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I was on DailyKos and those people are losing their ever-lovin' minds. There's a whiff of PUMAness to the madness too. One person even did a diary ALL ABOUT how Hillary would NEVER have done this. They want to take back money, their support (if it was ever really there to start with) and their vote. It's very exhausting to see the all the vitriol directed at President Obama.  They even brought up Donnie McClurkin, I didn't realize he was so hated.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:43:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576133, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4571145": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the song Rikyrah!!! I love the Temptations!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_11:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now why does it have to be like that?.....Now if Laura Bush had  been a little more vocal and visible on the behalf of military families, maybe I would have liked the Bush administration a little more....lemme stop...I still think my opinion of frat-boy and the neo-Cons would have been the same.<br><br>As far as Michelle, just like everything else, I will take a wait-and-see approach.  Matter of factly,  I may write a few letters myself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:32:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578155, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4571668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, I think those folks best start looking at how frequently former Presidents went to their homes or CampDavid for holidays.  Then we might be able to talk.  Cause for sure no other President has been restricted in trips to their home state...so to me it is a mute point.<br><br>You and me both are LOVIN IT!!  ....Aloha!!   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Trust.<br><br>Check out this link.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/odd/archives/001033.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/odd/archives/00...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_23:01:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4582690, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4573215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Listen to this song as you read the article below on how Bush thinks he helped us...<br><br>RUNAWAY - Loleatta Holloway ( 12\" Mix )<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE7gv2AqVQU\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE7gv2AqVQU</a><br><br><br><br>Bush claims civil rights gains<br>Trusts history to judge his record<br><a href=\"http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/21/bush-claims-civil-rights-gains/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/21/bus...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:54:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4583457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town,<br><br>I saw that too! 3-ply toilet paper? Oh My! lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_23:44:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4583342, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OMG!  That's an instant classic!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:29:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572231, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, they hate Donnie. They say he is in the closet!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:42:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576261, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4583516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town,<br><br>You're too dang funny!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_23:50:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4582132, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You hit the nail on the head Shazza. White entitlement!<br><br>What I find particularly egregious is that Obama supports repealing DOMA completely and HRC never did.  But yet they support HRC while calling Obama a bigot?  Ain't nothing at play here but racism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:42:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576914, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4591026": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, I saw that!!<br><br>Arab leaders ...treated her like a LADY...I was like alrighty now.<br><br>So sad, too bad, she must return them.<br><br>I would love for them to be put on display though.<br><br>Does anyone know what the 1st female SOS Albright received in the way of jewels from Arab Leaders?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:47:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4583036, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4571185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikiyah, <br><br>I liked the song you posted, but I also liked Mariah's rendition of Christmas (baby please come home)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koiIh6UNWXE\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koiIh6UNWXE</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_11:10:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "TariqNelson", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I need a prayer circle after seeing those shirtless pics.<br><br>*throws an e-shoe at the photographer*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:36:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578868": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The thing about &lt;insert &gt;\"SOME\"gay folks saying Donnie is in the closet is that they say that about anyone who does not agree with their poitical issue and comes out and &lt;takes out&gt;\"factual\" states an opposition to their agenda.<br><br>(minor modification as to avoid attacks on the other gay issues not at play regarding this issue)<br><br>Sho you right!!!<br><br>I know one thing for a group of people fighting hate, they sure do seem to hate a lot of other groups. I.DON'T. GET.IT.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:05:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577372, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4573237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great tunes and pic post, rikyrah!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:55:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4573239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/21/iraq.christmas/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Baghdad celebrates first public Christmas amid hope, memories</a><br><br>Makes me wonder how many lawsuits someone would face if they tried to do this in the US. Yet Jesus is only considered a minor prophet in Islam...and here Iraq has a <i>government funded celebration</i> of his birth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:55:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFLMAO!!!!<br><br>*Dead and buried on my way to meet Sweet Minty Jesus*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:34:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580536, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4571706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "More Than 200 Tuskegee Airmen Accept Inauguration Invite<br><br><a href=\"http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/225-tuskegee-airmen-accept-inauguration-invite/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/2...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_11:39:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4583485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_23:47:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580536, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ha ha ha...that was good!<br>'he's as Irish as JFK<br>his grandaddy's daddy is from Ireland<br>there's no one as Irish as<br><br>BARE-ACK         (lol at how they say it)<br>Obama<br><br>Nice Irish jigging by Obama too!<br><br>He's such a bony lad", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:48:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4574505, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581447": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love it too Justice.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:07:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572977, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4571720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "C'mon Webb...what type of incongruent fantasy are you having.  SEGREGATION and being ELECTED as President.  c'mon now, he would have been lynched before we voted or his name was put on the ballot.<br><br>How about if he had been elected President during RECONSTRUCTION?<br><br>Now, THEN we might have had a full colored WH.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_11:40:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4567444, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58:   ***squish!  NOPE!   squish! NOPE!  squish! NOPE!   squish! <b>YES!!</b>****<br><br>Those are the SOUNDS of me looking through the <b>CHOIR ROBES</b> in order to FIND HIS SIZE!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>NOW, HE can be in the <b>JJP CHOIR!</b>    Even though I sang soprano, Ima be standin' in the TENOR SECTION!   Y'all feelin' me?   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    ***shakin my head***    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:18:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4567515, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Here's an article on <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/21/obamas-hawaiian-holiday-s_n_152742.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">OBAMA'S HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY:</a><br><br><i>The pool report on Obama's holiday vacation in Hawaii today has some amusing accounts of his spam sushi lunch and a confession that he's not very good at golf:<br><br>    President-elect Barack Obama finished his afternoon golf game about 5:30 p.m. local time, five hours after arriving at Olomana Golf Links.<br><br><br>    There is no word on Mr. Obama's score or any of the others in the foursome.<br><br>    But half-way through his 18 holes, as he stopped by the snack bar, he unexpectedly bumped into the pool sitting outside the club house. Asked how his game was going, he smiled and conceded: \"I'm not that good.\"<br><br>    He chatted for a moment, telling the pool to have a beer and put it on his tab. No one took him up on the offer.<br><br>    As for Mr. Obama and his group, a snack bar clerk later confirmed that he purchased two hot dogs, two spam musubi, two passion orange sodas, one Powerade and one coke, for a tab of $17.75. The spam musubi, a local luncheon specialty, consists of spam and a fried egg on a bed of rice, all held together with a dried seaweed wrap. (Visualize a very big sushi role, slightly larger than a Hostess Ho Ho.)<br><br>    The golf course was located in the Windward community of Waimanalo, about 20 minutes from Waikiki. The 18-hole course, a par 72, is set against a backdrop of the Ko'olau Mountain Range. The public course, according to marketing materials, features challenging holes of water hazards, sand traps and undulating topographical conditions.<br><br>    The pool held near the clubhouse for the duration and did not watch the president-elect play.<br><br>    The motorcade rolled out of the golf course at 5:42 p.m., with Mr. Obama seen on his cell phone, as he made his way back to the Kailua vacation house.<br><br>    Evening plans? Uncertain.<br><br>    Jeff Zeleny</i><br><br>These accounts make me feel like I'm RIGHT THERE!  :&gt;)<br><br>I'm so happy that THE FIRST FAMILY is RESTING and RELAXING!!  God Bless Them!! :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:18:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My son had an opportunity to meet two through his mentoring program in Arlington, VA, a few years ago.  A few of the parents, including myself \"snuck in\".  I think it was more exciting for us than the kids.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:31:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4571706, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577372": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The thing about gay folks saying Donnie is in the closet is that they say that about anyone who does not agree with their poitical issue and comes out and factual states an opposition to their agenda.  The first insult they hurl is 'you gay' and that is so queer, to think they  tag someone as homosexual to hurl hate...it's like wtf are YOU?  Is this how you demonstrate gay pride by using the term 'you gay' as hate? See, some mofos are so twisted in the head they can't keep straight whether they like themselves or not.<br><br>Which tells you how deeply their psyches have to be bent when insisting what they do is normal, a birthright and perfectly 'natural'<br><br>riiiiight", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:45:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577319, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578401": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That, though, requires you to buy into the \"Bush lied, people died!\" meme.<br><br>Which I don't. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:38:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578246, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, he still gets the GASSS FACE in my book. Sorry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:11:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4575397, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was thinking the same thing:<br><br>\"C'mon Sarah!\"<br>Bar is still in the hospital!\"<br>\"Pick up, damnit!\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:37:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4581031, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4590189": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:03:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587674, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578869": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ladyvenoms, Here you go:<br><br>Now I lay me down to peep<br>At pics of  PEO I sneak<br><br>If Michelle don't mind<br>I think she's kind<br>I'll keep my thoughts<br>to clean remarks<br>And Lord I thank you so", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:05:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578355, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nooooo, I don't wanna stop, and you can't make me!  LOL!  <br><br>He's our McPOTUS!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:45:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578379, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4571764": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, this is so awesome..it just makes you wanna cry. We need a memento photo of this historical event.  Obama with the Tuskegee Airman...O lord, it just makes your heart sing to think of all the struggles that made this day possible.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_11:42:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4571706, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581493": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Who's watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann right now?!?!?!?!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:11:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I HEAR that!!<br><br>Put your foot down....Kiddies are the only real JOY at Christmas time...don't let no body steal your rapture.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:52:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572596, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578423": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hahahahahah.<br><br>pray, pray, praaaaying for you and for me and for ERRRRY woman that looks at them photos", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:38:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578355, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lavender, EXCELLENT.<br><br>Co-sign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:52:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4581521, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Still no baby for Bristol Palin?  It can't be that hard to find a meth addict giving birth to a son this weekend in Alaska who needs some cash.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:05:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4583036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Condoleezza Rice Gifted $316,000 In Jewels From Arab Leaders<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/22/condoleeza-rice-gifted-31_n_152941.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/22/condol...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_23:11:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580991": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "_____________________*gasp*__________-ROFLMAO_____ OMG_______________I cant breathe________LMAO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_20:34:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580536, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "whiterosebuddy:  Yes!  Good pic!  :&gt;)  They are so REAL!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:45:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577988, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577922": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Another \"VACATION\" article:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/22/obama-hawaii-gym-workout_n_152916.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Hawaii Gym Workout:  Thanks Troops</a><br><br><br><i>KANEOHE, Hawaii \u2014 <b>President-elect Barack Obama personally thanked a handful of military service members after a morning workout.</b><br><br>Obama was up early Monday to visit the gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii with his wife, Michelle.<br><br><b>After the workout, he walked up to about 20 people in the parking lot, posed for pictures and chatted for a few minutes.<br><br>He said, \"Thank you, guys. Appreciate your service.\"</b><br><br>From there, Obama returned to his rented $9 million oceanfront home in Kailua where he and his family are staying for the Christmas holiday.<br><br>Michelle Obama remained behind at the gym.</i><br><br>O.K.  So every news article/reporter wants to focus in on the value of the \"rental!\"<br><br>-Ummm   WHERE were THEY on publishing the NUMBER of HOUSES that McAncient <b>OWNS!</b>???     ENOUGH!! <br><br>Enjoy yourselves --- FIRST FAMILY!!!  WE LOVE YOU!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:12:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 21, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Or a nose.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:56:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4575513, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey, rikyrah,<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkihOkI_7eM\" rel=\"nofollow\"> I like this rendition better,</a> from <i>Love Actually.</i>  I didn''t know Mariah did it first.<br><br>I think Mariah may have competition in Olivia Olson, once she grows up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_20:35:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4573833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/12/illegal-hijab.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The illegal hijab:</a>  A woman is sentenced to10 days in jail for refusing to remove her hijab in traffic court.  This post looks at the criminalization of the hijab and its intersections with race and gender.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/12/we-made-it.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">We made it: </a>Todays spoken word, what blacks have survived to be here today.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_13:30:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575372": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hehehehe,<br>baby grandmomma done sold that chile into white slavery for bail money!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:53:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572231, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4571789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I KNEW IT!!!!<br><br>Michael Jackson has been hit with a $1 billion lawsuit from a woman called Billie Jean who reportedly wants custody of his son.<br>In a suit filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Billie Jean Jackson alleges she is the mother of the singer's son Prince Michael Jackson II, nicknamed Blanket.<br>The woman demands $1 billion in support payment, as well as joint legal and physical custody of the six-year-old, according to legal documents obtained by U.S. news program Extra.<br>Billie Jean also requests visits with the boy on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays - in addition to participation in Blanket's education.<br>The Thriller hitmaker refused to identify Blanket's mother after he was born in 2002, but has previously said the child was the result of artificial insemination from a surrogate.<br>Jackson has faced similar lawsuits in the past. In 2006 and 2007, a woman unsuccessfully sued him for paternity payments, claiming she helped Jackson reproduce. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.nbcactionnews.com/mostpopular/story/Billie-Jean-sues-Michael-Jackson/wKRq0wiFVU60fTVC4grzRQ.cspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nbcactionnews.com/mostpopular/story/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_11:44:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "sleazeball scumbag is more like it<br><br>he makes you cringe<br><br>he ooooozes reptilian oil", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:41:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578028, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's a pleasure and an inspriation to have a POTUS with BRAIN AND BRAWN!!!<br><br>You know a two for one combo= A HAPPY MEAL!!! :-)))", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:25:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578021, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581521": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ah, WRB. I'm not following this stuff at DKos because I never read it. So I don't know what they said. But general when someone  gay accuses someone of being  in the closet, it's not to say that being gay is bad, but that because the closet is a such a deeply shameful place to be,  it  sometimes makes people become hostile to other gays as a projection of their own self hatred. <br><br>Many gay people have lived in the closet and know just how twisted a place it is to have to live. The shame and hatred doesn't come from other gay people, who are ready and willing to greet and welcome someone out of it, as if welcoming them home. The shame doesn't even necessarily come from individual straight people, althought for sure that happens way too frequently.  It comes from a culture that pathologizes and demonizes gayness, from messages that we all hear all day long in every message that comes out of mainstream culture.<br><br>When someone  becomes ex-gay it's pretty suspicious. Which isn't to say that people don't change their minds, or fall in love with someone unexpected. But generally when it's a natural course of events, the person doesn't think of themselves, or talk about themselves as \"ex-gay\" Gayness, that is, the memories and friends, and things they learned are part of themselves, part of their identity. <br><br>It's more likely that they'll say, I'm seeing a man/woman now. Or as a kind of benign poke a lesbian who has changed teams might be referred to as a \"hasbian\" but that's an in crowd expression, and indicated that the person still feels  part of a community, even if they have switched teams. <br><br>Again, I haven't followed the discussions you are mentioning, but I am guessing that any contempt or hostility you might read into \"he's in the closet\" used about an \"ex-gay\" is a communal political anger of people being tortured or \"reformed\" into going straight.<br><br>They used to force gays to have electroshock therapy to get them to change. Really. Not that long ago. Within my lifetime. Maybe within yours. It was common.  Now it's church indoctrination. Like the stuff Rick Warren does. There's a long history behind the anger. But it's not an anger about being gay. It's about being oppressed.<br><br>There is a long history behind this response. One that I'm sure many non gay people find it hard to parse.<br><br>I hope this helps a bit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:12:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "d8ba2b0b29836b2e779d25f29e6b86ea", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577372, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577938": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL....don't apologize, I know.<br><br>At this point, the goal is to try and show a human side.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:13:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577890, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town!!   Town!!   Town!!   BWAHAHAHAHA!!!    RAOTFL!!!!    :&gt;)<br><br>Sooo, \"WHYCOME\"  the PRICE of the TOILET TISSUE was omitted?  After al, IT was IMPORTED from FRANCE annnnnnnnd IT cost $50.00 per roll!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>***shakin' my head****    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_19:41:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4579709, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is this article part of the broader effort to help boost Bush's legacy...we all know the leanings ot the Washington Times to begin with.<br><br>But frankly, Bush/Cheney don't deserve any kudos for this...that is what a Commander-in-Chief is SUPPOSED  to do.  Especially after the conduct and planning his administration fell so miserably at to begin with.<br><br> It's just a shame that during all those behind-the scene visits they supposedly had, they stayed oblivious to the substandard conditions at Walter Reed---maybe they were not visiting that much.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:52:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4575397, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4571799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Merry Chrismahaunakwaansikah to everyone!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIAUptphg2o\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIAUptphg2o</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_11:44:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He IS in the closet.<br><br>Just like Rev. Haggard was.  <br><br>His uncle and cousin, in my opinion, were predators. Whenever someone is thus abused, the victim often repeats what occurred in his/her later behavior.  He may not have had any opportunity to find out for himself who he was.<br><br>But to equate gays as predators is too big a reach, and is erroneous in fact as well.  For this and other comments, McClurkin has been criticized as \"self-hating\" from other gays.  This is a term that has its basis in how some Jews view other Jews who have sold out--in their opinion--to the goyim (Gentiles).<br><br>BTW, <a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/22/92016/675/492/675831\" rel=\"nofollow\">I think you should check out this article from DK</a> complete with updates, about Melissa Etheridge's talks with Rick Warren over the weekend.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:22:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577319, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4587674": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "At some point, Donnie McClurkin actually admitted he had homosexual urges but he says he has been healed through religion.<br>I am sure this is what is being referred to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_07:28:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578868, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579995": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "On another website a commenter said AP now stands for Associated Propaganda<br><br>I'd like to change it a little and call them:   A**holes of Propaganda-----It's gonna be a looong 4 years with haters, for sure.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_19:20:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577922, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4573342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Have you seen him Lately? What is wrong with his face? I saw a pic of him a few weeks ago and he was wearing some type of mask!<br><br>This morning MSNBC reported there was something wrong with his face!<br><br>Poor Michael! I hate to hear that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_13:00:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572939, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!! Halle-lu-yer!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:14:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578869, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/22/bush-cheney-comforted-troops-privately/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bush, Cheney comforted troops privately</a><br><br><i>For much of the past seven years, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have waged a clandestine operation inside the White House. It has involved thousands of military personnel, private presidential letters and meetings that were kept off their public calendars or sometimes left the news media in the dark. <br><br>Their mission: to comfort the families of soldiers who died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and to lift the spirits of those wounded in the service of their country.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:54:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 21, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575398": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmmmm, I thought that was a SONG by Michael..what were those lyrics<br><br>Billy Jean is not my lover, she's just a woman that...kid is not my son?!!<br><br><br>oooooh...something is fishy herre", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:55:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4571789, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Forgive the typo!  I asked about the date marker b/c I consider anything since the birth of modern R&B \"modern\".  I can't get through the Christmas Season without EVERY Stevie Wonder Christmas song and Donny Hathaway's \"This Christmas\" played at least once a day for the entire Season.  Even if 1990 is the \"modern\" marker, Boyz to Men's \"Let It Snow\" is played at the house no less than 100 times before the end of the year.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:37:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572656, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "spirit:    LOL!!  <b>AAAAAA-MAN   annnnnnnd   AAAAA-MAN!!</b>   :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:14:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578869, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576940": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wQ_rSruShhk/SU_ti2dqUnI/AAAAAAAAEz4/DnrlmZ8fhWU/s1600-h/baracksashawater.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wQ_rSruShhk/SU_ti2dqU...</a><br><br>Hope this comes out!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:20:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576537, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jeans..did you say Jeans.<br><br>well looks like you need to look here...no jeans..prep yourself..for long and lean is only the beginning.<br><br>of this O sighting!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:43:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578021, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "KANEOHE, Hawaii \u2014 President-elect Barack Obama used the restroom facilities while vacationing in his lavish $9 million dollar beachfront secluded estate.<br><br>Obama went into the restroom at about 10:45, Secret Service personnel guarding the doors outfitted with 24K gold knobs with diamond inlay.<br><br>The bathroom Obama used has 3 ply organic toilet paper estimated to cost $20 per roll and sold exclusively to royals, elites and heads of state directly through Charmin's manufacturers.  The paper is milled from organic trees planted deep in the Amazonian rainforest, where the average citizen only makes 3 cents per day.<br><br>Obama was estimated to have used 10 three ply sheets of this toilet paper  and was heard to have flushed not once, but twice, which may anger many citizens who voted for him because of his \"green friendly\" campaign promises.  The toilets installed at Obama's lavish hideaway are said not to be \"low flow\" toilets, which environmentalists claim will reduce water usage.<br><br>After washing his hands in French milled soaps, Obama applied La Mer hand lotion which is estimated to cost around $225 per bottle.  For comparison, the average shopper can buy 225 bottles of SUAVE for the same price of the Obama lotion.<br><br>Exiting the bathroom, Obama sprayed a commercial air freshener behind him.  The price could not be determined, but the National Association Against Aerosol Sprays has determined that by using an aerosol air freshener, Obama released enough ozone into the atmosphere to speed up the rate of global warming by one week.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_19:59:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580291, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4571835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LMAO!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_11:46:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4571789, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575422": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "hmmm, hyperbaric oxygen chamber makes sense now", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:56:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572978, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580034": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks, GLH.  You're always lookin out.<br><br>I wish you and yours the best.  God Bless.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_19:22:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4579253, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581571": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now Town, you know Babs Bush & Quaker in the same sentence.......<br><br>OXYMORON!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:16:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4581077, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577988": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That was beautiful awwwww, I just love that picture of them in their wedding attire on that bench with Michelle stretched out with her head on Barack's shoulder...soooo romantic.<br><br>We did it!! It's true!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:16:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4575629, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575431": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He just has a nose like a skullhead is all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:56:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4573342, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Girl, George Herbert Walker Bush is a old hound.  As in sniffing after women.<br><br>She probably got tired of him panting on the other end.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_20:38:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580344, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My unit in Cuba was the first Navy group to do detainee operations. Aside from me (I volunteered, not really knowing what was going on), we had aircraft mechanics, cooks, engineering types, masters at arms....the only requirement was people who had worked security or in a brig before (which I hadn't, and I got stuck in Camp Delta for a couple months before getting pulled out).<br><br>That's the main thing I tell people who ask me about the military now; no matter what you're trained for, know that you can-and most likely will-be sent overseas.<br><br>As much as we whine and complain about \"finish the job,\" anyone smart enough to understand the military's force structure and deployment schedules knows that we couldn't sustain the 2007 tempo in Iraq past 2010...and that's at the latest. I-and I think most now-are starting to recognize that those 30K troops getting ready to get packed off to Afghanistan are coming from the same surge pool that did Iraq.<br><br>It's going to take a couple decades to restore the military to its pre-9/11 strength, both in terms of equipment, personnel, and-probably most importantly-leadership? Was it worth it? I still think so, but a fair analysis has to recognize that extensive damage has been done.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:50:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577218, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "After looking at his wife the Quaker Oats Man, can you blame him?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_20:40:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4581031, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What is Olbermann trying to do to me tonight?? This was a great homage to the campaign of Barack Obama...it had all the elements: hope, humor, anger, love, joy, sorrow,.....it had it all!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:18:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4581493, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sepia:  Gotta admit - - That pic would be betta IFFFF - -he did that!  :&gt;)<br><br>On the real:   I PREFER to see him in a SUIT!  REALLY!   :)<br><br>It's just fun to play around, otherwise.  <br><br>Where he LIFTS WEIGHTS is in HIS GRAY MATTER!  THAT'S REALLY WHAT MATTERS!<br><br>The WEIGHT of the WORLD rests on HIS BRAIN not HIS BRAWN!  :&gt;)<br><br>Soooo, I'm glad that he and his family are RESTING and RELAXING!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, THANKS for the PIC!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:50:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577177, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Merry Christmas Monie!<br><br><br>Wishing you and your family a very blessed holiday season full of good cheer and lots of happy  moments to cherish forever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:50:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577218, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What a pathetic clown he is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:18:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577452, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575469": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "islandgirl:  Yes.  Annnnnd I keep \"Field Trippn'\" to ALASKA to see \"WHAT's UP!\" :&gt;)<br><br>And I've found NOTHIN'  !!!  Guess I'll just keep \"pacin' the floo'\"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:59:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572585, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO!!! Funniest thing, the one time I've gotten my hair cut by a white perosn, it was a white guy  about 10 years ago....I think his fear is why he gave me one of the best cuts I've ever had. No lie. I swear I still remember because I went back to him to after that to trim it and cut it when it would grow out too much from the style. It was the best layered bob EVER. I think he was so nervous he was cutting my hair strand by strand...it took him FOREVER. I had just moved to Charlotte, NC and the reason I went in was because I saw a black face...turned out she was the receptionist but she told me he could do it...he was scared, I was scared...but the haircut....I promise, just a haircut...took him about 90 minutes just to cut my hair...but it was FLY! It was perfect!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_20:03:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4579294, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577452": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good.<br><br>Now the PUMA's can pay off Mark Penn.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:48:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577215, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582132": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "KANEOHE, Hawaii \u2014 While the news media and blogosphere is in an uproar about President-elect Barack Obama's lavish $9 million dollar exotic Hawaii getaway, other groups are outraged about Obama seemingly not being as green friendly as he preaches.<br><br>Sources claim that all of the bathrooms in Obama's expensive oceanside estate are outfitted with Quilted Northern Ultra Plush 3-ply bath tissue.<br><br>Georgia Pacific, the manufacturer of Quilted Northern, claims that 3-ply bath tissue \"delivers a luxurious experience to consumers with 2 layers for softness\" and \"an additional layer for absorbency.\"  Georgia Pacific officials claim the new Quilted Northern is sewer friendly and 100% biodegradable material, made from virgin pulp fibers.<br><br>But environmentalists are concerned that Obama's continued usage of 3-ply bath tissue signals that he is not as green friendly as he preaches.  Quilted Northern's 3-ply bath tissue is not made of recyled materials.  In their defense, Georgia Pacific claims that Quilted Northern Ultra Plush 3-ply uses no more paper than regular 2-ply bath tissues.<br><br>Joan McGillycutty of the environmental blog NO TP for my Bunghole feels betrayed by Obama's usage of 3 ply toilet paper.  \"He claimed that he was going to be more green friendly and create green jobs and then he turns around on his expensive vacation where he thinks nobody can see him and uses a form of toilet paper that is requiring more trees to be cut down and used.  Why can't he use 2 ply toilet paper or better yet, 1 ply?\"  <br><br>McGillycutty continues, \"I feel betrayed and disappointed.  If this is how he [Obama] going to be, breaking promises before he's even sworn in, how is he going to be after he takes the oath of office?\" <br><br>McGillycutty says that she is organizing all of her fellow environmental bloggers to write a letter to the president-elect urging him to stop the use of 3 ply toilet paper immediately.  \"He's setting a bad example for the rest of the country,\" she said.  \"I know that sometimes when people aren't used to having the luxuries of life they go overboard because they're not used to having it, but we're talking about the Earth here.  Comfort and luxury for your butt does not trump destroying trees.\"<br><br>Neither President-elect Obama nor his staff had any comment for this story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:00:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580991, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582697": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hee,hee! My sides are splitting.   Don't stop!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:42:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4582368, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580606": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's a really good comparison!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_20:04:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576557, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ladyvenoms:     LOL!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)    \"e-shoe\"    LOL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:19:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578355, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Update on theTuskegee Airmen's Invitation:<br><br><a href=\"http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/225-tuskegee-airmen-accept-inauguration-invite/\" rel=\"nofollow\">More Than 200 Tuskegee Airmen Accept Inauguration Invite</a><br><br><i> About 225 of the Tuskegee airmen have accepted an invitation to go to Washington for Barack Obama\u2019s inauguration, but it is not clear if all will actually make it.<br><br>Some of the 225 have accepted on a \u201cconditional\u201d basis \u2014 they are waiting to see what kind of arrangements can be made for their transportation and lodging as well as ground logistics in Washington.</i><br><br>THERE IS MOTE!  ANNNND, A VIDEO!<br><br>I'm SURE that arrangements WILL be made for them.  :&gt;)  GOD BLESS THEM!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:28:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582662": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So there IS a downside in looking like The Joker.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:39:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4575422, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572939": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hee, hee.........mamasay mamasa mamakusa.  <br><br>Girl, you Wanna Be Starting Something<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg0AsWruz4k\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg0AsWruz4k</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:41:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4571789, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Monie, you're preaching to the choir; you know I know that. <br><br>Believe it or not, the Army is a lot further along in dealing with deployment issues than the Navy is. The ship stuff is normal for us, but now that we're putting people on the ground as well (besides the special operations guys), the Navy is running into a lot of the same problems that the ground-oriented forces are.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:25:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576750, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is for the ladies (and gents if you swing that way (to each his/her own)).  Y'all remember that period between the end of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Bad Boys when Will went from that cute, adorable, skinny, baby brother like brotha' to \"ooooh, Will\"?  I just had that experience seeing PEO in photos taken yesterday...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:01:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, it is.<br><br>I think that for visiting the families, some measure of credit is deserved. Especially from the VP, who really isn't required (either by law or convention) to do so.<br><br>I know one of the times I went to the White House, President Bush spent more time with the families than with the veterans, and he didn't seem contrived/forced in the least.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:59:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576406, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So true.  And I hope the Obama Administration keeps military families at the forefront, and especially help implement some of the same  programs for deployed Navy personnel's families like they have the Army.  Because if they don't,it is sure to create more problems and I can guarantee families will begin dissolve....just like they have in other branches.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:19:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577490, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4567320": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow y'all...some of the <a href=\"http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/before-the-white-house-the-clubhouse\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hawaiian Vacation Photos</a> are starting to come in.<br><br>LoL, oh-my-goodness...I promise you all; this will drive some \"saltines\" absolutely CRA__ZY!  Do you know how much it's going to cost to fly a 747(Air Force One) from DC to HI?  I wish that I could get a nickel for everytime that Limball and Fannity bring this shyt up.<br><br>Can you imagine if Bush or any other president for that matter was making trips to Hawaii on the taxpayers dime, folks would be losing their minds.  Even I would be bitching about it.  <br><br>But the beauty of it for Barack is, \"It's my home state!  Dayum skippy, I'm going home!\" ...AND, I LOVES IT...Oh how I LOVES IT...BwaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!<br><br>The rural rednecks of GA can fantasize about getting to Honolulu, but Barack's gonna be sippin pina-coladas on some of the best beaches on earth...at their expense. I SURELY LOVES IT!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_03:19:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wonder how much he would pay to have that nose again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:00:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572939, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WRB:  THIS is why I reacted!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:21:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578479, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572960": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Showed him a photo...the kid's eyes were just like his.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:41:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4571835, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Al these Lincoln parallels are beginning to feel like a bad omen. Everybody know how Lincoln's term ended.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:40:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4582394, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4574505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Have ya'll seen this:<br><br><a href=\"http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/12/theres-no-one-a.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">There's No One As Irish as Barack O'bama</a><br><br>The version I saw was filmed in an actual irish pub I guess:<br><br>&lt;a href=\"<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADUQWKoVe%22%3EOriginal:\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADUQWKoVe\"&gt;Orig...</a> There's No One As Irish as Barack O'bama</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:02:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLadyHere, you think they put that kid up on the auction block?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:54:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4575469, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:   YES I AM!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   LOL!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:21:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577426, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "lol<br><br>I have to hear Christina Aguilera's \"Oh Holy Night\" at least 10 times a day! She sings it so beautifully. I feel you on Stevie Wonder also...Just love \"Someday At Christmas\"!<br><br>Merry Christmas!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:42:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572839, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572978": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "nicknamed \"Blanket\" SMH<br><br><br><br>Michael Jackson in Need of New Lungs?<br>Michael is apparently VERY ill. I hope his financial affairs are in order...<br><a href=\"http://www.popeater.com/music/article/michael-jackson-in-need-of-new-lungs/284342\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.popeater.com/music/article/michael-j...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:43:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4571789, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hairdressers want chance to style first lady<br>By GILLIAN GAYNAIR, Associated Press Writer Gillian Gaynair, Associated Press Writer \u2013 Mon Dec 22<br><br>WASHINGTON \u2013 Hair salon owner Barry Fletcher sent Michelle Obama a 17-minute DVD about himself. Hairdresser Keith Harley uploaded his resume to President-elect Barack Obama's Web site. And salon owner Nicole Cober-Blake plans to get her name in by sending a welcome basket with bath gels, hair products and a robe.<br><br>There are plenty of unanswered questions buzzing around the Obamas' impending arrival, but one has hairdressers on the edge of their styling chairs: Who will be chosen to do Michelle Obama's hair?<br><br>Now, everyone wants to know where  theFrist Lady gonna get her hair did<br><br><a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_go_pr_wh/michelle_obama_hair\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_go_pr...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:43:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579381": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:   My pleasure!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>They truly \"DO THEM!\"   YES THEY DO!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:40:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4579208, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582965": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Against Race Politics...I see you got my point.<br>I wasn't talking about anyone being in the closet at all. I was saying that gay people spew 'you gay' at folks to insult them. They commonly do that when another individual argues with them. The other common insult is bigot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_23:04:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578868, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578624": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That may be true...But I think Michelle can also relate because she has had to endure raising her girls back in Illinois while Obama was in Washington, not to mention the grueling campaign schedule they faced as a family...and the strain it may have posed.  Her experience may not have been severe as the typical military family is...but I am sure she can relate.  Hopefully she and Jill Biden can join forces.  <br><br>From what I read, many of the military wives who attended the roundtables she held were very impressed with Michelle O., and some of the women were initially Clinton supporters but later fell in line and supported Obama and embraced Michelle wholeheartedly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:51:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578371, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think even with Laura Bush, I'd have been a bit skeptical. <br><br>If that should be anyone's \"thing,\" it's Jill Biden. Of the two spouses, she has the experience of dealing with deployments and the military.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:37:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578316, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMBAO!!!!! Oh Town, bring it down, girl.  <br><br>Send this on to the AP!  Go ahead I dare ya!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580536, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Found this over on Ta-Nehisi blog.  Anthony Hamilton doing his thing:<br><br><a href=\"http://vimeo.com/2569976\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anthony Hamilton \"A Change Gonna Come</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:19:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4574538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is the version I saw which was basically a sing-a-long in Ireland.  Check it out:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADUQWKoVek\" rel=\"nofollow\">Orginal: There's No One As Irish as Barack O'bama</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:04:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4574505, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4586808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town!   Town!    Town!  Just <b>TOWN!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)</b><br><br><b>***shakin' my head*** </b>   'cause I cain't speak!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_05:01:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4582132, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4573522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She was....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_13:12:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572585, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4573011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!<br><br>Stop!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:44:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572231, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:   O.K.  But the LOGIC still exists.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:26:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578401, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Shazza:  HEY!!!   :&gt;)   GREAT PIC!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I looked at it while I was \"down!\"   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>THANK YOU  for sharing!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:57:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576940, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580405": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Those rat bastards are getting on my last damn nerve!!<br><br>How mutha-*****ing often must we hear the value of the home the Obama's are staying in?? WTH?!?!? They kill me with that subtle shit! Just go on and flat out say \"The Obama's, in these tough times for hard-working real Americans, are living in the lap of luxury in a private estate\"......damn, just say it already!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_19:48:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4579995, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578021": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WRB:  LOL!  :&gt;)   No doubt that he has nice JEANS - - -  -er GENES!    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:17:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577867, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576610": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Forgot the link:  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a><br><br>P.S.:  This pic calmed me down after reading the post \"Obama doesn't have a Klue.\"  My sympathy for the LGBT Community is growing thinnner and thinner with sh*t like that!  Could black folks in the LGBT Community please tell them that they lost and will continue to lose the gay marriage battle if they keep pissin' off Black folks.  There is truth in numbers.  They need us far more than we need them!  They really need to STFU and sit down and study the Civil Rights Movement, rather than angering the people they need.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:04:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576557, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4591078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, his cavalcade, not horse&buggy... they are riding around in a vehicle with windows DOWN  armed to the teeth with assault weapons the likes of which the average American has never seen! <br><br>But that right there tells me, he is under far greater & FREQUENT threat than ever, as well.<br><br>But I am praying!! Which is all I the average citizen can do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:50:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4582940, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579176": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm pretty sure if she chooses a black stylist somebody will comment WHY SHE GOTTA GO WITH A BLACK STYLIST? <br><br>Meanwhile Misty at Country Cutz & Color and Bethany at Supercuts will say to themselves, glad she chose a black stylist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:27:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577352, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She could look better, but you know she's EVIL, too.<br><br>She ain't nothing like no Quaker, neither.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_20:51:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4581077, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578155": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Supposedly, that's going to be Michelle Obama's First Lady \"thing.\" I take that with measured skepticism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:25:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578070, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good point, NMP, I really hadn't thought about that. Yet I keep reading 'WE' elected him! I was thinking to myself, didn't BO get less support than Kerry in the gay community? They started referring to straight entitlement but all I could see was white entitlement.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:20:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576699, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LMAO!! These ugly souls have really irked me with always having to list out the cost of everything the Obamas do! YES you jackazzes, these black people can have a nice rest in his HOMESTATE and there's nothing you can do about it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_19:56:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580291, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4573045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>There you go again!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:46:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572960, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4586873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Monie: <br><br> My pleasure!  :&gt;)<br><br>THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnd, to U  2!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_05:10:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580034, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579709": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "KANEOHE, Hawaii \u2014 President-elect Barack Obama personally thanked a handful of military service members after a morning workout.<br><br>After eating a breakfast of $16 eggs and washing it down with organic orange juice, priced at $4.99 per 8 ounces, Obama headed over to the gym at the Marine Corps facility in an entourage of Escalades, Hummers and Range Rovers.<br><br>The president-elect played basketball in a Burberry jogging suit from Neiman Marcus and a pair of pricey Adidas tennis shoes.  After the workout, he walked up to about 20 people in the parking lot with designer sunshades by Versace, posed for pictures, signed autographs and chatted for a few minutes.<br><br>He said, \"Thank you, guys. Appreciate your service.\"<br><br>From there, Obama returned to his rented $9 million oceanfront home in Kailua where he and his family are staying for the Christmas holiday.  The lavish estate features 5 bedrooms, where each bed is dressed with 1000 thread count linens and 5.5 bathrooms outfitted with expensive Egyptian terrycloth towels, $10 mini soaps, a bidet, a spa and 3 ply toilet paper.  The gourmet kitchen features granite countertops and a Subzero kitchen stocked with $19/lb gourmet cheeses, rare meats, caviar, lobster and authentic Champagne.  The Obamas will dine on fancy china from Bernardau at $435 per place setting, all atop a Chantilly lace tablecloth estimated at almost $2000 per tablecloth.<br><br>Obama will return to America and prepare to take the oath of office later in January, where he faces insurmountable challenges in helping ordinary Americans losing their jobs and savings navigate the financial crisis.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_19:02:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577922, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:   Just speakin' truth!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576260, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:09:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In an interview with Larry King set to air tonight, Joe Biden defended Barack Obama's selection of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration:<br><br>    Barack Obama said you've got to reach out. You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.<br><br>    We can't continue to be a red and blue country. We can't be divided like we have been. And he's made good on his promise.<br><br>    And I would say to the gay and lesbian community, they have nothing to worry about. Barack Obama, every aspect of his life, every aspect of his public life, and every commitment he's made relating to equality for all people, will be things that he will stick with and that they should view this in the spirit in which he offered the opportunity to -- to Mr. Warren.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:34:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4590982": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Where do you buy it?  And what is the price.? lol lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:44:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4583342, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "greenLady, thanks for the report.  I love the greeting card too.  So happy to see the First Family in that setting.  <br><br>And thank goodness they aren't wearing those CORNY X-mas sweaters with those hokey snowflakes and gingerbread men on'em!!!   uggh!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:29:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578783, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   SAME SONG  - - DIFFERENT PICS!    :&gt;)   LOVELY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBn1zgiRY1g&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br>Obama & Family(Christmas 08' random photos)Stevie Wonder-Someday at Christmas(w/lyrics)</a><br><br><b>ENJOY!!!</b>    :&gt;)      :&gt;)      ***tears***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:05:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit: Oh!  Absolutely NOT!   The Gov. will NOT let that happen!  She needs ta prove some point of hers.  Whateva. . . <br><br>Annnnnnnd, they have enough $$$ to care for the child.  Soooo. .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:02:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577579, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I swear....this never gets old:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wKF06E5pqk\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wKF06E5pqk</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:11:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4581798, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:06:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4575204, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4567444": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>A \"Coloreds Only\" White House</b><br><br>A thought ran across my mind...what if Barack had been elected <b>during Segregation?</b>  Where would he have lived?  Would the White House have been available to him?  If so, what would happen to the White House following his two terms?<br><br>We know how some racists felt (feel) about pools used by black people, \"I'll never, ever get in that pool!\"<br><br>So could that mean that the real racists will never pursue political office now that a Black Man is about to occupy what was considered a \"Whites Only\" house? <br><br>Just a thought...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_03:38:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4592366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I constantly pray for his safety & for the safety of his family!  I pray God...put a hedge of protection around PEO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_12:56:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4591078, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577177": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL! <br><br>But can you imagine if he were to start lifting weights? O, My! *fans self*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:34:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576537, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sepia:   \"OXYGEN MASK\" - check!   FAN! -check!   \"AIR CONDITIONER\" - FULL BLAST!! - check!    SITTING! -check!   O. KAAAAAAAY!<br><br>T<br>H<br>E<br>Y<br>  <br>D<br>I<br>'<br>I<br>N<br>T<br><br><br>Q<br>U<br>I<br>T<br>E<br><br>W<br>O<br>R<br>K!!<br><br><b>FLOOR!</b>    But I am AWAKE!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)  Soo I made it!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   <br><br>***shakin' my head****    :&gt;)    :&gt;)  LAWD HA'MERCY!!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Whooo!  Hoo!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:00:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576162, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ha-ha!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ha%2520ha-%2520nelson&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&star&feature=player_embedded\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo&eurl...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:00:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577215, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks whiterosebuddy!  I wish the same to you, your family, and the rest of JJP.<br><br>I learned a long time ago that you have to be thankful for the present because tomorrow is not promised.  And while you are going through life's journey...you must appreciate the lows as well as the highs...because everything has its purpose, whether we understand it or not.<br><br>One of my anthems in life is the gospel song \"I Won't Complain.\" And that's not to say, I NEVER complain...it just helps me put away the wallowing or self-victimization.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:00:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577509, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ladies, brace yourselves before clicking this link: <a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/54903/thumbs/r-OBAMA-SHIRTLESS-huge.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">O, MY!</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:36:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582309": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lavender, I appreciate your candor in sharing.  Well stated.<br><br>Oppression is a bitch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:12:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4581521, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581798": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw it.  Good stuff.  Palin and McCain....... Shakin my head!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_21:32:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4581591, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wasn't she due this past Saturday?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:23:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572231, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "210K to be exact.  At least that's what Dubyah's made.  thought I'd tack on another 100k to test the waters!  LOL!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:57:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578287, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582828": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ctfu!! @ 3ply toilet tissue!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:52:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4579709, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4583342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tee hee, there really IS 3-ply toilet paper!<br><br>I don't have a Kos account.  I dare somebody to post these up over there!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_23:33:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4583079, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I totally agree with you.  My children believe in Santa.  I see parents and little children shop for Christmas presents.   Their behavior leave a lot to be desired.  The parents are ATM machines to these kids.  Children make demands and have crying fits if they don't get what they want.   The parents are angry, frustrated, and worn out..  There is no joy in the Christmas shopping.  <br><br>My children will experience the wonder and joy that I experienced in Christmas as a child.   My children enjoy the holiday season.  They love the cooking, the decorating,  viewing holiday displays, the music and the tv shows.  It is a joy to see them get into the Christmas spirit", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:34:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ecb8e53ad4dc175b15ab69340dd091f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572596, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BWAAAHAAAHAHAHAHAH.....spirit!<br><br>Spirit...SPIIIIIIRIT!!!<br><br>Stop that!!<br><br>Happy Meal?  ...ooooooohhhhhhhhnooooooooo", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:36:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578157, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572596": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is how it\u2019s gonna go down in the Millner/Chiles household from now on and forever more: Any kid who comes to my house talking about \u201cThere is no Santa Claus\u201d will not be invited back until June, when nobody\u2019s thinking about Christmas.<br><br>Nothing personal.<br><br><a href=\"http://mybrownbaby.blogspot.com/2008/12/yes-mari-and-lilathere-is-santa-claus.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mybrownbaby.blogspot.com/2008/12/yes-mar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:24:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "9623f3936d328a9b2e4a54b5847d31a3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Monie:   -Er.   -ummm  Did you REQUEST this?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBZrVqd0ahQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">I won't Complain - John Legend</a><br><br>ENJOY the COMFORT of THESE WORDS!!  :&gt;)   I do!   :&gt;)<br><br>\"The Lord has been soooo good to me!\"<br><br>\"Thank you Lord!\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:31:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577694, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was just about to post that! LOL! Too bad the site that's featuring other pics is having issues.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:38:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576162, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Who do you think the PUMA's were besides bitter middle-aged white women? The LGBT overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton in the primaries, and they were the only group that declined in support for the Democratic candidate since 2004.  What does President elect Obama owe them again?  I have never seen a group who loses practically every electoral battle rant like they have political strength.  As I said before, they lost on gay marriage in arguably the gayest state in the country.  30 states have outlawed gay marriage. And they really think this is the way to turn the tide in their direction?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:08:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576261, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a33YvqB4RHSM&refer=home\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clinton Writes Off $13.2 Million Loan to Campaign</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:35:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Exactly.  My brother's ex-girlfriend is a Naval officer and we were discussing the same things earlier this year.  She was the one who informed me that more Naval personnel were serving in combat land operations right alongside the Army and Marines, since the other forces have been stretched so thin.  And literally many Naval personnel are being put in positions they never anticipated.<br><br>I know I come hard on Bush.  But the truth is, when  our servicemembers are \"at home\" from deployment...they still spend a lot of time away training.<br><br>Once the new year arrives here for me and my family, I already know things are going to change drastically because we got training coming up.  So even though my husband's deployment is months away...he will probably be absent from our household  for at least 60% of the time until he goes overseas. <br>And families have to make some tough decisons in the meantime...I'm tackling some of my own dilemmas...while at the same time making the most of this Christmas/New Year's that he IS home but the future is real uncertain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:36:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577037, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yeah, uh huh, sure...we know why you hit the floor...don't go trying to mask it now with all this cognitive reasoning...ahahahahaha", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:10:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577502, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578246": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  I believe that someone else expressed this same thought:  FIRST - shrub LIED to start a WAR in another country.  WAR=people would DIE.<br><br>NOW he wants to COMFORT people AFTER he caused the DEATH/INJURY of their loved ones behind HIS LIE!!?? <br><br>Where WAS that HUMAN SIDE  B4 he LIED and MADE his decision?<br><br>To ask is to answer!!<br><br>Sorry!  2.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:30:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577938, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4586487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Man after the election, one of the pundits said that the ones Obama has to watch out for are the members of his own party.  I took it as just campaign rhetoric, but damned if they weren't right.  God help me I think it was Pat Buchanan.<br><br><a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/2008/12/22/barney-frank-still-miffed-at-warren-pick/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barney Frank Still Miffed at Warren Pick</a><br><br>Now look, if Melissa Etheridge says <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-etheridge/the-choice-is-ours-now_b_152947.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">get over it, reach out, each one teach one</a> then I say Barney should do like Eddie told Bill Cosby \" <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7nNLotYdOE\" rel=\"nofollow\">Have a Coke and a smile and sTFU</a>\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_04:14:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4581327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's not the cost I am looking at when I read this article.  I'm thinking of the environmental waste.  If he is going to talk it, he's gotta walk it, too.<br><br>Wow, <i>three-ply toilet tissue</i>?  Bet you Bush has that kind of tissue for his heinie.  But brother, you know they reporting on every effing thing...be on the offensive.<br><br>Please. no hater mail.  I'm not downing Obama's taking a rest.  Truly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_20:58:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4580499, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4583377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I plead the blood of Jesus to protect PEO & his precious family!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_23:36:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4582690, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575698": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:   Look up thread!!  Stevie annnnnnd Obama pics!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_15:10:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4572977, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4567515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Aretha Franklin's in the Obama, Christmas spirit</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.freep.com/article/20081221/ENT07/812210333/1046\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.freep.com/article/20081221/ENT07/812...</a><br><br><i>In addition, the Queen of Soul is set to deliver a big performance at the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.</i><br><br><i>\"I feel great pride, respect and honor to have been invited to participate in this universal and global celebration for such a phenomenal man, President-elect Barack Obama. And to participate in what promises to be one of the greatest moments in American history. I am so glad he came along in my lifetime,\" Franklin said in a statement.</i><br><br><br><b>I sure hopes she sings \"Oh Happy Day\"! Pretty Please...</b><br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081219/POLITICS/812190449/1022/POLITICS\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AI...</a><br><br><br><i>The Detroit singer has been a vocal supporter of Obama since early in the presidential campaign. <b>She attended his Labor Day rally last September at Hart Plaza in Detroit, and was sitting in one of the front rows when Obama paid tribute to her by singing a few bars of her 1967 hit \"Chain of Fools.\" Franklin's assessment: \"He has a very melodic and soulful voice, and he was grooving</b>.\"</i><br><br><br><b> So PEO can sing also?  He just amazes me!</b>  <br><br><br>Did you hear that GreenLady? He can sang! lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_03:47:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579294": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town, break it down. <br><br>It's Mary Lou at MasterCuts, here.  Only they hired a Korean chic to do all the POC's hair.  So, you know they'll get the Asians in there. But what Black person would step foot in that place, knowing these folks don't want to look at them, let alone touch their \"nappy hair.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:35:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4579176, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578783": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:<b>Monday, DECEMBER 22, 2008;  DAY -29  - On His \"JOURNEY TO JANUARY!</b><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> Of the DAY:  <b>TRANSITION TRAIL - SOME PENDING MATTERS/VACATION</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINE(s):</b><br><br>     a) <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1208/Obama_nabs_top_Hill_aides_as_legislative_liaisons.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama nabs top Hill aides as legislative liaisons</a><br><br><i><b>President-elect Barack Obama is set to name two top congressional aides as his eyes and ears in the House and Senate, respectively.<br><br><u>Dan Turton,</u> the staff director on the House Rules Committee who also worked for former Democratic House Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri, will be Obama's <u>House liaison,</u> while <u>Shawn Maher, a top aide to Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will serve as the top liaison to the Senate</u>, a source tells Politico.</b><br><br>The announcement is expected later today.<br><br>Both Turton and Maher will report directly to Phil Schiliro, Obama's head of legislative affairs.<br><br>Turton already has a seat at the Democratic leadership table as the staff director on Rules. He gets high marks from Democrats and Republicans alike. Maher was deeply involved with Dodd's work on the Wall Street bailout, so he'll bring significant economic policy knowledge to the job.<br><br>These legislative liaisons will work for the White House, but spend much of their time quite literally walking the hallways of Congress, lingering outside of votes and lobbying members of Congress in person to back the administration on important legislation. They will also feed intelligence back to the administration about where things stand on Capitol Hill.</i><br><br>     b)  <b> His schedule</b>:<br>Monday Dec. 22, 2008<br>All Times Eastern7:00 AM\t<br>8:00 AM\t<br>9:00 AM\t<br>10:00 AM\t<br>11:00 AM\t<br>12:00 PM\t<br><b>12:19 PM\t<br><br>Barack and Michelle Obama arrive at Semper Fit Center on Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay at to work out.</b><br>1:00 PM\t<br>1:08 PM\t<br><br>The president-elect leaves the gym.<br>1:21 PM\t<br><br>Obama arrives back at his rental home.<br><br>     c)  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16790.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">On vacation, Obama hits the links</a><br><br><i><br>Obama golfs on in Hawaii Sunday.<br>Photo: AP<br><br>HONOLULU \u2014 <b>On the first full day of his last vacation before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama seemed to have already had enough of the prying eyes of the press corps shadowing his every move.<br><br>\u201cOK, guys, come on,\" Obama said, looking toward photographers clicking away as he stretched and hit a few drives before a Sunday afternoon round of golf.</b><br><br>\u201cHow many shots do you need?\u201d<br><br>Obama played 18 holes with three others at Olomana Golf Links near his Kailua vacation home on his native island of Oahu, according to a pool report from The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny. Eugene Kang, a political adviser, was with Obama at the driving range.<br><br>As the president-elect's warmed up, an onlooker peering through a fence noticed something special about Obama's game.<br><br>\"He's a lefty!\" the man said. (Obama shares the trait with the likes of Masters and PGA champion Phil Mickelson.)</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE!  :&gt;)<br><br>3.  FROM:  <b>THE FIRST FAMILY</b>:<br><br><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2tzoE474w&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br>OBAMA HOLIDAY GREETING CARD</a><br><br><b>ENJOY!!</b>    <b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:01:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please keep these, please......these are too freaking funny...I bet if you put these up on dkos OR redstate right now you'd get 500 comments blasting Obama to hell - amazing how the far right and far left can come together isn't it? LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:16:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4582132, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4575204": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "America is a country with freedom of religion!.To deny her that right is accepted racism!  It wouldn't be asked of a Nun to remove her head covering!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_14:43:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4573833, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577426": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ROTFLMAO!!! GreenLady, you up offa the floor yet!  Hee, hee!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:47:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576537, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579153": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Guurrrrlllll, what would I do without you.  A-MAN!!!!  ROTFLM HINEY OFF", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_18:25:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4578985, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4583079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town,<br><br>this entire series is hilarious, on point, and a huge FUCK YOU.<br><br>thank you from the bottom of my Uppity Negro heart.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_23:14:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4579709, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4576750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am not saying he is not sincere.  But it is a given that these servicemembers not only serve, but their families serve as well.<br><br> D, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have become the HARDEST conflicts on families than any other wars because of the fact that over 50% of all servicemembers are married with children as opposed to wars past......and so today more than ever more families are serving with their husbands than ever before.<br><br>I know that it took awhile in some branches to even expand services for families back home, like extending free day-care to deployed troop families and providing recreational activities to their children...I know in the Army in particular, families were struggling hard with the  frequent deployments and they were some of the major issues discussed at AFAP conferences...you can be sure I was one of the vocal.  Many of these services really did not come to fruition until at least 2006...which was still kind of late considering how long we were already involved in these wars, but it was still better than nothing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_16:12:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4576530, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4578287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Guuurl, p now you know he is barely going make a measly 200K<br><br><br>these folks done lost their everlasting pennypinchin minds!<br><br>But did you see brother man showing his stuff under the headline ..O!<br><br>he looks GOOD...enough to make you swooon...<br><br>no champagne or vodka needed when you behold that visual<br><br>you just melt....EVERY. where...tee hee", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:32:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4577783, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4572656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rikyrah,<br><br>My modern do you mean post 1990?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_12:27:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4579829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/12/20/george-hw-bush-mad-at-sarah-palin.html?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:george-hw-bush-mad-at-sarah-palin\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers...</a><br><br>George Bush Sr. miffed that Sarah Palin won't return his phone calls.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_19:09:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4577783": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now whiterose, we got to make sure the Prez ain't being slipped some weed or crack, and also, we wanna keep track of his spending you know, with the economy in the shithole and all.  <br><br>Plus PEO gonna be making over $400,000 a year as POTUS, and we want an accounting of all this negros spending of his own money.<br><br>Just sayin........", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_17:04:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4571668, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4580344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ahhh...is his widdle feelings hurt? lol...I'm not sure which is more hilarious....him losing all dignity with being miffed at all (you're a former president, she's nothing to you ya nimrod) or the spokesperson for her having the audacity to say he should try calling again!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_19:45:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4579829, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4582394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Will Obama Take the Oath on Lincoln's Bible?<br><br><br>He's already taken so many pages out of Abe's book, why not place his hand on the Good one?<br><br>Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama will take the Presidential oath on January 20 with one hand on Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Bible. Although the Library of Congress, which houses the Bible, would not confirm this, they did say that the Obama team has expressed interest in it. \u201cIt\u2019s been discussed, it\u2019s in the air,\u201d a Library of Congress Rare Books spokesperson said.<br><br>The Bible itself, an 1853 Oxford Edition, is covered in worn red velvet and sealed with a metal clasp. It is small in size, not much bigger than a man\u2019s hand. The Lincoln Bible was not a family heirloom\u2014he came to Washington without one\u2014but is thought to have come from the Supreme Court\u2019s holdings. A historian in the Library of Congress\u2019 Rare Books Division said he was not aware that the book had been used to inaugurate any other president.<br><br>There is more.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-22/will-obama-take-the-oath-on-lincolns-bible/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_22:17:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4591100": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice,]<br>Sometimes I just start crying thinking about it. 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FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=monday_open_thread_607' +
		'&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_607/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_607'
			+ '&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_607/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">183</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/monday_open_thread_607/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
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			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
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			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>';
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	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
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		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
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			;
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		return ' \
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				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
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					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
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					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
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		for (key in attributes) {
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			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
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			't'				: 'monday_open_thread_607',
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			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
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			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
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			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
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					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
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			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
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			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
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	};

	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
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		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_607/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_607'
			+ '&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_607'
			+ '&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_607'
				+ '&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/8718214/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;
		}

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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4567320" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4567320" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow y\'all...some of the <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/before-the-white-house-the-clubhouse" rel="nofollow">Hawaiian Vacation Photos</a> are starting to come in.<br><br>LoL, oh-my-goodness...I promise you all; this will drive some "saltines" absolutely CRA__ZY!  Do you know how much it\'s going to cost to fly a 747(Air Force One) from DC to HI?  I wish that I could get a nickel for everytime that Limball and Fannity bring this shyt up.<br><br>Can you imagine if Bush or any other president for that matter was making trips to Hawaii on the taxpayers dime, folks would be losing their minds.  Even I would be bitching about it.  <br><br>But the beauty of it for Barack is, "It\'s my home state!  Dayum skippy, I\'m going home!" ...AND, I LOVES IT...Oh how I LOVES IT...BwaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!<br><br>The rural rednecks of GA can fantasize about getting to Honolulu, but Barack\'s gonna be sippin pina-coladas on some of the best beaches on earth...at their expense. I SURELY LOVES IT!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4571668">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4571668" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, I think those folks best start looking at how frequently former Presidents went to their homes or CampDavid for holidays.  Then we might be able to talk.  Cause for sure no other President has been restricted in trips to their home state...so to me it is a mute point.<br><br>You and me both are LOVIN IT!!  ....Aloha!!   Now tell me what you thought about this blurb:<br><br>"He chatted for a moment, telling the traveling press pool to have a beer and put it on his tab. No one took him up on the offer.<br><br>As for Mr. Obama and his group, a snack bar clerk later confirmed that he purchased two hot dogs, two spam musubi, two passion orange sodas, one Powerade and one coke, for a tab of $17.75. The spam musubi, a local luncheon specialty, consists of spam and a fried egg on a bed of rice, all held together with a dried seaweed wrap. (Visualize a very big sushi role, slightly larger than a Hostess Ho Ho.) "<br><br>Have we EVER read about what other Presidents order on the golf course while on vacation? I do not ever recall reading anything that Bill Clinton ordered other than from a McDonalds while he was out running and that he chowed down Dunkin Donuts too.<br><br>And what is that about the press did not take up Obama on his offer?  If do recall reading during the general that the press corp went to McCain\'s Sedona Ranch and PIGGED out!!<br><br>So, what is this infer sanctimonious pab about declined Obama like they do not eat on politicians tabs?<br><br>Is it just Senatorial but not Presidential...or what?<br><br><br>Hahahaha, body surfing, watching fabulous Pacific sunsets and enjoying cool tropical breezes.<br><br>Just call Obama...MR. COOL!!<br><br>loving it!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577783">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577783" class="dsq-comment-message">Now whiterose, we got to make sure the Prez ain\'t being slipped some weed or crack, and also, we wanna keep track of his spending you know, with the economy in the shithole and all.  <br><br>Plus PEO gonna be making over $400,000 a year as POTUS, and we want an accounting of all this negros spending of his own money.<br><br>Just sayin........</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578287">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578287" class="dsq-comment-message">Guuurl, p now you know he is barely going make a measly 200K<br><br><br>these folks done lost their everlasting pennypinchin minds!<br><br>But did you see brother man showing his stuff under the headline ..O!<br><br>he looks GOOD...enough to make you swooon...<br><br>no champagne or vodka needed when you behold that visual<br><br>you just melt....EVERY. where...tee hee</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578731">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578731" class="dsq-comment-message">210K to be exact.  At least that\'s what Dubyah\'s made.  thought I\'d tack on another 100k to test the waters!  LOL!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4567444" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4567444" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>A "Coloreds Only" White House</b><br><br>A thought ran across my mind...what if Barack had been elected <b>during Segregation?</b>  Where would he have lived?  Would the White House have been available to him?  If so, what would happen to the White House following his two terms?<br><br>We know how some racists felt (feel) about pools used by black people, "I\'ll never, ever get in that pool!"<br><br>So could that mean that the real racists will never pursue political office now that a Black Man is about to occupy what was considered a "Whites Only" house? <br><br>Just a thought...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4571720">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4571720" class="dsq-comment-message">C\'mon Webb...what type of incongruent fantasy are you having.  SEGREGATION and being ELECTED as President.  c\'mon now, he would have been lynched before we voted or his name was put on the ballot.<br><br>How about if he had been elected President during RECONSTRUCTION?<br><br>Now, THEN we might have had a full colored WH.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4567515">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4567515" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Aretha Franklin\'s in the Obama, Christmas spirit</b><br><br><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20081221/ENT07/812210333/1046" rel="nofollow">http://www.freep.com/article/20081221/ENT07/812...</a><br><br><i>In addition, the Queen of Soul is set to deliver a big performance at the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.</i><br><br><i>"I feel great pride, respect and honor to have been invited to participate in this universal and global celebration for such a phenomenal man, President-elect Barack Obama. And to participate in what promises to be one of the greatest moments in American history. I am so glad he came along in my lifetime," Franklin said in a statement.</i><br><br><br><b>I sure hopes she sings "Oh Happy Day"! Pretty Please...</b><br><br><br><a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081219/POLITICS/812190449/1022/POLITICS" rel="nofollow">http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AI...</a><br><br><br><i>The Detroit singer has been a vocal supporter of Obama since early in the presidential campaign. <b>She attended his Labor Day rally last September at Hart Plaza in Detroit, and was sitting in one of the front rows when Obama paid tribute to her by singing a few bars of her 1967 hit "Chain of Fools." Franklin\'s assessment: "He has a very melodic and soulful voice, and he was grooving</b>."</i><br><br><br><b> So PEO can sing also?  He just amazes me!</b>  <br><br><br>Did you hear that GreenLady? He can sang! lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575819">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575819" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   ***squish!  NOPE!   squish! NOPE!  squish! NOPE!   squish! <b>YES!!</b>****<br><br>Those are the SOUNDS of me looking through the <b>CHOIR ROBES</b> in order to FIND HIS SIZE!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>NOW, HE can be in the <b>JJP CHOIR!</b>    Even though I sang soprano, Ima be standin\' in the TENOR SECTION!   Y\'all feelin\' me?   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    ***shakin my head***    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576260">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576260" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!<br><br>GreenLady, <br><br>Love You!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576638">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576638" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   Just speakin\' truth!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4571145">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4571145" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the song Rikyrah!!! I love the Temptations!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4571185" href="http://www.tariqnelson.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TariqNelson</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4571185" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikiyah, <br><br>I liked the song you posted, but I also liked Mariah\'s rendition of Christmas (baby please come home)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koiIh6UNWXE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koiIh6UNWXE</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4571706">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4571706" class="dsq-comment-message">More Than 200 Tuskegee Airmen Accept Inauguration Invite<br><br><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/225-tuskegee-airmen-accept-inauguration-invite/" rel="nofollow">http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/2...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4571764">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4571764" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, this is so awesome..it just makes you wanna cry. We need a memento photo of this historical event.  Obama with the Tuskegee Airman...O lord, it just makes your heart sing to think of all the struggles that made this day possible.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572760">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572760" class="dsq-comment-message">My son had an opportunity to meet two through his mentoring program in Arlington, VA, a few years ago.  A few of the parents, including myself "snuck in".  I think it was more exciting for us than the kids.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4571789">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4571789" class="dsq-comment-message">I KNEW IT!!!!<br><br>Michael Jackson has been hit with a $1 billion lawsuit from a woman called Billie Jean who reportedly wants custody of his son.<br>In a suit filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Billie Jean Jackson alleges she is the mother of the singer\'s son Prince Michael Jackson II, nicknamed Blanket.<br>The woman demands $1 billion in support payment, as well as joint legal and physical custody of the six-year-old, according to legal documents obtained by U.S. news program Extra.<br>Billie Jean also requests visits with the boy on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays - in addition to participation in Blanket\'s education.<br>The Thriller hitmaker refused to identify Blanket\'s mother after he was born in 2002, but has previously said the child was the result of artificial insemination from a surrogate.<br>Jackson has faced similar lawsuits in the past. In 2006 and 2007, a woman unsuccessfully sued him for paternity payments, claiming she helped Jackson reproduce. <br><br><a href="http://www.nbcactionnews.com/mostpopular/story/Billie-Jean-sues-Michael-Jackson/wKRq0wiFVU60fTVC4grzRQ.cspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbcactionnews.com/mostpopular/story/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4571835">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4571835" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572960">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572960" class="dsq-comment-message">Showed him a photo...the kid\'s eyes were just like his.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4573045">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4573045" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4573045" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>There you go again!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572939">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572939" class="dsq-comment-message">Hee, hee.........mamasay mamasa mamakusa.  <br><br>Girl, you Wanna Be Starting Something<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg0AsWruz4k" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg0AsWruz4k</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4573342" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4573342">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4573342" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4573342" class="dsq-comment-message">Have you seen him Lately? What is wrong with his face? I saw a pic of him a few weeks ago and he was wearing some type of mask!<br><br>This morning MSNBC reported there was something wrong with his face!<br><br>Poor Michael! I hate to hear that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4575431" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575431" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575431">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575431" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575431" class="dsq-comment-message">He just has a nose like a skullhead is all.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4575513" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575513">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575513" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575513" class="dsq-comment-message">Wonder how much he would pay to have that nose again.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4577643" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577643">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4577643" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577643" class="dsq-comment-message">Or a nose.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4572978" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4572978" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4572978" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4572978" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572978" class="dsq-comment-message">nicknamed "Blanket" SMH<br><br><br><br>Michael Jackson in Need of New Lungs?<br>Michael is apparently VERY ill. I hope his financial affairs are in order...<br><a href="http://www.popeater.com/music/article/michael-jackson-in-need-of-new-lungs/284342" rel="nofollow">http://www.popeater.com/music/article/michael-j...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4575422" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575422" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575422">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575422" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575422" class="dsq-comment-message">hmmm, hyperbaric oxygen chamber makes sense now</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4582662" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4582662" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582662">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4582662" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582662" class="dsq-comment-message">So there IS a downside in looking like The Joker.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4575398" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575398" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575398">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575398" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575398" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmmm, I thought that was a SONG by Michael..what were those lyrics<br><br>Billy Jean is not my lover, she\'s just a woman that...kid is not my son?!!<br><br><br>oooooh...something is fishy herre</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4571799" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4571799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4571799">carolinagirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4571799" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4571799" class="dsq-comment-message">Merry Chrismahaunakwaansikah to everyone!!<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIAUptphg2o" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIAUptphg2o</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4572231" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4572231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572231">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4572231" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572231" class="dsq-comment-message">Still no baby for Bristol Palin?  It can\'t be that hard to find a meth addict giving birth to a son this weekend in Alaska who needs some cash.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4572585" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4572585" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572585">islandgirl550</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4572585" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572585" class="dsq-comment-message">Wasn\'t she due this past Saturday?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4573522" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4573522" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4573522">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4573522" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4573522" class="dsq-comment-message">She was....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575469" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575469">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575469" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575469" class="dsq-comment-message">islandgirl:  Yes.  Annnnnd I keep "Field Trippn\'" to ALASKA to see "WHAT\'s UP!" :&gt;)<br><br>And I\'ve found NOTHIN\'  !!!  Guess I\'ll just keep "pacin\' the floo\'"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4577579" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577579">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4577579" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577579" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLadyHere, you think they put that kid up on the auction block?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4577730" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577730">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4577730" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577730" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit: Oh!  Absolutely NOT!   The Gov. will NOT let that happen!  She needs ta prove some point of hers.  Whateva. . . <br><br>Annnnnnnd, they have enough $$$ to care for the child.  Soooo. .</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4572708" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4572708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572708">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4572708" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572708" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG!  That\'s an instant classic!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4573011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4573011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4573011">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4573011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4573011" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!<br><br>Stop!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4575372" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575372" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575372">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575372" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575372" class="dsq-comment-message">hehehehe,<br>baby grandmomma done sold that chile into white slavery for bail money!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4572489" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4572489" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572489">lamh31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4572489" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572489" class="dsq-comment-message">Found this over on Ta-Nehisi blog.  Anthony Hamilton doing his thing:<br><br><a href="http://vimeo.com/2569976" rel="nofollow">Anthony Hamilton "A Change Gonna Come</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4572596" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4572596" href="http://www.mybrownbaby.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Denene@MyBrownBaby</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4572596" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572596" class="dsq-comment-message">This is how it’s gonna go down in the Millner/Chiles household from now on and forever more: Any kid who comes to my house talking about “There is no Santa Claus” will not be invited back until June, when nobody’s thinking about Christmas.<br><br>Nothing personal.<br><br><a href="http://mybrownbaby.blogspot.com/2008/12/yes-mari-and-lilathere-is-santa-claus.html" rel="nofollow">http://mybrownbaby.blogspot.com/2008/12/yes-mar...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4575350" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575350">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575350" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575350" class="dsq-comment-message">I HEAR that!!<br><br>Put your foot down....Kiddies are the only real JOY at Christmas time...don\'t let no body steal your rapture.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4577201" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577201">ljf</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4577201" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577201" class="dsq-comment-message">I totally agree with you.  My children believe in Santa.  I see parents and little children shop for Christmas presents.   Their behavior leave a lot to be desired.  The parents are ATM machines to these kids.  Children make demands and have crying fits if they don\'t get what they want.   The parents are angry, frustrated, and worn out..  There is no joy in the Christmas shopping.  <br><br>My children will experience the wonder and joy that I experienced in Christmas as a child.   My children enjoy the holiday season.  They love the cooking, the decorating,  viewing holiday displays, the music and the tv shows.  It is a joy to see them get into the Christmas spirit</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4572656" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4572656" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572656">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4572656" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572656" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah,<br><br>My modern do you mean post 1990?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4572839" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4572839" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572839">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4572839" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572839" class="dsq-comment-message">Forgive the typo!  I asked about the date marker b/c I consider anything since the birth of modern R&B "modern".  I can\'t get through the Christmas Season without EVERY Stevie Wonder Christmas song and Donny Hathaway\'s "This Christmas" played at least once a day for the entire Season.  Even if 1990 is the "modern" marker, Boyz to Men\'s "Let It Snow" is played at the house no less than 100 times before the end of the year.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4572977" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4572977" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4572977">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4572977" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4572977" class="dsq-comment-message">lol<br><br>I have to hear Christina Aguilera\'s "Oh Holy Night" at least 10 times a day! She sings it so beautifully. I feel you on Stevie Wonder also...Just love "Someday At Christmas"!<br><br>Merry Christmas!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4575698" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575698" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575698">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575698" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575698" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   Look up thread!!  Stevie annnnnnd Obama pics!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4581447" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4581447" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581447">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4581447" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581447" class="dsq-comment-message">I love it too Justice.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4573215" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4573215" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4573215" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4573215" class="dsq-comment-message">Listen to this song as you read the article below on how Bush thinks he helped us...<br><br>RUNAWAY - Loleatta Holloway ( 12" Mix )<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE7gv2AqVQU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE7gv2AqVQU</a><br><br><br><br>Bush claims civil rights gains<br>Trusts history to judge his record<br><a href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/21/bush-claims-civil-rights-gains/" rel="nofollow">http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/21/bus...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4573239" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4573239" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4573239" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4573239" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4573239" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/21/iraq.christmas/index.html" rel="nofollow">Baghdad celebrates first public Christmas amid hope, memories</a><br><br>Makes me wonder how many lawsuits someone would face if they tried to do this in the US. Yet Jesus is only considered a minor prophet in Islam...and here Iraq has a <i>government funded celebration</i> of his birth.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4573237" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4573237" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4573237">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4573237" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4573237" class="dsq-comment-message">Great tunes and pic post, rikyrah!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4573833" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4573833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4573833" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4573833" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4573833" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/12/illegal-hijab.html" rel="nofollow">The illegal hijab:</a>  A woman is sentenced to10 days in jail for refusing to remove her hijab in traffic court.  This post looks at the criminalization of the hijab and its intersections with race and gender.<br><br><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/12/we-made-it.html" rel="nofollow">We made it: </a>Todays spoken word, what blacks have survived to be here today.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4575204" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575204" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575204">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575204" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575204" class="dsq-comment-message">America is a country with freedom of religion!.To deny her that right is accepted racism!  It wouldn\'t be asked of a Nun to remove her head covering!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4575635" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575635" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575635">carolinagirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4575635" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575635" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4574505" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4574505" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4574505">lamh31</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4574505" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4574505" class="dsq-comment-message">Have ya\'ll seen this:<br><br><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/12/theres-no-one-a.html" rel="nofollow">There\'s No One As Irish as Barack O\'bama</a><br><br>The version I saw was filmed in an actual irish pub I guess:<br><br>&lt;a href="<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADUQWKoVe%22%3EOriginal:" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADUQWKoVe"&gt;Orig...</a> There\'s No One As Irish as Barack O\'bama</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4574538">lamh31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4574538" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the version I saw which was basically a sing-a-long in Ireland.  Check it out:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADUQWKoVek" rel="nofollow">Orginal: There\'s No One As Irish as Barack O\'bama</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575299">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575299" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha ha ha...that was good!<br>\'he\'s as Irish as JFK<br>his grandaddy\'s daddy is from Ireland<br>there\'s no one as Irish as<br><br>BARE-ACK         (lol at how they say it)<br>Obama<br><br>Nice Irish jigging by Obama too!<br><br>He\'s such a bony lad</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4575397" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575397" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/22/bush-cheney-comforted-troops-privately/" rel="nofollow">Bush, Cheney comforted troops privately</a><br><br><i>For much of the past seven years, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have waged a clandestine operation inside the White House. It has involved thousands of military personnel, private presidential letters and meetings that were kept off their public calendars or sometimes left the news media in the dark. <br><br>Their mission: to comfort the families of soldiers who died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and to lift the spirits of those wounded in the service of their country.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4576406" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576406">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576406" class="dsq-comment-message">Is this article part of the broader effort to help boost Bush\'s legacy...we all know the leanings ot the Washington Times to begin with.<br><br>But frankly, Bush/Cheney don\'t deserve any kudos for this...that is what a Commander-in-Chief is SUPPOSED  to do.  Especially after the conduct and planning his administration fell so miserably at to begin with.<br><br> It\'s just a shame that during all those behind-the scene visits they supposedly had, they stayed oblivious to the substandard conditions at Walter Reed---maybe they were not visiting that much.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4576530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4576530" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576530" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, it is.<br><br>I think that for visiting the families, some measure of credit is deserved. Especially from the VP, who really isn\'t required (either by law or convention) to do so.<br><br>I know one of the times I went to the White House, President Bush spent more time with the families than with the veterans, and he didn\'t seem contrived/forced in the least.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576750">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576750" class="dsq-comment-message">I am not saying he is not sincere.  But it is a given that these servicemembers not only serve, but their families serve as well.<br><br> D, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have become the HARDEST conflicts on families than any other wars because of the fact that over 50% of all servicemembers are married with children as opposed to wars past......and so today more than ever more families are serving with their husbands than ever before.<br><br>I know that it took awhile in some branches to even expand services for families back home, like extending free day-care to deployed troop families and providing recreational activities to their children...I know in the Army in particular, families were struggling hard with the  frequent deployments and they were some of the major issues discussed at AFAP conferences...you can be sure I was one of the vocal.  Many of these services really did not come to fruition until at least 2006...which was still kind of late considering how long we were already involved in these wars, but it was still better than nothing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4577037" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577037" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie, you\'re preaching to the choir; you know I know that. <br><br>Believe it or not, the Army is a lot further along in dealing with deployment issues than the Navy is. The ship stuff is normal for us, but now that we\'re putting people on the ground as well (besides the special operations guys), the Navy is running into a lot of the same problems that the ground-oriented forces are.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577218" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577218">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577218" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly.  My brother\'s ex-girlfriend is a Naval officer and we were discussing the same things earlier this year.  She was the one who informed me that more Naval personnel were serving in combat land operations right alongside the Army and Marines, since the other forces have been stretched so thin.  And literally many Naval personnel are being put in positions they never anticipated.<br><br>I know I come hard on Bush.  But the truth is, when  our servicemembers are "at home" from deployment...they still spend a lot of time away training.<br><br>Once the new year arrives here for me and my family, I already know things are going to change drastically because we got training coming up.  So even though my husband\'s deployment is months away...he will probably be absent from our household  for at least 60% of the time until he goes overseas. <br>And families have to make some tough decisons in the meantime...I\'m tackling some of my own dilemmas...while at the same time making the most of this Christmas/New Year\'s that he IS home but the future is real uncertain.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4577490" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577490" class="dsq-comment-message">My unit in Cuba was the first Navy group to do detainee operations. Aside from me (I volunteered, not really knowing what was going on), we had aircraft mechanics, cooks, engineering types, masters at arms....the only requirement was people who had worked security or in a brig before (which I hadn\'t, and I got stuck in Camp Delta for a couple months before getting pulled out).<br><br>That\'s the main thing I tell people who ask me about the military now; no matter what you\'re trained for, know that you can-and most likely will-be sent overseas.<br><br>As much as we whine and complain about "finish the job," anyone smart enough to understand the military\'s force structure and deployment schedules knows that we couldn\'t sustain the 2007 tempo in Iraq past 2010...and that\'s at the latest. I-and I think most now-are starting to recognize that those 30K troops getting ready to get packed off to Afghanistan are coming from the same surge pool that did Iraq.<br><br>It\'s going to take a couple decades to restore the military to its pre-9/11 strength, both in terms of equipment, personnel, and-probably most importantly-leadership? Was it worth it? I still think so, but a fair analysis has to recognize that extensive damage has been done.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4578070" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578070">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578070" class="dsq-comment-message">So true.  And I hope the Obama Administration keeps military families at the forefront, and especially help implement some of the same  programs for deployed Navy personnel\'s families like they have the Army.  Because if they don\'t,it is sure to create more problems and I can guarantee families will begin dissolve....just like they have in other branches.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4578155" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4578155" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578155" class="dsq-comment-message">Supposedly, that\'s going to be Michelle Obama\'s First Lady "thing." I take that with measured skepticism.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578316">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578316" class="dsq-comment-message">Now why does it have to be like that?.....Now if Laura Bush had  been a little more vocal and visible on the behalf of military families, maybe I would have liked the Bush administration a little more....lemme stop...I still think my opinion of frat-boy and the neo-Cons would have been the same.<br><br>As far as Michelle, just like everything else, I will take a wait-and-see approach.  Matter of factly,  I may write a few letters myself.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4578371" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4578371" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578371" class="dsq-comment-message">I think even with Laura Bush, I\'d have been a bit skeptical. <br><br>If that should be anyone\'s "thing," it\'s Jill Biden. Of the two spouses, she has the experience of dealing with deployments and the military.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578624">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578624" class="dsq-comment-message">That may be true...But I think Michelle can also relate because she has had to endure raising her girls back in Illinois while Obama was in Washington, not to mention the grueling campaign schedule they faced as a family...and the strain it may have posed.  Her experience may not have been severe as the typical military family is...but I am sure she can relate.  Hopefully she and Jill Biden can join forces.  <br><br>From what I read, many of the military wives who attended the roundtables she held were very impressed with Michelle O., and some of the women were initially Clinton supporters but later fell in line and supported Obama and embraced Michelle wholeheartedly.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577509" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577509">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577509" class="dsq-comment-message">Merry Christmas Monie!<br><br><br>Wishing you and your family a very blessed holiday season full of good cheer and lots of happy  moments to cherish forever.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577694">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577694" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks whiterosebuddy!  I wish the same to you, your family, and the rest of JJP.<br><br>I learned a long time ago that you have to be thankful for the present because tomorrow is not promised.  And while you are going through life\'s journey...you must appreciate the lows as well as the highs...because everything has its purpose, whether we understand it or not.<br><br>One of my anthems in life is the gospel song "I Won\'t Complain." And that\'s not to say, I NEVER complain...it just helps me put away the wallowing or self-victimization.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4579253" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579253">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579253" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie:   -Er.   -ummm  Did you REQUEST this?<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBZrVqd0ahQ" rel="nofollow">I won\'t Complain - John Legend</a><br><br>ENJOY the COMFORT of THESE WORDS!!  :&gt;)   I do!   :&gt;)<br><br>"The Lord has been soooo good to me!"<br><br>"Thank you Lord!"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4580034">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580034" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, GLH.  You\'re always lookin out.<br><br>I wish you and yours the best.  God Bless.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4586873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4586873">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4586873" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie: <br><br> My pleasure!  :&gt;)<br><br>THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnd, to U  2!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577890" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577890">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577890" class="dsq-comment-message">D, he still gets the GASSS FACE in my book. Sorry.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577938" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4577938" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577938" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL....don\'t apologize, I know.<br><br>At this point, the goal is to try and show a human side.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578246">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578246" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  I believe that someone else expressed this same thought:  FIRST - shrub LIED to start a WAR in another country.  WAR=people would DIE.<br><br>NOW he wants to COMFORT people AFTER he caused the DEATH/INJURY of their loved ones behind HIS LIE!!?? <br><br>Where WAS that HUMAN SIDE  B4 he LIED and MADE his decision?<br><br>To ask is to answer!!<br><br>Sorry!  2.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4578401" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4578401" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578401" class="dsq-comment-message">That, though, requires you to buy into the "Bush lied, people died!" meme.<br><br>Which I don\'t. ;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4579161" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579161">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579161" class="dsq-comment-message">D:   O.K.  But the LOGIC still exists.  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4575629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4575629">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4575629" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   SAME SONG  - - DIFFERENT PICS!    :&gt;)   LOVELY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBn1zgiRY1g&feature=related" rel="nofollow"><br>Obama & Family(Christmas 08\' random photos)Stevie Wonder-Someday at Christmas(w/lyrics)</a><br><br><b>ENJOY!!!</b>    :&gt;)      :&gt;)      ***tears***</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577988" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577988">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577988" class="dsq-comment-message">That was beautiful awwwww, I just love that picture of them in their wedding attire on that bench with Michelle stretched out with her head on Barack\'s shoulder...soooo romantic.<br><br>We did it!! It\'s true!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579456">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579456" class="dsq-comment-message">whiterosebuddy:  Yes!  Good pic!  :&gt;)  They are so REAL!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4576001" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576001">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576001" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Update on theTuskegee Airmen\'s Invitation:<br><br><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/225-tuskegee-airmen-accept-inauguration-invite/" rel="nofollow">More Than 200 Tuskegee Airmen Accept Inauguration Invite</a><br><br><i> About 225 of the Tuskegee airmen have accepted an invitation to go to Washington for Barack Obama’s inauguration, but it is not clear if all will actually make it.<br><br>Some of the 225 have accepted on a “conditional” basis — they are waiting to see what kind of arrangements can be made for their transportation and lodging as well as ground logistics in Washington.</i><br><br>THERE IS MOTE!  ANNNND, A VIDEO!<br><br>I\'m SURE that arrangements WILL be made for them.  :&gt;)  GOD BLESS THEM!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576133">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576133" class="dsq-comment-message">In an interview with Larry King set to air tonight, Joe Biden defended Barack Obama\'s selection of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration:<br><br>    Barack Obama said you\'ve got to reach out. You\'ve got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.<br><br>    We can\'t continue to be a red and blue country. We can\'t be divided like we have been. And he\'s made good on his promise.<br><br>    And I would say to the gay and lesbian community, they have nothing to worry about. Barack Obama, every aspect of his life, every aspect of his public life, and every commitment he\'s made relating to equality for all people, will be things that he will stick with and that they should view this in the spirit in which he offered the opportunity to -- to Mr. Warren.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4576261" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576261">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4576261" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576261" class="dsq-comment-message">But But But...I HAVE to say something!! I was on DailyKos and those people are losing their ever-lovin\' minds. There\'s a whiff of PUMAness to the madness too. One person even did a diary ALL ABOUT how Hillary would NEVER have done this. They want to take back money, their support (if it was ever really there to start with) and their vote. It\'s very exhausting to see the all the vitriol directed at President Obama.  They even brought up Donnie McClurkin, I didn\'t realize he was so hated.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4576699" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576699">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576699" class="dsq-comment-message">Who do you think the PUMA\'s were besides bitter middle-aged white women? The LGBT overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton in the primaries, and they were the only group that declined in support for the Democratic candidate since 2004.  What does President elect Obama owe them again?  I have never seen a group who loses practically every electoral battle rant like they have political strength.  As I said before, they lost on gay marriage in arguably the gayest state in the country.  30 states have outlawed gay marriage. And they really think this is the way to turn the tide in their direction?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4576914" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576914">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576914" class="dsq-comment-message">Good point, NMP, I really hadn\'t thought about that. Yet I keep reading \'WE\' elected him! I was thinking to myself, didn\'t BO get less support than Kerry in the gay community? They started referring to straight entitlement but all I could see was white entitlement.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577324">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577324" class="dsq-comment-message">You hit the nail on the head Shazza. White entitlement!<br><br>What I find particularly egregious is that Obama supports repealing DOMA completely and HRC never did.  But yet they support HRC while calling Obama a bigot?  Ain\'t nothing at play here but racism.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4577319" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577319">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577319" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, they hate Donnie. They say he is in the closet!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577372" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577372">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577372" class="dsq-comment-message">The thing about gay folks saying Donnie is in the closet is that they say that about anyone who does not agree with their poitical issue and comes out and factual states an opposition to their agenda.  The first insult they hurl is \'you gay\' and that is so queer, to think they  tag someone as homosexual to hurl hate...it\'s like wtf are YOU?  Is this how you demonstrate gay pride by using the term \'you gay\' as hate? See, some mofos are so twisted in the head they can\'t keep straight whether they like themselves or not.<br><br>Which tells you how deeply their psyches have to be bent when insisting what they do is normal, a birthright and perfectly \'natural\'<br><br>riiiiight</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4578868" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578868">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578868" class="dsq-comment-message">The thing about &lt;insert &gt;"SOME"gay folks saying Donnie is in the closet is that they say that about anyone who does not agree with their poitical issue and comes out and &lt;takes out&gt;"factual" states an opposition to their agenda.<br><br>(minor modification as to avoid attacks on the other gay issues not at play regarding this issue)<br><br>Sho you right!!!<br><br>I know one thing for a group of people fighting hate, they sure do seem to hate a lot of other groups. I.DON\'T. GET.IT.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4582965" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582965">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582965" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Against Race Politics...I see you got my point.<br>I wasn\'t talking about anyone being in the closet at all. I was saying that gay people spew \'you gay\' at folks to insult them. They commonly do that when another individual argues with them. The other common insult is bigot.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4587674" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4587674">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4587674" class="dsq-comment-message">At some point, Donnie McClurkin actually admitted he had homosexual urges but he says he has been healed through religion.<br>I am sure this is what is being referred to.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4590189" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4590189">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4590189" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4590189" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581521">Lavender</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581521" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah, WRB. I\'m not following this stuff at DKos because I never read it. So I don\'t know what they said. But general when someone  gay accuses someone of being  in the closet, it\'s not to say that being gay is bad, but that because the closet is a such a deeply shameful place to be,  it  sometimes makes people become hostile to other gays as a projection of their own self hatred. <br><br>Many gay people have lived in the closet and know just how twisted a place it is to have to live. The shame and hatred doesn\'t come from other gay people, who are ready and willing to greet and welcome someone out of it, as if welcoming them home. The shame doesn\'t even necessarily come from individual straight people, althought for sure that happens way too frequently.  It comes from a culture that pathologizes and demonizes gayness, from messages that we all hear all day long in every message that comes out of mainstream culture.<br><br>When someone  becomes ex-gay it\'s pretty suspicious. Which isn\'t to say that people don\'t change their minds, or fall in love with someone unexpected. But generally when it\'s a natural course of events, the person doesn\'t think of themselves, or talk about themselves as "ex-gay" Gayness, that is, the memories and friends, and things they learned are part of themselves, part of their identity. <br><br>It\'s more likely that they\'ll say, I\'m seeing a man/woman now. Or as a kind of benign poke a lesbian who has changed teams might be referred to as a "hasbian" but that\'s an in crowd expression, and indicated that the person still feels  part of a community, even if they have switched teams. <br><br>Again, I haven\'t followed the discussions you are mentioning, but I am guessing that any contempt or hostility you might read into "he\'s in the closet" used about an "ex-gay" is a communal political anger of people being tortured or "reformed" into going straight.<br><br>They used to force gays to have electroshock therapy to get them to change. Really. Not that long ago. Within my lifetime. Maybe within yours. It was common.  Now it\'s church indoctrination. Like the stuff Rick Warren does. There\'s a long history behind the anger. But it\'s not an anger about being gay. It\'s about being oppressed.<br><br>There is a long history behind this response. One that I\'m sure many non gay people find it hard to parse.<br><br>I hope this helps a bit.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4582009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4582009" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582009" class="dsq-comment-message">Lavender, EXCELLENT.<br><br>Co-sign.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4582309" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582309">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4582309" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582309" class="dsq-comment-message">Lavender, I appreciate your candor in sharing.  Well stated.<br><br>Oppression is a bitch.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4581643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4581643" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581643" class="dsq-comment-message">He IS in the closet.<br><br>Just like Rev. Haggard was.  <br><br>His uncle and cousin, in my opinion, were predators. Whenever someone is thus abused, the victim often repeats what occurred in his/her later behavior.  He may not have had any opportunity to find out for himself who he was.<br><br>But to equate gays as predators is too big a reach, and is erroneous in fact as well.  For this and other comments, McClurkin has been criticized as "self-hating" from other gays.  This is a term that has its basis in how some Jews view other Jews who have sold out--in their opinion--to the goyim (Gentiles).<br><br>BTW, <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/22/92016/675/492/675831" rel="nofollow">I think you should check out this article from DK</a> complete with updates, about Melissa Etheridge\'s talks with Rick Warren over the weekend.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4576162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576162">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576162" class="dsq-comment-message">Ladies, brace yourselves before clicking this link: <a href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/54903/thumbs/r-OBAMA-SHIRTLESS-huge.jpg" rel="nofollow">O, MY!</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4576185" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4576185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576185">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4576185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576185" class="dsq-comment-message">I was just about to post that! LOL! Too bad the site that\'s featuring other pics is having issues.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576537">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576537" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:   "OXYGEN MASK" - check!   FAN! -check!   "AIR CONDITIONER" - FULL BLAST!! - check!    SITTING! -check!   O. KAAAAAAAY!<br><br>T<br>H<br>E<br>Y<br>  <br>D<br>I<br>\'<br>I<br>N<br>T<br><br><br>Q<br>U<br>I<br>T<br>E<br><br>W<br>O<br>R<br>K!!<br><br><b>FLOOR!</b>    But I am AWAKE!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)  Soo I made it!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   <br><br>***shakin\' my head****    :&gt;)    :&gt;)  LAWD HA\'MERCY!!!!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Whooo!  Hoo!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4576940" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576940">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4576940" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576940" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wQ_rSruShhk/SU_ti2dqUnI/AAAAAAAAEz4/DnrlmZ8fhWU/s1600-h/baracksashawater.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wQ_rSruShhk/SU_ti2dqU...</a><br><br>Hope this comes out!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4577626" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577626" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577626">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4577626" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577626" class="dsq-comment-message">Shazza:  HEY!!!   :&gt;)   GREAT PIC!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>I looked at it while I was "down!"   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>THANK YOU  for sharing!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577177" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577177">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4577177" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577177" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! <br><br>But can you imagine if he were to start lifting weights? O, My! *fans self*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577502">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577502" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:  Gotta admit - - That pic would be betta IFFFF - -he did that!  :&gt;)<br><br>On the real:   I PREFER to see him in a SUIT!  REALLY!   :)<br><br>It\'s just fun to play around, otherwise.  <br><br>Where he LIFTS WEIGHTS is in HIS GRAY MATTER!  THAT\'S REALLY WHAT MATTERS!<br><br>The WEIGHT of the WORLD rests on HIS BRAIN not HIS BRAWN!  :&gt;)<br><br>Soooo, I\'m glad that he and his family are RESTING and RELAXING!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, THANKS for the PIC!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4577867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577867">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4577867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577867" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah, uh huh, sure...we know why you hit the floor...don\'t go trying to mask it now with all this cognitive reasoning...ahahahahaha</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4578021" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578021">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578021" class="dsq-comment-message">WRB:  LOL!  :&gt;)   No doubt that he has nice JEANS - - -  -er GENES!    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4578157" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4578157" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578157">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578157" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a pleasure and an inspriation to have a POTUS with BRAIN AND BRAWN!!!<br><br>You know a two for one combo= A HAPPY MEAL!!! :-)))</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4578379" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578379">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578379" class="dsq-comment-message">BWAAAHAAAHAHAHAHAH.....spirit!<br><br>Spirit...SPIIIIIIRIT!!!<br><br>Stop that!!<br><br>Happy Meal?  ...ooooooohhhhhhhhnooooooooo</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4579443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579443">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4579443" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579443" class="dsq-comment-message">Nooooo, I don\'t wanna stop, and you can\'t make me!  LOL!  <br><br>He\'s our McPOTUS!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4578479" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578479">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578479" class="dsq-comment-message">Jeans..did you say Jeans.<br><br>well looks like you need to look here...no jeans..prep yourself..for long and lean is only the beginning.<br><br>of this O sighting!!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579099">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579099" class="dsq-comment-message">WRB:  THIS is why I reacted!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577426">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577426" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMAO!!! GreenLady, you up offa the floor yet!  Hee, hee!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578093" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:   YES I AM!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)   LOL!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576557" class="dsq-comment-message">This is for the ladies (and gents if you swing that way (to each his/her own)).  Y\'all remember that period between the end of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Bad Boys when Will went from that cute, adorable, skinny, baby brother like brotha\' to "ooooh, Will"?  I just had that experience seeing PEO in photos taken yesterday...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576610">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576610" class="dsq-comment-message">Forgot the link:  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/</a><br><br>P.S.:  This pic calmed me down after reading the post "Obama doesn\'t have a Klue."  My sympathy for the LGBT Community is growing thinnner and thinner with sh*t like that!  Could black folks in the LGBT Community please tell them that they lost and will continue to lose the gay marriage battle if they keep pissin\' off Black folks.  There is truth in numbers.  They need us far more than we need them!  They really need to STFU and sit down and study the Civil Rights Movement, rather than angering the people they need.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4580606">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580606" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a really good comparison!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4576866">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4576866" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Here\'s an article on <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/21/obamas-hawaiian-holiday-s_n_152742.html" rel="nofollow">OBAMA\'S HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY:</a><br><br><i>The pool report on Obama\'s holiday vacation in Hawaii today has some amusing accounts of his spam sushi lunch and a confession that he\'s not very good at golf:<br><br>    President-elect Barack Obama finished his afternoon golf game about 5:30 p.m. local time, five hours after arriving at Olomana Golf Links.<br><br><br>    There is no word on Mr. Obama\'s score or any of the others in the foursome.<br><br>    But half-way through his 18 holes, as he stopped by the snack bar, he unexpectedly bumped into the pool sitting outside the club house. Asked how his game was going, he smiled and conceded: "I\'m not that good."<br><br>    He chatted for a moment, telling the pool to have a beer and put it on his tab. No one took him up on the offer.<br><br>    As for Mr. Obama and his group, a snack bar clerk later confirmed that he purchased two hot dogs, two spam musubi, two passion orange sodas, one Powerade and one coke, for a tab of $17.75. The spam musubi, a local luncheon specialty, consists of spam and a fried egg on a bed of rice, all held together with a dried seaweed wrap. (Visualize a very big sushi role, slightly larger than a Hostess Ho Ho.)<br><br>    The golf course was located in the Windward community of Waimanalo, about 20 minutes from Waikiki. The 18-hole course, a par 72, is set against a backdrop of the Ko\'olau Mountain Range. The public course, according to marketing materials, features challenging holes of water hazards, sand traps and undulating topographical conditions.<br><br>    The pool held near the clubhouse for the duration and did not watch the president-elect play.<br><br>    The motorcade rolled out of the golf course at 5:42 p.m., with Mr. Obama seen on his cell phone, as he made his way back to the Kailua vacation house.<br><br>    Evening plans? Uncertain.<br><br>    Jeff Zeleny</i><br><br>These accounts make me feel like I\'m RIGHT THERE!  :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m so happy that THE FIRST FAMILY is RESTING and RELAXING!!  God Bless Them!! :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577215">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577215" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a33YvqB4RHSM&refer=home" rel="nofollow">Clinton Writes Off $13.2 Million Loan to Campaign</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577452">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577452" class="dsq-comment-message">Good.<br><br>Now the PUMA\'s can pay off Mark Penn.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578028">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578028" class="dsq-comment-message">What a pathetic clown he is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578446" class="dsq-comment-message">sleazeball scumbag is more like it<br><br>he makes you cringe<br><br>he ooooozes reptilian oil</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577693">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577693" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha-ha!<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ha%2520ha-%2520nelson&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&star&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo&eurl...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577352">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577352" class="dsq-comment-message">Hairdressers want chance to style first lady<br>By GILLIAN GAYNAIR, Associated Press Writer Gillian Gaynair, Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 22<br><br>WASHINGTON – Hair salon owner Barry Fletcher sent Michelle Obama a 17-minute DVD about himself. Hairdresser Keith Harley uploaded his resume to President-elect Barack Obama\'s Web site. And salon owner Nicole Cober-Blake plans to get her name in by sending a welcome basket with bath gels, hair products and a robe.<br><br>There are plenty of unanswered questions buzzing around the Obamas\' impending arrival, but one has hairdressers on the edge of their styling chairs: Who will be chosen to do Michelle Obama\'s hair?<br><br>Now, everyone wants to know where  theFrist Lady gonna get her hair did<br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_go_pr_wh/michelle_obama_hair" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_go_pr...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579176">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579176" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m pretty sure if she chooses a black stylist somebody will comment WHY SHE GOTTA GO WITH A BLACK STYLIST? <br><br>Meanwhile Misty at Country Cutz & Color and Bethany at Supercuts will say to themselves, glad she chose a black stylist.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579294">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579294" class="dsq-comment-message">Town, break it down. <br><br>It\'s Mary Lou at MasterCuts, here.  Only they hired a Korean chic to do all the POC\'s hair.  So, you know they\'ll get the Asians in there. But what Black person would step foot in that place, knowing these folks don\'t want to look at them, let alone touch their "nappy hair."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4580590">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580590" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!!! Funniest thing, the one time I\'ve gotten my hair cut by a white perosn, it was a white guy  about 10 years ago....I think his fear is why he gave me one of the best cuts I\'ve ever had. No lie. I swear I still remember because I went back to him to after that to trim it and cut it when it would grow out too much from the style. It was the best layered bob EVER. I think he was so nervous he was cutting my hair strand by strand...it took him FOREVER. I had just moved to Charlotte, NC and the reason I went in was because I saw a black face...turned out she was the receptionist but she told me he could do it...he was scared, I was scared...but the haircut....I promise, just a haircut...took him about 90 minutes just to cut my hair...but it was FLY! It was perfect!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4577922">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4577922" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Another "VACATION" article:<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/22/obama-hawaii-gym-workout_n_152916.html" rel="nofollow">Obama Hawaii Gym Workout:  Thanks Troops</a><br><br><br><i>KANEOHE, Hawaii — <b>President-elect Barack Obama personally thanked a handful of military service members after a morning workout.</b><br><br>Obama was up early Monday to visit the gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii with his wife, Michelle.<br><br><b>After the workout, he walked up to about 20 people in the parking lot, posed for pictures and chatted for a few minutes.<br><br>He said, "Thank you, guys. Appreciate your service."</b><br><br>From there, Obama returned to his rented $9 million oceanfront home in Kailua where he and his family are staying for the Christmas holiday.<br><br>Michelle Obama remained behind at the gym.</i><br><br>O.K.  So every news article/reporter wants to focus in on the value of the "rental!"<br><br>-Ummm   WHERE were THEY on publishing the NUMBER of HOUSES that McAncient <b>OWNS!</b>???     ENOUGH!! <br><br>Enjoy yourselves --- FIRST FAMILY!!!  WE LOVE YOU!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579709">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579709" class="dsq-comment-message">KANEOHE, Hawaii — President-elect Barack Obama personally thanked a handful of military service members after a morning workout.<br><br>After eating a breakfast of $16 eggs and washing it down with organic orange juice, priced at $4.99 per 8 ounces, Obama headed over to the gym at the Marine Corps facility in an entourage of Escalades, Hummers and Range Rovers.<br><br>The president-elect played basketball in a Burberry jogging suit from Neiman Marcus and a pair of pricey Adidas tennis shoes.  After the workout, he walked up to about 20 people in the parking lot with designer sunshades by Versace, posed for pictures, signed autographs and chatted for a few minutes.<br><br>He said, "Thank you, guys. Appreciate your service."<br><br>From there, Obama returned to his rented $9 million oceanfront home in Kailua where he and his family are staying for the Christmas holiday.  The lavish estate features 5 bedrooms, where each bed is dressed with 1000 thread count linens and 5.5 bathrooms outfitted with expensive Egyptian terrycloth towels, $10 mini soaps, a bidet, a spa and 3 ply toilet paper.  The gourmet kitchen features granite countertops and a Subzero kitchen stocked with $19/lb gourmet cheeses, rare meats, caviar, lobster and authentic Champagne.  The Obamas will dine on fancy china from Bernardau at $435 per place setting, all atop a Chantilly lace tablecloth estimated at almost $2000 per tablecloth.<br><br>Obama will return to America and prepare to take the oath of office later in January, where he faces insurmountable challenges in helping ordinary Americans losing their jobs and savings navigate the financial crisis.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4580291">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580291" class="dsq-comment-message">Town!!   Town!!   Town!!   BWAHAHAHAHA!!!    RAOTFL!!!!    :&gt;)<br><br>Sooo, "WHYCOME"  the PRICE of the TOILET TISSUE was omitted?  After al, IT was IMPORTED from FRANCE annnnnnnnd IT cost $50.00 per roll!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>***shakin\' my head****    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580536" class="dsq-comment-message">KANEOHE, Hawaii — President-elect Barack Obama used the restroom facilities while vacationing in his lavish $9 million dollar beachfront secluded estate.<br><br>Obama went into the restroom at about 10:45, Secret Service personnel guarding the doors outfitted with 24K gold knobs with diamond inlay.<br><br>The bathroom Obama used has 3 ply organic toilet paper estimated to cost $20 per roll and sold exclusively to royals, elites and heads of state directly through Charmin\'s manufacturers.  The paper is milled from organic trees planted deep in the Amazonian rainforest, where the average citizen only makes 3 cents per day.<br><br>Obama was estimated to have used 10 three ply sheets of this toilet paper  and was heard to have flushed not once, but twice, which may anger many citizens who voted for him because of his "green friendly" campaign promises.  The toilets installed at Obama\'s lavish hideaway are said not to be "low flow" toilets, which environmentalists claim will reduce water usage.<br><br>After washing his hands in French milled soaps, Obama applied La Mer hand lotion which is estimated to cost around $225 per bottle.  For comparison, the average shopper can buy 225 bottles of SUAVE for the same price of the Obama lotion.<br><br>Exiting the bathroom, Obama sprayed a commercial air freshener behind him.  The price could not be determined, but the National Association Against Aerosol Sprays has determined that by using an aerosol air freshener, Obama released enough ozone into the atmosphere to speed up the rate of global warming by one week.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4580991">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580991" class="dsq-comment-message">_____________________*gasp*__________-ROFLMAO_____ OMG_______________I cant breathe________LMAO</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582132">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582132" class="dsq-comment-message">KANEOHE, Hawaii — While the news media and blogosphere is in an uproar about President-elect Barack Obama\'s lavish $9 million dollar exotic Hawaii getaway, other groups are outraged about Obama seemingly not being as green friendly as he preaches.<br><br>Sources claim that all of the bathrooms in Obama\'s expensive oceanside estate are outfitted with Quilted Northern Ultra Plush 3-ply bath tissue.<br><br>Georgia Pacific, the manufacturer of Quilted Northern, claims that 3-ply bath tissue "delivers a luxurious experience to consumers with 2 layers for softness" and "an additional layer for absorbency."  Georgia Pacific officials claim the new Quilted Northern is sewer friendly and 100% biodegradable material, made from virgin pulp fibers.<br><br>But environmentalists are concerned that Obama\'s continued usage of 3-ply bath tissue signals that he is not as green friendly as he preaches.  Quilted Northern\'s 3-ply bath tissue is not made of recyled materials.  In their defense, Georgia Pacific claims that Quilted Northern Ultra Plush 3-ply uses no more paper than regular 2-ply bath tissues.<br><br>Joan McGillycutty of the environmental blog NO TP for my Bunghole feels betrayed by Obama\'s usage of 3 ply toilet paper.  "He claimed that he was going to be more green friendly and create green jobs and then he turns around on his expensive vacation where he thinks nobody can see him and uses a form of toilet paper that is requiring more trees to be cut down and used.  Why can\'t he use 2 ply toilet paper or better yet, 1 ply?"  <br><br>McGillycutty continues, "I feel betrayed and disappointed.  If this is how he [Obama] going to be, breaking promises before he\'s even sworn in, how is he going to be after he takes the oath of office?" <br><br>McGillycutty says that she is organizing all of her fellow environmental bloggers to write a letter to the president-elect urging him to stop the use of 3 ply toilet paper immediately.  "He\'s setting a bad example for the rest of the country," she said.  "I know that sometimes when people aren\'t used to having the luxuries of life they go overboard because they\'re not used to having it, but we\'re talking about the Earth here.  Comfort and luxury for your butt does not trump destroying trees."<br><br>Neither President-elect Obama nor his staff had any comment for this story.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582368">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582368" class="dsq-comment-message">Please keep these, please......these are too freaking funny...I bet if you put these up on dkos OR redstate right now you\'d get 500 comments blasting Obama to hell - amazing how the far right and far left can come together isn\'t it? LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582697">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582697" class="dsq-comment-message">Hee,hee! My sides are splitting.   Don\'t stop!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4583516">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4583516" class="dsq-comment-message">Town,<br><br>You\'re too dang funny!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4586808">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4586808" class="dsq-comment-message">Town!   Town!    Town!  Just <b>TOWN!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)</b><br><br><b>***shakin\' my head*** </b>   \'cause I cain\'t speak!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581700">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581700" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMBAO!!!!! Oh Town, bring it down, girl.  <br><br>Send this on to the AP!  Go ahead I dare ya!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581812">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581812" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO!!!!<br><br>*Dead and buried on my way to meet Sweet Minty Jesus*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4583485">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4583485" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4580499">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580499" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!! These ugly souls have really irked me with always having to list out the cost of everything the Obamas do! YES you jackazzes, these black people can have a nice rest in his HOMESTATE and there\'s nothing you can do about it!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4581327" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581327" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not the cost I am looking at when I read this article.  I\'m thinking of the environmental waste.  If he is going to talk it, he\'s gotta walk it, too.<br><br>Wow, <i>three-ply toilet tissue</i>?  Bet you Bush has that kind of tissue for his heinie.  But brother, you know they reporting on every effing thing...be on the offensive.<br><br>Please. no hater mail.  I\'m not downing Obama\'s taking a rest.  Truly.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582828">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582828" class="dsq-comment-message">ctfu!! @ 3ply toilet tissue!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4583079">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4583079" class="dsq-comment-message">Town,<br><br>this entire series is hilarious, on point, and a huge FUCK YOU.<br><br>thank you from the bottom of my Uppity Negro heart.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4583342">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4583342" class="dsq-comment-message">Tee hee, there really IS 3-ply toilet paper!<br><br>I don\'t have a Kos account.  I dare somebody to post these up over there!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4583457">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4583457" class="dsq-comment-message">Town,<br><br>I saw that too! 3-ply toilet paper? Oh My! lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4590982">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4590982" class="dsq-comment-message">Where do you buy it?  And what is the price.? lol lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579995">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579995" class="dsq-comment-message">On another website a commenter said AP now stands for Associated Propaganda<br><br>I\'d like to change it a little and call them:   A**holes of Propaganda-----It\'s gonna be a looong 4 years with haters, for sure.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4580405">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580405" class="dsq-comment-message">Those rat bastards are getting on my last damn nerve!!<br><br>How mutha-*****ing often must we hear the value of the home the Obama\'s are staying in?? WTH?!?!? They kill me with that subtle shit! Just go on and flat out say "The Obama\'s, in these tough times for hard-working real Americans, are living in the lap of luxury in a private estate"......damn, just say it already!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4578355" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578355" class="dsq-comment-message">I need a prayer circle after seeing those shirtless pics.<br><br>*throws an e-shoe at the photographer*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578423">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578423" class="dsq-comment-message">hahahahahah.<br><br>pray, pray, praaaaying for you and for me and for ERRRRY woman that looks at them photos</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578869">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578869" class="dsq-comment-message">Ladyvenoms, Here you go:<br><br>Now I lay me down to peep<br>At pics of  PEO I sneak<br><br>If Michelle don\'t mind<br>I think she\'s kind<br>I\'ll keep my thoughts<br>to clean remarks<br>And Lord I thank you so</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578985">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578985" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:    LOL!!  <b>AAAAAA-MAN   annnnnnnd   AAAAA-MAN!!</b>   :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579153">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579153" class="dsq-comment-message">Guurrrrlllll, what would I do without you.  A-MAN!!!!  ROTFLM HINEY OFF</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4581539" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581539" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!! Halle-lu-yer!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579071">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579071" class="dsq-comment-message">Ladyvenoms:     LOL!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)    "e-shoe"    LOL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4578783">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4578783" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:<b>Monday, DECEMBER 22, 2008;  DAY -29  - On His "JOURNEY TO JANUARY!</b><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> Of the DAY:  <b>TRANSITION TRAIL - SOME PENDING MATTERS/VACATION</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINE(s):</b><br><br>     a) <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1208/Obama_nabs_top_Hill_aides_as_legislative_liaisons.html" rel="nofollow">Obama nabs top Hill aides as legislative liaisons</a><br><br><i><b>President-elect Barack Obama is set to name two top congressional aides as his eyes and ears in the House and Senate, respectively.<br><br><u>Dan Turton,</u> the staff director on the House Rules Committee who also worked for former Democratic House Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri, will be Obama\'s <u>House liaison,</u> while <u>Shawn Maher, a top aide to Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will serve as the top liaison to the Senate</u>, a source tells Politico.</b><br><br>The announcement is expected later today.<br><br>Both Turton and Maher will report directly to Phil Schiliro, Obama\'s head of legislative affairs.<br><br>Turton already has a seat at the Democratic leadership table as the staff director on Rules. He gets high marks from Democrats and Republicans alike. Maher was deeply involved with Dodd\'s work on the Wall Street bailout, so he\'ll bring significant economic policy knowledge to the job.<br><br>These legislative liaisons will work for the White House, but spend much of their time quite literally walking the hallways of Congress, lingering outside of votes and lobbying members of Congress in person to back the administration on important legislation. They will also feed intelligence back to the administration about where things stand on Capitol Hill.</i><br><br>     b)  <b> His schedule</b>:<br>Monday Dec. 22, 2008<br>All Times Eastern7:00 AM	<br>8:00 AM	<br>9:00 AM	<br>10:00 AM	<br>11:00 AM	<br>12:00 PM	<br><b>12:19 PM	<br><br>Barack and Michelle Obama arrive at Semper Fit Center on Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay at to work out.</b><br>1:00 PM	<br>1:08 PM	<br><br>The president-elect leaves the gym.<br>1:21 PM	<br><br>Obama arrives back at his rental home.<br><br>     c)  <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16790.html" rel="nofollow">On vacation, Obama hits the links</a><br><br><i><br>Obama golfs on in Hawaii Sunday.<br>Photo: AP<br><br>HONOLULU — <b>On the first full day of his last vacation before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama seemed to have already had enough of the prying eyes of the press corps shadowing his every move.<br><br>“OK, guys, come on," Obama said, looking toward photographers clicking away as he stretched and hit a few drives before a Sunday afternoon round of golf.</b><br><br>“How many shots do you need?”<br><br>Obama played 18 holes with three others at Olomana Golf Links near his Kailua vacation home on his native island of Oahu, according to a pool report from The New York Times\' Jeff Zeleny. Eugene Kang, a political adviser, was with Obama at the driving range.<br><br>As the president-elect\'s warmed up, an onlooker peering through a fence noticed something special about Obama\'s game.<br><br>"He\'s a lefty!" the man said. (Obama shares the trait with the likes of Masters and PGA champion Phil Mickelson.)</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE!  :&gt;)<br><br>3.  FROM:  <b>THE FIRST FAMILY</b>:<br><br><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G2tzoE474w&feature=related" rel="nofollow"><br>OBAMA HOLIDAY GREETING CARD</a><br><br><b>ENJOY!!</b>    <b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579208">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579208" class="dsq-comment-message">greenLady, thanks for the report.  I love the greeting card too.  So happy to see the First Family in that setting.  <br><br>And thank goodness they aren\'t wearing those CORNY X-mas sweaters with those hokey snowflakes and gingerbread men on\'em!!!   uggh!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579381">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579381" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:   My pleasure!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>They truly "DO THEM!"   YES THEY DO!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4579829">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4579829" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/12/20/george-hw-bush-mad-at-sarah-palin.html?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:george-hw-bush-mad-at-sarah-palin" rel="nofollow">http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers...</a><br><br>George Bush Sr. miffed that Sarah Palin won\'t return his phone calls.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4580344">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580344" class="dsq-comment-message">Ahhh...is his widdle feelings hurt? lol...I\'m not sure which is more hilarious....him losing all dignity with being miffed at all (you\'re a former president, she\'s nothing to you ya nimrod) or the spokesperson for her having the audacity to say he should try calling again!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4581031" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581031" class="dsq-comment-message">Girl, George Herbert Walker Bush is a old hound.  As in sniffing after women.<br><br>She probably got tired of him panting on the other end.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581077">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581077" class="dsq-comment-message">After looking at his wife the Quaker Oats Man, can you blame him?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4581225" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4581225" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581225" class="dsq-comment-message">She could look better, but you know she\'s EVIL, too.<br><br>She ain\'t nothing like no Quaker, neither.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581297">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581297" class="dsq-comment-message">RAOTFLMAO</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581571">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581571" class="dsq-comment-message">Now Town, you know Babs Bush & Quaker in the same sentence.......<br><br>OXYMORON!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581842">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581842" class="dsq-comment-message">I was thinking the same thing:<br><br>"C\'mon Sarah!"<br>Bar is still in the hospital!"<br>"Pick up, damnit!"</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4580999" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4580999" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey, rikyrah,<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkihOkI_7eM" rel="nofollow"> I like this rendition better,</a> from <i>Love Actually.</i>  I didn\'\'t know Mariah did it first.<br><br>I think Mariah may have competition in Olivia Olson, once she grows up.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581493">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581493" class="dsq-comment-message">Who\'s watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann right now?!?!?!?!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581591">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4581591" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581591" class="dsq-comment-message">What is Olbermann trying to do to me tonight?? This was a great homage to the campaign of Barack Obama...it had all the elements: hope, humor, anger, love, joy, sorrow,.....it had it all!</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4581798">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4581798" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4581798" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4581798">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4581798" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4581798" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw it.  Good stuff.  Palin and McCain....... Shakin my head!!!</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4582289">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4582289" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4582289" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582289">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4582289" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582289" class="dsq-comment-message">I swear....this never gets old:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wKF06E5pqk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wKF06E5pqk</a></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4582274">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4582274" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4582274" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582274">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4582274" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582274" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4582394">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4582394" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4582394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582394">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4582394" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582394" class="dsq-comment-message">Will Obama Take the Oath on Lincoln\'s Bible?<br><br><br>He\'s already taken so many pages out of Abe\'s book, why not place his hand on the Good one?<br><br>Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama will take the Presidential oath on January 20 with one hand on Abraham Lincoln’s Bible. Although the Library of Congress, which houses the Bible, would not confirm this, they did say that the Obama team has expressed interest in it. “It’s been discussed, it’s in the air,” a Library of Congress Rare Books spokesperson said.<br><br>The Bible itself, an 1853 Oxford Edition, is covered in worn red velvet and sealed with a metal clasp. It is small in size, not much bigger than a man’s hand. The Lincoln Bible was not a family heirloom—he came to Washington without one—but is thought to have come from the Supreme Court’s holdings. A historian in the Library of Congress’ Rare Books Division said he was not aware that the book had been used to inaugurate any other president.<br><br>There is more.<br><br><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-22/will-obama-take-the-oath-on-lincolns-bible/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4582690">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4582690" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4582690" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582690">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4582690" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582690" class="dsq-comment-message">Al these Lincoln parallels are beginning to feel like a bad omen. Everybody know how Lincoln\'s term ended.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4582940">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4582940" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4582940" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4582940">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4582940" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4582940" class="dsq-comment-message">whiterosebuddy, I hear you, but the security details are a hellva lot different today than back in the day.<br><br>Abe used to get around in a horse & buggy; PEO\'s cruising  in an SUV with SS carrying metal and bullets.  He\'ll be fine.  Trust.<br><br>Check out this link.<br><br><a href="http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/odd/archives/001033.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/odd/archives/00...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4591078">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4591078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4591078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4591078">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4591078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4591078" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, his cavalcade, not horse&buggy... they are riding around in a vehicle with windows DOWN  armed to the teeth with assault weapons the likes of which the average American has never seen! <br><br>But that right there tells me, he is under far greater & FREQUENT threat than ever, as well.<br><br>But I am praying!! Which is all I the average citizen can do.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4592366">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4592366" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4592366" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4592366">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4592366" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592366" class="dsq-comment-message">I constantly pray for his safety & for the safety of his family!  I pray God...put a hedge of protection around PEO!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4583377">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4583377" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4583377" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4583377">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4583377" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4583377" class="dsq-comment-message">I plead the blood of Jesus to protect PEO & his precious family!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4591100">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4591100" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4591100" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4591100">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4591100" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4591100" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice,]<br>Sometimes I just start crying thinking about it. It just is so terrifying at times.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4583036">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4583036" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4583036" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4583036">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4583036" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4583036" class="dsq-comment-message">Condoleezza Rice Gifted $316,000 In Jewels From Arab Leaders<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/22/condoleeza-rice-gifted-31_n_152941.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/22/condol...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4591026">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4591026" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4591026" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4591026">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4591026" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4591026" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, I saw that!!<br><br>Arab leaders ...treated her like a LADY...I was like alrighty now.<br><br>So sad, too bad, she must return them.<br><br>I would love for them to be put on display though.<br><br>Does anyone know what the 1st female SOS Albright received in the way of jewels from Arab Leaders?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4586487">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4586487" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4586487" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4586487">lamh31</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4586487" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4586487" class="dsq-comment-message">Man after the election, one of the pundits said that the ones Obama has to watch out for are the members of his own party.  I took it as just campaign rhetoric, but damned if they weren\'t right.  God help me I think it was Pat Buchanan.<br><br><a href="http://thepage.time.com/2008/12/22/barney-frank-still-miffed-at-warren-pick/" rel="nofollow">Barney Frank Still Miffed at Warren Pick</a><br><br>Now look, if Melissa Etheridge says <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-etheridge/the-choice-is-ours-now_b_152947.html" rel="nofollow">get over it, reach out, each one teach one</a> then I say Barney should do like Eddie told Bill Cosby " <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7nNLotYdOE" rel="nofollow">Have a Coke and a smile and sTFU</a>"</div>\
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	 </li>\
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