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I have one that is male and one that is female.  It was very hard on her being in that school from first through 12th grade.  She decided to go to Spelman because of the feeling of discomfort that she felt. She was a scholarship kid and not seeing anyone that looked like her until she got to the 8th/9th grade took it's toll.<br><br>NY is a difficult city for all its diversity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_17:22:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3973771, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If I can just ask a question here, I really want to learn more about school vouchers.  From the Dems, the argument is that school vouchers takes money away from private school, but does nothing to address the problems with public school system, from the Repubs, school vouchers give the parents a choice where to send their children.<br><br>I have mixed feelings on the issue.  My sister and I attended a private girls school because the public schools in my neighborhood were horrid.  My mother did not have the benefit of school vouchers, she had to get a second job, and scrimp and save to make that happen.  Now, if the state would have given her a voucher that would have paid a part, or a majority of the costs that would have been great.   But, my question is, even with a school voucher, there is no guarantee, as you said, that the private school will let just anyone attend.<br><br>I had to take a standardized test before I was admitted, and I had to attend summer school courses to make up areas that I did not perform strongly on the test.  I was lucky because a) I was a fast learner, b) my sister had already attended, and c) my mother encouraged education at home.  But what about the other kids.   Many of my classmates rarely did the little homework we did have in public school, would skip classes, and were in general unruly and disruptive.  School vouchers are not going to solve their problems.  The root of their problem is yes poor schooling, but most importantly poor parenting.  If the parents weren't aware enough to know that their child wasn't being properly educated, which many of them weren't, how would they be aware enough to know or care about school vouchers and whether or not their child would be able to actually benefit from them.<br><br>Private schools are private for a reason---they can charge X amount to attend because of their reputation.  While many have diversity programs and are willing to accept students with promise, this is the exception to the rule.  In general, they do not want to admit students that they think will flunk out of their classes.<br><br>I guess, I am agreeing with you.  This school voucher for/against debate seems to be glossing over a huge issue--poor parenting.  No amount of money can teach children the value of education.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:42:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975549, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3972994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "These children are in good hands\u2014their parents.<br><br>I was one of maybe twelve black children in a rural school system in<br>the Midwest.  Education and socialization is problematic WHEREVER<br>a child lands--and not just  for privileged children.  Again--that's where parents come in.<br><br>Of course it's ridiculous that the Obama children would go to public school.<br>They attended private school in Chicago.  A lot has changed in D.C. public <br>schools since Amy Carter attended.  Things have gotten bleak.  It's become bleak all over<br>the nation.  So I am not worried about Malia and Sasha Obama.  I save that for the children<br>in falling down, dangerous, forgotten, underfunded schools which are becoming the rule<br>and not the exception in this country.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_16:20:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "b7ec84be62de8b7f16eeb2a50b5dbaff", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4462211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Awesome post, this is taking me back to my own middle/high school experiences in a privileged environment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-17_13:01:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c4166fa5570e90e757cc22575dc7846", "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}, "3980164": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "which sister? vassar?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_02:24:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "athenalong", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3979601, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975943": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You opened up a can of worms with this comments.<br><br>I'm a product of working class people and public schools, so I'm an outsider looking in.  It's been my experience that there are two types of bougie.  There are the black families who send their child to white private school but make sure those children are in organizations like Jack and Jill so they can have a connection to other black children and connected to black culture.  They are rooted in black service organizations. They attend black churches and live in black enclaves. They are the much derided \"old guard\".<br><br>Then you have the new guard, who don't have those connections. The best example I have of this is one woman (with whom I work) said she was sending her son to a county day school but she was afraid he wouldn't feel comfortable in an environment where black people were in the majority. <br><br>I'll leave it at that....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:14:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "ca7674498191f49a8a6c3ef33b81ea51", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975652, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3977865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "islandgirl550:     <i>Hampton University </i>     Whoooo!   Hooo!<br><br><br>It was <b>HAMPTON INSTITUTE</b> when I attended!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Heeeeeeyyy!!!  **mouth open**      **hands raising the roof**  ** little dance move**<br><br><br>Guess we're RELATED!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyY_pizvFHw&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\"> HAMPTON UNIVERSITY DRUM LINE -2007</a><br><br>KICKIN' SOME STR8 BOOT-TAY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_23:24:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975867, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3976202": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:40:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3974795": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As a parent of children that attend a private school, I have no problem with their choice to send their kids to Sidwell.<br><br>One of our goal as parents is to make sure that our children receive the absolute best education that they can receive; none of our kids are guinea pigs and should not have to be subjected to inferior schools to please the masses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_18:14:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "2dcb7ab86ca109aed35adaccb673c5dd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3974157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know much about Amy Carter, but all the rest of the children are well-rounded and accomplished in their own ways.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_17:41:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3971689, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "IMO the Bush Twins got a bad rap and it's hypocritical.  Yes, they got busted for underage drinking.  Yes, they were party girls.  But so are so many other white kids from the burbs.  That's what many of them do, spend their weekends drinking and drugging and partying while their parents look the other way.  And for these parents to come down on the Bush Twins as if their kids are perfect little angels...I'll say it again, the Bush Twins got a bad rap.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:43:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3971689, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign 100%", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_20:08:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975549, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3976724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah,<br><br>I, too am excited that Jack and Jill both attended Sidwell and will be offering more perspective in due time.  Your high school alma mater is a top notch school and it is a testament to the fantastic student pool and committed teachers.<br><br>I went to a suburban public high school that has always prided itself on being the top dog and it's been so sweet that the Chicago magnet high schools have the stuff to beat out my alma mater and some of the other suburban schools. For too long, the inequities of funding has messed up our schools in IL. It's no wonder that the discrepancies are not even larger.<br><br>I am so excited about an Obama administration that is committed to education. I am so darn ready to get on with it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_21:02:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3974180, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3973209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Liza, what school did you attend in Oakland?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_16:25:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "SherriS", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3971620, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3976344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm looking forward to reading the series and the comments as well. I benefited from a very good public school in Texas (not magnet or charter or lab academy, just a plain ol' public school - LOL) and later attended both an HBCU and an ivy league school for my graduate work. So I really want to support public education and contribute to the development and progress of the educational opportunities in my community as a whole. <br><br>But now I'm a parent of a toddler in South Carolina - the public schools here are struggling, but the <i>reputation</i> is even worse (if you saw the documentary, \"Corridor of Shame\" - enough said...)<br><br>So it interests me to hear about the choices that DC parents are forced to make (not just the Obamas), particularly those who may <i>want</i> to support public schools, but also desire the best quality education for their child. <br><br>I'd also love to hear more about the \"moral and ethical training\" Jill - are cultural issues also a part of that or is it just February Black History Month and Kwanzaa?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:55:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amy Carter divorced her first husband and is now on husband #2.  She and Hubby #1 are friends but it just didn't work out.  I don't know if the child is by Hubby #1 or Hubby #2.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:45:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3974889, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3977212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wonder how many Latino kids attend Sidwell.... inquiring minds want to know... :) <br><br>In all seriousness, thank you for sharing your perspective. I never attended a \"snooty\" private white school in K-12, but my HS had a distinctly 90210 vibe that was barely enough for me to stomach. <br><br>I think that people should try to attend the best schools that they can possibly afford, and although many students of color may feel marginalized or not fully accepted in the halls of elite private K-12 institutions, students there learn so much more about behaving and acting in a world where the next generation of decision makers/power brokers come from. That is another lesson that isn't even taught in public school.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_21:59:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "adriana01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3973274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Both my cousins went to private school on the Upper Eastside of Manhattan.  One went to an all private predominantly white school and the other went to a very diverse private school.  It's interesting to note, that my girl cousin chose Spelman when she decided to go to college.  Very telling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_16:30:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well first you have to define what you mean by Black community. That is part of this old way of thinking by Black Americans that is damaging us more than racism. Black people from other countries and cultures don't think that way. We do harm to ourselves by pushing so much for identity through numbers. Shouldn't it be about quality of people? I would've loved to have attended an elite school as a kid. The opportunities and networking you get cannot be emphasized enough. I went to parochial school and public school. I was in an accelerated program but it was night and day. The bulk of the Black students in public school were focused on trying to tear each other down with that \"talking white\" nonsense and the low expectation mentality. You can still be proud of one's heritage and 'know who you are' in other ways. The danger is in leaning one way too far left or thinking it doesn't matter at all and being unrealistic about race relations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:06:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975652, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3976015": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can give you one viewpoint because I went to a private high school.  The school was I, if I remember correctly, 95% white.  It was a HUGE adjustment at first.  It wasn't even the White students.  It was the fact that at public schools, rules and/or authority figures were not respected and often ignored.  Going from that to a private, Catholic school was like being in the twilight zone.  They had a rule for EVERYTHING.  So, I had to learn to adjust my attitude quickly.  Another adjustment was socio-economic factors.  I grew up in a single parent, lower-middle class household.  <br><br>Although my sister and I were well taken care of, it was also a shock to experience some of the wealth that the White kids had access to.  And it did make me resent my background a little because these kids rarely heard phrases like, \"we can't afford,\" or \"that's too expensive.\"  <br><br>But despite all that, I loved my experience there, and I didn't think it took anything away from my roots.  I didn't even think about that at the time, nor did my mother.  Her main concern was a quality education.  I made friends, good friends with the Black students there, but I also formed relationships and friendships with the White students.  I think it is different for everyone.  My mother didn't talk to me at all about losing my roots...I'm not sure what that means.  For the most part, she was concerned about me doing well, and not adopting some of the materialistic attitudes of my peers.  <br><br>I applaud private schools---even private schools that are predominantly white.  Although you can feel like you are in a museum at times, you will be surprised how easy it is to get along and adjust to your new environment once you are there.  <br><br>To each his own though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:21:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975652, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3974180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jill,<br><br>I want to thank you for this piece, and I can't wait to read more of your and Jack's experiences at Sidwell. Being the city girl that I am, I never really thought about education. I realize now that I was hopelessly naive, and that my mother was a scheming fool where I was concerned. When she found out about a new program for gifted schools, she hustled me into one. I was part of the guinea pigs for it. Then, we had the option of going to a 7-12 program, and my mother pushed me into that too - because of the elementary school I had gone to, I had first dibs on the new 7-12 programs. I wound up going to Michelle Obama's alma mater, which had only instituted the program from the year before. That was my first entry into 'diversified' schools. I had never gone to school with kids from everywhere before, and though the first semester was tought where the sciences were concerned, I buckled down, met the challenge and persevered. By the time I got to high school, it was a somewhat isolating experience. I had advanced classes in everything but social science and gym. It took my extracurriculars to get me to meet my fellow classmates, because I was routinely in classes with kids ahead of me. <br><br>I thought my education was serving me well, until first semester freshman year, when a counselor from the 7-12 program called my mother and some other parents in. She had gotten a brochure from a summer program for math and science for public school students. I was like, ' summer school', and my mother was like, ' SUMMER SCHOOL'. I applied, got in, and went. It was at Phillips Andover Academy. Driving up to the campus I felt just like Brendan Fraser did in that movie 'School Ties'. I couldn't believe that people actually went to school in places like this. Learning about that entire atmosphere as well as the educational opportunities was an eye-opener. The three summers I spent there taught me a great deal. I had a very competitive class, which stood me well as I did go onto the Ivy League. <br><br>It was in college that I found out how rare a student like me was: from a city school. Not a suburban school, but an actual city school. Studied the entire college admissions racket, and learned how unfair it actually was. It's why when I hear the bullshit arguments about AA, I just roll my eyes. I'm talking about them having a list of certain public high schools, and if you're not on that list, the likelihood of you being accepted was close to nil. Like I said, I was on the naive side. <br><br>It was in college where I met the folks from DC, and couldn't find a person among them that went to an actual DC public school.  It shocked me. I learned over time about the network of private schools in the DC area.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_17:43:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3973285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I graduated from McDonogh in Baltimore and Princeton. I suspect that the girls' experience won't be typical on any level, and that attending Sidwell--as great a school as it is--will be overshadowed by the fact that they are little girls stuck in a fishbowl that more than often transforms into a crucible. <br><br>Interestingly, I will bet my unforclosed upon house here on the DC-Silver Spring line that their experience at Sidwell, then on, doubtless, to the Ivies, will not entail the ambivalence of so many of us at these schools. Say what you will but things ARE indeed different now. Princeton ain't Michelle or my Princeton. Sidwell's moved, grown, evoleved as well. And it happened because we stuck it out and made it so. Yeah, there's classism. But hey, let's not confuse the will and ability to achieve and dip into the pool among the shakers and movers with classism. Raise the bridge, don't lower the river. (These last few sentences are a digression, of course).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_16:31:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "dcf2c9ce3819616f8ba0ca48c54519c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sidwell accepts vouchers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:33:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ca7674498191f49a8a6c3ef33b81ea51", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975549, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3978624": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jill:       <b>Annnnnnnnnnd WE ARE ALL JJP'ERS!</b>  ;&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2L4iPvdIk\" rel=\"nofollow\">WE ARE FAMILY (Sister Sledge)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_00:19:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3983836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Did you go to Bryn Mawr?!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_09:20:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "15f99840cacc01015fcf18648270f515", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3979601, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your last paragraph:<br>Well  yeah, 'cause there are rules & consequences & consistency.<br>Contrary to public schools, one can get \"kicked out\" if one doesn't follow the rules.<br>That'll put the \"fear of God\" (& your parents) in you, did me.<br> :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_10:46:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "848cf51f516a76e8220c33d1370875e1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3976015, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4006832": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "great piece.<br><br>as a product of a school very similar to sidwell friends, i can identify with  what it is like to be black in this sort of environment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-25_11:40:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "17426f6c4f863f8b116c68d9e9b95f13", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3976025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's why we have to figure out how to make the system work for us. This is also why it's good to be exposed to the real social elites and how they move through the world. But you know if your family is working class or poor the focus may begin and end with 'just go to school and do well' if that. I hope this gets people to think beyond getting by or just enough and start thinking outside the box. Though Obama is President he's still not 'one of them'. But he bested them!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:22:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3974180, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3977650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Latino - it was only around 3%. The thing that makes DC different from just about any other major city is that it's had a large Black Professional class that reaches back GENERATIONS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_22:57:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3977212, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As a Friend/Quaker,  I am looking forward to reading more about your experiences at Sidwell. I am glad the Obama girls will be at Sidwell.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_18:36:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "6ce4b11747de386243eb00c84ac93881", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3983757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm really looking forward to this series.  I have been trying to blog about my experiences as a scholarship kid attending prep schools in junior high, high school and quaker school for college.  I loved my time at each of these institutions and wouldnt change them for the world.  <br><br>What people need to realize though is that the diversity that some of these schools champion is still, at its core extremely selective.  Most of the public schools are top notch feeder schools and personality wise, cant really say I saw that much of a difference among the students.<br><br>The drama came, though, when my mother would remind to never forget where I came from (to which my uncle often replied--How can she?  She's having nightmares about it to this very day!).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_09:14:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "15f99840cacc01015fcf18648270f515", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3991864": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i><b>That is part of this old way of thinking by Black Americans that is damaging us more than racism. Black people from other countries and cultures don't think that way. We do harm to ourselves by pushing so much for identity through numbers.</b></i><br><br>I think what damages us is that some of us think that because we gain entree into predominately white establishments, we've somehow \"arrived\" and no longer need to reach back and help the rest of us along. <br><br>What I mean by black community is just that ..... black community. Do the parents take measures to make sure their children socialize with black children and know their history? Or do they encourage their children to assimilate? <br><br>Black people tearing each other down isn't something that just happens with black students in public school. Several commentors have talked about classism and the relationship between \"Scholarship Blacks\" vs. \"Wealthy Blacks\" at these private schools.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:39:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975887, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3973689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's interesting to note that when black parents want to send their kids to private school, they get a lot of flack for it.  I am planning on sending my child to a private school in the East Bay (CA), and so far, most of my colleagues are questioning my decision, as if I have insulted public schools in general.  I think education is a private matter, and for those of us who benefitted from a good school system, public or private, only want the same for our children.  I am very supportive of the Obama's decision to send their kids to private school.  That is their business, and only they know what is best for their children.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_17:07:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b5da7a4851e75a907eab2a67a8fc71b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3976890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Most of the time vouchers are about 2K.  I don't know if this is the case 100% of the time.  Those vouchers usually don't make a dent in the tuition at a place like Sidwell.  I've never understood the push for vouchers.  The little they provide wouldn't give any child a good education anywhere.<br><br>The question is how can we make sure all children no matter what they school they attend, have access to a high quality education.  Sadly it looks like when parents don't have a certain amount of social or financial capital, the quality of the education suffers.  I'm in a district where schools in more affluent neighborhoods can afford to put down turf on the elementary school soccerfields, while poorer neighboorhoods can barely raise enough money for anything extra for their kids.  <br><br>It's going to be complicated to bolster our public school system.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_21:22:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "f7801ed339cd7ea1e870a9ebdc5a72fc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3976023, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3973727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Looking forward to hearing more.  <br><br>I remember a guy approaching me at Mazza Gallerie and asking if I went to Sidwell.  At the time I thought, yeah I wish!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_17:10:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "DWS2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I too am looking forward to the series. Like Leota (I think) above, I'm not worried about Sasha and Malia. They'll be alright. It's the children that for whatever reason don't have choice/opportunity that concern me. <br>Just had a discussion with an attorney friend of mine re: educating my almost 2yo. She suggested private school all the way. Minneapolis Public Schools have gone...south since I was a student. Says I need to get creative and start planning the financing of this now. So now begins the research into FA/voucher/scholarship into local private schools. I'm open to ideas. Thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:23:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "811a7e4549eb422165aaec909333a57a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3976125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town, you're being far too generous. You don't think having an enabling mother and crack user drunk for a dad had an influence on them? They had leniency and white privilege to fall back on. They were Paris & Nicole goes to the White House. Certainly some standards should apply esp when they were breaking the law and got off without punishment. <br><br>My parents did not play. It didn't even occur to me that underaged drinking was an option for me - that I could've rebelled or something. I had very high expectations for myself.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:33:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975696, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3977534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jill:   <i>I grew up in DC and went to Sidwell Friends. So did Baratunde Thurston AKA Jack Turner.</i><br><br><b>  WAIT JUST A MINUTE!! </b> [Betcha THAT got your attention.   :&gt;)]<br><br>\"WHYCOME\" YOU & BARATUNDE were NOT mentioned in the \"list of FAMOUS ALUMNI?\"<br><br><b>THIS IS A TRAVESTY!!  A MIS-CARRIAGE OF JUSTICE!!</b><br><br><br>Annnnnnnd, because of this GRAVE/SERIOUS OVER-SIGHT, I'm giving <b>MAJOR PROPS to BOTH OF YOU!</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LBmFOuITrg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S(The Turbans)</b></a><br><br>O.K.  I NEED to EXPLAIN that I'm only using this song for its TITLE!  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, this was a VERY DIFFICULT FIND!  :&gt;)<br><br>YOU are very FORTUNATE that I was a \"teeny booper\" in the  Doo Wop era!  :&gt;)    :&gt;) <br><br>YES.  There are 2 other songs on this post BECAUSE the TURBANS, apparently, didn't record this \"hit\" on a separate something or other!  <b>  I 'on't know!!</b><br><br>Anywhooo,  ENJOY!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  <b>PROUD OF YOU 2!!  :&gt;)  </b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_22:41:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3985600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, in my brother's & \"my day\", it was NCS/St. Alban's,/Beauvoir, Georgetown, Holton Arms, Landon.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:10:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "848cf51f516a76e8220c33d1370875e1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3980154, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3973771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "which cousin went to Spelman?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_17:13:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3973274, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, I went to one of these types of schools in New Haven, CT. The Foote School (<a href=\"http://www.footeschool.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.footeschool.org/</a>). I went to school with Paul Giamatti, the actor and a lot of other children of famous people. While I am not close to most of the people from that time, I will say that I got a great education. <br><br>I was one of only 20  blacks out of a school of 550. What I didn't learn about my blackness there, my parents made sure to have me in Jack and Jill and active in our UCC church. I graduated from there after 9th grade and had a choice of continuing with private high school education. <br><br>I needed the hood!! I went to public high school and then an HBCU down south. I felt like if I continued on the private education path I would miss out on something. I must say, homecoming at Hampton University was the bomb!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:04:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3974600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Much obliged for this post. It will be very interesting reading about Sidwell from those who actually attended. Can't wait!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_18:03:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "SjP08", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think some of the kids do better than others and having money is no guarantee of productivity or happiness. Also they have to make choices themselves about who they'll be. I do think the Obama girls have the chance to be well adjusted as long as they're protected. I think the family has different values than the others.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:49:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975630, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3972429": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow - just going from what I've read and impressions from interviews...I'd say Chelsea is the most grounded.... I think the Bush twins are well-rounded now - well, actually I think they've matured, but if I was 21 again and wanted to get my party on I'd wanna hang with them LOL...I've heard they were pretty wild.  The Reagan children seem rather distant from their parents, like its a really cold kind of relationship, that's what I get from afar....and Amy Carter? poor girl....I really hope she's happy now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_16:05:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3971689, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Definately not the Bush Twins.  They spent their first year in DC trying to embarrass their parents.  <br><br>Not every child turns out the way its expected because they had the advantages over other kids.  With the exception of Bobby Kennedy, Jr., and Caroline Kennedy, look at the rest of the second generation (mostly Bobby's brood).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:36:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3971689, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i><b>the one thing we should thnk about is whether our wide access to these elite points in life have achieved a broad enough spreading of that wealth of knowledge, both book knowledge and \"the system\" knowledge (both easier to achieve than wealth in money) . Or does that knowledge simply mirror our class profiles?</b></i><br><br>Great question hustleandfloe.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:52:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3977087, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3983568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think Black and Latino parents acknowledge the social price. It's the tradeoff for believing that their children will benefit from the education in the long run.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_08:52:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3979601, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3980856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh Green Lady, I knew I liked you!<br><br>ROCK THE BLUE AND WHITE...STOP AND LET THE ALUMNI DO IT!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_04:06:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3977865, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3974610": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Head Royce", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_18:04:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3973209, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3974484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was raised in DeMarVa area, and went to public schools.  I graduated from The University of Maryland with a Masters in Nursing, and was 1 of 2 Blacks a class of 35.  Being raised in segregated Southern Maryland, I had learned to adapt.<br><br>Both of my daughters chose Morgan State University in Baltimore.  They chose a local Black College because they needed to have the experience of \"incluison and belonging,\" and they excelled academically too!   Of course, I didn' want their education compromised by attending an institution with low educational standards. But I had to make sure their sense of self wasn't compromised as well.  It's a balancing act.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_17:58:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3973888, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3974613": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks, Jill, for this post.  Looking forward to  reading more from you and Baratunde!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_18:04:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3974484, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3976023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I have no idea.  I read they accepted vouchers on the washington post website.  If I had to take a guess, I would say that a economically disadvantaged child talented and bright enough to get into the school, probably qualifes for scholarships also.  The voucher would pay part of the cost and the scholarship would take care of the rest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:22:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "ca7674498191f49a8a6c3ef33b81ea51", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975700, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3973208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sounds interesting - can't wait to hear more.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_16:25:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3971620": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Looking forward to this. As a black who went to a prestigious and predominantly white private school in the East Bay Area (Oakland) and one who was a scholarship kid I can definitely say it is quite an experience. There was a reason why my parents had me in Jack and Jill (sigh).<br><br>I'm sure your experience will be similar to mine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_15:06:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If a parent is seeking out school vouchers wouldn't that suggest they value education.  <br><br>If they knew that there were options available other than failing schools, what decisions would they make?<br><br>We can't answer that and opposing school vouchers (and school choice)limits children to circumstances that are beyond their control.<br><br>I'd be the first to admit that there are bad parents (regardless of economic situation), but if a parent is working (two and three shifts)and doesn't have the time or money to offer additional aid and doesn't have a support system in place, should their children be penalized?<br><br>School vouchers are just one solution to failing school system.  Makes me wonder why \"liberals\" oppose them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:57:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "ca7674498191f49a8a6c3ef33b81ea51", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975681, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3992027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i><b>Then you have the new guard, who don't have those connections. The best example I have of this is one woman (with whom I work) said she was sending her son to a county day school but she was afraid he wouldn't feel comfortable in an environment where black people were in the majority.</b></i><br><br>Wow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_14:46:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975943, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "best regards, Sepia.  yes, let's deal with that in the way we know we can. h&f", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_22:06:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "hustleandfloe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3992143, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3980154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just out of curiosity, who were/are your school's rivals?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_02:22:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "athenalong", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3977822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Very good point, and I read something that the DC public schools were not as bad as they are until about the 70s when the Mayor started using the school system as a reward to payback supporters. Prior to that, my understanding is that they public schools in DC were not the lowest of the low. <br><br>And I'm sure that within the black professional class... that many of them left to the suburbs too, right?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_23:19:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "adriana01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3977650, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3970911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for sharing your insight.  I NEVER thought the Obama's would send them to a public school.  I am shocked at those who thought they would and are upset at the choice of private schooling.   It makes perfect sense for them to attend a school like this...safety and a top education is key for the Obama girls. <br><br>I look foward to reading your other post about your experience at Sidwell...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_14:35:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Think_About_It", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3998040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't even have kids and I've always felt this way about school vouchers.  Thanks for the education.  <br><br>These types of threads are the reason why I read J&JP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_21:26:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "be3cd7066a812dd2853805c14aebdb53", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975549, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3980898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My parents were concerned that I would lose a connection to my roots so my mother and father taught Black History Week (yes, it was a week back then) at the private school. They fought for an African studies class. And they were UP AT THAT SCHOOL everyweek raising hell if I came home upset. So, while I had a great education, my parents had to add to it and \"handle\" those teachers.<br><br>My parents were professionals, but had to get straight HOOD on a Afrikaans teacher that didn't think blacks could do math for almost a year. Parents who send their kids to white private schools still have to remain active even though the education is excellent.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_04:15:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975652, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm also looking forward to hearing your stories. I have a good friend who went to Exeter. She believes local private schools don't match up to the boarding school experience. But she also feels boarding schools (Exeter, Andover, Groton) fall in the shadow of European schools. I never realized there were so one-ups. I'd love to know your thoughts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_18:27:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ad542cf2c65831a9613ac42cca4c9845", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jill, I'm looking forward to both of your stories. I've always wondered about the experience of black children in the predominately white environment of \"high end\" private/boarding schools. My main wonderment is their connection to the black community, and do black parents who send their kids to predominately white schools worry about their children shunning their roots in order to assimilate into the predominate white culture.<br><br>BTW, are there any black private schools that are academically excelerated?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:39:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3977254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think it has to do with the parents whether or not their children will shun their roots. I have a cousin who was an army brat for awhile. During the 2nd grade and 7th grade she attended school with me in Alabama because those particular school years she lived with her Grandmother - (my dad's 1st cousin, next door to us) - but every other year, she was in a predominately white school - and during her high school years a predominately white school - then attended college at Mt Holyoke where she majored in anthropology - studied in Cairo and got her doctorate from The Univ of Wisconsin and lives in Appleton, WI - ....and she cant get enough of rural Alabama, visits as often as possible, eating plums straight off the tree...will eat chitlins - I DON'T EAT CHITLINS - will eat souse meat - I THINK ITS DISGUSTING - loves the lil church her grandmother attended and has researched our entire family history. I love her to death and even though our paths in life took extremely different turns, its like we're still on the same one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_22:05:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975652, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3979601": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wish that people would acknowledge that Af-Am and Latin@ students often pay a social price when attending elite schools, unlike rich white people. I attended a 7 Sister school and rarely socialized w/ the rich kids b/c they preferred expensive hobbies. My school had an exchange program w/ Spelman and so many students tried to transfer that  the program had to be changed to prohibit transfers to Spelman. Of course, class plays a role. I wonder if it feels confining to be part of the wealthy because it's a relatively small group. I had the opportunity to got to a private high school with the kids of some of hollywood's heavy hitters, but didn't want to be a resentful scholarship on the bus sharing a room with her brother while her classmates lived in the lap of luxury.<br><br>The Obama family did what they needed for the kids' best interest. Prez elect has an obligation to his future constituents to create policies that educate ALL of our children.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_00:56:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "8081fabc1e2dee37fd674a426c8f97bf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3980872": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Notre Dame is a great school, but most of the kids I knew went to Foote, Hopkins, Hamden Hall, Choate Rosemary Hall, or St. Thomas' Country Day.  I think I got the best of all the worlds though, private school, public school in the late 80s, and then an HBCU.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_04:09:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3977807, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3974889": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "By all accounts Amy Carter is doing fine, living quietly with her husband and child. She is on the board of the Carter Center but shuns publicity,", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_18:22:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "de0dfd2a55c0d1c9504b08a78971ae18", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3972429, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I applied to Choate, Exeter, and Miss Porters... was accepted to all but didn't feel comfortable during my school visits. I had had enough of being one of the only black faces in the class.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:08:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975011, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3976171": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If a parent is seeking school vouchers than they probably value their child's education--they want to know what is out there and what their options are.  I was talking about parents that do not fall into this category, and from my own personal experience, many parents in the public school system, do fall into this category.  They send their children to school, but have no idea what they are learning in class, do not attend parent/teacher conferences, and have no involvement with monitoring and/or helping them with their homework.  The \"not involved\" parents.<br><br>And I don't get your second point...\"if they knew that there were options available other than failing schools, what decisions would they make?\"  Many parents do know this, which is why they a) move, b) find another public school in their neighborhood that is better, or c) send their children to private schools.  So, I disagree with your assertion that \"we can't answer that\" because many parents make that choice every year.  <br><br>And, I am not making the point about anyone's child being penalized.  But I have questions about the fact that many children in the public school system will not be able to compete with their counterparts in the private school system.   I was asking, how will voucher programs address this issue?  Will private schools be expected to accept everyone regardless of their standards?  Will vouchers be able to cover the full costs of private school education?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:37:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975808, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The question is why can't all children have access to the advantages that private schools supposedly provide. <br><br>It's not a priority. Parents may not be as involved as they should be. I also wouldn't rely solely on what my child was taught in school as a complete education.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_20:09:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975413, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3977807": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "islandgirl, i am from CT and NEVER hear of this school. most of the folk i know from new haven that went to what they equated to a good school went to career or notre dame. learn something new everyday :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_23:17:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975867, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3986152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "islandgirl550:    Back at-choo!!  :&gt;)<br><br>LOOK what I found:   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofbUK85bnwY&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>BARACK OBAMA SPEAKS AT HAMPTON UNIVERSITY!</b></a><br><br>GO HU!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;<br><br>President-Elect OBAMA!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_11:54:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3980856, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4569835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm excited to watch this series progress.  I was a lifer a Sidwell until being whisked away to Southern Africa right around the time my socio-economically and racially diverse group of friends began to drift apart towards more homogenous groupings in Upper School.<br>Being Black at Sidwell and living in Trinidad, NE as a child was certainly an interesting childhood experience, but according to my friends who stayed it was the older years that were really trying.<br><br>As youngsters I think the Obama girls will do fine; it's not a huge jump from the Chicago Lab School to Sidwell, after all.  As they age, and Malia deals with the ups and downs of secondary school, I suspect this will change.<br><br>...I am also a teacher now, and thought for 1/4 of a second about teaching at Sidwell before remembering that I would never leave teaching in public schools.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-22_09:21:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "a205fc845518b2552dff2caef1bc455b", "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}, "3975413": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think an issue arises when parents (and politicans) oppose school vouchers but send their children to private schools.<br><br>The question is why can't all children have access to the advantages that private schools supposedly provide.  <br><br>Also, I grew in a rural school system and the schools were no better they those in urban areas.  As a child I had a problem with elected school board members (99% black) driving to the county line so their children could attend schools in other counties.  White teachers would send their children to still segregated schools and if they couldn't afford that, they would trek with the black school board members to the county line.<br><br>I've come to believe that school boards should instate a rule similar to that of police departments and fire departments.  If you can't live in this area and you can't send your children to the school system for which you work, you might want to consider looking for employment elsewhere.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:11:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "ca7674498191f49a8a6c3ef33b81ea51", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997265": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "These is a fascinating thread and as a black person from Canada, I am surprised that so many people were shocked at the idea of the Obamas sending their daughters to public schools.   I went to public schools in Canada and don't know of a single person who went to private schools until I did my MBA in Toronto .  In my assessment, private schooling didn't give them much advantage cause we all ended up in the same type of companies, with similar type of positions and networks.  Due to the more or less good quality of high schools in Canada (Toronto slowly becoming an exception ), the value proposition of a private education is almost non-existent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_20:26:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "9524113b914c7d112ea35d64b80ab740", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3971689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This will be interesting. Thanks for sharing. We don't really need to worry about the Obama children. Their parents make good decisions, know who they are and are very loving. If only every family would operate that way. <br><br>If we want to compare Presidential children look at the Bush girls, look at Chelsea Clinton, look at the Reagan kids and the Carters. Based on first impression (and no insider knowledge) who do you think are the most well-rounded ones?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_15:12:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you have any idea of how much the vouchers are in D.C.?  I am interested to know what the difference is between the voucher and the $30K price tag of attendance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:44:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975590, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3977978": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's very interesting. A lot of 'Old School' Black professionals live in Washington, DC. A lot of 'New School' Black professionals live in Black enclaves in Prince Georges County. Though there are plenty in the rest of the popular suburbs of Washington. It was fascinating meeting the different types of Black kids from Washington when I got to college. I never really wanted to be a teacher, but I was fascinated by education itself, and the different levels of it. Being from where I live, if you wanted to get into a 'better school', you moved to that area. I'm not from a city with an extensive private school system. In fact, I can name 4 that I would qualify as elite schools, and 3 of them are actually private, the other is a Catholic school. So, when I came across the kids from DC and New York City and their private school networks, I was fascinated. I could have minored in education, for all the classes I took  on the subject.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_23:38:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3977822, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3970684": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am really going to enjoy this series.  I was raised in the DMV but now live out here in the Bay area.  I found it fascinating that people REALLY thought that they would send the children to public school.  Not knocking DC schools (especially since I have a lot of friends that went to those same schools), HOWEVER to say that they were seriously considering it as an option is laughable.<br><br>I pray that the Girls will get \"home-schooled\" on the matters of Race and not take too much stock from their school environments as the classist divisions amongst ourselves can be just as damaging, if not more so, that those same divisions outside of race.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_14:25:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Miss_Me", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3975549": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I oppose school vouchers and send my child to private school. Why? Because school voucher programs are a joke. There is no school voucher program that I have seen - even the highest funded ones that are intended to provide access to better schooling for special needs students - that provide access to the top private schools in any given area. Either the voucher doesn't provide enough money - $2000 per year is a drop in the bucket OR the top private schools refuse to accept them.<br><br>School vouchers are a nice looking bandaid that does absolutely nothing to make the public schools better while sucking money out of the system to funnel to private schools that can be just as bad as public schools except they feel no need to cater to their students who are there with support from vouchers. And yes, I am speaking from experience.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_19:28:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "c3c395eb0d97ac57332a0e25ad11b231", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3975413, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3977087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "worms for sure, but I ain't picking em up either... I hope.  class is the elephant in the room looking at the elephant in the room when race dust settles.  black folks a long time ago realized that there's no need to get scientific about it, hence the call-out call \"bourgie!\" can't be mad at gladys' take on it a while back: <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFHH3wnLczk\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFHH3wnLczk</a>   I think this call was a good one - and imagine her droppin it right when we were nearing the height of black, largely male, corporate executive money.<br><br>I don't see a need to defend an elite school or denigrate it.  As they exist, they just fit the logic of global money and power in the with respect to admissions and achievement, necessarily exclusive on a class basis.  that needs no defense, and I'm not being facetious. now, what you do with that access might need defense.  if you go to a good school, i think the only obligation is to know who you are and what you're in and, if you're going to be political on black topics, not fall to the classic oblivion (from whence have I come?) or to the excess of supposedly keepin it real. (always room for \"folks\" to sit by the door) <br><br>the one thing we should thnk about is whether our wide access to these elite points in life have achieved a broad enough spreading of that  wealth of knowledge, both book knowledge and \"the system\" knowledge (both easier to achieve than wealth in money) .  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		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=obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1' +
		'&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/obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1/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='	+ 'obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1'
			+ '&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/obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1/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">82</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
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		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
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		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
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		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
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			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
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	this.trackbacks = function() {
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		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
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			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
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		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
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		return element;
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	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
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		container.removeChild(link);

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		if (has_more) {
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			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
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	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
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		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
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			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
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		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
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			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
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			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
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						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
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			return '';
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		html = '';
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			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
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		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
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	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
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		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
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			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
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					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
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					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
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			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
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				: '')
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	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
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			;
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		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
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					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
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						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
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									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
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						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
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	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
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			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1',
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			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
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		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1/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='	+ 'obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1'
			+ '&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='	+ 'obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1'
			+ '&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='		+ 'obama_girls_and_being_black_at_sidwell_inside_perspectives_part_1'
				+ '&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/7451009/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3974795">tracey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974795" class="dsq-comment-message">As a parent of children that attend a private school, I have no problem with their choice to send their kids to Sidwell.<br><br>One of our goal as parents is to make sure that our children receive the absolute best education that they can receive; none of our kids are guinea pigs and should not have to be subjected to inferior schools to please the masses.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3973689">Clarissa</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3973689" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s interesting to note that when black parents want to send their kids to private school, they get a lot of flack for it.  I am planning on sending my child to a private school in the East Bay (CA), and so far, most of my colleagues are questioning my decision, as if I have insulted public schools in general.  I think education is a private matter, and for those of us who benefitted from a good school system, public or private, only want the same for our children.  I am very supportive of the Obama\'s decision to send their kids to private school.  That is their business, and only they know what is best for their children.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3974180">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974180" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill,<br><br>I want to thank you for this piece, and I can\'t wait to read more of your and Jack\'s experiences at Sidwell. Being the city girl that I am, I never really thought about education. I realize now that I was hopelessly naive, and that my mother was a scheming fool where I was concerned. When she found out about a new program for gifted schools, she hustled me into one. I was part of the guinea pigs for it. Then, we had the option of going to a 7-12 program, and my mother pushed me into that too - because of the elementary school I had gone to, I had first dibs on the new 7-12 programs. I wound up going to Michelle Obama\'s alma mater, which had only instituted the program from the year before. That was my first entry into \'diversified\' schools. I had never gone to school with kids from everywhere before, and though the first semester was tought where the sciences were concerned, I buckled down, met the challenge and persevered. By the time I got to high school, it was a somewhat isolating experience. I had advanced classes in everything but social science and gym. It took my extracurriculars to get me to meet my fellow classmates, because I was routinely in classes with kids ahead of me. <br><br>I thought my education was serving me well, until first semester freshman year, when a counselor from the 7-12 program called my mother and some other parents in. She had gotten a brochure from a summer program for math and science for public school students. I was like, \' summer school\', and my mother was like, \' SUMMER SCHOOL\'. I applied, got in, and went. It was at Phillips Andover Academy. Driving up to the campus I felt just like Brendan Fraser did in that movie \'School Ties\'. I couldn\'t believe that people actually went to school in places like this. Learning about that entire atmosphere as well as the educational opportunities was an eye-opener. The three summers I spent there taught me a great deal. I had a very competitive class, which stood me well as I did go onto the Ivy League. <br><br>It was in college that I found out how rare a student like me was: from a city school. Not a suburban school, but an actual city school. Studied the entire college admissions racket, and learned how unfair it actually was. It\'s why when I hear the bullshit arguments about AA, I just roll my eyes. I\'m talking about them having a list of certain public high schools, and if you\'re not on that list, the likelihood of you being accepted was close to nil. Like I said, I was on the naive side. <br><br>It was in college where I met the folks from DC, and couldn\'t find a person among them that went to an actual DC public school.  It shocked me. I learned over time about the network of private schools in the DC area.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3976025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3976025" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3976025" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s why we have to figure out how to make the system work for us. This is also why it\'s good to be exposed to the real social elites and how they move through the world. But you know if your family is working class or poor the focus may begin and end with \'just go to school and do well\' if that. I hope this gets people to think beyond getting by or just enough and start thinking outside the box. Though Obama is President he\'s still not \'one of them\'. But he bested them!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3976724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3976724">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3976724" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3976724" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah,<br><br>I, too am excited that Jack and Jill both attended Sidwell and will be offering more perspective in due time.  Your high school alma mater is a top notch school and it is a testament to the fantastic student pool and committed teachers.<br><br>I went to a suburban public high school that has always prided itself on being the top dog and it\'s been so sweet that the Chicago magnet high schools have the stuff to beat out my alma mater and some of the other suburban schools. For too long, the inequities of funding has messed up our schools in IL. It\'s no wonder that the discrepancies are not even larger.<br><br>I am so excited about an Obama administration that is committed to education. I am so darn ready to get on with it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3972994" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3972994">Leota2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3972994" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3972994" class="dsq-comment-message">These children are in good hands—their parents.<br><br>I was one of maybe twelve black children in a rural school system in<br>the Midwest.  Education and socialization is problematic WHEREVER<br>a child lands--and not just  for privileged children.  Again--that\'s where parents come in.<br><br>Of course it\'s ridiculous that the Obama children would go to public school.<br>They attended private school in Chicago.  A lot has changed in D.C. public <br>schools since Amy Carter attended.  Things have gotten bleak.  It\'s become bleak all over<br>the nation.  So I am not worried about Malia and Sasha Obama.  I save that for the children<br>in falling down, dangerous, forgotten, underfunded schools which are becoming the rule<br>and not the exception in this country.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3973285" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3973285" href="http://www.natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Christopher Chambers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3973285" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3973285" class="dsq-comment-message">I graduated from McDonogh in Baltimore and Princeton. I suspect that the girls\' experience won\'t be typical on any level, and that attending Sidwell--as great a school as it is--will be overshadowed by the fact that they are little girls stuck in a fishbowl that more than often transforms into a crucible. <br><br>Interestingly, I will bet my unforclosed upon house here on the DC-Silver Spring line that their experience at Sidwell, then on, doubtless, to the Ivies, will not entail the ambivalence of so many of us at these schools. Say what you will but things ARE indeed different now. Princeton ain\'t Michelle or my Princeton. Sidwell\'s moved, grown, evoleved as well. And it happened because we stuck it out and made it so. Yeah, there\'s classism. But hey, let\'s not confuse the will and ability to achieve and dip into the pool among the shakers and movers with classism. Raise the bridge, don\'t lower the river. (These last few sentences are a digression, of course).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3970911">Think_About_It</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3970911" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for sharing your insight.  I NEVER thought the Obama\'s would send them to a public school.  I am shocked at those who thought they would and are upset at the choice of private schooling.   It makes perfect sense for them to attend a school like this...safety and a top education is key for the Obama girls. <br><br>I look foward to reading your other post about your experience at Sidwell...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3970684">Miss_Me</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3970684" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3970684" class="dsq-comment-message">I am really going to enjoy this series.  I was raised in the DMV but now live out here in the Bay area.  I found it fascinating that people REALLY thought that they would send the children to public school.  Not knocking DC schools (especially since I have a lot of friends that went to those same schools), HOWEVER to say that they were seriously considering it as an option is laughable.<br><br>I pray that the Girls will get "home-schooled" on the matters of Race and not take too much stock from their school environments as the classist divisions amongst ourselves can be just as damaging, if not more so, that those same divisions outside of race.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3971620">Liza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3971620" class="dsq-comment-message">Looking forward to this. As a black who went to a prestigious and predominantly white private school in the East Bay Area (Oakland) and one who was a scholarship kid I can definitely say it is quite an experience. There was a reason why my parents had me in Jack and Jill (sigh).<br><br>I\'m sure your experience will be similar to mine.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3973209">SherriS</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3973209" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3973209" class="dsq-comment-message">Liza, what school did you attend in Oakland?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3974610">Liza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974610" class="dsq-comment-message">Head Royce</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3971689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3971689" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3971689" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3971689" class="dsq-comment-message">This will be interesting. Thanks for sharing. We don\'t really need to worry about the Obama children. Their parents make good decisions, know who they are and are very loving. If only every family would operate that way. <br><br>If we want to compare Presidential children look at the Bush girls, look at Chelsea Clinton, look at the Reagan kids and the Carters. Based on first impression (and no insider knowledge) who do you think are the most well-rounded ones?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3972429" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3972429">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3972429" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3972429" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow - just going from what I\'ve read and impressions from interviews...I\'d say Chelsea is the most grounded.... I think the Bush twins are well-rounded now - well, actually I think they\'ve matured, but if I was 21 again and wanted to get my party on I\'d wanna hang with them LOL...I\'ve heard they were pretty wild.  The Reagan children seem rather distant from their parents, like its a really cold kind of relationship, that\'s what I get from afar....and Amy Carter? poor girl....I really hope she\'s happy now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3974889">Mary</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3974889" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974889" class="dsq-comment-message">By all accounts Amy Carter is doing fine, living quietly with her husband and child. She is on the board of the Carter Center but shuns publicity,</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3975706" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975706">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3975706" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975706" class="dsq-comment-message">Amy Carter divorced her first husband and is now on husband #2.  She and Hubby #1 are friends but it just didn\'t work out.  I don\'t know if the child is by Hubby #1 or Hubby #2.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3974157" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3974157" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3974157" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3974157" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974157" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know much about Amy Carter, but all the rest of the children are well-rounded and accomplished in their own ways.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3975630" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3975630" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3975630" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3975630" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975630" class="dsq-comment-message">Definately not the Bush Twins.  They spent their first year in DC trying to embarrass their parents.  <br><br>Not every child turns out the way its expected because they had the advantages over other kids.  With the exception of Bobby Kennedy, Jr., and Caroline Kennedy, look at the rest of the second generation (mostly Bobby\'s brood).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3975754" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3975754" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3975754" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3975754" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975754" class="dsq-comment-message">I think some of the kids do better than others and having money is no guarantee of productivity or happiness. Also they have to make choices themselves about who they\'ll be. I do think the Obama girls have the chance to be well adjusted as long as they\'re protected. I think the family has different values than the others.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975696">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3975696" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975696" class="dsq-comment-message">IMO the Bush Twins got a bad rap and it\'s hypocritical.  Yes, they got busted for underage drinking.  Yes, they were party girls.  But so are so many other white kids from the burbs.  That\'s what many of them do, spend their weekends drinking and drugging and partying while their parents look the other way.  And for these parents to come down on the Bush Twins as if their kids are perfect little angels...I\'ll say it again, the Bush Twins got a bad rap.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3976125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3976125" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3976125" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3976125" class="dsq-comment-message">Town, you\'re being far too generous. You don\'t think having an enabling mother and crack user drunk for a dad had an influence on them? They had leniency and white privilege to fall back on. They were Paris & Nicole goes to the White House. Certainly some standards should apply esp when they were breaking the law and got off without punishment. <br><br>My parents did not play. It didn\'t even occur to me that underaged drinking was an option for me - that I could\'ve rebelled or something. I had very high expectations for myself.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3973208">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3973208" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds interesting - can\'t wait to hear more.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3973274">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3973274" class="dsq-comment-message">Both my cousins went to private school on the Upper Eastside of Manhattan.  One went to an all private predominantly white school and the other went to a very diverse private school.  It\'s interesting to note, that my girl cousin chose Spelman when she decided to go to college.  Very telling.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3973771" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3973771" class="dsq-comment-message">which cousin went to Spelman?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3973888">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3973888" class="dsq-comment-message">My female cousin.  I have one that is male and one that is female.  It was very hard on her being in that school from first through 12th grade.  She decided to go to Spelman because of the feeling of discomfort that she felt. She was a scholarship kid and not seeing anyone that looked like her until she got to the 8th/9th grade took it\'s toll.<br><br>NY is a difficult city for all its diversity.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3974484">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974484" class="dsq-comment-message">I was raised in DeMarVa area, and went to public schools.  I graduated from The University of Maryland with a Masters in Nursing, and was 1 of 2 Blacks a class of 35.  Being raised in segregated Southern Maryland, I had learned to adapt.<br><br>Both of my daughters chose Morgan State University in Baltimore.  They chose a local Black College because they needed to have the experience of "incluison and belonging," and they excelled academically too!   Of course, I didn\' want their education compromised by attending an institution with low educational standards. But I had to make sure their sense of self wasn\'t compromised as well.  It\'s a balancing act.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3974613">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974613" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, Jill, for this post.  Looking forward to  reading more from you and Baratunde!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3973727">DWS2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3973727" class="dsq-comment-message">Looking forward to hearing more.  <br><br>I remember a guy approaching me at Mazza Gallerie and asking if I went to Sidwell.  At the time I thought, yeah I wish!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3974600" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3974600" href="http://sojournersplace.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SjP</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974600" class="dsq-comment-message">Much obliged for this post. It will be very interesting reading about Sidwell from those who actually attended. Can\'t wait!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975011">bubbables</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975011" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m also looking forward to hearing your stories. I have a good friend who went to Exeter. She believes local private schools don\'t match up to the boarding school experience. But she also feels boarding schools (Exeter, Andover, Groton) fall in the shadow of European schools. I never realized there were so one-ups. I\'d love to know your thoughts.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975914">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975914" class="dsq-comment-message">I applied to Choate, Exeter, and Miss Porters... was accepted to all but didn\'t feel comfortable during my school visits. I had had enough of being one of the only black faces in the class.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975112">Anj</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975112" class="dsq-comment-message">As a Friend/Quaker,  I am looking forward to reading more about your experiences at Sidwell. I am glad the Obama girls will be at Sidwell.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975413">Monica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975413" class="dsq-comment-message">I think an issue arises when parents (and politicans) oppose school vouchers but send their children to private schools.<br><br>The question is why can\'t all children have access to the advantages that private schools supposedly provide.  <br><br>Also, I grew in a rural school system and the schools were no better they those in urban areas.  As a child I had a problem with elected school board members (99% black) driving to the county line so their children could attend schools in other counties.  White teachers would send their children to still segregated schools and if they couldn\'t afford that, they would trek with the black school board members to the county line.<br><br>I\'ve come to believe that school boards should instate a rule similar to that of police departments and fire departments.  If you can\'t live in this area and you can\'t send your children to the school system for which you work, you might want to consider looking for employment elsewhere.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975549">Xay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975549" class="dsq-comment-message">I oppose school vouchers and send my child to private school. Why? Because school voucher programs are a joke. There is no school voucher program that I have seen - even the highest funded ones that are intended to provide access to better schooling for special needs students - that provide access to the top private schools in any given area. Either the voucher doesn\'t provide enough money - $2000 per year is a drop in the bucket OR the top private schools refuse to accept them.<br><br>School vouchers are a nice looking bandaid that does absolutely nothing to make the public schools better while sucking money out of the system to funnel to private schools that can be just as bad as public schools except they feel no need to cater to their students who are there with support from vouchers. And yes, I am speaking from experience.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975590">Monica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975590" class="dsq-comment-message">Sidwell accepts vouchers.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975700">TRW </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975700" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you have any idea of how much the vouchers are in D.C.?  I am interested to know what the difference is between the voucher and the $30K price tag of attendance.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3976023">Monica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3976023" class="dsq-comment-message">I have no idea.  I read they accepted vouchers on the washington post website.  If I had to take a guess, I would say that a economically disadvantaged child talented and bright enough to get into the school, probably qualifes for scholarships also.  The voucher would pay part of the cost and the scholarship would take care of the rest.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3976890">sheryl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3976890" class="dsq-comment-message">Most of the time vouchers are about 2K.  I don\'t know if this is the case 100% of the time.  Those vouchers usually don\'t make a dent in the tuition at a place like Sidwell.  I\'ve never understood the push for vouchers.  The little they provide wouldn\'t give any child a good education anywhere.<br><br>The question is how can we make sure all children no matter what they school they attend, have access to a high quality education.  Sadly it looks like when parents don\'t have a certain amount of social or financial capital, the quality of the education suffers.  I\'m in a district where schools in more affluent neighborhoods can afford to put down turf on the elementary school soccerfields, while poorer neighboorhoods can barely raise enough money for anything extra for their kids.  <br><br>It\'s going to be complicated to bolster our public school system.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975681">TRW </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975681" class="dsq-comment-message">If I can just ask a question here, I really want to learn more about school vouchers.  From the Dems, the argument is that school vouchers takes money away from private school, but does nothing to address the problems with public school system, from the Repubs, school vouchers give the parents a choice where to send their children.<br><br>I have mixed feelings on the issue.  My sister and I attended a private girls school because the public schools in my neighborhood were horrid.  My mother did not have the benefit of school vouchers, she had to get a second job, and scrimp and save to make that happen.  Now, if the state would have given her a voucher that would have paid a part, or a majority of the costs that would have been great.   But, my question is, even with a school voucher, there is no guarantee, as you said, that the private school will let just anyone attend.<br><br>I had to take a standardized test before I was admitted, and I had to attend summer school courses to make up areas that I did not perform strongly on the test.  I was lucky because a) I was a fast learner, b) my sister had already attended, and c) my mother encouraged education at home.  But what about the other kids.   Many of my classmates rarely did the little homework we did have in public school, would skip classes, and were in general unruly and disruptive.  School vouchers are not going to solve their problems.  The root of their problem is yes poor schooling, but most importantly poor parenting.  If the parents weren\'t aware enough to know that their child wasn\'t being properly educated, which many of them weren\'t, how would they be aware enough to know or care about school vouchers and whether or not their child would be able to actually benefit from them.<br><br>Private schools are private for a reason---they can charge X amount to attend because of their reputation.  While many have diversity programs and are willing to accept students with promise, this is the exception to the rule.  In general, they do not want to admit students that they think will flunk out of their classes.<br><br>I guess, I am agreeing with you.  This school voucher for/against debate seems to be glossing over a huge issue--poor parenting.  No amount of money can teach children the value of education.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3975808" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975808">Monica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975808" class="dsq-comment-message">If a parent is seeking out school vouchers wouldn\'t that suggest they value education.  <br><br>If they knew that there were options available other than failing schools, what decisions would they make?<br><br>We can\'t answer that and opposing school vouchers (and school choice)limits children to circumstances that are beyond their control.<br><br>I\'d be the first to admit that there are bad parents (regardless of economic situation), but if a parent is working (two and three shifts)and doesn\'t have the time or money to offer additional aid and doesn\'t have a support system in place, should their children be penalized?<br><br>School vouchers are just one solution to failing school system.  Makes me wonder why "liberals" oppose them.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3976171">TRW </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3976171" class="dsq-comment-message">If a parent is seeking school vouchers than they probably value their child\'s education--they want to know what is out there and what their options are.  I was talking about parents that do not fall into this category, and from my own personal experience, many parents in the public school system, do fall into this category.  They send their children to school, but have no idea what they are learning in class, do not attend parent/teacher conferences, and have no involvement with monitoring and/or helping them with their homework.  The "not involved" parents.<br><br>And I don\'t get your second point..."if they knew that there were options available other than failing schools, what decisions would they make?"  Many parents do know this, which is why they a) move, b) find another public school in their neighborhood that is better, or c) send their children to private schools.  So, I disagree with your assertion that "we can\'t answer that" because many parents make that choice every year.  <br><br>And, I am not making the point about anyone\'s child being penalized.  But I have questions about the fact that many children in the public school system will not be able to compete with their counterparts in the private school system.   I was asking, how will voucher programs address this issue?  Will private schools be expected to accept everyone regardless of their standards?  Will vouchers be able to cover the full costs of private school education?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997016">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997016" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign 100%</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3998040" href="http://theunemploymentcafe.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">iamnotstarjones</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998040" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t even have kids and I\'ve always felt this way about school vouchers.  Thanks for the education.  <br><br>These types of threads are the reason why I read J&JP.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3975917" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975917" class="dsq-comment-message">The question is why can\'t all children have access to the advantages that private schools supposedly provide. <br><br>It\'s not a priority. Parents may not be as involved as they should be. I also wouldn\'t rely solely on what my child was taught in school as a complete education.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975652">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975652" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill, I\'m looking forward to both of your stories. I\'ve always wondered about the experience of black children in the predominately white environment of "high end" private/boarding schools. My main wonderment is their connection to the black community, and do black parents who send their kids to predominately white schools worry about their children shunning their roots in order to assimilate into the predominate white culture.<br><br>BTW, are there any black private schools that are academically excelerated?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975943">Monica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975943" class="dsq-comment-message">You opened up a can of worms with this comments.<br><br>I\'m a product of working class people and public schools, so I\'m an outsider looking in.  It\'s been my experience that there are two types of bougie.  There are the black families who send their child to white private school but make sure those children are in organizations like Jack and Jill so they can have a connection to other black children and connected to black culture.  They are rooted in black service organizations. They attend black churches and live in black enclaves. They are the much derided "old guard".<br><br>Then you have the new guard, who don\'t have those connections. The best example I have of this is one woman (with whom I work) said she was sending her son to a county day school but she was afraid he wouldn\'t feel comfortable in an environment where black people were in the majority. <br><br>I\'ll leave it at that....</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3977087" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3977087" class="dsq-comment-message">worms for sure, but I ain\'t picking em up either... I hope.  class is the elephant in the room looking at the elephant in the room when race dust settles.  black folks a long time ago realized that there\'s no need to get scientific about it, hence the call-out call "bourgie!" can\'t be mad at gladys\' take on it a while back: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFHH3wnLczk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFHH3wnLczk</a>   I think this call was a good one - and imagine her droppin it right when we were nearing the height of black, largely male, corporate executive money.<br><br>I don\'t see a need to defend an elite school or denigrate it.  As they exist, they just fit the logic of global money and power in the with respect to admissions and achievement, necessarily exclusive on a class basis.  that needs no defense, and I\'m not being facetious. now, what you do with that access might need defense.  if you go to a good school, i think the only obligation is to know who you are and what you\'re in and, if you\'re going to be political on black topics, not fall to the classic oblivion (from whence have I come?) or to the excess of supposedly keepin it real. (always room for "folks" to sit by the door) <br><br>the one thing we should thnk about is whether our wide access to these elite points in life have achieved a broad enough spreading of that  wealth of knowledge, both book knowledge and "the system" knowledge (both easier to achieve than wealth in money) .  Or does that knowledge simply mirror our class profiles?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992143">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992143" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><b>the one thing we should thnk about is whether our wide access to these elite points in life have achieved a broad enough spreading of that wealth of knowledge, both book knowledge and "the system" knowledge (both easier to achieve than wealth in money) . Or does that knowledge simply mirror our class profiles?</b></i><br><br>Great question hustleandfloe.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3998556" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3998556" class="dsq-comment-message">best regards, Sepia.  yes, let\'s deal with that in the way we know we can. h&f</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3992027">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3992027" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><b>Then you have the new guard, who don\'t have those connections. The best example I have of this is one woman (with whom I work) said she was sending her son to a county day school but she was afraid he wouldn\'t feel comfortable in an environment where black people were in the majority.</b></i><br><br>Wow.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3975887" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975887" class="dsq-comment-message">Well first you have to define what you mean by Black community. That is part of this old way of thinking by Black Americans that is damaging us more than racism. Black people from other countries and cultures don\'t think that way. We do harm to ourselves by pushing so much for identity through numbers. Shouldn\'t it be about quality of people? I would\'ve loved to have attended an elite school as a kid. The opportunities and networking you get cannot be emphasized enough. I went to parochial school and public school. I was in an accelerated program but it was night and day. The bulk of the Black students in public school were focused on trying to tear each other down with that "talking white" nonsense and the low expectation mentality. You can still be proud of one\'s heritage and \'know who you are\' in other ways. The danger is in leaning one way too far left or thinking it doesn\'t matter at all and being unrealistic about race relations.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3991864">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3991864" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><b>That is part of this old way of thinking by Black Americans that is damaging us more than racism. Black people from other countries and cultures don\'t think that way. We do harm to ourselves by pushing so much for identity through numbers.</b></i><br><br>I think what damages us is that some of us think that because we gain entree into predominately white establishments, we\'ve somehow "arrived" and no longer need to reach back and help the rest of us along. <br><br>What I mean by black community is just that ..... black community. Do the parents take measures to make sure their children socialize with black children and know their history? Or do they encourage their children to assimilate? <br><br>Black people tearing each other down isn\'t something that just happens with black students in public school. Several commentors have talked about classism and the relationship between "Scholarship Blacks" vs. "Wealthy Blacks" at these private schools.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3976015">TRW </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3976015" class="dsq-comment-message">I can give you one viewpoint because I went to a private high school.  The school was I, if I remember correctly, 95% white.  It was a HUGE adjustment at first.  It wasn\'t even the White students.  It was the fact that at public schools, rules and/or authority figures were not respected and often ignored.  Going from that to a private, Catholic school was like being in the twilight zone.  They had a rule for EVERYTHING.  So, I had to learn to adjust my attitude quickly.  Another adjustment was socio-economic factors.  I grew up in a single parent, lower-middle class household.  <br><br>Although my sister and I were well taken care of, it was also a shock to experience some of the wealth that the White kids had access to.  And it did make me resent my background a little because these kids rarely heard phrases like, "we can\'t afford," or "that\'s too expensive."  <br><br>But despite all that, I loved my experience there, and I didn\'t think it took anything away from my roots.  I didn\'t even think about that at the time, nor did my mother.  Her main concern was a quality education.  I made friends, good friends with the Black students there, but I also formed relationships and friendships with the White students.  I think it is different for everyone.  My mother didn\'t talk to me at all about losing my roots...I\'m not sure what that means.  For the most part, she was concerned about me doing well, and not adopting some of the materialistic attitudes of my peers.  <br><br>I applaud private schools---even private schools that are predominantly white.  Although you can feel like you are in a museum at times, you will be surprised how easy it is to get along and adjust to your new environment once you are there.  <br><br>To each his own though.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985194">Victoria</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985194" class="dsq-comment-message">Your last paragraph:<br>Well  yeah, \'cause there are rules & consequences & consistency.<br>Contrary to public schools, one can get "kicked out" if one doesn\'t follow the rules.<br>That\'ll put the "fear of God" (& your parents) in you, did me.<br> :-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3977254">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3977254" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it has to do with the parents whether or not their children will shun their roots. I have a cousin who was an army brat for awhile. During the 2nd grade and 7th grade she attended school with me in Alabama because those particular school years she lived with her Grandmother - (my dad\'s 1st cousin, next door to us) - but every other year, she was in a predominately white school - and during her high school years a predominately white school - then attended college at Mt Holyoke where she majored in anthropology - studied in Cairo and got her doctorate from The Univ of Wisconsin and lives in Appleton, WI - ....and she cant get enough of rural Alabama, visits as often as possible, eating plums straight off the tree...will eat chitlins - I DON\'T EAT CHITLINS - will eat souse meat - I THINK ITS DISGUSTING - loves the lil church her grandmother attended and has researched our entire family history. I love her to death and even though our paths in life took extremely different turns, its like we\'re still on the same one.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3980898">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3980898" class="dsq-comment-message">My parents were concerned that I would lose a connection to my roots so my mother and father taught Black History Week (yes, it was a week back then) at the private school. They fought for an African studies class. And they were UP AT THAT SCHOOL everyweek raising hell if I came home upset. So, while I had a great education, my parents had to add to it and "handle" those teachers.<br><br>My parents were professionals, but had to get straight HOOD on a Afrikaans teacher that didn\'t think blacks could do math for almost a year. Parents who send their kids to white private schools still have to remain active even though the education is excellent.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3975867">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3975867" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, I went to one of these types of schools in New Haven, CT. The Foote School (<a href="http://www.footeschool.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.footeschool.org/</a>). I went to school with Paul Giamatti, the actor and a lot of other children of famous people. While I am not close to most of the people from that time, I will say that I got a great education. <br><br>I was one of only 20  blacks out of a school of 550. What I didn\'t learn about my blackness there, my parents made sure to have me in Jack and Jill and active in our UCC church. I graduated from there after 9th grade and had a choice of continuing with private high school education. <br><br>I needed the hood!! I went to public high school and then an HBCU down south. I felt like if I continued on the private education path I would miss out on something. I must say, homecoming at Hampton University was the bomb!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3977807">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3977807" class="dsq-comment-message">islandgirl, i am from CT and NEVER hear of this school. most of the folk i know from new haven that went to what they equated to a good school went to career or notre dame. learn something new everyday :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3980872">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3980872" class="dsq-comment-message">Notre Dame is a great school, but most of the kids I knew went to Foote, Hopkins, Hamden Hall, Choate Rosemary Hall, or St. Thomas\' Country Day.  I think I got the best of all the worlds though, private school, public school in the late 80s, and then an HBCU.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3977865" class="dsq-comment-message">islandgirl550:     <i>Hampton University </i>     Whoooo!   Hooo!<br><br><br>It was <b>HAMPTON INSTITUTE</b> when I attended!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Heeeeeeyyy!!!  **mouth open**      **hands raising the roof**  ** little dance move**<br><br><br>Guess we\'re RELATED!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyY_pizvFHw&feature=related" rel="nofollow"> HAMPTON UNIVERSITY DRUM LINE -2007</a><br><br>KICKIN\' SOME STR8 BOOT-TAY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3980856">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3980856" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh Green Lady, I knew I liked you!<br><br>ROCK THE BLUE AND WHITE...STOP AND LET THE ALUMNI DO IT!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3986152" class="dsq-comment-message">islandgirl550:    Back at-choo!!  :&gt;)<br><br>LOOK what I found:   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofbUK85bnwY&feature=related" rel="nofollow"><b>BARACK OBAMA SPEAKS AT HAMPTON UNIVERSITY!</b></a><br><br>GO HU!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;<br><br>President-Elect OBAMA!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3976202">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3976202" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3976344" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3976344" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m looking forward to reading the series and the comments as well. I benefited from a very good public school in Texas (not magnet or charter or lab academy, just a plain ol\' public school - LOL) and later attended both an HBCU and an ivy league school for my graduate work. So I really want to support public education and contribute to the development and progress of the educational opportunities in my community as a whole. <br><br>But now I\'m a parent of a toddler in South Carolina - the public schools here are struggling, but the <i>reputation</i> is even worse (if you saw the documentary, "Corridor of Shame" - enough said...)<br><br>So it interests me to hear about the choices that DC parents are forced to make (not just the Obamas), particularly those who may <i>want</i> to support public schools, but also desire the best quality education for their child. <br><br>I\'d also love to hear more about the "moral and ethical training" Jill - are cultural issues also a part of that or is it just February Black History Month and Kwanzaa?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3977212" href="http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">adriana01</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3977212" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder how many Latino kids attend Sidwell.... inquiring minds want to know... :) <br><br>In all seriousness, thank you for sharing your perspective. I never attended a "snooty" private white school in K-12, but my HS had a distinctly 90210 vibe that was barely enough for me to stomach. <br><br>I think that people should try to attend the best schools that they can possibly afford, and although many students of color may feel marginalized or not fully accepted in the halls of elite private K-12 institutions, students there learn so much more about behaving and acting in a world where the next generation of decision makers/power brokers come from. That is another lesson that isn\'t even taught in public school.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3977650">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3977650" class="dsq-comment-message">Latino - it was only around 3%. The thing that makes DC different from just about any other major city is that it\'s had a large Black Professional class that reaches back GENERATIONS.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3977822" href="http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">adriana01</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3977822" class="dsq-comment-message">Very good point, and I read something that the DC public schools were not as bad as they are until about the 70s when the Mayor started using the school system as a reward to payback supporters. Prior to that, my understanding is that they public schools in DC were not the lowest of the low. <br><br>And I\'m sure that within the black professional class... that many of them left to the suburbs too, right?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3977978">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3977978" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s very interesting. A lot of \'Old School\' Black professionals live in Washington, DC. A lot of \'New School\' Black professionals live in Black enclaves in Prince Georges County. Though there are plenty in the rest of the popular suburbs of Washington. It was fascinating meeting the different types of Black kids from Washington when I got to college. I never really wanted to be a teacher, but I was fascinated by education itself, and the different levels of it. Being from where I live, if you wanted to get into a \'better school\', you moved to that area. I\'m not from a city with an extensive private school system. In fact, I can name 4 that I would qualify as elite schools, and 3 of them are actually private, the other is a Catholic school. So, when I came across the kids from DC and New York City and their private school networks, I was fascinated. I could have minored in education, for all the classes I took  on the subject.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3977534">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3977534" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill:   <i>I grew up in DC and went to Sidwell Friends. So did Baratunde Thurston AKA Jack Turner.</i><br><br><b>  WAIT JUST A MINUTE!! </b> [Betcha THAT got your attention.   :&gt;)]<br><br>"WHYCOME" YOU & BARATUNDE were NOT mentioned in the "list of FAMOUS ALUMNI?"<br><br><b>THIS IS A TRAVESTY!!  A MIS-CARRIAGE OF JUSTICE!!</b><br><br><br>Annnnnnnd, because of this GRAVE/SERIOUS OVER-SIGHT, I\'m giving <b>MAJOR PROPS to BOTH OF YOU!</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LBmFOuITrg" rel="nofollow"><b>C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S(The Turbans)</b></a><br><br>O.K.  I NEED to EXPLAIN that I\'m only using this song for its TITLE!  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, this was a VERY DIFFICULT FIND!  :&gt;)<br><br>YOU are very FORTUNATE that I was a "teeny booper" in the  Doo Wop era!  :&gt;)    :&gt;) <br><br>YES.  There are 2 other songs on this post BECAUSE the TURBANS, apparently, didn\'t record this "hit" on a separate something or other!  <b>  I \'on\'t know!!</b><br><br>Anywhooo,  ENJOY!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  <b>PROUD OF YOU 2!!  :&gt;)  </b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3978624">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3978624" class="dsq-comment-message">jill:       <b>Annnnnnnnnnd WE ARE ALL JJP\'ERS!</b>  ;&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2L4iPvdIk" rel="nofollow">WE ARE FAMILY (Sister Sledge)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3979601">lunanoire</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3979601" class="dsq-comment-message">I wish that people would acknowledge that Af-Am and Latin@ students often pay a social price when attending elite schools, unlike rich white people. I attended a 7 Sister school and rarely socialized w/ the rich kids b/c they preferred expensive hobbies. My school had an exchange program w/ Spelman and so many students tried to transfer that  the program had to be changed to prohibit transfers to Spelman. Of course, class plays a role. I wonder if it feels confining to be part of the wealthy because it\'s a relatively small group. I had the opportunity to got to a private high school with the kids of some of hollywood\'s heavy hitters, but didn\'t want to be a resentful scholarship on the bus sharing a room with her brother while her classmates lived in the lap of luxury.<br><br>The Obama family did what they needed for the kids\' best interest. Prez elect has an obligation to his future constituents to create policies that educate ALL of our children.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3980164">Athena.Long</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3980164" class="dsq-comment-message">which sister? vassar?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3983568" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3983568">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3983568" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3983568" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Black and Latino parents acknowledge the social price. It\'s the tradeoff for believing that their children will benefit from the education in the long run.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3983836">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3983836" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3983836" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3983836" href="http://entrylevelliving.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Allison @ Entry Level Living</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3983836" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3983836" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you go to Bryn Mawr?!</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3980154">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3980154" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3980154" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3980154">Athena.Long</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3980154" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3980154" class="dsq-comment-message">Just out of curiosity, who were/are your school\'s rivals?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3985600">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3985600" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985600" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985600">Victoria</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985600" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985600" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, in my brother\'s & "my day", it was NCS/St. Alban\'s,/Beauvoir, Georgetown, Holton Arms, Landon.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3983757">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3983757" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3983757" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3983757" href="http://entrylevelliving.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Allison @ Entry Level Living</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3983757" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3983757" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m really looking forward to this series.  I have been trying to blog about my experiences as a scholarship kid attending prep schools in junior high, high school and quaker school for college.  I loved my time at each of these institutions and wouldnt change them for the world.  <br><br>What people need to realize though is that the diversity that some of these schools champion is still, at its core extremely selective.  Most of the public schools are top notch feeder schools and personality wise, cant really say I saw that much of a difference among the students.<br><br>The drama came, though, when my mother would remind to never forget where I came from (to which my uncle often replied--How can she?  She\'s having nightmares about it to this very day!).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3985738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3985738">Tyren M.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3985738" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3985738" class="dsq-comment-message">I too am looking forward to the series. Like Leota (I think) above, I\'m not worried about Sasha and Malia. They\'ll be alright. It\'s the children that for whatever reason don\'t have choice/opportunity that concern me. <br>Just had a discussion with an attorney friend of mine re: educating my almost 2yo. She suggested private school all the way. Minneapolis Public Schools have gone...south since I was a student. Says I need to get creative and start planning the financing of this now. So now begins the research into FA/voucher/scholarship into local private schools. I\'m open to ideas. Thanks.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3997265">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3997265" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3997265" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997265">Soph</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3997265" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997265" class="dsq-comment-message">These is a fascinating thread and as a black person from Canada, I am surprised that so many people were shocked at the idea of the Obamas sending their daughters to public schools.   I went to public schools in Canada and don\'t know of a single person who went to private schools until I did my MBA in Toronto .  In my assessment, private schooling didn\'t give them much advantage cause we all ended up in the same type of companies, with similar type of positions and networks.  Due to the more or less good quality of high schools in Canada (Toronto slowly becoming an exception ), the value proposition of a private education is almost non-existent.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4006832">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4006832" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4006832" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4006832" href="http://www.elledub4prez.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">elledub</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4006832" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4006832" class="dsq-comment-message">great piece.<br><br>as a product of a school very similar to sidwell friends, i can identify with  what it is like to be black in this sort of environment.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4462211">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4462211" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4462211" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4462211">Kofi</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4462211" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4462211" class="dsq-comment-message">Awesome post, this is taking me back to my own middle/high school experiences in a privileged environment.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4569835">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4569835" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4569835" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4569835">FreedomDreamer</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4569835" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4569835" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m excited to watch this series progress.  I was a lifer a Sidwell until being whisked away to Southern Africa right around the time my socio-economically and racially diverse group of friends began to drift apart towards more homogenous groupings in Upper School.<br>Being Black at Sidwell and living in Trinidad, NE as a child was certainly an interesting childhood experience, but according to my friends who stayed it was the older years that were really trying.<br><br>As youngsters I think the Obama girls will do fine; it\'s not a huge jump from the Chicago Lab School to Sidwell, after all.  As they age, and Malia deals with the ups and downs of secondary school, I suspect this will change.<br><br>...I am also a teacher now, and thought for 1/4 of a second about teaching at Sidwell before remembering that I would never leave teaching in public schools.</div>\
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