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"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}, "1158661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is (one of the reasons) why the corporate media needs Barack to lose.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:58:39", "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": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157859, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A prime example of what Obama was talking about when he said that they will try to make him look different in order to scare the voters. ABC is really trying to give Faux News a run for their money.  SMH", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:59:05", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157847, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159176": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>If Edwards or Clinton were the nominee and Obama was an also ran and it was revealed that Obama had ten white wives in Alaskastan, you think he'd be invited to the Convention?</i><br><br>No, I don't think he would have been invited.  LOL!<br><br>The Dem heavyweights need to learn loyalty and self-discipline.   Or, there needs to be someone tough enough to impose discipline by saying 'Shut up, or else!'.   Really, what will they gain from whining, except painting the Dem party as a bunch of narcissists?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:51:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158829, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  2 more thumbs DOWN!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:31:25", "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": 1160159, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2008/08/those-fighting-war-against-barack.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Yours Truly: Those Fighting the War Against Barack</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:02:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "5 different shades of blonde at that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:38:47", "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": 1161554, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Again, how do you tell your students that they can't use wikipedia as a source when the presidential candidate does it......LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:03:34", "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": 1160894, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164820": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "god, roger federer is F-I-N-E !!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:44:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159128, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158165": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "actually yeah, i do.  in fact during the whole New Yorker cover issue, I was the comment of the day.<br><br>As for Teplukhin, he, I think is just there to be a ass.  He has been a subsriber longer than I have, so most of the commenters know him, and don't let him get away with his racist shit.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:59:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "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": 1157907, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Are <a href=\"http://MoveOn.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">MoveOn.org</a> and the SEIU still considered \"special interest\" groups?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/source-obama-to-start-loo_n_118240.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/source...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:52:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "ea0c481ef0d3494e07b7b81312b9a99e", "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}, "1165848": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TEACH!! <br><br>It's sad to have closed minds. It's more beneficial to individuals to be curious than to be judgemental. but america is very insular in a way. We don't necessarily have awareness of other people or cultures except in the most superficial ways. One reason why I don't want to change school districts is because my district is so beautifully diverse. Its going to be highly important to have a global mentality and those who don't can relegate themselves to the permanent underclass.<br><br>If one wants to forge alliances with the Black diapora, be open to learning about their specific cultures. Don't judge. Be friendly. Be a good ambassador for whatever group you identify with. One of my greatest joys has been to meet people from every corner of the earth. We have more in common than not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_03:20:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1161124, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can you provide info to support your allegations?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:01:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158185, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ABCNews is simply \"on some wrong shyt.\" You can tell that they're grooming Bob Woodruff-after-having-his-head-blown-off-in-Iraq to be the next anchor following Charlie Gibson.  Their network news has some serious editorial issues that will require a total revamping/house cleaning.<br><br>ABC lost it's mojo when Peter Jennings died.  I bet Peter is turning in his grave over how the news division is being managed--it's a dayum shame.    <br><br>World News Tonight use to be the classiest news redux on the air...I totally ignore ABCNews today.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_17:44:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "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": 1158663, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158173": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Also, over at TPM a lot of commenters are saying that Obama's ad is too late.<br><br>Here's what I posted over there:<br><br>you know what guys this is whole too late meme is getting tiresome.  if Obama had responded orginally then for the past what 2 weeks, all we would have gotten is back to back attack ads, and lets be honest.  What makes Obama a \"risky\" choice to some people is that people claim to not know enough about Obama.  Obama unlike Cliton and McCain is a relatively unknown quanitity to some people.  If he had spent the past 2 weeks countering attack ads, what would the people who consider his unknown have discoverd about Obama.  The answer NOTHING!  Unlike McCain or Clinton Obama does not have the luxury to just run a counterattack campaign.  He has to let those American who are looking for a reason to vote for him than the fact that yes we like him, and the way to do that is not by running a negative non-substantive campaign, one in which all Obama does is counterpunch negative ads all the time.  While McCain has been running negative ads, what has Obama been doing, talking about the economy, energy, jobs, etc.  He's been giving those voters who wants other reasons to vote for him, exactly what may sway them...policy.<br><br>I really think that we sometimes forget that Obama and McCain are trying to reach different audiences.  McCain wants to reach the people who are looking for reasons NOT TO VOTE FOR BARACK H OBAMA.  Barack wants to reach the people who are looking for reasons to VOTER FOR BARACK OBAMA, or even AGAINST GWB.  <br><br>I really think that should be the eyes by which we view this campaign. Because conservative will ultimately vote against Obama by voting for McCain (or hopefuly Barr), and Liberals will untimately vote for Obama or against Bush. So I think it's really about who can get out the most of the middle of the road voters.<br><br>Obama will not win the people who aren't even contemplating voting for him, but he has a good chance of winning those who are.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:00:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "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}, "1159711": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, you can always mute the sound before you sneak onto the site at work. That way they can keep their $.  Just a suggestion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:44:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1159535, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wish I had some of what these people are smoking because they are just trying to hard to be against Obama instead of being for OLD MAN McCain<br>7 worrisome signs for Obama <br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12433.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12433...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:44:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And just like that here is another reason why the corporate media needs Barack to lose.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:02:44", "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": 1157879, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "what a mess.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:20:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1164640, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1166375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WashPost:  Bush's Georgian Betrayal<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/08/11/BL2008081101093.html?wpisrc=newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/bl...</a><br><br>Bush is \"playing\" at the Olympics during the conflict!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_05:52:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163304": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJUCU1UH2w&eurl=http://www.talkabouttennis.com/forum/showthread.php?p=328309\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Dangerous One</a><br><br>Pat Buchanan (yes, that one): \"He will make Cheney look like Gandhi.\"<br><br>Chilling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:42:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cruiser,<br><br>She avoided African Americans like the plaque and refused to speak English, only when promoting one of her albums to the English market.<br><br>When she died here in Miami there was a two-day viewing with nary a Black person in sight, which most commentators tried to shush away by explaining it due to cultural differences.<br><br>Had Ms. Cruz reached out in any form and identified with the shared struggles of both Black Cubans and Americans there might have been some commonality and respect, she made her choice and decided she didn't want to be associated with Black Americans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:01:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "53b68a68032d55308b4b72dedfc2bae6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160199": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cottonhead -<br><br>I don't want to seem dense or argumentative but are you saying that she also avoided black Cubans and that no black Cubans attended her funeral services or wake?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:31:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158185, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164844": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "so so true.  wouldn't it be nice if we all read more.  <br><br>education is national security.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:48:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1159000, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Talk can be cheap. You have to give it to him in another way though. He came out with a 6 pt.program today as a solution for the Russi/Georgia conflict. Hillary  frequently provided an itemized list of solutions and the people ate it up. O needs to consider doing the same.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_02:05:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1161614, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162800": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you, dj. <br><br>This election represent's our nation's last chance...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:40:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161419, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Beautiful pic!  Nice tribute to a fine entertainer!  Great RESPONSE to you fam!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:58:18", "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}, "1158708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Since when does logic and common sense describe anything that comes out of Wolfson's mouth?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:04:35", "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": 1158243, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack is on vacation and McCain's and Clinton's camps have lost their damn minds.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:41:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161706, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:   Seeee!  DATA!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Thanks!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:55:57", "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": 1159007, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Haiti came up because I  used it as an example how older blacks from the Carribean have stereotypical views of African-Americans.  Your comment above is  well-taken. I forgot to mention that Celia Cruz was Cuban but her stance with respect to black Americans jibes with my statement above.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:05:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161124, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great article from BBC news regarding the reasons behind the fighting between Georgia and Russia.<br><br><a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7549736.stm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7549736.stm</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:42:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159532": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Money As A Weapon\": US Army Paid Iraqis $2.8 Billion In Cash Over 5 Years<br>Your surge at work.If you cant beat em pay thm off<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/money-as-a-weapon-us-army_n_118172.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/money-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:24:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/optimism-and-am.html#more\" rel=\"nofollow\">Optimism and America</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:56:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:   Co-signing big time!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>And they know she's having her \"DIFFICULTIES\"  - therapist and all!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Yet they join her!<br><br>And speaking of FLIP-FLOPPIN' -  First billary tells \"her crew\" to SUPPORT Mr. Obama, then she tells them that they need a CATHARSIS!!  What is it??<br><br>You cain't have it both ways!!<br><br>Wait. . . .  YES YOU  CAN, if the therapy hasn't kicked in YET!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:05:14", "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": 1158612, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "apparently this person is ignorant of these facts.  and has no clue about the collaborations she had with several african-american musicians.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:51:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1160646, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's a big if, Sepia.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:05:18", "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": 1158612, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161279": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "dj:  It would be nice to see Dr. Rachel somewhere!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:06:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161220, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164864": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "now that song 'funky town' is in my head.  oh nooooooo!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:53:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1159964, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I had the same problems with the spread and asked the same questions of my good friend and stylist.  It is ludicrous.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:26:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "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": 1160159, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lest it appears that we are attacking Cindy McCain.....", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:05:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158145, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And as funky as it all seems I fear it s going to get even funkier until the last ballot has been counted in November and all the lawsuits which are inevitable if Obama and likely if McCain wins are settled.  It's going to be a long autumn season.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:57:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1158829, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Webb needs to stay right where he is.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:43:29", "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": 1162200, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "taritac:  Co-sign!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   It was loud!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:26:17", "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": 1159535, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162593": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "this is in reference to McCain's latest ad.  A", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:16:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1162586, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/iousa.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">I.O.U.S.A</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:58:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If he is referring to Putin, he scares me too. He is head of the Russian mafia.He is a thug. I wouldn't F with him and I think our international policy should be the same. Of course W is such a dumbass. If there is 1 inch more of the country to run into the ground, he'll do it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_01:22:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1163304, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "See how every article about Barack must now reference a Clinton, even if indirectly?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:21:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1160707, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160275": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "soulsista02:   And you jes go 'head and ENJOY y'self!!   I like the company you keep!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>p.s.  Circa 1967 my mother visited my brother in Hawaii when he was stationed in the Navy!  She's 92 now, BUT I'm sure goin' tell her 'bout her ELITIST Self!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   <br><br>I guess livin' in the PROJECTS was her and my dad's way of throwing errybody off track as to our REAL Socio-economic status!!  Huh?????   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:38:31", "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": 1160069, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lots of silly funky at that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:59:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158829, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160790": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bob Kerrey's been bellowing this junk since 2006.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:27:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "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": 1159527, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From Washington Post:  Obama As Incumbent<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081001867.html?nav=hcmodule\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>E J Dionne suggests that \"McAncient\" is trying to cast Obama as an incumbent and then attack him as such.???<br><br>He also used the phrase:  \". . .the man who is too familiar yet still MYSTERIOUS!<br>Here is another adjective( or noun) for  \"UPPITY N****R!\"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  They just keep a-comin'   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Strange that they accuse \"mcAncient\" as a \"thinker\" and designer of this strategy??<br>In his C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D state??????    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_03:38:57", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1166179": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A \"study(?)\" was conducted in Lancaster, PA., regarding the AGE of voters and their voting patterns/preferences regarding  Mr. Obama<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081102203.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>Allegedly, voters 65/over prefer McAncient!  Annnnnnnd, what else is new??? :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_05:01:12", "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}, "1158749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nicely put.<br><br>I think that it's too easy to second-guess Barack because he's new and he's Black. Even some of his supporters who will vote for him no matter what hold him to different standard because he's Black. And many of them don't even know that's what they're doing.<br><br>Privilege is far-reaching.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:08:34", "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": 1158173, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dem heavyweights, loyalty and self-discipline?<br><br>Now that's a dream.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:00:10", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159176, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh please. The man is a klansman. He wouldn't spit on you if your hair was on fire. No matter what human need you had, he'd rather help a dog. He thinks you should be thankful for slavery. He is not your friend.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_01:26:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1164656, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/08/does-dating-interracially-make-someone.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Does Inter racial dating make one a race traitor?</a>  What constitutes blackness or true black identity? <br>Also<a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/08/racism-is-matter-of-perspective.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"> a great commercial from South Africa</a> on race and apartheid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:09:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "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}, "1158241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "add plezWorld (<a href=\"http://pajoyner.blogspot.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://pajoyner.blogspot.com</a>) to Jack & Jill Politics blog list ... i'd love to stay informed.  i've already added a link on <a href=\"http://pajoyner.blogspot.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">plezWorld</a>. Thanks!<br><br>OH YEAH... RIP Isaac Hayes!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:09:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "pajoyner", "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}, "1157730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I see this in much the same way as Ben Smith at Politico.<br><br>The Obama team as in the primary waited until it was universally established that McCain was gonna go negative and keep going negative.  So if/when Obama responded, it would not be said that Obama was the first going negative.  I bet that once the Obama campaign saw that McCain was gonna go negative during the Olympics that it was time to bring out the guns.<br><br>The bad thing for McCain is that because of the Olympics, most of the political show will be drowned out.  So his \"rebuttal\" ad will not be getting as much play as before.<br><br>I think this ad is great, and probably signifies that the Obama campaign are getting ready to take the gloves off.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:08:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "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}, "1158243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Um, she came in THIRD. <br><br>THIRD.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:09:19", "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": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158138, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/11/bush-veterans-affairs-department-bans-voter-registration-drives-at-veterans-facilities/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Think Pro: Bush Veterans Affairs Department bans voter registration drives at veterans facilities</a><br><br>Beware, the steal.<br><br>Where is the outrage?<br><br>I mean: really.<br><br>It has come to this? Bush Inc. has been so bad with veterans, as has the Dangerous One, that they know veterans are squarely behind Barack so they want to infringe their right to vote?<br><br>Let's see if camp Clinton calls this Zimbabwe-like in the coming weeks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:28:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Haiti you are talking about is the one that has been raped by IMF and the World Bank so  that t now hey can no longer grow rice.   There are a lot of Haitians who are educated. All that I am saying is that older generation blacks from the Carribean tended to but  into the stereotypes of African-Americans.  Is it right? Hell no! Is it stupid?  Hell yeah!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:09:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158567, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lobbyists and PACS<br><br><a href=\"http://www.counterpunch.org/frank08092008.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.counterpunch.org/frank08092008.html</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:39:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "ea0c481ef0d3494e07b7b81312b9a99e", "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}, "1158249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lamh:   Nice analysis!!  Co-signing on your response!!!  Go get'em!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:09:44", "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": 1158173, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160811": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Firefox + Adbock = no ads. But then, I feel bad that I'm not pulling my weight on this blog. How about a tip jar?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:29:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anderkoo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm sure there will be a lot of whine flowing in Denver.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_17:01:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159861, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162864": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No problem.<br><br>I know how you feel, though.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:47:07", "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": 1162420, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lord, what I wouldn't give for someone Black to just say, John McCain is TRIFLING, and refuse to give the Black explanation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_17:01:38", "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": 1161706, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12429.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clinton to forfeit $13 mil loan, unless\u2026</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:29:40", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "never heard this remix. so hot.<br><br>THANKS for sharing!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_17:01:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161717, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack may simply have planned to attack McCain during his vacation regardless of McCain's actions.<br><br>Just a thought.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:01:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This quote from Mark Penn is rancid:<br><br><i>\"I cannot imagine America electing a president during a time of war who is not at his center fundamentally American in his thinking and in his values.\"</i><br><br>Replace the word American with white.<br><br>Nuff said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:11:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158330, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hope this isn't a duplicate:<br>Barack's new book comes out in Sept - really its a compilation book on various policy initiatives.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/new-obama-book-on-policy_n_118114.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/new-ob...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:43:32", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164922": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's a damn good way to get your message out and make money at the same time.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_00:03:28", "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": 1163089, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160828": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "99%:  \"Ludicrous\"   Isn't he that rapper?  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Doesn't he spell his name Ludacris???    Just Kidding!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:30:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1160769, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/these_people_are_disgusting.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ta-Nehisi Coates:These people are disgusting.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:06:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I fully expect to see Kate Moss as Cindy McCain...no?  just with the black one?  Ok.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:03:48", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1160043, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/obama-responds-to-conflic_n_118276.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barack's latest remarks (with VIDEO) on the Russian invasion of Georgia</a><br><br>I hope he's enjoying time with his family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:48:47", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you saying the only surge are in Iraqi bank accounts?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:49:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159532, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think many blacks outside of this country feel we're pressuring them as they do that we are \"culture-less\". We are also lazy, shiftless, and just about everything else most people (outside ourselves) say we are. I've heard this speech from Africans more than Europeans. You would think we (African-Americans) were a different race all together, isolated from any common bonds. I don't get it sometimes, I really don't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:03:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43f021c11b2e6b394c6c3002f6cece0", "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}, "1164547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Pat B. just kills me because I agree with him sometimes. He doesn't like involving the US in foreign entanglements. He's the guy who doesn't believe in wasting our resources unless there is a real threat. Can't argue with him there.<br><br>Some blogs / media nutwings are already getting excited, in an unseemly fashion, about the Russian-Georgian conflict - they're almost gleeful. Not good. Whenever a war breaks out in Europe, it's time to get uneasy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_22:56:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "a9b9abf70e450bc2128c0e057afa51ce", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1163304, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158793": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the heads up.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:14:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158446, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sharing from HuffPost:   Because I love the SARCASM [complete with FACTS!   :&gt;)]<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-willis/barack-obama-joins-25-mil_b_118078.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-willis/bar...</a><br>Title:  Barack Obama Joins 2.5 Million Fellow Americans in Vacation Elitism [in \"EXOTIC\" Hawaii]   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I liked this read!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><br>OuT-E for a long bit.  C U L8R", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:54:41", "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}, "1161717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In case you have not seen the long version of Nike's Marvin Gay/Redeem Team Commercial I thought I'd post the link because it makes me all pumped up for the Olympics and the USA and Basketball and good music.  All around feel good commercial.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbZTmcIfdBQ&eurl=http://www.bestweekever.tv/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbZTmcIfdBQ&eurl...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:48:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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}, "1158285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well what do expect?  A lot of blacks from the islands, specifically  Celia Cruz's generation, tend hold stereotypical views of African-Americans.   Being of Haitian descent,  I can tell you from first hand experience how older Haitians hold those views. Thankfully, that's beginning to change.  I also live in Miami.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:13:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158185, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160846": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/08/grinch-who-stole-olympics.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Grinch Who Stole The Olympics</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:32:01", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/11/anti-obama-books-top-best-seller-lists/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/11/anti-o...</a><br>Anti-Obama Books Top Best Seller<br><br>Well maybe the DISTRIBUTION  is NOT AS WIDE, because one commenter suggested that the books MAY HAVE been bought in BULK by a FEW people!!!  Hmmm??<br><br>Has anyone seen any of these books??  Know anyone who has seen one????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_03:59:35", "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}, "1159704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm introducing this with:   ROFLMAO <br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/mccain-seizes-on-russia-g_n_118181.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/mccain...</a><br>Title:  McCain Seizes On Russia-Georgia Conflict During Obama's Vacation<br><br>By way of explanation,  here's a quote:<br><br>\". . .but  [McAncient] goes into full-blown PROFESSOR mode, EDUCATING Americans about the HISTORY of Georgia and its importance to America's interest.\"<br><br>Look at the  first 2 bold words and TRY to imagine them in any way being descriptive of \"McAncient\"!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Remember 894/899!  :&gt;)<br><br>Now, as to the word HISTORY, PRECISELY ACCURATE!!!  He was probably around when Georgia was \"invented\".    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Finally, I'm still not sure that he has his geographical bearings.  He's going to GEORGIA this week to campaign and I'm believin' that he's goin' with his flap jacket and will be strapped with his AK!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I'm jes sayin' . . .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:43:56", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1157778": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Over at DKOS, some people just can't be satisfied.  Some of them are disatisfied with the ad.<br><br>Here's what I posted over there:<br><br>Seriously some people just can't be satisfied. This ad is too nasty (as if) or this ad is not hard enough.  Barack Obama is trying to win the presidency of the USA, not the president of DKOS.<br><br>The purpose of the Obama campaign isn't to play puppet to all the wrongs that have been done to Democrats.  Obama is not our personal avenger.   He has to win all Americans.  He can't just make his whole campaign about avenging Democrats hurt feeling from the past 2 elections.  <br><br>I really think that many of us are pushing our revenge fantasy onto the Obama campaign.  I'm sorry, if the Obama campaign becomes all about <strong>\"Repub done us wrong, so let's cut off their balls\" we will lose...period.</strong><br><br>This is not an issue of policy here.  So yes I think we should be holding Obama's feet to the fire about his policy decisions (FISA, drilling, or whatever), but if you truly voted for Obama, and not just against Clinton or anyone else, then trust the man to at least run his campaign message the way that see fit.  They have internal polling, we do not.  We are just running on emotions which is fine, but not if you're running a campaign (for an example of letting emotions rule your campaign see Clinton, H)<br><br>If Obama runs the dkos campaign, we would be satisfied, but the the 50% of the country would not, and we would lose.  <br><br>Let Obama control his message and strategy and we should continue to volunteer, donate, and on Nov 4 GOTV.  I don't know about ya'll, but I want to win.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:15:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And some want this OLD MAN to be President?<br>Karl Rove's crew limiting McCain's cell phone use and time he can hang with his pals in the press <br><a href=\"http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/karl-roves-crew-limiting-mccains-cell.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/karl-roves-c...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:14:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, I love Salsa music. I would love to see Cuba.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2008/08/cullen_jones_makes_history_by.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Props to Cullen Jones for making history at the Beijing Olympics.</a> Hey, we can swim. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:56:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "a9b9abf70e450bc2128c0e057afa51ce", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Spain's basketball team thought it would be cute to make their eyes slit for a photograph for the Olympic ads....wow, wasn't that just so cute? NOT.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/11/olympicsbasketball.olympics20081\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/11/oly...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:51:30", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sorry...I was giving Rikyrah some props for Celia Cruz (RIP)..  La Negra tiene tumbao (spelled it wrong) is my fav Celia Cruz song. Translation: The black woman has rythm.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:15:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "tvanel", "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": 1158657, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161155": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/a-vp-hint-vps-convention_n_118148.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/a-vp-h...</a><br>A VP Hint?:  VP's Convention Day Is Veteran-Themed<br><br>Hmmmm??    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:56:58", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1174689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amen!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_17:16:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "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": 1158612, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town:   Hilarious!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)   LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:08:11", "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": 1158829, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165767": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me too. <br>It has outlived it's purpose.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_02:56:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1164858, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Everyone's getting their funky on:<br><br>Cokie Roberts is getting her funk on b/c the Obamas are vacationing in Hawaii, where he's from.  He's not supposed to do that.  He's supposed to get a cheap salt-air corroded room in Myrtle Beach.  And it BET NOT be oceanfront, either.  That's elitist.  Even though other presidential candidates have private compounds, Obama BET NOT vacation in Hawaii.  That's too foreign.<br><br>John Edwards is getting his funky on by whining that he hasn't been invited to the Convention.  Why would you be?  You ran a fraudulent campaign that, when exposed, could have seriously hurt the Democratic Party in the fall.  If Edwards or Clinton were the nominee and Obama was an also ran and it was revealed that Obama had ten white wives in Alaskastan, you think he'd be invited to the Convention?<br><br>Bill Clinton got his funky on last week by giving that funky interview and acting like a scorned lover.  <br><br>Howard Wolfson is getting his funky on by claiming if Edwards had been exposed earlier, Hillary would have won Iowa.  But according to Billary Inc., Iowa is one of those states that don't count and didn't matter, so why are they sweating Iowa so hard now?  Just like they sweated Bill Richardson like TMZ sweated Britney, but when he ran to the Obama side, Bill Richardson just doesn't matter?  Not to mention that 2 out of 3 Iowans did not want Hillary up in there!<br><br>Lots of funky to go around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:17:17", "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": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158612, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This blog isnt all that good, check out <a href=\"http://www.starmedia.choseit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.starmedia.choseit.com</a> instead for the truth!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:07:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c05f4343257db5ed6d88eb4eac74a0e", "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}, "1163439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Keith Olbermann is kicking a*s on this Putin issue and more ya'll.<br>This is one to record.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_20:02:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And John Edwards. CNN has been pounding him all night.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_01:30:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1163132, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "admiral:  Was it the capital letters that gave me away????  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   <br>Thank you very much!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Whew!  Calm & slow Deep Breaths!!!  And moving from the ceiling to the floor!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_17:58:42", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161780, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159861": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Hillbots are an infestation of the worst kind.<br><br><a href=\"http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/plans-for-clinton-convention-rallies-intensify-2008-08-10.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/plans-for-clin...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:59:06", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It is sounding like a set up ya'll.   .http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=563&language_id=1<br><br>The crisis has its roots in the pro-Western, pro-U.S. turn of Georgian national elites epitomized by President Mikhail Saakashvili and his \"Rose Revolution.\" The situation had already worsened in August when Georgian security forces attempted to secure control of the Abkhazian river valley of the Kodori Gorge in order to regain control of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Tbilisi then called for the replacement of Russia as the official mediator in Georgia's regional conflicts. Moscow maintains peacekeepers there along with two military bases. <br><br>This escalation signals that Georgia is likely to become the catalyst for U.S.-Russian geopolitical conflict for strategic and economic influence in the Caucasus.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:22:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, the way continental Africans see it, we are very blessed to have access to the resources that we have in the states (too numerous to name). They see many examples of us rejecting education. Many African nations do not have compulsary education, so they see going to school as a privilege. When I was in Senegal, I saw 8 or 9 kids gathered around a book. They don't have the access that we take for granted. When they ask you for things, they want paper, pencils & any books you are willing to part with. In my school district, it is the continental African rather than the African American who graduates at the top of the class.  I know lots of continental Africans, but they're all very affluent professionals. They also believe in marriage. I have found them to be very approachable as long as you are nice. As stupid as this sounds, some of my best friends are continental African.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_01:49:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1162467, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1166083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A Nina of TMZ wasn't through discussing the L'Oreal Ad - Beyonce!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.blackwebportal.com/wire/DA.cfm?ArticleID=4048\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.blackwebportal.com/wire/DA.cfm?Artic...</a><br><br>She believes that B's skin was digitally lightened!  hmmf!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_04:34:27", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm wondering if the \"reporters\" would STRUGGLE as hard IF this matter concerned Mr. Obama??  As it is , now, many of them are attempting to triangulate Mr. Obama into this mess!!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081100503.html?wpisrc=newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br>Title:  News Under Our Noses<br><br>I'm more than just askin'.  I believe that i'm sayin'   -  I DON'T THINK SO!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;) [regarding their \"struggle?\" ]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:18:55", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Ex-Rivals Still PLAGUE Obama.\"  Good word  -PLAGUE!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105288&page=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id...</a><br>Title:  The Note:  Winner's Spoil:   Obama takes on ex-rival's baggage, as McCain readies streamlined assaults.<br><br>Ya know - I'm tired of reading/hearing about Mr. Obama's rivals!  They continue to \"rear their UGLY HEADS!\"  Edwards is deja vu - like the night that Mr. Obama captured the requisite delegate count.  There was billary, STEALING the headlines!!<br><br>But, ya know, in Jan 2009 -it will all be ova!!!  [As far as I know . . . :&gt;)]<br><br><br>Whew!  Exasperated Deep Breaths!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:18:25", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_00:11:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1164680, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160894": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Which is really dumb because wikipedia may or may not be factual. I almost had a car wreck driving to work one day as Tom Joyner was interviewing Montel Williams. He asked Montel if he had been a Rodeo Clown before becoming a talk show host because it was in his wikipedia entry. Hmmm. This is giving me some ideas (wink).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:35:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1160628, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Black America still doesn't have an answer to the racism in the north.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1132846\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1132846</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:17:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "ea0c481ef0d3494e07b7b81312b9a99e", "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}, "1159371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nice analysis, Ice!  Tough I thought that we had exhausted all the \"arrogant, elitist, etc.\" adjectives!!  But NO!  Somebody(ies) got ta rollin' up into their Roget's Thesaurus again and drag out other terms for \"UPPITY N****R!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I'm going back to my Thesaurus to  find some others that \"THEY\" can choose from, in order to make it easy for them!!  <br><br>I'm goin' \"SEARCHIN'\" [Coasters?]", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:09:40", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159227, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess he's trying to help McCain in Wisconsin. <br><br>I wonder if FISA is going to come up at the convention.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_17:09:40", "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": 1161397, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165772": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From Black Politics on the Web:<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/11/ncbcp-and-aurn-announce-joint-get-out-the-vote-initiative/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/11/ncb...</a><br>National Coalition on Black Civic Participation And American Urban Radio Network Announce Joint Get Out The Vote Initiative<br><br>Don't know anything about these orgs., but the effort sounds creditable and laudable!!<br><br>Any input???    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_02:57:53", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162442": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I haven't watched ABCNews is a long time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:01:01", "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": 1162267, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1157835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Crooks of the same feather flock together<br>McCain To Hold Fundraiser With Abramoff Business Partner<br><a href=\"http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/08/08/ralph_reed_come_meet_my_friend.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/a...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:21:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1166029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My mom so far this season has reserved that for Hillary yet taken it one step further saying \"she's a trifling heifer\".   I love that phrase.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_04:14:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1161841, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WTF??? McCain said we have more important interest for supporting Georgia -- OIL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_20:06:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep. I see it craig. Crystal clear.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:37:36", "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": 1160717, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158868": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "tvanel:  Thank you, again.  I'm always lovin' the learnin'!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:21:41", "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": 1158812, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL, I've won about 50 Wiis so far.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:10:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1157927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1157847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ABC's Cokie Roberts is an IDIOT!!!<br><a href=\"http://mediamatters.org/items/200808100001\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mediamatters.org/items/200808100001</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:23:42", "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": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's quite amazing when you see it stripped down like that.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:02:28", "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": 1160160, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1166116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "pjamma:  They had it goin on in the phrase category!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_04:45:35", "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": 1166029, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162462": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:  Whose on \"CRACKERS & cheese\" detail?  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:03:10", "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": 1161839, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159391": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw it. Thanks so much for doing so! There's constructive criticism, and then there's the whining of those who nervously obsess over any and everything.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:11:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "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}, "1161441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wish Paul Wellstone was still with us. That would make two.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:20:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "ea0c481ef0d3494e07b7b81312b9a99e", "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": 1161397, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It really is a brilliant move.....what can the GOP minions do? Not a darn thing but attempt to demonize every single word in it. Watching them try will be fun though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_20:09:38", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1163089, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Really intrigued by this sweeping statement.<br><br>As a Latina, specifically Puerto Rican, I know many of us have received \"grief\" from African Americans who presuppose we identify with the American cultural narrative instead of one of the Diaspora.  In this assertion- we expect all Blacks to love American Southern food and forget that is not representative of other cultures in the Caribbean.  So many Afro Latinos would identify with their culture (Cuban, Puerto Rican, Bajan, etc)  and not their American racialized identity in a way that many African Americans hold to be the \"correct way to express oneself\" or show \"Black pride.\" <br><br>Sometimes we default to uniquely American tendencies- which is dichotomous and limiting in our capacity to honor multiple cultural experiences, build our organizing networks, etc..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:11:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157869, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Many props to Haitians and their success in freeing themselves from colonisim, however, as much respect as I might have for their tenacity in that struggle, can you please explain to me how they came about their preconceived and stereotypical images of African Americans, if not from the same folks who they defeated?  If not, where did those opinions arrive?<br><br>Also,<br><br>This statement  has me puzzled:<br><br>\"So many Afro Latinos would identify with their culture (Cuban, Puerto Rican, Bajan, etc) and not their American racialized identity in a way that many African Americans hold to be the \"correct way to express oneself\" or show \"Black pride.\" <br><br>Now what would be in your estimation other than denigrating Blacks in America IN AMERICA,  a country that most of these Latinos immigrated to, do they show their pride?  Please educate, so we can stop making such sweeping statements, since my experiences with Latinos of the darker hue is that most identify themselves as white and are almost pathological in that assertion, others attempt to hide members of their families of a darker hue, and most attempt to lighten up their families by intermarrying.   Please dispel my misunderstanding.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "53b68a68032d55308b4b72dedfc2bae6", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Yeah, BUT \"THIRD IS THE NEW FIRST!\".  See, in her CONDITION, twisted is EXPECTED!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:23:53", "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": 1158243, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Enthusiasm gap plagues GOP convention<br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12476_Page2.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12476...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_00:03:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:  What a valuable post!!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Thanks!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Speaks to my \"DISS THE DUDE\"  attitude for the day!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Ahhh-  What did billary say about XEROXING to Mr. Obama during the primaries!!  Oh, I need ta find that YouTube!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Guess Wiki is errybody's FRIEND.   Til you get CAUGHT!!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:58:15", "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": 1160123, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1157869": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Living here in Miami I would have loved to known more about Celia Cruz, but alas, she didn't want to have anything to do with the \"Black\" community.<br><br>What a shame for her as well as us.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:26:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "53b68a68032d55308b4b72dedfc2bae6", "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}, "1166205": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "UPDATE ON CULLEN JONES!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26136779/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26136779/</a><br><br>Bank of America will sponsor the Cullen Jones Tour, an effort to interest minority students in swimming!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Good job!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_05:08:34", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1157879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hello, they will lose Billions if Obama is president! <br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/10/161154/388/687/565800\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/10/161...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:27:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Responding with your suggested statement - \"Nuff said\"!  in my next paragraph.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>O.K.  I'm through!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:25:41", "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": 1158776, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yep", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:43:57", "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": 1161043, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RonnieB:   U R a TRU nut!!!   LOL!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:54:05", "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": 1160156, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Say what you want about Republicans, they have one defining trait that Democrats don't: LOYALTY!  When a nominee is decided, no matter how unappetizing, they grit their teeth, hold their noses, and bit their tongues in unified support.  They wake up early to get their talking points and stick to them.  <br><br>Not Democrats!  It's seems that the great liberal god, Rus Feingold, isn't even immune to the self-serving, back-stabbing habits of Democrats:  <a href=\"http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781576\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781576</a><br><br>Let there be no doubt, it wasn't just the media and the swift boaters who sunk the campaigns of Gore and Kerry, respectively; it was the under current counter campaigns of the Clintons and their surrogates that did them in as well.  <br><br>Senator Obama better peep their moves, QUICKLY!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:17:01", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Never forget craig, he's the one who called Obama a possible Manchurian Candidate. Like I said before...snake.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:41:15", "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": 1160670, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159939": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "dj:  Did you mean a RACIST IDIOT??? Oh, O.K.!    Co-signing!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:05:45", "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": 1157847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "True that.<br><br>Across the board.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:01:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1164547, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158919": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Its kind of hard to be self sufficient when throughout your history the main powers conspired against you because you had the nerve to throw out the white colonialist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:27:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158567, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Another local Barack attack on McCain. This time: <a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/153539/167/160/566303\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wisconsin and Harleys</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:04:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162508": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  Nor clubs!  Guess they don't play Bid Whist!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:06:37", "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": 1161706, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I love some Webb too.  Wes Clark or John Kerry would be great choices.  Chuck Hagel is unacceptable...the highest post he should/could occupy is Secretary of Defense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_17:38:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "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": 1161889, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1157907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LAMH,<br><br>Agree with your points.<br><br>Do you also write comments at the New Republic? I ask because there this one  commentator, Teplukhin, when it comes to Obama, he seems to talk out of  his behind. I have a feeling that he is racist.  Since I am not subscriber. I would love to tell him off.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:30:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1166102": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GoldenAh:   OOPS!  Forgot to co-sign  Cullen Jones!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_04:41:08", "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": 1159829, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "caligirl:   You ain't neva lied!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_02:10:55", "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": 1164820, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack made great points and the MSM is already parsing the statement and is picking and choosing which parts they want to read.<br><br>Besides that -- what GW doing?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:07:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1162880, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161807": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm with you, Town. <br><br>Ridiculous.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:58:38", "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": 1161675, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  I remember --Wayans Brothers   \"Men on Football\"  \"In Living Color!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_02:15:11", "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": 1163262, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1157916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We already knew that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:30:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's just another opportunist riding the coattails of Barack and Michelle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:07:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1160159, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158434": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://pajoyner.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-edwards-admits-to-creepin.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://pajoyner.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-edwar...</a><br>Title:  John Edwards Admits To CREEPIN'<br><br>I went \"visiting\" and found this TITLE/article.  My pleasure in reading it was the use of the word  -- CREEPIN.   Haven't seen this in print in a long time.  Got my laff on from it!!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  <br><br>O.K.  I've told you that I'm \"old school\".    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>The tribute to Mr. Hayes was nice!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:30:45", "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": 1158241, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165092": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's sickening.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_00:25:17", "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": 1161017, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's sickening.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_00:25:17", "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": 1161017, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1157927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If I hear that talking NINTENDO Wii commercial once more on this website I will scream. I know you need money but that intrusive and obnoxious ad is a turn off.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:31:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "delfinajones", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "2 out of 3 Iowans surveyed via the ballot box did not want her ass!  Billary Inc. ASSUMES that all the Edwards voters would have crossed over to Hillary.  If that was the case, they would have voted for Hillary in the first place.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:31:18", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158138, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12431.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12431...</a><br>Pro-Obama Group Has $10M For Election<br><br>And they're putting a lot of effort into AA voter registration!   Yes!    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:43:44", "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}, "1163052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ughhh.  I so lost when it comes to PC stuff these days.  Is that suppose to praise their hosts by honoring their traditionally slanted eyes or would it be the equivalent of showing up at an Junetenth celebration in black face.  <br><br>Never mind, I know the answer.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:10:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1162903, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey guys, I posted a new diary on DKOS, for those who are members, check it out<br><br>Obama Hitting Too Hard Or Too Late.<br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/11536/2584/363/566116\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/11536/2...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:31:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "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}, "1159983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "co-sign", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:09:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159000, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, what did anyone expect? All of our troops and financial resources are tied up in Iraq & Afghanistan. There is no point in W talking a bunch of shit that he can't back up. They will kick our ass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_01:16:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1164640, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1167154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama's been in Washington all of 4 years.<br><br>McAncient - 26<br><br>Obama the incumbent? Hell no.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_08:54:40", "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": 1165911, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "An evious fool - the worst kind.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_00:28:59", "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": 1159133, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They're coming out of the wordworks as the convention approaches.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:11:22", "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": 1161043, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Calm down.<br><br>It's one of Hillary's campaign surrogates.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:55:30", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159527, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love how some of my friends who are Hillary supporters (but not rabid at all) refuse to see what's going on here.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:13:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1160915, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They are baiting him.  He or one of his surrogates point out the obvious dog whistle, then McCain and them get to say  LOOK HE'S PLAYING THE RACE CARD!  Then Harold Ford can come on TV and say \"Nope, didn't see any race card.  Not Uno or Joker or the Spades or anything.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:47:37", "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": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161614, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159493": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Job Killing John<br><a href=\"http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/11/job-killing-john/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/11/job-ki...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:20:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i do too.  sometimes he makes sense.  and...i know this sounds crazy... but when he smiles, he has a cute little grin.  it helps people see that there's a human being in there...deep down... somewhere... <br><br>of course, this doesn't excuse the horribly bigoted things he has said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:14:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1164547, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "town:  Oh, They Got The Funk\"  [Ohio players  :&gt;)]<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiEUsIGpg20&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiEUsIGpg20&feat...</a><br><br>O.K.  I'm going out on a limb!  Hope this is O.K.?   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:11:33", "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": 1158829, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1167565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\"Mr Saakashvilli may also have banked on support from his closest ally, US president George W Bush, whose administration is said to have given tacit support for a Georgian assault on South Ossetia in the believe that the territory could be recaptured within 48 hours.<br><br>But as events have unfolded differently, Washington has offered Georgia - one of the largest contributors of troops in Iraq - little more than lukewarm vocal support.<br><br>In a demonstration of the fact that Georgia could be abandoned by its chief ally, President Bush warmly embraced Mr Putin at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday.<br><br>With the West apparently unwilling to participate in a proxy war with Russia at a time when relations with Moscow are already highly strained, Georgia now faces potential isolation in its conflict with its giant neighbour. \"</i><br><br>Wow! Looks like Bush punk'd Georgia. <br><br>This is reminiscent of the U.S, involvement in the Soviet vs. Afghanistan war, and you saw how that turned out.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_09:47:16", "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": 1164640, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, you heard correctly. I'm not sure his camp intended for him to say it...I guess they'll be taking more phone priviledges away from him...but you know..John McCain does not speak for the John McCain Campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_20:24:31", "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": 1163471, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163089": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So Barack is going to release his third book in September. That's one way to direct the message of your campaign. <br><br>If the corporate media refuses to do it, then let the publishers, who desperately need to make money, do it.<br><br>So, can Barack write himself into the White House?<br><br>That would be some feat.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:15:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "On The Eve Of A Race Riot<br>There\u2019s a growing race relation epidemic that\u2019s going on in this country and it\u2019s time that we stop sweeping the issue under the carpet and resolve the matter. Every few months there\u2019s a race issue that\u2019s popping up. In the last 2 years and a half there\u2019s been about 7 race issues that\u2019s occurred in this country and each time it occurs the issue gets talked about for a few days then it\u2019s under the carpet again, sooner or later that carpet is going to explode, pretty soon instead of taking odds on football ball games, Vegas is going to start taking odds as to where a racial incident will take place next.<br>Recently we had the Jena Six, then it was Vick with his dogs, prior to that it was Imus not knowing when to shut up, then it was a few Clemson University white kids who thought black face would be \u201ckool\u201d, in NYC you had a black gentlemen who\u2019s wedding day became his funeral thanks to some of NYC finest with their itchy fingers and of course the Duke University lacrosse team. As well as current everyday issues such as the immigration bill, the great friendly treatment that Muslim Americans receives when ever they try to board an airplane and of course our national past time institutional racism that monster that the media, cooperate America, Universities and churches like to pretend that doesn\u2019t exist that\u2019s the great American motto now, if you don\u2019t talk about something, it will magically goes away. Unfortunately such fairytales are bullshit, if you don\u2019t address an issue the stronger it grows.<br>more at <a href=\"http://www.starmedia.choseit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.starmedia.choseit.com</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:21:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c05f4343257db5ed6d88eb4eac74a0e", "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": 1159391, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1157859": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Corporate America Prepares for Battle Against Worker Campaign to Roll Back Assault on the Middle Class<br><a href=\"http://www.alternet.org/workplace/94004/corporate_america_prepares_for_battle_against_worker_campaign_to_roll_back_assault_on_the_middle_class_/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.alternet.org/workplace/94004/corpora...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:25:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161614": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My blood just boils when I see this junk- so low brow. <br><br>Glad he said he wanted to a campaign on the issues...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:36:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161471, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1. It was tacky.<br>2. She was being a publicity whore.<br>3. Disrespectful. <br><br>You're not being sensitive, you're making sense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:45:30", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159569, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You need to spend some time reading and hopefully you will find that historically, American history is intertwined with Haitian history, and as the first free black republic in the western hemisphere, Haiti is STILL paying for having the audacity to challenge French colonialism. The Lousiana purchase was prompted by the Haitian revolution, Haitians fought in the American revolutionary war (in fact, if you ever travel to Savannah, GA there is a statue honoring Haitians who fought in a bloody battle in 1979).<br><br>C.L R james' The Black Jacobins is a good start<br><br>This is not to imply that Haitians are better but to give you a brief synopsis of the rich history and why we need to reach out to one another and get better understanding of the diaspora", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:34:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "tvanel", "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": 1158567, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Would it have any impact if we (voters) began to make phone calls to the McCain campaign and blow up their emails demanding that he address the issues and stop this petty bull**it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_18:15:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hope he does. I really do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:51:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "a9b9abf70e450bc2128c0e057afa51ce", "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": 1164777, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159007": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nope, and you know this.  They did more investigating on the Michelle whitey hoax than on this story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:35:22", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158841, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is a MUST READ not sure if some else already posted it.  I don't know how to do those short links so <a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/georgia/2529986/Georgia-conflict-Screams-of-the-injured-rise-from-residential-streets.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europ...</a><br><br>Mr Saakashvilli (Georgia) may also have banked on support from his closest ally, US president George W Bush, whose administration is said to have given tacit support for a Georgian assault on South Ossetia in the believe that the territory could be recaptured within 48 hours. <br><br>But as events have unfolded differently, Washington has offered Georgia - one of the largest contributors of troops in Iraq - little more than lukewarm vocal support. <br><br>In a demonstration of the fact that Georgia could be abandoned by its chief ally, President Bush warmly embraced Mr Putin at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday. <br><br>With the West apparently unwilling to participate in a proxy war with Russia at a time when relations with Moscow are already highly strained, Georgia now faces potential isolation in its conflict with its giant neighbour. <br><br>Already the economic consequences of the war are being felt as Western specialists involved in helping Georgia develop its infrastructure began to flee. <br><br>Americans and Britons gathered in hotels in the capital Tbilisi to organise road convoys into neighbouring Armenia after Russia closed its air space and most airlines cancelled flights after a military base close to the airport was bombed on Friday. <br><br>\"Its the last straw,\" said a British architect who was preparing to leave Georgia for good. Three days ago we were making promising progress but now two thirds of our staff have been called up and its simply too dangerous to stay in Tbilisi.\" <br><br>The Georgian government yesterday ordered the evacuation of the country's parliament and all official buildings amid fears that they could become new Russian targets. <br><br>By a swimming pool in one hotel, a nervous American clutching a Blackberry read out the latest advice from the US Embassy to her friends. All dependants had been ordered to evacuate and anyone in the country for \"non-essential\" reasons was also urged to leave. <br><br>At the news, one of her friends sank his head into his hands. <br><br>\"The Georgian dream is over,\" he said. <br> <br>Email this article <br>Print this article<br>Share this article <br>del.icio.us <br>Digg <br>Facebook <br>Fark <br>Google <br>Newsvine <br>NowPublic <br>Reddit <br>StumbleUpon <br>Related Content<br>Russia launches second front in war as troops reach Abkhazia <br>Crisis deepens as Russia snubs Bush's call to pull troops out <br>US training gives Georgia military advantage <br>Key players in the Georgia conflict <br>Russia demands to be regarded as number one <br>Georgia: Tbilisi residents defiant in face of Russian military might <br>Georgia: Roots of the South Ossetia conflict <br>Georgia: Terrified families forced to flee <br>Georgia: Oil pipelines at risk <br>Pro-Kremlin enclaves surround Russian borders <br>Georgia 'pulls troops out of South Ossetia' <br>Georgia 'observing ceasefire and ready to talk' <br>Georgia: Western delegation in Tbilisi to negotiate ceasefire", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:11:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here\u2019s how the electoral math favors Obama<br><a href=\"http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/11/heres-how-the-electoral-math-favors-obama/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:28:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't wait to see the photo of Ella tomorrow!<br>Thanx, Rikyrah!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:38:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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}, "1159227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/12121/5399/320/566143\" rel=\"nofollow\">Media Stop Using \"Exotic\" as a code word for \"Not American Enough\"</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:56:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WHAT!!!!!   WHERE DID THIS BIGOT COME FROM?????<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/dem-bob-kerrey-uncertaint_n_118135.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/dem-bo...</a><br>Title:  Dem Bob Kerrey:  Uncertainty About Obama<br><br>This is INSANE!!!!<br><br>Whew!  Calming Down Deep Breaths!!!  I keep forgetting that THESE PEOPLE CAN EXIST!!!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:24:09", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164725": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "plus, it gives canvassers a nice little something to carry along and point to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:27:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1163490, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Unrest in Montreal? The citizens are revolting...in the hood, no doubt.<br><br><a href=\"http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Riot+breaks+out+after+Montreal+police+shoot+teen/Canada/ContentPosting?isfa=1&newsitemid=CTVNews%252F20080810%252Fpolice_shooting_080810&feedname=CTV-NATIONAL_V3&show=False&number=0&showbyline=False&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=False\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Riot+breaks+ou...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:24:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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}, "1160043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ridiculous. Would they do that with a white candidate?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:15:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159569, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And they pay this guy to be idiot I mean editor at Time.Hell , I can drink a fifth of Jack and come up with this drivel.<br>HALPERIN\u2019S TAKE: The Future Right Now \u2014 Running Mates, Timing, Conventions, and More.<br><a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/halperins-take-the-future-right-now-running-mates-timing-conventions-and-more/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thepage.time.com/halperins-take-the-futu...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:36:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know what gets me about this Russia/Georgia issue?  It shows that McCain/Bush are like bulls in a China shop.  First  there is some whisper that Russia had a conversation with Bush to let him know to stay out of the fight.  Then then we (US) jump in the middle and fly the Georgians home from Iraq so they can fight against Russia.  Then the US calls ahead to WARN the Russians that they were airlifting Georgians home and Russia is PO'd at the US.  Now McCain and others are politicizing this war as if it is daytime drama.  McCain gave this great speech citing \"history\" much better than Obama's response last weekend.  WTF???? CRAZY.  Anyway - - - more detail<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/russia-seizes-georgia-bas_n_118176.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/russia...</a><br><br>Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticized the United States for viewing Georgia as the victim, instead of the aggressor, and for airlifting Georgian troops back home from Iraq on Sunday.<br><br>\"Of course, Saddam Hussein ought to have been hanged for destroying several Shiite villages,\" Putin said in Moscow. \"And the incumbent Georgian leaders who razed ten Ossetian villages at once, who ran elderly people and children with tanks, who burned civilian alive in their sheds _ these leaders must be taken under protection.\"<br><br>The U.S. military was flying Georgian troops back home from Iraq and informed the Russians about the flights ahead of time to avoid mishaps, said one military official said Monday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the subject on the record.<br><br>Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Monday morning that U.S. officials expect to have all Georgian troops out of Iraq by the end of the day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:32:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ditto. It is really annoying and is blowing my cover here at work. How am I supposed to be sneaking to look at Jack and Jill when an ad comes blaring at me every time I land on the home page?<br><br>Please, NO MORE ADS WITH SOUND!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:25:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ABC News is worse than Fixed Noise because it has a wider audience and people trust it more.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:16:06", "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": 1158663, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165680": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:  Good one!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_02:30:03", "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": 1162883, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What ad?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:40:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "sorry about the extra junk that was included in my post.  Accidental.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:15:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1164640, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey......wait...I thought the GOP had PLENTY of money for their convention?? What happened? $10 million short?? Oops.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-gop10-2008aug10%2C0%2C1928236%2Cfull.story\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-gop1...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_20:30:19", "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}, "1163132": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Andrew Sullivan has been a voice of reason in his campaign coverage. <br><br>Not long ago, though, he was still talking about McCain has an honorable man.<br><br>I kept wonder when he would stop believing that nonsense and see McCain for who he really is.<br><br>Well, I got my answer today.  <a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/a-tax-increase.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Money quote</a>:<br><br><i>What do you call a Republican who is happy to lie directly to people's faces? John W. McCain.</i><br><br>:: <br><br>He finally sees that the Dangerous One is, indeed, the McSame. <br><br>John W. McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:21:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "THE ELITIST OBAMA FAMILY VACAYS IN \"EXOTIC\" HAWAII...<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-willis/barack-obama-joins-25-mil_b_118078.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-willis/bar...</a><br><br>If vacationing in Hawaii (to visit family members) is considered elitist, then my vacations to Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Mexico must mean that I've gotten my comeuppance. Whoo hoo! I knew that one day I'd receive membership into the prestigious and elite Comeuppance Club, but I didn't know it was going to happen this early. I tell you, when you pay your tithes and fast, the Lord will bless you. Thank you, Jesus! <br><br>\"Mama, I made it!\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:17:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "soulsistah02", "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}, "1160069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Girl, I posted the same article link. I didn't know I was rich until I read the article! OMG! I'm right up there with Oprah and Bill Gates.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:19:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "soulsistah02", "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": 1159818, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From Black Politics on the Web:<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/08/city-council-calls-on-merchants-clergy-to-demand-resignation/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/08/cit...</a><br>Title:  City Council Calls On Merchant, Clergy To Demand Mayors Resignation<br><br>\"Whycome\" a mayor can break the law and not be ELIGIBLE for a dismissal from the office????    Doesn't he \"promise\",  in his oath of office, to uphold the law/Constitution, so help him God?????<br><br>I'm just askin . . . . .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_03:12:14", "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}, "1164680": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, I hear ya. He reminds me of a cranky old neighbor I knew as a kid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:18:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "a9b9abf70e450bc2128c0e057afa51ce", "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": 1164656, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not sure what you mean here. Are you saying that Celia Cruz avoided black Cubans or African Americans or both? Please elaborate.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:42:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157869, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "While I agree with your premise, I'm dubious of the statistics you suggest.<br><br>And what specific Jim Crow regulations are you citing? I know they're out there, but I'd like to know the details.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:08:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1160170, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yes, he did.  he is one demented freak.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:19:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1163471, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL I thought I had a virus.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:42:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "On The Eve Of A Race Riot<br>There\u2019s a growing race relation epidemic that\u2019s going on in this country and it\u2019s time that we stop sweeping the issue under the carpet and resolve the matter. Every few months there\u2019s a race issue that\u2019s popping up. In the last 2 years and a half there\u2019s been about 7 race issues that\u2019s occurred in this country and each time it occurs the issue gets talked about for a few days then it\u2019s under the carpet again, sooner or later that carpet is going to explode, pretty soon instead of taking odds on football ball games, Vegas is going to start taking odds as to where a racial incident will take place next.<br>Recently we had the Jena Six, then it was Vick with his dogs, prior to that it was Imus not knowing when to shut up, then it was a few Clemson University white kids who thought black face would be \u201ckool\u201d, in NYC you had a black gentlemen who\u2019s wedding day became his funeral thanks to some of NYC finest with their itchy fingers and of course the Duke University lacrosse team. As well as current everyday issues such as the immigration bill, the great friendly treatment that Muslim Americans receives when ever they try to board an airplane and of course our national past time institutional racism that monster that the media, cooperate America, Universities and churches like to pretend that doesn\u2019t exist that\u2019s the great American motto now, if you don\u2019t talk about something, it will magically goes away. Unfortunately such fairytales are bullshit, if you don\u2019t address an issue the stronger it grows.<br><br>For more, visit<br><br><a href=\"http://www.starmedia.choseit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.starmedia.choseit.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c05f4343257db5ed6d88eb4eac74a0e", "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}, "1165200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hate ABC since that debacle they called a debate when Gibson transparently went on the attack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_00:43:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1162442, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Does anyone have an opinion about Tyra's Michelle Obama spread? How do you think it is being received by the general public?<br><br>I really don't care, except that it's obvious that Tyra is exploiting their popularity. Of course I'm sensitive to anything that could be used against O's candidacy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:28:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160595": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for this, tvanel.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:09:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159000, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "tvanel:   Co-signing on  \"biding their time.\"    :&gt;)<br><br>I give.   Please translate.  Thank you very much.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:58:04", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158594, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack attacks McCain as a Washington Celebrity in <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/obamas-celeb-ad-adopts-mc_n_118116.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">new ad.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:43:29", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The headline struck me 'cause my son was a \"victim\" of one of their \"STOPS\"  - only he wasn't a motorist.  He received a TICKET for SPEEDING  -  drum roll please   -   ON HIS ROLLERBLADES!!!!!  I ain't neva lied!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/10/study-sacramento-police-stop-blacks-more-often/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/10/stu...</a><br>Title:  Study:  Sacramento Police Stop Black Motorists . . .   But claim that they don't issue the tickets!   I donno??    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:44:55", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yet, their mutual unpopularity unites them.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:16:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1159160, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "soulsistah02:   ROFLMAO!!!  Good stuff!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:41:54", "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": 1160061, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They just need to come right out with it and have the \"Call me Barack\" ad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:42:41", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161471, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1162143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Another link with a better picture:<br><br><a href=\"http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikebasketball/2008/08/08/marvin-gaye-brings-soul-to-the-american-game\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikebasketball/200...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_17:33:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1161717, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This comes under the heading:  Back atchoo \"McAncient\":  <br><br><a href=\"https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/respond1?source=20080811_2M_AW_D1_AD\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/...</a><br><br>Love the connections to Shrub pics and the flip-flop messages!!!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><br>REAL BIG OOOPS!! Didn't see your post.   Sorry!!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:44:51", "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}, "1166242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Aug. 11,  Keith Olbermann on the Russia-Georgia Conflict & McAncient's Speech on same [plagiarized, in part??]<br><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#26146118\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#26146118</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_05:20:29", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not sure why you are talking about Haiti, Celia Cruz was Cuban. Did I miss some part of the conversation?  <br><br>Opinions about colonized and enslaved peoples over time, evolve as a tool and function of systemic oppression. Therefore Celia, being Cuban, knew what Spanish Colonialism looked like and how it existed in Cuba and consequently how people of a darker hue on the island received ill treatment. Make no mistake though that the American context of slavery is uniquely American. And let's not for one second believe that colonial mentalities no longer exist in Cuba, Haiti, and the United States- especially manifested with standards of beauty and desirability that is more white than black.  (hair weaves, contact lens, perms...)<br> <br>That said, Celia Cruz being Black and being Cuban experienced two realities in the United States (three if you count her immigrant status.) Those realities of being Black and Cuban at the same time offered a complex and ill understood perspective of  Afro Latino identity.  <br><br>Many, not all, Black people do not accept this reality. For many Americans you are either Black or White, for many Latinos that model doesn't fit out history since our families embody a spectrum. No one drop in Cuba.  In fact many Latinos who arrive today don't identify as Latino- as there is not such category in their country and the concept of Latino as racial group wasn't created until the 80s. So why would I get mad at them not calling themselves Latino since its a made up category to begin with... same as Black and White.<br><br>I'm starting to see the \"racial issue\" is yours and not Celia's. Not sure what to say about your anectodal reality has been since it is very far removed from anything I have ever experienced, witnessed, or studied. True Colorism does exist and we discussed is a byproduct of colonialism and slavery. So why are you holding Celia Cruz to a higher standard than we would say Wendy Williams (blonde weave, contact lens etc)<br><br>The larger point is that in the United States many people assume that because you are Black it ALSO means you are African American. MANY Black people in the United States do not identify with being African American because they are not. So politically, these Latinos experienced difficulty with African Americans who felt they should not identify with being culturally Latino if they were also \"racially\" Black. So there were/ are lots of Black people who believe they are experts in race who believe Black Latinos are trying to be something they are not... when in reality you should stop acting like some colonizer by telling people who they are and how they should act.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:54:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159561, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If Rachel Maddow cant host Meet the Press maybe Bob Costas can<br>Sportscaster Bob Costas Shows Up Political Colleagues In Bush Interview<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/sportscaster-bob-costas-s_n_118209.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/sports...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:02:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "daff3e339ad597d7b08116629aa69ad8", "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}, "1158054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AFL-CIO hits McCain on DHL deal hard in <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/post_150_n_118128.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">new mailer.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:45:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You mean the Haitians who don't know how to govern, machete each other to death, live in huts, eat mud pies because the don't have food, or the initiative to try and grown any you mean those Haitains who don't have a pot to piss in and a window to throw it out?  Those Haitians who are constantly telling Black folks here in Miami and the US how we should be living, you mean those Haitians&gt;<br><br>And you wonder why more Black Americans here in the epicenter of the BS don't step forward in support of the Haitians.<br><br>Black America are you hearing what I hear and on a grander scale on a daily basis.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:46:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "53b68a68032d55308b4b72dedfc2bae6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oye!  celia cruz!  muchas gracias, rikyrah!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:05:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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}, "1160109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "On The Eve Of A Race Riot<br>There\u2019s a growing race relation epidemic that\u2019s going on in this country and it\u2019s time that we stop sweeping the issue under the carpet and resolve the matter. Every few months there\u2019s a race issue that\u2019s popping up. In the last 2 years and a half there\u2019s been about 7 race issues that\u2019s occurred in this country and each time it occurs the issue gets talked about for a few days then it\u2019s under the carpet again, sooner or later that carpet is going to explode, pretty soon instead of taking odds on football ball games, Vegas is going to start taking odds as to where a racial incident will take place next.<br>Recently we had the Jena Six, then it was Vick with his dogs, prior to that it was Imus not knowing when to shut up, then it was a few Clemson University white kids who thought black face would be \u201ckool\u201d, in NYC you had a black gentlemen who\u2019s wedding day became his funeral thanks to some of NYC finest with their itchy fingers and of course the Duke University lacrosse team. As well as current everyday issues such as the immigration bill, the great friendly treatment that Muslim Americans receives when ever they try to board an airplane and of course our national past time institutional racism that monster that the media, cooperate America, Universities and churches like to pretend that doesn\u2019t exist that\u2019s the great American motto now, if you don\u2019t talk about something, it will magically goes away. Unfortunately such fairytales are bullshit, if you don\u2019t address an issue the stronger it grows.<br><br>For more, visit<br><br><a href=\"http://www.starmedia.choseit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.starmedia.choseit.com</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:23:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c05f4343257db5ed6d88eb4eac74a0e", "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": 1159712, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164719": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "can sullivan vote?  i've seen him on 'real time' and he's a good advocate for barack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:26:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1163132, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I read about their plans to show how Kwame Kilpatrick is an Obama supporter. Sad & pathetic. He is the political Willie Horton.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_02:51:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1163064, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/13382/2367/240/566223\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Kos: McCain Plaigiarized WikiPedia on Georgia and Foreign Affairs</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:12:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163189": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL...or say \"he is so simple\"....that was a fav of one of my great-aunts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:28:28", "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": 1161841, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/a-vp-hint-vps-convention_n_118148.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">HuffPo:A V.P. Hint? VP's Convention Day Is Veteran Themed</a><br><br>I guess I could live with this. If true Not my ideal choice, but what the hey.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:20:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "and here is the immediate counter that shows his speech writers were dumb enough to plagiarize directly from Wikipedia<br><br><a href=\"http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/politicalinsider/2008/08/did-mccain-plagarize-his-speec.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/politicalinsider/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:24:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159704, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I believe its called Hollywood and the media in general.If you got your views from what we export as popular cultural you would think all African American are nothing but shuffling lazy dope dealing whose women have lots of babies trying new schemes to scam the government wait I'm describing what we see I thought you were talking about what other people see.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:34:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159561, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is troubling. I hope that O & 'nem have some counter-terrorism measures they can use to defuse this mess. I feel like it's time for O to step to the hillbilly. There is no way they will be pleased without him handing her the nomination. They continue to manipulate and continue with the attempts to spread dissention and keep his campaign off balance.<br><br>A majority of people believe that she/they don't want O to win. The DNC is very hands off, as if to say, I'm not in it. I wonder if they pressured him to take her as VP, or I wonder if they have resentment of him moving HQ to Chicago? Why aren't they pulling the wagons in a circle around him?  I realize he is an easy going nice guy, but how many times can you turn the other cheek? I wonder if it's a matter of him asking for help? The majority of people can see that she/they don't want him to win. She needs to be exposed for talking out of both sides of her neck.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:08:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d9312cd58c7caeb087835daea9d59b6", "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": 1159861, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "La negra tiene tambao!<br><br>The Obama ad is fine, this week will be dominated by Georgia and the Olympics. I'm sure that the Obama camp has much more up their sleeves but are biding their time", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:50:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "tvanel", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159619": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is interesting and sad. :( <br><br>I liked Celia Cruz's music, but I could see how she may have been conflicted about her identity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_13:34:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "adriana01", "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": 1158185, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/obama-talks-about-his-girls/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama talks about his girls</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:33:58", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sounds weird to me too, especially since her husband was a black Cuban just like she was.  Also, I think I remember Patti LaBelle paying tribute to her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:14:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "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": 1158681, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "99%:  Thank you for saving me a \"trip to Wiki\"!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:33:11", "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": 1160790, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161419": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wish I could have said it  better,and no you are not chicken little by saying the sky is falling. This is the most important election not only for myself but for my children. If we screw this up by not voting then the experiment of America will be thrown into the garbage pile of history", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:18:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "daff3e339ad597d7b08116629aa69ad8", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161228, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This comes under the heading:  I'm lovin' the EXPOSE on billary!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/34601/hillary-camp-memo-paint-obama-as-un-american.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/34601/hillary-camp-...</a><br>Title:  Hillary Camp Memo:  Paint Obama As Un-American<br><br>Just keep this information a-comin'!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>In the words of the McDonald Ad:  \"I'm Lovin' It!\"   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:51:19", "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}, "1164754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "bob is an excellent interviewer.  i love his sports program.  THAT is what real journalism looks like!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:33:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1161220, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158612": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If Hillary and her crew are really about the advancement of women, then they need to put a stop to all of this whining. The way they're acting makes women look bad. Like we're a bunch of fragile little girls who stomp our feet and hold our breath when we don't get our way. If these women (the Hillpatine Squad) want to be considered equal, then they need to take their loses like everyone else and accept responsibility for their defeat.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:52:27", "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": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158138, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ha!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:45:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158905, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Answer:   Because I like tennis too!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Question:  \"Whycome\" you posting this??<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/nadal-federer-serena-venu_n_118146.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/nadal-...</a><br><br>Title:  Nadal, Federer, Serena, Venus Advance!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:46:08", "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}, "1158617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can't find much to argue with at all.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:52:46", "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": 1157778, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160783": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/10/democratic-convention-headliners-announced/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Democratic Headliners Announced</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:26:53", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ain't nothin' sorrier than a 3-legged, 1-eyed Cougar that thinks she can still hunt.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:27:25", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159861, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He's a fool.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:46:34", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159020, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/dem-bob-kerrey-uncertaint_n_118135.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">HuffPo: Bob Kerrey: \"Uncertainty About Obama\"</a><br><br>Another Democratic muckraker.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:16:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160159": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I had a problem with the spread because I couldn't understand what the purpose was.  Why would we want Tyra to do a spread pretending to be Obama and Michelle when they are doing their own stints in magazines?  I dunno - it seemed to be in very poor taste to me, especially with the one with her and the Obama surrogate in bed. <br><br>Thumbs down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:27:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1159569, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do not ever forget that Mark Penn's primary loyalty is to Israel and not to the United States.  He is so rabidly pro-Israel that if we ever had an armed conflict with Israel during his lifetime that he would probably be interned. What Penn and his ilk want is a president who will go to war against Iran and any other predominantly Muslim nation that dares question Israel. All of this patriotic American talk is so much fluff.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:27:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1158776, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161889": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Webb, though the White women would go crazy", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_17:06:24", "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": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1161699, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I haven't put my tin foil sky on to call Wes Clarke the VP candidate, but I will ask this: what other DEMOCRAT can call John McCain on his claim that he knows how to win wars?   Wes Clarke, to my knowledge, is the ONLY viable Democrat that can say he won a war and say it with the scars from bullet wounds he suffered in Vietnam.  <br>John McCain may have suffered in Vietnam, but he has NEVER fought in a successful war and damn sure never lead a successful war effort.<br><br>John McCain's miliary service, not his Senate Career, is his ONLY selling point. Despite the good press of his over seas trip, Senator Obama still has not crossed that hurdle.  I don't see any other trump card for John McCain's military exeperience, with one exception...Colin Powell. <br><br>Lastly, in the words of the late great Bernie Mac, Wes Clarke ain't scared of them mother fuckers (Republicans)!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:46:11", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is just sad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:47:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1157847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1164777": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "barack has said that he would seriously consider lifting the embargo.  <br><br>and why the hell not???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_23:36:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "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": 1159829, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160170": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You all involved in voter registration-- just curious to hear any updates, how things are going in general.<br><br>A bunch of us here out west have been working heavily to recruit Black and Latino voters, as have our counterparts on the East Coast, but I have to admit that the results thus far have been very disappointing.  <br><br>The Republicans, jerks that they are, have introduced all kinds of Jim Crow-redux regulations to make it more difficult for minorities to vote.  Even worse is that too many eligible minority voters don't seem to understand how important this is!  <br><br>Nevada and Colorado in particular are critical states, but I'd say that close to 40% of the African-Americans we've spoken to still don't plan to vote!!!  <br><br>And in Virginia, it's almost 45%-- despite the fact that Obama is in contention to beat McCain in Virginia!  The state of Virginia will be a Blue State if we can increase Black voter registration and turnout!<br><br>People, we've gotta turn on the afterburner here!  The one single action that will yield us the biggest dividends-- electing Barack Obama, and gaining Democratic seats in Congress-- is registering Black and Latino voters and encouraging minority voter turnout.  Yet we're way behind on that, and it's shameful considering the historic nature of this race!<br><br>EVERYBODY PLEASE VOLUNTEER HOWEVER YOU CAN ON THIS!  We've gotta get minority voters registered throughout the country, and ensure that they vote on Election Day!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:28:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "e0709886217db24e2a66d10e5cd5f2c6", "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}, "1160615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "O.K. On the \"Dazed & Confused\" Youtube, \"mcAncient\" said that he was a good friend/knew him well- of Putin[who, until he was corrected by Stephanopolous, he thought was still the prez of Rusia]!  <br><br>Ya think that his \"friend\" is DISSING him now???<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/putin-to-us-stay-out-of-o_n_118107.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/putin-...</a><br>Title:  Putin ASSAILS US Over Conflict With Georgia!!<br><br>So much for \"PROFESSOR\"  \"McAncient\".  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br>He don't know nothin'.   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)[I just remembered - this is a line in the song \"old Man River\"   :&gt;)]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:11:55", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1165650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Teacher:  He's probably moving in and out of \"delusions\" right about now!!  That might explain his moments of lucidity!  He is a conflict within himself!   Shades of \"McAncient!\"   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>But bigot, none-the-less!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-12_02:23:22", "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": 1165407, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I figured Tyra would play both.  Go dark for Michelle and light for Cindy.  I know she has a blonde wig laying around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:29:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "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": 1161237, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wasn't he the one who said Obama was great because Obama was a Muslim and there were a billion Muslims and Obama went to a secular madrassa?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_15:47:57", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1160670, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1163262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hated it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_19:37:10", "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": 1159569, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161206": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Very nice!!   Thank you!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:01:07", "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": 1160875, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1159160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bush: The Reverse Carter</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_12:49:57", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "teacher:  I'm not there!!  Leave the spoofin'  alone!!!  <br><br>PROTOCOL!   PROPRIETY!  R-E-S-P-E-C-T! [ala Aretha!  :&gt;)]  PLEASE!!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:29:42", "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": 1159569, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158138": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "O.K.  Now billiary's disorder is \"spreading\":  It's \"INFECTIOUS!\"   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5553013&page=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5553013&...</a><br>Title:  Wolfson:  Edward's Cover-Up Cost Clinton Iowa:   Aides say she would have won Iowa if Edward's affair was exposed<br><br>Have you eva!????  I didn't know that mental health disorders were \"INFECTIOUS!\"<br><br>Now billary's campaign staff is in \"loopy-land!\"      :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Therapist, we have another one!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Whew!  Staying clear Deep Breaths!!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_10:56:06", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1161471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John McCain campaign ads have jumped the shark.  Check out McCain's new web ad:<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/new_mccain_web_ad_hot_chicks_d.php#comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><br>As TPM says, how soon before the \"Call me Barack\" ad comes out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_16:22:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1160190": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Micheline:  Co-sign!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_14:30:26", "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": 1160043, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "1158655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can you say Ricard Nixon on crack?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-08-11_11:57:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 1157835, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "2626842", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -9223203845960732491}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "monday_open_thread_38", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 275, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 2626842, "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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// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
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FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



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		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_38' +
		'&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_38/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_38'
			+ '&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_38/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">275</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/monday_open_thread_38/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
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	 <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:2626842" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
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		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
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				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
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				</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_38/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;
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		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>';
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					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
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					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>';
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				item += '</div>';
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		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
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	};

	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:2626842" 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:2626842" 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_38',
			// 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_38/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_38'
			+ '&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_38'
			+ '&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_38'
				+ '&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/2626842/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157847">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157847" class="dsq-comment-message">ABC\'s Cokie Roberts is an IDIOT!!!<br><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808100001" rel="nofollow">http://mediamatters.org/items/200808100001</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158663">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158663" class="dsq-comment-message">A prime example of what Obama was talking about when he said that they will try to make him look different in order to scare the voters. ABC is really trying to give Faux News a run for their money.  SMH</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160048" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160048" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160048" class="dsq-comment-message">ABC News is worse than Fixed Noise because it has a wider audience and people trust it more.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1162267" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162267" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162267" class="dsq-comment-message">ABCNews is simply "on some wrong shyt." You can tell that they\'re grooming Bob Woodruff-after-having-his-head-blown-off-in-Iraq to be the next anchor following Charlie Gibson.  Their network news has some serious editorial issues that will require a total revamping/house cleaning.<br><br>ABC lost it\'s mojo when Peter Jennings died.  I bet Peter is turning in his grave over how the news division is being managed--it\'s a dayum shame.    <br><br>World News Tonight use to be the classiest news redux on the air...I totally ignore ABCNews today.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162442" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1162442" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162442" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162442" class="dsq-comment-message">I haven\'t watched ABCNews is a long time.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165200">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165200" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165200" class="dsq-comment-message">I hate ABC since that debacle they called a debate when Gibson transparently went on the attack.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1157916" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1157916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157916">Micheline</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1157916" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157916" class="dsq-comment-message">We already knew that!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159143" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159143" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159143">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159143" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159143" class="dsq-comment-message">This is just sad.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159939" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159939" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159939">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159939" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159939" class="dsq-comment-message">dj:  Did you mean a RACIST IDIOT??? Oh, O.K.!    Co-signing!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158185" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158185">Cottonhead</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158185" class="dsq-comment-message">Cruiser,<br><br>She avoided African Americans like the plaque and refused to speak English, only when promoting one of her albums to the English market.<br><br>When she died here in Miami there was a two-day viewing with nary a Black person in sight, which most commentators tried to shush away by explaining it due to cultural differences.<br><br>Had Ms. Cruz reached out in any form and identified with the shared struggles of both Black Cubans and Americans there might have been some commonality and respect, she made her choice and decided she didn\'t want to be associated with Black Americans.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158285" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158285" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158285">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158285" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158285" class="dsq-comment-message">Well what do expect?  A lot of blacks from the islands, specifically  Celia Cruz\'s generation, tend hold stereotypical views of African-Americans.   Being of Haitian descent,  I can tell you from first hand experience how older Haitians hold those views. Thankfully, that\'s beginning to change.  I also live in Miami.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158681">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158681" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158681" class="dsq-comment-message">Can you provide info to support your allegations?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160646" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160646" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160646" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160646" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds weird to me too, especially since her husband was a black Cuban just like she was.  Also, I think I remember Patti LaBelle paying tribute to her.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164860">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164860" class="dsq-comment-message">apparently this person is ignorant of these facts.  and has no clue about the collaborations she had with several african-american musicians.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159619" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159619" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159619" href="http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">adriana01</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159619" class="dsq-comment-message">This is interesting and sad. :( <br><br>I liked Celia Cruz\'s music, but I could see how she may have been conflicted about her identity.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160199">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160199" class="dsq-comment-message">Cottonhead -<br><br>I don\'t want to seem dense or argumentative but are you saying that she also avoided black Cubans and that no black Cubans attended her funeral services or wake?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158567">Cottonhead</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158567" class="dsq-comment-message">You mean the Haitians who don\'t know how to govern, machete each other to death, live in huts, eat mud pies because the don\'t have food, or the initiative to try and grown any you mean those Haitains who don\'t have a pot to piss in and a window to throw it out?  Those Haitians who are constantly telling Black folks here in Miami and the US how we should be living, you mean those Haitians&gt;<br><br>And you wonder why more Black Americans here in the epicenter of the BS don\'t step forward in support of the Haitians.<br><br>Black America are you hearing what I hear and on a grander scale on a daily basis.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158758" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158758">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158758" class="dsq-comment-message">The Haiti you are talking about is the one that has been raped by IMF and the World Bank so  that t now hey can no longer grow rice.   There are a lot of Haitians who are educated. All that I am saying is that older generation blacks from the Carribean tended to but  into the stereotypes of African-Americans.  Is it right? Hell no! Is it stupid?  Hell yeah!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158919" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158919" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158919">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158919" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158919" class="dsq-comment-message">Its kind of hard to be self sufficient when throughout your history the main powers conspired against you because you had the nerve to throw out the white colonialist.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159000" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159000">tvanel</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159000" class="dsq-comment-message">You need to spend some time reading and hopefully you will find that historically, American history is intertwined with Haitian history, and as the first free black republic in the western hemisphere, Haiti is STILL paying for having the audacity to challenge French colonialism. The Lousiana purchase was prompted by the Haitian revolution, Haitians fought in the American revolutionary war (in fact, if you ever travel to Savannah, GA there is a statue honoring Haitians who fought in a bloody battle in 1979).<br><br>C.L R james\' The Black Jacobins is a good start<br><br>This is not to imply that Haitians are better but to give you a brief synopsis of the rich history and why we need to reach out to one another and get better understanding of the diaspora</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159983" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159983">Micheline</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159983" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159983" class="dsq-comment-message">co-sign</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160595" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160595" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160595" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160595" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for this, tvanel.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164844" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164844" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164844">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164844" class="dsq-comment-message">so so true.  wouldn\'t it be nice if we all read more.  <br><br>education is national security.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1157778" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157778">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157778" class="dsq-comment-message">Over at DKOS, some people just can\'t be satisfied.  Some of them are disatisfied with the ad.<br><br>Here\'s what I posted over there:<br><br>Seriously some people just can\'t be satisfied. This ad is too nasty (as if) or this ad is not hard enough.  Barack Obama is trying to win the presidency of the USA, not the president of DKOS.<br><br>The purpose of the Obama campaign isn\'t to play puppet to all the wrongs that have been done to Democrats.  Obama is not our personal avenger.   He has to win all Americans.  He can\'t just make his whole campaign about avenging Democrats hurt feeling from the past 2 elections.  <br><br>I really think that many of us are pushing our revenge fantasy onto the Obama campaign.  I\'m sorry, if the Obama campaign becomes all about <strong>"Repub done us wrong, so let\'s cut off their balls" we will lose...period.</strong><br><br>This is not an issue of policy here.  So yes I think we should be holding Obama\'s feet to the fire about his policy decisions (FISA, drilling, or whatever), but if you truly voted for Obama, and not just against Clinton or anyone else, then trust the man to at least run his campaign message the way that see fit.  They have internal polling, we do not.  We are just running on emotions which is fine, but not if you\'re running a campaign (for an example of letting emotions rule your campaign see Clinton, H)<br><br>If Obama runs the dkos campaign, we would be satisfied, but the the 50% of the country would not, and we would lose.  <br><br>Let Obama control his message and strategy and we should continue to volunteer, donate, and on Nov 4 GOTV.  I don\'t know about ya\'ll, but I want to win.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158617" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158617" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158617" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158617" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t find much to argue with at all.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158038" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158038" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158038" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158038" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158038" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack attacks McCain as a Washington Celebrity in <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/obamas-celeb-ad-adopts-mc_n_118116.html" rel="nofollow">new ad.</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158054" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158054" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158054" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158054" class="dsq-comment-message">AFL-CIO hits McCain on DHL deal hard in <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/post_150_n_118128.html" rel="nofollow">new mailer.</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158138" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158138">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158138" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158138" class="dsq-comment-message">O.K.  Now billiary\'s disorder is "spreading":  It\'s "INFECTIOUS!"   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5553013&page=1" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5553013&...</a><br>Title:  Wolfson:  Edward\'s Cover-Up Cost Clinton Iowa:   Aides say she would have won Iowa if Edward\'s affair was exposed<br><br>Have you eva!????  I didn\'t know that mental health disorders were "INFECTIOUS!"<br><br>Now billary\'s campaign staff is in "loopy-land!"      :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Therapist, we have another one!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Whew!  Staying clear Deep Breaths!!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158243">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158243" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158243" class="dsq-comment-message">Um, she came in THIRD. <br><br>THIRD.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158376" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158376">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158376" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Yeah, BUT "THIRD IS THE NEW FIRST!".  See, in her CONDITION, twisted is EXPECTED!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158708" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158708" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158708" class="dsq-comment-message">Since when does logic and common sense describe anything that comes out of Wolfson\'s mouth?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158440" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158440">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158440" class="dsq-comment-message">2 out of 3 Iowans surveyed via the ballot box did not want her ass!  Billary Inc. ASSUMES that all the Edwards voters would have crossed over to Hillary.  If that was the case, they would have voted for Hillary in the first place.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158612" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158612">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158612" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158612" class="dsq-comment-message">If Hillary and her crew are really about the advancement of women, then they need to put a stop to all of this whining. The way they\'re acting makes women look bad. Like we\'re a bunch of fragile little girls who stomp our feet and hold our breath when we don\'t get our way. If these women (the Hillpatine Squad) want to be considered equal, then they need to take their loses like everyone else and accept responsibility for their defeat.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158829" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158829">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158829" class="dsq-comment-message">Everyone\'s getting their funky on:<br><br>Cokie Roberts is getting her funk on b/c the Obamas are vacationing in Hawaii, where he\'s from.  He\'s not supposed to do that.  He\'s supposed to get a cheap salt-air corroded room in Myrtle Beach.  And it BET NOT be oceanfront, either.  That\'s elitist.  Even though other presidential candidates have private compounds, Obama BET NOT vacation in Hawaii.  That\'s too foreign.<br><br>John Edwards is getting his funky on by whining that he hasn\'t been invited to the Convention.  Why would you be?  You ran a fraudulent campaign that, when exposed, could have seriously hurt the Democratic Party in the fall.  If Edwards or Clinton were the nominee and Obama was an also ran and it was revealed that Obama had ten white wives in Alaskastan, you think he\'d be invited to the Convention?<br><br>Bill Clinton got his funky on last week by giving that funky interview and acting like a scorned lover.  <br><br>Howard Wolfson is getting his funky on by claiming if Edwards had been exposed earlier, Hillary would have won Iowa.  But according to Billary Inc., Iowa is one of those states that don\'t count and didn\'t matter, so why are they sweating Iowa so hard now?  Just like they sweated Bill Richardson like TMZ sweated Britney, but when he ran to the Obama side, Bill Richardson just doesn\'t matter?  Not to mention that 2 out of 3 Iowans did not want Hillary up in there!<br><br>Lots of funky to go around.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159176" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159176">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159176" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159176" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>If Edwards or Clinton were the nominee and Obama was an also ran and it was revealed that Obama had ten white wives in Alaskastan, you think he\'d be invited to the Convention?</i><br><br>No, I don\'t think he would have been invited.  LOL!<br><br>The Dem heavyweights need to learn loyalty and self-discipline.   Or, there needs to be someone tough enough to impose discipline by saying \'Shut up, or else!\'.   Really, what will they gain from whining, except painting the Dem party as a bunch of narcissists?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159262" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159262" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159262" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159262" class="dsq-comment-message">Dem heavyweights, loyalty and self-discipline?<br><br>Now that\'s a dream.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159236" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159236" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159236">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159236" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159236" class="dsq-comment-message">And as funky as it all seems I fear it s going to get even funkier until the last ballot has been counted in November and all the lawsuits which are inevitable if Obama and likely if McCain wins are settled.  It\'s going to be a long autumn season.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159252" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159252" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159252" class="dsq-comment-message">Lots of silly funky at that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159964">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159964" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:   Hilarious!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)   LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164864" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164864">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164864" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164864" class="dsq-comment-message">now that song \'funky town\' is in my head.  oh nooooooo!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160009">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160009" class="dsq-comment-message">town:  Oh, They Got The Funk"  [Ohio players  :&gt;)]<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiEUsIGpg20&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiEUsIGpg20&feat...</a><br><br>O.K.  I\'m going out on a limb!  Hope this is O.K.?   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158715" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158715">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158715" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:   Co-signing big time!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>And they know she\'s having her "DIFFICULTIES"  - therapist and all!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Yet they join her!<br><br>And speaking of FLIP-FLOPPIN\' -  First billary tells "her crew" to SUPPORT Mr. Obama, then she tells them that they need a CATHARSIS!!  What is it??<br><br>You cain\'t have it both ways!!<br><br>Wait. . . .  YES YOU  CAN, if the therapy hasn\'t kicked in YET!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158718" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158718" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158718" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158718" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a big if, Sepia.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1174689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1174689">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1174689" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1174689" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1157730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157730">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1157730" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157730" class="dsq-comment-message">I see this in much the same way as Ben Smith at Politico.<br><br>The Obama team as in the primary waited until it was universally established that McCain was gonna go negative and keep going negative.  So if/when Obama responded, it would not be said that Obama was the first going negative.  I bet that once the Obama campaign saw that McCain was gonna go negative during the Olympics that it was time to bring out the guns.<br><br>The bad thing for McCain is that because of the Olympics, most of the political show will be drowned out.  So his "rebuttal" ad will not be getting as much play as before.<br><br>I think this ad is great, and probably signifies that the Obama campaign are getting ready to take the gloves off.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159273" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159273" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159273" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159273" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack may simply have planned to attack McCain during his vacation regardless of McCain\'s actions.<br><br>Just a thought.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1157835" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157835">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1157835" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157835" class="dsq-comment-message">Crooks of the same feather flock together<br>McCain To Hold Fundraiser With Abramoff Business Partner<br><a href="http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/08/08/ralph_reed_come_meet_my_friend.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/a...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158655" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158655" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158655" class="dsq-comment-message">Can you say Ricard Nixon on crack?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1157859" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1157859" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157859">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1157859" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157859" class="dsq-comment-message">Corporate America Prepares for Battle Against Worker Campaign to Roll Back Assault on the Middle Class<br><a href="http://www.alternet.org/workplace/94004/corporate_america_prepares_for_battle_against_worker_campaign_to_roll_back_assault_on_the_middle_class_/" rel="nofollow">http://www.alternet.org/workplace/94004/corpora...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158661" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158661" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158661" class="dsq-comment-message">This is (one of the reasons) why the corporate media needs Barack to lose.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1157869" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157869">Cottonhead</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157869" class="dsq-comment-message">Living here in Miami I would have loved to known more about Celia Cruz, but alas, she didn\'t want to have anything to do with the "Black" community.<br><br>What a shame for her as well as us.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159395" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159395" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159395" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159395" class="dsq-comment-message">Really intrigued by this sweeping statement.<br><br>As a Latina, specifically Puerto Rican, I know many of us have received "grief" from African Americans who presuppose we identify with the American cultural narrative instead of one of the Diaspora.  In this assertion- we expect all Blacks to love American Southern food and forget that is not representative of other cultures in the Caribbean.  So many Afro Latinos would identify with their culture (Cuban, Puerto Rican, Bajan, etc)  and not their American racialized identity in a way that many African Americans hold to be the "correct way to express oneself" or show "Black pride." <br><br>Sometimes we default to uniquely American tendencies- which is dichotomous and limiting in our capacity to honor multiple cultural experiences, build our organizing networks, etc..</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158025" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158025">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158025" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158025" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not sure what you mean here. Are you saying that Celia Cruz avoided black Cubans or African Americans or both? Please elaborate.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1157879" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1157879" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157879">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1157879" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157879" class="dsq-comment-message">Hello, they will lose Billions if Obama is president! <br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/10/161154/388/687/565800" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/10/161...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158689" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158689" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158689" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158689" class="dsq-comment-message">And just like that here is another reason why the corporate media needs Barack to lose.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1157907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1157907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157907">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1157907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157907" class="dsq-comment-message">LAMH,<br><br>Agree with your points.<br><br>Do you also write comments at the New Republic? I ask because there this one  commentator, Teplukhin, when it comes to Obama, he seems to talk out of  his behind. I have a feeling that he is racist.  Since I am not subscriber. I would love to tell him off.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158165" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158165" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158165">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158165" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158165" class="dsq-comment-message">actually yeah, i do.  in fact during the whole New Yorker cover issue, I was the comment of the day.<br><br>As for Teplukhin, he, I think is just there to be a ass.  He has been a subsriber longer than I have, so most of the commenters know him, and don\'t let him get away with his racist shit.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1157927" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1157927">delfinajones</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1157927" class="dsq-comment-message">If I hear that talking NINTENDO Wii commercial once more on this website I will scream. I know you need money but that intrusive and obnoxious ad is a turn off.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1158030" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158030" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158030">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158030" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158030" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL I thought I had a virus.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158516" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158516">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158516" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158516" class="dsq-comment-message">What ad?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159382" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159382">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159382" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL, I\'ve won about 50 Wiis so far.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159535" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159535">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159535" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159535" class="dsq-comment-message">Ditto. It is really annoying and is blowing my cover here at work. How am I supposed to be sneaking to look at Jack and Jill when an ad comes blaring at me every time I land on the home page?<br><br>Please, NO MORE ADS WITH SOUND!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159711" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159711">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159711" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, you can always mute the sound before you sneak onto the site at work. That way they can keep their $.  Just a suggestion.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160774" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160774">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160774" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160774" class="dsq-comment-message">taritac:  Co-sign!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   It was loud!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160811" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160811" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160811">Anderkoo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160811" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160811" class="dsq-comment-message">Firefox + Adbock = no ads. But then, I feel bad that I\'m not pulling my weight on this blog. How about a tip jar?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158048">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158048" class="dsq-comment-message">This comes under the heading:  Back atchoo "McAncient":  <br><br><a href="https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/respond1?source=20080811_2M_AW_D1_AD" rel="nofollow">https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/...</a><br><br>Love the connections to Shrub pics and the flip-flop messages!!!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><br>REAL BIG OOOPS!! Didn\'t see your post.   Sorry!!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158145" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158145">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158145" class="dsq-comment-message">Will Cindy McCain’s White House Be the Bierhaus?<br><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/10/will-cindy-mccains-white-house-be-the-bierhaus/" rel="nofollow">http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/10/will-cindy-mc...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158722" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158722" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158722" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158722" class="dsq-comment-message">Lest it appears that we are attacking Cindy McCain.....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158152" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158152">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158152" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Beautiful pic!  Nice tribute to a fine entertainer!  Great RESPONSE to you fam!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158173">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158173" class="dsq-comment-message">Also, over at TPM a lot of commenters are saying that Obama\'s ad is too late.<br><br>Here\'s what I posted over there:<br><br>you know what guys this is whole too late meme is getting tiresome.  if Obama had responded orginally then for the past what 2 weeks, all we would have gotten is back to back attack ads, and lets be honest.  What makes Obama a "risky" choice to some people is that people claim to not know enough about Obama.  Obama unlike Cliton and McCain is a relatively unknown quanitity to some people.  If he had spent the past 2 weeks countering attack ads, what would the people who consider his unknown have discoverd about Obama.  The answer NOTHING!  Unlike McCain or Clinton Obama does not have the luxury to just run a counterattack campaign.  He has to let those American who are looking for a reason to vote for him than the fact that yes we like him, and the way to do that is not by running a negative non-substantive campaign, one in which all Obama does is counterpunch negative ads all the time.  While McCain has been running negative ads, what has Obama been doing, talking about the economy, energy, jobs, etc.  He\'s been giving those voters who wants other reasons to vote for him, exactly what may sway them...policy.<br><br>I really think that we sometimes forget that Obama and McCain are trying to reach different audiences.  McCain wants to reach the people who are looking for reasons NOT TO VOTE FOR BARACK H OBAMA.  Barack wants to reach the people who are looking for reasons to VOTER FOR BARACK OBAMA, or even AGAINST GWB.  <br><br>I really think that should be the eyes by which we view this campaign. Because conservative will ultimately vote against Obama by voting for McCain (or hopefuly Barr), and Liberals will untimately vote for Obama or against Bush. So I think it\'s really about who can get out the most of the middle of the road voters.<br><br>Obama will not win the people who aren\'t even contemplating voting for him, but he has a good chance of winning those who are.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158249">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158249" class="dsq-comment-message">lamh:   Nice analysis!!  Co-signing on your response!!!  Go get\'em!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158749" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158749" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158749" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158749" class="dsq-comment-message">Nicely put.<br><br>I think that it\'s too easy to second-guess Barack because he\'s new and he\'s Black. Even some of his supporters who will vote for him no matter what hold him to different standard because he\'s Black. And many of them don\'t even know that\'s what they\'re doing.<br><br>Privilege is far-reaching.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158240" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158240" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158240" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/08/does-dating-interracially-make-someone.html" rel="nofollow">Does Inter racial dating make one a race traitor?</a>  What constitutes blackness or true black identity? <br>Also<a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/08/racism-is-matter-of-perspective.html" rel="nofollow"> a great commercial from South Africa</a> on race and apartheid.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158241">pajoyner</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158241" class="dsq-comment-message">add plezWorld (<a href="http://pajoyner.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://pajoyner.blogspot.com</a>) to Jack & Jill Politics blog list ... i\'d love to stay informed.  i\'ve already added a link on <a href="http://pajoyner.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">plezWorld</a>. Thanks!<br><br>OH YEAH... RIP Isaac Hayes!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158434" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158434">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158434" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158434" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://pajoyner.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-edwards-admits-to-creepin.html" rel="nofollow">http://pajoyner.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-edwar...</a><br>Title:  John Edwards Admits To CREEPIN\'<br><br>I went "visiting" and found this TITLE/article.  My pleasure in reading it was the use of the word  -- CREEPIN.   Haven\'t seen this in print in a long time.  Got my laff on from it!!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  <br><br>O.K.  I\'ve told you that I\'m "old school".    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>The tribute to Mr. Hayes was nice!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158330" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158330">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158330" class="dsq-comment-message">"Ex-Rivals Still PLAGUE Obama."  Good word  -PLAGUE!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105288&page=1" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id...</a><br>Title:  The Note:  Winner\'s Spoil:   Obama takes on ex-rival\'s baggage, as McCain readies streamlined assaults.<br><br>Ya know - I\'m tired of reading/hearing about Mr. Obama\'s rivals!  They continue to "rear their UGLY HEADS!"  Edwards is deja vu - like the night that Mr. Obama captured the requisite delegate count.  There was billary, STEALING the headlines!!<br><br>But, ya know, in Jan 2009 -it will all be ova!!!  [As far as I know . . . :&gt;)]<br><br><br>Whew!  Exasperated Deep Breaths!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158776" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158776" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158776" class="dsq-comment-message">This quote from Mark Penn is rancid:<br><br><i>"I cannot imagine America electing a president during a time of war who is not at his center fundamentally American in his thinking and in his values."</i><br><br>Replace the word American with white.<br><br>Nuff said.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158905">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158905" class="dsq-comment-message">Responding with your suggested statement - "Nuff said"!  in my next paragraph.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>O.K.  I\'m through!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159125" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159125" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160160">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160160" class="dsq-comment-message">Do not ever forget that Mark Penn\'s primary loyalty is to Israel and not to the United States.  He is so rabidly pro-Israel that if we ever had an armed conflict with Israel during his lifetime that he would probably be interned. What Penn and his ilk want is a president who will go to war against Iran and any other predominantly Muslim nation that dares question Israel. All of this patriotic American talk is so much fluff.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162456" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1162456" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162456" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s quite amazing when you see it stripped down like that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158446" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158446">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158446" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey guys, I posted a new diary on DKOS, for those who are members, check it out<br><br>Obama Hitting Too Hard Or Too Late.<br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/11536/2584/363/566116" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/11536/2...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158793" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1158793" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158793" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158793" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the heads up.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158498" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158498">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158498" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158498" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t wait to see the photo of Ella tomorrow!<br>Thanx, Rikyrah!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158553" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158553">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158553" class="dsq-comment-message">The headline struck me \'cause my son was a "victim" of one of their "STOPS"  - only he wasn\'t a motorist.  He received a TICKET for SPEEDING  -  drum roll please   -   ON HIS ROLLERBLADES!!!!!  I ain\'t neva lied!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/10/study-sacramento-police-stop-blacks-more-often/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/10/stu...</a><br>Title:  Study:  Sacramento Police Stop Black Motorists . . .   But claim that they don\'t issue the tickets!   I donno??    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158594" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158594">tvanel</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158594" class="dsq-comment-message">La negra tiene tambao!<br><br>The Obama ad is fine, this week will be dominated by Georgia and the Olympics. I\'m sure that the Obama camp has much more up their sleeves but are biding their time</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158657" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158657">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158657" class="dsq-comment-message">tvanel:   Co-signing on  "biding their time."    :&gt;)<br><br>I give.   Please translate.  Thank you very much.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158812" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158812">tvanel</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158812" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry...I was giving Rikyrah some props for Celia Cruz (RIP)..  La Negra tiene tumbao (spelled it wrong) is my fav Celia Cruz song. Translation: The black woman has rythm.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158868">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158868" class="dsq-comment-message">tvanel:  Thank you, again.  I\'m always lovin\' the learnin\'!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158604">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158604" class="dsq-comment-message">This comes under the heading:  I\'m lovin\' the EXPOSE on billary!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/34601/hillary-camp-memo-paint-obama-as-un-american.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/34601/hillary-camp-...</a><br>Title:  Hillary Camp Memo:  Paint Obama As Un-American<br><br>Just keep this information a-comin\'!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>In the words of the McDonald Ad:  "I\'m Lovin\' It!"   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158803" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158803">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158803" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158803" class="dsq-comment-message">And some want this OLD MAN to be President?<br>Karl Rove\'s crew limiting McCain\'s cell phone use and time he can hang with his pals in the press <br><a href="http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/karl-roves-crew-limiting-mccains-cell.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/karl-roves-c...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1158841" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1158841">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1158841" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1158841" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m wondering if the "reporters" would STRUGGLE as hard IF this matter concerned Mr. Obama??  As it is , now, many of them are attempting to triangulate Mr. Obama into this mess!!!<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081100503.html?wpisrc=newsletter" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br>Title:  News Under Our Noses<br><br>I\'m more than just askin\'.  I believe that i\'m sayin\'   -  I DON\'T THINK SO!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;) [regarding their "struggle?" ]</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159007" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159007" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159007">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159007" class="dsq-comment-message">Nope, and you know this.  They did more investigating on the Michelle whitey hoax than on this story.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159222">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159222" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:   Seeee!  DATA!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Thanks!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159020">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159020" class="dsq-comment-message">And they pay this guy to be idiot I mean editor at Time.Hell , I can drink a fifth of Jack and come up with this drivel.<br>HALPERIN’S TAKE: The Future Right Now — Running Mates, Timing, Conventions, and More.<br><a href="http://thepage.time.com/halperins-take-the-future-right-now-running-mates-timing-conventions-and-more/" rel="nofollow">http://thepage.time.com/halperins-take-the-futu...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159133" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159133" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159133" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159133" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s a fool.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165111">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165111" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165111" class="dsq-comment-message">An evious fool - the worst kind.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159128">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159128" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159128" class="dsq-comment-message">Answer:   Because I like tennis too!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Question:  "Whycome" you posting this??<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/nadal-federer-serena-venu_n_118146.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/nadal-...</a><br><br>Title:  Nadal, Federer, Serena, Venus Advance!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164820" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164820">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164820" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164820" class="dsq-comment-message">god, roger federer is F-I-N-E !!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165592" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165592">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165592" class="dsq-comment-message">caligirl:   You ain\'t neva lied!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159160" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159160" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/" rel="nofollow">Bush: The Reverse Carter</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160669" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160669">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160669" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160669" class="dsq-comment-message">Yet, their mutual unpopularity unites them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159172" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159172">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159172" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159172" class="dsq-comment-message">Yaaaaaa!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/new-obama-book-on-policy_n_118114.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/new-ob...</a><br>Title:  New Obama Book On Policy Coming Out This Fall<br><br>"Change We Can Believe In:  Barack Obama\'s Plan To Renew America\'s Promise" Due out:   Sept. 9.<br><br>I\'m there!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159226" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159226" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159226" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/optimism-and-am.html#more" rel="nofollow">Optimism and America</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159227" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159227" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159227" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159227" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/12121/5399/320/566143" rel="nofollow">Media Stop Using "Exotic" as a code word for "Not American Enough"</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159371" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159371">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159371" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice analysis, Ice!  Tough I thought that we had exhausted all the "arrogant, elitist, etc." adjectives!!  But NO!  Somebody(ies) got ta rollin\' up into their Roget\'s Thesaurus again and drag out other terms for "UPPITY N****R!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m going back to my Thesaurus to  find some others that "THEY" can choose from, in order to make it easy for them!!  <br><br>I\'m goin\' "SEARCHIN\'" [Coasters?]</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159242" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159242" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159242" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/iousa.html" rel="nofollow">I.O.U.S.A</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159342" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159342" href="http://www.starmedia.choseit.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SMP</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159342" class="dsq-comment-message">This blog isnt all that good, check out <a href="http://www.starmedia.choseit.com" rel="nofollow">www.starmedia.choseit.com</a> instead for the truth!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159391" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159391">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159391" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159391" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw it. Thanks so much for doing so! There\'s constructive criticism, and then there\'s the whining of those who nervously obsess over any and everything.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159506" href="http://www.starmedia.choseit.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SMP</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159506" class="dsq-comment-message">On The Eve Of A Race Riot<br>There’s a growing race relation epidemic that’s going on in this country and it’s time that we stop sweeping the issue under the carpet and resolve the matter. Every few months there’s a race issue that’s popping up. In the last 2 years and a half there’s been about 7 race issues that’s occurred in this country and each time it occurs the issue gets talked about for a few days then it’s under the carpet again, sooner or later that carpet is going to explode, pretty soon instead of taking odds on football ball games, Vegas is going to start taking odds as to where a racial incident will take place next.<br>Recently we had the Jena Six, then it was Vick with his dogs, prior to that it was Imus not knowing when to shut up, then it was a few Clemson University white kids who thought black face would be “kool”, in NYC you had a black gentlemen who’s wedding day became his funeral thanks to some of NYC finest with their itchy fingers and of course the Duke University lacrosse team. As well as current everyday issues such as the immigration bill, the great friendly treatment that Muslim Americans receives when ever they try to board an airplane and of course our national past time institutional racism that monster that the media, cooperate America, Universities and churches like to pretend that doesn’t exist that’s the great American motto now, if you don’t talk about something, it will magically goes away. Unfortunately such fairytales are bullshit, if you don’t address an issue the stronger it grows.<br>more at <a href="http://www.starmedia.choseit.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.starmedia.choseit.com</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159493" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159493">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159493" class="dsq-comment-message">Job Killing John<br><a href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/11/job-killing-john/" rel="nofollow">http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/11/job-ki...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159527" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159527">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159527" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159527" class="dsq-comment-message">WHAT!!!!!   WHERE DID THIS BIGOT COME FROM?????<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/dem-bob-kerrey-uncertaint_n_118135.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/dem-bo...</a><br>Title:  Dem Bob Kerrey:  Uncertainty About Obama<br><br>This is INSANE!!!!<br><br>Whew!  Calming Down Deep Breaths!!!  I keep forgetting that THESE PEOPLE CAN EXIST!!!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160790" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160790" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160790" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160790" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob Kerrey\'s been bellowing this junk since 2006.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160865" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160865">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160865" class="dsq-comment-message">99%:  Thank you for saving me a "trip to Wiki"!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161780">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161780" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161780" class="dsq-comment-message">Calm down.<br><br>It\'s one of Hillary\'s campaign surrogates.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162420" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162420">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162420" class="dsq-comment-message">admiral:  Was it the capital letters that gave me away????  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   <br>Thank you very much!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Whew!  Calm & slow Deep Breaths!!!  And moving from the ceiling to the floor!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162864" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162864">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162864" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162864" class="dsq-comment-message">No problem.<br><br>I know how you feel, though.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159530">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159530" class="dsq-comment-message">Unrest in Montreal? The citizens are revolting...in the hood, no doubt.<br><br><a href="http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Riot+breaks+out+after+Montreal+police+shoot+teen/Canada/ContentPosting?isfa=1&newsitemid=CTVNews%252F20080810%252Fpolice_shooting_080810&feedname=CTV-NATIONAL_V3&show=False&number=0&showbyline=False&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=False" rel="nofollow">http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Riot+breaks+ou...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159532">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159532" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159532" class="dsq-comment-message">"Money As A Weapon": US Army Paid Iraqis $2.8 Billion In Cash Over 5 Years<br>Your surge at work.If you cant beat em pay thm off<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/money-as-a-weapon-us-army_n_118172.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/money-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162883" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162883">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162883" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162883" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you saying the only surge are in Iraqi bank accounts?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1165680" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165680" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165680">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165680" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:  Good one!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159561" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159561">Cottonhead</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159561" class="dsq-comment-message">Many props to Haitians and their success in freeing themselves from colonisim, however, as much respect as I might have for their tenacity in that struggle, can you please explain to me how they came about their preconceived and stereotypical images of African Americans, if not from the same folks who they defeated?  If not, where did those opinions arrive?<br><br>Also,<br><br>This statement  has me puzzled:<br><br>"So many Afro Latinos would identify with their culture (Cuban, Puerto Rican, Bajan, etc) and not their American racialized identity in a way that many African Americans hold to be the "correct way to express oneself" or show "Black pride." <br><br>Now what would be in your estimation other than denigrating Blacks in America IN AMERICA,  a country that most of these Latinos immigrated to, do they show their pride?  Please educate, so we can stop making such sweeping statements, since my experiences with Latinos of the darker hue is that most identify themselves as white and are almost pathological in that assertion, others attempt to hide members of their families of a darker hue, and most attempt to lighten up their families by intermarrying.   Please dispel my misunderstanding.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161124" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1161124" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161124" class="dsq-comment-message">Not sure why you are talking about Haiti, Celia Cruz was Cuban. Did I miss some part of the conversation?  <br><br>Opinions about colonized and enslaved peoples over time, evolve as a tool and function of systemic oppression. Therefore Celia, being Cuban, knew what Spanish Colonialism looked like and how it existed in Cuba and consequently how people of a darker hue on the island received ill treatment. Make no mistake though that the American context of slavery is uniquely American. And let\'s not for one second believe that colonial mentalities no longer exist in Cuba, Haiti, and the United States- especially manifested with standards of beauty and desirability that is more white than black.  (hair weaves, contact lens, perms...)<br> <br>That said, Celia Cruz being Black and being Cuban experienced two realities in the United States (three if you count her immigrant status.) Those realities of being Black and Cuban at the same time offered a complex and ill understood perspective of  Afro Latino identity.  <br><br>Many, not all, Black people do not accept this reality. For many Americans you are either Black or White, for many Latinos that model doesn\'t fit out history since our families embody a spectrum. No one drop in Cuba.  In fact many Latinos who arrive today don\'t identify as Latino- as there is not such category in their country and the concept of Latino as racial group wasn\'t created until the 80s. So why would I get mad at them not calling themselves Latino since its a made up category to begin with... same as Black and White.<br><br>I\'m starting to see the "racial issue" is yours and not Celia\'s. Not sure what to say about your anectodal reality has been since it is very far removed from anything I have ever experienced, witnessed, or studied. True Colorism does exist and we discussed is a byproduct of colonialism and slavery. So why are you holding Celia Cruz to a higher standard than we would say Wendy Williams (blonde weave, contact lens etc)<br><br>The larger point is that in the United States many people assume that because you are Black it ALSO means you are African American. MANY Black people in the United States do not identify with being African American because they are not. So politically, these Latinos experienced difficulty with African Americans who felt they should not identify with being culturally Latino if they were also "racially" Black. So there were/ are lots of Black people who believe they are experts in race who believe Black Latinos are trying to be something they are not... when in reality you should stop acting like some colonizer by telling people who they are and how they should act.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161271" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161271">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161271" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161271" class="dsq-comment-message">Haiti came up because I  used it as an example how older blacks from the Carribean have stereotypical views of African-Americans.  Your comment above is  well-taken. I forgot to mention that Celia Cruz was Cuban but her stance with respect to black Americans jibes with my statement above.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1165848" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165848" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165848">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165848" class="dsq-comment-message">TEACH!! <br><br>It\'s sad to have closed minds. It\'s more beneficial to individuals to be curious than to be judgemental. but america is very insular in a way. We don\'t necessarily have awareness of other people or cultures except in the most superficial ways. One reason why I don\'t want to change school districts is because my district is so beautifully diverse. Its going to be highly important to have a global mentality and those who don\'t can relegate themselves to the permanent underclass.<br><br>If one wants to forge alliances with the Black diapora, be open to learning about their specific cultures. Don\'t judge. Be friendly. Be a good ambassador for whatever group you identify with. One of my greatest joys has been to meet people from every corner of the earth. We have more in common than not.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159615" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159615">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159615" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159615" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe its called Hollywood and the media in general.If you got your views from what we export as popular cultural you would think all African American are nothing but shuffling lazy dope dealing whose women have lots of babies trying new schemes to scam the government wait I\'m describing what we see I thought you were talking about what other people see.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159568" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159568" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159568">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159568" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159568" class="dsq-comment-message">Here’s how the electoral math favors Obama<br><a href="http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/11/heres-how-the-electoral-math-favors-obama/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159569" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159569" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159569">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159569" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159569" class="dsq-comment-message">Does anyone have an opinion about Tyra\'s Michelle Obama spread? How do you think it is being received by the general public?<br><br>I really don\'t care, except that it\'s obvious that Tyra is exploiting their popularity. Of course I\'m sensitive to anything that could be used against O\'s candidacy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160043">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160043" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160043" class="dsq-comment-message">Ridiculous. Would they do that with a white candidate?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160190" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160190">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160190" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160190" class="dsq-comment-message">Micheline:  Co-sign!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161237" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161237" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161237">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161237" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161237" class="dsq-comment-message">I fully expect to see Kate Moss as Cindy McCain...no?  just with the black one?  Ok.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161554" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161554">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161554" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161554" class="dsq-comment-message">I figured Tyra would play both.  Go dark for Michelle and light for Cindy.  I know she has a blonde wig laying around.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163277" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163277">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163277" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163277" class="dsq-comment-message">5 different shades of blonde at that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160159" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160159">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160159" class="dsq-comment-message">I had a problem with the spread because I couldn\'t understand what the purpose was.  Why would we want Tyra to do a spread pretending to be Obama and Michelle when they are doing their own stints in magazines?  I dunno - it seemed to be in very poor taste to me, especially with the one with her and the Obama surrogate in bed. <br><br>Thumbs down.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160201">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160201" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160201" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  2 more thumbs DOWN!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160769" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160769" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160769" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160769" class="dsq-comment-message">I had the same problems with the spread and asked the same questions of my good friend and stylist.  It is ludicrous.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160828" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160828">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160828" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160828" class="dsq-comment-message">99%:  "Ludicrous"   Isn\'t he that rapper?  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Doesn\'t he spell his name Ludacris???    Just Kidding!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163038" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163038" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1163038" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163038" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163038" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s just another opportunist riding the coattails of Barack and Michelle.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160185">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160185" class="dsq-comment-message">teacher:  I\'m not there!!  Leave the spoofin\'  alone!!!  <br><br>PROTOCOL!   PROPRIETY!  R-E-S-P-E-C-T! [ala Aretha!  :&gt;)]  PLEASE!!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161017" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161017">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161017" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161017" class="dsq-comment-message">1. It was tacky.<br>2. She was being a publicity whore.<br>3. Disrespectful. <br><br>You\'re not being sensitive, you\'re making sense.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165092" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165092">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165092" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165092" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s sickening.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165093" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165093">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165093" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165093" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s sickening.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163262" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163262" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163262">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163262" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163262" class="dsq-comment-message">Hated it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1165615" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165615">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165615" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165615" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  I remember --Wayans Brothers   "Men on Football"  "In Living Color!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164800" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164800" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164800">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164800" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164800" class="dsq-comment-message">haven\'t seen it.  but i am tiring of everybody trying to slice a piece of the obamas.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159661" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159661" href="http://www.starmedia.choseit.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SMP</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159661" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159661" class="dsq-comment-message">On The Eve Of A Race Riot<br>There’s a growing race relation epidemic that’s going on in this country and it’s time that we stop sweeping the issue under the carpet and resolve the matter. Every few months there’s a race issue that’s popping up. In the last 2 years and a half there’s been about 7 race issues that’s occurred in this country and each time it occurs the issue gets talked about for a few days then it’s under the carpet again, sooner or later that carpet is going to explode, pretty soon instead of taking odds on football ball games, Vegas is going to start taking odds as to where a racial incident will take place next.<br>Recently we had the Jena Six, then it was Vick with his dogs, prior to that it was Imus not knowing when to shut up, then it was a few Clemson University white kids who thought black face would be “kool”, in NYC you had a black gentlemen who’s wedding day became his funeral thanks to some of NYC finest with their itchy fingers and of course the Duke University lacrosse team. As well as current everyday issues such as the immigration bill, the great friendly treatment that Muslim Americans receives when ever they try to board an airplane and of course our national past time institutional racism that monster that the media, cooperate America, Universities and churches like to pretend that doesn’t exist that’s the great American motto now, if you don’t talk about something, it will magically goes away. Unfortunately such fairytales are bullshit, if you don’t address an issue the stronger it grows.<br><br>For more, visit<br><br><a href="http://www.starmedia.choseit.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.starmedia.choseit.com</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159700" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159700">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159700" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159700" class="dsq-comment-message">Hope this isn\'t a duplicate:<br>Barack\'s new book comes out in Sept - really its a compilation book on various policy initiatives.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/new-obama-book-on-policy_n_118114.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/new-ob...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159704" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159704">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159704" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159704" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m introducing this with:   ROFLMAO <br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/mccain-seizes-on-russia-g_n_118181.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/mccain...</a><br>Title:  McCain Seizes On Russia-Georgia Conflict During Obama\'s Vacation<br><br>By way of explanation,  here\'s a quote:<br><br>". . .but  [McAncient] goes into full-blown PROFESSOR mode, EDUCATING Americans about the HISTORY of Georgia and its importance to America\'s interest."<br><br>Look at the  first 2 bold words and TRY to imagine them in any way being descriptive of "McAncient"!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Remember 894/899!  :&gt;)<br><br>Now, as to the word HISTORY, PRECISELY ACCURATE!!!  He was probably around when Georgia was "invented".    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Finally, I\'m still not sure that he has his geographical bearings.  He\'s going to GEORGIA this week to campaign and I\'m believin\' that he\'s goin\' with his flap jacket and will be strapped with his AK!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m jes sayin\' . . .</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160123" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160123">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160123" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160123" class="dsq-comment-message">and here is the immediate counter that shows his speech writers were dumb enough to plagiarize directly from Wikipedia<br><br><a href="http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/politicalinsider/2008/08/did-mccain-plagarize-his-speec.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/politicalinsider/20...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160487">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160487" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:  What a valuable post!!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Thanks!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Speaks to my "DISS THE DUDE"  attitude for the day!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Ahhh-  What did billary say about XEROXING to Mr. Obama during the primaries!!  Oh, I need ta find that YouTube!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Guess Wiki is errybody\'s FRIEND.   Til you get CAUGHT!!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159712">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159712" class="dsq-comment-message">I wish I had some of what these people are smoking because they are just trying to hard to be against Obama instead of being for OLD MAN McCain<br>7 worrisome signs for Obama <br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12433.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12433...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160109" href="http://www.starmedia.choseit.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SMP</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160109" class="dsq-comment-message">On The Eve Of A Race Riot<br>There’s a growing race relation epidemic that’s going on in this country and it’s time that we stop sweeping the issue under the carpet and resolve the matter. Every few months there’s a race issue that’s popping up. In the last 2 years and a half there’s been about 7 race issues that’s occurred in this country and each time it occurs the issue gets talked about for a few days then it’s under the carpet again, sooner or later that carpet is going to explode, pretty soon instead of taking odds on football ball games, Vegas is going to start taking odds as to where a racial incident will take place next.<br>Recently we had the Jena Six, then it was Vick with his dogs, prior to that it was Imus not knowing when to shut up, then it was a few Clemson University white kids who thought black face would be “kool”, in NYC you had a black gentlemen who’s wedding day became his funeral thanks to some of NYC finest with their itchy fingers and of course the Duke University lacrosse team. As well as current everyday issues such as the immigration bill, the great friendly treatment that Muslim Americans receives when ever they try to board an airplane and of course our national past time institutional racism that monster that the media, cooperate America, Universities and churches like to pretend that doesn’t exist that’s the great American motto now, if you don’t talk about something, it will magically goes away. Unfortunately such fairytales are bullshit, if you don’t address an issue the stronger it grows.<br><br>For more, visit<br><br><a href="http://www.starmedia.choseit.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.starmedia.choseit.com</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159818">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159818" class="dsq-comment-message">Sharing from HuffPost:   Because I love the SARCASM [complete with FACTS!   :&gt;)]<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-willis/barack-obama-joins-25-mil_b_118078.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-willis/bar...</a><br>Title:  Barack Obama Joins 2.5 Million Fellow Americans in Vacation Elitism [in "EXOTIC" Hawaii]   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I liked this read!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><br>OuT-E for a long bit.  C U L8R</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160069">soulsistah02</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160069" class="dsq-comment-message">Girl, I posted the same article link. I didn\'t know I was rich until I read the article! OMG! I\'m right up there with Oprah and Bill Gates.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160275">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160275" class="dsq-comment-message">soulsista02:   And you jes go \'head and ENJOY y\'self!!   I like the company you keep!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>p.s.  Circa 1967 my mother visited my brother in Hawaii when he was stationed in the Navy!  She\'s 92 now, BUT I\'m sure goin\' tell her \'bout her ELITIST Self!!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   <br><br>I guess livin\' in the PROJECTS was her and my dad\'s way of throwing errybody off track as to our REAL Socio-economic status!!  Huh?????   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159829" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1159829" href="http://bettychambers.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GoldenAh</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159829" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, I love Salsa music. I would love to see Cuba.<br><br><a href="http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2008/08/cullen_jones_makes_history_by.html" rel="nofollow">Props to Cullen Jones for making history at the Beijing Olympics.</a> Hey, we can swim. ;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164777" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164777" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164777">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164777" class="dsq-comment-message">barack has said that he would seriously consider lifting the embargo.  <br><br>and why the hell not???</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164858" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164858" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1164858" href="http://bettychambers.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GoldenAh</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164858" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164858" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope he does. I really do.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165767" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165767">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165767" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165767" class="dsq-comment-message">Me too. <br>It has outlived it\'s purpose.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1166102" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1166102" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1166102">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1166102" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1166102" class="dsq-comment-message">GoldenAh:   OOPS!  Forgot to co-sign  Cullen Jones!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1159861" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1159861" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1159861">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1159861" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1159861" class="dsq-comment-message">The Hillbots are an infestation of the worst kind.<br><br><a href="http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/plans-for-clinton-convention-rallies-intensify-2008-08-10.html" rel="nofollow">http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/plans-for-clin...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160156">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160156" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160156" class="dsq-comment-message">Ain\'t nothin\' sorrier than a 3-legged, 1-eyed Cougar that thinks she can still hunt.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160448" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160448" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160448">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160448" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160448" class="dsq-comment-message">RonnieB:   U R a TRU nut!!!   LOL!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160585" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160585">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160585" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160585" class="dsq-comment-message">This is troubling. I hope that O & \'nem have some counter-terrorism measures they can use to defuse this mess. I feel like it\'s time for O to step to the hillbilly. There is no way they will be pleased without him handing her the nomination. They continue to manipulate and continue with the attempts to spread dissention and keep his campaign off balance.<br><br>A majority of people believe that she/they don\'t want O to win. The DNC is very hands off, as if to say, I\'m not in it. I wonder if they pressured him to take her as VP, or I wonder if they have resentment of him moving HQ to Chicago? Why aren\'t they pulling the wagons in a circle around him?  I realize he is an easy going nice guy, but how many times can you turn the other cheek? I wonder if it\'s a matter of him asking for help? The majority of people can see that she/they don\'t want him to win. She needs to be exposed for talking out of both sides of her neck.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161839" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161839">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161839" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161839" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sure there will be a lot of whine flowing in Denver.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162462" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162462">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162462" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162462" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:  Whose on "CRACKERS & cheese" detail?  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160061" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160061">soulsistah02</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160061" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160061" class="dsq-comment-message">THE ELITIST OBAMA FAMILY VACAYS IN "EXOTIC" HAWAII...<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-willis/barack-obama-joins-25-mil_b_118078.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver-willis/bar...</a><br><br>If vacationing in Hawaii (to visit family members) is considered elitist, then my vacations to Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Mexico must mean that I\'ve gotten my comeuppance. Whoo hoo! I knew that one day I\'d receive membership into the prestigious and elite Comeuppance Club, but I didn\'t know it was going to happen this early. I tell you, when you pay your tithes and fast, the Lord will bless you. Thank you, Jesus! <br><br>"Mama, I made it!"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160311" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160311">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160311" class="dsq-comment-message">soulsistah02:   ROFLMAO!!!  Good stuff!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160170" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160170">Rodney</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160170" class="dsq-comment-message">You all involved in voter registration-- just curious to hear any updates, how things are going in general.<br><br>A bunch of us here out west have been working heavily to recruit Black and Latino voters, as have our counterparts on the East Coast, but I have to admit that the results thus far have been very disappointing.  <br><br>The Republicans, jerks that they are, have introduced all kinds of Jim Crow-redux regulations to make it more difficult for minorities to vote.  Even worse is that too many eligible minority voters don\'t seem to understand how important this is!  <br><br>Nevada and Colorado in particular are critical states, but I\'d say that close to 40% of the African-Americans we\'ve spoken to still don\'t plan to vote!!!  <br><br>And in Virginia, it\'s almost 45%-- despite the fact that Obama is in contention to beat McCain in Virginia!  The state of Virginia will be a Blue State if we can increase Black voter registration and turnout!<br><br>People, we\'ve gotta turn on the afterburner here!  The one single action that will yield us the biggest dividends-- electing Barack Obama, and gaining Democratic seats in Congress-- is registering Black and Latino voters and encouraging minority voter turnout.  Yet we\'re way behind on that, and it\'s shameful considering the historic nature of this race!<br><br>EVERYBODY PLEASE VOLUNTEER HOWEVER YOU CAN ON THIS!  We\'ve gotta get minority voters registered throughout the country, and ensure that they vote on Election Day!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160586" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160586" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160586" class="dsq-comment-message">While I agree with your premise, I\'m dubious of the statistics you suggest.<br><br>And what specific Jim Crow regulations are you citing? I know they\'re out there, but I\'d like to know the details.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160296" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160296" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160296">LL</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160296" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160296" class="dsq-comment-message">Lobbyists and PACS<br><br><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/frank08092008.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.counterpunch.org/frank08092008.html</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160554" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160554" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160554" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160554" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/these_people_are_disgusting.php" rel="nofollow">Ta-Nehisi Coates:These people are disgusting.</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160615" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160615">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160615" class="dsq-comment-message">O.K. On the "Dazed & Confused" Youtube, "mcAncient" said that he was a good friend/knew him well- of Putin[who, until he was corrected by Stephanopolous, he thought was still the prez of Rusia]!  <br><br>Ya think that his "friend" is DISSING him now???<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/putin-to-us-stay-out-of-o_n_118107.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/putin-...</a><br>Title:  Putin ASSAILS US Over Conflict With Georgia!!<br><br>So much for "PROFESSOR"  "McAncient".  :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br>He don\'t know nothin\'.   :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)[I just remembered - this is a line in the song "old Man River"   :&gt;)]</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160628" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160628" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160628" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160628" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160628" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/13382/2367/240/566223" rel="nofollow">Daily Kos: McCain Plaigiarized WikiPedia on Georgia and Foreign Affairs</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160894" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160894" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160894">Teacher</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160894" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160894" class="dsq-comment-message">Which is really dumb because wikipedia may or may not be factual. I almost had a car wreck driving to work one day as Tom Joyner was interviewing Montel Williams. He asked Montel if he had been a Rodeo Clown before becoming a talk show host because it was in his wikipedia entry. Hmmm. This is giving me some ideas (wink).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163011">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163011" class="dsq-comment-message">Again, how do you tell your students that they can\'t use wikipedia as a source when the presidential candidate does it......LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160670" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160670" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160670" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160670" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/dem-bob-kerrey-uncertaint_n_118135.html" rel="nofollow">HuffPo: Bob Kerrey: "Uncertainty About Obama"</a><br><br>Another Democratic muckraker.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160962" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160962" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160962">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160962" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160962" class="dsq-comment-message">Never forget craig, he\'s the one who called Obama a possible Manchurian Candidate. Like I said before...snake.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161043" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161043">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161043" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161043" class="dsq-comment-message">Wasn\'t he the one who said Obama was great because Obama was a Muslim and there were a billion Muslims and Obama went to a secular madrassa?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161685">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161685" class="dsq-comment-message">yep</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163064" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163064" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1163064" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163064" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163064" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'re coming out of the wordworks as the convention approaches.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1165746" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165746">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165746" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165746" class="dsq-comment-message">I read about their plans to show how Kwame Kilpatrick is an Obama supporter. Sad & pathetic. He is the political Willie Horton.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160704" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160704" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160704" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160704" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/a-vp-hint-vps-convention_n_118148.html" rel="nofollow">HuffPo:A V.P. Hint? VP\'s Convention Day Is Veteran Themed</a><br><br>I guess I could live with this. If true Not my ideal choice, but what the hey.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160707" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160707">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160707" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160707" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1831359,00.html" rel="nofollow">Obama\'s Economic Challenge</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160717" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160717" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160717" class="dsq-comment-message">See how every article about Barack must now reference a Clinton, even if indirectly?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160915" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160915" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160915">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160915" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160915" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep. I see it craig. Crystal clear.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163072" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1163072" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163072" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163072" class="dsq-comment-message">I love how some of my friends who are Hillary supporters (but not rabid at all) refuse to see what\'s going on here.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160783" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160783">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160783" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160783" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/10/democratic-convention-headliners-announced/" rel="nofollow">Democratic Headliners Announced</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160805" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160805" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1160805" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160805" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160805" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/11/bush-veterans-affairs-department-bans-voter-registration-drives-at-veterans-facilities/" rel="nofollow">Think Pro: Bush Veterans Affairs Department bans voter registration drives at veterans facilities</a><br><br>Beware, the steal.<br><br>Where is the outrage?<br><br>I mean: really.<br><br>It has come to this? Bush Inc. has been so bad with veterans, as has the Dangerous One, that they know veterans are squarely behind Barack so they want to infringe their right to vote?<br><br>Let\'s see if camp Clinton calls this Zimbabwe-like in the coming weeks.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160818" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160818">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160818" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160818" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12429.html" rel="nofollow">Clinton to forfeit $13 mil loan, unless…</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160846" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160846" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160846">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160846" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160846" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/08/grinch-who-stole-olympics.html" rel="nofollow">The Grinch Who Stole The Olympics</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1160850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160850">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160850" class="dsq-comment-message">You know what gets me about this Russia/Georgia issue?  It shows that McCain/Bush are like bulls in a China shop.  First  there is some whisper that Russia had a conversation with Bush to let him know to stay out of the fight.  Then then we (US) jump in the middle and fly the Georgians home from Iraq so they can fight against Russia.  Then the US calls ahead to WARN the Russians that they were airlifting Georgians home and Russia is PO\'d at the US.  Now McCain and others are politicizing this war as if it is daytime drama.  McCain gave this great speech citing "history" much better than Obama\'s response last weekend.  WTF???? CRAZY.  Anyway - - - more detail<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/russia-seizes-georgia-bas_n_118176.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/russia...</a><br><br>Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticized the United States for viewing Georgia as the victim, instead of the aggressor, and for airlifting Georgian troops back home from Iraq on Sunday.<br><br>"Of course, Saddam Hussein ought to have been hanged for destroying several Shiite villages," Putin said in Moscow. "And the incumbent Georgian leaders who razed ten Ossetian villages at once, who ran elderly people and children with tanks, who burned civilian alive in their sheds _ these leaders must be taken under protection."<br><br>The U.S. military was flying Georgian troops back home from Iraq and informed the Russians about the flights ahead of time to avoid mishaps, said one military official said Monday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the subject on the record.<br><br>Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Monday morning that U.S. officials expect to have all Georgian troops out of Iraq by the end of the day.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1160875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1160875">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1160875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1160875" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/obama-talks-about-his-girls/" rel="nofollow">Obama talks about his girls</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161206" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161206" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161206">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161206" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161206" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Very nice!!   Thank you!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161001" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161001" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161001">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161001" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161001" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12431.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12431...</a><br>Pro-Obama Group Has $10M For Election<br><br>And they\'re putting a lot of effort into AA voter registration!   Yes!    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161155" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161155" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161155">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161155" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161155" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/a-vp-hint-vps-convention_n_118148.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/a-vp-h...</a><br>A VP Hint?:  VP\'s Convention Day Is Veteran-Themed<br><br>Hmmmm??    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161220" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161220" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161220">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161220" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161220" class="dsq-comment-message">If Rachel Maddow cant host Meet the Press maybe Bob Costas can<br>Sportscaster Bob Costas Shows Up Political Colleagues In Bush Interview<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/sportscaster-bob-costas-s_n_118209.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/sports...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161279" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161279" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161279">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161279" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161279" class="dsq-comment-message">dj:  It would be nice to see Dr. Rachel somewhere!    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164754" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164754" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164754">caligirl</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164754" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164754" class="dsq-comment-message">bob is an excellent interviewer.  i love his sports program.  THAT is what real journalism looks like!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161228" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161228" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1161228" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161228" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161228" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2008/08/those-fighting-war-against-barack.html" rel="nofollow">Yours Truly: Those Fighting the War Against Barack</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161419" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161419" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161419">djchefron</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161419" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161419" class="dsq-comment-message">I wish I could have said it  better,and no you are not chicken little by saying the sky is falling. This is the most important election not only for myself but for my children. If we screw this up by not voting then the experiment of America will be thrown into the garbage pile of history</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162800" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1162800" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162800" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162800" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, dj. <br><br>This election represent\'s our nation\'s last chance...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161397" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161397">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161397" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161397" class="dsq-comment-message">Say what you want about Republicans, they have one defining trait that Democrats don\'t: LOYALTY!  When a nominee is decided, no matter how unappetizing, they grit their teeth, hold their noses, and bit their tongues in unified support.  They wake up early to get their talking points and stick to them.  <br><br>Not Democrats!  It\'s seems that the great liberal god, Rus Feingold, isn\'t even immune to the self-serving, back-stabbing habits of Democrats:  <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781576" rel="nofollow">http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781576</a><br><br>Let there be no doubt, it wasn\'t just the media and the swift boaters who sunk the campaigns of Gore and Kerry, respectively; it was the under current counter campaigns of the Clintons and their surrogates that did them in as well.  <br><br>Senator Obama better peep their moves, QUICKLY!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161441" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161441" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161441">LL</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161441" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161441" class="dsq-comment-message">I wish Paul Wellstone was still with us. That would make two.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161928" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1161928" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161928" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161928" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess he\'s trying to help McCain in Wisconsin. <br><br>I wonder if FISA is going to come up at the convention.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161407" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161407" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161407">LL</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161407" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161407" class="dsq-comment-message">Black America still doesn\'t have an answer to the racism in the north.<br><br><a href="http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1132846" rel="nofollow">http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1132846</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161471" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161471" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161471">lamh32</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161471" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161471" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain campaign ads have jumped the shark.  Check out McCain\'s new web ad:<br><br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/new_mccain_web_ad_hot_chicks_d.php#comments" rel="nofollow">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a><br><br>As TPM says, how soon before the "Call me Barack" ad comes out.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161614" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161614" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1161614" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161614" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161614" class="dsq-comment-message">My blood just boils when I see this junk- so low brow. <br><br>Glad he said he wanted to a campaign on the issues...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161706" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161706" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161706">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161706" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161706" class="dsq-comment-message">They are baiting him.  He or one of his surrogates point out the obvious dog whistle, then McCain and them get to say  LOOK HE\'S PLAYING THE RACE CARD!  Then Harold Ford can come on TV and say "Nope, didn\'t see any race card.  Not Uno or Joker or the Spades or anything."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161841" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161841">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161841" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161841" class="dsq-comment-message">Lord, what I wouldn\'t give for someone Black to just say, John McCain is TRIFLING, and refuse to give the Black explanation.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163189" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163189" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163189">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163189" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163189" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL...or say "he is so simple"....that was a fav of one of my great-aunts.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1166029" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1166029" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1166029">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1166029" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1166029" class="dsq-comment-message">My mom so far this season has reserved that for Hillary yet taken it one step further saying "she\'s a trifling heifer".   I love that phrase.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1166116" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1166116" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1166116">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1166116" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1166116" class="dsq-comment-message">pjamma:  They had it goin on in the phrase category!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162508" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162508" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162508">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162508" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162508" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  Nor clubs!  Guess they don\'t play Bid Whist!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162805" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162805" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1162805" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162805" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162805" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack is on vacation and McCain\'s and Clinton\'s camps have lost their damn minds.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1165567" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165567">Teacher</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165567" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165567" class="dsq-comment-message">Talk can be cheap. You have to give it to him in another way though. He came out with a 6 pt.program today as a solution for the Russi/Georgia conflict. Hillary  frequently provided an itemized list of solutions and the people ate it up. O needs to consider doing the same.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161675" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161675">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161675" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161675" class="dsq-comment-message">They just need to come right out with it and have the "Call me Barack" ad.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161807" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161807" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161807">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161807" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161807" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m with you, Town. <br><br>Ridiculous.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161699" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161699" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161699">NMP</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161699" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161699" class="dsq-comment-message">I haven\'t put my tin foil sky on to call Wes Clarke the VP candidate, but I will ask this: what other DEMOCRAT can call John McCain on his claim that he knows how to win wars?   Wes Clarke, to my knowledge, is the ONLY viable Democrat that can say he won a war and say it with the scars from bullet wounds he suffered in Vietnam.  <br>John McCain may have suffered in Vietnam, but he has NEVER fought in a successful war and damn sure never lead a successful war effort.<br><br>John McCain\'s miliary service, not his Senate Career, is his ONLY selling point. Despite the good press of his over seas trip, Senator Obama still has not crossed that hurdle.  I don\'t see any other trump card for John McCain\'s military exeperience, with one exception...Colin Powell. <br><br>Lastly, in the words of the late great Bernie Mac, Wes Clarke ain\'t scared of them mother fuckers (Republicans)!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161889" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161889">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161889" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161889" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb, though the White women would go crazy</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162200" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162200" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1162200" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162200" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162200" class="dsq-comment-message">I love some Webb too.  Wes Clark or John Kerry would be great choices.  Chuck Hagel is unacceptable...the highest post he should/could occupy is Secretary of Defense.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162821" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162821" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1162821" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162821" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162821" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb needs to stay right where he is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161717" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161717">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161717" class="dsq-comment-message">In case you have not seen the long version of Nike\'s Marvin Gay/Redeem Team Commercial I thought I\'d post the link because it makes me all pumped up for the Olympics and the USA and Basketball and good music.  All around feel good commercial.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbZTmcIfdBQ&eurl=http://www.bestweekever.tv/" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbZTmcIfdBQ&eurl...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161843" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161843" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1161843" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161843" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161843" class="dsq-comment-message">never heard this remix. so hot.<br><br>THANKS for sharing!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162143" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162143" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162143">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162143" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162143" class="dsq-comment-message">Another link with a better picture:<br><br><a href="http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikebasketball/2008/08/08/marvin-gaye-brings-soul-to-the-american-game" rel="nofollow">http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikebasketball/200...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1161750" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1161750" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1161750">LL</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1161750" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1161750" class="dsq-comment-message">Are <a href="http://MoveOn.org" rel="nofollow">MoveOn.org</a> and the SEIU still considered "special interest" groups?<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/source-obama-to-start-loo_n_118240.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/source...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1162467">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162467" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162467" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162467">Quanli</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162467" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162467" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think many blacks outside of this country feel we\'re pressuring them as they do that we are "culture-less". We are also lazy, shiftless, and just about everything else most people (outside ourselves) say we are. I\'ve heard this speech from Africans more than Europeans. You would think we (African-Americans) were a different race all together, isolated from any common bonds. I don\'t get it sometimes, I really don\'t.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1165495" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165495" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165495">Teacher</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165495" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165495" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, the way continental Africans see it, we are very blessed to have access to the resources that we have in the states (too numerous to name). They see many examples of us rejecting education. Many African nations do not have compulsary education, so they see going to school as a privilege. When I was in Senegal, I saw 8 or 9 kids gathered around a book. They don\'t have the access that we take for granted. When they ask you for things, they want paper, pencils & any books you are willing to part with. In my school district, it is the continental African rather than the African American who graduates at the top of the class.  I know lots of continental Africans, but they\'re all very affluent professionals. They also believe in marriage. I have found them to be very approachable as long as you are nice. As stupid as this sounds, some of my best friends are continental African.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162586" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162586">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162586" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162586" class="dsq-comment-message">Would it have any impact if we (voters) began to make phone calls to the McCain campaign and blow up their emails demanding that he address the issues and stop this petty bull**it?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162593" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162593" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162593">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162593" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162593" class="dsq-comment-message">this is in reference to McCain\'s latest ad.  A</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162808" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162808" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162808">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162808" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162808" class="dsq-comment-message">Great article from BBC news regarding the reasons behind the fighting between Georgia and Russia.<br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7549736.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7549736.stm</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1162880">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162880" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162880" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1162880" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162880" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162880" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/11/obama-responds-to-conflic_n_118276.html" rel="nofollow">Barack\'s latest remarks (with VIDEO) on the Russian invasion of Georgia</a><br><br>I hope he\'s enjoying time with his family.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1163033">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163033">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163033" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack made great points and the MSM is already parsing the statement and is picking and choosing which parts they want to read.<br><br>Besides that -- what GW doing?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1162903" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1162903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1162903">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1162903" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1162903" class="dsq-comment-message">Spain\'s basketball team thought it would be cute to make their eyes slit for a photograph for the Olympic ads....wow, wasn\'t that just so cute? NOT.<br><br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/11/olympicsbasketball.olympics20081" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/11/oly...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1163052">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163052" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163052" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163052">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163052" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163052" class="dsq-comment-message">Ughhh.  I so lost when it comes to PC stuff these days.  Is that suppose to praise their hosts by honoring their traditionally slanted eyes or would it be the equivalent of showing up at an Junetenth celebration in black face.  <br><br>Never mind, I know the answer.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163019" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163019" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1163019" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163019" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163019" class="dsq-comment-message">Another local Barack attack on McCain. This time: <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/11/153539/167/160/566303" rel="nofollow">Wisconsin and Harleys</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1163089">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163089" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163089" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1163089" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163089" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163089" class="dsq-comment-message">So Barack is going to release his third book in September. That\'s one way to direct the message of your campaign. <br><br>If the corporate media refuses to do it, then let the publishers, who desperately need to make money, do it.<br><br>So, can Barack write himself into the White House?<br><br>That would be some feat.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163490" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163490">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163490" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163490" class="dsq-comment-message">It really is a brilliant move.....what can the GOP minions do? Not a darn thing but attempt to demonize every single word in it. Watching them try will be fun though.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164725" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164725" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164725">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164725" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164725" class="dsq-comment-message">plus, it gives canvassers a nice little something to carry along and point to.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164922" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164922" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164922">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164922" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164922" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a damn good way to get your message out and make money at the same time.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1163132" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163132" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1163132" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163132" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163132" class="dsq-comment-message">Andrew Sullivan has been a voice of reason in his campaign coverage. <br><br>Not long ago, though, he was still talking about McCain has an honorable man.<br><br>I kept wonder when he would stop believing that nonsense and see McCain for who he really is.<br><br>Well, I got my answer today.  <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/a-tax-increase.html" rel="nofollow">Money quote</a>:<br><br><i>What do you call a Republican who is happy to lie directly to people\'s faces? John W. McCain.</i><br><br>:: <br><br>He finally sees that the Dangerous One is, indeed, the McSame. <br><br>John W. McCain is UNFIT to be POTUS.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-1164719">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164719" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164719" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164719">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164719" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164719" class="dsq-comment-message">can sullivan vote?  i\'ve seen him on \'real time\' and he\'s a good advocate for barack.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1165427" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165427" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165427">Teacher</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165427" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165427" class="dsq-comment-message">And John Edwards. CNN has been pounding him all night.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163304" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1163304" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163304" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJUCU1UH2w&eurl=http://www.talkabouttennis.com/forum/showthread.php?p=328309" rel="nofollow">The Dangerous One</a><br><br>Pat Buchanan (yes, that one): "He will make Cheney look like Gandhi."<br><br>Chilling.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164547" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1164547" href="http://bettychambers.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GoldenAh</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164547" class="dsq-comment-message">Pat B. just kills me because I agree with him sometimes. He doesn\'t like involving the US in foreign entanglements. He\'s the guy who doesn\'t believe in wasting our resources unless there is a real threat. Can\'t argue with him there.<br><br>Some blogs / media nutwings are already getting excited, in an unseemly fashion, about the Russian-Georgian conflict - they\'re almost gleeful. Not good. Whenever a war breaks out in Europe, it\'s time to get uneasy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164578" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1164578" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164578" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164578" class="dsq-comment-message">True that.<br><br>Across the board.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164656" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164656" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164656">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164656" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164656" class="dsq-comment-message">i do too.  sometimes he makes sense.  and...i know this sounds crazy... but when he smiles, he has a cute little grin.  it helps people see that there\'s a human being in there...deep down... somewhere... <br><br>of course, this doesn\'t excuse the horribly bigoted things he has said.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164680" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-1164680" href="http://bettychambers.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GoldenAh</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164680" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164680" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I hear ya. He reminds me of a cranky old neighbor I knew as a kid.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1164987" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164987" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164987">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164987" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164987" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165407" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165407">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165407" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165407" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh please. The man is a klansman. He wouldn\'t spit on you if your hair was on fire. No matter what human need you had, he\'d rather help a dog. He thinks you should be thankful for slavery. He is not your friend.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165650">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165650" class="dsq-comment-message">Teacher:  He\'s probably moving in and out of "delusions" right about now!!  That might explain his moments of lucidity!  He is a conflict within himself!   Shades of "McAncient!"   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>But bigot, none-the-less!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165390" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165390">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165390" class="dsq-comment-message">If he is referring to Putin, he scares me too. He is head of the Russian mafia.He is a thug. I wouldn\'t F with him and I think our international policy should be the same. Of course W is such a dumbass. If there is 1 inch more of the country to run into the ground, he\'ll do it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163439" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163439">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163439" class="dsq-comment-message">Keith Olbermann is kicking a*s on this Putin issue and more ya\'ll.<br>This is one to record.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163471" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163471">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163471" class="dsq-comment-message">WTF??? McCain said we have more important interest for supporting Georgia -- OIL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1163600" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163600">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1163600" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163600" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, you heard correctly. I\'m not sure his camp intended for him to say it...I guess they\'ll be taking more phone priviledges away from him...but you know..John McCain does not speak for the John McCain Campaign.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164683" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164683">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164683" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164683" class="dsq-comment-message">yes, he did.  he is one demented freak.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1163641">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1163641" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey......wait...I thought the GOP had PLENTY of money for their convention?? What happened? $10 million short?? Oops.<br><br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-gop10-2008aug10%2C0%2C1928236%2Cfull.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-gop1...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164615">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164615" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164615" class="dsq-comment-message">oye!  celia cruz!  muchas gracias, rikyrah!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164640" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164640">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164640" class="dsq-comment-message">This is a MUST READ not sure if some else already posted it.  I don\'t know how to do those short links so <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/georgia/2529986/Georgia-conflict-Screams-of-the-injured-rise-from-residential-streets.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europ...</a><br><br>Mr Saakashvilli (Georgia) may also have banked on support from his closest ally, US president George W Bush, whose administration is said to have given tacit support for a Georgian assault on South Ossetia in the believe that the territory could be recaptured within 48 hours. <br><br>But as events have unfolded differently, Washington has offered Georgia - one of the largest contributors of troops in Iraq - little more than lukewarm vocal support. <br><br>In a demonstration of the fact that Georgia could be abandoned by its chief ally, President Bush warmly embraced Mr Putin at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday. <br><br>With the West apparently unwilling to participate in a proxy war with Russia at a time when relations with Moscow are already highly strained, Georgia now faces potential isolation in its conflict with its giant neighbour. <br><br>Already the economic consequences of the war are being felt as Western specialists involved in helping Georgia develop its infrastructure began to flee. <br><br>Americans and Britons gathered in hotels in the capital Tbilisi to organise road convoys into neighbouring Armenia after Russia closed its air space and most airlines cancelled flights after a military base close to the airport was bombed on Friday. <br><br>"Its the last straw," said a British architect who was preparing to leave Georgia for good. Three days ago we were making promising progress but now two thirds of our staff have been called up and its simply too dangerous to stay in Tbilisi." <br><br>The Georgian government yesterday ordered the evacuation of the country\'s parliament and all official buildings amid fears that they could become new Russian targets. <br><br>By a swimming pool in one hotel, a nervous American clutching a Blackberry read out the latest advice from the US Embassy to her friends. All dependants had been ordered to evacuate and anyone in the country for "non-essential" reasons was also urged to leave. <br><br>At the news, one of her friends sank his head into his hands. <br><br>"The Georgian dream is over," he said. <br> <br>Email this article <br>Print this article<br>Share this article <br>del.icio.us <br>Digg <br>Facebook <br>Fark <br>Google <br>Newsvine <br>NowPublic <br>Reddit <br>StumbleUpon <br>Related Content<br>Russia launches second front in war as troops reach Abkhazia <br>Crisis deepens as Russia snubs Bush\'s call to pull troops out <br>US training gives Georgia military advantage <br>Key players in the Georgia conflict <br>Russia demands to be regarded as number one <br>Georgia: Tbilisi residents defiant in face of Russian military might <br>Georgia: Roots of the South Ossetia conflict <br>Georgia: Terrified families forced to flee <br>Georgia: Oil pipelines at risk <br>Pro-Kremlin enclaves surround Russian borders <br>Georgia \'pulls troops out of South Ossetia\' <br>Georgia \'observing ceasefire and ready to talk\' <br>Georgia: Western delegation in Tbilisi to negotiate ceasefire</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164661">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164661" class="dsq-comment-message">sorry about the extra junk that was included in my post.  Accidental.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164692" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164692">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1164692" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164692" class="dsq-comment-message">what a mess.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165371" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165371">Teacher</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165371" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165371" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, what did anyone expect? All of our troops and financial resources are tied up in Iraq & Afghanistan. There is no point in W talking a bunch of shit that he can\'t back up. They will kick our ass.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1167565">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1167565" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"Mr Saakashvilli may also have banked on support from his closest ally, US president George W Bush, whose administration is said to have given tacit support for a Georgian assault on South Ossetia in the believe that the territory could be recaptured within 48 hours.<br><br>But as events have unfolded differently, Washington has offered Georgia - one of the largest contributors of troops in Iraq - little more than lukewarm vocal support.<br><br>In a demonstration of the fact that Georgia could be abandoned by its chief ally, President Bush warmly embraced Mr Putin at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday.<br><br>With the West apparently unwilling to participate in a proxy war with Russia at a time when relations with Moscow are already highly strained, Georgia now faces potential isolation in its conflict with its giant neighbour. "</i><br><br>Wow! Looks like Bush punk\'d Georgia. <br><br>This is reminiscent of the U.S, involvement in the Soviet vs. Afghanistan war, and you saw how that turned out.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164702" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164702">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164702" class="dsq-comment-message">It is sounding like a set up ya\'ll.   .http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=563&language_id=1<br><br>The crisis has its roots in the pro-Western, pro-U.S. turn of Georgian national elites epitomized by President Mikhail Saakashvili and his "Rose Revolution." The situation had already worsened in August when Georgian security forces attempted to secure control of the Abkhazian river valley of the Kodori Gorge in order to regain control of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Tbilisi then called for the replacement of Russia as the official mediator in Georgia\'s regional conflicts. Moscow maintains peacekeepers there along with two military bases. <br><br>This escalation signals that Georgia is likely to become the catalyst for U.S.-Russian geopolitical conflict for strategic and economic influence in the Caucasus.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1164924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1164924">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1164924" class="dsq-comment-message">Enthusiasm gap plagues GOP convention<br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12476_Page2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12476...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165772" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165772">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165772" class="dsq-comment-message">From Black Politics on the Web:<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/11/ncbcp-and-aurn-announce-joint-get-out-the-vote-initiative/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/11/ncb...</a><br>National Coalition on Black Civic Participation And American Urban Radio Network Announce Joint Get Out The Vote Initiative<br><br>Don\'t know anything about these orgs., but the effort sounds creditable and laudable!!<br><br>Any input???    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165823" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165823">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165823" class="dsq-comment-message">From Black Politics on the Web:<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/08/city-council-calls-on-merchants-clergy-to-demand-resignation/" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/08/08/cit...</a><br>Title:  City Council Calls On Merchant, Clergy To Demand Mayors Resignation<br><br>"Whycome" a mayor can break the law and not be ELIGIBLE for a dismissal from the office????    Doesn\'t he "promise",  in his oath of office, to uphold the law/Constitution, so help him God?????<br><br>I\'m just askin . . . . .</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165911" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165911">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165911" class="dsq-comment-message">From Washington Post:  Obama As Incumbent<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081001867.html?nav=hcmodule" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>E J Dionne suggests that "McAncient" is trying to cast Obama as an incumbent and then attack him as such.???<br><br>He also used the phrase:  ". . .the man who is too familiar yet still MYSTERIOUS!<br>Here is another adjective( or noun) for  "UPPITY N****R!"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  They just keep a-comin\'   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Strange that they accuse "mcAncient" as a "thinker" and designer of this strategy??<br>In his C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D state??????    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1167154" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1167154">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1167154" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1167154" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama\'s been in Washington all of 4 years.<br><br>McAncient - 26<br><br>Obama the incumbent? Hell no.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1165985" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1165985">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1165985" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1165985" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/11/anti-obama-books-top-best-seller-lists/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/11/anti-o...</a><br>Anti-Obama Books Top Best Seller<br><br>Well maybe the DISTRIBUTION  is NOT AS WIDE, because one commenter suggested that the books MAY HAVE been bought in BULK by a FEW people!!!  Hmmm??<br><br>Has anyone seen any of these books??  Know anyone who has seen one????</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1166083" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1166083">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1166083" class="dsq-comment-message">A Nina of TMZ wasn\'t through discussing the L\'Oreal Ad - Beyonce!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.blackwebportal.com/wire/DA.cfm?ArticleID=4048" rel="nofollow">http://www.blackwebportal.com/wire/DA.cfm?Artic...</a><br><br>She believes that B\'s skin was digitally lightened!  hmmf!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1166179">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1166179" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1166179" class="dsq-comment-message">A "study(?)" was conducted in Lancaster, PA., regarding the AGE of voters and their voting patterns/preferences regarding  Mr. Obama<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081102203.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a><br><br>Allegedly, voters 65/over prefer McAncient!  Annnnnnnd, what else is new??? :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1166205">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1166205" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1166205" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1166205">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1166205" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1166205" class="dsq-comment-message">UPDATE ON CULLEN JONES!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26136779/" rel="nofollow">http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26136779/</a><br><br>Bank of America will sponsor the Cullen Jones Tour, an effort to interest minority students in swimming!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  Good job!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1166242">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1166242" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1166242" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1166242">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1166242" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1166242" class="dsq-comment-message">Aug. 11,  Keith Olbermann on the Russia-Georgia Conflict & McAncient\'s Speech on same [plagiarized, in part??]<br><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#26146118" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#26146118</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-1166375">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-1166375" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-1166375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-1166375">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-1166375" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-1166375" class="dsq-comment-message">WashPost:  Bush\'s Georgian Betrayal<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/08/11/BL2008081101093.html?wpisrc=newsletter" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/bl...</a><br><br>Bush is "playing" at the Olympics during the conflict!!  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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