about to become farcical.<br><br>Especially since there were two deadly attacks just today.<br><br>Has the surge <i>really</i> been a \"success\"?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:15:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021477, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's not an exact science; however, a General's business is war, he/she is invested in combat and conflict.  Dentists are invested in the possibility of cavities.  Reporters are invested in intrigue and scandal. <br><br> What do you think soldiers are invested in?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:26:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020657, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Anbar Awakening happen before the surge I believe the timeline was for the awakening was Septo6 and the surge was announced in Jan 07 so I guess in republican world the surge which happen after was responsible.Maybe the navy has a different definition of strategy and tactics but according to the Army FM what the surge is a tactic.By the way I was in the Army.Here is a link that you should look into<br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_08/011937.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/indiv...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:39:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019994, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "(with apologies to TruthSeeker)<br><br>So what say you when <a href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSN26392694\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama says the same thing?</a><br><br><i>Asked if he had a clearer idea after talks with diplomatic and military officials how big a force would need to be left behind for those tasks, Obama replied: \"I do think that's entirely conditions-based.<br><br><b>\"It's hard to anticipate where we may be six months from now, or a year from now, or a year and a half from now.\"</i></b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:39:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020457, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1026119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't forget the fact Petraeus is paying off the militias so they won't shoot Americans and the ethnically cleansed - oops, I mean \"soft partitioned\" - the neighborhoods so the warring factions would be separated from one another. I wonder how long he thinks he can keep that up....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:47:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024316, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019660": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is some political news that may be of interest:<br><a href=\"http://allotherpersons.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/political-miscellany-72808/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://allotherpersons.wordpress.com/2008/07/28...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_10:06:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "EarthTone", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1022026": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "im reminded of those idiots who used the KORAN as target practice..i blame the recruiter...anything to meet that quota..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:03:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021685, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My gift to the idiots who voted and installed me in a job I was wholly unprepared for.<br>Bush Leaving Next President Record Federal Budget Deficit<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/bush-leaving-next-preside_n_115335.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/bush-l...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:03:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1024078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Er...Betraeus?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:12:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023773, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can someone please tell me why it's okay for Brian Williams to sit face-to-face Iran's president but not okay for the POTUS to do the same?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:17:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1018968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This Week: John McCain Wants To Kick Russia Out Of G8. Why? To Teach Them A Lesson About Hubris, Naturally<br><a href=\"http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16008.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/1...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_08:27:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1024090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Specifically, what did he lie on?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:14:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024078, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we would grow to fond of it.\"  (Lee) And there's many other quotes that say the same thing.<br><br>You are right. In addition, sometimes war is other things. Necessary. Unavoidable. <br><br>We, of course, will disagree on whether the Iraq War is/was those things. But if you want the truth, be prepared to accept the WHOLE truth, and not just the parts that will prove your point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:17:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021078, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1026141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_military_execution_9 rel=\"nofollow\"></a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:50:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1019486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's your point in posting this, exactly?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:45:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019327, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Neocons got exactly what they wanted out of the war.  Make no mistake about it-although countless lives were destroyed and normal people have a great deal of empathy for those poor souls-but the Bush administration wanted to control the the oil rich nation no matter how many lives were lost in the process.  Iraq was diveed up by the big oil companies and now there being protected by the US armed forces.  Lets not forget all the millions of dollars in no-bid contracts awarded defense contractors for their political contributions to the Repubs.  These souless, Godless creatures have no remorse and we must see that Barak Obama gets into office.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_15:39:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "nettie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Moving is so much fun!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:18:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020334, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "as some said here before, John McCain has dementia.  It's becoming clear.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_20:11:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023289, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Monday, July 28, 2008 <br>GOP Senators filibuster Stroke Treatment, Vision Care for Kids, Paralysis research, Combating Child Exploitation... <br>Joe Sudbay (DC) \u00b7 7/28/2008 05:24:00 PM ET \u00b7 <br><br><br>This afternoon, by a vote of 52 - 43, Republican Senators stuck with Tom Coburn and voted against moving forward of the Omnibus package, which included numerous vital bills sponsored by some of those same GOP Senators. <br><br>The roll call vote is here. Susan Collins (ME) burnished her right wing credentials by sticking with Coburn. <br><br>Those Republicans filibustered the bill and wouldn't even allow debate to proceed.<br><br>From Harry Reid, a partial list of what was at stake: <br>\u201cThe same Republican Senator who continued to hold up passage of the ALS Registry Act has unfortunately done the same for dozens of other worthy and overwhelmingly bipartisan bills. Just a few of these bills include:<br>The Emmitt Till Unsolved Crimes bill \u2013 Which would help heal old wounds and provide the Department of Justice and the FBI tools needed to effectively investigate and prosecute unsolved civil rights era-murders. <br><br>The Runaway and Homeless Youth bill -- Which would provide grants for health care, education and workforce programs, and housing programs for runaways and homeless youth. <br><br>The Combating Child Exploitation bill \u2013 Which would provide grants to train law enforcement to use technology to track individuals who trade child pornography and establish an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. <br><br>And the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act \u2013 Which would enhance cooperation in research, rehabilitation and quality of life for people who suffer from paralysis. <br>\u201cWe tried to pass each of these bills separately, but those efforts have been stalled by the objection of one Senator.<br>Well, now 41 other Senators have stalled those efforts.<br><br>Courtesy of Josh Orton, here are some other bills the Republican Senators rejected today: <br>Senator Thad Cochran - introduced - Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act (S. 999/HR 477)<br><br>Sen. Christopher S. Bond - introduced - Vision Care for Kids Act (HR 507/S. 1117)<br><br>Sen. Sam Brownback- introduced- Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act (S. 1810/HR 3112)<br><br>Sen Domenici, Pete V - introduced - Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S. 2304/HR 3992)<br><br>Sen Vitter, David - introduced - Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography (S. 2869/HR 4136)<br><br>Sen Lugar, Richard G. - introduced - Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act (HR 1084/S. 613)<br><br>Sen Coleman, Norm - introduced - Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act (HR 1678/S. 840)<br><br>Sen Stevens, Ted - introduced - Ocean Exploration, Mapping & Research (HR 1834/HR 2400/S. 39)<br><br>Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - introduced - Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act (S. 950/HR 2342)<br><br>Sen Voinovich, George V. - introduced - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2008 (S. 496", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_18:09:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Neither Limpballs or Insannity graduated from college.  They both dropped out.<br><br>Bill O'Reilly did graduate from college, he was a high school teacher at some point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:19:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020758, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's more: <a href=\"http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/13021.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paper, rapped for outing Obama note, claims campaign pre-approved leak</a>. <i>\"What initially seemed to be a journalistic scoop of dubious moral propriety now seems to be a case of an Israeli paper being played by the Barack Obama campaign.\"</i> Wonder if MSM will report this? Probably not...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_20:31:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025543, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Got these two as well:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/10566/0372/222/558129\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paul O'Neill & Donaldson Endorse Obama; Bush's rogue ex-officials now advising Obama on econ panel</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:19:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021418, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1026156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I got the intention of your blog, because it was so over the top.  LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:52:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024307, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama on Iran, Syria, and Jerusalem<br><a href=\"http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331099249&pagename=JPost%252FJPArticle%252FShowFull\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:47:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1020527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If I read my Constitution right Petraeus do not set policy.See in our form of Government it is the civilians who set policy and it is the Generals job to salute and implement that policy.Now if he has a problem with that then he should resigned.The United States is not a military junta.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:44:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 30, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020291, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Say it again, TruthSpeaker, say it again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:20:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020919, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "no doubt.  But, and I think this is where libs and conser. differ, we called the president on that, and it wasnt until political pressure that the surge was born. the surge is a creation of W, and no-one else. Rather then tuck-tail (as my right-wingers say) he decided to stay and not only that stockpile. They (RW) came up with the rules for the surge. Libs just called them on it..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:20:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1022072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Make no mistake, Petraeus is a politician.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:08:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 25, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020527, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023610": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The statement  \"Prayer works\", is misleading.  If there is possibility that a deity can say no, then prayer can't be declared to \"work\".  The idea of prayer working implies it's a magic spell or law not subject to the whim of a deity.  Are you suggesting that a non-answer to prayer is also evidence it's \"worked\"?  <br><br>You send up the prayer, you determine if it's worked or not, you ascribe meaning to the reason it's worked or not.  The one constant is: You.   There is no one else.<br><br>What reason would a deity have for denying your wish?  Even Hitler got much of what he wanted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:29:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023380, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course it's possible. It's also possible they live for partisan politics. And protecting the interests of Big Oil in Iraq.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:09:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020557, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021571": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But if you want the truth, be prepared to accept the WHOLE truth, and not just the parts that will prove your point.<br><br>::<br><br>Look in the mirror.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:21:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021531, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/357ouhip.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dewey Like Obama</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:50:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thought I did....<br><br>To some, yes. They come in, do their enlistment or their obligation, pick up skills and benefits, and leave. I don't knock them for that; their service is no less honorable.<br><br>Then there's those who actually buy into the institution, who actually believe in the missions they're given. <br><br>Everyone else probably is somewhere in the middle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:24:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025070, "depth": 14, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The biggest strategic blunder in modern American military history.<br><br>That is what Iraq is.<br><br>It's all about oil, money, and defense contracts. Nothing more; nothing less.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:11:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020972, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's why 85,000 new registrations from Black voters have been rejected so far.<br><br>We've got to take action.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_10:50:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019344, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you think it's possible the Generals live for combat?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:46:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020291, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're good.<br><br>Really good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:11:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021896, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There is no \"call to serve\" D.  ....unless it's voices in the head, so to speak.  That's a part of the mythology, part of the romanticizing of combat.  If it wasn't romanticized, no one would ever partake of it.   Combat is mud, disease, blood, feces, rape, rotting corpses...and fear.  <br><br>You should tell the truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:35:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020977, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain is a disgrace to anyone who has worn the uniform especially those who have been wounded in combat.  And I don't need to have worn it to say so. You have no idea why I haven't put on the uniform, so you need not make assumptions about \"bothering\" and \"calls to serve.\"<br><br>You don't have any moral authority over me on the matter, D.<br><br>It's too bad you think you do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:35:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020114, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain is still trying to win the Vietnam War.<br><br>He's stuck in the past and can't get out. <br><br>He's a troubled, dangerous man.<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:12:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021336, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now THAT was stupid. The person who did that deserved whatever happened to him.<br><br>But do you really think these three are on that level?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:12:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1022026, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you challenging me D?   It's awfully cute.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:20:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024090, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021597": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't claim moral authority.<br><br>::<br><br>Yes you do. And you're lying through your warmongering teeth to say you don't.<br><br>I have yet to hear you criticize McCain for his dishonorable, immoral, amoral, treacherous bullshit.<br><br>And you won't.<br><br>I understand what's it's like to wear the uniform. I fully understand it. That's something you can't grasp in your own narrow view.<br><br>I understand what it's like to wear the uniform, D.<br><br>Not every \"experience\" is physical or material.<br><br>I'll leave you to chew on that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:24:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021264, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"And I'm damn sure not going to tolerate it from someone who did not hear the call to serve.\"<br><br>D - We all serve in some capacity.  Whether as military, teachers, doctors, working with the homeless, at risk children, handicapped, fire fighters, policemen, government  etc. <br><br>Besides all that -- What's up all?  Hope you are having a great day.  Let me catch up on today's conversations.<br><br>Blessings!<br><br><br> <br><br>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:06:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020977, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1026210": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The first debate in Mississippi.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_22:00:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1026008, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't believe that for a second.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:21:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024127, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\"Petraeus do not set policy\"</i><br><br>...that would be military government.  Funny, I was thinking exactly this yesterday.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:49:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020527, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023149": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're saying that a man who has done nothing but serve his country honorably is betraying us?<br><br>That is <b><i>completely</b></i> disrespectful. <br><br>I'd challenge you to take his place.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_15:46:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 23, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1022969, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The point is the nonsense that is the republicans main talking point  that the surge has produced miraculous results and you must say that the surge is a strategy that all must adhere to.Granted when you flood Baghdad with 30,000 troops after the ethnic cleansing of the neighborhoods  that violence will be decreased.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:56:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019486, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024177": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm only asking a question. I was at the hearing for a little bit, so I want your perspective.<br><br>Don't worry, though...I'm used to my questions going unanswered here. :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:23:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024156, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Course, you and I (and God help me, maybe djchefron as well) would probably agree that our strategy in the beginning was somewhat-if not completely-f'd up.<br>........................................................<br>No it was F*cked up to waste over 4000 lives to prove son bush had bigger balls than papa bush and to reward his oil cronies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:28:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021322, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We haven't had a war that was necessary or unavoidable in 70 years.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:59:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021531, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Andrea Mitchell is sticking up for Barack big time on this troop malarky. I'm a bit shocked.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:24:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1019581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They've got to make affirmative action an issue. Geraldine Ferraro all but opened up the door saying the only reason he is anywhere is because he's black.  They've got to press the idea that this unqualified black guy is taking away the presidency from a more qualified white guy.  They've got to show how black people are taking away jobs and opportunities from the more qualified hard working white people.  It's the only way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:57:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1018833, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No defense-No condemnation.  Well, that sums it up right there.<br><br>Problem is, those soldiers murdered 3 people.  The families of these 3 people will live with it.  Think they had any kids?...probably.  The soldiers also return home to their families, after killing 3 innocent people.  This is a tremendous cost.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:27:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021378, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama-McCain Matchup: Blowout Or Trench Warfare?<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/27/obama-mccain-matchup-blow_n_115232.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/27/obama-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_08:47:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1019592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When has the weakly standard been right about  anything", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:59:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019525, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022259": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's my thing... the very possibility that he is psychologically trying to win a war (Craig... for real, I'm with you) is enough to highlight him as a threat to national security (the goal, not the system.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:27:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021466, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Howard Fineman is getting on my nerves with the hubris bullshit. Arrogance and hubris are not the same thing. Not even close.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:27:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1020114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A moment of candor: at this point, McCain is the lesser of two evils to me. I have strong policy disagreements with both candidates (though more with Obama than with McCain). Here lately, I've actually considered not voting....but that wouldn't be helpful either. So I'm left with the option of \"holding my nose\" and voting for the candidate with whom I disagree with less.<br><br>End moment of candor.<br><br>I normally don't respond to people who question my integrity as a veteran, especially when it comes from those who haven't bothered to wear our nation's uniform themselves. Today.....I don't think I'll make an exception to that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_10:59:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020037, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You are talking degrees of dedication which is applicable to all JOBS.  I see nothing here that elevates military service above criticism.  Marketing terms like \"call to service\" are meaningless.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:36:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025160, "depth": 15, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/27/21953/1394/402/557925\" rel=\"nofollow\">GOP Strategists Call McCain's Campaign \"Pathetic\"</a><br><br>Understatement of the week.<br><br>His campaign has turned into pure treachery.<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be President of the United States of America.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:00:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1020634": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Guns, meet god.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:55:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020152, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021148": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "never that..<br>all i ask is when people say that the surge is everything, that they acutally include everything it was supposed to be about..<br><br>i'll admit its made progress, but when you limit the objectives, of course it will. <br><br>all in all (and i might be to the right of you on this) i was and still am a firm believer of airstrikes.. no troops necc.. target your specific locations and go from there...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:40:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020857, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/0955/14430/338/557989\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Doesn't Understand....</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:35:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One would hope. Something tells me he won't be making a public stink about it all.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:40:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020440, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The soldier card, the surge card, now the hearings card.  Surely being at the hearings for a bit trumps everyone.  Pretty confident, aren't we?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:29:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024177, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023204": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Haliburton you say!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_15:52:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1022090, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Um, MoveOn ran that ad calling him \"General Betray Us\" on September 10, 2007....<b>before</b> he testified to Congress. <br><br>So, technically, you're incorrect. Had you looked up when the ad was ran, you'd know that.<br><br>Something else I'll bet you didn't know about the ad: <a href=\"http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/09/senate-condemns.html' rel=\"nofollow\">Obama didn't vote for the resolution the Senate passed to condemn it.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:39:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023472, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why doesn't the Obama campaign take action? It has the resources, people and a dog in this fight.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:02:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020044, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021159": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There will be a lot more domestic terrorism thanks to the Supreme Court's judicial activism.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:41:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020634, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Former Bush Treasury secretary for Obama <br>O'Neill for Obama<br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/ONeill_for_Obama.html?showall\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/ONe...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:24:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1020657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I see where you're going with that. Usually, at that stage of the game, the \"itch\" has passed....unless you're Patton or <a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/03/general.shoot/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GEN James Mattis</a> (God bless the Corps; they ain't subtle!).<br><br>I don't think Petraeus fits into that vein.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:57:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020557, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC tonight...........this is posted at the jedreport.   I was watching and it was so refreshing to hear her be so frank about it.<br>Angela<br><br>\"Mon Jul 28, 11:47 AM Pacific<br>Andrea Mitchell: McCain attack ad \"literally is not true\"<br>Wow.<br><br>Andrea Mitchell lacerates McCain's dishonorable Landstuhl attack. In her words: \"It seems inexplicable that this whole thing has become an issue.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_18:47:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angela1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just find it hard to believe that people can go to a country and totally lose their moral compass. <br><br>::<br><br>I don't. But that also assumes they had a moral compass to begin with.<br><br>Do you think that someone like that man who walked into a church and started shooting people wouldn't enlist in the military?<br><br>Sometimes things are exactly as they appear.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:34:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021484, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He takes his marching orders from the President.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:57:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020291, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I guess churches are going to have to be on lockdown from here on out.<br><br>I expect domestic terrorism to rise, rise, rise as rightwing clowns continue broadcasting their hate speech all across the nation.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/10745/5015/230/558105\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tennessee Shooter Targets \"liberal movement\" and \"gays\"</a><br><br>God. Bless. America.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:04:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1024127": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Heh.... that funny.<br><br>If only I could persuade people in real life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:17:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024064, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "town:  \"Limpballs\"  :&gt;)  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;) LOL!!!<br>Wonder which college/university HE went to?  O.K. I'm taking a trek to Wikipedia.  Gotta ge the DATA/FACT B4 I get ta dissing!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  <br>Thanks for this stimulus!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:57:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020338, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1034494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "djchefron  - Truly!<br><br>I have been thinking about this too.<br><br>It's not just about Petraeus, IMO. It also goes to McCain trying to associate military experience with fitness to be Commander in Chief. It looks \"ok\" to make such an association (oooh, military = Commander in Chief) only because of ignorance or willful disregard for the fact that Commander in Chief is deliberately a civilian post.<br><br>Anyway, I remember Senator Obama's marvelous clarity in one of the debates where he said that the Commander in Chief sets the mission. That was solid stuff -- he is clear on what's what IMO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-29_04:52:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020527, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think it is that simple Craig.  While I grieve for the Iraqi families that have lost their loved ones, I just find it hard to believe that people can go to a country and totally lose their moral compass.  We are talking about shooting people in cold blood.  I do think that these men and women are facing enormous stress and making decisions that they might not in other circumstances.<br><br>But since I am not there, and can't speak for them, it is just my opinion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:13:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021175, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chairs Conyers, S\u00e1nchez Consider Criminal Referral on DoJ Politicization Report<br><a href=\"http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=1457\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=1457</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:58:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1034508": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Sing along with me:<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.</i><br><br>Yes. Multi-part harmony on this. All those voices together.<br><br>I love great singing harmony.<br><br>Anyway, it's true.<br><br><b>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.</b><br><br>!!!!<br><br>I'm sort of an alto.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-29_04:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025867, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023540": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gallup/USA Today pol</a>l:<br><br>McCain 49%<br>Obama 45%<br><br>Now let's see if the networks tell us they don't believe this, that this poll must be an outlier.<br><br>And then I woke up.<br><br>Wonder if they simply switched the names.<br><br>The network executives just creamed their pants.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:22:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain is a liar and everyone who parrots his talking point is also a liar<br><a href=\"http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/28/1228137.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:40:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1023250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can't argue with a word of this.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_15:56:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023071, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wasn't there. I didn't see what they saw.<br><br>There is no defense.....nor is there condemnation. The soldiers made a judgement call that they will live with-for good or for bad-for the rest of their lives.<br><br>Sorry to disappoint.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:03:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021175, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.<br><br>That's the song I'm gonna sing until he's removed from the ballot in Minneapolis.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:37:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021144, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023773": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Who lied?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:44:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023742, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You wish. <br><br>If you're still a McCain supporter after the way he has politicized wounded troops and lying lying lying, suggesting Barack is a traitor above all else, then I openly question your integrity as a man who has worn the uniform.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_10:49:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019525, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not disrespecting the men and women who serve, just you.<br><br>:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:47:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025277, "depth": 17, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  A-ha!!!!!  Thank you!  While it is posible to not complete college and still be successful, it may explain - FOR THEM- \"whycome\" they can't see that RACISM is irrational!!  I'm just sayin' . . .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:38:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021544, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ping Ping Ping!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:45:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1022524, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D I think no one is saying Petraeus is not serving his country in his view that is honorable,why people are calling him out for betraying us is his job is to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States.When he inject himself into the political arena then he is betraying his oath of office.You do remember the oath you took. No where in that oath does it say you get involved in partisan politics,", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_15:59:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023149, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Its okay really, like the MSM keeps reminding us that's just John we know what he really means.Give me a F*cking break.I truly believe the media will fight tooth and nail to protect the status quo and their tax breaks and they know the only way to do that is to prop up another incompetent idiot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:08:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023289, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This piece was published at my blog ('I Don't Like You Either')<br><br>I am very sorry that I didn't make it clearer to you and Andrew Sullivan that the piece was intended as satire of a particular type of right winger who takes even reasoned opinions and twists them to an agenda.  I am beginning to realize that the American right has killed satire.  <br><br>I thought the piece was ridiculously over the top.  But a friend sent me some links to pieces that made J Public's piece sound comparatively (comparatively) sane.<br><br>I am very sorry it wasn't more apparent.  He hasn't had much experience writing satire...but had to start somewhere.  <br><br>PS.  I don't agree with Sullivan about the elimination of racial preferences, but he makes a pretty good case.  And I agree with everything he says about my co-blogger's piece.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:37:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "damozel_rejoins", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1018789, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "At least you're honest enough to acknowledge that you are.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:50:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025313, "depth": 18, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McClellan: Fox News Commentators Use The \u2018Talking Points\u2019 That The White House Sends Them\u00bb<br><a href=\"http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/26/mcclellan-fox-talking-points/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/26/mcclellan-f...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:09:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1023289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/144041/448/53/558282\" rel=\"nofollow\">Another McCain Gaffe? Calling Gen. Petraeus the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:00:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1024316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ha! I challenge YOU to take his place. He is a politician in a military uniform. He knows that female officers are being raped and murdered and does nothing. He knows innocent civilians are being raped and murdered and does nothing. He's probably participated in numerous nefarious actions that would have sent him to prison had he been a civilian. Serving your country when it's being attacked is one thing, actually rescuing people is one thing, but stealing resources from other people and killing them to get to them is not honorable. He may be following orders but he is not innocent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:38:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023149, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am a veteran and McCain and the republican party on the whole is a disgrace.They cut Veteran benefits ,try to make a tiered system on receiving VA healthcare.leave our wounded soldiers to lay in their own piss at Walter Reed ,send our troops into combat without the proper gear remember this quote from Rumsfeld\"You go to war with the Army you have not the one you want\"Send mentally wounded troops back into battle and all the while the vast majority of  republicans ran like the chickenhawks that they are when it was their turn to serve relish sending other people's kids to war while never wanting to pay for their carnage with their own money or kids.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:51:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021080, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Come on.......the surge was not designed to rid Baghdad of all its evils. I know that, you know that-though you'll never admit it!-and most of the American people know it as well.<br><br>What it was designed to do was:<br><br>1. drive violence down (which happened, by the way....and not just because we \"flooded\" Baghdad. In case you forgot, one of the key missions of the surge was to get American troops out from behind the Green Zone and into other areas of Iraq that they had abandoned),<br><br>2. give the Iraqi government space and time to establish a strong military and make political progress as well (which also happened, contrary to liberal opinion).<br><br>The surge has proudced positive results (wouldn't say miraculous, as Jesus did not return during the course of it). It's a strategy that, contrary to liberal opinion, has succeeded.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_10:12:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019567, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>\"...Prayer Works !\" </i><br><br>...Until, and except the times it doesn't.<br><br>;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:13:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019799, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "town, my sentiments exactly. Add Rush Limbaugh to the list who in his radio broadcast  asked of the Clintons how they feel now, that one of there hot button issues of the 90's was blowing up right in front of there face...<br><br>this is worst then a failed attempt an attack on affirmative action no matter how its sliced with a black man running for president can only appear as what it is racist. Top that with Mr. McCains MLK vote ,and he's one flip away on immigration rom kissing all minority votes goodbye....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:13:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019581, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019203": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "News you can use<br>Removing Scratches from CDs and DVDs<br><a href=\"http://lifehackery.com/2008/07/14/gadgetry/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://lifehackery.com/2008/07/14/gadgetry/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:11:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1019204": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Im guessin John McCain Looked into Putins Eyes and spit in them....W. must be proud...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:11:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1018968, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1035318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm a tenor. We need a bass and a soprano for starters and maybe a baritone, a contralto, and a mezzo.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-29_08:32:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1034508, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ain't that something.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:02:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023206, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He wants to inject race directly into the campaign.<br><br>It was only a matter of time.<br><br>Sing along with me:<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:09:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025830, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was watching C-Span this morning, and the author of a book called \"Collateral Damage\" was discussing his interviews with Iraq vets and one of the former soldiers that he interviewed refused to return to service because of the treatment of Iraqi civilians.  I just can't imagine the type of behavior these young men and women have seen.  How are you not changed forever by it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:34:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020920, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021264": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't claim moral authority. I claim a knowledge of what its like to wear that uniform, and the sacrifices it entails. You do not have that experience firsthand.<br><br>So I'm interested in knowing how you come to the conclusion that McCain is a disgrace to something that I would imagine you don't fully understand.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:53:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021080, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020899": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2008/07/obamas_fake_pra.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama's Fauxtonement</a> <i>Maariv claims that \"Obama submitted a copy of the note to media outlets when he left his hotel in Jerusalem,\" before visiting the wall.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:17:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "town:  \"Limpballs\"  :&gt;)  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  LOL  2 funny!   :&gt;)<br>Sooo, this causes inquiring minds to wonder - Where did HE matriculate??  Well, I will take a litte trek to Wikipedia in search for some DATA/FACTS.  Back at-choo L8R.  :&gt;)<br><br>SO SORRY FOR THE DUPLICATION!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:04:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020338, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>\"I normally don't respond to people who question my integrity as a veteran,..\"</i><br><br>Do you think veteran status exempts you from examination for human decency?  I think that attitude is strong evidence of  military demagoguery.  It's a mental pathology...sorta like psychopathy with a military slant.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:04:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020114, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021796": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell me what you find so dishonorable, so immoral, so amoral, and so treacherous.<br><br>That's a no-shitter. I want to know. I've asked that before, and you responded with \"you know.\" No, I don't, so tell me.<br><br>And if I agree with you, I'll say so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:43:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021597, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023206": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rice Adviser: Iraq Invasion Was 'F*cking Stupid'<br>A Counterinsurgency Guide for Politicos <br><a href=\"http://washingtonindependent.com/view/the-cricketers\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://washingtonindependent.com/view/the-crick...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_15:52:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1025894": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Looks like Obama is doing a good job at discrediting himself, and after this eye-opener it appears he clearly needs no help. The photo ops were the giveaway, especially at that Wall\u2026", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:13:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025645, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The attempts to steal the election have begun.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/4727/23178/316/558035\" rel=\"nofollow\">Call to Action: Voter Rolls in several States purged!!!</a><br><br>There's a call for donations in the article. I hope those who can afford to donate donate.<br><br>We've got to stop the immoral neocons from stealing yet another election.<br><br>Send this story to everyone you know concerned about our \"sick democracy.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_10:42:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1025900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anyone watching McCain on larry king?<br><br>I like to joke about how anything is possible in America cause I graduated third from bottom position in my navy class. Yeah its a great country. C yale-legacy students can also become president. And people who graduate top of their Harvard Law School class can become president .... oh wait never mind they arn't qualified and are elitist. <br><br>Asswipe.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:13:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "goc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1025392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://MoveOn.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">MoveOn.org</a> was right. The American people trusted Petraeus to tell the truth about the Iraq War instead of being just another partisan hack who puts political ideology over personal integrity. Petraeus betrayed that trust. That makes <a href=\"http://MoveOn.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">MoveOn.org</a> more patriotic than Betrayus, because they had the guys to speak truth to power, while Bush's Pet just said whatever he had to say to further his military career. And guess what happens? Petraeus gets rewarded with command of CENTCOM in return for carrying the neocon's water.<br><br>That photo of you sucking up to war criminal Bush makes more sense with every post. When will you learn to cut through the military's brainwashing and start thinking for yourself?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:57:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023717, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Only physcos hear the call to kill.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:57:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021078, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jeez, is it just my pc or is J&J acting up today?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:57:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025392, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Prayer always works Truthseeker.  The thing most don't understand is that sometimes God says No.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:09:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020224, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025408": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Girl", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:59:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023610, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi everyone;<br><br>Just back from a week of Model T's in Indiana....great fun.      I read this today and think its something we should all take seriously since we know purging voter registrations affect outcomes.   Maybe you all covered it while I was away.   In any case, I still think it would be worth keeping this an open issue.     They need donations and want the message to be passed on.   Please help.<br><br>Saw it at <a href=\"http://Buzzflash.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buzzflash.com</a><br><br>thanks,<br>Angela<br><br>Obama Doesn't Sweat. He should. <br>by Greg Palast<br><br>In swing-state Colorado, the Republican Secretary of State conducted the biggest purge of voters in history, dumping a fifth of all registrations. Guess their color.<br><br>In swing-state Florida, the state is refusing to accept about 85,000 new registrations from voter drives \u2013 overwhelming Black voters. <br><br>In swing state New Mexico, HALF of the Democrats of Mora, a dirt poor and overwhelmingly Hispanic county, found their registrations disappeared this year, courtesy of a Republican voting contractor. <br><br>In swing states Ohio and Nevada, new federal law is knocking out tens of thousands of voters who lost their homes to foreclosure.<br><br>My investigations partner spoke directly to Barack Obama about it. (When your partner is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., candidates take your phone call.) The cool, cool Senator Obama told Kennedy he was \u201cconcerned\u201d about the integrity of the vote in the Southwest in particular.<br><br>He\u2019s concerned. I\u2019m sweating.<br><br>It\u2019s time SOMEBODY raised the alarm about these missing voters; not to save Obama\u2019s candidacy \u2013 journalists should stay the heck away from partisan endorsements - but raise the alarm to save our sick democracy.<br><br>And that somebody is YOU. Joining with US, the Palast investigative team. Here\u2019s how:<br><br>We have been offered an astonishing opportunity to place the Kennedy-Palast investigative findings on a national, prime-time, major-network television broadcast. Plus, separately, we have an extraordinary offer to create a series of reports for national network radio.<br><br>But guess what? The networks will NOT PAY for our public service reports. We have to raise the start-up funds in the next two weeks to film it, record it and get it on the airwaves.<br><br>WE need YOU to fund the reports, DISSEMINATE the findings as we post the print, audio and video on the web\u2013 and ACT on it.<br><br>So, for only the second time this year, I am asking each one of you to make a tax deductible donation to the non-profit, non-partisan Palast Investigative Fund of $500, $150 or $100.<br><br>Progressives have complained for years of no opportunity to get the hard, cold sweaty truth on the air. Well, put your money where your heart and soul is.<br><br>Donate at least $500, I\u2019ll send you every book I\u2019ve written and every film, signed.<br><br>Send $150 and I\u2019ll send you as a gift, a copy of John Ennis' film Free For All, the brilliant and funny film about the Theft of Ohio.  AND I'll send you, signed, a copy of my book, Armed Madhouse, plus a copy of the BBC/Democracy Now film investigations, The Election Files and a copy of the spoken word CD Live from the Armed Madhouse all signed.<br><br>Donate $100, and I\u2019ll send you 3 copies, one signed to you, of \u201cThe Elections Files, \u201c the best of our BBC/Democracy Now films \u2013 including special never-broadcast interviews with Kennedy and fired prosecutor David Iglesias.<br><br>I know you\u2019re ponying up for your favorite candidates. But what\u2019s the point of winning folks' votes IF NO ONE COUNTS THEM?<br><br>Please make your donation \u2013 today. No corporation, no big foundation, is going to take on this emergency in our democracy. The election\u2019s about to be stolen \u2013 for a third time. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?<br><br>Donate today (for $1,000 minimum, we\u2019ll list you as a Producer of our next DVD, in gratitude). Why? 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Read and view his investigations for BBC Television at <a href=\"http://www.GregPalast.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.GregPalast.com</a>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:57:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angela1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1020291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/100/story/45700.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Petraeus won't join bandwagon for Iraq withdrawal timetable</a><br><br><i>Gen. David Petraeus, the Iraq commander, said in an interview with McClatchy that the situation in Iraq is too volatile to \"project out, and to then try to plant a flag on, a particular date.\"</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:19:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 58, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-27-obama-minority_N.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Defends trip</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:10:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1022344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whenever white people and Ward Connorly complain about Affirmative Action, I wish someone would throw the following article at them: <a href=\"http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/28/at_the_elite_colleges___dim_white_kids/?page=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">At Elite Colleges - Dim White Kids</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:35:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019581, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's the thing: I hear people saying that it was supposed to be this end all, cure all. No, it wasn't. AIDS was not going to be cured because of the surge. The Middle East wasn't going to cease to be violent because of it. That's why I made the comment about Jesus not returning during the surge's course; it sounds sacreligious, but I'm just about convinced that it would take something on that order for liberals to say the surge was a success.<br><br>I don't completely disagree with you. We could have easily bombed Iraq into submission. But we would've have to bomb the country completely-and I do mean completely-flat in order to do that. There was evil everywhere, mixed in with an innocent population....at the end of the day, that course might have killed more civilians than our present one. And those numbers are extraordinarily high now, so you can only imagine what they could've been.<br><br>Course, you and I (and God help me, maybe djchefron as well) would probably agree that our strategy in the beginning was somewhat-if not completely-f'd up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:58:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021148, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As opposed to whom, their commanders?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_20:02:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021932, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Smoothie:   \"MCANCIENT\" thinks [and I use this word -EVER SO CAREFULLY] that Putin is STILL president!  Posted recently!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:09:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019204, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Must everything be a conspiracy with you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:59:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020899, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I guess that's agreement......?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:41:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021641, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021844": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks, files away for future reference.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:47:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019203, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025430": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Do you think that someone like that man who walked into a church and started shooting people wouldn't enlist in the military?\"<br><br>Uh, yeah!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_20:03:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021685, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From Blacks4Barack....<br><br>For those who prayed for Obama's safe journey....Prayer Works !<br><br>Visit: <a href=\"http://www.Blacks4Barack.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.Blacks4Barack.org</a><br><br>Say It Loud...BARACK & I'M PROUD !!!<br><br>p.s. Big Luv to JJP !", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_10:23:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "69a9cd5fced707c0810475b046bc7d12", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you believe McCain still has that \"itch?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:00:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020657, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024921": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's a wrap.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_18:50:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023368, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023388": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Unless it's the current one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:10:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020663, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Time for Obama To Mount an Economic Populist Pushback?<br><a href=\"http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:12:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021175": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Despicable behavior by our soldiers in uniform.<br><br>I'm sure D. has a defense prepared.<br><br>I'm counting down....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:42:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021069, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But if you vote for him thats exactly what you would be doing when he does go off marching to war for glory", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:48:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021466, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1026032": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Watching McCrank on CNN - he's such a liar.  Larry King of course let him slide on all his lies and criticisms of Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:35:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1023394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's one word to put it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:10:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023204, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1018789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Have you guys seen this:  <a href=\"http://theflatlandalmanack.typepad.com/versus/2008/07/mccain-bringin.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://theflatlandalmanack.typepad.com/versus/2...</a><br><br>Andrew Sullivan has a great response: <a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/07/clearing-the-ba.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...</a><br><br>Sorry, I don't know how to do links properly.  Are you set up for html or bb code?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_07:50:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "purplehawk", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Way to hide behind the uniform there, sparky. I whole heartedly agree with Craig. Your support of McCain brings your loyalty to your comrades in question and makes you look just as self serving as he is.  McCain has no honor whatsoever because he refuses to support other servicemen except when it fits his political aspirations. Of course that photo of you shaking hands with Bush says more about you than you realize. You're shaking hands with a war criminal, and you're PROUD OF IT. No wonder you want you continue his policies by defending an unstable warmonger like McCain.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:01:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020114, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Too bad that he had to get next to someone like Blair, Bush's lapdog.<br><br>(Moving this week...ugh!)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:24:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1025455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uh oh.   Care to explain msmartin?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_20:07:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025408, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Karmi reads  and listen to Hugh Hewitt, Limbaugh,Michelle Malkin and somedays forgets to take meds so he/she is not the brightest bulb in the bunch", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:32:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021327, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Limpballs has been saying for a long while that Obama getting into Harvard & Columbia was just affirmative action and him being the Pres. of the Law Review was just \"affirmative action.\"  I've heard local radio talk show hosts say repeatedly that Obama just got into Harvard b/c of affirmative action and he'd never be able to get in otherwise.  They've taken snipes at Michelle and Princeton, too.<br><br>I would say the majority of the people bitching about Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and affirmative action have never seen the inside of a college.  I'll say this:  I'll believe their stance on affirmative action if they apply it to ALL students of color, starting with the football and basketball team.  If they truly believe that everyone who goes to X college needs to have at least a 3.5 GPA and a 1500 on the SAT, that needs to apply to the black athletes as well.  But they ain't going for that and we all know why.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:24:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55fc0e16623c181a6c8436de91a9fb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020225, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Same here.  My very bright kids went to Duke and Harvard, and then on to professional degrees in medicine and law.  They were National Merit Scholars coming out of high school.  I got so tired of white people posing \"just interested\" questions as to whether or not they were National Achievement Scholars or \"the real thing.\"  <br><br>McCain is coming out against Affirmative Action, another flip from where he was 10 years ago.  <a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-27-mccain_N.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:04:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "purplehawk", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1022344, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:57:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023787, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>The Iraqi government to take responsibility for security in all of Iraq's provinces by November 2007. </i> Ok, hasn\u2019t happened yet. Presently, according to Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I, also know as \u201cthe guys on the ground\u201d) Iraqis presently have control of 9 of the 18 provinces.<br><br><i>Iraq will pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis.</i> Hasn\u2019t happened; apparently it\u2019s held up in their parliament somewhere.<br><br><i>The Iraqi government will spend $10 billion of its own money on reconstruction and infrastructure projects.</i> Iraq\u2019s budget in 2007-when the surge began-allocated $10 billion for reconstruction, an increase of 21% over the previous year\u2019s budget. It also provided for $73 billion to be spent on security for the country. The 2008 budget has $11 billion budgeted for reconstruction and capital investment. (numbers from Reuters)<br><br><i>Iraqi to hold provincial elections at some point in 2007.</i> Didn\u2019t happen; at present they\u2019re on for October 1, though that might slide<br><br><i>The Iraqi government will reform de-Baathification laws, and establish a fair process for considering amendments to Iraq's constitution. </i> De-Baathification passed in January 2008. Gotta get back to you on the amendment process; had to call a friend who\u2019s trying to get me a straight answer.<br><br>So, having established that they weren't all completely met.....now what? Want me to say that the surge was a failure; that no progress was made at all; that things are no different now than they were before the surge?<br><br>I can say it.....but it'd still be untrue.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:12:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020355, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021372": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We should ask for a response from McCain's campaign!  REQUIRE HIM to act.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:03:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020134, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Surge, Surge step right on up the surge solves all<br><a href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/103/story/45701.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/103/story/45701.html</a><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/iraq-bombings-kill-43-wou_n_115280.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/iraq-b...</a><br><a href=\"http://www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=13208\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=13208</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:25:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1023938": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Say it again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:58:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1022650, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "why you have to play the military card??<br>D, in actuality as you very well know the real strategic error was the failure of an airstrike ...<br><br>Im going to bury you and anyone else who thinks W.'s motives werent based on propaganda AND NOT WINNING..the moment the Cement Statue of Saddams Head was drug down that street HE assumed it was over...I got my photo op, and now i can land on this carrier and claim victory..<br><br>But since were talking surge talk, what say you of the initial objectives Put out by the whitehouse? <br><br>The Iraqi government to take responsibility for security in all of Iraq's provinces by November 2007. <br><br>Iraq will pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis. <br><br>The Iraqi government will spend $10 billion of its own money on reconstruction and infrastructure projects. <br><br>Iraqi to hold provincial elections at some point in 2007. <br><br>The Iraqi government will reform de-Baathification laws, and establish a fair process for considering amendments to Iraq's constitution. <br><br>Can you say that these conditions have all been met, and ifso, thus conclude a phased re-deployment is neccesary, or do you think they've not all Completly been met, and thus prove that the surge has merely been nothing more then a bandage?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_11:26:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019994, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021895": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Then why support someone who stated we can remain in Iraq for 100 years.It makes no sense.McCain with his votes dont support vets.he has no plan to disengage in a war we cannot afford and he just dont understand this new world we live in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:52:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021763, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021896": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Then, if it's just a job....and not a mystical \"call\".  Then soldiers can be judged like cops and lawyers and dentists.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:52:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021431, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020919": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Only Barack would be asked to <i>defend</i> a stunning success.  Barack is kicking McCain's butt, but he's contrite about it.<br><br>I want an apology from McCain for having to watch his pathetic campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:19:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019201, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A blogger has parsed Barack's prayer with a political agenda.<br><br>Yawn.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_14:57:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021327, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023410": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John Harwood is calling McCain the Mr. Straight Talk for calling Barack the Dr. No on energy policy.<br><br>And he calls himself a journalist.<br><br>Poor thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:11:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1019344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Florida Result Could Hinge On Black Vote<br><a href=\"http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/620144.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/620144.html</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:28:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1018833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "purplehawk- I am not surprised that the GOP wants to make Affirmative Action a wedge issue. <br><br>Andrew Sullivan's take on it is good, which is surprising because whenever he talks about Race I end up rolling my eyes. That guest blogger's, Chris Bodenner, take on AA a few entries down is annoying as hell. <br><br>Obama should try to ignore the issue for as long as he can. Either that or say something now that will be forgotten in September. This is such a transparent ploy to gin up white resentment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_07:58:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "a1899513a93684ede4e06b6dbe9d702a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1018834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We had some colorful and insightful comments about my take on the Black in America special <a href=\"http://ybpguide.com/2008/07/25/fck-the-black-in-america-haters/\" rel=\"nofollow\">the other day</a>.<br><br>I invited a good friend of mind who provided an alternate and conscientious point-of-view as a Latino and African-American woman called <a href=\"http://ybpguide.com/2008/07/28/soledad-this-is-what-i-wanted/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Soledad, THIS is what I wanted</a>.<br><br>Enjoy!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_07:58:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "ybpguide", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1026007": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TruthSpeaker!<br><br>I can't reconcile the thought that God would say no to the starving and helpless, those living horrific lives and no ability to change them and the fact that he apparently has.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:30:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025455, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1026008": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We need to start a pool about how long before McCain let's a racial ephitet slip in an interview. The way he's letting his anger get the best of him its only a matter of time...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_21:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025867, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019869": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is not a strategy it is a tactic.1- A Strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal, most often \"winning.\" Strategy is differentiated from tactics or immediate actions with resources at hand by its nature of being extensively premeditated, and often practically rehearsed. Strategies are used to make the problem easier to understand and solve.2-TacticsThe United States Army Field Manual 3-0 offers the following definition of tactics: \"Tactics \u2013 (Department Of Defense) 1. The employment of units in combat. 2. The ordered arrangement and maneuver of units in relation to each other and/or to the enemy in order to use their full potentialities. (Army) The employment of units in combat. It includes the ordered arrangement and maneuver of units in relation to each other, the terrain, and the enemy in order to translate potential combat power into victorious battles and engagements. (FM 3-0).\" See that is the problem with McCains/Bush thinking they do not know the difference.Republicans with their thinking on Iraq is like a dog chasing his tail,they think as long as they go around in circles that is a strategy to catch his tail.But it is a tactic because there is no planning on what to do if you ever get the tail.And like the dog they will fail.The tragedy although is the lives that will be lost because of their stupidity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_10:30:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1019710, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not gonna answer, huh?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:56:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024226, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021408": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCains \"Military Career \" is certainly no disgrace..His voting Record as a Senator in regards to how he \"Supports the Troops \" is.. <br><br>Payraises..Against.. <br><br>Vets Benefits ..Against<br><br>Baracks Upkeep...Against <br><br>GI-Bill of which he knew was tailor made to increase benefits to match current tution expenses....Oh yeah..Against.<br><br>He's for battle..he's just not for making sure his guys are very comfortable.. Typical Navy..Screw the sailor were more focused on the equipment... Ex-Sailor....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:06:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "smoothie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021264, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Petraeus just dissed Maliki, Bush and McCain in an attempt to knee cap Obama. Ironically Bush is probably the one who put t he words in his mouth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:06:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020527, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1024486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Unbelievable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_17:57:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1024316, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1019368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain Spokesman: Obama Hasn't Visited Mexico City!<br>News flash Obama also hasnt been to the moon or Mars.He is not ready yet!!!<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/27/mccain-spokesman-obama-ha_n_115223.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/27/mccain...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_09:31:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021418": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama goes overseas, kicks ass, comes home to domestic economy, kicks ass again. Look at the caliber of advisors he's <a href=\"http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/the-early-word-focus-on-the-economy-2/\" rel=\"nofollow\">meeting with today</a>: Warren Buffett, Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, A.F.L.-C.I.O. President John Sweeney, S.E.I.U. Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger, Google Chairman and C.E.O. Eric Schmidt.<br><br>You've got big business and labor, old economy and new. Wow. This is the kind of Presidency we've been waiting for.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:07:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1021932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's just easier for the soldiers to be the bad guys, huh?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:56:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1021630, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm honestly convinced that if I told you the sky was blue, you'd tell me it was light blue.<br><br>The general disrespect shown here at JJP to the men and women who serve this country is appalling. <br><br>I'd tell you all to be well, but I'm not sure I could do it with a straight face. See y'all tomorrow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_19:43:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025237, "depth": 16, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023472": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I see your bullshit and raise you.When Petreaus testify he was giving bush talking points that's when Hillary Clinton called him out on it saying \"we have to suspend belief to believe his answers\" Only then did Moveon called him out. Petreaus loyalty is not with bush and the republican party his loyalty lies with the American People to tell the truth and in that senate hearing he failed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:17:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023318, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1023742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lying is betrayal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_16:41:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1023149, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1021431": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Getting their job done, whatever that job entails.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_13:08:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1020994, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1020920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "July 28, 2008<br>U.S. Military Says Soldiers Fired on Civilians <br>By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.<br>BAGHDAD \u2014 The American military admitted Sunday night that a platoon of soldiers raked a car of innocent Iraqi civilians with hundreds of rounds of gunfire and that the military then issued a news release larded with misstatements, asserting that the victims were criminals who had fired on the troops.<br><br>The attack on June 25 killed three people, a man and two women, as they drove to work at a bank at Baghdad\u2019s airport. The attack infuriated Iraqi officials and even prompted the Iraqi armed forces general command to call the shooting cold-blooded murder.<br><br>It also bolstered calls from Iraqi politicians to pressure the American military to leave Iraq after this year, when a United Nations mandate expires, unless the United States agrees to permit its soldiers to be subject to criminal prosecution under Iraqi law for attacks on civilians. <br><br>In a statement issued late Sunday, the American military said that \u201ca thorough investigation determined that the driver and passengers were law-abiding citizens of Iraq.\u201d It added that the soldiers were not at fault for the killings because they had fired warning shots and exercised proper \u201cescalation of force\u201d measures before they opened fire on the people in the car.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/world/middleeast/28iraq.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/world/middlee...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_12:19:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1022969": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is why he is \"Betray Us\"!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_15:30:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 24, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1022072, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1025532": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a  href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/182731/449/931/558413\" rel=\"nofollow\">Former Ramstein Medical Chief Rips New McCain Ad</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_20:16:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "1025645": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A comment from the first article:<br><br><i>You're kidding, right, Zvika?  Because nobody with a functioning cerebral cortex could possibly be taking this seriously.<br><br>So, what... the Obama campaign \"approved the prayer for publication\" and went to the trouble to pre-crease it?  How cunning!  You'll also note that Yediot Aharonot says it \"obtained\" the note, but didn't publish it out of respect for Obama's privacy.  So they decided to respect the privacy of the candidate that leaked it to them?  What a fascinating manner of dealing with leaks!  Also, they didn't say that they obtained the note FROM HIS CAMPAIGN.  An important detail to notice, Zvika.  Makes you seem more... I dunno... intellectually honest and professionally rigorous.<br><br>Also, one other charming detail... the Ma'ariv spokesman apparently thinks that this is all a moot point, since a goy like Obama doesn't deserve to have to privacy of his prayers respected in the first place.  Kind of undercuts his legitimacy, don't ya think?  But you didn't bother to mention that, did you, Zvika?<br><br>Good to know that TNR isn't suffering from a hack shortage.  <br></i><br><br>::<br><br>The Ma'ariv is protecting itself and it's lie is all too transparent.<br><br>Someone is simply looking for another way to discredit Barack because his trip was such a success and someone simply can't stand it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-28_20:31:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1025543, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "2246721", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 2777379274223474185}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "monday_open_thread_21", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 208, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 2246721, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=monday_open_thread_21' +
		'&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_21/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_21'
			+ '&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_21/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">208</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/monday_open_thread_21/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_21/">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:2246721" 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_21/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:2246721" 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:2246721" 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_21',
			// 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_21/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_21'
			+ '&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_21'
			+ '&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_21'
				+ '&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/2246721/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

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

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

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

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





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

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

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

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1020291">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1020291" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020291" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020291" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020291" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020291" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/100/story/45700.html" rel="nofollow">Petraeus won\'t join bandwagon for Iraq withdrawal timetable</a><br><br><i>Gen. David Petraeus, the Iraq commander, said in an interview with McClatchy that the situation in Iraq is too volatile to "project out, and to then try to plant a flag on, a particular date."</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020527">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020527" class="dsq-comment-message">If I read my Constitution right Petraeus do not set policy.See in our form of Government it is the civilians who set policy and it is the Generals job to salute and implement that policy.Now if he has a problem with that then he should resigned.The United States is not a military junta.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020585" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020585">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020585" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020585" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"Petraeus do not set policy"</i><br><br>...that would be military government.  Funny, I was thinking exactly this yesterday.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1021411" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021411" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021411">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021411" class="dsq-comment-message">Petraeus just dissed Maliki, Bush and McCain in an attempt to knee cap Obama. Ironically Bush is probably the one who put t he words in his mouth.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022072" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022072" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022072" class="dsq-comment-message">Make no mistake, Petraeus is a politician.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022969" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022969" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022969" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022969" class="dsq-comment-message">That is why he is "Betray Us"!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023149" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023149" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023149" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023149" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re saying that a man who has done nothing but serve his country honorably is betraying us?<br><br>That is <b><i>completely</b></i> disrespectful. <br><br>I\'d challenge you to take his place.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023278" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023278">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023278" class="dsq-comment-message">D I think no one is saying Petraeus is not serving his country in his view that is honorable,why people are calling him out for betraying us is his job is to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States.When he inject himself into the political arena then he is betraying his oath of office.You do remember the oath you took. No where in that oath does it say you get involved in partisan politics,</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023318" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023318" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023318" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023318" class="dsq-comment-message">Bullshit.<br><br>MoveOn called him a traitor before he even opened his mouth. Remember that full page ad?<br><br>If he had said "bring the troops home now!!," they\'d call him God. He didn\'t, so now he\'s a traitor who betrayed his country.<br><br>He didn\'t get involved in politics then, nor is he now. He reports on what he sees on the ground.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023472" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023472">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023472" class="dsq-comment-message">I see your bullshit and raise you.When Petreaus testify he was giving bush talking points that\'s when Hillary Clinton called him out on it saying "we have to suspend belief to believe his answers" Only then did Moveon called him out. Petreaus loyalty is not with bush and the republican party his loyalty lies with the American People to tell the truth and in that senate hearing he failed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023717" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023717" class="dsq-comment-message">Um, MoveOn ran that ad calling him "General Betray Us" on September 10, 2007....<b>before</b> he testified to Congress. <br><br>So, technically, you\'re incorrect. Had you looked up when the ad was ran, you\'d know that.<br><br>Something else I\'ll bet you didn\'t know about the ad: <a href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/09/senate-condemns.html\' rel="nofollow">Obama didn\'t vote for the resolution the Senate passed to condemn it.</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025392" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025392">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025392" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://MoveOn.org" rel="nofollow">MoveOn.org</a> was right. The American people trusted Petraeus to tell the truth about the Iraq War instead of being just another partisan hack who puts political ideology over personal integrity. Petraeus betrayed that trust. That makes <a href="http://MoveOn.org" rel="nofollow">MoveOn.org</a> more patriotic than Betrayus, because they had the guys to speak truth to power, while Bush\'s Pet just said whatever he had to say to further his military career. And guess what happens? Petraeus gets rewarded with command of CENTCOM in return for carrying the neocon\'s water.<br><br>That photo of you sucking up to war criminal Bush makes more sense with every post. When will you learn to cut through the military\'s brainwashing and start thinking for yourself?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025396" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025396">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1025396" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025396" class="dsq-comment-message">Jeez, is it just my pc or is J&J acting up today?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023742" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023742">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023742" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023742" class="dsq-comment-message">Lying is betrayal.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023773" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023773" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023773" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023773" class="dsq-comment-message">Who lied?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1024078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1024078">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1024078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024078" class="dsq-comment-message">Er...Betraeus?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024090" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1024090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024090" class="dsq-comment-message">Specifically, what did he lie on?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1024156">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024156" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you challenging me D?   It\'s awfully cute.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024177" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024177" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1024177" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024177" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m only asking a question. I was at the hearing for a little bit, so I want your perspective.<br><br>Don\'t worry, though...I\'m used to my questions going unanswered here. :-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1024226">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024226" class="dsq-comment-message">The soldier card, the surge card, now the hearings card.  Surely being at the hearings for a bit trumps everyone.  Pretty confident, aren\'t we?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024479" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024479" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1024479" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024479" class="dsq-comment-message">Not gonna answer, huh?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025070" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025070">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025070" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re not going to answer whether being a soldier is just a job, huh?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025160" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025160" class="dsq-comment-message">Thought I did....<br><br>To some, yes. They come in, do their enlistment or their obligation, pick up skills and benefits, and leave. I don\'t knock them for that; their service is no less honorable.<br><br>Then there\'s those who actually buy into the institution, who actually believe in the missions they\'re given. <br><br>Everyone else probably is somewhere in the middle.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025237" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025237">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025237" class="dsq-comment-message">You are talking degrees of dedication which is applicable to all JOBS.  I see nothing here that elevates military service above criticism.  Marketing terms like "call to service" are meaningless.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025277" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025277" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1025277" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025277" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m honestly convinced that if I told you the sky was blue, you\'d tell me it was light blue.<br><br>The general disrespect shown here at JJP to the men and women who serve this country is appalling. <br><br>I\'d tell you all to be well, but I\'m not sure I could do it with a straight face. See y\'all tomorrow.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025313" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025313">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025313" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not disrespecting the men and women who serve, just you.<br><br>:)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025333" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1025333" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025333" class="dsq-comment-message">At least you\'re honest enough to acknowledge that you are.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024316" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024316" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024316" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha! I challenge YOU to take his place. He is a politician in a military uniform. He knows that female officers are being raped and murdered and does nothing. He knows innocent civilians are being raped and murdered and does nothing. He\'s probably participated in numerous nefarious actions that would have sent him to prison had he been a civilian. Serving your country when it\'s being attacked is one thing, actually rescuing people is one thing, but stealing resources from other people and killing them to get to them is not honorable. He may be following orders but he is not innocent.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024486" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024486" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024486" class="dsq-comment-message">Unbelievable.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1026119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1026119">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1026119" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t forget the fact Petraeus is paying off the militias so they won\'t shoot Americans and the ethnically cleansed - oops, I mean "soft partitioned" - the neighborhoods so the warring factions would be separated from one another. I wonder how long he thinks he can keep that up....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1024008">kenyaw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024008" class="dsq-comment-message">djchefron,<br>I am speechless.  You make such an important point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1034494" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1034494">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1034494" class="dsq-comment-message">djchefron  - Truly!<br><br>I have been thinking about this too.<br><br>It\'s not just about Petraeus, IMO. It also goes to McCain trying to associate military experience with fitness to be Commander in Chief. It looks "ok" to make such an association (oooh, military = Commander in Chief) only because of ignorance or willful disregard for the fact that Commander in Chief is deliberately a civilian post.<br><br>Anyway, I remember Senator Obama\'s marvelous clarity in one of the debates where he said that the Commander in Chief sets the mission. That was solid stuff -- he is clear on what\'s what IMO.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020457" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020457" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020457" class="dsq-comment-message">Good luck getting a sitting general to go opposite message of the current CIC..<br>NICE TRY....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020484" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020484" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020484" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020484" class="dsq-comment-message">(with apologies to TruthSeeker)<br><br>So what say you when <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSN26392694" rel="nofollow">Obama says the same thing?</a><br><br><i>Asked if he had a clearer idea after talks with diplomatic and military officials how big a force would need to be left behind for those tasks, Obama replied: "I do think that\'s entirely conditions-based.<br><br><b>"It\'s hard to anticipate where we may be six months from now, or a year from now, or a year and a half from now."</i></b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020557">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020557" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020557" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you think it\'s possible the Generals live for combat?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1020657" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020657" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020657" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020657" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020657" class="dsq-comment-message">I see where you\'re going with that. Usually, at that stage of the game, the "itch" has passed....unless you\'re Patton or <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/03/general.shoot/" rel="nofollow">GEN James Mattis</a> (God bless the Corps; they ain\'t subtle!).<br><br>I don\'t think Petraeus fits into that vein.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1020994" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020994" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020994">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020994" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020994" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not an exact science; however, a General\'s business is war, he/she is invested in combat and conflict.  Dentists are invested in the possibility of cavities.  Reporters are invested in intrigue and scandal. <br><br> What do you think soldiers are invested in?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1021431" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021431" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021431" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021431" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021431" class="dsq-comment-message">Getting their job done, whatever that job entails.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1021896" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021896" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021896">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021896" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021896" class="dsq-comment-message">Then, if it\'s just a job....and not a mystical "call".  Then soldiers can be judged like cops and lawyers and dentists.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1022095" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022095" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022095" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022095" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022095" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re good.<br><br>Really good.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1024064" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024064" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1024064">kenyaw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1024064" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024064" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig,<br>She is soo good.<br>She almost flipped me on the fathers day speech-gate last week. lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1024127" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024127" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1024127">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1024127" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024127" class="dsq-comment-message">Heh.... that funny.<br><br>If only I could persuade people in real life.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1024163" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024163" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024163" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1024163" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024163" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t believe that for a second.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1021336" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021336" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021336" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021336" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you believe McCain still has that "itch?"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1022105" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022105" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022105" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022105" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is still trying to win the Vietnam War.<br><br>He\'s stuck in the past and can\'t get out. <br><br>He\'s a troubled, dangerous man.<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1021466" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021466" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021466" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021466" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021466" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL......honestly? It\'s possible. Can\'t say it\'s not.<br><br>Do I think that he should know the consequences of randomly scratching said itch? Yes.<br><br>Will I support him if he just decides to go marching off to war for no apparent reason? No.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1021856" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021856">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021856" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021856" class="dsq-comment-message">But if you vote for him thats exactly what you would be doing when he does go off marching to war for glory</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1022009" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022009" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022009" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022009" class="dsq-comment-message">If I vote for McCain, it will be because I feel that of the two candidates, he will be the least worst for this country. And if he does someething while president that I disagree with, I\'ll say so.<br><br>If Obama just randomly went marching off to war for no apparent reason, I\'d like to think you wouldn\'t support him either (then again, I may be wrong......or someone will just say that "Obama would NEVER do that!!").</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1022259" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022259" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022259" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022259" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022259" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s my thing... the very possibility that he is psychologically trying to win a war (Craig... for real, I\'m with you) is enough to highlight him as a threat to national security (the goal, not the system.)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1022524" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022524" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022524" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022524" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022524" class="dsq-comment-message">He claims he knows how to win a war, yet he\'s never commanded an army or won a war.<br><br>He claims he knows how to catch bin Laden. Yet he hardly recognizes Afghanistan\'s existence and thinks Pakistan shares a border with Iraq.<br><br>He has sold his soul to the highest bidder many times over. (See the money he\'s no receiving from the oil industry after his off shore drilling flip flop.)<br><br>He\'s delusional. He\'s troubled. He\'s unprincipled. He\'s dangerous. He needs help.<br><br>I actually pity him. <br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1023787" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023787" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023787">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023787" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023787" class="dsq-comment-message">Ping Ping Ping!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1023927" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023927" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023927" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023927" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023927" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1022079" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022079" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022079" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022079" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022079" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course it\'s possible. It\'s also possible they live for partisan politics. And protecting the interests of Big Oil in Iraq.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1020663" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020663">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020663" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020663" class="dsq-comment-message">He takes his marching orders from the President.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1023388" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023388" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023388" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023388" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023388" class="dsq-comment-message">Unless it\'s the current one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020972" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020972">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020972" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020972" class="dsq-comment-message">My whole issue with this Iraq withdrawal situation is I agree with both Petraeus and Obama.  I think withdrawal should depend on the conditions on the ground (which Obama agrees with) and with the bombing today (that killed 59 people) Iraq is not quite ready for withdrawal.  But I also think that our continued presence there will only be staving off violence If the Iraqi government doesn\'t step it up and try to take a more active role in governing, and doing more for its people.  <br>It just seems like we are babysitting an intra-country conflict.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1022090" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022090" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022090" class="dsq-comment-message">The biggest strategic blunder in modern American military history.<br><br>That is what Iraq is.<br><br>It\'s all about oil, money, and defense contracts. Nothing more; nothing less.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023204" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023204">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023204" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023204" class="dsq-comment-message">The Haliburton you say!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1023394" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023394" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023394" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023394" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s one word to put it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1018789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1018789">purplehawk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1018789" class="dsq-comment-message">Have you guys seen this:  <a href="http://theflatlandalmanack.typepad.com/versus/2008/07/mccain-bringin.html" rel="nofollow">http://theflatlandalmanack.typepad.com/versus/2...</a><br><br>Andrew Sullivan has a great response: <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/07/clearing-the-ba.html" rel="nofollow">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...</a><br><br>Sorry, I don\'t know how to do links properly.  Are you set up for html or bb code?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1021494" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021494" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021494" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021494" class="dsq-comment-message">Karl Rove\'s last hope (besides the character assassination he\'s so famous for) is to put more wedge issues on ballots in swing states. Affirmative Action is one of them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1024307" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1024307">DAMOZEL</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1024307" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024307" class="dsq-comment-message">This piece was published at my blog (\'I Don\'t Like You Either\')<br><br>I am very sorry that I didn\'t make it clearer to you and Andrew Sullivan that the piece was intended as satire of a particular type of right winger who takes even reasoned opinions and twists them to an agenda.  I am beginning to realize that the American right has killed satire.  <br><br>I thought the piece was ridiculously over the top.  But a friend sent me some links to pieces that made J Public\'s piece sound comparatively (comparatively) sane.<br><br>I am very sorry it wasn\'t more apparent.  He hasn\'t had much experience writing satire...but had to start somewhere.  <br><br>PS.  I don\'t agree with Sullivan about the elimination of racial preferences, but he makes a pretty good case.  And I agree with everything he says about my co-blogger\'s piece.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1026156" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1026156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1026156">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1026156" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1026156" class="dsq-comment-message">I got the intention of your blog, because it was so over the top.  LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1018833" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1018833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1018833">lene</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1018833" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1018833" class="dsq-comment-message">purplehawk- I am not surprised that the GOP wants to make Affirmative Action a wedge issue. <br><br>Andrew Sullivan\'s take on it is good, which is surprising because whenever he talks about Race I end up rolling my eyes. That guest blogger\'s, Chris Bodenner, take on AA a few entries down is annoying as hell. <br><br>Obama should try to ignore the issue for as long as he can. Either that or say something now that will be forgotten in September. This is such a transparent ploy to gin up white resentment.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1019581" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1019581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019581">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019581" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'ve got to make affirmative action an issue. Geraldine Ferraro all but opened up the door saying the only reason he is anywhere is because he\'s black.  They\'ve got to press the idea that this unqualified black guy is taking away the presidency from a more qualified white guy.  They\'ve got to show how black people are taking away jobs and opportunities from the more qualified hard working white people.  It\'s the only way.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020225" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020225" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020225" class="dsq-comment-message">town, my sentiments exactly. Add Rush Limbaugh to the list who in his radio broadcast  asked of the Clintons how they feel now, that one of there hot button issues of the 90\'s was blowing up right in front of there face...<br><br>this is worst then a failed attempt an attack on affirmative action no matter how its sliced with a black man running for president can only appear as what it is racist. Top that with Mr. McCains MLK vote ,and he\'s one flip away on immigration rom kissing all minority votes goodbye....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1020338" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020338" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020338">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020338" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020338" class="dsq-comment-message">Limpballs has been saying for a long while that Obama getting into Harvard & Columbia was just affirmative action and him being the Pres. of the Law Review was just "affirmative action."  I\'ve heard local radio talk show hosts say repeatedly that Obama just got into Harvard b/c of affirmative action and he\'d never be able to get in otherwise.  They\'ve taken snipes at Michelle and Princeton, too.<br><br>I would say the majority of the people bitching about Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and affirmative action have never seen the inside of a college.  I\'ll say this:  I\'ll believe their stance on affirmative action if they apply it to ALL students of color, starting with the football and basketball team.  If they truly believe that everyone who goes to X college needs to have at least a 3.5 GPA and a 1500 on the SAT, that needs to apply to the black athletes as well.  But they ain\'t going for that and we all know why.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020669">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020669" class="dsq-comment-message">town:  "Limpballs"  :&gt;)  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;) LOL!!!<br>Wonder which college/university HE went to?  O.K. I\'m taking a trek to Wikipedia.  Gotta ge the DATA/FACT B4 I get ta dissing!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  <br>Thanks for this stimulus!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020758">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020758" class="dsq-comment-message">town:  "Limpballs"  :&gt;)  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  LOL  2 funny!   :&gt;)<br>Sooo, this causes inquiring minds to wonder - Where did HE matriculate??  Well, I will take a litte trek to Wikipedia in search for some DATA/FACTS.  Back at-choo L8R.  :&gt;)<br><br>SO SORRY FOR THE DUPLICATION!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021544">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021544" class="dsq-comment-message">Neither Limpballs or Insannity graduated from college.  They both dropped out.<br><br>Bill O\'Reilly did graduate from college, he was a high school teacher at some point.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021734">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021734" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  A-ha!!!!!  Thank you!  While it is posible to not complete college and still be successful, it may explain - FOR THEM- "whycome" they can\'t see that RACISM is irrational!!  I\'m just sayin\' . . .</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1022344">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022344" class="dsq-comment-message">Whenever white people and Ward Connorly complain about Affirmative Action, I wish someone would throw the following article at them: <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/28/at_the_elite_colleges___dim_white_kids/?page=1" rel="nofollow">At Elite Colleges - Dim White Kids</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025830">purplehawk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025830" class="dsq-comment-message">Same here.  My very bright kids went to Duke and Harvard, and then on to professional degrees in medicine and law.  They were National Merit Scholars coming out of high school.  I got so tired of white people posing "just interested" questions as to whether or not they were National Achievement Scholars or "the real thing."  <br><br>McCain is coming out against Affirmative Action, another flip from where he was 10 years ago.  <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-27-mccain_N.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025867" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025867" class="dsq-comment-message">He wants to inject race directly into the campaign.<br><br>It was only a matter of time.<br><br>Sing along with me:<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1026008">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1026008" class="dsq-comment-message">We need to start a pool about how long before McCain let\'s a racial ephitet slip in an interview. The way he\'s letting his anger get the best of him its only a matter of time...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1026210" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1026210" class="dsq-comment-message">The first debate in Mississippi.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1034508">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1034508" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Sing along with me:<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.</i><br><br>Yes. Multi-part harmony on this. All those voices together.<br><br>I love great singing harmony.<br><br>Anyway, it\'s true.<br><br><b>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.</b><br><br>!!!!<br><br>I\'m sort of an alto.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1035318" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1035318" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m a tenor. We need a bass and a soprano for starters and maybe a baritone, a contralto, and a mezzo.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1018834" href="http://ybpguide.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ybpguide</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1018834" class="dsq-comment-message">We had some colorful and insightful comments about my take on the Black in America special <a href="http://ybpguide.com/2008/07/25/fck-the-black-in-america-haters/" rel="nofollow">the other day</a>.<br><br>I invited a good friend of mind who provided an alternate and conscientious point-of-view as a Latino and African-American woman called <a href="http://ybpguide.com/2008/07/28/soledad-this-is-what-i-wanted/" rel="nofollow">Soledad, THIS is what I wanted</a>.<br><br>Enjoy!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1018968">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1018968" class="dsq-comment-message">This Week: John McCain Wants To Kick Russia Out Of G8. Why? To Teach Them A Lesson About Hubris, Naturally<br><a href="http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16008.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/1...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1019204" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019204" class="dsq-comment-message">Im guessin John McCain Looked into Putins Eyes and spit in them....W. must be proud...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020814">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020814" class="dsq-comment-message">Smoothie:   "MCANCIENT" thinks [and I use this word -EVER SO CAREFULLY] that Putin is STILL president!  Posted recently!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019073">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019073" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama-McCain Matchup: Blowout Or Trench Warfare?<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/27/obama-mccain-matchup-blow_n_115232.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/27/obama-...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019192">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019192" class="dsq-comment-message">McClellan: Fox News Commentators Use The ‘Talking Points’ That The White House Sends Them»<br><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/26/mcclellan-fox-talking-points/" rel="nofollow">http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/26/mcclellan-f...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021477" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021477">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021477" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Elisabeth got her talking points on the View this morning...she asked Nancy Pelosi why Barack denied the surge was successful.  LOL...she didn\'t even ask a question of Pelosi herself, she asked about Barack!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021505" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021505" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021505" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s just Another Sad Surge Song racking my brain like crazy.<br><br>It\'s about to become farcical.<br><br>Especially since there were two deadly attacks just today.<br><br>Has the surge <i>really</i> been a "success"?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019201">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019201" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-27-obama-minority_N.htm" rel="nofollow">Obama Defends trip</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020919" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020919">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020919" class="dsq-comment-message">Only Barack would be asked to <i>defend</i> a stunning success.  Barack is kicking McCain\'s butt, but he\'s contrite about it.<br><br>I want an apology from McCain for having to watch his pathetic campaign.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021556" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021556" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021556" class="dsq-comment-message">Say it again, TruthSpeaker, say it again.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020461" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020461" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020461" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020461" class="dsq-comment-message">Too bad he had to get next to Blair, Bush\'s lapdog...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019203">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019203" class="dsq-comment-message">News you can use<br>Removing Scratches from CDs and DVDs<br><a href="http://lifehackery.com/2008/07/14/gadgetry/" rel="nofollow">http://lifehackery.com/2008/07/14/gadgetry/</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021844" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021844">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021844" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, files away for future reference.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019327">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019327" class="dsq-comment-message">Surge, Surge step right on up the surge solves all<br><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/103/story/45701.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/103/story/45701.html</a><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/iraq-bombings-kill-43-wou_n_115280.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/iraq-b...</a><br><a href="http://www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=13208" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=13208</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1019486" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1019486" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1019486" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019486" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s your point in posting this, exactly?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1019567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019567">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019567" class="dsq-comment-message">The point is the nonsense that is the republicans main talking point  that the surge has produced miraculous results and you must say that the surge is a strategy that all must adhere to.Granted when you flood Baghdad with 30,000 troops after the ethnic cleansing of the neighborhoods  that violence will be decreased.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1019710" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019710" class="dsq-comment-message">Come on.......the surge was not designed to rid Baghdad of all its evils. I know that, you know that-though you\'ll never admit it!-and most of the American people know it as well.<br><br>What it was designed to do was:<br><br>1. drive violence down (which happened, by the way....and not just because we "flooded" Baghdad. In case you forgot, one of the key missions of the surge was to get American troops out from behind the Green Zone and into other areas of Iraq that they had abandoned),<br><br>2. give the Iraqi government space and time to establish a strong military and make political progress as well (which also happened, contrary to liberal opinion).<br><br>The surge has proudced positive results (wouldn\'t say miraculous, as Jesus did not return during the course of it). It\'s a strategy that, contrary to liberal opinion, has succeeded.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019869">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019869" class="dsq-comment-message">It is not a strategy it is a tactic.1- A Strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal, most often "winning." Strategy is differentiated from tactics or immediate actions with resources at hand by its nature of being extensively premeditated, and often practically rehearsed. Strategies are used to make the problem easier to understand and solve.2-TacticsThe United States Army Field Manual 3-0 offers the following definition of tactics: "Tactics – (Department Of Defense) 1. The employment of units in combat. 2. The ordered arrangement and maneuver of units in relation to each other and/or to the enemy in order to use their full potentialities. (Army) The employment of units in combat. It includes the ordered arrangement and maneuver of units in relation to each other, the terrain, and the enemy in order to translate potential combat power into victorious battles and engagements. (FM 3-0)." See that is the problem with McCains/Bush thinking they do not know the difference.Republicans with their thinking on Iraq is like a dog chasing his tail,they think as long as they go around in circles that is a strategy to catch his tail.But it is a tactic because there is no planning on what to do if you ever get the tail.And like the dog they will fail.The tragedy although is the lives that will be lost because of their stupidity.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1019994" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019994" class="dsq-comment-message">(sigh)<br><br>Off subject: what branch of service were you in?<br><br>Let\'s look at those definitions: in this case, the strategy-the plan of action-was to deploy more troops to Iraq to reach the goals that I stated above. One of the tactics of said strategy was the redeployment of troops outside of the Green Zone/Baghdad areas to other cities and provinces. <br><br>As such, the Anbar Awakening and its related movements across Iraq could not have happened without the tactic of putting Americans with Iraqis in the local communities. Which could not have been possible had the strategic decision been made to send more troops to Iraq in the first place.<br><br>Or did the Navy teach me something wrong?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020355" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020355" class="dsq-comment-message">why you have to play the military card??<br>D, in actuality as you very well know the real strategic error was the failure of an airstrike ...<br><br>Im going to bury you and anyone else who thinks W.\'s motives werent based on propaganda AND NOT WINNING..the moment the Cement Statue of Saddams Head was drug down that street HE assumed it was over...I got my photo op, and now i can land on this carrier and claim victory..<br><br>But since were talking surge talk, what say you of the initial objectives Put out by the whitehouse? <br><br>The Iraqi government to take responsibility for security in all of Iraq\'s provinces by November 2007. <br><br>Iraq will pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis. <br><br>The Iraqi government will spend $10 billion of its own money on reconstruction and infrastructure projects. <br><br>Iraqi to hold provincial elections at some point in 2007. <br><br>The Iraqi government will reform de-Baathification laws, and establish a fair process for considering amendments to Iraq\'s constitution. <br><br>Can you say that these conditions have all been met, and ifso, thus conclude a phased re-deployment is neccesary, or do you think they\'ve not all Completly been met, and thus prove that the surge has merely been nothing more then a bandage?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020857" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020857" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>The Iraqi government to take responsibility for security in all of Iraq\'s provinces by November 2007. </i> Ok, hasn’t happened yet. Presently, according to Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I, also know as “the guys on the ground”) Iraqis presently have control of 9 of the 18 provinces.<br><br><i>Iraq will pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis.</i> Hasn’t happened; apparently it’s held up in their parliament somewhere.<br><br><i>The Iraqi government will spend $10 billion of its own money on reconstruction and infrastructure projects.</i> Iraq’s budget in 2007-when the surge began-allocated $10 billion for reconstruction, an increase of 21% over the previous year’s budget. It also provided for $73 billion to be spent on security for the country. The 2008 budget has $11 billion budgeted for reconstruction and capital investment. (numbers from Reuters)<br><br><i>Iraqi to hold provincial elections at some point in 2007.</i> Didn’t happen; at present they’re on for October 1, though that might slide<br><br><i>The Iraqi government will reform de-Baathification laws, and establish a fair process for considering amendments to Iraq\'s constitution. </i> De-Baathification passed in January 2008. Gotta get back to you on the amendment process; had to call a friend who’s trying to get me a straight answer.<br><br>So, having established that they weren\'t all completely met.....now what? Want me to say that the surge was a failure; that no progress was made at all; that things are no different now than they were before the surge?<br><br>I can say it.....but it\'d still be untrue.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021148" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021148" class="dsq-comment-message">never that..<br>all i ask is when people say that the surge is everything, that they acutally include everything it was supposed to be about..<br><br>i\'ll admit its made progress, but when you limit the objectives, of course it will. <br><br>all in all (and i might be to the right of you on this) i was and still am a firm believer of airstrikes.. no troops necc.. target your specific locations and go from there...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021322" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021322" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021322" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s the thing: I hear people saying that it was supposed to be this end all, cure all. No, it wasn\'t. AIDS was not going to be cured because of the surge. The Middle East wasn\'t going to cease to be violent because of it. That\'s why I made the comment about Jesus not returning during the surge\'s course; it sounds sacreligious, but I\'m just about convinced that it would take something on that order for liberals to say the surge was a success.<br><br>I don\'t completely disagree with you. We could have easily bombed Iraq into submission. But we would\'ve have to bomb the country completely-and I do mean completely-flat in order to do that. There was evil everywhere, mixed in with an innocent population....at the end of the day, that course might have killed more civilians than our present one. And those numbers are extraordinarily high now, so you can only imagine what they could\'ve been.<br><br>Course, you and I (and God help me, maybe djchefron as well) would probably agree that our strategy in the beginning was somewhat-if not completely-f\'d up.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021641">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021641" class="dsq-comment-message">Course, you and I (and God help me, maybe djchefron as well) would probably agree that our strategy in the beginning was somewhat-if not completely-f\'d up.<br>........................................................<br>No it was F*cked up to waste over 4000 lives to prove son bush had bigger balls than papa bush and to reward his oil cronies.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021763" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021763" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess that\'s agreement......?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021895">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021895" class="dsq-comment-message">Then why support someone who stated we can remain in Iraq for 100 years.It makes no sense.McCain with his votes dont support vets.he has no plan to disengage in a war we cannot afford and he just dont understand this new world we live in.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020483">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020483" class="dsq-comment-message">The Anbar Awakening happen before the surge I believe the timeline was for the awakening was Septo6 and the surge was announced in Jan 07 so I guess in republican world the surge which happen after was responsible.Maybe the navy has a different definition of strategy and tactics but according to the Army FM what the surge is a tactic.By the way I was in the Army.Here is a link that you should look into<br><a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_08/011937.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/indiv...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019344">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019344" class="dsq-comment-message">Florida Result Could Hinge On Black Vote<br><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/620144.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/620144.html</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020044" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020044" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s why 85,000 new registrations from Black voters have been rejected so far.<br><br>We\'ve got to take action.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020134">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020134" class="dsq-comment-message">Why doesn\'t the Obama campaign take action? It has the resources, people and a dog in this fight.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020157" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020157" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know if they aren\'t, PT. Campaign lawyers\' actions don\'t get play at this stage of the game.<br><br>Voter rolls are also be purged in poor communities of color in swing states.<br><br>People need to check their registrations long before the deadline to register for November in their home states.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021372" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021372" class="dsq-comment-message">We should ask for a response from McCain\'s campaign!  REQUIRE HIM to act.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019368" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain Spokesman: Obama Hasn\'t Visited Mexico City!<br>News flash Obama also hasnt been to the moon or Mars.He is not ready yet!!!<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/27/mccain-spokesman-obama-ha_n_115223.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/27/mccain...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019396" class="dsq-comment-message">.How to Perform a Citizen\'s Arrest of A Bush Administration Official<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-robinson/how-to-perform-a-citizens_b_115163.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-robinson/h...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019501" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama on Iran, Syria, and Jerusalem<br><a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331099249&pagename=JPost%252FJPArticle%252FShowFull" rel="nofollow">http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1019525" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019525" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/357ouhip.asp" rel="nofollow">Dewey Like Obama</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1019592">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019592" class="dsq-comment-message">When has the weakly standard been right about  anything</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020037" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020037" class="dsq-comment-message">You wish. <br><br>If you\'re still a McCain supporter after the way he has politicized wounded troops and lying lying lying, suggesting Barack is a traitor above all else, then I openly question your integrity as a man who has worn the uniform.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020114" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020114" class="dsq-comment-message">A moment of candor: at this point, McCain is the lesser of two evils to me. I have strong policy disagreements with both candidates (though more with Obama than with McCain). Here lately, I\'ve actually considered not voting....but that wouldn\'t be helpful either. So I\'m left with the option of "holding my nose" and voting for the candidate with whom I disagree with less.<br><br>End moment of candor.<br><br>I normally don\'t respond to people who question my integrity as a veteran, especially when it comes from those who haven\'t bothered to wear our nation\'s uniform themselves. Today.....I don\'t think I\'ll make an exception to that.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021080" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021080" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is a disgrace to anyone who has worn the uniform especially those who have been wounded in combat.  And I don\'t need to have worn it to say so. You have no idea why I haven\'t put on the uniform, so you need not make assumptions about "bothering" and "calls to serve."<br><br>You don\'t have any moral authority over me on the matter, D.<br><br>It\'s too bad you think you do.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021245">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021245" class="dsq-comment-message">I am a veteran and McCain and the republican party on the whole is a disgrace.They cut Veteran benefits ,try to make a tiered system on receiving VA healthcare.leave our wounded soldiers to lay in their own piss at Walter Reed ,send our troops into combat without the proper gear remember this quote from Rumsfeld"You go to war with the Army you have not the one you want"Send mentally wounded troops back into battle and all the while the vast majority of  republicans ran like the chickenhawks that they are when it was their turn to serve relish sending other people\'s kids to war while never wanting to pay for their carnage with their own money or kids.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021264" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021264" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t claim moral authority. I claim a knowledge of what its like to wear that uniform, and the sacrifices it entails. You do not have that experience firsthand.<br><br>So I\'m interested in knowing how you come to the conclusion that McCain is a disgrace to something that I would imagine you don\'t fully understand.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021597" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021597" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t claim moral authority.<br><br>::<br><br>Yes you do. And you\'re lying through your warmongering teeth to say you don\'t.<br><br>I have yet to hear you criticize McCain for his dishonorable, immoral, amoral, treacherous bullshit.<br><br>And you won\'t.<br><br>I understand what\'s it\'s like to wear the uniform. I fully understand it. That\'s something you can\'t grasp in your own narrow view.<br><br>I understand what it\'s like to wear the uniform, D.<br><br>Not every "experience" is physical or material.<br><br>I\'ll leave you to chew on that.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021796" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021796" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell me what you find so dishonorable, so immoral, so amoral, and so treacherous.<br><br>That\'s a no-shitter. I want to know. I\'ve asked that before, and you responded with "you know." No, I don\'t, so tell me.<br><br>And if I agree with you, I\'ll say so.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021408" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021408" class="dsq-comment-message">McCains "Military Career " is certainly no disgrace..His voting Record as a Senator in regards to how he "Supports the Troops " is.. <br><br>Payraises..Against.. <br><br>Vets Benefits ..Against<br><br>Baracks Upkeep...Against <br><br>GI-Bill of which he knew was tailor made to increase benefits to match current tution expenses....Oh yeah..Against.<br><br>He\'s for battle..he\'s just not for making sure his guys are very comfortable.. Typical Navy..Screw the sailor were more focused on the equipment... Ex-Sailor....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020759">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020759" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"I normally don\'t respond to people who question my integrity as a veteran,.."</i><br><br>Do you think veteran status exempts you from examination for human decency?  I think that attitude is strong evidence of  military demagoguery.  It\'s a mental pathology...sorta like psychopathy with a military slant.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020977" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020977" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020977" class="dsq-comment-message">Been called many things in life....though never a psychopath. That\'s a first.....and I\'m not sure it\'s complimentary.<br><br>Of course it doesn\'t. At the same time, I\'m not going to allow someone-really, anyone-to disrespect the uniform I wore just because I don\'t agree with them politically. And I\'m damn sure not going to tolerate it from someone who did not hear the call to serve. I respect the fact that they didn\'t, and that\'s fine....but it\'s not a pass to disrespect me.<br><br>That\'s how I took what Craig said. If I took it incorrectly, I\'ll stand corrected (though he\'ll probably yawn).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023344" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023344">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023344" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023344" class="dsq-comment-message">"And I\'m damn sure not going to tolerate it from someone who did not hear the call to serve."<br><br>D - We all serve in some capacity.  Whether as military, teachers, doctors, working with the homeless, at risk children, handicapped, fire fighters, policemen, government  etc. <br><br>Besides all that -- What\'s up all?  Hope you are having a great day.  Let me catch up on today\'s conversations.<br><br>Blessings!<br><br><br> <br><br>.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021078">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021078" class="dsq-comment-message">There is no "call to serve" D.  ....unless it\'s voices in the head, so to speak.  That\'s a part of the mythology, part of the romanticizing of combat.  If it wasn\'t romanticized, no one would ever partake of it.   Combat is mud, disease, blood, feces, rape, rotting corpses...and fear.  <br><br>You should tell the truth.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021531" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021531" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021531" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021531" class="dsq-comment-message">"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we would grow to fond of it."  (Lee) And there\'s many other quotes that say the same thing.<br><br>You are right. In addition, sometimes war is other things. Necessary. Unavoidable. <br><br>We, of course, will disagree on whether the Iraq War is/was those things. But if you want the truth, be prepared to accept the WHOLE truth, and not just the parts that will prove your point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021571" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021571" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021571" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021571" class="dsq-comment-message">But if you want the truth, be prepared to accept the WHOLE truth, and not just the parts that will prove your point.<br><br>::<br><br>Look in the mirror.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1022650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1022650">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1022650" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022650" class="dsq-comment-message">We haven\'t had a war that was necessary or unavoidable in 70 years.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023938" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023938" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023938" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023938" class="dsq-comment-message">Say it again.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025394">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1025394" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025394" class="dsq-comment-message">Only physcos hear the call to kill.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021353" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021353">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021353" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021353" class="dsq-comment-message">Way to hide behind the uniform there, sparky. I whole heartedly agree with Craig. Your support of McCain brings your loyalty to your comrades in question and makes you look just as self serving as he is.  McCain has no honor whatsoever because he refuses to support other servicemen except when it fits his political aspirations. Of course that photo of you shaking hands with Bush says more about you than you realize. You\'re shaking hands with a war criminal, and you\'re PROUD OF IT. No wonder you want you continue his policies by defending an unstable warmonger like McCain.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1019660" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1019660" href="http://allotherpersons.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">EarthTone</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019660" class="dsq-comment-message">This is some political news that may be of interest:<br><a href="http://allotherpersons.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/political-miscellany-72808/" rel="nofollow">http://allotherpersons.wordpress.com/2008/07/28...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1019799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1019799" href="http://www.Blacks4Barack.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Greg Jones</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019799" class="dsq-comment-message">From Blacks4Barack....<br><br>For those who prayed for Obama\'s safe journey....Prayer Works !<br><br>Visit: <a href="http://www.Blacks4Barack.org" rel="nofollow">www.Blacks4Barack.org</a><br><br>Say It Loud...BARACK & I\'M PROUD !!!<br><br>p.s. Big Luv to JJP !</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020224" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020224">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020224" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020224" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"...Prayer Works !" </i><br><br>...Until, and except the times it doesn\'t.<br><br>;-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1023380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023380">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023380" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023380" class="dsq-comment-message">Prayer always works Truthseeker.  The thing most don\'t understand is that sometimes God says No.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023610" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023610">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023610" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023610" class="dsq-comment-message">The statement  "Prayer works", is misleading.  If there is possibility that a deity can say no, then prayer can\'t be declared to "work".  The idea of prayer working implies it\'s a magic spell or law not subject to the whim of a deity.  Are you suggesting that a non-answer to prayer is also evidence it\'s "worked"?  <br><br>You send up the prayer, you determine if it\'s worked or not, you ascribe meaning to the reason it\'s worked or not.  The one constant is: You.   There is no one else.<br><br>What reason would a deity have for denying your wish?  Even Hitler got much of what he wanted.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025408" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025408">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1025408" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025408" class="dsq-comment-message">Girl</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1025455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025455">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1025455" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025455" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh oh.   Care to explain msmartin?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1026007" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1026007">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1026007" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1026007" class="dsq-comment-message">TruthSpeaker!<br><br>I can\'t reconcile the thought that God would say no to the starving and helpless, those living horrific lives and no ability to change them and the fact that he apparently has.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1019964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1019964" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1019964" class="dsq-comment-message">The attempts to steal the election have begun.<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/4727/23178/316/558035" rel="nofollow">Call to Action: Voter Rolls in several States purged!!!</a><br><br>There\'s a call for donations in the article. I hope those who can afford to donate donate.<br><br>We\'ve got to stop the immoral neocons from stealing yet another election.<br><br>Send this story to everyone you know concerned about our "sick democracy."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020440" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020440">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020440" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020440" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder what the O strategists have to say about this.  If voter registration is a key part of their strategy, then surely they have a plan to deal with voter purges?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021151" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021151" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021151" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021151" class="dsq-comment-message">One would hope. Something tells me he won\'t be making a public stink about it all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020120" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020120" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020120" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020120" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/27/21953/1394/402/557925" rel="nofollow">GOP Strategists Call McCain\'s Campaign "Pathetic"</a><br><br>Understatement of the week.<br><br>His campaign has turned into pure treachery.<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be President of the United States of America.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020152" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020152" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020152" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess churches are going to have to be on lockdown from here on out.<br><br>I expect domestic terrorism to rise, rise, rise as rightwing clowns continue broadcasting their hate speech all across the nation.<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/10745/5015/230/558105" rel="nofollow">Tennessee Shooter Targets "liberal movement" and "gays"</a><br><br>God. Bless. America.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020634" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020634">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020634" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020634" class="dsq-comment-message">Guns, meet god.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021159" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021159" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021159" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021159" class="dsq-comment-message">There will be a lot more domestic terrorism thanks to the Supreme Court\'s judicial activism.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020334" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020334" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020334" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020334" class="dsq-comment-message">Too bad that he had to get next to someone like Blair, Bush\'s lapdog.<br><br>(Moving this week...ugh!)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021538" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021538">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021538" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021538" class="dsq-comment-message">Moving is so much fun!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020683">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020683" class="dsq-comment-message">Chairs Conyers, Sánchez Consider Criminal Referral on DoJ Politicization Report<br><a href="http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=1457" rel="nofollow">http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=1457</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020851" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020851">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1020851" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020851" class="dsq-comment-message">Time for Obama To Mount an Economic Populist Pushback?<br><a href="http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1020920" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1020920">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020920" class="dsq-comment-message">July 28, 2008<br>U.S. Military Says Soldiers Fired on Civilians <br>By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.<br>BAGHDAD — The American military admitted Sunday night that a platoon of soldiers raked a car of innocent Iraqi civilians with hundreds of rounds of gunfire and that the military then issued a news release larded with misstatements, asserting that the victims were criminals who had fired on the troops.<br><br>The attack on June 25 killed three people, a man and two women, as they drove to work at a bank at Baghdad’s airport. The attack infuriated Iraqi officials and even prompted the Iraqi armed forces general command to call the shooting cold-blooded murder.<br><br>It also bolstered calls from Iraqi politicians to pressure the American military to leave Iraq after this year, when a United Nations mandate expires, unless the United States agrees to permit its soldiers to be subject to criminal prosecution under Iraqi law for attacks on civilians. <br><br>In a statement issued late Sunday, the American military said that “a thorough investigation determined that the driver and passengers were law-abiding citizens of Iraq.” It added that the soldiers were not at fault for the killings because they had fired warning shots and exercised proper “escalation of force” measures before they opened fire on the people in the car.<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/world/middleeast/28iraq.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/world/middlee...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021069">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1021069" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021069" class="dsq-comment-message">I was watching C-Span this morning, and the author of a book called "Collateral Damage" was discussing his interviews with Iraq vets and one of the former soldiers that he interviewed refused to return to service because of the treatment of Iraqi civilians.  I just can\'t imagine the type of behavior these young men and women have seen.  How are you not changed forever by it?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1021175" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021175" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021175" class="dsq-comment-message">Despicable behavior by our soldiers in uniform.<br><br>I\'m sure D. has a defense prepared.<br><br>I\'m counting down....</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021378" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021378" class="dsq-comment-message">I wasn\'t there. I didn\'t see what they saw.<br><br>There is no defense.....nor is there condemnation. The soldiers made a judgement call that they will live with-for good or for bad-for the rest of their lives.<br><br>Sorry to disappoint.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021630">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021630" class="dsq-comment-message">No defense-No condemnation.  Well, that sums it up right there.<br><br>Problem is, those soldiers murdered 3 people.  The families of these 3 people will live with it.  Think they had any kids?...probably.  The soldiers also return home to their families, after killing 3 innocent people.  This is a tremendous cost.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021932" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021932" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s just easier for the soldiers to be the bad guys, huh?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025421">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025421" class="dsq-comment-message">As opposed to whom, their commanders?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021484">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021484" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think it is that simple Craig.  While I grieve for the Iraqi families that have lost their loved ones, I just find it hard to believe that people can go to a country and totally lose their moral compass.  We are talking about shooting people in cold blood.  I do think that these men and women are facing enormous stress and making decisions that they might not in other circumstances.<br><br>But since I am not there, and can\'t speak for them, it is just my opinion.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021685" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021685" class="dsq-comment-message">I just find it hard to believe that people can go to a country and totally lose their moral compass. <br><br>::<br><br>I don\'t. But that also assumes they had a moral compass to begin with.<br><br>Do you think that someone like that man who walked into a church and started shooting people wouldn\'t enlist in the military?<br><br>Sometimes things are exactly as they appear.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022026" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022026" class="dsq-comment-message">im reminded of those idiots who used the KORAN as target practice..i blame the recruiter...anything to meet that quota..</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022106" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022106" class="dsq-comment-message">Now THAT was stupid. The person who did that deserved whatever happened to him.<br><br>But do you really think these three are on that level?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025430">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025430" class="dsq-comment-message">"Do you think that someone like that man who walked into a church and started shooting people wouldn\'t enlist in the military?"<br><br>Uh, yeah!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021081" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021081" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/0955/14430/338/557989" rel="nofollow">Obama Doesn\'t Understand....</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021708" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021708" class="dsq-comment-message">The Audacity of Incompetence.<br><br>John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021144">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021144" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is a liar and everyone who parrots his talking point is also a liar<br><a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/28/1228137.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021722" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021722" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.<br><br>That\'s the song I\'m gonna sing until he\'s removed from the ballot in Minneapolis.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021313">Angela1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021313" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi everyone;<br><br>Just back from a week of Model T\'s in Indiana....great fun.      I read this today and think its something we should all take seriously since we know purging voter registrations affect outcomes.   Maybe you all covered it while I was away.   In any case, I still think it would be worth keeping this an open issue.     They need donations and want the message to be passed on.   Please help.<br><br>Saw it at <a href="http://Buzzflash.com" rel="nofollow">Buzzflash.com</a><br><br>thanks,<br>Angela<br><br>Obama Doesn\'t Sweat. He should. <br>by Greg Palast<br><br>In swing-state Colorado, the Republican Secretary of State conducted the biggest purge of voters in history, dumping a fifth of all registrations. Guess their color.<br><br>In swing-state Florida, the state is refusing to accept about 85,000 new registrations from voter drives – overwhelming Black voters. <br><br>In swing state New Mexico, HALF of the Democrats of Mora, a dirt poor and overwhelmingly Hispanic county, found their registrations disappeared this year, courtesy of a Republican voting contractor. <br><br>In swing states Ohio and Nevada, new federal law is knocking out tens of thousands of voters who lost their homes to foreclosure.<br><br>My investigations partner spoke directly to Barack Obama about it. (When your partner is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., candidates take your phone call.) The cool, cool Senator Obama told Kennedy he was “concerned” about the integrity of the vote in the Southwest in particular.<br><br>He’s concerned. I’m sweating.<br><br>It’s time SOMEBODY raised the alarm about these missing voters; not to save Obama’s candidacy – journalists should stay the heck away from partisan endorsements - but raise the alarm to save our sick democracy.<br><br>And that somebody is YOU. Joining with US, the Palast investigative team. Here’s how:<br><br>We have been offered an astonishing opportunity to place the Kennedy-Palast investigative findings on a national, prime-time, major-network television broadcast. Plus, separately, we have an extraordinary offer to create a series of reports for national network radio.<br><br>But guess what? The networks will NOT PAY for our public service reports. We have to raise the start-up funds in the next two weeks to film it, record it and get it on the airwaves.<br><br>WE need YOU to fund the reports, DISSEMINATE the findings as we post the print, audio and video on the web– and ACT on it.<br><br>So, for only the second time this year, I am asking each one of you to make a tax deductible donation to the non-profit, non-partisan Palast Investigative Fund of $500, $150 or $100.<br><br>Progressives have complained for years of no opportunity to get the hard, cold sweaty truth on the air. Well, put your money where your heart and soul is.<br><br>Donate at least $500, I’ll send you every book I’ve written and every film, signed.<br><br>Send $150 and I’ll send you as a gift, a copy of John Ennis\' film Free For All, the brilliant and funny film about the Theft of Ohio.  AND I\'ll send you, signed, a copy of my book, Armed Madhouse, plus a copy of the BBC/Democracy Now film investigations, The Election Files and a copy of the spoken word CD Live from the Armed Madhouse all signed.<br><br>Donate $100, and I’ll send you 3 copies, one signed to you, of “The Elections Files, “ the best of our BBC/Democracy Now films – including special never-broadcast interviews with Kennedy and fired prosecutor David Iglesias.<br><br>I know you’re ponying up for your favorite candidates. But what’s the point of winning folks\' votes IF NO ONE COUNTS THEM?<br><br>Please make your donation – today. No corporation, no big foundation, is going to take on this emergency in our democracy. The election’s about to be stolen – for a third time. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?<br><br>Donate today (for $1,000 minimum, we’ll list you as a Producer of our next DVD, in gratitude). Why? Because the only way to get the vote-chewing cockroaches out of the voting machinery is to turn on the lights – tell the truth on them. On prime time.<br><br>After our team busted the story of Katherine Harris’ attack on innocent Black voters as “felons,” the NAACP sued and won back their rights. The truth CAN make the difference. Yes, we can. Indeed, we HAVE.<br><br>Think all votes should be counted in America? Then YOU stand up and be counted. Don’t expect networks or commercial sponsors to pay for your democracy. Feed the truth, donate $100 right now and pass on a copy of the Elections Files to your dippy cousin who thinks Kerry lost fair and square.<br><br>Donations from our prior and only request already paid for some of our filming in the Southwest. Don’t let this story be swept under the border.<br><br>If you want more information, go to <a href="http://GregPalast.com" rel="nofollow">GregPalast.com</a>, or write me directly at <a href="http://GregPalast.com" rel="nofollow">GregPalast.com</a> – and hit the button, “contact Greg.”<br><br>Pass this on!<br><br>**************************<br><br>Greg Palast is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow for Investigative Reporting at the Nation Institute, New York. Read and view his investigations for BBC Television at <a href="http://www.GregPalast.com" rel="nofollow">www.GregPalast.com</a>.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021418">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021418" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama goes overseas, kicks ass, comes home to domestic economy, kicks ass again. Look at the caliber of advisors he\'s <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/the-early-word-focus-on-the-economy-2/" rel="nofollow">meeting with today</a>: Warren Buffett, Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, A.F.L.-C.I.O. President John Sweeney, S.E.I.U. Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger, Google Chairman and C.E.O. Eric Schmidt.<br><br>You\'ve got big business and labor, old economy and new. Wow. This is the kind of Presidency we\'ve been waiting for.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021547" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021547" class="dsq-comment-message">Got these two as well:<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/10566/0372/222/558129" rel="nofollow">Paul O\'Neill & Donaldson Endorse Obama; Bush\'s rogue ex-officials now advising Obama on econ panel</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021526" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021526" class="dsq-comment-message">Can someone please tell me why it\'s okay for Brian Williams to sit face-to-face Iran\'s president but not okay for the POTUS to do the same?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021559" href="http://realpeeplz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">smoothie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021559" class="dsq-comment-message">no doubt.  But, and I think this is where libs and conser. differ, we called the president on that, and it wasnt until political pressure that the surge was born. the surge is a creation of W, and no-one else. Rather then tuck-tail (as my right-wingers say) he decided to stay and not only that stockpile. They (RW) came up with the rules for the surge. Libs just called them on it..</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021973">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021973" class="dsq-comment-message">Just in on MSNBC McCain had a small mole removed from his body might be cancerous might not be.The republicans will not nominate McCain they will look elsewhere lest their losses will be even bigger than anyone is even predicting.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022004" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022004" class="dsq-comment-message">The Republicans would be even more cynical than I think they are to put this man up for the nomination.<br><br>If they can find a health-related story to get him to get out of the race, they will.<br><br>I bet the mole was removed from the site where  McCain "bumped his head" getting out of a car recently.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1021987" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021987" class="dsq-comment-message">From an email:<br><br> LaVena Johnson was a 19 year old private in the Army, serving in Iraq, when she was raped, murdered, and her body was burned--by someone from her own military base. Despite overwhelming physical evidence, the Army called her death a suicide and has closed the case.1<br><br>For three years, LaVena\'s parents have been fighting for answers. At almost every turn, they\'ve been met with closed doors or lies. They\'ve appealed to Congress, the one body that can hold the military accountable. But, as in other cases where female soldiers have been raped and murdered and the Army has called it suicide, Congress has failed to act.<br><br>Will you join Mr. and Mrs. Johnson in calling on Congressman Henry Waxman, Chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, to mount a real investigation into LaVena Johnson\'s death and the Army\'s cover-up2? Will you ask your friends and family to do the same?<br><br><a href="http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=1884-523273" rel="nofollow">http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=1884-52...</a><br><br>From the beginning, LaVena\'s death made no sense as a suicide. She was happy and had been talking with friends and family regularly3--nothing indicated she could be suicidal. And when the Johnsons received her body, they noticed signs that she had been beaten.4 That was when they started asking questions.<br><br>After two years of being denied answers and hearing explanations that made no sense, the Johnsons received a CD-ROM from someone on the inside. It contained pictures of the crime scene where LaVena died and an autopsy showing that she had suffered bruises, abrasions, a dislocated shoulder, broken teeth, and some type of sexual assault. Her body was partially burned; she had been doused in a flammable liquid, and someone had set her body on fire. A corrosive chemical had been poured in her genital area, perhaps to cover up evidence of rape.5<br><br>Still the Army sticks by their story. They refuse to explain the overwhelming physical evidence that LaVena was raped and murdered and continue to claim that she killed herself.<br><br>For many Black youth, and working class young people of every race, the military is seen as an option for securing a better future. LaVena came from a deeply supportive family, and while the military wasn\'t her only option, she was attracted by its promise to help her pay for a college education and the opportunity to travel around the world. She also thought that by joining she could continue her lifelong commitment to serving other people in need. She made a decision to serve in the military, with all its risks, and expected respect and dignity in return.<br><br>LaVena\'s death is part of a disturbing pattern of cases where female soldiers have been raped and killed, and where the military has hidden the truth and labeled the deaths suicides.6,7 In virtually all cases, Congress has been slow to investigate or hold the military accountable in any way. Unfortunately, most families simply don\'t have the resources, time, and psychological strength to push back.<br><br>We can help the Johnsons, and other families, by holding Congress accountable in the LaVena Johnson case and by demanding it investigate the pattern of cover-ups by the military.<br><br>Please take a moment to join those calling on Congressman Waxman to investigate the cover-up of LaVena Johnson\'s death:<br><br><a href="http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=1884-523273" rel="nofollow">http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=1884-52...</a><br><br>Thanks and Peace,<br><br>-- James, Gabriel, Clarissa, Andre, Kai, and the rest of the <a href="http://ColorOfChange.org" rel="nofollow">ColorOfChange.org</a> team<br>   July 28th, 2008</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1022027">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022027" class="dsq-comment-message">My gift to the idiots who voted and installed me in a job I was wholly unprepared for.<br>Bush Leaving Next President Record Federal Budget Deficit<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/bush-leaving-next-preside_n_115335.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/bush-l...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1022220">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022220" class="dsq-comment-message">Former Bush Treasury secretary for Obama <br>O\'Neill for Obama<br><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/ONeill_for_Obama.html?showall" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/ONe...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022474" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022474" class="dsq-comment-message">I owe Craig an apology.<br><br>It seems now that the McCain campaign\'s strategy is to trot out every single veteran who\'s ever set foot in Germany to say that Obama could\'ve visited the troops there.<br><br>Including <a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/News/PressReleases/0e6a537f-6ac2-4b68-bcab-97aa8fec222c.htm" rel="nofollow">CWO4 Michael Durant</a>.....he of <i>Black Hawk Down.</i><br><br>That\'s obviously pandering......and somewhat disrespectful.<br><br>Think I\'ll be staying at home this November.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023071">nettie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023071" class="dsq-comment-message">The Neocons got exactly what they wanted out of the war.  Make no mistake about it-although countless lives were destroyed and normal people have a great deal of empathy for those poor souls-but the Bush administration wanted to control the the oil rich nation no matter how many lives were lost in the process.  Iraq was diveed up by the big oil companies and now there being protected by the US armed forces.  Lets not forget all the millions of dollars in no-bid contracts awarded defense contractors for their political contributions to the Repubs.  These souless, Godless creatures have no remorse and we must see that Barak Obama gets into office.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023250" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023250" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023250" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t argue with a word of this.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023206">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023206" class="dsq-comment-message">Rice Adviser: Iraq Invasion Was \'F*cking Stupid\'<br>A Counterinsurgency Guide for Politicos <br><a href="http://washingtonindependent.com/view/the-cricketers" rel="nofollow">http://washingtonindependent.com/view/the-crick...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023306" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023306" class="dsq-comment-message">Ain\'t that something.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1023289" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023289" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1023289" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023289" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/144041/448/53/558282" rel="nofollow">Another McCain Gaffe? Calling Gen. Petraeus the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1023368">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023368" class="dsq-comment-message">Its okay really, like the MSM keeps reminding us that\'s just John we know what he really means.Give me a F*cking break.I truly believe the media will fight tooth and nail to protect the status quo and their tax breaks and they know the only way to do that is to prop up another incompetent idiot.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024921" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024921" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a wrap.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025489">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025489" class="dsq-comment-message">as some said here before, John McCain has dementia.  It\'s becoming clear.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023410" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023410" class="dsq-comment-message">John Harwood is calling McCain the Mr. Straight Talk for calling Barack the Dr. No on energy policy.<br><br>And he calls himself a journalist.<br><br>Poor thing.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1023540" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1023540" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/" rel="nofollow">Gallup/USA Today pol</a>l:<br><br>McCain 49%<br>Obama 45%<br><br>Now let\'s see if the networks tell us they don\'t believe this, that this poll must be an outlier.<br><br>And then I woke up.<br><br>Wonder if they simply switched the names.<br><br>The network executives just creamed their pants.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024188" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024188" class="dsq-comment-message">Andrea Mitchell is sticking up for Barack big time on this troop malarky. I\'m a bit shocked.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024208" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024208" class="dsq-comment-message">Howard Fineman is getting on my nerves with the hubris bullshit. Arrogance and hubris are not the same thing. Not even close.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1024615">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024615" class="dsq-comment-message">Monday, July 28, 2008 <br>GOP Senators filibuster Stroke Treatment, Vision Care for Kids, Paralysis research, Combating Child Exploitation... <br>Joe Sudbay (DC) · 7/28/2008 05:24:00 PM ET · <br><br><br>This afternoon, by a vote of 52 - 43, Republican Senators stuck with Tom Coburn and voted against moving forward of the Omnibus package, which included numerous vital bills sponsored by some of those same GOP Senators. <br><br>The roll call vote is here. Susan Collins (ME) burnished her right wing credentials by sticking with Coburn. <br><br>Those Republicans filibustered the bill and wouldn\'t even allow debate to proceed.<br><br>From Harry Reid, a partial list of what was at stake: <br>“The same Republican Senator who continued to hold up passage of the ALS Registry Act has unfortunately done the same for dozens of other worthy and overwhelmingly bipartisan bills. Just a few of these bills include:<br>The Emmitt Till Unsolved Crimes bill – Which would help heal old wounds and provide the Department of Justice and the FBI tools needed to effectively investigate and prosecute unsolved civil rights era-murders. <br><br>The Runaway and Homeless Youth bill -- Which would provide grants for health care, education and workforce programs, and housing programs for runaways and homeless youth. <br><br>The Combating Child Exploitation bill – Which would provide grants to train law enforcement to use technology to track individuals who trade child pornography and establish an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. <br><br>And the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act – Which would enhance cooperation in research, rehabilitation and quality of life for people who suffer from paralysis. <br>“We tried to pass each of these bills separately, but those efforts have been stalled by the objection of one Senator.<br>Well, now 41 other Senators have stalled those efforts.<br><br>Courtesy of Josh Orton, here are some other bills the Republican Senators rejected today: <br>Senator Thad Cochran - introduced - Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act (S. 999/HR 477)<br><br>Sen. Christopher S. Bond - introduced - Vision Care for Kids Act (HR 507/S. 1117)<br><br>Sen. Sam Brownback- introduced- Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act (S. 1810/HR 3112)<br><br>Sen Domenici, Pete V - introduced - Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S. 2304/HR 3992)<br><br>Sen Vitter, David - introduced - Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography (S. 2869/HR 4136)<br><br>Sen Lugar, Richard G. - introduced - Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act (HR 1084/S. 613)<br><br>Sen Coleman, Norm - introduced - Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act (HR 1678/S. 840)<br><br>Sen Stevens, Ted - introduced - Ocean Exploration, Mapping & Research (HR 1834/HR 2400/S. 39)<br><br>Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - introduced - Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act (S. 950/HR 2342)<br><br>Sen Voinovich, George V. - introduced - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2008 (S. 496</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1024903">Angela1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024903" class="dsq-comment-message">Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC tonight...........this is posted at the jedreport.   I was watching and it was so refreshing to hear her be so frank about it.<br>Angela<br><br>"Mon Jul 28, 11:47 AM Pacific<br>Andrea Mitchell: McCain attack ad "literally is not true"<br>Wow.<br><br>Andrea Mitchell lacerates McCain\'s dishonorable Landstuhl attack. In her words: "It seems inexplicable that this whole thing has become an issue."</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1024983" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1024983" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s just say I was pleasantly shocked by her candor and her passion about the issue.<br><br>She almost seemed pained.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025532" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025532" class="dsq-comment-message"><a  href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/182731/449/931/558413" rel="nofollow">Former Ramstein Medical Chief Rips New McCain Ad</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025758" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025758" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/28/181811/924/958/558410" rel="nofollow">TN Shooter Influenced by Right-Wing Pundits</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1025900">goc</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025900" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone watching McCain on larry king?<br><br>I like to joke about how anything is possible in America cause I graduated third from bottom position in my navy class. Yeah its a great country. C yale-legacy students can also become president. And people who graduate top of their Harvard Law School class can become president .... oh wait never mind they arn\'t qualified and are elitist. <br><br>Asswipe.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1026032">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1026032" class="dsq-comment-message">Watching McCrank on CNN - he\'s such a liar.  Larry King of course let him slide on all his lies and criticisms of Obama.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1026141">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1026141" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_military_execution_9 rel="nofollow"></a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1020899" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1020899" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2008/07/obamas_fake_pra.html" rel="nofollow">Obama\'s Fauxtonement</a> <i>Maariv claims that "Obama submitted a copy of the note to media outlets when he left his hotel in Jerusalem," before visiting the wall.</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021327">Michline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021327" class="dsq-comment-message">Must everything be a conspiracy with you?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1021670">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1021670" class="dsq-comment-message">Karmi reads  and listen to Hugh Hewitt, Limbaugh,Michelle Malkin and somedays forgets to take meds so he/she is not the brightest bulb in the bunch</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1022626" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1022626" class="dsq-comment-message">A blogger has parsed Barack\'s prayer with a political agenda.<br><br>Yawn.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025543" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025543" class="dsq-comment-message">A “conspiracy”? <b>Nope!</b> <a href="http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/07/28/is-anything-sacred.aspx" rel="nofollow">Is Anything Sacred?</a> …<i>the Obama campaign actually leaked the note to reporters before Obama even placed it in the wall.</i> A quote from <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331112489&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" rel="nofollow">Ma\'ariv</a>: <i><b>“Barack Obama\'s note was approved for publication in the international media even before he put in the Kotel (Western Wall), a short time after he wrote it at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.”</b></i> It was a photo op…fully staged, and has now backfired…OOPS!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025642" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025642" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s more: <a href="http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/13021.htm" rel="nofollow">Paper, rapped for outing Obama note, claims campaign pre-approved leak</a>. <i>"What initially seemed to be a journalistic scoop of dubious moral propriety now seems to be a case of an Israeli paper being played by the Barack Obama campaign."</i> Wonder if MSM will report this? Probably not...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025645" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025645" class="dsq-comment-message">A comment from the first article:<br><br><i>You\'re kidding, right, Zvika?  Because nobody with a functioning cerebral cortex could possibly be taking this seriously.<br><br>So, what... the Obama campaign "approved the prayer for publication" and went to the trouble to pre-crease it?  How cunning!  You\'ll also note that Yediot Aharonot says it "obtained" the note, but didn\'t publish it out of respect for Obama\'s privacy.  So they decided to respect the privacy of the candidate that leaked it to them?  What a fascinating manner of dealing with leaks!  Also, they didn\'t say that they obtained the note FROM HIS CAMPAIGN.  An important detail to notice, Zvika.  Makes you seem more... I dunno... intellectually honest and professionally rigorous.<br><br>Also, one other charming detail... the Ma\'ariv spokesman apparently thinks that this is all a moot point, since a goy like Obama doesn\'t deserve to have to privacy of his prayers respected in the first place.  Kind of undercuts his legitimacy, don\'t ya think?  But you didn\'t bother to mention that, did you, Zvika?<br><br>Good to know that TNR isn\'t suffering from a hack shortage.  <br></i><br><br>::<br><br>The Ma\'ariv is protecting itself and it\'s lie is all too transparent.<br><br>Someone is simply looking for another way to discredit Barack because his trip was such a success and someone simply can\'t stand it.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1025894" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1025894" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1025894" class="dsq-comment-message">Looks like Obama is doing a good job at discrediting himself, and after this eye-opener it appears he clearly needs no help. The photo ops were the giveaway, especially at that Wall…</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
';

(function() {
	
	





Dsq.Debug.profile(function() {
	if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page == 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.is_initial_load) {
		Dsq.container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.header() + Dsq.container.innerHTML + Dsq.Templates.footer();
	}
	Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML = Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
}); // Dsq.Debug.Profile

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


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

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

	
	

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

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
		if(reply_id) { document.location.hash = 'comment-' + reply_id; }
	}

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=jackandjillpolitics&t=monday_open_thread_21&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
		}
	}

	



	window.ExecuteWhen = (function () {
	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
			var cond = pending[i][0];
			var code = pending[i][1];
			// FIXME: if cond or code throw an error, they never get removed from pending
			if (cond()){
				code();
			}
			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
			}
		}
		pending = newPending;
	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


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

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

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

})();




