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"2009-07-21_09:46:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12992218, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12994560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course niece Rachel will have Uncle Pat on her show again.<br><br>She's already tried to correct his racial rants and apologized for her<br>uncle's behavior, therfore we should be satisfied and let him come back for<br>future visits.<br><br>But we know Uncle Pat's going to come back and show his ass again.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:12:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12994156, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Fight The Power!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:24:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982880, "depth": 2, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And even CRAZIER ass white woman as the old crazy white man's  running mate. &lt;&lt;wink, wink&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:00:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984410, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985354": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But you know what?    After establishing that IT WAS HIS HOUSE...  I really don't care <i>what</i> Professor Gates said.    As long as he wasn't shooting at THEM for being on his property, I figure he gets to cuss a blue streak. <br><br>I know my daddy woulda been cussin'  em all the way the hell off of his property.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:20:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985134, "depth": 2, "points": 17, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13104654": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's definitely NOT racial profiling.  If you are a cop and you receive a call about a black male breaking into a house and it is a white neighborhood, black, hispanic, asian whatever.  And you arrive at the address and there is a black male there and you question the person. THAT IS NOT RACISM.  <br><br>Racial profiling is when cops pull over people because they are black without any suspicion or when TSA stops the guy with the Turban because he looks like a terrorist.<br><br>I do think it was non-incident but why was he acting jiggy when the police officer was asking him for his id.  All the \"Yo momma\" sambo jive talk.  He thought the cop was going to take his $hit.  And some of the morons on this board act like being defiant proves something.  I'm mean look at the title of this thread, \"Professor Gates...Gangsta\" WTF, is \"Gangsta\" about that and if it was \"Gangsta\" is that something to celebrate?  But all Gates did was get his ass locked up and make a mockery out of racial profiling.  People like Gates who \"have made it\" have a typical upper class mentality.  He was thinking how dare this cop ask me for my id.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_08:08:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3001", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13103845, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12992344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For those of you who are up, Morning Joke to discuss the Gates incident.OMG!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_07:17:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 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}, "12995092": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lmaoooooooo", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:31:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "TAG60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982558, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12986389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just laughed for 5 minutes straight.  Laughed until I cried.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_00:05:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985262, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Me too, Miranda.  Can you say CLASS ACTION SUIT?!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:25:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983105, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983320": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That is damn good and funny", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:06:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982880, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13000218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "________________________I. can. not. breathe.___________omg....they may not let me through the pearly gates for laughing so hard", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_11:42:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12999055, "depth": 3, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, and where Gates lives, the police are supposed to work for HIM. <br><br>...and your image, self- and otherwise, is one of an (18) 50s slave catcher.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:44:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003182, "depth": 6, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12980255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know, I was just gonna let it 'be' in the comments, but as the day wore on, this just sat in my craw.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_20:08:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12979983, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think the neighbor is the issue.  I think I'm in the minority but I'm willing to give the neighbor the benefit of the doubt as far as knowing who he was.  I have a strange work schedule and I can't tell you what most of my neighbors look like.  I'm pretty sure I know where some of the kids live because I see them in certain yards and I could probably guess as to what cars some of them drive because of what I see in the driveway.  But I couldn't identify most if they were in my face let alone down the street.  We don't know what he was trying to do to get into the house (or how he eventually did get in the house for that matter) and if I saw someone appearing to be breaking into a house on my street, I'd call the cops too.  So I don't think calling the cops was the problem.  As far as him being \"unruly\" or whatever the officer said, most people probably would get a little out of pocket if you continued to question and eventually arrest them for entering their own property.  Once the officer established that he did indeed own the house, he should have gone about his business.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:58:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "t_nicole", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984354": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Speak true!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:42:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "OneChele", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984145, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12995624": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What I would have done is thanked the police officer for coming to check on my house and produced ID to prove it was my house.  Then I would have thanked the officer again.   Afterwards I would have thanked my neighbor for keeping an eye on my house and for calling the police when something looked wrong.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:47:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995212, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12981289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh yeah, if those cops think that Harvard won't throw them under the bus to save face, they about to be sadly mistaken.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_20:45:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "texasladybird", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12994604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I stand corrected on the man NOT being DRUNK.  This story is sickening", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:14:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12991858, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12994607": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!  k.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:14:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12986336, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "you should see the look i get from my white male students...oh the horror when they find out how articulate and educated i am...and they try to undermine every thought i have while in class.<br><br>total turn around (and I mean it) from last summer to this summer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:02:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "twitter-15330022", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983987, "depth": 2, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13103155": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is the point that you are missing.  Gates wasn't racially profiled.  It wasn't like Gates was simply walking down Mayberry st the cops stopped him to harass him.  The received a call about a break in a specific address and he fit the description.  What's the problem?  Show your id.  Cooperate with the police.   And have a nice day.  He just thought the cop was going to let him talk slick because he works at HAAAAAARVARD.   The point is he was making a scene just to make one.  The cop went to his doing his job and Gates  is going to call him a racist.  Wtf, is so racist about that?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_07:18:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3001", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13095160, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13002292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Your surfeit of ass-licking Tomism is...underwhelming. \"Overwhelming\", huh? What a delicate flower you are.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:19:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13001575, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nigg* wake up call on line one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:43:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 13, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I swear Rachel reads JJP. <br><br>My question for Rachel Maddow is--  Why does Pat Buchanan still draw a paycheck from MSNBC? <br><br>Rachel's on my punk list.   She wants to keep  her good paying job too..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:39:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985567, "depth": 1, "points": 9, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13007932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Maybe if some of our own people stopped their self-destructive behavior when a law abiding black man is walking white neighborhood people won't assume he is a criminal.</i><br><br>You couldn't be black and if you are then you are a fool to the <i>n</i>th degree. It is absurd to either call for or expect all black people to be law-abiding. Do you know of any group of people anywhere in the world where no one breaks the law or commits a transgression against local or tribal customs? Anyone who expects all black people to be saints is simply a fool.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:24:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003448, "depth": 3, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, Well, isn't that something?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:43:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13001575, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12992065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think this incident my be the jolt that the AA community might need to revive its social activism. Gates' analysis of this most personal confrontation will allow him to write, lecture, speak unabashedly, unashamedly about the state of race relations in this country. Maybe, just maybe now, he/we can start some real dialogue about race relations in this country.<br><br>Even though Gates knows what it's like to be a black man in America, he NEVER really experienced it until today and I believe he is going to let the conversation rip now. He knows now that he hasn't arrived to the point where he can truly be \"Skip Gates\". He knows now that he is just plain ole \"Henry\", an indignant house negro.<br><br>Let the dialogue begin. I would pay to be a fly on the wall when Barrack and Michelle discussed and had a good chuckle over this one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_06:52:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13007426": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It is someone who lives on their knees and pisses their pants everytime they see the police.  They express their fears and anxiety with Attitude.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:14:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003866, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please, save the humble, well-mannered white professor shit for some one who gives a good goddamn.<br><br>The white professor would never have been approached PERIOD.<br><br>The END.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:57:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003086, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985413": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh I agree, I think both parties were wrong here. The officer should have left after establishing who's house it was, I don't see the point in calling the Harvard Police once he knew it was Gates' property.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:22:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985354, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12986954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I again told Gates that I would speak with him outside.... His reply was \"ya, I'll speak with your mama outside....\"<br><br>HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!<br><br>I laughed so I hard, I started coughin'! I don't care how educated we get, we can REAL fly when we want to.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_00:31:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "texasladybird", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983968, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12995660": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "When hearing about it without any details, I would've co-signed the rest of the thread posters.  Reading over it makes it more clearer.  I live in the Appalachian hills of East TN, so I'd stick out like a sore thumb.  I'm not the faux-post racial preacher nor am I dismissing his-story, but you have to pick your battles accordingly.  <br><br>There was an incident where a groundskeeper thought he saw someone breaking into my apt, informed the landlord who then informed me.  I raced home and guess what...\"false alarm\".  Was I irked?  Not really.  Did I rant and rave over it?  No, I actually thanked them!  It means regardless of the circumstances, folks were observant.  GOOD!!!<br><br>This incident means that a) the neighbors need to meet & greet-no excuse being near Harvard and not know each other, b) the officer in question should have info on that area and dial back a few notches, and c) Gates needs to dial back several notches, contact ground crew or a locksmith, and head to bed after his long trip/illness.<br><br>Now, if the officers we're acting all KuKlux'er on the History Channel, then this incident garners legitimate attention.  From where it stands NOW, it looks like Reno 911 on Comedy Central.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:48:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "ch555x", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995212, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "this is one of the main reasons why we must eradicate that word from our use", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:03:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "twitter-15330022", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984610, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984410": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was never fooled, people showed their ASSES all last year when it became apparent Obama would win the nomination and it got even worse when they realized he'd win the election because they put an old crazy white man and a poster child for bad affirmative action results against him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:44:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984228, "depth": 2, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13010012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know - I thought Cleveland was pretty damned racist (without your 'qualifications, however), although I've known some folks from Boston who were pretty gottamned bigoted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_15:04:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003461, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Damn! I know it's true, but i'm hoping it isn't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:44:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-15101056", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hope nobody's too shocked when Dr. Gates' revamped syllabus for his fall class includes: Analyzing N.W.A. - a complex look at the recording \"Fuck da Police\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:48:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982616, "depth": 1, "points": 17, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12986640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I have had only two bad run in's with Black cops...One by a guy who nearly shot by boyfriend at the time for passing a red light. And another was trying to teach me a lesson about passing stop sign by making me sit alone in my car for an entire hour; while he sat in his police cruiser listen to music...<br>  I think bad cops are bad cops no matter the race...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_00:16:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Tiah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12986226, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13002852": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly, my point.  Some of these negroes are calling you a sellout for acting like a civilized human being.  To even say that this Gates character was being profiled is an insult to black americans that get profiled everyday.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:33:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995624, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982373": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "....On the word of a white woman!  And there you have it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:27:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12981994, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12997736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Had that been me, I can't guarantee how I would have reacted.  None of us knows when our racism boiling point will be reached.  Professor Gates probably reached his.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_10:41:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995212, "depth": 1, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13001575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Your lack of class is overwhelming me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:02:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12999055, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12994156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rachel should've corrected his racist ass the day he was on her show instead of waiting 4 freaking days later! Granted, some of the racist info she corrected needed research, but most of it was basic history particularly when Pat claimed that white folks built this country. <br><br>So, my question is this: Will she have Pat on her show again? If so, then this was a waste of time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_08:58:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985567, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984942": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damn shame, your precious sons have to walk on fucking egg shells when it comes to the Po Po.<br><br>Lil jimmy john and patrick paul can skate board their asses off without a care in the world in suburia America.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:04:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983450, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12986557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with your post...It sounds about right...My question is why did the officer not leave after finding out it was Gates home?...I think he was pissed at Gates for reporting on him and wanted to punish Gates...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_00:13:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Tiah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12986301, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12981873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "its going down on Twitter too #SkipGates", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:07:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-1453461857", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 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}, "12981362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Damn....it was on point wasn't it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_20:47:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12980692, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, she's a punk. Notice, she had to cushion her comments about Pat's<br>racist remaks with, \" Look, I love white people, I'm white\"... well, no shit<br>sherlock!<br><br>YI wouldn't doubt that Rachel reads JJP.  I know she reads HuffPo and DKos.<br>You know MSNBC's been getting heat for that vile, nasty, bigoted shit<br>BucKKKlanan's been spewing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:47:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985780, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003895": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wait...earlier, I was \"smarter than that\", but now, I'm \"too stupid to address the issues\"? Which is it? It's kind of rich that you'd talk about someone else not addressing the issues when you responded to black homeowners being defrauded by Wells Fargo with:<br><br>\"More of the damn same. Drop out of high school. Have kids you can't afford. Call each other nigga. Rob a liquor store. Go to jail. Get out and go back to to selling drugs. And then have the nerve to ask the President to do something for you.\"<br><br>Spare me the feined shock at my language. After all, I'm giving you and Ishmael an opportunity. You can show this to some white people, join them in tut-tutting the \"bad black\", and you can eagerly demonstrate to them that you're \"one of the good ones\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:58:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13002986, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13013422": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But WAIT though, has this picture of Professor Gates being arrested been posted yet????  May I draw your attention, in particular, to the Black cop in the foreground who apparently stood by and watched the madness.  UNBELIEVEABLE...<br><br><a href=\"http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp7-21-09k.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/ho...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_16:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984444": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wish I were shocked, but I am not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:45:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984414, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ROFLMAO! I'm laughing, but not at you! WITH YOU! I got jacked too!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:57:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982558, "depth": 3, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12992127": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How ironic! It only goes to prove to all the Clarence Thomases of the world, all the folks who believe that earning an elite education -- and even marrying white -- and living in a white suburb is not sufficient to escaping your blackness. Professor Gates' arrest is a blessing. It also strikes a chord to those in denial about racial disparities and white privilege in our country. Just because we have a POTUS with black blood in his veins does not mean we've arrived!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_06:56:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "chaz69", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The more I look at the mug shot of Mr. Gates, the more upset I get.<br><br>This is soooo fucked up. <br><br>The charge typed in black letters under those shots.....  Disordely Conduct... it's sheer fuckery...  charged with disorderly conduct in his own home, after the officer knew Mr. Gates was indeed in his own home.<br><br>That cracka should have apologized PROFUSELY, and taken his ass out of Mr. Gate's home.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:50:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12980255, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12997255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maybe you can think of it in terms of the Rosa Parks story, there were others who acted in defiance before Parks and refused to give up their seats to whites and they too were arrested.  But, Parks was the right person for the rallying cry.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_10:29:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995212, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12991084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I never post, but I wanted this information, gleaned from the Crimson's comments page, on the JJP record.<br><br>1.  The officer involved is well-paid.  ($172,621.08 in 2008)  For that kind of money, shouldn't he be able to identify the local luminaries?<br><a href=\"http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/x998785836/Somerville-s-top-salaries-approaching-the-200-000-mark\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/...</a><br><br>2. Someone using the same name as the officer involved, presumably not him, 'lets it slip' that the neighbor who made the phone call is a woman named Victoria Whalen, the fundraiser for Harvard Magazine, and therefore should have recognized him.  I haven't verified this, so I can't vouch for it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_05:33:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CottonCandy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 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}, "12995212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can't believe some of you on this board.  You are going to let this Harvard Professor make a mockery out of real racism and act as if he was fighting injustice.   Give me a freaking break.  This is a sham and all of you are falling for it.  The cop was simply investigating a \"break in\" call this guy took the opportunity to make a scene.  Instead of opening the door, showing his id and explaining the situation.  This guys acts like he is being oppressed.  He should've beeen pissed off at his neighbor who called the police on his dumbass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:35:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 53, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12987025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think that the focus on whether or not Professor Gates had an \"attitude\" when speaking to the police officer is a red herring.  How do people think that Dick Cheney, or John McCain would have reacted to those cops if they were still questioning them in their own homes after they had provided valid photo identification? <br><br>IMHO, once it is established that the professor did not strike the officer, threaten him with any violence, or appear to be a danger to himself/anyone else, the burden is now on the officer to defend how he handled the situation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_00:33:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "mjohnso27", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13011091": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>The point I was making that as blacks we constantly display negative stereotypes and when other groups feed into the stereotypes we call it racism.</i><br><br>I don't think the folks who own or post on this site are engaged in burglarizing other people's homes or actively displaying negative stereotypes, whatever that half-baked allusion means.  <br><br><i>If the people on this board were half as outraged about black criminals aimlessly firing weapons and killing black children...</i><br><br>The people on this board are quite outraged about \"black criminals aimlessly firing weapons and killing black children.\" Do you have any evidence to the contrary? Have you compiled a dossier on the people who post here that would give you any special knowledge about their work or what they do in their communities? <br><br><i>than you were about some stupid mulatto professor not cooperating with police we as a race would be better off.</i><br><br>What exactly, pray tell, is a mulatto professor? I have never met one. And why would the race of Gates' mother or father matter in this case? For your information, Gates' parents identified themselves as Negroes, colored or African Americans. <br><br>Why don't you direct your envy and bile in another direction?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_15:29:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13009045, "depth": 5, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13009045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My post totally went over your head.  What a surprise?  Let me break it down for you.  I wasn't saying(but I wish it would happen) that all black people should stop doing crime.  The point I was making that as blacks we constantly display negative stereotypes and when other groups feed into the stereotypes we call it racism.  If the people on this board were half as outraged about black criminals aimlessly firing weapons and killing black children than you were about some stupid mulatto professor not cooperating with police we as a race would be better off.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:45:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13007932, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984197": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hell Yeah, you're right!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:36:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983737, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not a damn chance, Miranda!<br><br>This is why I constantly stress to my boys on what to do if ever stop by the police. .....<br><br>1.Keep your hands on the wheel at all times<br>2.Make no sudden moves<br>3.Do whatever the officer tells you b/c if not, it could cost you your life<br>4.Say yes sir & no sir<br><br><br>Why? Because I want my child to live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:11:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983074, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12998300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's right, Guns3000, what is he complaining about?  Racism doesn't exist anymore, this is the 21st century,  after all, the United States Government already appologized for slavery recently, right?  Everthing is copacetic now, I as a black man can walk down the street in a predominatly white neighborhood at night and not even get harrassed by the police.  We live in a eutopia, now that we have a black president, so us black folk shouldn't be complaining about anything.  Hey, I'll bet that took him down a few notches, eh?<br><br>Oh, just in case you are too slow to keep up with what I am saying.<br><br>I am being facetious.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_10:55:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamigra70", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995212, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13105822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I maintain, although the officer may have been \"irritated\", he too had a choice. His choice made this incident a national news story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_09:00:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13105183, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OMG did anyone read the police report?<br><br><i>I again told Gates that I would speak with him outside.... His reply was \"ya, I'll speak with your mama outside....\"</i><br><br>LOL. Oh Dr. Gates you are truly a G", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:28:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12987042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Like being jacked at the gas station.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_00:34:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "texasladybird", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984439, "depth": 6, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12980566": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "that the police responded to a call about a man trying to enter a home through force is fine...that they proceeded to arrest him AFTER he was able to prove that the home belonged to him  is beyond inexcusable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_20:21:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "t_nicole", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Both was so hilarious, Isonprize!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:27:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985071, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12981416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BAM!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_20:50:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12981362, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ah say, ah say kingfisher......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:37:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13002524, "depth": 3, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12981932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "another nail on the head moment...<br><br>she can quit and be lauded and we work to become the head of the law review and we are an AffirmAction case #wtf", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:09:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "twitter-15330022", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12980692, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12986226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "as a guy living on the southside of chicago i can say that some of my run in's with the police have not been good...esp with the african american ones...it seems like they are trying 2 prove something 2 dem selfs a lot of times u get more respect and courtesy from the white officers!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:57:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-538484347", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Trailer for new movie \"I'm Bi-Racial not black DAMMIT\" <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXkPdC_a-ME&feature=player_embedded\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXkPdC_a-ME&feat...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:46:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We can't have them Ivy League niggras thinking they done made it.  Look, that Obama's done already took over the White House.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:28:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983649, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12991156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barry I concur in most MAJOR cities minority officers do that to please their white comrades. Very sad and stupid!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_05:39:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "chris_i_am", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12986226, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe if some of our own people stopped their self-destructive behavior when a law abiding black man is walking white neighborhood people won't assume he is a criminal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:48:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12998300, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13002986": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Plants talks like that because he is too stupid to address the issues.  Your parents probably didn't tell you not to talk like that in front of women.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:36:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12999055, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMBAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:12:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982880, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13105183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now we are getting somewhere.  As much as Gates was talking Shit I don't think you can arrest someone for simply having an attitude.  And that's why they dropped the charges.   The cop was irritated with Gates because he was accusing of racism for simply doing his job.  Gates was irritated with cop because he just got of a long trip, the door was stuck and he \"felt\" like he was harassed because of his color which is understandable but nonsense.  Like I said in previous posts the person that Gates should be pissed off with is  his neighbor that called the cops.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_08:36:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3001", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13104957, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:52:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982880, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003461": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK ummmm, what a cowinky dink.  That police report is no longer available online.  I wish yall could see the sideways expression on my face, they so aren't slick.  I hope Professor Gates does one of his documentaries on this whole grimy episode!  Boston is one of the most racist towns I've ever been to and this is coming from a black woman who was born in Biloxi, Mississippi....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:48:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12998793, "depth": 1, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13103305": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey retard, show me where that I've said there wasn't any racial profiling.  What I've consistently said was that Gates wasn't racially profiled.  Maybe reading is not a strong skill set for you and you should be hanging out at a site that is somewhere near your sub-par education level.  People like you are holding our race back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_07:26:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3001", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13095388, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hell, I might as well have had a glock stuck in my back and told to hand over my purse when I looked at my last statement.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:45:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983830, "depth": 5, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ROFL @ this tweet from Oliver Willis:<br><br>\"@owillis: bostonpd: \"suspicious black man seen entering 1600 PA, accomp by black female and 2 other younger accomplices. arrest on sight\"<br><br>HAHAHAHAHA!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:14:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 18, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12998351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>I don't think the neighbor is the issue. I think I'm in the minority but I'm willing to give the neighbor the benefit of the doubt as far as knowing who he was. I have a strange work schedule and I can't tell you what most of my neighbors look like.</i><br><br>With all due respect, your interpretation is not plausible. I graduated from Harvard and spent time in Cambridge. It is highly unlikely that the neighbor, who is an employee of Harvard, did not know that her neighbor, Henry Louis Gates, was also an employee, i.e., professor, at Harvard. The social circle in Cambridge and at Harvard is much too small for me to accept your interpretation.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_10:56:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983136, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982998": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know those <a href=\"http://taylorshocks.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/saltines.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://taylorshocks.files.wordpress.com/2009/01...</a><br>FUCKED UP royally, and they are going to pay the price for it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:53:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982616, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13008249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL -- Half of Harvard!<br><br>He wasn't Skip yesterday, he was just plain ole Henry, just another indignant nigga", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:32:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13006299, "depth": 2, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12998793": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's the (clearly slanted and intentionally vague) police report issued by the cop.  On page two of the report, one thing becomes quite clear: Gates was giving the officer a piece of his mind <i>inside</i> the house.  Rather than leave, the officer coaxed Gates outside where he knew that he could arrest him.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/galleries/police_report_of_henry_louis_gates_jr_/police_report_of_henry_louis_gates_jr_.html#ph0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nydailynews.com/news/galleries/polic...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_11:08:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13007140": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you, Lisa, I had been wondering this myself.  I wonder if that question (why was no one asking about the circumstances behind the damaged door)  is what constituted the 'unintelliglble shouting' that so confused the officer that he had to lead the obvious homeowner outside...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:08:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "devessel", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003482, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well since the neighbor was so concerned and the cops were so concerned with him breaking in once he produced two forms of id, then why the hell didn't they address the fact that his door HAD been damaged and someone may have tried to break in before?  Oh, wait, that might make sense.  AND given Gates stature at Harvard and the fact that the woman who called the po-po worked at Harvard, and the fact that the neighborhood is mostly white, I'd have thought she'd have noticed that a black man lived on the block (since he sort of sticks out by virute of being a patch of darkness in a sea of white) and that he was one of the most famous profs on campus. <br><br>And GUns, no it isn't a lynching but maybe by him making a big deal about this, next time some cops might just think twice before they mistreat a black person.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:48:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lisa_J", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995624, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12981979": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow. \"Almost\" speechless on this one.  Love the police report. You know damn well that cop was in his house disrespecting him. And seriously, how is your \"neighbor\" not going to recognize you!?  I guess we really do all look alike.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:11:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "SpartacusLaw", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ah, even MORE proof (as if we needed it) that Obama's victory didn't really change nearly as much about race relations in tihs country as people like to pretend.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:29:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rachel Maddow Corrects Pat Buchanan (Racist) Statements! (4 Days Later)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnx603I42MA\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnx603I42MA</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:30:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13008097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Entrapment big time. That white police officer got mad when Gate's talked about his momma. So he enticed him on out to the porch so he good arrest him. That cop new Gates was somebody important, he didn't care 'cause at that moment he was just another nigga.<br><br>Gates will get paid, HOWEVER, more importantly this brillant SOB who is a master of words and thoughts will start a whole new dialogue for AAs in this country to discuss about how black men are treated. I can't wait for it. The discussion will be far more valuable than the money he's fixta get paid. I can hear em now, \"aw sh$t, why did he have to mess with that particular negro, cause they will never hear the end of it now.<br><br>I am proud of Gates. HIS DAMN BACK WAS NOT BENT!<br><br>Hey Police  \"YA MOMMA\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:28:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13006218, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13103845": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I would define the Gates saga as an instance of racial profiling. The incident is comparable to stories that surface from time to time, across the country, which describe tales of the heighten attention POC receives when they are perceived to be in the wrong neighborhood. <br><br>The officer had a choice, he choose to turn a non-incident into an incident when he arrested Gates.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_07:46:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13103155, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12981994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh yeah, Skippy looks hood. No doubt he crip-danced before they perp-walked him to the patrol unit. Threw up a gang sign and shouted \"I reps for the East Side\" before they cuffed him. <br><br>Seriously though, if HE can get arrested in his own home, we have NO chance. None.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:12:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "OneChele", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12979983, "depth": 1, "points": 11, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "oh so Muzikal u mean 2 tell me that what was in the police report was the gospel truth!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:31:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-538484347", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985134, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "DAMN.  MIranda,  JJP got me twice.    I usually skim from the bottom up. <br><br>First -- A bitch got robbed looking at the 401K statement. <br><br> Then, a complex look at the recording \"Fuck da Police\"<br><br>I CAN'T STAND IT!!      LOLOLOL<br><br>Damn.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:09:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982880, "depth": 2, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You nailed it yesterday! That.is.all.!<br><br>Give it up for Town, y'all!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:12:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12979983, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13005559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of course that's what he's saying. The sort of black person who would think that is still around, just as white racists are still around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:39:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003866, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13095160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah Guns30000 just like the WHITE bank robbers and murderers also too. They do it because of us. White officers DO NOT racially profile their own. Look idiot you show me one race where these issues DOES NOT happen.<br><br>Then I'll take your bourgeoisie ass seriously", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_00:45:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "chris_i_am", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003448, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13011193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If President Obama didn't have secret service protection he would be arrested for even being near the White House.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_15:32:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Booky", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13009204, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Say it!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:10:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984697, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13103356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Typical dumb as a box of rocks response.  Where did I say that no other race display negative stereotypes?  If my kids are acting like morons I will correct them.  I don't say well my neighbor kids are morons so it's ok if my kids are morons too.  Stop making moral equivalencies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_07:30:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3001", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13095240, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13009661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So now you want to penalize him because he has a Ph.D?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:57:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13008519, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12996350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Like Step'n Fitchit or something?<br>LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_10:06:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "ch555x", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995970, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13004033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So you think that if someone called the police IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD that someone was trying to break into house and the suspect was white the police wouldn't come? RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT<br><br>Now it's The End", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:01:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003843, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12980482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yep,  that some hard-core crips/bloods s*& right there..  Where's his 40?  They musta took his bandanna off!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_20:17:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12979983, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12997891": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"a bitch got robbed looking at 401k statement then fuck da police\" lolololol. Thanks isontheprize!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_10:45:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "TyrenM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985071, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12993750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What, what, what?<br><br>Yo momma = lack of respect<br><br>garners<br><br>ARREST = lack of respect<br><br><br>Only by white mens standards.<br><br><br><br>Could be worse though.  We've come a long way from another day in time when:<br><br>Yo momma = Lynch him!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_08:41:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12992352, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984610": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am sick of seeing black folks having to have their \"negro\" moment.  I feel sorry for professor Gates.  In 2009 a n word is still a n word.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:51:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13573902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sounds like Professor Gates has been waiting his whole life to be \"oppressed\" by a white guy in a uniform. <br>Yes, I would be annoyed if the cops pressed the issue once we'd established that it was my house. But the police officers were following procedure - and if I were them, I would have taken him outside, too; I would want as many witnesses as possible if the person I was talking to was getting that worked up. And lets face it...cops deal with a lot of stupid stuff every day. Getting yelled at for doing the right thing would probably make me want to slap the cuffs on someone, too.<br>I really think this could have been settled easier by both parties thusly: Gates: Hrm...This could get ugly \"It's my house. Here's the proof. Thanks for looking out for the neighborhood. Bye.\" <br>Police: Hrm...This could get ugly \"Sorry for the inconvenience. Have a good day. Bye.\" <br>Was the lady who called 911 racist? Sure doesn't sound like it. But, hey, I guess some people want their 15 minutes of fame. Some people see racism where it may not exist. Some people want to be a victim. Hopefully after a few beers at the White House with the President, everyone can grow up. Nobody needs to get paid anything.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-29_18:41:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "HitmanMonkey", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13013422, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12979983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Looks like a gangsta thug to me!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_19:58:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12993808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm hearing from Boston talk radio that the cop was leaving Gates alone after he produced ID and then Gates followed him out to his cruiser berating him....is this a case of a black man tired of being treated disrepectfully or a prominent black man with the attitude of, 'how dare you treat me like some common thug?'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_08:43:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "twitter-32944248", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13010051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That entire 'come outside' crap is a ruse for arrest.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_15:04:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12998961, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13006126": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I called this last night while talkin' to a friend. There is NO District Attorney alive worth his/her salt that would touch this mess with a 10 foot pole. <br><br>I agree with whoever said it downthread that Gates' attitude is a red herring. He was already fustrated after coming home from a trip to find himself locked out of his house. Instead of a neighbor offering to help the man who LIVED IN HER COMMUNITY, she called the cops on him. Then the cops show up and proceed to press the issue AFTER Gates' established that, yes, he did live there. <br><br>My attitude woulda been straight stank too. <br><br>I don't like this logic that if somebody has a badge, our basic civil liberties and right to respect goes out the window. From the bug man to the President, anyone who steps foot in my house had better be ready to talk to me with some damn sense. Law enforcement does NOT get a pass on this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:44:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "texasladybird", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13002553, "depth": 2, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hell no, notice the \"if it's accurate.\" I just wrote on my blog that we may never know the truth. You know what they say, there are three sides to every story, Gates' side, The Officer's side, and the truth.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:32:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985580, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13002524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's the problem.  Your attitude.  You act like being defiant with the police proves a thing.  He is not being revolutionary by making a fool of himself.  He is not fighting \"THE MAN\".  I don't think our ancestors got hung from trees and marched so this moron can make a mockery of racism to prove a point.  Some on this board are applauding this morning \"for standing up.\"  Pleeeeeeeease he didn't do $hit besides get himself locked up.  If some of us were this riled up over real racism and violence in our communities maybe could make a real change.  You guys can fall for the okey doke but I'm not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:24:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995970, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Fo' real do...   Take a gander at yer local police exam.  FOR REAL,  look at it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:11:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982631, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982558": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Exactly! <br><br>I'm so sick of the \"big scary Black guy\" theme. I'm gonna start being scared of middle aged White guys in suits. I've seen my 401k statements and a bitch got ROBBED!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:36:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "texasladybird", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982162, "depth": 2, "points": 18, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982149": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Come on msmartin......G-Dawg looks like he can run at least a 4.4/40!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:18:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12981718, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anyone remember the case of the 60+ year old retired school teacher that was beat like a damn rug on the streets of New Orleans - right in the French Quarter...ON CAMERA..by the police and also a couple of federal agents? I knew then all bets were off. Hell, the police shot a 92 year old woman 20 times in her living room and planted drugs on her to cover it up - hell if that's what happens to our senior citizens, the young folks dont stand a freakin chance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:56:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13006299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A Day Late and damned sure a Dollar Short.<br><br>They might as well get out the checkbook to make a \"paid\" apology before a judge awards Professor Gates half of Hahvard in a settlement.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:48:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12999643, "depth": 1, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12989220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Disclaimer: I haven't read shit about this yet.  <br><br>Exactly - if I lock myself out of MY house, have to get in  by some other means than the front door ..... yadda - yadda, the police come and ask for ID and the driver's license I give them has the same fucking address as the house I'm \"breaking into\"  - it's my house.<br><br>Once it was established that THIS was Professor Gates' home -- it's over. There's no 'breaking n entering'  - no 'suspicious activity' - it's over.<br><br>Okay - now I've read shit....\"<b>Professor Gates handed both his Harvard University identification and his valid Massachusetts driver\u2019s license to the officer. Both include Professor Gates\u2019 photograph, and the license includes his address.\"</b>  TOLD YA.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_02:42:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985354, "depth": 3, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12996596": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The situation you described bears no resemblance to what happened to Prof. Gates.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_10:13:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995660, "depth": 2, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13015004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well he didnt grin from ear to ear and apologize for causing the cop to come out there in the first place. That's clearly \"not cooperating\" behavior.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_16:56:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13010753, "depth": 6, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13008519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What you don't see beyond the badge and the gun is that invisible WHITE SHEET he was wearing. All but evident that the police is nothing but the KKK in Blue!<br><br><br>Ole boy Henry, just another nigger.<br><br><br>After he gets paid, he can go back to being Skip again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:37:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13007691, "depth": 4, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, i just re-read the police report, and if it's accurate, Professor Gates isn't totally innocent here. I don't think his behavior warranted being arrested though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:11:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984610, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12998961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep, that's exactly what he did. That was the purpose of the whole \"I can't relay pertinent information in here\" thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_11:13:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12998793, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "IFFFF he said this?<br><br>luv Skip Gates 4ever", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:52:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983968, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13009204": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "See every black man can't do this and get away with it. Gates was bold and unafraid of what would happened to him when he told that cop \"Ya momma\".  As much as black men want to tell cops to kiss their azzes it don't work for everybody.  Had this been a small town Jena, Gates azz would have gotten whacked with the nigga beater, I mean night stick. The cop new he was important, but when he went to playing the dozens, he just had to react. Gates may or may not have known he was subject to a beat down, but he didn't give a flying Fu... As many black men do as well. Gates new the cop didnt see him as Rodney King so he just agitated him to see just how far he would go.<br><br>\"YA Momma, Police\"  Ya, momma!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:47:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just read it, so they are telling me that they arrested that man for yelling inside his OWN DAMN HOUSE? Seriously? WTF.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:33:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983968, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12989239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And the fucker called the Harvard police - see, this was TOTALLY about intimidation.  You are who you are, but it doesn't matter now does it? 'Cuz I'm the PO-lice and ...... fuckers.  Can hardly take the police.<br><br>The officer wanted Gates to step outside so he could arrest him.  Simple as that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_02:44:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985413, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13002553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Charges against Harvard scholar dropped</b><br><b>Cops responding to report of break-in arrested black scholar at home</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32010985/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32010985/ns/us_news...</a><br><br><b>BOSTON - Prosecutors on Tuesday agreed to drop a disorderly conduct charge against Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. after the noted African-American scholar accused police of racism when he was arrested at his home following a report of a break-in there.</b> <br><br><b>In a statement, the city and police department of Cambridge, Mass., said they had \"recommended to the Middlesex County District Attorney that the criminal charge against Professor Gates not proceed.\" </b><br><br><b>\"This incident should not be viewed as one that demeans the character and reputation of Professor Gates or the character of the Cambridge Police Department. All parties agree that this is a just resolution to an unfortunate set of circumstances,\" the statement continued.</b> <br><br><b>Earlier, Gates' supporters said he had been the victim of racial profiling.</b><br><br><br><br>It was f^^^ery in the first place. The professor shouldn't have ever been arrested. I see the po po is in CYA (Cover Your Ass) mode.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:25:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12999643, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983611": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "G-Dawg is probably alive because he could prove he actually parked his car in Harvad yard.  I shutter to think what could have happened if he couldn't.......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:16:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982149, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13104957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As you defined it, no, it's not.  <br><br>I would imagine, in most instances, the robber wouldn't answer the front door. Although, Gates may have been disgruntled he presented driver's lic. and Harvard ID to officer.  The inquiry should have ended.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_08:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13104654, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12992319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gates went from being \"Skip\" back to \"boy Henry\"<br><br>AND<br><br>Unca Clarence would never think of getting \"out of line\" like Gates did.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_07:14:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12992127, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13010753": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How did he not cooperate? He showed his ID; he followed the cop outside when told to do so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_15:21:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13009045, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13002563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not to go all pre-K, but.....<i>ewwwww</i>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:25:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12999055, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985159": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't recall ever seeing this!<br><br>Damn, the man was drunk.  This is just pure unadulterated hate, right here...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:12:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984033, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13095240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK Gunnie Boo so you are saying no other race display negative stereotypes???<br><br>OK, I think I need a V8  9 and 10 for that matter also.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_00:46:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "chris_i_am", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13009045, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12991210": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ok, this was much better the first time, but I lost my post and had to register, etc.  (Long-time lurker, but I do. not. post.)  I just wanted to share this information (*cough,* gossip) gleaned from the comments at the Crimson.<br><br>1.  This officer is paid enough to know better.  ($172,621.08 in 2008)  <br><a href=\"http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/x998785836/Somerville-s-top-salaries-approaching-the-200-000-mark\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/...</a><br><br>2.  (Unverified) The neighbor who made the call was one 'Victoria Whalen', fundraiser for the Harvard Magazine, another one who should have known better.  Of course, this particular comment came from a gentleman calling himself \"Joseph Wilson III\" (yes, the same name as the officer), so who knows?  This guy could have a personal grudge against her, in which case I apologize, Ms. Whalen.<br><br>Anywhoo, just wanted this on the JJP record.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_05:44:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CottonCandy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 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}, "13007691": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I don't like this logic that if somebody has a badge, our basic civil liberties and right to respect goes out the window. From the bug man to the President, anyone who steps foot in my house had better be ready to talk to me with some damn sense. Law enforcement does NOT get a pass on this.</i><br><br>Amen! I don't give cops or folks with badges crap but I'm not about to take any from them either. In my life I have had to deal with the authoritarian idiocy of the local police and the FBI too. I never took low or allowed them to forget that I was a citizen and entitled to certain rights. I am not going to raise my children, especially my sons, to not stand up for themselves. That is all that Henry Gates was doing. Nothing more, nothing less.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:18:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13006126, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "White Professor wouldn't have had a chip on shoulder and produced identification and kept it moving.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:39:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995926, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13105999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll concede that but being irritated and arresting Gates doesn't mean he is racist either.  The cop could have easily dismissed Gates as been over sensitive old man and kept it moving.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_09:08:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3001", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13105822, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984145": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Actually the charge was 'being an uppity negro\"....that's the same as disorderly conduct in that cop's eyes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:34:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982915, "depth": 3, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12996946": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Check your email, Miranda", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_10:21:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995970, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12995926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I 100% CONCUR, mjohnson27.  That officer should have apologized PROFUSELY to professor Gates, and then left Mr. Gates home.<br><br>The reason this officer didn't leave and arrested Mr. Gates was he wanted to exert his POWER over the negro who dared to speak out.<br><br>A white professor would never have been treated like Professor Gates, NEVER!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:56:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12986301, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983726": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Humph....Mr. Gates might have been beaten down like the man on the streets of New Orleans and he only asked where he could go buy cigarettes!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:21:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983657, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, you know this shyt will be the talk of Mah-thas Vinnyurd while the POTUS is in town.<br><br>If the POTUS and FLOTUS are going to be wining and dining with any of the creme-de-la-creme of the high black intelligentsia while on the island, THEN it would certainly include a circle with their old professor Ogletree from Harvard Law and of course, the illustrious Skip Gates...<br><br>Ooh___, dem CRACKA-Cops Done FUGGED with the WRONG ONE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:39:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Monie,<br><br>No matter what you do & how eduated you are, in their eyes, one is still a .......", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:53:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984375, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Everytime I see this, I can feel my blood pressure rising..this could be my own father...how could they do this? How?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYsX9BhfZk\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYsX9BhfZk</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:29:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983726, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13008220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>is this a case of a black man tired of being treated disrepectfully or a prominent black man with the attitude of, 'how dare you treat me like some common thug?'</i><br>I fail to see the significance of the distinction you are trying to make. Are you arguing that Gates was wrong because he didn't want to be treated as if he were a criminal? As if black folks, if they have attained a degree of professional prominence, should be perfectly willing at times to be treated as if they are criminals because, well, because that's just how it is and if they object then  they are just being arrogant. What utter nonsense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:31:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12993808, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12991838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sharpton said. \"I have heard of driving while black and even shopping while black but now even going to your own home while black is a new low in police community affairs.\"<br><br>ROTFLMFBAO!!!<br><br>Putting on my t-shirt \"I'm tired...I've Been Black ALL Day\"<br><br>needing to get a new one made:<br><br>\"I'm Exasperated...\"I've been a Nigger Forever\"<br><br><br>Hehehehehehe!  \"Got to laugh to keep from cryin...like I'm doing now\"<br><br><br>This is God's Stimulus Package to Gates! He is fixta get paid going around the country speaking on this experience and most importantly his analysis of it. He just move to the top of the most sort out AA speakers to every major convention in the country.<br><br>I AM REALLY PROUD OF HIM FOR STANDING UP! BACK NOT BENT BABY! TALK TO AND DEAL WITH AN OUT-OF-ORDER WHITE MAN THE WAY HE NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH DESPITE THE CONSEQUENCES!<br>HELL-TO-THE-YEAH!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_06:33:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12987025, "depth": 1, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12992352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lack of respect garners lack of respect.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_07:17:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983649": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well here we go with a new one - RWB (Residing While Black).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:18:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "metricpenny", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 9, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983139": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ROFLMAO! with excerpts from Ice-T's Cop Killer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:58:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982880, "depth": 2, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982631": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "great quote on gawker from a guy who's dad said something to the effect of<br><br>'remember a cop is a college drop out with a gun'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:39:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "twitter-15330022", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Mr. Gates came out of this incident with a charge of disorderly conduct in his own home.  Imagine the outcome had he not been connected with HARVARD!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:18:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983074, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983660": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rotflmao @ You, Webb!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:18:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983139, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12991858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No spirit, he was NOT DRUNK. I followed that case. That man literally was beaten just because he dared ask the police exactly why were they questioning him and he asked for the cops badge number! The man was in New Orleans to clean up his home that had been destroyed by Katrina! He was a retired school teacher that had gone to by some cigarettes and was not at all drunk. They had some sort of curfew at that time, and the cops were talking to this man like he was 12, he got \"disorderly\" (code for uppity negro) and next thing you know he was being beaten like he had just killed 3 families.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_06:35:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985159, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003127": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*dead*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:40:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12999055, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984697": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not shocked. I'm just fed up - sick and tired really - of having to spend every minute of day awake watching out for the police.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:54:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-15101056", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984444, "depth": 2, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A few years ago my aunt in her late 60's early 70's was on her way to a Catholic midnight mass.  My aunt is petite, couldn't hurt herself let alone anyone else.   But as she was on her way to her cherished tradition of attending midnight mass on Christmas Eve she was stopped by some local white police who wanted to know where she was going?  My aunt being the quiet courteous person she is responded and the local white police went on their way.   <br><br>The point being...those police did not need to stop my aunt on her way to mass, but, they did as a base form of intimidation.   <br><br>So don't be surprised if Professor Gates gets treated like a criminal....when a petite lady of color who walks to midnight Christmas Eve mass in a small town of less than 7000 people can be harrassed by the local white police.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:00:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And that is the sad but hard truth of the matter....they have to do that..to LIVE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:30:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983450, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "DAMN.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:18:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982050, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12995970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah....why didnt the good professor bow his head, shuffle his feet and oblige the officer? Just cause he lived there, he think he had the right to look that officer in the eyes like that? He had absolutely no right to his anger....he needed to stifle that. Didnt he know his place? He was supposed to show ALL 32 pearly whites (but no direct eye contact).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:57:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995212, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13005189": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damned right.<br><br>Once they establish he lives there, then say, \"Excuse me, sir. Sorry for the confusion\" and get the eff outta my house.<br><br>That's what ticks me off. This man just got back from a LONG flight, is pissed that the front door's not working, and now he's gotta put up with some BS from some idiot cop? Why must he exhibit \"perfect\" behavior AFTER BEING FALSELY ACCUSED of a crime and he's in his own damned house?!?!?<br><br>Sorry to yell, but this just pisses me off. It makes me angry for my hubby and my Dad and friends who have been mistreated by police. I hope the Professor sues them for every goddamned dime he can. But first, that PD can start with a public apology.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:29:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985354, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13103495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I read this yesterday and i dismissed it because it was preposterous.  So I read it this morning and I'm trying to figure out what I've wrote on this page to make you say something so asinine.  The post was about some black people complaining about negative stereotypes but constantly displaying them.   How am I brainwashed?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_07:35:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3001", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13011363, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12992218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lawd ham mercy!! Just wait until the AA comics get a hold of this one:<br><br>He said he told Gates that they could discuss the matter further outside, to which Gates allegedly replied, \"ya, I'll speak with your mama outside.\"<br><br><br>OOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!!<br><br>That white boy said, \"Naw this nigger didn't just call out my momma.  Who the f@ck does this nigga think he really is? Harvard scholar my ass...no nigga is ever gonna talk to me like that\"<br><br>Now, I don't know what is disorderly about talking about somebody's momma, but this racist piece of crap came up with this charge with some quick thinking, didn't he.<br><br>Can somebody find out where the white boy is from? how old he is? and his level of education? for me please. Immo tell you what Gate's was working with when I get the pieces to this cheap azz puzzle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_07:05:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13006218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not only will Skip come out looking like a class-A Gangsta, he will also get FAT PAID for this shyt.<br><br>Reminds me of how the Capitol Hill Po-Po can't recognize Black Members of Congress and actually draw their guns on those members if they don't present ID when entering their office.<br><br>The cop entrapped Gates to come outside because as long as Professor Skip is in his house, he can't be arrested.<br><br>Yeah, Hahvard will sling this cop under many buses before firing his ass, but they might as well get out their checkbooks to pay Skip for pain and suffering and harassment by their own Po-po.<br><br>Book it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:46:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12999055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "...then you would have begged them both to take down their underwear so you could gratefully tongue their sphincters.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_11:15:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12995624, "depth": 2, "points": 9, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know she had to recognize him because he uses a CANE!!<br><br>How many senior balding black males are over in that hood, with gray hair/bowtie and cane?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:18:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12981236, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13004179": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I don't think our ancestors got hung from trees...\"<br><br>Please. Who do you think you're fooling? If you lived back when our ancestors were regularly getting hung from trees, you're the kind who would have been justifying it by saying \"Well, he shouldn'na been...\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:04:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003036, "depth": 4, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12986262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\u201cIt\u2019s just deeply disappointing but also a pointed reminder that there are serious problems that we have to wrestle with,\u201d he said.</i><br><br><br><br>Hell Yeah....wearing black face in America!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:59:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12986097, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982168": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "DAMN.   There it is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:19:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12981416, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983705": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i can't wait for someone to call the cops on this dude!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:20:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "twitter-15330022", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982558, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13009818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cambridge Police have now dropped all charges. Admit no guilt...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_15:00:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "TyrenM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13009204, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12994460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://i31.tinypic.com/2dv5vnn.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://i31.tinypic.com/2dv5vnn.gif</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:08:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982813, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I bet with every well articulated comment you make, their lil weenies shrink<br>to the size of  Vienna sausages.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:16:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984880, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13011363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Guns3000,<br>Step away from your TV. You've been brainwashed to believe black folks are the only ones who comitt crimes or are criminals.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_15:36:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Booky", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13009045, "depth": 5, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i was fooled for about 2 nights...but then i began to realize that some votes where the 'now shut the f up' votes you know?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:37:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "twitter-15330022", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984030, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12986097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Black scholar arrested after reported break-in at Mass. home; colleagues claim profiling<br><br>Ogletree said Gates gave the officer his driver\u2019s license and Harvard identification, but became upset when the officer continued to question him.<br>\u201cHe was shocked to find himself being questioned and shocked that the conversation continued after he showed his identification,\u201d Ogletree said.<br>Ogletree declined to say whether he believed the incident was racially motivated, saying \u201cI think the incident speaks for itself.\u201d<br>Some of Gates\u2019 African-American colleagues say the arrest is part of a pattern of racial profiling in Cambridge.<br><br>Allen Counter, who has taught neuroscience at Harvard for 25 years, said he was stopped on campus by two Harvard police officers in 2004 after being mistaken for a robbery suspect. They threatened to arrest him when he could not produce identification.<br>\u201cWe do not believe that this arrest would have happened if professor Gates was white,\u201d Counter said. \u201cIt really has been very unsettling for African-Americans throughout Harvard and throughout Cambridge that this happened.\u201d<br><br>Ogletree said Gates had returned from a trip to China on Thursday with a driver, when he found his front door jammed. He went through the back door into the home \u2014 which he leases from Harvard \u2014 shut off an alarm and worked with the driver to get the door open. The driver left, and Gates was on the phone with the property\u2019s management company when police first arrived.<br>Ogletree also disputed the claim that Gates, who was wearing slacks and a polo shirt and carrying a cane, was yelling at the officer.<br><br>\u201cHe has an infection that has impacted his breathing since he came back from China, so he\u2019s been in a very delicate physical state,\u201d Ogletree said.<br>Lawrence D. Bobo, the W.E.B Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard, said he met with Gates at the police station and described his colleague as feeling humiliated and \u201cemotionally devastated.\u201d<br>\u201cIt\u2019s just deeply disappointing but also a pointed reminder that there are serious problems that we have to wrestle with,\u201d he said.<br><br><a href=\"http://blog.taragana.com/n/black-scholar-arrested-after-reported-break-in-at-mass-home-colleagues-claim-profiling-115379/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blog.taragana.com/n/black-scholar-arrest...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:53:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13006249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, that's right, \"Guns3000\"...because you believe a white professor wouldn't have done that, right? Pathetic. If <i>that's</i> not the mark of a suckass, I don't know that is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:47:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13004748, "depth": 6, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12985262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uh uh,  NO HE DID NOT.  Don't tell me he said that.  PLEASE Don't tell me he said that.   BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA<br><br>Skip G.  The \"G\" for Gangsta!!!   Damn.  <br><br>I have to laugh at this, otherwise I'll be taking high blood medication for the rest of my life, and I really don't want to have to do that.    Laugh to keep from crying. <br><br>They arrested Henry \"Skip\" Gates because they could. PERIOD.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_23:16:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12983968, "depth": 1, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12992944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a hre=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jack Johnson</a>:<br><blockquote><br>\u2026 i am BLACK alright, i'll never let them forget it!<br></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_07:57:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell the truth!  Same damn difference in their eyes!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:37:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984145, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12982707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO!!!!!!!  @  a bitch got ROBBED!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:43:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982558, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12991924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"You just another indignant nigger\" says the officer.<br><br><br>Gates, who served as chair of the department of African and African American studies from 1991 to 2006, earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Cambridge after completing his undergraduate studies in history summa cum laude at Yale. Gates was awarded a MacArthur Foundation \"Genius Grant\" in 1981 and was named one of Time magazine's \"25 Most Influential Americans\" in 1997.<br>He is one of roughly 20 Harvard faculty members who hold prestigious University professorships, which are given to honor academic achievements that cross disciplinary boundaries.<br><br><br><br>Who said the NAACP has no relevance or purpose? Please. Betta ask Gates!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_06:40:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12991838, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12981236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If this ain't some ish...<br><br>I don't even know where to begin. I mean, really? <br><br><br>This man lived in her neighborhood! How in the hell could she not know who he was? Now, I don't really kick it with my neighbors like that, but I can tell you what the hell they look like! Are Black people rollin deep like that in Cambridge?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_20:42:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "texasladybird", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003182": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Where I live, the police work for ME.  Its all in the attitude and self image.  Your self image is one of a 60s hater.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:41:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13002292, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And  some white cops are KLANSMEN who have replaced their white hoods with a badges, guns, and blue lights.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:22:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982631, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13004731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let's conduct an experiment, shall we?  Who can we use?  Someone well known...... someone white ...... a professor, mild-mannered.....<br><br>Fred McMurray!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:18:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003843, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12986301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here is a link to Professor Charles Ogletree's Statement posted at <a href=\"http://www.theroot.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.theroot.com</a>, on the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. I suggest that you all read it to see just how much it differs from the police report. <a href=\"http://www.theroot.com/views/lawyers-statement-arrest-henry-louis-gates-jr\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.theroot.com/views/lawyers-statement-...</a><br><br>My take, after reading both accounts, is set forth below:<br><br>Professor Gates was in his home when the officer arrived.  He was obviously annoyed that he was being questioned about allegedly breaking and entering into his own home and let the officer know that he was not pleased. The officer asked him to come outside the home and provide him with id.  Gates declined to come outside, but allowed the officer to follow him inside so that he could go get his id from his wallet.  Professor Gates gave the officer his drivers licence and university i.d., but the officer continued to question Gates because he did not think that the evidence was sufficient.  Gates got upset and opined that the continued questioning by the officer was due to the fact that Professor Gates was a black man in America. Professor Gates began to call the local PD to complain about what he thought was an abuse of authority by the police officers on the scene.  During the call to the station, Gates repeatedly asked the officer for his name and badge number and they got into a bit of a detente. <br>The officer repeatedly asked Professor Gates to follow him outside (supposedly because the officer could not hear his radio over Gates' loud voice). (However, IMHO, the officer may have been trying to lure Gates onto the porch because he was upset that Gates trying to report him to his superiors and because the officer knew that he would not have been able to arrest the professor for disorderly conduct in his home).  Gates followed the officer onto the porch and continued to demand that the officer provide him with his name and badge number.  Once, Gates stepped onto the porch, the officer used that as an excuse to make to the disorderly conduct arrest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_00:00:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "mjohnso27", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12995009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Mug Shot...that is what is getting me soo irritated and angry. This is way beyond insulting. Apparently a neighbor called the cops saying he as trying to break into the house.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_09:29:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "TAG60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982915, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13004748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you bookmark all my posts? The last time you posted one of my posts half the people on the board agreed with what I said. I'm going to change your name to Plants the Guns Groupie.  I'm not surprised by your language you probably talk like that in front of your kids like that and the cycle continues.  You are just trying to deflect from fact that this half-white black man who has lived an upper class privileged life is making a fool of himself like he is being oppressed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_13:18:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003895, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12994036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you mean what I think you mean ...<br><br>even in a room full of the most decent and respectful of Black citizens, you'd still gitcho ass wooped for that one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_08:53:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12992352, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12980692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No matter what you do, no matter how educated you are.....<br><br><br>Wait a minute. Didn't you say this very thing yesterday?<br><br><i>Maybe the problem in this society isn\u2019t education, because it really doesn\u2019t matter if blacks and hispanics go to school and get an education because many whites will regard somebody like Palin, who went to 5 colleges in 6 years, has no command of the English language and is intellectually incurious as much more smarter and qualified than a black/hispanic summa cum laude graduate of an Ivy League school who continously strives to learn.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_20:26:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12979983, "depth": 1, "points": 13, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12981718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A young gangster thug that could get away if he were discovered breaking and entering.  Wow - just wow!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_21:01:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12979983, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12999642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As someone who, as of right now, is experiencing a lot of [racial] resistance, I can tell you that if I'd have been in Skip Gates's place....I may not be alive.  that's how wild things are....I've reached a tipping point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_11:29:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "AM2k9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12997736, "depth": 2, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12999643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Update: According to Carlos Watson on MSNBC, all charges against Professor Gates have now been dropped.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_11:29:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "mjohnso27", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13095388": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well Gunnie Gang Banger (Guns3000) Whjat aout the ones who comply and still get their asses beat by police??????<br><br>WHAT ABOUT THEM?????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_00:48:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "chris_i_am", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13002524, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12986336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please don't ruin Vienna sausages for me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_00:02:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "vulcan_girl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12985249, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12987362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thin blue line.    All cops aren't bad, but when they are, it doesn't matter the color.    <br><br>Having said that, I still think this incident with Prof. Gates was racially motivated.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_00:49:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12986640, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That look on Skip's face in the mugshot says it all, \"I can not believe this shyt.  It is ON.  All you crackas gonna know who the fuck 'Skip Gates' is by the time this shit is over.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:04:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982998, "depth": 2, "points": 9, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, now, Skippy prolly didm't say, yes sir, no sir......  Fucking crackas.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:40:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984145, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13003866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "psst......psst..........(what's a 60s hater? is that knee-grow trynna say dem rabble-rousing coloreds in the 60s were haters?)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_12:57:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13003293, "depth": 7, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12984824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!<br>Mimicking Lisa J....Lord Ham Mercy! rotflmao!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:59:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12984439, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12983804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BWA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>Don't go near Wall Street.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_22:24:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12982558, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12994045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Years ago, had similar experience as Gates and was surprised at the amount of rage that poured out.  There have been similar stories over the years, remember, IIRC, the explosive NY police officer stop in Florida?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_08:53:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12993808, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13007242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ya know Guns and mon are the ones that Ms. Tubman would have had to shoot. Drop their azzes right there at the river side and then push the bodies on in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_14:10:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13005559, "depth": 9, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "26268890", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -7441578354841494241}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "professor_skip_gates8230gangsta", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 212, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 26268890, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
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	this.REPLY = "Reply";
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// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
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			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
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			(num == 1
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				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
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			(num == 1
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				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

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





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



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};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
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		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

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			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);
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		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
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};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
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		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

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

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=professor_skip_gates8230gangsta' +
		'&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/professor_skip_gates8230gangsta/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='	+ 'professor_skip_gates8230gangsta'
			+ '&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/professor_skip_gates8230gangsta/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">212</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/professor_skip_gates8230gangsta/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/professor_skip_gates8230gangsta/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:26268890" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/professor_skip_gates8230gangsta/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

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

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

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

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:26268890" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p> \n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

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

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

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
									<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You must log into an account in order to comment on Jack and Jill Politics" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:26268890" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

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

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

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'professor_skip_gates8230gangsta',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

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

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

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

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

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

	//
	// Menus
	//

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

	//
	// Popups
	//

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

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

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

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

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

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

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

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

		bodyHtml = message;

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

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

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

	//
	// Actions
	//

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

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

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

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

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

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

	//
	// Media
	//

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

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/professor_skip_gates8230gangsta/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='	+ 'professor_skip_gates8230gangsta'
			+ '&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='	+ 'professor_skip_gates8230gangsta'
			+ '&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='		+ 'professor_skip_gates8230gangsta'
				+ '&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/26268890/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982050" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFL @ this tweet from Oliver Willis:<br><br>"@owillis: bostonpd: "suspicious black man seen entering 1600 PA, accomp by black female and 2 other younger accomplices. arrest on sight"<br><br>HAHAHAHAHA!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982143">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982143" class="dsq-comment-message">DAMN.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984375">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984375" class="dsq-comment-message">Nigg* wake up call on line one.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984665">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984665" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie,<br><br>No matter what you do & how eduated you are, in their eyes, one is still a .......</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983649">metricpenny</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983649" class="dsq-comment-message">Well here we go with a new one - RWB (Residing While Black).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983987">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983987" class="dsq-comment-message">We can\'t have them Ivy League niggras thinking they done made it.  Look, that Obama\'s done already took over the White House.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12984880" href="http://twitter.com/thefriendraiser" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jenifer daniels</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984880" class="dsq-comment-message">you should see the look i get from my white male students...oh the horror when they find out how articulate and educated i am...and they try to undermine every thought i have while in class.<br><br>total turn around (and I mean it) from last summer to this summer.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985249">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985249" class="dsq-comment-message">I bet with every well articulated comment you make, their lil weenies shrink<br>to the size of  Vienna sausages.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12986336">vulcan_girl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12986336" class="dsq-comment-message">Please don\'t ruin Vienna sausages for me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12994607">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12994607" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!  k.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984610">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984610" class="dsq-comment-message">I am sick of seeing black folks having to have their "negro" moment.  I feel sorry for professor Gates.  In 2009 a n word is still a n word.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12984916" href="http://twitter.com/thefriendraiser" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jenifer daniels</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984916" class="dsq-comment-message">this is one of the main reasons why we must eradicate that word from our use</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985134" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12985134" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985134" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, i just re-read the police report, and if it\'s accurate, Professor Gates isn\'t totally innocent here. I don\'t think his behavior warranted being arrested though.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985354">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985354" class="dsq-comment-message">But you know what?    After establishing that IT WAS HIS HOUSE...  I really don\'t care <i>what</i> Professor Gates said.    As long as he wasn\'t shooting at THEM for being on his property, I figure he gets to cuss a blue streak. <br><br>I know my daddy woulda been cussin\'  em all the way the hell off of his property.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12989220" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12989220" class="dsq-comment-message">Disclaimer: I haven\'t read shit about this yet.  <br><br>Exactly - if I lock myself out of MY house, have to get in  by some other means than the front door ..... yadda - yadda, the police come and ask for ID and the driver\'s license I give them has the same fucking address as the house I\'m "breaking into"  - it\'s my house.<br><br>Once it was established that THIS was Professor Gates\' home -- it\'s over. There\'s no \'breaking n entering\'  - no \'suspicious activity\' - it\'s over.<br><br>Okay - now I\'ve read shit...."<b>Professor Gates handed both his Harvard University identification and his valid Massachusetts driver’s license to the officer. Both include Professor Gates’ photograph, and the license includes his address."</b>  TOLD YA.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13005189">APeach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13005189" class="dsq-comment-message">Damned right.<br><br>Once they establish he lives there, then say, "Excuse me, sir. Sorry for the confusion" and get the eff outta my house.<br><br>That\'s what ticks me off. This man just got back from a LONG flight, is pissed that the front door\'s not working, and now he\'s gotta put up with some BS from some idiot cop? Why must he exhibit "perfect" behavior AFTER BEING FALSELY ACCUSED of a crime and he\'s in his own damned house?!?!?<br><br>Sorry to yell, but this just pisses me off. It makes me angry for my hubby and my Dad and friends who have been mistreated by police. I hope the Professor sues them for every goddamned dime he can. But first, that PD can start with a public apology.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12985413" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985413" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh I agree, I think both parties were wrong here. The officer should have left after establishing who\'s house it was, I don\'t see the point in calling the Harvard Police once he knew it was Gates\' property.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12989239" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12989239" class="dsq-comment-message">And the fucker called the Harvard police - see, this was TOTALLY about intimidation.  You are who you are, but it doesn\'t matter now does it? \'Cuz I\'m the PO-lice and ...... fuckers.  Can hardly take the police.<br><br>The officer wanted Gates to step outside so he could arrest him.  Simple as that.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12985580" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Barry-Pills-Allen/538484347" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Barry Pills Allen</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985580" class="dsq-comment-message">oh so Muzikal u mean 2 tell me that what was in the police report was the gospel truth!!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12985623" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985623" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell no, notice the "if it\'s accurate." I just wrote on my blog that we may never know the truth. You know what they say, there are three sides to every story, Gates\' side, The Officer\'s side, and the truth.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-13006218" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13006218" class="dsq-comment-message">Not only will Skip come out looking like a class-A Gangsta, he will also get FAT PAID for this shyt.<br><br>Reminds me of how the Capitol Hill Po-Po can\'t recognize Black Members of Congress and actually draw their guns on those members if they don\'t present ID when entering their office.<br><br>The cop entrapped Gates to come outside because as long as Professor Skip is in his house, he can\'t be arrested.<br><br>Yeah, Hahvard will sling this cop under many buses before firing his ass, but they might as well get out their checkbooks to pay Skip for pain and suffering and harassment by their own Po-po.<br><br>Book it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13008097">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13008097" class="dsq-comment-message">Entrapment big time. That white police officer got mad when Gate\'s talked about his momma. So he enticed him on out to the porch so he good arrest him. That cop new Gates was somebody important, he didn\'t care \'cause at that moment he was just another nigga.<br><br>Gates will get paid, HOWEVER, more importantly this brillant SOB who is a master of words and thoughts will start a whole new dialogue for AAs in this country to discuss about how black men are treated. I can\'t wait for it. The discussion will be far more valuable than the money he\'s fixta get paid. I can hear em now, "aw sh$t, why did he have to mess with that particular negro, cause they will never hear the end of it now.<br><br>I am proud of Gates. HIS DAMN BACK WAS NOT BENT!<br><br>Hey Police  "YA MOMMA"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12987025">mjohnso27</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12987025" class="dsq-comment-message">I think that the focus on whether or not Professor Gates had an "attitude" when speaking to the police officer is a red herring.  How do people think that Dick Cheney, or John McCain would have reacted to those cops if they were still questioning them in their own homes after they had provided valid photo identification? <br><br>IMHO, once it is established that the professor did not strike the officer, threaten him with any violence, or appear to be a danger to himself/anyone else, the burden is now on the officer to defend how he handled the situation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12991838">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12991838" class="dsq-comment-message">Sharpton said. "I have heard of driving while black and even shopping while black but now even going to your own home while black is a new low in police community affairs."<br><br>ROTFLMFBAO!!!<br><br>Putting on my t-shirt "I\'m tired...I\'ve Been Black ALL Day"<br><br>needing to get a new one made:<br><br>"I\'m Exasperated..."I\'ve been a Nigger Forever"<br><br><br>Hehehehehehe!  "Got to laugh to keep from cryin...like I\'m doing now"<br><br><br>This is God\'s Stimulus Package to Gates! He is fixta get paid going around the country speaking on this experience and most importantly his analysis of it. He just move to the top of the most sort out AA speakers to every major convention in the country.<br><br>I AM REALLY PROUD OF HIM FOR STANDING UP! BACK NOT BENT BABY! TALK TO AND DEAL WITH AN OUT-OF-ORDER WHITE MAN THE WAY HE NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH DESPITE THE CONSEQUENCES!<br>HELL-TO-THE-YEAH!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12991924">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12991924" class="dsq-comment-message">"You just another indignant nigger" says the officer.<br><br><br>Gates, who served as chair of the department of African and African American studies from 1991 to 2006, earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Cambridge after completing his undergraduate studies in history summa cum laude at Yale. Gates was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" in 1981 and was named one of Time magazine\'s "25 Most Influential Americans" in 1997.<br>He is one of roughly 20 Harvard faculty members who hold prestigious University professorships, which are given to honor academic achievements that cross disciplinary boundaries.<br><br><br><br>Who said the NAACP has no relevance or purpose? Please. Betta ask Gates!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983163">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983163" class="dsq-comment-message">A few years ago my aunt in her late 60\'s early 70\'s was on her way to a Catholic midnight mass.  My aunt is petite, couldn\'t hurt herself let alone anyone else.   But as she was on her way to her cherished tradition of attending midnight mass on Christmas Eve she was stopped by some local white police who wanted to know where she was going?  My aunt being the quiet courteous person she is responded and the local white police went on their way.   <br><br>The point being...those police did not need to stop my aunt on her way to mass, but, they did as a base form of intimidation.   <br><br>So don\'t be surprised if Professor Gates gets treated like a criminal....when a petite lady of color who walks to midnight Christmas Eve mass in a small town of less than 7000 people can be harrassed by the local white police.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983968" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983968" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983968">Liza</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983968" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983968" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG did anyone read the police report?<br><br><i>I again told Gates that I would speak with him outside.... His reply was "ya, I\'ll speak with your mama outside...."</i><br><br>LOL. Oh Dr. Gates you are truly a G</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12985262" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985262" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985262">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12985262" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985262" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh uh,  NO HE DID NOT.  Don\'t tell me he said that.  PLEASE Don\'t tell me he said that.   BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA<br><br>Skip G.  The "G" for Gangsta!!!   Damn.  <br><br>I have to laugh at this, otherwise I\'ll be taking high blood medication for the rest of my life, and I really don\'t want to have to do that.    Laugh to keep from crying. <br><br>They arrested Henry "Skip" Gates because they could. PERIOD.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12986389" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12986389" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12986389" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12986389" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12986389" class="dsq-comment-message">I just laughed for 5 minutes straight.  Laughed until I cried.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984626" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984626" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984626">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984626" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984626" class="dsq-comment-message">IFFFF he said this?<br><br>luv Skip Gates 4ever</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984117" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984117" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12984117" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984117" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984117" class="dsq-comment-message">I just read it, so they are telling me that they arrested that man for yelling inside his OWN DAMN HOUSE? Seriously? WTF.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12986954" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12986954" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12986954">texasladybird</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12986954" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12986954" class="dsq-comment-message">I again told Gates that I would speak with him outside.... His reply was "ya, I\'ll speak with your mama outside...."<br><br>HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!<br><br>I laughed so I hard, I started coughin\'! I don\'t care how educated we get, we can REAL fly when we want to.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982616" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982616" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12982616" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982616" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982616" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, you know this shyt will be the talk of Mah-thas Vinnyurd while the POTUS is in town.<br><br>If the POTUS and FLOTUS are going to be wining and dining with any of the creme-de-la-creme of the high black intelligentsia while on the island, THEN it would certainly include a circle with their old professor Ogletree from Harvard Law and of course, the illustrious Skip Gates...<br><br>Ooh___, dem CRACKA-Cops Done FUGGED with the WRONG ONE.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12982880">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982880" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982880" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982880">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982880" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982880" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope nobody\'s too shocked when Dr. Gates\' revamped syllabus for his fall class includes: Analyzing N.W.A. - a complex look at the recording "Fuck da Police"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983813" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983813">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983813" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983813" class="dsq-comment-message">Fight The Power!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12985071" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985071" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985071">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12985071" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985071" class="dsq-comment-message">DAMN.  MIranda,  JJP got me twice.    I usually skim from the bottom up. <br><br>First -- A bitch got robbed looking at the 401K statement. <br><br> Then, a complex look at the recording "Fuck da Police"<br><br>I CAN\'T STAND IT!!      LOLOLOL<br><br>Damn.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12985509" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985509" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985509">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12985509" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985509" class="dsq-comment-message">Both was so hilarious, Isonprize!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12997891" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12997891" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12997891">TyrenM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12997891" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12997891" class="dsq-comment-message">"a bitch got robbed looking at 401k statement then fuck da police" lolololol. Thanks isontheprize!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983139" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983139" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12983139" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983139" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983139" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO! with excerpts from Ice-T\'s Cop Killer.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983660" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983660" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983660">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983660" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983660" class="dsq-comment-message">rotflmao @ You, Webb!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982973" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982973" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982973">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982973" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982973" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983320" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983320" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983320">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983320" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983320" class="dsq-comment-message">That is damn good and funny</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983482" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983482" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983482">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983482" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983482" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMBAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982998" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982998" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982998">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982998" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982998" class="dsq-comment-message">You know those <a href="http://taylorshocks.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/saltines.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://taylorshocks.files.wordpress.com/2009/01...</a><br>FUCKED UP royally, and they are going to pay the price for it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983268" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983268" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12983268" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983268" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983268" class="dsq-comment-message">That look on Skip\'s face in the mugshot says it all, "I can not believe this shyt.  It is ON.  All you crackas gonna know who the fuck \'Skip Gates\' is by the time this shit is over."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12981289" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12981289" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12981289">texasladybird</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12981289" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12981289" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yeah, if those cops think that Harvard won\'t throw them under the bus to save face, they about to be sadly mistaken.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12979983" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12979983" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12979983">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12979983" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12979983" class="dsq-comment-message">Looks like a gangsta thug to me!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12980692">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12980692" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12980692" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12980692">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12980692" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12980692" class="dsq-comment-message">No matter what you do, no matter how educated you are.....<br><br><br>Wait a minute. Didn\'t you say this very thing yesterday?<br><br><i>Maybe the problem in this society isn’t education, because it really doesn’t matter if blacks and hispanics go to school and get an education because many whites will regard somebody like Palin, who went to 5 colleges in 6 years, has no command of the English language and is intellectually incurious as much more smarter and qualified than a black/hispanic summa cum laude graduate of an Ivy League school who continously strives to learn.</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12981362" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12981362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12981362">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12981362" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12981362" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn....it was on point wasn\'t it?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12981416">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12981416" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12981416" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12981416">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12981416" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12981416" class="dsq-comment-message">BAM!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982168" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982168" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982168">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982168" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982168" class="dsq-comment-message">DAMN.   There it is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12981932" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12981932" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12981932" href="http://twitter.com/thefriendraiser" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jenifer daniels</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12981932" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12981932" class="dsq-comment-message">another nail on the head moment...<br><br>she can quit and be lauded and we work to become the head of the law review and we are an AffirmAction case #wtf</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12981994" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12981994" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12981994" href="http://www.blacknbougie.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">OneChele</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12981994" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12981994" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yeah, Skippy looks hood. No doubt he crip-danced before they perp-walked him to the patrol unit. Threw up a gang sign and shouted "I reps for the East Side" before they cuffed him. <br><br>Seriously though, if HE can get arrested in his own home, we have NO chance. None.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982373" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982373" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982373">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982373" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982373" class="dsq-comment-message">....On the word of a white woman!  And there you have it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12980255" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12980255" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12980255">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12980255" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12980255" class="dsq-comment-message">You know, I was just gonna let it \'be\' in the comments, but as the day wore on, this just sat in my craw.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982915" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982915" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982915">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982915" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982915" class="dsq-comment-message">The more I look at the mug shot of Mr. Gates, the more upset I get.<br><br>This is soooo fucked up. <br><br>The charge typed in black letters under those shots.....  Disordely Conduct... it\'s sheer fuckery...  charged with disorderly conduct in his own home, after the officer knew Mr. Gates was indeed in his own home.<br><br>That cracka should have apologized PROFUSELY, and taken his ass out of Mr. Gate\'s home.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984145" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984145" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984145">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984145" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984145" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually the charge was \'being an uppity negro"....that\'s the same as disorderly conduct in that cop\'s eyes.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984354" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984354" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12984354" href="http://www.blacknbougie.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">OneChele</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984354" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984354" class="dsq-comment-message">Speak true!</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12984298">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984298" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984298" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984298">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984298" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984298" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, now, Skippy prolly didm\'t say, yes sir, no sir......  Fucking crackas.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984241" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984241" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984241">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984241" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984241" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell the truth!  Same damn difference in their eyes!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12995009" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12995009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12995009">TAG60</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12995009" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12995009" class="dsq-comment-message">The Mug Shot...that is what is getting me soo irritated and angry. This is way beyond insulting. Apparently a neighbor called the cops saying he as trying to break into the house.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12980482" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12980482">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12980482" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12980482" class="dsq-comment-message">yep,  that some hard-core crips/bloods s*& right there..  Where\'s his 40?  They musta took his bandanna off!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12981718" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12981718" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12981718">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12981718" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12981718" class="dsq-comment-message">A young gangster thug that could get away if he were discovered breaking and entering.  Wow - just wow!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982149" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982149" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982149">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982149" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982149" class="dsq-comment-message">Come on msmartin......G-Dawg looks like he can run at least a 4.4/40!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983611" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983611" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983611">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983611" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983611" class="dsq-comment-message">G-Dawg is probably alive because he could prove he actually parked his car in Harvad yard.  I shutter to think what could have happened if he couldn\'t.......</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982001" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982001" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982001">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982001" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982001" class="dsq-comment-message">You nailed it yesterday! That.is.all.!<br><br>Give it up for Town, y\'all!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12992127" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12992127" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12992127">chaz69</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12992127" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12992127" class="dsq-comment-message">How ironic! It only goes to prove to all the Clarence Thomases of the world, all the folks who believe that earning an elite education -- and even marrying white -- and living in a white suburb is not sufficient to escaping your blackness. Professor Gates\' arrest is a blessing. It also strikes a chord to those in denial about racial disparities and white privilege in our country. Just because we have a POTUS with black blood in his veins does not mean we\'ve arrived!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12992319" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12992319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12992319">Myth</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12992319" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12992319" class="dsq-comment-message">Gates went from being "Skip" back to "boy Henry"<br><br>AND<br><br>Unca Clarence would never think of getting "out of line" like Gates did.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12986301" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12986301" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12986301">mjohnso27</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12986301" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12986301" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is a link to Professor Charles Ogletree\'s Statement posted at <a href="http://www.theroot.com" rel="nofollow">www.theroot.com</a>, on the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. I suggest that you all read it to see just how much it differs from the police report. <a href="http://www.theroot.com/views/lawyers-statement-arrest-henry-louis-gates-jr" rel="nofollow">http://www.theroot.com/views/lawyers-statement-...</a><br><br>My take, after reading both accounts, is set forth below:<br><br>Professor Gates was in his home when the officer arrived.  He was obviously annoyed that he was being questioned about allegedly breaking and entering into his own home and let the officer know that he was not pleased. The officer asked him to come outside the home and provide him with id.  Gates declined to come outside, but allowed the officer to follow him inside so that he could go get his id from his wallet.  Professor Gates gave the officer his drivers licence and university i.d., but the officer continued to question Gates because he did not think that the evidence was sufficient.  Gates got upset and opined that the continued questioning by the officer was due to the fact that Professor Gates was a black man in America. Professor Gates began to call the local PD to complain about what he thought was an abuse of authority by the police officers on the scene.  During the call to the station, Gates repeatedly asked the officer for his name and badge number and they got into a bit of a detente. <br>The officer repeatedly asked Professor Gates to follow him outside (supposedly because the officer could not hear his radio over Gates\' loud voice). (However, IMHO, the officer may have been trying to lure Gates onto the porch because he was upset that Gates trying to report him to his superiors and because the officer knew that he would not have been able to arrest the professor for disorderly conduct in his home).  Gates followed the officer onto the porch and continued to demand that the officer provide him with his name and badge number.  Once, Gates stepped onto the porch, the officer used that as an excuse to make to the disorderly conduct arrest.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12995926" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12995926" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12995926">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12995926" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12995926" class="dsq-comment-message">I 100% CONCUR, mjohnson27.  That officer should have apologized PROFUSELY to professor Gates, and then left Mr. Gates home.<br><br>The reason this officer didn\'t leave and arrested Mr. Gates was he wanted to exert his POWER over the negro who dared to speak out.<br><br>A white professor would never have been treated like Professor Gates, NEVER!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003086" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003086" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003086">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003086" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003086" class="dsq-comment-message">White Professor wouldn\'t have had a chip on shoulder and produced identification and kept it moving.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003843" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003843" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003843">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003843" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003843" class="dsq-comment-message">Please, save the humble, well-mannered white professor shit for some one who gives a good goddamn.<br><br>The white professor would never have been approached PERIOD.<br><br>The END.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-13004033">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13004033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13004033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13004033">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13004033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13004033" class="dsq-comment-message">So you think that if someone called the police IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD that someone was trying to break into house and the suspect was white the police wouldn\'t come? RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT<br><br>Now it\'s The End</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13004731" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13004731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-13004731" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13004731" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13004731" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s conduct an experiment, shall we?  Who can we use?  Someone well known...... someone white ...... a professor, mild-mannered.....<br><br>Fred McMurray!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12986557" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12986557" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12986557">Tiah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12986557" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12986557" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with your post...It sounds about right...My question is why did the officer not leave after finding out it was Gates home?...I think he was pissed at Gates for reporting on him and wanted to punish Gates...</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12983074">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983074" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983074" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983074">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983074" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983074" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone remember the case of the 60+ year old retired school teacher that was beat like a damn rug on the streets of New Orleans - right in the French Quarter...ON CAMERA..by the police and also a couple of federal agents? I knew then all bets were off. Hell, the police shot a 92 year old woman 20 times in her living room and planted drugs on her to cover it up - hell if that\'s what happens to our senior citizens, the young folks dont stand a freakin chance.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12983450">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983450" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983450" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983450">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983450" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983450" class="dsq-comment-message">Not a damn chance, Miranda!<br><br>This is why I constantly stress to my boys on what to do if ever stop by the police. .....<br><br>1.Keep your hands on the wheel at all times<br>2.Make no sudden moves<br>3.Do whatever the officer tells you b/c if not, it could cost you your life<br>4.Say yes sir & no sir<br><br><br>Why? Because I want my child to live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12984042">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984042" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984042" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984042">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984042" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984042" class="dsq-comment-message">And that is the sad but hard truth of the matter....they have to do that..to LIVE.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984942" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984942" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984942">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984942" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984942" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn shame, your precious sons have to walk on fucking egg shells when it comes to the Po Po.<br><br>Lil jimmy john and patrick paul can skate board their asses off without a care in the world in suburia America.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983657" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983657" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983657">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983657" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983657" class="dsq-comment-message">Mr. Gates came out of this incident with a charge of disorderly conduct in his own home.  Imagine the outcome had he not been connected with HARVARD!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983726" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983726" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983726">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983726" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983726" class="dsq-comment-message">Humph....Mr. Gates might have been beaten down like the man on the streets of New Orleans and he only asked where he could go buy cigarettes!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984033">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984033" class="dsq-comment-message">Everytime I see this, I can feel my blood pressure rising..this could be my own father...how could they do this? How?<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYsX9BhfZk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYsX9BhfZk</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12985159" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985159" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985159">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12985159" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985159" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t recall ever seeing this!<br><br>Damn, the man was drunk.  This is just pure unadulterated hate, right here...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12991858" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12991858" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12991858">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12991858" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12991858" class="dsq-comment-message">No spirit, he was NOT DRUNK. I followed that case. That man literally was beaten just because he dared ask the police exactly why were they questioning him and he asked for the cops badge number! The man was in New Orleans to clean up his home that had been destroyed by Katrina! He was a retired school teacher that had gone to by some cigarettes and was not at all drunk. They had some sort of curfew at that time, and the cops were talking to this man like he was 12, he got "disorderly" (code for uppity negro) and next thing you know he was being beaten like he had just killed 3 families.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12994604" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12994604" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12994604">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12994604" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12994604" class="dsq-comment-message">I stand corrected on the man NOT being DRUNK.  This story is sickening</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984030" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984030" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12984030" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984030" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984030" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah, even MORE proof (as if we needed it) that Obama\'s victory didn\'t really change nearly as much about race relations in tihs country as people like to pretend.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984228" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984228" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12984228" href="http://twitter.com/thefriendraiser" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jenifer daniels</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984228" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984228" class="dsq-comment-message">i was fooled for about 2 nights...but then i began to realize that some votes where the \'now shut the f up\' votes you know?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984410" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984410" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12984410" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984410" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984410" class="dsq-comment-message">I was never fooled, people showed their ASSES all last year when it became apparent Obama would win the nomination and it got even worse when they realized he\'d win the election because they put an old crazy white man and a poster child for bad affirmative action results against him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984840" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984840" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984840">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984840" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984840" class="dsq-comment-message">And even CRAZIER ass white woman as the old crazy white man\'s  running mate. &lt;&lt;wink, wink&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12982631">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982631" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982631" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12982631" href="http://twitter.com/thefriendraiser" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jenifer daniels</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982631" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982631" class="dsq-comment-message">great quote on gawker from a guy who\'s dad said something to the effect of<br><br>\'remember a cop is a college drop out with a gun\'</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983737" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983737" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983737">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983737" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983737" class="dsq-comment-message">And  some white cops are KLANSMEN who have replaced their white hoods with a badges, guns, and blue lights.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984197" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984197" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984197">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984197" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984197" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell Yeah, you\'re right!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12985117" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985117" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985117">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12985117" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985117" class="dsq-comment-message">Fo\' real do...   Take a gander at yer local police exam.  FOR REAL,  look at it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12980566">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12980566" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12980566" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12980566">t_nicole</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12980566" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12980566" class="dsq-comment-message">that the police responded to a call about a man trying to enter a home through force is fine...that they proceeded to arrest him AFTER he was able to prove that the home belonged to him  is beyond inexcusable.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12995212" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12995212" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12995212">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12995212" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12995212" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t believe some of you on this board.  You are going to let this Harvard Professor make a mockery out of real racism and act as if he was fighting injustice.   Give me a freaking break.  This is a sham and all of you are falling for it.  The cop was simply investigating a "break in" call this guy took the opportunity to make a scene.  Instead of opening the door, showing his id and explaining the situation.  This guys acts like he is being oppressed.  He should\'ve beeen pissed off at his neighbor who called the police on his dumbass.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12995970" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12995970" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12995970">Miranda</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12995970" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12995970" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah....why didnt the good professor bow his head, shuffle his feet and oblige the officer? Just cause he lived there, he think he had the right to look that officer in the eyes like that? He had absolutely no right to his anger....he needed to stifle that. Didnt he know his place? He was supposed to show ALL 32 pearly whites (but no direct eye contact).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12996350" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12996350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12996350">ch555x</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12996350" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12996350" class="dsq-comment-message">Like Step\'n Fitchit or something?<br>LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13002524" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13002524" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13002524">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13002524" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13002524" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s the problem.  Your attitude.  You act like being defiant with the police proves a thing.  He is not being revolutionary by making a fool of himself.  He is not fighting "THE MAN".  I don\'t think our ancestors got hung from trees and marched so this moron can make a mockery of racism to prove a point.  Some on this board are applauding this morning "for standing up."  Pleeeeeeeease he didn\'t do $hit besides get himself locked up.  If some of us were this riled up over real racism and violence in our communities maybe could make a real change.  You guys can fall for the okey doke but I\'m not.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003036" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003036" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003036">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003036" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003036" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah say, ah say kingfisher......</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13004179" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13004179" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13004179">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13004179" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13004179" class="dsq-comment-message">"I don\'t think our ancestors got hung from trees..."<br><br>Please. Who do you think you\'re fooling? If you lived back when our ancestors were regularly getting hung from trees, you\'re the kind who would have been justifying it by saying "Well, he shouldn\'na been...".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13095388" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13095388" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13095388">chris_i_am</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13095388" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13095388" class="dsq-comment-message">Well Gunnie Gang Banger (Guns3000) Whjat aout the ones who comply and still get their asses beat by police??????<br><br>WHAT ABOUT THEM?????</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13103305" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13103305" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13103305">Guns3001</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13103305" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13103305" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey retard, show me where that I\'ve said there wasn\'t any racial profiling.  What I\'ve consistently said was that Gates wasn\'t racially profiled.  Maybe reading is not a strong skill set for you and you should be hanging out at a site that is somewhere near your sub-par education level.  People like you are holding our race back.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12996946">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12996946" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12996946" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12996946">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12996946" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12996946" class="dsq-comment-message">Check your email, Miranda</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12997736" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12997736" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12997736">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12997736" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12997736" class="dsq-comment-message">Had that been me, I can\'t guarantee how I would have reacted.  None of us knows when our racism boiling point will be reached.  Professor Gates probably reached his.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12999642" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12999642" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12999642">AM2k9</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12999642" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12999642" class="dsq-comment-message">As someone who, as of right now, is experiencing a lot of [racial] resistance, I can tell you that if I\'d have been in Skip Gates\'s place....I may not be alive.  that\'s how wild things are....I\'ve reached a tipping point.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12998300" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12998300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12998300">lamigra70</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12998300" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12998300" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s right, Guns3000, what is he complaining about?  Racism doesn\'t exist anymore, this is the 21st century,  after all, the United States Government already appologized for slavery recently, right?  Everthing is copacetic now, I as a black man can walk down the street in a predominatly white neighborhood at night and not even get harrassed by the police.  We live in a eutopia, now that we have a black president, so us black folk shouldn\'t be complaining about anything.  Hey, I\'ll bet that took him down a few notches, eh?<br><br>Oh, just in case you are too slow to keep up with what I am saying.<br><br>I am being facetious.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003448" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003448" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003448">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003448" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003448" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe if some of our own people stopped their self-destructive behavior when a law abiding black man is walking white neighborhood people won\'t assume he is a criminal.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13007932" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13007932" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13007932">PTCruiser</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13007932" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13007932" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Maybe if some of our own people stopped their self-destructive behavior when a law abiding black man is walking white neighborhood people won\'t assume he is a criminal.</i><br><br>You couldn\'t be black and if you are then you are a fool to the <i>n</i>th degree. It is absurd to either call for or expect all black people to be law-abiding. Do you know of any group of people anywhere in the world where no one breaks the law or commits a transgression against local or tribal customs? Anyone who expects all black people to be saints is simply a fool.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13009045" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13009045" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13009045">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13009045" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13009045" class="dsq-comment-message">My post totally went over your head.  What a surprise?  Let me break it down for you.  I wasn\'t saying(but I wish it would happen) that all black people should stop doing crime.  The point I was making that as blacks we constantly display negative stereotypes and when other groups feed into the stereotypes we call it racism.  If the people on this board were half as outraged about black criminals aimlessly firing weapons and killing black children than you were about some stupid mulatto professor not cooperating with police we as a race would be better off.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-13011091">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13011091" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13011091" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13011091">PTCruiser</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13011091" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13011091" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>The point I was making that as blacks we constantly display negative stereotypes and when other groups feed into the stereotypes we call it racism.</i><br><br>I don\'t think the folks who own or post on this site are engaged in burglarizing other people\'s homes or actively displaying negative stereotypes, whatever that half-baked allusion means.  <br><br><i>If the people on this board were half as outraged about black criminals aimlessly firing weapons and killing black children...</i><br><br>The people on this board are quite outraged about "black criminals aimlessly firing weapons and killing black children." Do you have any evidence to the contrary? Have you compiled a dossier on the people who post here that would give you any special knowledge about their work or what they do in their communities? <br><br><i>than you were about some stupid mulatto professor not cooperating with police we as a race would be better off.</i><br><br>What exactly, pray tell, is a mulatto professor? I have never met one. And why would the race of Gates\' mother or father matter in this case? For your information, Gates\' parents identified themselves as Negroes, colored or African Americans. <br><br>Why don\'t you direct your envy and bile in another direction?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13011363" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13011363" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13011363">Booky</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13011363" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13011363" class="dsq-comment-message">Guns3000,<br>Step away from your TV. You\'ve been brainwashed to believe black folks are the only ones who comitt crimes or are criminals.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13103495" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13103495" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13103495">Guns3001</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13103495" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13103495" class="dsq-comment-message">I read this yesterday and i dismissed it because it was preposterous.  So I read it this morning and I\'m trying to figure out what I\'ve wrote on this page to make you say something so asinine.  The post was about some black people complaining about negative stereotypes but constantly displaying them.   How am I brainwashed?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13010753" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13010753" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13010753">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13010753" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13010753" class="dsq-comment-message">How did he not cooperate? He showed his ID; he followed the cop outside when told to do so.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13015004" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13015004" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13015004">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13015004" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13015004" class="dsq-comment-message">Well he didnt grin from ear to ear and apologize for causing the cop to come out there in the first place. That\'s clearly "not cooperating" behavior.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13095240" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13095240" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13095240">chris_i_am</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13095240" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13095240" class="dsq-comment-message">OK Gunnie Boo so you are saying no other race display negative stereotypes???<br><br>OK, I think I need a V8  9 and 10 for that matter also.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13103356" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13103356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13103356">Guns3001</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13103356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13103356" class="dsq-comment-message">Typical dumb as a box of rocks response.  Where did I say that no other race display negative stereotypes?  If my kids are acting like morons I will correct them.  I don\'t say well my neighbor kids are morons so it\'s ok if my kids are morons too.  Stop making moral equivalencies.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13095160" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13095160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13095160">chris_i_am</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13095160" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13095160" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah Guns30000 just like the WHITE bank robbers and murderers also too. They do it because of us. White officers DO NOT racially profile their own. Look idiot you show me one race where these issues DOES NOT happen.<br><br>Then I\'ll take your bourgeoisie ass seriously</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13103155" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13103155" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13103155">Guns3001</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13103155" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13103155" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the point that you are missing.  Gates wasn\'t racially profiled.  It wasn\'t like Gates was simply walking down Mayberry st the cops stopped him to harass him.  The received a call about a break in a specific address and he fit the description.  What\'s the problem?  Show your id.  Cooperate with the police.   And have a nice day.  He just thought the cop was going to let him talk slick because he works at HAAAAAARVARD.   The point is he was making a scene just to make one.  The cop went to his doing his job and Gates  is going to call him a racist.  Wtf, is so racist about that?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13103845" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13103845" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13103845">morphus</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13103845" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13103845" class="dsq-comment-message">I would define the Gates saga as an instance of racial profiling. The incident is comparable to stories that surface from time to time, across the country, which describe tales of the heighten attention POC receives when they are perceived to be in the wrong neighborhood. <br><br>The officer had a choice, he choose to turn a non-incident into an incident when he arrested Gates.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13104654" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13104654" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13104654">Guns3001</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13104654" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13104654" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s definitely NOT racial profiling.  If you are a cop and you receive a call about a black male breaking into a house and it is a white neighborhood, black, hispanic, asian whatever.  And you arrive at the address and there is a black male there and you question the person. THAT IS NOT RACISM.  <br><br>Racial profiling is when cops pull over people because they are black without any suspicion or when TSA stops the guy with the Turban because he looks like a terrorist.<br><br>I do think it was non-incident but why was he acting jiggy when the police officer was asking him for his id.  All the "Yo momma" sambo jive talk.  He thought the cop was going to take his $hit.  And some of the morons on this board act like being defiant proves something.  I\'m mean look at the title of this thread, "Professor Gates...Gangsta" WTF, is "Gangsta" about that and if it was "Gangsta" is that something to celebrate?  But all Gates did was get his ass locked up and make a mockery out of racial profiling.  People like Gates who "have made it" have a typical upper class mentality.  He was thinking how dare this cop ask me for my id.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13104957" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13104957" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13104957">morphus</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13104957" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13104957" class="dsq-comment-message">As you defined it, no, it\'s not.  <br><br>I would imagine, in most instances, the robber wouldn\'t answer the front door. Although, Gates may have been disgruntled he presented driver\'s lic. and Harvard ID to officer.  The inquiry should have ended.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13105183" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13105183" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13105183">Guns3001</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13105183" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13105183" class="dsq-comment-message">Now we are getting somewhere.  As much as Gates was talking Shit I don\'t think you can arrest someone for simply having an attitude.  And that\'s why they dropped the charges.   The cop was irritated with Gates because he was accusing of racism for simply doing his job.  Gates was irritated with cop because he just got of a long trip, the door was stuck and he "felt" like he was harassed because of his color which is understandable but nonsense.  Like I said in previous posts the person that Gates should be pissed off with is  his neighbor that called the cops.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13105822" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13105822" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13105822">morphus</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13105822" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13105822" class="dsq-comment-message">I maintain, although the officer may have been "irritated", he too had a choice. His choice made this incident a national news story.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13105999" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13105999" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13105999">Guns3001</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13105999" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13105999" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll concede that but being irritated and arresting Gates doesn\'t mean he is racist either.  The cop could have easily dismissed Gates as been over sensitive old man and kept it moving.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12995624" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12995624" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12995624">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12995624" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12995624" class="dsq-comment-message">What I would have done is thanked the police officer for coming to check on my house and produced ID to prove it was my house.  Then I would have thanked the officer again.   Afterwards I would have thanked my neighbor for keeping an eye on my house and for calling the police when something looked wrong.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12999055" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12999055" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12999055">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12999055" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12999055" class="dsq-comment-message">...then you would have begged them both to take down their underwear so you could gratefully tongue their sphincters.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13000218" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13000218" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13000218">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13000218" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13000218" class="dsq-comment-message">________________________I. can. not. breathe.___________omg....they may not let me through the pearly gates for laughing so hard</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13001575" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13001575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13001575">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13001575" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13001575" class="dsq-comment-message">Your lack of class is overwhelming me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13002292" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13002292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13002292">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13002292" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13002292" class="dsq-comment-message">Your surfeit of ass-licking Tomism is...underwhelming. "Overwhelming", huh? What a delicate flower you are.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003182" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003182" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003182">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003182" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003182" class="dsq-comment-message">Where I live, the police work for ME.  Its all in the attitude and self image.  Your self image is one of a 60s hater.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003293" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003293" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003293">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003293" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003293" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, and where Gates lives, the police are supposed to work for HIM. <br><br>...and your image, self- and otherwise, is one of an (18) 50s slave catcher.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003866" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003866" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003866">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003866" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003866" class="dsq-comment-message">psst......psst..........(what\'s a 60s hater? is that knee-grow trynna say dem rabble-rousing coloreds in the 60s were haters?)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13005559" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13005559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13005559">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13005559" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13005559" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course that\'s what he\'s saying. The sort of black person who would think that is still around, just as white racists are still around.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13007242" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13007242" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13007242">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13007242" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13007242" class="dsq-comment-message">Ya know Guns and mon are the ones that Ms. Tubman would have had to shoot. Drop their azzes right there at the river side and then push the bodies on in.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13007426" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13007426" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13007426">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13007426" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13007426" class="dsq-comment-message">It is someone who lives on their knees and pisses their pants everytime they see the police.  They express their fears and anxiety with Attitude.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003274" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003274" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003274">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003274" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003274" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, Well, isn\'t that something?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13002563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13002563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-13002563" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13002563" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13002563" class="dsq-comment-message">Not to go all pre-K, but.....<i>ewwwww</i>.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13002986" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13002986" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13002986">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13002986" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13002986" class="dsq-comment-message">Plants talks like that because he is too stupid to address the issues.  Your parents probably didn\'t tell you not to talk like that in front of women.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003895" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003895" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003895">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003895" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003895" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait...earlier, I was "smarter than that", but now, I\'m "too stupid to address the issues"? Which is it? It\'s kind of rich that you\'d talk about someone else not addressing the issues when you responded to black homeowners being defrauded by Wells Fargo with:<br><br>"More of the damn same. Drop out of high school. Have kids you can\'t afford. Call each other nigga. Rob a liquor store. Go to jail. Get out and go back to to selling drugs. And then have the nerve to ask the President to do something for you."<br><br>Spare me the feined shock at my language. After all, I\'m giving you and Ishmael an opportunity. You can show this to some white people, join them in tut-tutting the "bad black", and you can eagerly demonstrate to them that you\'re "one of the good ones".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13004748" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13004748" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13004748">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13004748" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13004748" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you bookmark all my posts? The last time you posted one of my posts half the people on the board agreed with what I said. I\'m going to change your name to Plants the Guns Groupie.  I\'m not surprised by your language you probably talk like that in front of your kids like that and the cycle continues.  You are just trying to deflect from fact that this half-white black man who has lived an upper class privileged life is making a fool of himself like he is being oppressed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13006249" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13006249" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13006249">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13006249" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13006249" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, that\'s right, "Guns3000"...because you believe a white professor wouldn\'t have done that, right? Pathetic. If <i>that\'s</i> not the mark of a suckass, I don\'t know that is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003127" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003127" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003127">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003127" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003127" class="dsq-comment-message">*dead*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003482" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003482" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003482">Lisa_J</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003482" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003482" class="dsq-comment-message">Well since the neighbor was so concerned and the cops were so concerned with him breaking in once he produced two forms of id, then why the hell didn\'t they address the fact that his door HAD been damaged and someone may have tried to break in before?  Oh, wait, that might make sense.  AND given Gates stature at Harvard and the fact that the woman who called the po-po worked at Harvard, and the fact that the neighborhood is mostly white, I\'d have thought she\'d have noticed that a black man lived on the block (since he sort of sticks out by virute of being a patch of darkness in a sea of white) and that he was one of the most famous profs on campus. <br><br>And GUns, no it isn\'t a lynching but maybe by him making a big deal about this, next time some cops might just think twice before they mistreat a black person.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13007140" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13007140" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13007140">devessel</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13007140" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13007140" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, Lisa, I had been wondering this myself.  I wonder if that question (why was no one asking about the circumstances behind the damaged door)  is what constituted the \'unintelliglble shouting\' that so confused the officer that he had to lead the obvious homeowner outside...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13002852" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13002852" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13002852">Guns3000</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13002852" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13002852" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly, my point.  Some of these negroes are calling you a sellout for acting like a civilized human being.  To even say that this Gates character was being profiled is an insult to black americans that get profiled everyday.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12995660" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12995660" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12995660">ch555x</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12995660" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12995660" class="dsq-comment-message">When hearing about it without any details, I would\'ve co-signed the rest of the thread posters.  Reading over it makes it more clearer.  I live in the Appalachian hills of East TN, so I\'d stick out like a sore thumb.  I\'m not the faux-post racial preacher nor am I dismissing his-story, but you have to pick your battles accordingly.  <br><br>There was an incident where a groundskeeper thought he saw someone breaking into my apt, informed the landlord who then informed me.  I raced home and guess what..."false alarm".  Was I irked?  Not really.  Did I rant and rave over it?  No, I actually thanked them!  It means regardless of the circumstances, folks were observant.  GOOD!!!<br><br>This incident means that a) the neighbors need to meet & greet-no excuse being near Harvard and not know each other, b) the officer in question should have info on that area and dial back a few notches, and c) Gates needs to dial back several notches, contact ground crew or a locksmith, and head to bed after his long trip/illness.<br><br>Now, if the officers we\'re acting all KuKlux\'er on the History Channel, then this incident garners legitimate attention.  From where it stands NOW, it looks like Reno 911 on Comedy Central.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12996596">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12996596" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12996596" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12996596">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12996596" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12996596" class="dsq-comment-message">The situation you described bears no resemblance to what happened to Prof. Gates.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12997255" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12997255">morphus</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12997255" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12997255" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe you can think of it in terms of the Rosa Parks story, there were others who acted in defiance before Parks and refused to give up their seats to whites and they too were arrested.  But, Parks was the right person for the rallying cry.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12992944" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12992944" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12992944" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12992944" class="dsq-comment-message"><a hre="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)" rel="nofollow">Jack Johnson</a>:<br><blockquote><br>… i am BLACK alright, i\'ll never let them forget it!<br></blockquote></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12992218" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12992218" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12992218">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12992218" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12992218" class="dsq-comment-message">Lawd ham mercy!! Just wait until the AA comics get a hold of this one:<br><br>He said he told Gates that they could discuss the matter further outside, to which Gates allegedly replied, "ya, I\'ll speak with your mama outside."<br><br><br>OOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!!<br><br>That white boy said, "Naw this nigger didn\'t just call out my momma.  Who the f@ck does this nigga think he really is? Harvard scholar my ass...no nigga is ever gonna talk to me like that"<br><br>Now, I don\'t know what is disorderly about talking about somebody\'s momma, but this racist piece of crap came up with this charge with some quick thinking, didn\'t he.<br><br>Can somebody find out where the white boy is from? how old he is? and his level of education? for me please. Immo tell you what Gate\'s was working with when I get the pieces to this cheap azz puzzle.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12995584" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12995584">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12995584" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12995584" class="dsq-comment-message">Myth,<br><br>You have me laughing out loud this morning!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12993808" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12993808" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12993808" href="http://twitter.com/BIG_SMALLS" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">A DUB</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12993808" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12993808" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m hearing from Boston talk radio that the cop was leaving Gates alone after he produced ID and then Gates followed him out to his cruiser berating him....is this a case of a black man tired of being treated disrepectfully or a prominent black man with the attitude of, \'how dare you treat me like some common thug?\'</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13008220" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13008220" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13008220">PTCruiser</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13008220" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13008220" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>is this a case of a black man tired of being treated disrepectfully or a prominent black man with the attitude of, \'how dare you treat me like some common thug?\'</i><br>I fail to see the significance of the distinction you are trying to make. Are you arguing that Gates was wrong because he didn\'t want to be treated as if he were a criminal? As if black folks, if they have attained a degree of professional prominence, should be perfectly willing at times to be treated as if they are criminals because, well, because that\'s just how it is and if they object then  they are just being arrogant. What utter nonsense.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12994045" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12994045" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12994045">morphus</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12994045" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12994045" class="dsq-comment-message">Years ago, had similar experience as Gates and was surprised at the amount of rage that poured out.  There have been similar stories over the years, remember, IIRC, the explosive NY police officer stop in Florida?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12992065" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12992065" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12992065">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12992065" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12992065" class="dsq-comment-message">I think this incident my be the jolt that the AA community might need to revive its social activism. Gates\' analysis of this most personal confrontation will allow him to write, lecture, speak unabashedly, unashamedly about the state of race relations in this country. Maybe, just maybe now, he/we can start some real dialogue about race relations in this country.<br><br>Even though Gates knows what it\'s like to be a black man in America, he NEVER really experienced it until today and I believe he is going to let the conversation rip now. He knows now that he hasn\'t arrived to the point where he can truly be "Skip Gates". He knows now that he is just plain ole "Henry", an indignant house negro.<br><br>Let the dialogue begin. I would pay to be a fly on the wall when Barrack and Michelle discussed and had a good chuckle over this one.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12992352" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12992352" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12992352">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12992352" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12992352" class="dsq-comment-message">Lack of respect garners lack of respect.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12994036" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12994036" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12994036">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12994036" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12994036" class="dsq-comment-message">If you mean what I think you mean ...<br><br>even in a room full of the most decent and respectful of Black citizens, you\'d still gitcho ass wooped for that one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12993750" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12993750">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12993750" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12993750" class="dsq-comment-message">What, what, what?<br><br>Yo momma = lack of respect<br><br>garners<br><br>ARREST = lack of respect<br><br><br>Only by white mens standards.<br><br><br><br>Could be worse though.  We\'ve come a long way from another day in time when:<br><br>Yo momma = Lynch him!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12986097" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12986097">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12986097" class="dsq-comment-message">Black scholar arrested after reported break-in at Mass. home; colleagues claim profiling<br><br>Ogletree said Gates gave the officer his driver’s license and Harvard identification, but became upset when the officer continued to question him.<br>“He was shocked to find himself being questioned and shocked that the conversation continued after he showed his identification,” Ogletree said.<br>Ogletree declined to say whether he believed the incident was racially motivated, saying “I think the incident speaks for itself.”<br>Some of Gates’ African-American colleagues say the arrest is part of a pattern of racial profiling in Cambridge.<br><br>Allen Counter, who has taught neuroscience at Harvard for 25 years, said he was stopped on campus by two Harvard police officers in 2004 after being mistaken for a robbery suspect. They threatened to arrest him when he could not produce identification.<br>“We do not believe that this arrest would have happened if professor Gates was white,” Counter said. “It really has been very unsettling for African-Americans throughout Harvard and throughout Cambridge that this happened.”<br><br>Ogletree said Gates had returned from a trip to China on Thursday with a driver, when he found his front door jammed. He went through the back door into the home — which he leases from Harvard — shut off an alarm and worked with the driver to get the door open. The driver left, and Gates was on the phone with the property’s management company when police first arrived.<br>Ogletree also disputed the claim that Gates, who was wearing slacks and a polo shirt and carrying a cane, was yelling at the officer.<br><br>“He has an infection that has impacted his breathing since he came back from China, so he’s been in a very delicate physical state,” Ogletree said.<br>Lawrence D. Bobo, the W.E.B Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard, said he met with Gates at the police station and described his colleague as feeling humiliated and “emotionally devastated.”<br>“It’s just deeply disappointing but also a pointed reminder that there are serious problems that we have to wrestle with,” he said.<br><br><a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/black-scholar-arrested-after-reported-break-in-at-mass-home-colleagues-claim-profiling-115379/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.taragana.com/n/black-scholar-arrest...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12986262" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12986262">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12986262" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12986262" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>“It’s just deeply disappointing but also a pointed reminder that there are serious problems that we have to wrestle with,” he said.</i><br><br><br><br>Hell Yeah....wearing black face in America!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12981979" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12981979" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12981979">SpartacusLaw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12981979" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow. "Almost" speechless on this one.  Love the police report. You know damn well that cop was in his house disrespecting him. And seriously, how is your "neighbor" not going to recognize you!?  I guess we really do all look alike.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984414" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984414" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12984414" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Douglas-Brown/15101056" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Douglas Brown</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984414" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984414" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn! I know it\'s true, but i\'m hoping it isn\'t.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984444" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984444" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984444">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984444" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984444" class="dsq-comment-message">I wish I were shocked, but I am not.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984697" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984697" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12984697" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Douglas-Brown/15101056" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Douglas Brown</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984697" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984697" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not shocked. I\'m just fed up - sick and tired really - of having to spend every minute of day awake watching out for the police.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12985082" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985082">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12985082" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985082" class="dsq-comment-message">Say it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983136" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983136">t_nicole</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983136" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think the neighbor is the issue.  I think I\'m in the minority but I\'m willing to give the neighbor the benefit of the doubt as far as knowing who he was.  I have a strange work schedule and I can\'t tell you what most of my neighbors look like.  I\'m pretty sure I know where some of the kids live because I see them in certain yards and I could probably guess as to what cars some of them drive because of what I see in the driveway.  But I couldn\'t identify most if they were in my face let alone down the street.  We don\'t know what he was trying to do to get into the house (or how he eventually did get in the house for that matter) and if I saw someone appearing to be breaking into a house on my street, I\'d call the cops too.  So I don\'t think calling the cops was the problem.  As far as him being "unruly" or whatever the officer said, most people probably would get a little out of pocket if you continued to question and eventually arrest them for entering their own property.  Once the officer established that he did indeed own the house, he should have gone about his business.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12998351" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12998351" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12998351">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12998351" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12998351" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I don\'t think the neighbor is the issue. I think I\'m in the minority but I\'m willing to give the neighbor the benefit of the doubt as far as knowing who he was. I have a strange work schedule and I can\'t tell you what most of my neighbors look like.</i><br><br>With all due respect, your interpretation is not plausible. I graduated from Harvard and spent time in Cambridge. It is highly unlikely that the neighbor, who is an employee of Harvard, did not know that her neighbor, Henry Louis Gates, was also an employee, i.e., professor, at Harvard. The social circle in Cambridge and at Harvard is much too small for me to accept your interpretation.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12981236" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12981236" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12981236">texasladybird</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12981236" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12981236" class="dsq-comment-message">If this ain\'t some ish...<br><br>I don\'t even know where to begin. I mean, really? <br><br><br>This man lived in her neighborhood! How in the hell could she not know who he was? Now, I don\'t really kick it with my neighbors like that, but I can tell you what the hell they look like! Are Black people rollin deep like that in Cambridge?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982162" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982162">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982162" class="dsq-comment-message">You know she had to recognize him because he uses a CANE!!<br><br>How many senior balding black males are over in that hood, with gray hair/bowtie and cane?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982558" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982558" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982558">texasladybird</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982558" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982558" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly! <br><br>I\'m so sick of the "big scary Black guy" theme. I\'m gonna start being scared of middle aged White guys in suits. I\'ve seen my 401k statements and a bitch got ROBBED!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983105" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983105">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983105" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983105" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO! I\'m laughing, but not at you! WITH YOU! I got jacked too!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983830" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983830" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983830">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983830" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983830" class="dsq-comment-message">Me too, Miranda.  Can you say CLASS ACTION SUIT?!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12984439" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984439" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984439">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984439" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984439" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell, I might as well have had a glock stuck in my back and told to hand over my purse when I looked at my last statement.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12987042" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12987042" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12987042">texasladybird</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12987042" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12987042" class="dsq-comment-message">Like being jacked at the gas station.....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12984824" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12984824">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12984824" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12984824" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!<br>Mimicking Lisa J....Lord Ham Mercy! rotflmao!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983705" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983705" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12983705" href="http://twitter.com/thefriendraiser" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jenifer daniels</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983705" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983705" class="dsq-comment-message">i can\'t wait for someone to call the cops on this dude!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12982707" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12982707">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982707" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982707" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!!!!!!!  @  a bitch got ROBBED!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12983804" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12983804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12983804">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12983804" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12983804" class="dsq-comment-message">BWA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>Don\'t go near Wall Street.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12995092" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12995092" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12995092">TAG60</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12995092" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12995092" class="dsq-comment-message">lmaoooooooo</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12981873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12981873" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1453461857" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">facebook-1453461857</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12981873" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12981873" class="dsq-comment-message">its going down on Twitter too #SkipGates</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12982813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12982813" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12982813" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12982813" class="dsq-comment-message">Trailer for new movie "I\'m Bi-Racial not black DAMMIT" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXkPdC_a-ME&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXkPdC_a-ME&feat...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12994460" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12994460">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12994460" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://i31.tinypic.com/2dv5vnn.gif" rel="nofollow">http://i31.tinypic.com/2dv5vnn.gif</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985567">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12985567" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985567" class="dsq-comment-message">Rachel Maddow Corrects Pat Buchanan (Racist) Statements! (4 Days Later)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnx603I42MA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnx603I42MA</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12985780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985780">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12985780" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985780" class="dsq-comment-message">I swear Rachel reads JJP. <br><br>My question for Rachel Maddow is--  Why does Pat Buchanan still draw a paycheck from MSNBC? <br><br>Rachel\'s on my punk list.   She wants to keep  her good paying job too..</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12985972" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12985972">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12985972" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12985972" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, she\'s a punk. Notice, she had to cushion her comments about Pat\'s<br>racist remaks with, " Look, I love white people, I\'m white"... well, no shit<br>sherlock!<br><br>YI wouldn\'t doubt that Rachel reads JJP.  I know she reads HuffPo and DKos.<br>You know MSNBC\'s been getting heat for that vile, nasty, bigoted shit<br>BucKKKlanan\'s been spewing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12994156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12994156">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12994156" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12994156" class="dsq-comment-message">Rachel should\'ve corrected his racist ass the day he was on her show instead of waiting 4 freaking days later! Granted, some of the racist info she corrected needed research, but most of it was basic history particularly when Pat claimed that white folks built this country. <br><br>So, my question is this: Will she have Pat on her show again? If so, then this was a waste of time.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12994560" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12994560">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12994560" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12994560" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course niece Rachel will have Uncle Pat on her show again.<br><br>She\'s already tried to correct his racial rants and apologized for her<br>uncle\'s behavior, therfore we should be satisfied and let him come back for<br>future visits.<br><br>But we know Uncle Pat\'s going to come back and show his ass again.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12986226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12986226" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Barry-Pills-Allen/538484347" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Barry Pills Allen</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12986226" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12986226" class="dsq-comment-message">as a guy living on the southside of chicago i can say that some of my run in\'s with the police have not been good...esp with the african american ones...it seems like they are trying 2 prove something 2 dem selfs a lot of times u get more respect and courtesy from the white officers!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12986640" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12986640" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12986640">Tiah</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12986640" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12986640" class="dsq-comment-message">I have had only two bad run in\'s with Black cops...One by a guy who nearly shot by boyfriend at the time for passing a red light. And another was trying to teach me a lesson about passing stop sign by making me sit alone in my car for an entire hour; while he sat in his police cruiser listen to music...<br>  I think bad cops are bad cops no matter the race...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12987362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12987362">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12987362" class="dsq-comment-message">thin blue line.    All cops aren\'t bad, but when they are, it doesn\'t matter the color.    <br><br>Having said that, I still think this incident with Prof. Gates was racially motivated.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12991156">chris_i_am</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12991156" class="dsq-comment-message">Barry I concur in most MAJOR cities minority officers do that to please their white comrades. Very sad and stupid!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12991084">CottonCandy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12991084" class="dsq-comment-message">I never post, but I wanted this information, gleaned from the Crimson\'s comments page, on the JJP record.<br><br>1.  The officer involved is well-paid.  ($172,621.08 in 2008)  For that kind of money, shouldn\'t he be able to identify the local luminaries?<br><a href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/x998785836/Somerville-s-top-salaries-approaching-the-200-000-mark" rel="nofollow">http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/...</a><br><br>2. Someone using the same name as the officer involved, presumably not him, \'lets it slip\' that the neighbor who made the phone call is a woman named Victoria Whalen, the fundraiser for Harvard Magazine, and therefore should have recognized him.  I haven\'t verified this, so I can\'t vouch for it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12991210" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12991210">CottonCandy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12991210" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, this was much better the first time, but I lost my post and had to register, etc.  (Long-time lurker, but I do. not. post.)  I just wanted to share this information (*cough,* gossip) gleaned from the comments at the Crimson.<br><br>1.  This officer is paid enough to know better.  ($172,621.08 in 2008)  <br><a href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/x998785836/Somerville-s-top-salaries-approaching-the-200-000-mark" rel="nofollow">http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/...</a><br><br>2.  (Unverified) The neighbor who made the call was one \'Victoria Whalen\', fundraiser for the Harvard Magazine, another one who should have known better.  Of course, this particular comment came from a gentleman calling himself "Joseph Wilson III" (yes, the same name as the officer), so who knows?  This guy could have a personal grudge against her, in which case I apologize, Ms. Whalen.<br><br>Anywhoo, just wanted this on the JJP record.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12992344" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12992344" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12992344">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12992344" class="dsq-comment-message">For those of you who are up, Morning Joke to discuss the Gates incident.OMG!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12998793" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12998793" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12998793">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12998793" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12998793" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s the (clearly slanted and intentionally vague) police report issued by the cop.  On page two of the report, one thing becomes quite clear: Gates was giving the officer a piece of his mind <i>inside</i> the house.  Rather than leave, the officer coaxed Gates outside where he knew that he could arrest him.<br><br><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/galleries/police_report_of_henry_louis_gates_jr_/police_report_of_henry_louis_gates_jr_.html#ph0" rel="nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com/news/galleries/polic...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13003461" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13003461" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13003461">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13003461" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13003461" class="dsq-comment-message">OK ummmm, what a cowinky dink.  That police report is no longer available online.  I wish yall could see the sideways expression on my face, they so aren\'t slick.  I hope Professor Gates does one of his documentaries on this whole grimy episode!  Boston is one of the most racist towns I\'ve ever been to and this is coming from a black woman who was born in Biloxi, Mississippi....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13010012" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13010012" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-13010012" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13010012" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13010012" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know - I thought Cleveland was pretty damned racist (without your \'qualifications, however), although I\'ve known some folks from Boston who were pretty gottamned bigoted.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12998961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12998961">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12998961" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12998961" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep, that\'s exactly what he did. That was the purpose of the whole "I can\'t relay pertinent information in here" thing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13010051" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13010051" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-13010051" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13010051" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13010051" class="dsq-comment-message">That entire \'come outside\' crap is a ruse for arrest.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12999643">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12999643" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12999643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12999643">mjohnso27</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12999643" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12999643" class="dsq-comment-message">Update: According to Carlos Watson on MSNBC, all charges against Professor Gates have now been dropped.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13006299" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13006299" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-13006299" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13006299" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13006299" class="dsq-comment-message">A Day Late and damned sure a Dollar Short.<br><br>They might as well get out the checkbook to make a "paid" apology before a judge awards Professor Gates half of Hahvard in a settlement.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13008249" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13008249" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13008249">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13008249" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13008249" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL -- Half of Harvard!<br><br>He wasn\'t Skip yesterday, he was just plain ole Henry, just another indignant nigga</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-13002553">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13002553" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13002553" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13002553">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13002553" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13002553" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Charges against Harvard scholar dropped</b><br><b>Cops responding to report of break-in arrested black scholar at home</b><br><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32010985/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32010985/ns/us_news...</a><br><br><b>BOSTON - Prosecutors on Tuesday agreed to drop a disorderly conduct charge against Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. after the noted African-American scholar accused police of racism when he was arrested at his home following a report of a break-in there.</b> <br><br><b>In a statement, the city and police department of Cambridge, Mass., said they had "recommended to the Middlesex County District Attorney that the criminal charge against Professor Gates not proceed." </b><br><br><b>"This incident should not be viewed as one that demeans the character and reputation of Professor Gates or the character of the Cambridge Police Department. All parties agree that this is a just resolution to an unfortunate set of circumstances," the statement continued.</b> <br><br><b>Earlier, Gates\' supporters said he had been the victim of racial profiling.</b><br><br><br><br>It was f^^^ery in the first place. The professor shouldn\'t have ever been arrested. I see the po po is in CYA (Cover Your Ass) mode.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-13006126">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13006126" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13006126" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13006126">texasladybird</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13006126" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13006126" class="dsq-comment-message">I called this last night while talkin\' to a friend. There is NO District Attorney alive worth his/her salt that would touch this mess with a 10 foot pole. <br><br>I agree with whoever said it downthread that Gates\' attitude is a red herring. He was already fustrated after coming home from a trip to find himself locked out of his house. Instead of a neighbor offering to help the man who LIVED IN HER COMMUNITY, she called the cops on him. Then the cops show up and proceed to press the issue AFTER Gates\' established that, yes, he did live there. <br><br>My attitude woulda been straight stank too. <br><br>I don\'t like this logic that if somebody has a badge, our basic civil liberties and right to respect goes out the window. From the bug man to the President, anyone who steps foot in my house had better be ready to talk to me with some damn sense. Law enforcement does NOT get a pass on this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13007691" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13007691" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13007691">PTCruiser</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13007691" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13007691" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I don\'t like this logic that if somebody has a badge, our basic civil liberties and right to respect goes out the window. From the bug man to the President, anyone who steps foot in my house had better be ready to talk to me with some damn sense. Law enforcement does NOT get a pass on this.</i><br><br>Amen! I don\'t give cops or folks with badges crap but I\'m not about to take any from them either. In my life I have had to deal with the authoritarian idiocy of the local police and the FBI too. I never took low or allowed them to forget that I was a citizen and entitled to certain rights. I am not going to raise my children, especially my sons, to not stand up for themselves. That is all that Henry Gates was doing. Nothing more, nothing less.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13008519" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13008519" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13008519">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13008519" class="dsq-comment-message">What you don\'t see beyond the badge and the gun is that invisible WHITE SHEET he was wearing. All but evident that the police is nothing but the KKK in Blue!<br><br><br>Ole boy Henry, just another nigger.<br><br><br>After he gets paid, he can go back to being Skip again.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13009661" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13009661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13009661">PTCruiser</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13009661" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13009661" class="dsq-comment-message">So now you want to penalize him because he has a Ph.D?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13009204" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13009204" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13009204">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13009204" class="dsq-comment-message">See every black man can\'t do this and get away with it. Gates was bold and unafraid of what would happened to him when he told that cop "Ya momma".  As much as black men want to tell cops to kiss their azzes it don\'t work for everybody.  Had this been a small town Jena, Gates azz would have gotten whacked with the nigga beater, I mean night stick. The cop new he was important, but when he went to playing the dozens, he just had to react. Gates may or may not have known he was subject to a beat down, but he didn\'t give a flying Fu... As many black men do as well. Gates new the cop didnt see him as Rodney King so he just agitated him to see just how far he would go.<br><br>"YA Momma, Police"  Ya, momma!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13011193" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13011193" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13011193">Booky</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13011193" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13011193" class="dsq-comment-message">If President Obama didn\'t have secret service protection he would be arrested for even being near the White House.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13009818" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13009818" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13009818">TyrenM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13009818" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13009818" class="dsq-comment-message">Cambridge Police have now dropped all charges. Admit no guilt...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13013422" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13013422" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13013422">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13013422" class="dsq-comment-message">But WAIT though, has this picture of Professor Gates being arrested been posted yet????  May I draw your attention, in particular, to the Black cop in the foreground who apparently stood by and watched the madness.  UNBELIEVEABLE...<br><br><a href="http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp7-21-09k.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/ho...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-13573902">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13573902" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13573902" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13573902">HitmanMonkey</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13573902" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13573902" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like Professor Gates has been waiting his whole life to be "oppressed" by a white guy in a uniform. <br>Yes, I would be annoyed if the cops pressed the issue once we\'d established that it was my house. But the police officers were following procedure - and if I were them, I would have taken him outside, too; I would want as many witnesses as possible if the person I was talking to was getting that worked up. And lets face it...cops deal with a lot of stupid stuff every day. Getting yelled at for doing the right thing would probably make me want to slap the cuffs on someone, too.<br>I really think this could have been settled easier by both parties thusly: Gates: Hrm...This could get ugly "It\'s my house. Here\'s the proof. Thanks for looking out for the neighborhood. Bye." <br>Police: Hrm...This could get ugly "Sorry for the inconvenience. Have a good day. Bye." <br>Was the lady who called 911 racist? Sure doesn\'t sound like it. But, hey, I guess some people want their 15 minutes of fame. Some people see racism where it may not exist. Some people want to be a victim. Hopefully after a few beers at the White House with the President, everyone can grow up. Nobody needs to get paid anything.</div>\
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})();

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

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

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

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


	


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

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

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

})();




