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The REPORTERS were busy writing ON SUNDAY!!<br><br>Alright y'all  -  RAISE YOUR HAND IFFFFFF  YOU WENT TA CHURCH!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I'm just sayin' . ..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:10:49", "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": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3984705, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987286": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree with all the comments, but I think this one resonates the most. They can't wait for the Obamas to pick a church for exactly this reason! Everything about the preacher, the people who attend, the newsletters... will be under ridiculous scrutiny. Until then, we are going to get these no-news articles. I hope the Obamas keep them waiting. Or sneak in a new minister like they did with his barber, LOL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:01:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "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": 3985875, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wonderful post.  As a new Yorker, my smile couldn't stretch any wider.  I have been so damn pleased to see our kids engaged and energized. We still have alot of work to do, but this is a lovely thing.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:46:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "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": 3985160, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3994126": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree about the wrinkles. He's ugly too!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_16:27:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3992472, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985424": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Exactly.<br><br>Except that the Obama family eats bacon. I wonder if there will be a headline about that any time soon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:00:38", "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": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3985238, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, me too Craig.  SOS. Save our Secretary, PLEASE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:49:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3991771, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Or the Congo where people are in serious danger right now. No he'll be back in the US, the President's son will be killed and like I said Tony Almeda is alive. I had already read spoilers and speculations but then they scrapped last season due to the writers strike. They had already filmed 8 episodes more than a year ago. I want to be surprised with the rest of the audience so we'll see what happens.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:34:17", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3992615, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "With featured clips of sermons by TD Jakes, Eddie Long and Creflo Dollar (emphasis on \"Dollar\")", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:14:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3992341, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Then you'd get the whispers of \"they're really Muslim.\"  And then CNN would do a special called \"Black Muslims in America\" and loop Louis Farrakhan over and over again and superimpose his picture over Obama's picture and interview \"Rashid Mohammed\" selling Final Calls in the median strip about Keith Ellison and Barack Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:58:22", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987805, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3984416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/23/AR2008112302097.html?hpid=topnews\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>Pardons and clemency. Bush has burrowed right wing ideologues into the govt. hide and his now considering pardon and clemency requests. Of course, water boy Eric Holder tookt he heat for Slick Willie's midnight pardons of sundry scumbags. ironic, eh? Barack couldn't do better than Holder? Ah well, I guess he's counting on us counting our blessings this Thanksgiving that Sarah Palin isn't VP. Trouble is, that the list of scumbags and jailbirds Bush could free in time for turkey dinner (or at least Valentine's Day) is short...the Administration didn't put away too many najoe securities or banking defrauders (they just got the TARP),, polluters (they ran the Interior Dept) or even drug dealers with political connections (they supplied the Oval Office). So who is left--Gitmo prisoners? Ted Stevens? Scooter Libby's already had his sentence commuted. Sad. Sad as Larry Summers being on he team. he'll have plenty of candied sweets come Thursday...<br><br>But again, I suppose would should be thankful as we sit, eat and pray, that we \"won.\" Let's us keep one squinted eye on the turkey leg, lest somebody at the table tear it off and hide it while grace is said. That went for Bush. That goes for the new Administration and Congress.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_09:48:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "dcf2c9ce3819616f8ba0ca48c54519c4", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998753": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We go to the same church!!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:21:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3988256, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In an attempt to not turn this into a referendum on Rwanda (or Darfur, for that matter):<br><br>I understand why we didn't get involved in those conflicts...so to see 24 take this angle when (for all purposes) it's been pretty right leaning is a little odd.<br><br>Then too, I'm hoping the actual \"story\" is the American involvement, and that the coup is just an effect of that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:14:24", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3992411, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Annnnnnnnd <b>HERE THEY ARE:</b>     <b>ECONOMIC TEAM!!!</b><br><br>-Tim Geithner -  Secretary of the Treasury<br><br>-Larry Summers - Head of Economic Council<br><br>-Christina Romer  - Council of Economics<br><br>-Melody Barnes  -  Director of Domestic Policy Council<br><br><b>\"THAT WORK STARTS TODAY!!!\"</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.change.gov/newsroom/entry/geithner_summers_among_key_economic_team_members_announced_today/\" rel=\"nofollow\">ECONOMIC TEAM</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:19:34", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3989546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:51:57", "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": 3986364, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Heathen", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:01:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": 3984705, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "sdg184, Meeting in the Ladies Room!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6A4LbAZ0pg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6A4LbAZ0pg</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:42:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3997867, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh nooo...  I don't want Mitt Romney to go.  I have such fond memories whenever I see him --you know, the Muppet reporter Guy Smiley from Sesame Street.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:16:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "ecb8e53ad4dc175b15ab69340dd091f1", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3984025, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's always nice to find out from the more intelligent members of our community that (as I joke) I'm not a complete idiot; only a partial one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:12:46", "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": 3986809, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKnrI18mS8o&eurl=http://laineygossip.com/Alicia_Keys_Annie_Lennox_Sarah_McLachlan_Pink_Queen_Latifah_performances_at_the_American_Music_Award.a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alicia Keys , Latifa, Kathleen Battle on AMA's last night.</a>Toots gets her shout out from a hip-hop diva!<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:49:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3989052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I use the same statement too. I crack up everytime I hear it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:46:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3987928, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3994687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll drink to that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:04:43", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3993803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3989059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think Bauer could handle appearing before a Senate committee better than Bush could.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:46:54", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3988121, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "claudia:  <u>His statement</u> about being a \"disruption\" to the services, etc. clearly reflects all that he has to consider.  <br><br>YOU have pointed out some of HIS concerns.  Good on YOU!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:13:31", "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": 3987286, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3994695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That <i>is</i> mean.<br><br>But you make a point.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:05:20", "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": 3994301, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not show if the writer has any input on the cover, but I thought they could have used a more recent and flattering photo of Michelle.  I suppose they were aiming for irony that the article is about how Michelle can/will undo the stereotypes of Black women while they photo could easily be perceived as the image of an angry black woman.<br><br>Also, I didn't appreciate Norah O'Donnell highlighting Prime Minister's Brown's advice to Michelle.  Michelle is not neophyte to the world of a political spouse.  She's been doing this a long, long time and well understands the demands and sacrifices.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:58:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "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": 3985872, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Reruns are showing on scifi as I type!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:17:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "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": 3997819, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/melody-barnes-to-run-dome_n_145988.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/melody...</a><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/obama-to-name-desiree-rog_n_145957.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/obama-...</a><br><a href=\"http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/11/mona_sutphen.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008...</a><br><br>For everyone concerned about no black women on Obama'a staff. These are three high profile black women. They are just not going to get the press that other appointees will", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:03:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "d693cd2cc614be3748f6a027674cb54c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Read this on the way up.<br><br>Bill Kristol and Mitt can stay. Bush will fade into retirement.<br><br>As for the rest.....yeah, flush them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:14:11", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3984025, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3996756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And the ensuring investigations into \"the building funds\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_19:48:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": 3992602, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3984474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Affirmative Action for unqualified righties -<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112103359.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_09:53:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "a467514886b7e0129a29898ae02e3050", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The way it's going, nothing ever will.<br><br>What's your take on the \"real time\" format? I'm not a fan, though I know they're setting up for the (eventual) movie.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:15:29", "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": 3992455, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Also from the book of John....Barleycorn, y'know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_20:26:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3995981, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3989597": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "One of my all time favority television moments", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:52:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "1a35274513047c4e9711c6feb4609dac", "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": 3987189, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know, I'm a fan too.....and somehow, this isn't surprising.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:09:54", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3990388, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If I were Obama, I'd take one of the 132 rooms in the White House and build my own damned tabernacle and rotate preachers to come in and bring The Word on Sunday Mornings.<br><br>Bush ain't hardly been to church in the eight years he was in office, yet he ran on the platform of restoring dignity to the White House because of his Christian faith.<br><br>GTHOH with that one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:15:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987286, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Melody Barnes to head Domestic Policy Council<br><br><a href=\"http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/11/melody_barnes_to_run_domestic_policy_council.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:05:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did anyone watch the foolishness that masqueraded as <i>24</i> last night?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:15:18", "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": 22, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks, Rikyrah.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_16:03:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3993348, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Pork eating Muslims are the worst kinds. Infidels.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:28:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3985424, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3994738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It was posted upthread, but just as a link.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:07:43", "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": 3993348, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know right? I'm shaking my head smiling about this one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:51:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "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": 3985739, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3994746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The article echoes what I said here in Sunday, \"In matters of foreign policy, it has been proved time and again, the Clintons are devoted to no interest other than their own.\" I still maintain that this is a big &lt;fill in the blank&gt;!<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:08:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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": 3991771, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't forget to spit on it a la Celie spitting in Mister's daddy's water in The Color Purple.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:35:20", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3992433, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3991676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, Elaine K<br><br>That stuff about both of their genitalia was and should be off-limits...it is not just racist but raunchy as well. I think it was awful that those men did not have enough respect for women period to understand why that was off-limits...it was nothing but locker room humor.<br><br>I dread the negative stereotype humor that is going to be on TV.,,,,I was not even cool about the 'rims on AirForceOne\" no one ever said anything of that sort about Cowboy Bush, having longhorns on AirForce One.<br><br>The reason is that his 'cowboy culture' was simply not a source for ridicule whereas darn near everything about blacks that is stereotypical is not only negative but typically derisive and meant to ridicule and demean blacks as a group.<br><br>The only thing I agreed with here was the remarks about the ears and Carleton on Bel Air being his prototype.  That's it.<br><br>I HATED that 'penispolicy' line!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:30:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "bf592ce4366b6f179fe40d8422c998a5", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3989802, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Two inconsequential things x-ed my mind today:<br>1) All the decision makers - senior executives - of these vulnerable companies who have been rescued, or are asking to be rescued, still have their jobs. I have heard talk of limiting executive compensation, dividend payout but no restructuring of the mnagement team. <br><br>2)What will Obama do when cabinet members or party officials or even someone from the opposing party step out of line? Continue to kill 'em with kindness? \"Here Joe have another cookie? You too, Mitch.\" If that's his style, wonderful, but at some point he's gonna have to lace the cookies with some cyanide(figuratively). Or, are people gonna crap all over him because they don't expect any payback, 'cause he's such a warm and fuzzy guy? God!<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:58:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3994238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "House is an excellent pick.  Huge Laurie is outrageous and reminds me of a doctor I used to work with.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_16:34:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3990375, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3996799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lawdy, Town.  We must visit COON NETWORK NEWS one day!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_19:51:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3990106, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998315": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  President-Elect Obama says  -   <b>Annnnnnnnnnd . . . . </b>[kinda. . .  :&gt;)]<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15920.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama to call for \"cuts and sacrifices\"</a><br><br><i>President-elect Obama said as he announced his economic team<b> that he plans to follow that up with remarks <u>on Tuesday</u> about \"cuts and sacrifices\" the nation will need to make in the days ahead.</b> He said that in addition to spending to get the economy going, he wants to \"reform how business is done in Washington, and how the budgeting process works, how projects are done, so that we have a path towards a sustainable and responsible budget scenario down the line.\"<br><br>President Bush has been criticized for not asking the American people to make specific sacrifices, and Obama suggested in remarks to reporters at a Chicago hotel that he will have some frank talk for tough times as part of what his team is calling a \"reform agenda.\"<br><br>\"Short term, we've got to focus on boosting the economy and creating 2.5 million jobs,\" Obama said. \"But part and parcel of that is a plan for a sustainable fiscal situation long term, and that's going to require some reforms in Washington. And I'm going to be discussing that more tomorrow.\"</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>Named the ECONOMIC TEAM on MONDAY  <b>annnnnnnd </b>announce some of their work TUESDAY!!  :&gt;)  Seee!  :&gt;)<br><br>I wonder IFFF he is reading my posts??  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   JUST KIDDING!   :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect Obama !  :&gt;)  Vice President-Elect Biden!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:47:56", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dang, D.  That's a wee early isn't it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:47:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3994316, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3994767": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>\"Ah, Glorious Glorious Competence. How We've Missed You\"</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/obamas-economic-team-reac_n_146089.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/obamas...</a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama officially announced the key players in his economic team just this morning, but already economics and politics sites have reacted to the news.</i><br><br><i>The Economist has praised Obama's pick of Tim Geithner for Treasury Secretary saying, \"...ah glorious, glorious competence. How we've missed you.\":</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:09:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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}, "3984529": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Trivia for Today:<br><br>In 1860, Abraham Lincoln's barber's name was Billy<br>In 2008, Barack Obama's barber's name is Zariff - first Af-Am barber to cut a president<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_09:58:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "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}, "3989652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:   YEP!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:52:58", "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": 3989052, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They sure as hell have their work cut out for them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:53:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "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": 3986524, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3984025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "10 Republicans Who Should Go Away<br><a href=\"http://www.thedailybanter.com/tdb/2008/11/10-people-who-need-to-go-away.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thedailybanter.com/tdb/2008/11/10-pe...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_09:37:37", "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": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3996315": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now, if only he can get Samantha Power into the State department, I'd be really thrilled.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_19:11:29", "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": 3993803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988593": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "claudia:  LOL! <br><br>I would <b>NEVA</b> \"call out JJP'ers!\"  <br><br>Just so's ya know. . . .   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:42:17", "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": 3988239, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was thinking what would the transition team look like.  Will they all be dumbed down so Palin would not look as if she on the same intellectual level as her grandson, --oops I mean-- son Trig<br><br>Talking about grandchildren, isn't Bristol due in another month are so.  Has anyone seen pictures of her lately.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_20:31:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "ecb8e53ad4dc175b15ab69340dd091f1", "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": 3994301, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<blockquote><i>\"unscrupulous female\"</i></blockquote><br>Ha!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:31:00", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3991771, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hip Hip Hooray! Go ladies, Go ladies....got a meeting in the ladies room.  I'll eb back real soon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:13:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "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": 3993803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL, Iam so co-signing on this scenario!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:38:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3992676, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "These people should remember that right after the Rev. Wright mess, around Easter I think, PE Obama and his family were in Hawaii and they couldn't go to church but he told the press that he and his family had a little church service at home - reading the Bible and saying prayers. Given the security situation and the fact they do not have a home church right now, i would bet that they have been worshipping in a similarly, non-traditional way.<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:09:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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": 3984705, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is really helpful - thanks! I will try to hang in there when the full season returns, if only because the new shows are so BAD this year. There's nothing catching my interest these days (except maybe South Park and 30 Rock) and I need a good drama to get into. And with The Wire gone, I'm missing all that gratuitous violence...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:59:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "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": 3988121, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word.  Giving props to Deisree as Scial Secretary!  PROPS!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:57:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3987064, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3989179": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ARP:    LOL!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)     **shakin' my head!**    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Bless YOU!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Please READ my CLARIFICATION!  :&gt;)   <b>NOT US-ALL!</b>   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:48:36", "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": 3987952, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3994301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know I'm being really mean, but I can't help it. <br><br>Can you imagine the Palin school search if Country Last had won? <br><br>I'm gonna be blunt - I don't think any of us here doubted that the WeeMichelles could handle their own at these select private schools. <br><br>on the other hand..........<br><br>like I said, my mean thought of the day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_16:38:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990206": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I enjoy overanalyzing it; looking for the parallels between the show and and reality.<br><br>Bad thing is, I know how this is gonna end (or at least I think I do), and I'm already somewhat down about that. So just seeing the whole setup didn't really enthuse me a whole bunch.<br><br>Plus, I don't know how Jack is going to be able to operate inside the law (think he's with the FBI now, cause CTU's disbanded...which should've been brought out last night!!), when his very existance is supposed to be outside (or at least on the edge of) the law.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:59:27", "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": 3989383, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know Obama could hold services with Rev. Run officiating at the White House.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:33:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "189cfefdc1b6f99ecf3ea93859ec6c73", "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": 3993270, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, I've made a point to try and forget most of the stuff I read about the season before the strike. <br><br>Of course, now you can't avoid it.<br><br>That strike has come to bite a lot of shows in the ass. Some that were doing really well before it have since been cancelled (Pushing Daisies comes to mind). 24's got to step its game up a bit; last season wasn't <i>that</i> great anyway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:39:25", "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": 3993111, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's a good idea (re. the church tapes) people (i.e. the press) are licking their chops over which church the Obama's are going to go to especially considering that it's a high possibility that it may be a black one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:20:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "91468ea483456b91c397cd5fbd99a9ad", "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": 3985875, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995849": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They'd probably do the \"home schooling\" thing and get some private teachers who would have to sign over their mother's lives as a part of the privacy clause.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:34:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": 3994301, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998922": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Abraham's hair was a little on the nappy side. He needed a barber who could deal with it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:35:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3997009, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Susan Rice - UN Ambassador", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_16:04:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3994316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If they happen to put House and 24 on the same night, my son's gonna have to go to bed early (like 5 in the evening).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_16:39:46", "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": 3994238, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I got into Lost.  I caught up on all 4 seasons online at <a href=\"http://abc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">abc.com</a> and I am HOOKED.  Feening for Jan when it comes back!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:03:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "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": 3990201, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986297": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Here comes <b>President-Elect OBAMA!!</b>  MSNBC - 9:00am [PST]<br><br><br><b>WHOOOO!   Hoo!</b>    Pssst!  Now here's MY PLAN!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>\"I've SOUGHT LEADERS. . .   \"    THE <b>BEST & BRIGHTEST!!!</b><br><br>Bump the cronyism!   ONLY the B & B!!  :&gt;)   YES HE CAN!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:04:52", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992280": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I noticed it too Craig, and like you I hope it's a sign of a big crow feast for Andrea Mitchell and the rest of the Clintonistas.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:58:42", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3991771, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:    <b>Monday, NOVEMBER 24, 2008  -DAY -57 - On His \"JOURNEY TO JANUARY!\":</b><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> of the DAY:   <b>  ECONOMIC TEAM!!</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINE(s):</b><br><br>     a) <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15919.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">ONE Surprise Survives For Obama Speech</a><br><br><i>The names of four of the five members of President-elect Obama's economic team leaked out before his announcement in Chicago on Monday, but one was a surprise: <b><u>Heather A. Higginbottom,</b></u> a former aide to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) who will be deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Heather A. Higginbottom, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council -- Heather Higginbottom served as Policy Director for Obama for America, overseeing all aspects of policy development. From 1999 to 2007, Higginbottom served as Senator John Kerry\u2019s Legislative Director. She also served as the Deputy National Policy Director for the Kerry-Edwards Presidential Campaign for the primary and general elections. After the 2004 election, Higginbottom founded and served as Executive Director of the American Security Project, a national security think tank. She started her career as an advocate at the national non-profit organization Communities in Schools.</i><br><br>     b)  <a href=\"http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_barack_obama_and_mrs_michelle_obama_announce_more_key_white/\" rel=\"nofollow\">MORE KEY WHITE HOUSE STAFF</a><br><br><br>3.  His Schedule: <br>    Monday Nov. 24, 2008<br>All Times Eastern8:00 AM\t<br>8:26 AM\t<br><br>Obama heads to gym for hour-long workout at Regents Park.<br>9:00 AM\t<br>10:00 AM\t<br>10:19 AM\t<br><br>Obama's motorcade heads to Hilton Chicago hotel for upcoming press conference.<br>11:00 AM\t<br>12:00 PM\t<br>12:00 PM\t<br><br>President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden hold a press conference announcing their economic team.<br>1:00 PM\t<br>UPDATES as AVAILABLE!<br><br>4.  BEYOND the ANNOUNCEMENTS:   <b>HE IS IN CHARGE!</b><br><br>Just noting how in command He WAS during the Press Conference.  1.  He had CONFIDENCE in HIS APPOINTMENTS!  2.  He said that \"That WORK STARTS TODAY!!<br>3.  He called on reporters BY NAME when HE WANTED TO!  No yelling out - Mr. President-Elect!  <b>DECENTLY and IN ORDER!</b> 4.   FINALLY, HE CLOSED the Conference WHEN HE wanted to!!  YES HE DID!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect OBAMA!  :&gt;)   Vice President-Elect BIDEN!!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:57:03", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3991771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bill Richardson was not announced as Secretary of Commerce today, as Mrs. Greenspan was reporting for the last few days.<br><br>I take that as a great sign.<br><br>Meanwhile, Drinking Hitchens <a href=\"http://www.slate.com/id/2205323/\" rel=\"nofollow\">skewers</a> the simple <i>notion</i> of Clinton as Secretary of State.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:34:39", "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": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Brown Man, thank you for your post.  I loved this comment!<br><br>\"Because I am not interested in seeing crackheads leaning on the \"Barack Obama Boulevard\" street sign ten years from now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:21:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3985160, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I doubt this would've made it there. Best of my knowledge, Ebola is only researched at Ft. Dietrick and the CDC.<br><br>But, yeah, Galveston does have a slight storm problem. Kinda like NO.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:54:08", "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": 3995175, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3996384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You did not say Rev. Ike!!!  Too much, Miranda!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_19:18:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "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": 3992341, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh yes, I'm a big fan of Lost too. It's been so long, I had almost forgotten!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:09:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "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": 3997737, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987684": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "T:  Thanks for bringin' this.  I missed the AWARDS.  **ducking while running**<br><br>Good ta see the \"variety of musical genres\"  -  APPRECIATIN' each other!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Good ta see Kathleen Battle after so many years.  I knew her ~ 35 years ago!  Whew! :&gt;)<br><br>Rest In Peace \"TOOTS\".   <b>HEAD BOW</b>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:22:10", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987003, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998437": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "spirit:  Co-sign!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:58:29", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3998254, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Has she gotten married yet?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:18:21", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3997352, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dayum!  Michelle Malkin is possessed!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:40:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3984025, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995175": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And the Bush admin. decided to build a germ research center off of Galveston TX.Now I am not that smart but isn't that area prone to hurricanes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:40:52", "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": 3992465, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MsKitty, I checked out the actual article and the Brits are firing up on Ramsay.<br><br>Maybe he won't be cussing out those chefs he went to help out, but then again, all that bleeping of his comments are what make the show.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:59:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3990388, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995889": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:37:18", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3993803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well the historical drama Sally Hemings written by Barbara Chase-Riboud started this in 1979 way before the DNA evidence came out. <br><br><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Chase-Riboud\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Chase-Riboud</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:22:56", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3986420, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987189": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I thought it was hilarious, but then I have a twisted sense of humor.  However, that doesn't come close to the funniest clip ever involving turkeys meeting a violent end.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iafzqOCaxA4\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"So help me God, I thought turkeys could fly\"</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:58:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "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": 3986770, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For those two shows? Nope. <br><br>I put him in bed at 7 last night.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:56:56", "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": 3995273, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3989752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And if it is a black one he will get grief over why he and his family are going to a black church.  Then CNN will do a series called \"Black Church in America\" to help America understand the hows and whys of the black church.  Hosted by DL Hughley, of course.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:55:01", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987655, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992826": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hell, he was bubbling over her last week (or the week before) on Kitchen Nightmares.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:23:18", "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": 3992532, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  \"WHYCOME\" YOU SPREAK THE TRUTH!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:00:03", "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": 3989752, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Its probably too much to have to watch your co-host fall deeper and deeper into the abyss of dementia. Hannity exhibits all the signs of it...all that's left is for him to actually wear the tin-foil hat.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:38:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3992867, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Read that article MsKitty linked to, D.  Ramsay's giving a lil' too much information when it comes to intimacy with Tana.  IOW, he's trying too hard to convince the public that he's a happily married family man.<br><br>And his side piece is a used side piece - she screwed an MP and brought him down when he tried to run for Mayor of London - Jeffrey Archer.  In fact, Ramsay's side piece makes a living writing books about how to handle yo' business as a side piece.  Oprah even had her on her show, so what does that tell you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:38:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "189cfefdc1b6f99ecf3ea93859ec6c73", "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": 3992826, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993348": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I thought, for sure, that this would have been posted by now.<br><br>Desiree Rogers to be The Social Secretary for The White House<br><br><a href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-rogers-obamanov24%2C0%2C7962457.story\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/...</a><br><br><br><br><i><b>Obamas taking Rogers to D.C.<br>Chicagoan will direct social events at White House<br>By John McCormick | Tribune reporter <br>November 24, 2008 </b><br><br>Chicago businesswoman Desiree Rogers will be named to the position of White House social secretary, a source in President-elect Barack Obama's transition office said Sunday.<br><br>Rogers, 49, is a close friend of the Obama family and worked on the fundraising team for the campaign. She has been a fixture on Chicago's social and not-for-profit scene for years.<br><br>Last summer, she left her job as president of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas to create a financial social networking program at Allstate Insurance Co.<br><br>She would be the first African-American to serve in a position that is responsible for working with the first lady on White House functions and ceremonies.<br><br>Rogers, who studied at Wellesley College and later earned an MBA from Harvard, was once married to Chicagoan John Rogers, Ariel Capital Management chief and another close Obama friend and fundraiser.</i><br><br><br>She's from  New Orleans. She married ' Well'. John Rogers is 'Our Kind of People' well.  And, yes, she totally has been a fixture on the Black Social Scene of Chicago for years.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:42:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "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}, "3985160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b><br><br><a href=\"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/11/will-we-connect-dots-this-time.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">We Are Finally Connecting The Dots This Time</a> </b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_10:44:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "BrownManATL", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kudos, to Susan Rice!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:58:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3993803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My guilt got the best of me!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:39:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "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": 3987928, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm mean and vindictive, so I'd love to see them eat crow.  Rubs hands together in anticipation. Inseet Dr. Evil laugh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:01:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "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": 3992280, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4001044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Katie Couric is from Virginia and went to UVa and many \"real Virginians\" take great offense at the Hemmings family trying to push up on the Jefferson descendants.  One of Hillary's stans who was trying to block Obama from getting the nomination is married to a Jefferson descendant and impersonated a black woman online to infiltrate a Hemmings family web forum to find out their plans and report back to the white Jeffersons.<br><br>There's a faction of the white Jeffersons who feel like \"Hey, let them join with us\" and then there's the faction that wants to shut the Hemmings down.  Being that Katie Couric is a) from Va (albeit fake VA) and b) went to Mr. Jefferson's University, that's probably where her bias came from.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-25_00:57:06", "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": 3998689, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "With an in-depth segment on Rev. Ike", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:02:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": 3989752, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "sdg1844:  ABSOLUTELY!!  Thanks  -  SHRUB!!  ARRRRGGG!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:04:28", "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": 3987095, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "*cough cough* {looking down, scratching back of my neck} <br><br>You see what had happen was...um, er....<br><br>LOL - No I didn't make to church last Sunday either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:24:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "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": 3987459, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Denise:  Co-sign!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:01:40", "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": 3992972, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3996037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In other words...its \"unusual\" that Barack Obama is acting like a grown-up and as a result he is making the current president rise up as opposed to Obama lowering down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:48:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3995963, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I errrr...I ummm....went to Bedside Baptist", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:39:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": 3987459, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He knows the economy, even if he is confused on everything else. If Obama can't fix it, he's our best (realistic) hope in 2012.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:39:41", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987894, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/alan-colmes-to-leave-hann_n_146069.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/alan-c...</a><br><br><br>Colmes of \"HANNITY & COLMES\" is leaving.<br><br>Maybe Hannity's racist whining finally got to him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:25:41", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4001060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have met white Washingtons before.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-25_00:58:13", "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": 3998689, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can you imagine working for her and trying to figure out wha the F she is talking 25 times a day? It would make you go nuts. I would last about half of a day  before she let me go, because I would surely blast her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:22:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3997352, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks, fanita!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:12:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3985487, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3989802": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow! I just watched video from Jimmy Kimmel's show in which he goes to a black babershop to vet jokes on Obama. Some of it seemed off limits to me - especially the parts about Michelle. What do you all think? Here's the video:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.watchusexplode.com/?p=1311\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.watchusexplode.com/?p=1311</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:55:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55e19a36345f9145eada40654096e71", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3989383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For the last few years, 24 has been my favorite show behind the Wire and Sopranos.  I enjoyed last night's movie.  24 requires a suspension of reality, so I try not to over analyze it.  If I did, I would have stopped watching after the first episode.<br>:-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:50:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "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": 3987563, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "drunk or sober, Hitch is always good for an interesting read", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:44:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3991771, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3999022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My favorite footage of him was the 1st time he saw a group of Black youth in real life. Instead of talking to them like HUMANS, he greeted them with \"Who let the dogs out? Ruff, ruff, ruff. Who let the dogs out?\" They were too young to know what the hell he was talking about. They didn't know the song. He is so pathetic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:44:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3986481, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The thought of her as SOS has turned me off, drained my momentum.  I hope it never happens.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:23:00", "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": 3991771, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey Guys<br><br>Andrea Mitchell need to get over the fact that Hillary lost!  She is still boo hooing about it! Geez!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:39:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3999031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My favorite footage of him was the 1st time he saw a group of Black youth in real life. Instead of talking to them like HUMANS, he greeted them with \"Who let the dogs out? Ruff, ruff, ruff. Who let the dogs out?\" They were too young to know what the hell he was talking about. They didn't know the song. He is so pathetic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:45:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3986481, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986233": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am sure that Axelrod will not slide on that this time...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:00:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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": 3985875, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995963": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Obama's Unusual Transition : Already A Co-President</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/56399.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/56399...</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON \u2014 America has never seen anything quite like this: The president and president-elect acting like co-presidents, consulting and cooperating on the day's biggest crises. </b><br><br><i>\"It's pretty unusual,\" said George Edwards, a presidential expert at Texas A&M University, in College Station.</i><br><br><i>What Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer calls \"the split-screen presidency\" is the result of several historic forces converging this fall:</i></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:43:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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}, "3999548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GreenLadyHere, Old School Grooves!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_23:42:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3998437, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3984705": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Obama Skips Church, Heads to the Gym\" <br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15902.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15902...</a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend church services since winning the White House earlier this month, a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors. On the three Sundays since his election, Obama has instead used his free time to get in workouts at a Chicago gym.</i><br><br>Hmm... there's a curious subtext going on in this article. Are they questioning his commitment as a churchgoer? Or his so-called celebrity status (because he doesn't want to disrupt other congregants)? Another excuse to bring up Rev. Wright? It's not exactly a slow news day, so what's the point?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_10:12:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 53, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987779": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey D! I was looking for somebody to fill me in and Spirit_55z mentioned that you were a fan. I had to give up since I missed the first 30 minutes. What was Jack doing in Africa? I did catch the scene with the guy holding his foot over a land mine - was it? I'm guessing that \"foolishness\" means you weren't impressed...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:27:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987563, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3999044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My favorite footage of him was the 1st time he saw a group of Black youth in real life. Instead of talking to them like HUMANS, he greeted them with \"Who let the dogs out? Ruff, ruff, ruff. Who let the dogs out?\" They were too young to know what the hell he was talking about. They didn't know the song. He is so pathetic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:46:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3986481, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:  I would NOT use the term \"idiot\"!  That U  R   NOT!  :&gt;)<br><br>Just a LITTLE  <b>RIGHT</b> of CENTER.  :&gt;)        :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:27:10", "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": 3987510, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of course I've proud to see each of these appointments.....but I gotta be honest. I have a extra special bit of pride for Desiree as the White House Social Secretary...the hoity-toity social secretary?!?! OH I LOVE IT!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:23:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3985487, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995981": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not true...Bush constantly studies the word from the book of Daniel...Jack Daniels that is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:44:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": 3992676, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987791": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, that rules out <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051702038.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">my old church in DC</A>.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:27:27", "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": 3985875, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Actually, Billy the Barber was Haitian. So Zariff isnt the first barber of African American descent.<br><a href=\"http://www.state.il.us/HPA/lib/GenPrideAfAm.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.state.il.us/HPA/lib/GenPrideAfAm.htm</a><br><br>William de Fleurville (\"Billy the Barber\") opens his Springfield barber shop in \"a new building opposite the north front of the State House.\" Born in Haiti, Fleurville (Florville) arrived in New Salem in 1831 and met young Abraham Lincoln, who became his life-long friend. Fleurville retained Lincoln as his attorney for various business dealings, including real estate transactions. At his death in 1868, he is among Springfield\u2019s wealthiest citizens", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_20:08:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Trumystique", "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": 3984529, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why the first thing I thought of when I read \"turkey bacon\" was that damn video of Sarah Palin smiling and talking while Mr. Goobler was meeting his maker? lol - it shouldn't be this funny...but it is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:36:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3986301, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you all are wicked<br><br>hee hee hee", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:45:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3993211, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The point is to insinuate that Obama went to church for show and may actually be that Muslim...<br><br>That's the point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_10:49:22", "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": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3984705, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993432": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Colmes more than held his own against Hannity. Someone should replace him; FNC already leaves Hannity to his own devices a little too much for my taste.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:46:19", "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": 3992867, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I loved it! It is a tv show but it's nice to put a focus on the conflicts going on in African nations, the child soliders, the US gov't involvement and apathy. At least people who don't know anything about this will be exposed to it. Yes some parts were annoying and you have to suspend belief that Jack could break someone's neck so easily - but come on we know that's fake.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:06:10", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987563, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wonder what kind of reaction the Obamas would get if they didn't attend church at all.  Would that be so unheard of?  I mean, phycially attending a church does not a good Christian make.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:27:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3984747, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Go with House.<br><br>Somehow, I don't see this year being that violent. I think it's gonna be really tamed down (which does detract from the show).<br><br>Hell, US intervention in Africa, Jack spilling the beans....most liberals/progressives should love it. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:02:31", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3990201, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3984747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Probably an excuse to bring up Rev. Wright, Black churches, and other gossipy nonsense.<br><br>I don't blame Pres. Obama for keeping their church plans low pro.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_10:15:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "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": 3984705, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:   Annnnnd  1.  America and the WORLD has NEVA seen an African American President!!<br><br>2.  The AA President-Elect is showing America (and the WORLD) the DEFINITION of   -   <b>SMOOTH TRANSITION!!</b><br><br>LOOK THAT up in the <b>NEW </b>Webster's COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY!  :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks Justice58!  Good post!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:55:27", "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": 3995963, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992433": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Serve it up cold, if that's the case, and I'll happily act as waitress with my own evil-ass grin on my face.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:07:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3992337, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990388": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "One of my culinary faves busted with his pants down.  Sigh.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/83126/TV-chef-Gordon-Ramsay-cheats-with-Jeffrey-Archers-ex-Sarah-Symonds-behind-wife-Tanas-back.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gordon Ramsay's sly trysts behind wife's back </a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:03:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Brown Man:   Visited your site!  As your \"NAME\" states -  \"THINKING!\"  :&gt;)<br><br>Thank you for this perspective, which keeps US THINKING!!  <b>THANK YOU!</b>:&gt;)<br><br>This ACTUALLY supports D's thoughts!  :&gt;)<br><br>D:  Where you at?  :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:38:09", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3985160, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But maybe it's TURKEY BACON...   Barack you Jihadist commie pinko Muslim.  And don't forget Babykiller.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:05:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "ecb8e53ad4dc175b15ab69340dd091f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3985424, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't say I'm shocked, either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:34:05", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3990544, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986304": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.watchusexplode.com/?p=1294\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Fed pledges to infuse $7.4 trillion into economy to soften financial crisis. That's $24,000 for every man woman and child. I'd rather take the $24,000.</b></a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:05:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "b55e19a36345f9145eada40654096e71", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "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}, "3988866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>You see what had happen was...</i><br><br><br><br>Too funny!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:44:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3987739, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3989380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:   LOL!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I'm SORRY!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   **shakin' my head**  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:50:55", "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": 3988429, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is such good news. <br><br>Hopefully this will usher in a new era of diplomacy. Former ambassador Bolton was a warhawk and had such a disdain for the U.N.<br><br>And Zalmay Khalilizad is a neo-Con, and was a part of  PNAC.  I am so happy Bush and his ilk are heading out the door.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:09:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": 3993803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Soulpatch is back from the dead as a baddie so this will be a great season I hope. Nothing beats Day 5.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:08:18", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3990375, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3996552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, I believe it's for real.<br><br>Ramsey's a bad boy. The family image is a front.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_19:33:00", "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": 3995905, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow!  Their errrr...hmmm...\"chemistry\" was the only reason I watched the show.  Colmes is one sharp guy.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:31:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "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": 3992867, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3999431": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah: <b>OOPS!</b>        I posted the \"link  \"WITHOUT\" the DETAILS in my <b>\"JOURNEY TO JANUARY\"</b> entry.  :&gt;)<br><br>My bad!!  SORRY&gt; :&gt;(", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_23:28:55", "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": 3993348, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3996048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "as P6 said in a title of a post mentioning this:<br><br>it's time to invite them to the family picnic. <br><br>just admit it, and we can move on - together.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:49:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3986420, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992465": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081121/hl_afp/healthdiseaseebola_081121032437\" rel=\"nofollow\">New strain of deadly Ebola virus discovered</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:08:43", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988121": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm gonna be honest: if you saw \"Hotel Rwanda,\" then you know the story (only toss in a few more explosions). That's the background for the season.<br><br>Short version: Jack was in Africa working at an American school for orphans(?). A local warlord starts snatching up kids to be soldiers in his \"army,\" (that some Americans are backing financially) and Jack tries to lead them to safety. He gets them to the US Embassy, but has to surrender himself (the Senate issued a subpoena(sp) for him that he'd been running from) to get the kids inside the embassy and on a flight out.<br><br>So the season will start with Jack being questioned in front of a Senate committee. Guess they couldn't get Bush, so they got Bauer instead (okay, had to throw that in there).<br><br>Female president this time around, though what happened to Wayne Palmer isn't exactly clear (don't know if he died or not, but Noah Daniels finished out his term and lost the election).<br><br>No, I wasn't impressed. Have to give it the benefit of the doubt, as the movie is supposed to bridge last season to this one (though it didn't do a good job of that).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:36:55", "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": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987779, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992472": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She sleeps with Alan Greenspan - you would probably need therapy too, if you are required to cuddle up with a man that has more wrinkles than an army blanket.<br><br>I mean, just how excited can you get about ---ewwwwwwwwwww.<br><br>NEVER MIND. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:09:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3990519, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for posting this news, Monie! I didn't realize that she was the first African-American woman to win this award...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:09:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "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": 3986420, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HAHAHA!!! Okay I'm laughing so hard I can hardly type. \"Bedside\" - I hadn''t heard that one before. I'm definitely stealing this the next time I'm questioned by the folks!<br><br>(I'm hoping that there is really no church named Bedside Baptist or I will feel even more embarrassed for laughing about it)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:45:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "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": 3988256, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992997": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's Monopoly money. Hope that Get Out of Jail Free card works!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:32:04", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3992522, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From We are Respectable Negroes:<br><br>What to do in the Age of Obama? A Letter to a Young Race Man, A Letter to a Young Race Woman<br><br><a href=\"http://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-to-do-in-age-of-obama-letter-to.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/200...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:44:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "e364df47f230e3ed8cfa0997fbf6354e", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990444": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Hope this is NOT a duplicate:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1108/obama_traveling_sec_joins_inaugural_committee_9189967c-933f-4c2c-a7f0-57442bb1dda8.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Douglass will be spokesperson (for the Inaugural Comm.)</a><br><br><i>Obama's traveling press secretary and senior spokeswoman will head Inaugural Committee as spokesperson.<br><br>Former ABC News correspondent Linda Douglass, who was aboard President-elect Obama's plane throughout the general election as traveling press secretary and senior spokeswoman, will be the spokesperson for the Inaugural Committee, an official said.<br></i><br><br>President-elect Obama!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:05:42", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998130": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "These children would have to have private tutors to be brought up to grade level. I'm sure they are already on some \"Home School\" plan or else there would be yet another scandal in the news about their high absenteeism or truancy. Its hard to believe her parents were teachers when she obviously has such disdain for education. They are a family of dumb bunnies. I'd be surprised if her little daughter can read.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:33:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3994301, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "when I saw in the previews that it was Jack in Africa, I sighed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:50:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987563, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987894": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bill Kristol?WTF!!! What have he ever right on?Mitt Romney,now how can you as a conservative ever trust him on anything.He changes his position so often that he thinks his magic underwear must insulate him on flip flopping.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:32:13", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987538, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990459": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep, that's the one.  But the clip loses points for cutting out the \"turkeys could fly\" line.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:06:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "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": 3988989, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986364": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's all Michelle's fault.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:09:09", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3986301, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3991486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  YOU REALLY hit on something!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://reverrent.blogspot.com/2005/06/bedside-baptist.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN:  Bedside Baptist!!</a>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Remembering when I FIRST came to CA, I went looking for a church and started noticing their NAMES!!  By the end of the week I was cracking up at some of the NAMES!  E.g, - \"COME OVER & SEE US\" MBC:  \"WE B CHURCH\", SB;  Church R US, Non-Denominational.  :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:20:53", "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": 3988256, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3984629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From Al Giordano @ The Field.  An important read.<br><br><a href=\"http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/circus-rules-guide-tell-if-appointment-done-deal-or-not\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rules To Tell If An Appointment is A Done Deal</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_10:04:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "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}, "3994560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah, well let me join in with you for a bit-o-meaness.<br><br>HillBilly Survival School for Bristol, Willow, Trigg & Piper.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.jerryshockley.com/hillbilly_survival.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jerryshockley.com/hillbilly_survival...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_16:55:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3994301, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've just finished reading about all of these sista's.  I am impressed.  Smart, accomplished and ready to get it done.  I like.  These are the nuts and bolts positions that hold everything together and drive things forward.  Important and yes, they don''t get the media attention @ all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:43:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "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": 3985487, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Where's the gold or silver coin to back up that paper they're about to flood the economy with?  I'm not lying...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:11:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3986304, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988939": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:   LOL!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I have GOTTA be really clear when I write.   <b>WHEW!!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br><b>NOT US-ALL</b>  The <b>REPORTERS!</b><br><br>LAWD HA'MERCY!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:45:34", "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": 3988256, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988429": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dang...I confessed too!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:40:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": 3988239, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/jarretts-life-lessons/?pagemode=print\" rel=\"nofollow\">Valerie Jarrett's life lessons.</a><br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:43:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985872": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you, fanita.<br><br>MSNBC is talking about this now interviewing the writer of a Newsweek article about Michelle Obama and the diversity of the White House.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:33:10", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3985487, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3996114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My thoughts exactly!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_18:54:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "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": 3995118, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Also, I think it's a way to bait Obama into going to church...so they can see which one he goes to and talk about that.  So they can investigate that church and talk about them.<br><br>I would suggest that all Washington DC area churches with predominately black churches pull their videotapes of their sermons for the next 6 months and \"scrub\" them if necessary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:33:18", "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": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3984705, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992532": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If this is true, I hope his wife Tana kicks his ass and gets seriously paid.  She has been on some of Ramsay's UK shows and she always comes off as really sweet and supportive.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:11:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "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": 3992029, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hell he has to sleep with her...with her Tommy the Turtle looking ass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:11:58", "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": 3992472, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "10 Black Religious Conversions<br><a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/top-10-black-religious-conversions/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/top-10-bl...</a><br><br>Because Michael Jackson wasn't the first to convert and he won't be the last...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:08:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "DrewRicketts", "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}, "3987928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "claudia:  NOT WE-ALL!    The <b>REPORTERS!!</b><br><br>YOUR RESPONSE:  RAOTFL!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)  **shakin' my head**<br><br><i>You see what <u>had happen</u>. . . . </i><br><br>My son and I use this statement as a major joke.  There's also a special voice sound that goes with it!  <b>TOO FUNNY!!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks for the reminder!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:34:00", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3987739, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Uh Oh Wonder if some will complain that their skin is too light now????????", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:12:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "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": 3985487, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uh-Oh!<br><br>Looks like Ramsay's about to have his own \"Kitchen Nightmare\" when he goes to court and loses half of his cheddar.<br><br>And I thought the Brits were faithful &lt;&lt;&lt;ducks&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:46:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3990388, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They have a very extensive and distinguished family organization. I have actually read a couple of books and many articles about this subject. Katy Couric gave a very biased and disrespectful interview to one of the family leaders and I have not watched her from that day to this. The white Jeffersons (how many of those have you ever met?) do not want to submit to DNA testing. They continue to postula that the children were fathered by one of Thomas Jefferson's nephews, even with all the evidence of them (Sally Hemmings & Jefferson) living rather openly as husband and wife. I have also been to Monticello where I have seen the slave document listing Sally & her children. I hope they can talk one of them into giving up the DNA. Otherwise they need to do like the police do and have them drink off of a styrofoam cup. After that they need to sue for part of the estate.<br><br>And what about Washingtons? How many white Washingtons have you ever met? Why is it that there are so few white Washingtons? One theory I've heard is that the Washintons fathered so many children with slaves that the white family members were embarassed and changed their names.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:16:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3996048, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word, GLH, and she could stand to limit the botox injections to one every six months.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:52:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "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": 3990519, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:   Ya mean - - - - ??<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fumgOJLFSHw&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rev. Run DMC</a><br><br>Guess that would be a \"bumpin'\" sermon!?  :&gt;)<br><br>I 'on't know!???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:16:39", "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": 3995842, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More overanalyzing:<br><br>Why did Jack have to go to Africa for \"redemption?\" That the default place to go cleanse your soul?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:53:25", "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": 3993524, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://jaydiatribe.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamas-meritocracy.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ms. High Maintenance?</a> Apart from this, I'm not gonna go there today. More important business at 12 noon. Team Economy to be announced.<br><br>T.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:34:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6755b31010b50fc47eac9ee8b3bb319", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3995118": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You mean her children go to school? And do they graduate", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_17:37:13", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3994301, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998205": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I doubt that its going to happen now that they aren't moving to DC. Palin TOTALLY didn't mention anything about wedding or son-in-law or new family or anything that would lead anyone to think that it's still on. If they order a flower the news media is going to be on it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:38:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "wasteacher", "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": 3997926, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3987952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hand raised. :-)<br><br>Not the Sunday before last..maybe not the one before that but yesterday YES!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:35:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "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": 3987459, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wanted to highlight the achievement of an African-American author  which occurred last wednesday.<br><br><br>Annette Gordon-Reed of New York Wednesday night won the 2008 National Book Award for nonfiction, for a history of a slave family owned by Thomas Jefferson. The author of \"The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family\" is the first African-American woman to win the award for nonfiction.<br><br>Gordon-Reed, professor of law at New York University and of history at Rutgers, tells the full Hemings story, from the family's origins in 17th-century Virginia until its members were sold after Jefferson's death. She is the author of a previous book about the slave woman with whom Jefferson is believed to have fathered a child.<br><br>found this over at <a href=\"http://boston.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">boston.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_12:12:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i thought it was funny.  the booty and the \"policy\" joke was corny but other than that i laughed :) no offense taken here", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_20:59:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "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": 3989802, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3990519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58:   NOT <b>ENOUGH</b> THERAPY!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnnd that DNC Conference did NOT give her the planned results of the <b>CATHARSIS!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br>YEP!  She NEEDS MORE THERAPY!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:09:03", "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": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3988273, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3991544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are so old", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:23:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3989597, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3988989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OMG.....please tell me this is that clip from WKRP In Cinncinati?? LMAO!! I can't view it here at work - but OMG..that was the funniest episode EVER.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_13:46:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "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": 3987189, "depth": 6, "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": "7489198", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 3459531989651784533}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "monday_open_thread_29", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 199, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 7489198, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
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	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_29' +
		'&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_29/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_29'
			+ '&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_29/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">199</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/monday_open_thread_29/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_29/">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:7489198" 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_29/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:7489198" 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:7489198" 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_29',
			// 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_29/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_29'
			+ '&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_29'
			+ '&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_29'
				+ '&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/7489198/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
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993803">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993803" class="dsq-comment-message">Susan Rice - UN Ambassador</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994687" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll drink to that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995406" class="dsq-comment-message">Kudos, to Susan Rice!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995525">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995525" class="dsq-comment-message">This is such good news. <br><br>Hopefully this will usher in a new era of diplomacy. Former ambassador Bolton was a warhawk and had such a disdain for the U.N.<br><br>And Zalmay Khalilizad is a neo-Con, and was a part of  PNAC.  I am so happy Bush and his ilk are heading out the door.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995889">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995889" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3996315" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3996315" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3996315" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3996315" class="dsq-comment-message">Now, if only he can get Samantha Power into the State department, I\'d be really thrilled.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997867">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3997867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997867" class="dsq-comment-message">Hip Hip Hooray! Go ladies, Go ladies....got a meeting in the ladies room.  I\'ll eb back real soon.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998254">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998254" class="dsq-comment-message">sdg184, Meeting in the Ladies Room!<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6A4LbAZ0pg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6A4LbAZ0pg</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998437">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998437" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:  Co-sign!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3999548">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3999548" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLadyHere, Old School Grooves!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3994301">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3994301" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994301" class="dsq-comment-message">I know I\'m being really mean, but I can\'t help it. <br><br>Can you imagine the Palin school search if Country Last had won? <br><br>I\'m gonna be blunt - I don\'t think any of us here doubted that the WeeMichelles could handle their own at these select private schools. <br><br>on the other hand..........<br><br>like I said, my mean thought of the day.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995118">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3995118" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995118" class="dsq-comment-message">You mean her children go to school? And do they graduate</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3996114">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3996114" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3996114" class="dsq-comment-message">My thoughts exactly!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3994560">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994560" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah, well let me join in with you for a bit-o-meaness.<br><br>HillBilly Survival School for Bristol, Willow, Trigg & Piper.<br><br><a href="http://www.jerryshockley.com/hillbilly_survival.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jerryshockley.com/hillbilly_survival...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3994695" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3994695" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994695" class="dsq-comment-message">That <i>is</i> mean.<br><br>But you make a point.....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995849">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995849" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'d probably do the "home schooling" thing and get some private teachers who would have to sign over their mother\'s lives as a part of the privacy clause.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997352">ljf</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997352" class="dsq-comment-message">I was thinking what would the transition team look like.  Will they all be dumbed down so Palin would not look as if she on the same intellectual level as her grandson, --oops I mean-- son Trig<br><br>Talking about grandchildren, isn\'t Bristol due in another month are so.  Has anyone seen pictures of her lately.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997926">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3997926" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997926" class="dsq-comment-message">Has she gotten married yet?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998205">wasteacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998205" class="dsq-comment-message">I doubt that its going to happen now that they aren\'t moving to DC. Palin TOTALLY didn\'t mention anything about wedding or son-in-law or new family or anything that would lead anyone to think that it\'s still on. If they order a flower the news media is going to be on it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997990">wasteacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997990" class="dsq-comment-message">Can you imagine working for her and trying to figure out wha the F she is talking 25 times a day? It would make you go nuts. I would last about half of a day  before she let me go, because I would surely blast her.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998130">wasteacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3998130" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998130" class="dsq-comment-message">These children would have to have private tutors to be brought up to grade level. I\'m sure they are already on some "Home School" plan or else there would be yet another scandal in the news about their high absenteeism or truancy. Its hard to believe her parents were teachers when she obviously has such disdain for education. They are a family of dumb bunnies. I\'d be surprised if her little daughter can read.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3990444">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990444" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Hope this is NOT a duplicate:<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1108/obama_traveling_sec_joins_inaugural_committee_9189967c-933f-4c2c-a7f0-57442bb1dda8.html" rel="nofollow">Douglass will be spokesperson (for the Inaugural Comm.)</a><br><br><i>Obama\'s traveling press secretary and senior spokeswoman will head Inaugural Committee as spokesperson.<br><br>Former ABC News correspondent Linda Douglass, who was aboard President-elect Obama\'s plane throughout the general election as traveling press secretary and senior spokeswoman, will be the spokesperson for the Inaugural Committee, an official said.<br></i><br><br>President-elect Obama!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3991771" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3991771" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3991771" class="dsq-comment-message">Bill Richardson was not announced as Secretary of Commerce today, as Mrs. Greenspan was reporting for the last few days.<br><br>I take that as a great sign.<br><br>Meanwhile, Drinking Hitchens <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2205323/" rel="nofollow">skewers</a> the simple <i>notion</i> of Clinton as Secretary of State.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993389">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993389" class="dsq-comment-message">drunk or sober, Hitch is always good for an interesting read</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3992082" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992082">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992082" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, me too Craig.  SOS. Save our Secretary, PLEASE!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992280">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992280" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992280" class="dsq-comment-message">I noticed it too Craig, and like you I hope it\'s a sign of a big crow feast for Andrea Mitchell and the rest of the Clintonistas.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992337">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992337" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m mean and vindictive, so I\'d love to see them eat crow.  Rubs hands together in anticipation. Inseet Dr. Evil laugh.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992433" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992433" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992433" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992433" class="dsq-comment-message">Serve it up cold, if that\'s the case, and I\'ll happily act as waitress with my own evil-ass grin on my face.  LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993211">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993211" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993211" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t forget to spit on it a la Celie spitting in Mister\'s daddy\'s water in The Color Purple.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3993427" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3993427" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993427">rikyrah</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993427" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993427" class="dsq-comment-message">you all are wicked<br><br>hee hee hee</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3994746" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3994746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3994746">T.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3994746" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994746" class="dsq-comment-message">The article echoes what I said here in Sunday, "In matters of foreign policy, it has been proved time and again, the Clintons are devoted to no interest other than their own." I still maintain that this is a big &lt;fill in the blank&gt;!<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3995817" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995817" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995817">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3995817" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995817" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote><i>"unscrupulous female"</i></blockquote><br>Ha!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3997999" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3997999" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997999">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3997999" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997999" class="dsq-comment-message">The thought of her as SOS has turned me off, drained my momentum.  I hope it never happens.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3988273">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988273" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Guys<br><br>Andrea Mitchell need to get over the fact that Hillary lost!  She is still boo hooing about it! Geez!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3990519">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990519" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   NOT <b>ENOUGH</b> THERAPY!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnnd that DNC Conference did NOT give her the planned results of the <b>CATHARSIS!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br>YEP!  She NEEDS MORE THERAPY!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992154">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992154" class="dsq-comment-message">Word, GLH, and she could stand to limit the botox injections to one every six months.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992472" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992472" class="dsq-comment-message">She sleeps with Alan Greenspan - you would probably need therapy too, if you are required to cuddle up with a man that has more wrinkles than an army blanket.<br><br>I mean, just how excited can you get about ---ewwwwwwwwwww.<br><br>NEVER MIND. LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992534">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992534" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell he has to sleep with her...with her Tommy the Turtle looking ass.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3994126">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994126" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree about the wrinkles. He\'s ugly too!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3989802">ElaineK</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3989802" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989802" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow! I just watched video from Jimmy Kimmel\'s show in which he goes to a black babershop to vet jokes on Obama. Some of it seemed off limits to me - especially the parts about Michelle. What do you all think? Here\'s the video:<br><br><a href="http://www.watchusexplode.com/?p=1311" rel="nofollow">http://www.watchusexplode.com/?p=1311</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3991676">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3991676" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, Elaine K<br><br>That stuff about both of their genitalia was and should be off-limits...it is not just racist but raunchy as well. I think it was awful that those men did not have enough respect for women period to understand why that was off-limits...it was nothing but locker room humor.<br><br>I dread the negative stereotype humor that is going to be on TV.,,,,I was not even cool about the \'rims on AirForceOne" no one ever said anything of that sort about Cowboy Bush, having longhorns on AirForce One.<br><br>The reason is that his \'cowboy culture\' was simply not a source for ridicule whereas darn near everything about blacks that is stereotypical is not only negative but typically derisive and meant to ridicule and demean blacks as a group.<br><br>The only thing I agreed with here was the remarks about the ears and Carleton on Bel Air being his prototype.  That\'s it.<br><br>I HATED that \'penispolicy\' line!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997686">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997686" class="dsq-comment-message">i thought it was funny.  the booty and the "policy" joke was corny but other than that i laughed :) no offense taken here</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3984025">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3984025" class="dsq-comment-message">10 Republicans Who Should Go Away<br><a href="http://www.thedailybanter.com/tdb/2008/11/10-people-who-need-to-go-away.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailybanter.com/tdb/2008/11/10-pe...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986481">ljf</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986481" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh nooo...  I don\'t want Mitt Romney to go.  I have such fond memories whenever I see him --you know, the Muppet reporter Guy Smiley from Sesame Street.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3999022">wasteacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3999022" class="dsq-comment-message">My favorite footage of him was the 1st time he saw a group of Black youth in real life. Instead of talking to them like HUMANS, he greeted them with "Who let the dogs out? Ruff, ruff, ruff. Who let the dogs out?" They were too young to know what the hell he was talking about. They didn\'t know the song. He is so pathetic.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3999031">wasteacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3999031" class="dsq-comment-message">My favorite footage of him was the 1st time he saw a group of Black youth in real life. Instead of talking to them like HUMANS, he greeted them with "Who let the dogs out? Ruff, ruff, ruff. Who let the dogs out?" They were too young to know what the hell he was talking about. They didn\'t know the song. He is so pathetic.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3999044" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3999044">wasteacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3999044" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3999044" class="dsq-comment-message">My favorite footage of him was the 1st time he saw a group of Black youth in real life. Instead of talking to them like HUMANS, he greeted them with "Who let the dogs out? Ruff, ruff, ruff. Who let the dogs out?" They were too young to know what the hell he was talking about. They didn\'t know the song. He is so pathetic.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987538" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3987538" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987538" class="dsq-comment-message">Read this on the way up.<br><br>Bill Kristol and Mitt can stay. Bush will fade into retirement.<br><br>As for the rest.....yeah, flush them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987894" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987894">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987894" class="dsq-comment-message">Bill Kristol?WTF!!! What have he ever right on?Mitt Romney,now how can you as a conservative ever trust him on anything.He changes his position so often that he thinks his magic underwear must insulate him on flip flopping.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3988257" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3988257" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988257" class="dsq-comment-message">He knows the economy, even if he is confused on everything else. If Obama can\'t fix it, he\'s our best (realistic) hope in 2012.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3993322" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993322">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993322" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993322" class="dsq-comment-message">Dayum!  Michelle Malkin is possessed!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3984416" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3984416" href="http://www.natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Christopher Chambers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3984416" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3984416" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/23/AR2008112302097.html?hpid=topnews" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>Pardons and clemency. Bush has burrowed right wing ideologues into the govt. hide and his now considering pardon and clemency requests. Of course, water boy Eric Holder tookt he heat for Slick Willie\'s midnight pardons of sundry scumbags. ironic, eh? Barack couldn\'t do better than Holder? Ah well, I guess he\'s counting on us counting our blessings this Thanksgiving that Sarah Palin isn\'t VP. Trouble is, that the list of scumbags and jailbirds Bush could free in time for turkey dinner (or at least Valentine\'s Day) is short...the Administration didn\'t put away too many najoe securities or banking defrauders (they just got the TARP),, polluters (they ran the Interior Dept) or even drug dealers with political connections (they supplied the Oval Office). So who is left--Gitmo prisoners? Ted Stevens? Scooter Libby\'s already had his sentence commuted. Sad. Sad as Larry Summers being on he team. he\'ll have plenty of candied sweets come Thursday...<br><br>But again, I suppose would should be thankful as we sit, eat and pray, that we "won." Let\'s us keep one squinted eye on the turkey leg, lest somebody at the table tear it off and hide it while grace is said. That went for Bush. That goes for the new Administration and Congress.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3984474">BTx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3984474" class="dsq-comment-message">Affirmative Action for unqualified righties -<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112103359.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3984529">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3984529" class="dsq-comment-message">Trivia for Today:<br><br>In 1860, Abraham Lincoln\'s barber\'s name was Billy<br>In 2008, Barack Obama\'s barber\'s name is Zariff - first Af-Am barber to cut a president<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3997009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997009">Trumystique</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997009" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually, Billy the Barber was Haitian. So Zariff isnt the first barber of African American descent.<br><a href="http://www.state.il.us/HPA/lib/GenPrideAfAm.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.state.il.us/HPA/lib/GenPrideAfAm.htm</a><br><br>William de Fleurville ("Billy the Barber") opens his Springfield barber shop in "a new building opposite the north front of the State House." Born in Haiti, Fleurville (Florville) arrived in New Salem in 1831 and met young Abraham Lincoln, who became his life-long friend. Fleurville retained Lincoln as his attorney for various business dealings, including real estate transactions. At his death in 1868, he is among Springfield’s wealthiest citizens</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3998922" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998922">wasteacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998922" class="dsq-comment-message">Abraham\'s hair was a little on the nappy side. He needed a barber who could deal with it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3984629">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3984629" class="dsq-comment-message">From Al Giordano @ The Field.  An important read.<br><br><a href="http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/circus-rules-guide-tell-if-appointment-done-deal-or-not" rel="nofollow">Rules To Tell If An Appointment is A Done Deal</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987458" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987458">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987458" class="dsq-comment-message">Al Giordano keeps it real.     I love this guy.   When #$A^ is hitting the fan, I always read "The Field"  to see what\'s really happening.  <br><br>Al is a great reporter who actually looks for the truth and not the spin.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3984705" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3984705" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3984705" class="dsq-comment-message">"Obama Skips Church, Heads to the Gym" <br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15902.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15902...</a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend church services since winning the White House earlier this month, a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors. On the three Sundays since his election, Obama has instead used his free time to get in workouts at a Chicago gym.</i><br><br>Hmm... there\'s a curious subtext going on in this article. Are they questioning his commitment as a churchgoer? Or his so-called celebrity status (because he doesn\'t want to disrupt other congregants)? Another excuse to bring up Rev. Wright? It\'s not exactly a slow news day, so what\'s the point?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3984747" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3984747" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3984747">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3984747" class="dsq-comment-message">Probably an excuse to bring up Rev. Wright, Black churches, and other gossipy nonsense.<br><br>I don\'t blame Pres. Obama for keeping their church plans low pro.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987805" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987805" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987805">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987805" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987805" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder what kind of reaction the Obamas would get if they didn\'t attend church at all.  Would that be so unheard of?  I mean, phycially attending a church does not a good Christian make.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3990106" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3990106" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3990106">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990106" class="dsq-comment-message">Then you\'d get the whispers of "they\'re really Muslim."  And then CNN would do a special called "Black Muslims in America" and loop Louis Farrakhan over and over again and superimpose his picture over Obama\'s picture and interview "Rashid Mohammed" selling Final Calls in the median strip about Keith Ellison and Barack Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3996799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3996799">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3996799" class="dsq-comment-message">Lawdy, Town.  We must visit COON NETWORK NEWS one day!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3985238" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985238" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985238">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985238" class="dsq-comment-message">The point is to insinuate that Obama went to church for show and may actually be that Muslim...<br><br>That\'s the point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985424" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3985424" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985424" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985424" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly.<br><br>Except that the Obama family eats bacon. I wonder if there will be a headline about that any time soon.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3986301" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986301" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986301">ljf</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3986301" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986301" class="dsq-comment-message">But maybe it\'s TURKEY BACON...   Barack you Jihadist commie pinko Muslim.  And don\'t forget Babykiller.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3986364">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3986364" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986364" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986364">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3986364" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986364" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s all Michelle\'s fault.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3989546" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3989546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3989546" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3989546" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989546" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3986770" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986770">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3986770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986770" class="dsq-comment-message">Why the first thing I thought of when I read "turkey bacon" was that damn video of Sarah Palin smiling and talking while Mr. Goobler was meeting his maker? lol - it shouldn\'t be this funny...but it is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987189" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987189" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987189">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987189" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987189" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought it was hilarious, but then I have a twisted sense of humor.  However, that doesn\'t come close to the funniest clip ever involving turkeys meeting a violent end.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iafzqOCaxA4" rel="nofollow">"So help me God, I thought turkeys could fly"</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3988989" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3988989" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3988989">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3988989" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988989" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG.....please tell me this is that clip from WKRP In Cinncinati?? LMAO!! I can\'t view it here at work - but OMG..that was the funniest episode EVER.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3990459" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3990459" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3990459">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3990459" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990459" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep, that\'s the one.  But the clip loses points for cutting out the "turkeys could fly" line.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3989597" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3989597" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3989597">Elephants&amp;Flowers</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3989597" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989597" class="dsq-comment-message">One of my all time favority television moments</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3991544" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3991544" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3991544">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3991544" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3991544" class="dsq-comment-message">You are so old</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3998833" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3998833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998833">wasteacher</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3998833" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998833" class="dsq-comment-message">Pork eating Muslims are the worst kinds. Infidels.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3985451" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985451">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985451" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985451" class="dsq-comment-message">Heathen</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3985592" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985592" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985592">T.</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985592" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985592" class="dsq-comment-message">These people should remember that right after the Rev. Wright mess, around Easter I think, PE Obama and his family were in Hawaii and they couldn\'t go to church but he told the press that he and his family had a little church service at home - reading the Bible and saying prayers. Given the security situation and the fact they do not have a home church right now, i would bet that they have been worshipping in a similarly, non-traditional way.<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3985875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985875">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985875" class="dsq-comment-message">Also, I think it\'s a way to bait Obama into going to church...so they can see which one he goes to and talk about that.  So they can investigate that church and talk about them.<br><br>I would suggest that all Washington DC area churches with predominately black churches pull their videotapes of their sermons for the next 6 months and "scrub" them if necessary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3986233" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986233" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986233">T.</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3986233" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986233" class="dsq-comment-message">I am sure that Axelrod will not slide on that this time...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987286" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987286" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3987286" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987286" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987286" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with all the comments, but I think this one resonates the most. They can\'t wait for the Obamas to pick a church for exactly this reason! Everything about the preacher, the people who attend, the newsletters... will be under ridiculous scrutiny. Until then, we are going to get these no-news articles. I hope the Obamas keep them waiting. Or sneak in a new minister like they did with his barber, LOL.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987526" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987526" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987526">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987526" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987526" class="dsq-comment-message">claudia:  <u>His statement</u> about being a "disruption" to the services, etc. clearly reflects all that he has to consider.  <br><br>YOU have pointed out some of HIS concerns.  Good on YOU!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3992676" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992676" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992676" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992676" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992676" class="dsq-comment-message">If I were Obama, I\'d take one of the 132 rooms in the White House and build my own damned tabernacle and rotate preachers to come in and bring The Word on Sunday Mornings.<br><br>Bush ain\'t hardly been to church in the eight years he was in office, yet he ran on the platform of restoring dignity to the White House because of his Christian faith.<br><br>GTHOH with that one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3993270" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3993270" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993270">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993270" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993270" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL, Iam so co-signing on this scenario!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3995842" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995842" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3995842" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3995842" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995842" class="dsq-comment-message">You know Obama could hold services with Rev. Run officiating at the White House.  LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3998693" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3998693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998693">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3998693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998693" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:   Ya mean - - - - ??<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fumgOJLFSHw&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Rev. Run DMC</a><br><br>Guess that would be a "bumpin\'" sermon!?  :&gt;)<br><br>I \'on\'t know!???</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3995981">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3995981" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995981" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995981">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3995981" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995981" class="dsq-comment-message">Not true...Bush constantly studies the word from the book of Daniel...Jack Daniels that is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3997276" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3997276" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3997276" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3997276" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997276" class="dsq-comment-message">Also from the book of John....Barleycorn, y\'know.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987655" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987655">Hers</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987655" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987655" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a good idea (re. the church tapes) people (i.e. the press) are licking their chops over which church the Obama\'s are going to go to especially considering that it\'s a high possibility that it may be a black one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3989752" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3989752" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3989752">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3989752" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989752" class="dsq-comment-message">And if it is a black one he will get grief over why he and his family are going to a black church.  Then CNN will do a series called "Black Church in America" to help America understand the hows and whys of the black church.  Hosted by DL Hughley, of course.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3990314" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3990314" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3990314">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3990314" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990314" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  "WHYCOME" YOU SPREAK THE TRUTH!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3992341" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992341" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992341">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992341" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992341" class="dsq-comment-message">With an in-depth segment on Rev. Ike</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3992602" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992602" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992602" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992602" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992602" class="dsq-comment-message">With featured clips of sermons by TD Jakes, Eddie Long and Creflo Dollar (emphasis on "Dollar")</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3996756" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3996756" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3996756">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3996756" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3996756" class="dsq-comment-message">And the ensuring investigations into "the building funds"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3996384" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3996384" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3996384">parker404</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3996384" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3996384" class="dsq-comment-message">You did not say Rev. Ike!!!  Too much, Miranda!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987791" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987791" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3987791" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987791" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987791" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, that rules out <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051702038.html" rel="nofollow">my old church in DC</A>.</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987459" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987459" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987459">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987459" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987459" class="dsq-comment-message">claudia:  It was SUNDAY.  The REPORTERS were busy writing ON SUNDAY!!<br><br>Alright y\'all  -  RAISE YOUR HAND IFFFFFF  YOU WENT TA CHURCH!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m just sayin\' . ..</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987739" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3987739" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987739" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987739" class="dsq-comment-message">*cough cough* {looking down, scratching back of my neck} <br><br>You see what had happen was...um, er....<br><br>LOL - No I didn\'t make to church last Sunday either.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987928" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987928">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987928" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987928" class="dsq-comment-message">claudia:  NOT WE-ALL!    The <b>REPORTERS!!</b><br><br>YOUR RESPONSE:  RAOTFL!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)  **shakin\' my head**<br><br><i>You see what <u>had happen</u>. . . . </i><br><br>My son and I use this statement as a major joke.  There\'s also a special voice sound that goes with it!  <b>TOO FUNNY!!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks for the reminder!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3988239">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3988239" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3988239" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3988239" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3988239" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988239" class="dsq-comment-message">My guilt got the best of me!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3988429" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3988429" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3988429">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3988429" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988429" class="dsq-comment-message">Dang...I confessed too!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3989380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3989380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3989380">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3989380" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989380" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:   LOL!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m SORRY!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   **shakin\' my head**  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3988593">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988593" class="dsq-comment-message">claudia:  LOL! <br><br>I would <b>NEVA</b> "call out JJP\'ers!"  <br><br>Just so\'s ya know. . . .   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3989052" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3989052" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3989052">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3989052" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989052" class="dsq-comment-message">I use the same statement too. I crack up everytime I hear it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3989652" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3989652" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3989652">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3989652" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989652" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   YEP!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3988866" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3988866" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3988866">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3988866" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988866" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>You see what had happen was...</i><br><br><br><br>Too funny!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3987952" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987952" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987952">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987952" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987952" class="dsq-comment-message">Hand raised. :-)<br><br>Not the Sunday before last..maybe not the one before that but yesterday YES!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3989179" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3989179" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3989179">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989179" class="dsq-comment-message">ARP:    LOL!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)     **shakin\' my head!**    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Bless YOU!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Please READ my CLARIFICATION!  :&gt;)   <b>NOT US-ALL!</b>   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3988256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3988256">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3988256" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988256" class="dsq-comment-message">I errrr...I ummm....went to Bedside Baptist</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3988892" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3988892" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3988892" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988892" class="dsq-comment-message">HAHAHA!!! Okay I\'m laughing so hard I can hardly type. "Bedside" - I hadn\'\'t heard that one before. I\'m definitely stealing this the next time I\'m questioned by the folks!<br><br>(I\'m hoping that there is really no church named Bedside Baptist or I will feel even more embarrassed for laughing about it)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3988939" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3988939">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3988939" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988939" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:   LOL!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I have GOTTA be really clear when I write.   <b>WHEW!!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br><b>NOT US-ALL</b>  The <b>REPORTERS!</b><br><br>LAWD HA\'MERCY!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3991486">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3991486" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  YOU REALLY hit on something!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://reverrent.blogspot.com/2005/06/bedside-baptist.html" rel="nofollow">LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN:  Bedside Baptist!!</a>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Remembering when I FIRST came to CA, I went looking for a church and started noticing their NAMES!!  By the end of the week I was cracking up at some of the NAMES!  E.g, - "COME OVER & SEE US" MBC:  "WE B CHURCH", SB;  Church R US, Non-Denominational.  :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3998753" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998753">wasteacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3998753" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998753" class="dsq-comment-message">We go to the same church!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3985160" href="http://www.brownmanthinkinghard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brown Man</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985160" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985160" class="dsq-comment-message"><b><br><br><a href="http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2008/11/will-we-connect-dots-this-time.html" rel="nofollow">We Are Finally Connecting The Dots This Time</a> </b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986554" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986554">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3986554" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986554" class="dsq-comment-message">Brown Man, thank you for your post.  I loved this comment!<br><br>"Because I am not interested in seeing crackheads leaning on the "Barack Obama Boulevard" street sign ten years from now.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986809" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986809">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3986809" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986809" class="dsq-comment-message">Brown Man:   Visited your site!  As your "NAME" states -  "THINKING!"  :&gt;)<br><br>Thank you for this perspective, which keeps US THINKING!!  <b>THANK YOU!</b>:&gt;)<br><br>This ACTUALLY supports D\'s thoughts!  :&gt;)<br><br>D:  Where you at?  :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987510" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3987510" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987510" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987510" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s always nice to find out from the more intelligent members of our community that (as I joke) I\'m not a complete idiot; only a partial one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987781" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987781">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987781" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  I would NOT use the term "idiot"!  That U  R   NOT!  :&gt;)<br><br>Just a LITTLE  <b>RIGHT</b> of CENTER.  :&gt;)        :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986950" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986950">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3986950" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986950" class="dsq-comment-message">Wonderful post.  As a new Yorker, my smile couldn\'t stretch any wider.  I have been so damn pleased to see our kids engaged and energized. We still have alot of work to do, but this is a lovely thing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985487" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985487">fanita</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985487" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985487" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/melody-barnes-to-run-dome_n_145988.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/melody...</a><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/obama-to-name-desiree-rog_n_145957.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/obama-...</a><br><a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/11/mona_sutphen.php" rel="nofollow">http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008...</a><br><br>For everyone concerned about no black women on Obama\'a staff. These are three high profile black women. They are just not going to get the press that other appointees will</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985739">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985739" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985739" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course I\'ve proud to see each of these appointments.....but I gotta be honest. I have a extra special bit of pride for Desiree as the White House Social Secretary...the hoity-toity social secretary?!?! OH I LOVE IT!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987064">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987064" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987064" class="dsq-comment-message">I know right? I\'m shaking my head smiling about this one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992250" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992250">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992250" class="dsq-comment-message">Word.  Giving props to Deisree as Scial Secretary!  PROPS!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985872" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3985872" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985872" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, fanita.<br><br>MSNBC is talking about this now interviewing the writer of a Newsweek article about Michelle Obama and the diversity of the White House.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3990088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3990088">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3990088" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990088" class="dsq-comment-message">Not show if the writer has any input on the cover, but I thought they could have used a more recent and flattering photo of Michelle.  I suppose they were aiming for irony that the article is about how Michelle can/will undo the stereotypes of Black women while they photo could easily be perceived as the image of an angry black woman.<br><br>Also, I didn\'t appreciate Norah O\'Donnell highlighting Prime Minister\'s Brown\'s advice to Michelle.  Michelle is not neophyte to the world of a political spouse.  She\'s been doing this a long, long time and well understands the demands and sacrifices.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986887" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986887">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3986887" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986887" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve just finished reading about all of these sista\'s.  I am impressed.  Smart, accomplished and ready to get it done.  I like.  These are the nuts and bolts positions that hold everything together and drive things forward.  Important and yes, they don\'\'t get the media attention @ all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987505" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987505">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3987505" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987505" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, fanita!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992538" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992538">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992538" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992538" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh Oh Wonder if some will complain that their skin is too light now????????</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985513">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985513" class="dsq-comment-message">Melody Barnes to head Domestic Policy Council<br><br><a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/11/melody_barnes_to_run_domestic_policy_council.php" rel="nofollow">http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985897" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985897">T.</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985897" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985897" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://jaydiatribe.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamas-meritocracy.html" rel="nofollow">Ms. High Maintenance?</a> Apart from this, I\'m not gonna go there today. More important business at 12 noon. Team Economy to be announced.<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986209">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986209" class="dsq-comment-message">Two inconsequential things x-ed my mind today:<br>1) All the decision makers - senior executives - of these vulnerable companies who have been rescued, or are asking to be rescued, still have their jobs. I have heard talk of limiting executive compensation, dividend payout but no restructuring of the mnagement team. <br><br>2)What will Obama do when cabinet members or party officials or even someone from the opposing party step out of line? Continue to kill \'em with kindness? "Here Joe have another cookie? You too, Mitch." If that\'s his style, wonderful, but at some point he\'s gonna have to lace the cookies with some cyanide(figuratively). Or, are people gonna crap all over him because they don\'t expect any payback, \'cause he\'s such a warm and fuzzy guy? God!<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986297" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986297">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986297" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Here comes <b>President-Elect OBAMA!!</b>  MSNBC - 9:00am [PST]<br><br><br><b>WHOOOO!   Hoo!</b>    Pssst!  Now here\'s MY PLAN!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>"I\'ve SOUGHT LEADERS. . .   "    THE <b>BEST & BRIGHTEST!!!</b><br><br>Bump the cronyism!   ONLY the B & B!!  :&gt;)   YES HE CAN!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3986304" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986304">ElaineK</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3986304" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986304" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.watchusexplode.com/?p=1294" rel="nofollow"><b>Fed pledges to infuse $7.4 trillion into economy to soften financial crisis. That\'s $24,000 for every man woman and child. I\'d rather take the $24,000.</b></a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992522" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992522" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992522" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992522" class="dsq-comment-message">Where\'s the gold or silver coin to back up that paper they\'re about to flood the economy with?  I\'m not lying...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992997" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992997" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992997" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992997" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s Monopoly money. Hope that Get Out of Jail Free card works!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986420">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986420" class="dsq-comment-message">I wanted to highlight the achievement of an African-American author  which occurred last wednesday.<br><br><br>Annette Gordon-Reed of New York Wednesday night won the 2008 National Book Award for nonfiction, for a history of a slave family owned by Thomas Jefferson. The author of "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family" is the first African-American woman to win the award for nonfiction.<br><br>Gordon-Reed, professor of law at New York University and of history at Rutgers, tells the full Hemings story, from the family\'s origins in 17th-century Virginia until its members were sold after Jefferson\'s death. She is the author of a previous book about the slave woman with whom Jefferson is believed to have fathered a child.<br><br>found this over at <a href="http://boston.com" rel="nofollow">boston.com</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3987439" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987439" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for posting this news, Monie! I didn\'t realize that she was the first African-American woman to win this award...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992818" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992818" class="dsq-comment-message">Well the historical drama Sally Hemings written by Barbara Chase-Riboud started this in 1979 way before the DNA evidence came out. <br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Chase-Riboud" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Chase-Riboud</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3996048">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3996048" class="dsq-comment-message">as P6 said in a title of a post mentioning this:<br><br>it\'s time to invite them to the family picnic. <br><br>just admit it, and we can move on - together.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998689">wasteacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998689" class="dsq-comment-message">They have a very extensive and distinguished family organization. I have actually read a couple of books and many articles about this subject. Katy Couric gave a very biased and disrespectful interview to one of the family leaders and I have not watched her from that day to this. The white Jeffersons (how many of those have you ever met?) do not want to submit to DNA testing. They continue to postula that the children were fathered by one of Thomas Jefferson\'s nephews, even with all the evidence of them (Sally Hemmings & Jefferson) living rather openly as husband and wife. I have also been to Monticello where I have seen the slave document listing Sally & her children. I hope they can talk one of them into giving up the DNA. Otherwise they need to do like the police do and have them drink off of a styrofoam cup. After that they need to sue for part of the estate.<br><br>And what about Washingtons? How many white Washingtons have you ever met? Why is it that there are so few white Washingtons? One theory I\'ve heard is that the Washintons fathered so many children with slaves that the white family members were embarassed and changed their names.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4001044">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4001044" class="dsq-comment-message">Katie Couric is from Virginia and went to UVa and many "real Virginians" take great offense at the Hemmings family trying to push up on the Jefferson descendants.  One of Hillary\'s stans who was trying to block Obama from getting the nomination is married to a Jefferson descendant and impersonated a black woman online to infiltrate a Hemmings family web forum to find out their plans and report back to the white Jeffersons.<br><br>There\'s a faction of the white Jeffersons who feel like "Hey, let them join with us" and then there\'s the faction that wants to shut the Hemmings down.  Being that Katie Couric is a) from Va (albeit fake VA) and b) went to Mr. Jefferson\'s University, that\'s probably where her bias came from.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4001060">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4001060" class="dsq-comment-message">I have met white Washingtons before.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3986524">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986524" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Annnnnnnnd <b>HERE THEY ARE:</b>     <b>ECONOMIC TEAM!!!</b><br><br>-Tim Geithner -  Secretary of the Treasury<br><br>-Larry Summers - Head of Economic Council<br><br>-Christina Romer  - Council of Economics<br><br>-Melody Barnes  -  Director of Domestic Policy Council<br><br><b>"THAT WORK STARTS TODAY!!!"</b><br><br><a href="http://www.change.gov/newsroom/entry/geithner_summers_among_key_economic_team_members_announced_today/" rel="nofollow">ECONOMIC TEAM</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987095">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987095" class="dsq-comment-message">They sure as hell have their work cut out for them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987332">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987332" class="dsq-comment-message">sdg1844:  ABSOLUTELY!!  Thanks  -  SHRUB!!  ARRRRGGG!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987003">T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987003" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKnrI18mS8o&eurl=http://laineygossip.com/Alicia_Keys_Annie_Lennox_Sarah_McLachlan_Pink_Queen_Latifah_performances_at_the_American_Music_Award.a" rel="nofollow">Alicia Keys , Latifa, Kathleen Battle on AMA\'s last night.</a>Toots gets her shout out from a hip-hop diva!<br><br>T.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987684">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987684" class="dsq-comment-message">T:  Thanks for bringin\' this.  I missed the AWARDS.  **ducking while running**<br><br>Good ta see the "variety of musical genres"  -  APPRECIATIN\' each other!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Good ta see Kathleen Battle after so many years.  I knew her ~ 35 years ago!  Whew! :&gt;)<br><br>Rest In Peace "TOOTS".   <b>HEAD BOW</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3987161">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987161" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:    <b>Monday, NOVEMBER 24, 2008  -DAY -57 - On His "JOURNEY TO JANUARY!":</b><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> of the DAY:   <b>  ECONOMIC TEAM!!</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINE(s):</b><br><br>     a) <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15919.html" rel="nofollow">ONE Surprise Survives For Obama Speech</a><br><br><i>The names of four of the five members of President-elect Obama\'s economic team leaked out before his announcement in Chicago on Monday, but one was a surprise: <b><u>Heather A. Higginbottom,</b></u> a former aide to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) who will be deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Heather A. Higginbottom, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council -- Heather Higginbottom served as Policy Director for Obama for America, overseeing all aspects of policy development. From 1999 to 2007, Higginbottom served as Senator John Kerry’s Legislative Director. She also served as the Deputy National Policy Director for the Kerry-Edwards Presidential Campaign for the primary and general elections. After the 2004 election, Higginbottom founded and served as Executive Director of the American Security Project, a national security think tank. She started her career as an advocate at the national non-profit organization Communities in Schools.</i><br><br>     b)  <a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_barack_obama_and_mrs_michelle_obama_announce_more_key_white/" rel="nofollow">MORE KEY WHITE HOUSE STAFF</a><br><br><br>3.  His Schedule: <br>    Monday Nov. 24, 2008<br>All Times Eastern8:00 AM	<br>8:26 AM	<br><br>Obama heads to gym for hour-long workout at Regents Park.<br>9:00 AM	<br>10:00 AM	<br>10:19 AM	<br><br>Obama\'s motorcade heads to Hilton Chicago hotel for upcoming press conference.<br>11:00 AM	<br>12:00 PM	<br>12:00 PM	<br><br>President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden hold a press conference announcing their economic team.<br>1:00 PM	<br>UPDATES as AVAILABLE!<br><br>4.  BEYOND the ANNOUNCEMENTS:   <b>HE IS IN CHARGE!</b><br><br>Just noting how in command He WAS during the Press Conference.  1.  He had CONFIDENCE in HIS APPOINTMENTS!  2.  He said that "That WORK STARTS TODAY!!<br>3.  He called on reporters BY NAME when HE WANTED TO!  No yelling out - Mr. President-Elect!  <b>DECENTLY and IN ORDER!</b> 4.   FINALLY, HE CLOSED the Conference WHEN HE wanted to!!  YES HE DID!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect OBAMA!  :&gt;)   Vice President-Elect BIDEN!!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3987415" href="http://heardonmystoop.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DrewRicketts</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987415" class="dsq-comment-message">10 Black Religious Conversions<br><a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/top-10-black-religious-conversions/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/top-10-bl...</a><br><br>Because Michael Jackson wasn\'t the first to convert and he won\'t be the last...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3987563" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987563" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anyone watch the foolishness that masqueraded as <i>24</i> last night?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3987779" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3987779" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3987779" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey D! I was looking for somebody to fill me in and Spirit_55z mentioned that you were a fan. I had to give up since I missed the first 30 minutes. What was Jack doing in Africa? I did catch the scene with the guy holding his foot over a land mine - was it? I\'m guessing that "foolishness" means you weren\'t impressed...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3988121" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3988121" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3988121" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m gonna be honest: if you saw "Hotel Rwanda," then you know the story (only toss in a few more explosions). That\'s the background for the season.<br><br>Short version: Jack was in Africa working at an American school for orphans(?). A local warlord starts snatching up kids to be soldiers in his "army," (that some Americans are backing financially) and Jack tries to lead them to safety. He gets them to the US Embassy, but has to surrender himself (the Senate issued a subpoena(sp) for him that he\'d been running from) to get the kids inside the embassy and on a flight out.<br><br>So the season will start with Jack being questioned in front of a Senate committee. Guess they couldn\'t get Bush, so they got Bauer instead (okay, had to throw that in there).<br><br>Female president this time around, though what happened to Wayne Palmer isn\'t exactly clear (don\'t know if he died or not, but Noah Daniels finished out his term and lost the election).<br><br>No, I wasn\'t impressed. Have to give it the benefit of the doubt, as the movie is supposed to bridge last season to this one (though it didn\'t do a good job of that).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3989059">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989059" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Bauer could handle appearing before a Senate committee better than Bush could.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3990201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3990201" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990201" class="dsq-comment-message">This is really helpful - thanks! I will try to hang in there when the full season returns, if only because the new shows are so BAD this year. There\'s nothing catching my interest these days (except maybe South Park and 30 Rock) and I need a good drama to get into. And with The Wire gone, I\'m missing all that gratuitous violence...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3990375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3990375" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990375" class="dsq-comment-message">Go with House.<br><br>Somehow, I don\'t see this year being that violent. I think it\'s gonna be really tamed down (which does detract from the show).<br><br>Hell, US intervention in Africa, Jack spilling the beans....most liberals/progressives should love it. ;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992455" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992455" class="dsq-comment-message">Soulpatch is back from the dead as a baddie so this will be a great season I hope. Nothing beats Day 5.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992667" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992667" class="dsq-comment-message">The way it\'s going, nothing ever will.<br><br>What\'s your take on the "real time" format? I\'m not a fan, though I know they\'re setting up for the (eventual) movie.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3994238">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994238" class="dsq-comment-message">House is an excellent pick.  Huge Laurie is outrageous and reminds me of a doctor I used to work with.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3994316" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994316" class="dsq-comment-message">If they happen to put House and 24 on the same night, my son\'s gonna have to go to bed early (like 5 in the evening).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995273">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995273" class="dsq-comment-message">Dang, D.  That\'s a wee early isn\'t it?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3995383" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995383" class="dsq-comment-message">For those two shows? Nope. <br><br>I put him in bed at 7 last night.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997737">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997737" class="dsq-comment-message">I got into Lost.  I caught up on all 4 seasons online at <a href="http://abc.com" rel="nofollow">abc.com</a> and I am HOOKED.  Feening for Jan when it comes back!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3997819" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3997819" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997819" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yes, I\'m a big fan of Lost too. It\'s been so long, I had almost forgotten!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997920">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997920" class="dsq-comment-message">Reruns are showing on scifi as I type!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3989383">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3989383" class="dsq-comment-message">For the last few years, 24 has been my favorite show behind the Wire and Sopranos.  I enjoyed last night\'s movie.  24 requires a suspension of reality, so I try not to over analyze it.  If I did, I would have stopped watching after the first episode.<br>:-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3990206" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3990206" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990206" class="dsq-comment-message">I enjoy overanalyzing it; looking for the parallels between the show and and reality.<br><br>Bad thing is, I know how this is gonna end (or at least I think I do), and I\'m already somewhat down about that. So just seeing the whole setup didn\'t really enthuse me a whole bunch.<br><br>Plus, I don\'t know how Jack is going to be able to operate inside the law (think he\'s with the FBI now, cause CTU\'s disbanded...which should\'ve been brought out last night!!), when his very existance is supposed to be outside (or at least on the edge of) the law.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992411" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992411" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992411" class="dsq-comment-message">I loved it! It is a tv show but it\'s nice to put a focus on the conflicts going on in African nations, the child soliders, the US gov\'t involvement and apathy. At least people who don\'t know anything about this will be exposed to it. Yes some parts were annoying and you have to suspend belief that Jack could break someone\'s neck so easily - but come on we know that\'s fake.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992615" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992615" class="dsq-comment-message">In an attempt to not turn this into a referendum on Rwanda (or Darfur, for that matter):<br><br>I understand why we didn\'t get involved in those conflicts...so to see 24 take this angle when (for all purposes) it\'s been pretty right leaning is a little odd.<br><br>Then too, I\'m hoping the actual "story" is the American involvement, and that the coup is just an effect of that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3993111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3993111" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993111" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993111" class="dsq-comment-message">Or the Congo where people are in serious danger right now. No he\'ll be back in the US, the President\'s son will be killed and like I said Tony Almeda is alive. I had already read spoilers and speculations but then they scrapped last season due to the writers strike. They had already filmed 8 episodes more than a year ago. I want to be surprised with the rest of the audience so we\'ll see what happens.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3993291" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3993291" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993291" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993291" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I\'ve made a point to try and forget most of the stuff I read about the season before the strike. <br><br>Of course, now you can\'t avoid it.<br><br>That strike has come to bite a lot of shows in the ass. Some that were doing really well before it have since been cancelled (Pushing Daisies comes to mind). 24\'s got to step its game up a bit; last season wasn\'t <i>that</i> great anyway.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993524">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993524" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993524" class="dsq-comment-message">when I saw in the previews that it was Jack in Africa, I sighed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3993575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3993575" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993575" class="dsq-comment-message">More overanalyzing:<br><br>Why did Jack have to go to Africa for "redemption?" That the default place to go cleanse your soul?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3990388" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3990388">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990388" class="dsq-comment-message">One of my culinary faves busted with his pants down.  Sigh.<br><br><a href="http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/83126/TV-chef-Gordon-Ramsay-cheats-with-Jeffrey-Archers-ex-Sarah-Symonds-behind-wife-Tanas-back.html" rel="nofollow">Gordon Ramsay\'s sly trysts behind wife\'s back </a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3992301" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992301" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992301" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992301" class="dsq-comment-message">MsKitty, I checked out the actual article and the Brits are firing up on Ramsay.<br><br>Maybe he won\'t be cussing out those chefs he went to help out, but then again, all that bleeping of his comments are what make the show.  LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3990544" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3990544" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3990544" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3990544" class="dsq-comment-message">You know, I\'m a fan too.....and somehow, this isn\'t surprising.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995083" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995083">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995083" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t say I\'m shocked, either.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992029" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992029" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992029" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh-Oh!<br><br>Looks like Ramsay\'s about to have his own "Kitchen Nightmare" when he goes to court and loses half of his cheddar.<br><br>And I thought the Brits were faithful &lt;&lt;&lt;ducks&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992532" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992532">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992532" class="dsq-comment-message">If this is true, I hope his wife Tana kicks his ass and gets seriously paid.  She has been on some of Ramsay\'s UK shows and she always comes off as really sweet and supportive.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992826" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992826" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992826" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992826" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell, he was bubbling over her last week (or the week before) on Kitchen Nightmares.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995905" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3995905" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995905" class="dsq-comment-message">Read that article MsKitty linked to, D.  Ramsay\'s giving a lil\' too much information when it comes to intimacy with Tana.  IOW, he\'s trying too hard to convince the public that he\'s a happily married family man.<br><br>And his side piece is a used side piece - she screwed an MP and brought him down when he tried to run for Mayor of London - Jeffrey Archer.  In fact, Ramsay\'s side piece makes a living writing books about how to handle yo\' business as a side piece.  Oprah even had her on her show, so what does that tell you?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3996552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3996552" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3996552" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, I believe it\'s for real.<br><br>Ramsey\'s a bad boy. The family image is a front.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992465" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3992465" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992465" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081121/hl_afp/healthdiseaseebola_081121032437" rel="nofollow">New strain of deadly Ebola virus discovered</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995175" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995175">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995175" class="dsq-comment-message">And the Bush admin. decided to build a germ research center off of Galveston TX.Now I am not that smart but isn\'t that area prone to hurricanes.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995358" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3995358" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995358" class="dsq-comment-message">I doubt this would\'ve made it there. Best of my knowledge, Ebola is only researched at Ft. Dietrick and the CDC.<br><br>But, yeah, Galveston does have a slight storm problem. Kinda like NO.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3992867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992867">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3992867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992867" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/alan-colmes-to-leave-hann_n_146069.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/alan-c...</a><br><br><br>Colmes of "HANNITY & COLMES" is leaving.<br><br>Maybe Hannity\'s racist whining finally got to him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3995902" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995902" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995902">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3995902" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995902" class="dsq-comment-message">Its probably too much to have to watch your co-host fall deeper and deeper into the abyss of dementia. Hannity exhibits all the signs of it...all that\'s left is for him to actually wear the tin-foil hat.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992972">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992972" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow!  Their errrr...hmmm..."chemistry" was the only reason I watched the show.  Colmes is one sharp guy.  LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3998494" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998494">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998494" class="dsq-comment-message">Denise:  Co-sign!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3993432" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3993432" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993432" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993432" class="dsq-comment-message">Colmes more than held his own against Hannity. Someone should replace him; FNC already leaves Hannity to his own devices a little too much for my taste.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993348">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993348" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought, for sure, that this would have been posted by now.<br><br>Desiree Rogers to be The Social Secretary for The White House<br><br><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-rogers-obamanov24%2C0%2C7962457.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/...</a><br><br><br><br><i><b>Obamas taking Rogers to D.C.<br>Chicagoan will direct social events at White House<br>By John McCormick | Tribune reporter <br>November 24, 2008 </b><br><br>Chicago businesswoman Desiree Rogers will be named to the position of White House social secretary, a source in President-elect Barack Obama\'s transition office said Sunday.<br><br>Rogers, 49, is a close friend of the Obama family and worked on the fundraising team for the campaign. She has been a fixture on Chicago\'s social and not-for-profit scene for years.<br><br>Last summer, she left her job as president of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas to create a financial social networking program at Allstate Insurance Co.<br><br>She would be the first African-American to serve in a position that is responsible for working with the first lady on White House functions and ceremonies.<br><br>Rogers, who studied at Wellesley College and later earned an MBA from Harvard, was once married to Chicagoan John Rogers, Ariel Capital Management chief and another close Obama friend and fundraiser.</i><br><br><br>She\'s from  New Orleans. She married \' Well\'. John Rogers is \'Our Kind of People\' well.  And, yes, she totally has been a fixture on the Black Social Scene of Chicago for years.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3993789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993789">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993789" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993789" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, Rikyrah.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3994738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3994738" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3994738" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994738" class="dsq-comment-message">It was posted upthread, but just as a link.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3999431">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3999431" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah: <b>OOPS!</b>        I posted the "link  "WITHOUT" the DETAILS in my <b>"JOURNEY TO JANUARY"</b> entry.  :&gt;)<br><br>My bad!!  SORRY&gt; :&gt;(</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3993390" href="http://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ChaunceyDevega</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3993390" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993390" class="dsq-comment-message">From We are Respectable Negroes:<br><br>What to do in the Age of Obama? A Letter to a Young Race Man, A Letter to a Young Race Woman<br><br><a href="http://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-to-do-in-age-of-obama-letter-to.html" rel="nofollow">http://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/200...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3994767" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3994767">Justice58</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3994767" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3994767" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>"Ah, Glorious Glorious Competence. How We\'ve Missed You"</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/obamas-economic-team-reac_n_146089.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/obamas...</a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama officially announced the key players in his economic team just this morning, but already economics and politics sites have reacted to the news.</i><br><br><i>The Economist has praised Obama\'s pick of Tim Geithner for Treasury Secretary saying, "...ah glorious, glorious competence. How we\'ve missed you.":</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3995213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995213" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995213">T.</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3995213" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995213" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/jarretts-life-lessons/?pagemode=print" rel="nofollow">Valerie Jarrett\'s life lessons.</a><br><br>T.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3995963" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3995963" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3995963">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3995963" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3995963" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Obama\'s Unusual Transition : Already A Co-President</b><br><br><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/56399.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/56399...</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON — America has never seen anything quite like this: The president and president-elect acting like co-presidents, consulting and cooperating on the day\'s biggest crises. </b><br><br><i>"It\'s pretty unusual," said George Edwards, a presidential expert at Texas A&M University, in College Station.</i><br><br><i>What Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer calls "the split-screen presidency" is the result of several historic forces converging this fall:</i></i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3996037" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3996037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3996037">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3996037" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3996037" class="dsq-comment-message">In other words...its "unusual" that Barack Obama is acting like a grown-up and as a result he is making the current president rise up as opposed to Obama lowering down.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3998407" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998407">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998407" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   Annnnnd  1.  America and the WORLD has NEVA seen an African American President!!<br><br>2.  The AA President-Elect is showing America (and the WORLD) the DEFINITION of   -   <b>SMOOTH TRANSITION!!</b><br><br>LOOK THAT up in the <b>NEW </b>Webster\'s COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY!  :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks Justice58!  Good post!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3998315" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3998315" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3998315">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3998315" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998315" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  President-Elect Obama says  -   <b>Annnnnnnnnnd . . . . </b>[kinda. . .  :&gt;)]<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15920.html" rel="nofollow">Obama to call for "cuts and sacrifices"</a><br><br><i>President-elect Obama said as he announced his economic team<b> that he plans to follow that up with remarks <u>on Tuesday</u> about "cuts and sacrifices" the nation will need to make in the days ahead.</b> He said that in addition to spending to get the economy going, he wants to "reform how business is done in Washington, and how the budgeting process works, how projects are done, so that we have a path towards a sustainable and responsible budget scenario down the line."<br><br>President Bush has been criticized for not asking the American people to make specific sacrifices, and Obama suggested in remarks to reporters at a Chicago hotel that he will have some frank talk for tough times as part of what his team is calling a "reform agenda."<br><br>"Short term, we\'ve got to focus on boosting the economy and creating 2.5 million jobs," Obama said. "But part and parcel of that is a plan for a sustainable fiscal situation long term, and that\'s going to require some reforms in Washington. And I\'m going to be discussing that more tomorrow."</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>Named the ECONOMIC TEAM on MONDAY  <b>annnnnnnd </b>announce some of their work TUESDAY!!  :&gt;)  Seee!  :&gt;)<br><br>I wonder IFFF he is reading my posts??  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   JUST KIDDING!   :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect Obama !  :&gt;)  Vice President-Elect Biden!  :&gt;)</div>\
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