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This should be CSpan 5 or something.  Not only would it offer transparency it would be educational.  I don't need to see how each independently deliberates, but the actual proceedings would be interesting.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:51:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832987, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833348": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ive been a Michael Jackson fan for over 25 years years <br>and i know Michael has two types of fans<br><br>1. fans who love him and his music and will defend him with their voices<br><br>2. fans who love him and his music and will defend him by kicking azz<br><br><br>Michael Jackson's death sparks bus brawl<br>Reuters<br><br>  <br>       <br>          <br><br>Fri Jun 26, 10:35 pm ET<br><br>MIAMI (Reuters) \u2013 A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson's death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday.<br><br>The bus was moving through the city of North Lauderdale on Thursday when passenger James Kiernan received a text message about Jackson's death on his cell phone, and he read it aloud on the bus, the Broward County Sheriff's Department said.<br><br>The unidentified bus driver opined that \"Michael Jackson should have been in jail long ago,\" prompting Kiernan, 60, to retort that \"the world just lost a great musical talent,\" the police report said.<br><br>It said the last remark enraged another passenger, Henry Wideman, who started a swearing match with Kiernan, then pulled out a knife and chased Kiernan down the aisle with it.<br><br>The driver called his dispatcher and pulled over near a convenience store to wait for sheriff's deputies, who arrested Wideman, 54. He remained in jail on Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<br><br>(Reporting by Jane Sutton; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)<br><br>i was really upset this morning<br>but when i saw this <br>i laughed <br>i know it was wrong to laugh but i did feel better afterwards", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_13:03:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832096, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11838471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The 3 musical geniuses have ALL had \"it\"; that intangible factor that only comes 3 times in a generation. You can't define it, can't really describe it other than to know it's a charismatic quality that draws men to them. Michael is so special because of his raw talent, creative, ability to sing, dance and compose.  When he was a teenager, young white girls, in the early 70s, passed stone out over him. What other artist has that happened with?  Tell me? Donny Osmond never broke away from his brothers only with Marie. They did go international, but he didn't remain contemporary. The 3 artists I identified had music that has been timeless and outlived them. Donny Osmond's music only attracts a certain age group today. We've learned more about Elvis in the years since he has been dead than while alive. All 3 artists/group had character flaws, but when they took the stage, it was all God-given musical genius.<br> None other compare.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_17:01:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11834936, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I will bet money that he and Naomi hooked up.  Strait, gay, asexual, everybody wanted Naomi.  My gay friends in the 90s have said Naomi would be the woman they would have sex with.  She was (and still is) that hot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:14:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832958, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11829772": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tribute to Mike:<br>\"Got to Be There for Mike\"<br><br>Got to be there, got to be there <br>In the morning <br>When she says hello to the world <br>Got to be there, got to be there <br>Bring her good times <br>And show her that she's my girl <br>Oh what a feeling there'll be <br>The moment I know she loves me <br>'Cause when I look in her eyes I realize <br>I need her sharing her world beside me <br><br>So I've got to be there <br>Got to be there in the morning <br>And welcome her into my world <br>And show her that she is my girl <br>When she says, \"Hello world!\" <br>I need her sharing the world beside me <br><br>That's why I've got to be there <br>Got to be there where love begins <br>And that's everywhere she goes <br>I've got to be there so she knows <br>That when she's with me, she's home <br><br>Got to be there <br>Got to be there", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_09:30:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11832847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\" So, she really needs to fall back. Way back.\"<br><br>Way the FUCK back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:34:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832096, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11849560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "use MW Snap3<br><br>You can copy, save and resize anything.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_07:24:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835879, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And is there for real? I've never seen a doll THAT perfect!<br><a href=\"http://www.danburymint.com/collectibles/prod/Michelle-Obama-Inaugural-Doll_12568.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.danburymint.com/collectibles/prod/Mi...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:52:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Shazza", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11850279": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "See, that's a lot of hate bubbling over right there. Pulling a knife on someone because they appreciated MJ's contributions to the entertainment industry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_08:36:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11833348, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11842088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And he sold ALLLLLLLLLL them albums without:<br><br>a) deep discounting them so that folks would be induced purchase them<br><br>b) the record company buying up albums<br><br>Yep, this isht is what's going on with some of today's so-called \"top artists\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_19:44:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11838199, "depth": 5, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11838386": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah I showed it to my husband who was like uh...no! LOL!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:57:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Shazza", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837106, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I remember it.  Orth's not getting enough attention.  If she wants it, she'll sure enough get IT if she doens't sit the fuck down and curb that bitching haterade.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:36:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832241, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11829683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In case you missed Icebergslim's smackdown of Maureen Orth:<br><br>Friday, June 26, 2009<br>Maureen Orth is one bitter pill, truly she is, from morning joe (Video) <br>For a woman who lost her husband a bit over a year ago tragically by a heart attack, her venom on Michael Jackson is stunning. NBC/MSNBC cried on television for over a WEEK in remembrance of her husband Tim Russert, yet she was all over television yesterday and today like she knew Michael Jackson, personally, when in reality SHE DID NOT.<br><br><a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/06/maureen-orth-is-one-bitter-pill-truly.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/200...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_09:23:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11836470": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Today's Conversation Burger King Repeat Offender: First It's Baby Got Back, Now It's Deep Throat <br><a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/qod8fx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/qod8fx</a> <br><br>Today's Conversation Jenny Sanford New Role Model for Women Who've Had Enough <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/nu6fzq\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/nu6fzq</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:35:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11834936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "3 MUSICAL GENIUSES IN OUR LIFETIME<br><br>** Must have made SIGNIFICANT IMPACT thru charismatic performance/composing; had to have international cross over appeal who could make the world go wild. There have ONLY BEEN 3 (period)and in this order:<br><br>1-Michael Jackson<br>2-The Beatles<br>3-Elvis<br><br><br>Okay, all of the Prince and Elton Fans make your arguments. Do they have the \"it\" factor?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:28:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 23, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11839033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Mike's going to be bigger in death than he ever was in life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_17:25:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11834977, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I forget where I read yesterday, but the article stated that the people didnt want refunds, they wanted tribute concerts instead....that's incredible! I'm hoping the biggest names in the biz sign on for it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:06:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832157, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11842107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Appreciate your two cents, blksista.<br><br>Most folks, especially his fans were pretty intune with Michael's shortcomings.  One need only look at him to see he was troubled.<br><br>What I object and loathe is immediately after Michael Jackson was pronoucned dead, folks like Orth jumped on his drugs and pedophilia charges.  That's not new.  I, for one, already knew about this.<br><br>What gives Orth the creds to paint the idea that Michael Jackson dying the way he did was\"good\" the way he'd want to die?<br><br>Tim Russert wasn't a fucking saint by any stretch.  He had MSNBC and NBC chronies to elevate his ass. They touted his Catholisism and family values. We saw what they wanted us to see.<br><br>I don't read Vanity Fair.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_19:45:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11839443, "depth": 5, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11834443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Another thing Mr Obama needs to change:<br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/health/research/28cancer.html?hpw\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/health/resear...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:04:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11829841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "MSNBC was dancing on Michael's grave less than 5 minutes after the story broke. They seem to be inviting people like Orth onto their network to pile on and trash Michael for maximum benefit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_09:35:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11829683, "depth": 1, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So......what in the hizzee did that chick in Argentina DO?!?! WHAT THE HELL did she put on Mark Sanford?? Roots?? Is she a geechee woman and put a potion on him? What?? Damn...this man straight pulled a \"hello, put your mom on the phone...I ain't NEVA coming back!\"...she is Sunshine for real!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:09:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11830574, "depth": 3, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11834977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Day Two...Lord have mercy.  He's gone.<br><br>I was driving around listening to the killa-MJ mixes on local radio this morning.  I did not want to get out of the car.<br><br>I'm so thankful that I don't live in the city where I grew up with this music.  It would be too much to handle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:31:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11836011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Do a screen capture.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:18:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835879, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11841139": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "a tribute concert would be great, if done right; but i can't help but be a bit irked that most of the folks clamoring to participate in these events would have run from him like the plague just last week. so much of it just seems just like more attention whoring from some of these celebs, and i imagine that these shows will end up being more about <em>them</em> and their ego driven nonsense, than really about paying tribute to the legendary entertainer that michael was. i hope the money at least goes to his kids, i really feel for them and how their life has forever been changed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_19:15:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "moja31", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11831982, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11834998": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wasn't a fan, but I got the video, which is what I wanted.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:32:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11830653, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832958": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda I said the same thing when I saw it. Now that she is older, is Naomi Campbell still toned?<br><br>This brings up another subject that crossed my mind about the video.  Can we have a real honest discussion about Mike's \"assexuality\" or do we need to wait until after the funeral?<br><br>Naw, y'all I haven't been drinking Mike's Jesus Juice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:40:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832531, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11831956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How  Gauche.  One can only surmise, the person who captioned that video isn't a proponent for government healthcare.<br><br>Whomever, wrote the caption, thinks they can label the First Lady a pimp.  We see you GOP operatives, we see you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_11:42:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11830653, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11851925": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nice write up H&F...Sanford is definitely her own woman. She is independently wealthy, a Georgetown graduate and former WallStreet Exec...the woman knows who and what she is...in fact..she is quoted as saying 'I didn't think he had it in him\"...after he requested to go see Maria and she said..NO and threw his but out.<br><br>I am particularly impressed by her focus on her children's character. It has to be a awful burden to raise FOUR sons, knowing their father is an adulterer to respect not only women, but themselves as well. She is focused and I believe she will be successful even though she will need some type of male role model for them, hopeful she has good brothers.<br><br>BTW, the second sentence in the last paragraph  reads 'weigh sacrifices' instead of outweigh.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_09:57:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11836470, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's time to televise the Supreme Court<br>By John Amato Saturday Jun 27, 2009 6:45am<br><br><br>This topic comes up once and a while, but I think it's good to get out there again because it's all about transparency. Why won't the Supreme Court allow cameras into the process? I know being on TV could affect some of the court, but if they are so solid in their understanding of the law then why should it matter? We need to be able to see how they conduct themselves and how major decisions are handed down.<br><br>Arlen Specter says he will push for cameras in the high court. I think that's a great idea even though Joe Sestak looks to be a solid challenger for his seat and is for the public option also.<br><br><a href=\"http://thirdbranch.crooksandliars.com/john-amato/its-time-televise-supreme-court\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thirdbranch.crooksandliars.com/john-amat...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:42:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11851935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yepper. Four little boys, too?  Sanford looks sooo bad every time folks see that picture.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_09:58:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837363, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11836068": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah I like 'em all too BUT the criteria is international cross-over appeal. The reason Mike is #1 is because he is the first artist that non-blacks crossed over too. Blacks fell out over the Beatles and Elvis because there were no other choices at the time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:20:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835646, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11830441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "God bless the dead.  I just hope that they realize that in this media age that we can find out about everyone's dirt after death.<br><br>Michael Jackson was a tortured soul.  Shoot if folk can find a way to justify white folks that lose it and shoot folks behavion, well then they should be able to cut poor michael some slack.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_10:17:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11831982": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Breaking News: The Michael Jackson Concert WILL go on. Madonna might take the stage in London.<br><br>Major Co-sign! Pay off Mike's bills and leave some money for the 3 kids.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_11:44:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh hell naw.....ROFLMAO!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:55:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835327, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Amd what a concert it would be.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:36:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11833740, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11838652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The #2 is 60 million behind.....nuff said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_17:11:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11838199, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ALSO, there was discussion about HOW MANY cities the body would be going to. Gary IN wants him there and London wants him there. This is gonna take longer than James Brown's burial. Maybe they'll bury him by his birthday in August.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:44:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832754, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11838656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Possibly. Mike was just a boy that got confused over time because he didnt have a childhood. He was the most appealing teenage boy that a girl could want, had all the qualities. The way he looks at women in videos looks legitimate. He has not had one baby-momma come forward that we don't know about, none from the early years. Know men have come forward to say they were lovers. The assexuality thing is still baffling. But so is his relationship with Bubbles. Just got confused with the stardom mess up.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_17:12:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835912, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11838240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "one bad apple <br>had to argue with a girl at work that it wasn't J-5 <br>it was the Osmonds<br>and if that song wasn't a J-5 rip off LOL<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R9FI3OybSA\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R9FI3OybSA</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:49:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837943, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11839173": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ben, the song about the rat, I just never could relate to.<br><br>R. Kelly and Rick James have both been modern day geniuses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_17:34:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837992, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11851975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow...that is pretty.<br>Think I will order one.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_10:01:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835415, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmph....(rolls eyes, crosses arms, purses lips)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835141, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11830483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Today is National HIV Testing Day. To find a testing site near you, click here:http://directory.poz.com/napwa/<br><br>&lt;object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"&gt;&lt;param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/l6zMpuvBnho&hl=en\"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/l6zMpuvBnho&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;<br><br>-------<br><a href=\"http://panafya.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://panafya.com/</a><br>Fitness, health & wellness for black women", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_10:19:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "panafya", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11836126": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, people forget how MJ was LOVED around the world. He was dogged here but everywhere he was IT! They'd sold 2M tickets in 1 hr. Nobody can do that!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:23:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832378, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835943": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sounds like white protectionism as per usual, but if this had been about \"passing thru\" a bunch of Black students this would be on Fixed Noise right now. They're lawyers and should know these emails aren't secure. Nothing will be done about it either - except some students may think about attending another school (where they probably do the same thing). Wasn't Bush a C student? Does anyone still think he actually got C's? Plus your town has a particular style of corruption. That was made clear to me even after being there for one day!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:16:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835141, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmmmmmmm, not necessarily. She's just new snatch is all. Newness creates and excitement all on it's on. We also shouldn't assume that Ms. Argentina is \"in love\" with the Governor. Some women only want to be mistresses. Mistresses get all of the fun and none of the resposiblily, which is probably why so many second marriages that result from adulterous relationships fail and don't last as long as first marriages. Affairs are always illusions. This woman doesn't really know him and he doesn't really know her. For all we know she's down in Argentina thinking \"Damn, I sure hope his ass isn't planning on moving down here\". Also I hear the emails were discovered by her beau so she might be trying to save a relationship of her own. Apparently she was in agribusiness and Sanford met with reps from her company. Girlfriend was probably just trying to secure business deals and has no use for a soon to be ex-governor with 4 kids who's political career is over.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:47:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "texascowgirl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832415, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837992": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please, Elton hasn't had a new song since 1994 (slight exaggeration).  He just keeps singing the classics.  I don't mind.  I still love him.  As Vanessa William's character on Ugly Beatty said \"give that queen enough money and he'll dedicate 'Candle in the Wind' to anybody.\"<br><br>If Jennifer Hudson sang Ben...I'm tearing up just thinking of it.  And Joss Stone could pull of something from the Off the Wall album or before.  She does great with soul, not so well with pop.<br><br>R. Kelly needs to stay home.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:35:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837792, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832562": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "MSNBC half an hour ago. The are trying to get the all star line up together.  I sure hope that it will be a benefit for Mike's bills and children. Now I don't mind Madonna being so choked up.<br><br>AND now they are saying there is footage of the rehearsals with new songs. Mike WILL be Martyred and we need to take back NEVERLAND so he can enshrined.<br><br>Mike will be bigger in death that ever in Life. You know how that goes (ask Elvis).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:18:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832157, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11839219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hopefully...the more time it takes to make these funeral arrangements, the longer its gonna take to bury him. He might just get counted in the 2010 Census. We need to take time to make him a martyr. TAKE BACK NEVERLAND!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_17:37:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837337, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11838199": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just in case the haters didn't look at the list...<br><br>The categories were broken down as follows <br>    * 1 Over 100 million copies<br>    * 2 40\u201349 million copies<br>    * 3 31\u201339 million copies<br>    * 4 26\u201330 million copies<br>    * 5 20\u201325 million copies<br><br>Michael Jackson is in every category except 40-49.  <br><br>Maybe that's because \"Thriller\"  is the ONLY ALBUM in the \"Over 100 million copies sold\"  and there isn't a category in between.<br><br>Looks like they made a category just for him.   <br><br>HATERS, we see you...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:47:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837233, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:59:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11833083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah so we can really see what a binbo Unca Clarence truly is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:48:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832987, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think making Michael Jackson #1 is a little over the top.  Until \"THRILLER\" came out I found him unlistenable.  And the Jackson 5 were just Osman or Cowsills clones.<br>I still prefer Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Arethra, Louis Armstrong, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, JIMI, among others over M.J.  (yeah, I'm old, old school).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:02:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11834936, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I didn't care for Tim Russert - ever.  He was a class I panderer.  I resent the fact that people thot he was objective.... pfft...he wasn't.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:48:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832241, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11834112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are these recent statements?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_13:44:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11833833, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11831556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ice issued a fitting smackdown.<br><br>Just because cable didn't dig up and display any dirty laundry on brother Timmy, doesn't mean he didn't leave a few out of the wash..... Just sayin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_11:19:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11829683, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "U. of I. admissions scandal: Pressure builds on university<br>Lawmaker calls for resignations of top officials<br>By Sara Olkon and Jodi S. Cohen | Tribune reporters <br>June 27, 2009 <br><br><br>Alumni and public officials reacted with everything from anger to shrugs Friday as they heard new e-mail revelations about the intertwining of clout and admissions at the University of Illinois law school.<br><br>Documents released Thursday showed that in a four-year period the law school enrolled at least 24 \"special interest\" students -- individuals who gained admission under the sway of the politically connected. And in one e-mail exchange, the chancellor appeared to be seeking jobs for law school graduates in exchange for the admission of a student with poor credentials but the backing of the governor, documents show.<br><br>State Rep. Mike Boland (D-East Moline), chairman of the state House Higher Education Committee, renewed calls Friday for the resignation of U. of I. Chancellor Richard Herman, Trustee Lawrence Eppley and any high-ranking officials involved in giving special treatment to well-connected students.<br><br>Boland says he is troubled that at least a half-dozen people were copied on e-mails regarding efforts to secure the jobs, but none of the documents released show anybody objecting to it.<br><br><br>\"Where were the trustees?\" Boland said. \"That's their job, to protect the university. These people's attitudes kind of floor me.\"<br><br>Alumnus Martin Tasch, a graduate of the law school class of 1985, in private practice in Chicago and Oak Brook, called the revelations \"very disappointing.\"<br><br>\"It's unfortunate but not surprising because of the climate of Illinois politics,\" Tasch said. \"U. of I. is considered one of the top law schools in the country, and I hope it doesn't tarnish its reputation.\"<br><br>But Jason DeJonker, who graduated in 2000 and practices bankruptcy and financial restructuring for Seyfarth Shaw, said he didn't think the U. of I. handled the situation differently than any other school.<br><br>\"I think those kind of things happen at every university in the United States,\" he said. \"I don't even know if it bothers me that much. I guess I am just more realistic.\"<br><br>U. of I. spokesman Thomas Hardy said it is too soon to say whether anybody will be held accountable. \"The commission process will move forward, and I think all of this will be reviewed as the [state admissions] commission issues its findings and recommendations.\"<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-college-clout-law-school-27-jun27%2C0%2C2922935.story\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-co...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:40:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11852041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think what makes MJ extraordinary amongst genius musical talent is that he is multigenerational..he spans more than one generation, unlike Elvis and the Beatles...that is what makes him so transcendent. There is no other musical talent of the modern era with that type of span...we have to go all the way back to Beethoven to find one.<br><br>Interestingly, as a child musical prodigy, he also had a father who was a stern taskmaster and disciplinarian.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_10:06:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11838471, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11830026": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He repeatedly asked her permission to see his lover after she discovered the affair!?  She's done everything in her power to keep him from seeing his lover!?  Clearly Sanford is in love with \"Maria\" and has been making that clear to Mrs. Sanford -- in one way or another -- since she discovered the affair.  For the life of me, I can't understand why they are still together.  <br><br>And...her story is not sounding to kosher to me.  Both parties DID NOT indicate a willingness to work on the marriage when one party repeatedly asked permission to see their lover.  She's got the media on lock and I'm not mad her.  Elizabeth Edwards could use her media training.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_09:50:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mothsmoke", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11829758, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11839245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "well the song was offered to the Jacksons first<br>but they turned it down LOL<br><br> the music could pass for J-5 but not the voices in my opinion", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_17:38:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11838327, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11834129": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know how credible this site is but <a href=\"http://trashselector.com/evan-chandler-i-lied-for-my-father-im-sorry-michael/\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Here is the article</a>.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_13:45:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11833833, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833619": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Love Ya Mike! Don't Wanna Let You Go...<br><br>\"Never can say goodbye<br>No no no no, I<br>Never can say goodbye<br><br>Even though the pain and heartache<br>Seems to follow me wherever I go<br>Though I try and try to hide my feelings<br>They always seem to show<br>Then you try to say you're leaving me<br>And I always have to say no...<br><br>Tell me why<br>Is it so", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_13:20:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11838254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you kidding, or did that \"Hey, look at me, I'm not like those other ones\" contrarianism kick in involuntarily, like some kind of Tourette's?<br><br>OMG.............*dead*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:50:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837943, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There is no denying these artist put on a good show, they just always put on a good show for every event, all the time.  They are the KTEL Presents of good shows. I wonder if there are others that could be called upon.<br><br>But if it is this group, I wonder who will sing what.  <br><br>I have Jonas Brothers with ABC, Miley Cyrus with Rokin Robin, Justin doing Remember the Time and Lady in My Life.  Chris Brown getting Billy Jean.   Usher doing Rock with You.  BEPs will do Wanna be Startin Something.<br><br>Elton will do one of his own songs dedicated to Mike.  The night MJ died Elton preformed \"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me\", dedicated to him.  I think that is perfect. Instead of, you know, \"Candle in the Wind\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:03:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835066, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Because that goddamned Pat Buchanan told 'em to - mofo.  I'm surprised they haven't paraded Pat out to give his \"take\" on the 'King of Pop.'  I'm surprised Pat STILL doesn't have his own show.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:50:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11829841, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WHAT?? Stop taking those drugs or get some better ones. That line about the Osmond (you didn't even spell the name right and talking shit) or whoever the hell the Cowsills were is a dead giveaway that you are  hallucinating.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:01:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835646, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11843357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>What gives Orth the creds to paint the idea that Michael Jackson dying the way he did was\"good\" the way he'd want to die?</i><br><br>Because Jackson had been quoted variously as saying that he was going to go like Elvis, or that he was  expecting it, or that it would not be so bad.  Even Lisa Marie Presley spoke of his morbid thoughts, and she was married to him, as well as being a friend since childhood.  Orth and Diane Dimond merely reported on things like this like everyone else.  Both of these reporters followed and examined the cases to the point where they are considered experts on them.<br><br>You could say that the panel--I saw it too--was trying to temper the mood of the fans, not damn Michael with faint praise, so to speak.  His personal life was hell, and in a lot of ways,<b> he was responsible for that hell.</b>   It's a cautionary note that when we say we want to be like somebody (John Belushi, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe), to take care that we don't give in to the darkness that destroyed them.<br><br>Like I said, Saint Timmeh was no favorite of mine.  And while I think that I feel Michael's loss, my view of him is not like those who are sitting in the street, bemoaning their loss(es) (I'm sure that Jackson isn't the only thing they've lost this year) with nothing out there to help them to listen to reason.  <br><br>I remember when he had a nose.<br><br>I remember when he told us to get it together or leave it alone, and to keep on looking through the windows.<br><br>I remember when he was the Scarecrow in <i>The Wiz</i>.<br><br>I remember the <i>Motown 30th Anniversary</i>on TV, when he did the moonwalk.<br><br>I remember the time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_20:59:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11842107, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What is this woman's problem? She's not simply reporting on MJ's death. Her comments are coming from a place hate. She actually sat up there and said the way he died was \"great\" for someone like MJ. WTF? And the only one who had the courage to call her on it was John Ridley. <br><br>And to think that MSNBC damn near canonized her husband, when the reality was that he was in bed with the right just as much as the rest of the rest of them MSM. Tim Russert didn't have the decency to call out Don Imus for the crap he said about his friend, Gwen Ifill (called her a cleaning lady) or the Rutger's women's b-ball comment. So, she really needs to fall back. Way back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_11:50:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11829683, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11834146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, I just posted the blog people are getting it from. I don't know if I believe it though, if it were true it would be on more than one website.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_13:46:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11834112, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The law school and med school are at Urbana.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:02:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11836714, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good grief...she is so freaking FLAWLESS. Yeah, if I had these legs and that skin y'all couldn't tell me shit either. I'd have a 'tude just on g.p.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cupnsUDyjuA\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cupnsUDyjuA</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:16:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11836714": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Was this at Urbana or Circle Campus in Chicago?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:36:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835943, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "cowsills were the family that the tv show \"the partridge family\" was based upon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:23:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837211, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11830574": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not trying to make her a martyr and of course, I don't know everything that goes/went down in this marriage, but it seems clear that Jenny has done everything to try to keep it together.  <br><br>IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO!   And he's tangoing in Argentina.  <br><br>What is a woman, wife, mother of four supposed to do when the man, husband, father is so obviously in love with another?  And even if it's not love, it clearly some serious tango 'cause he has lost all ability to reason.<br><br>1. His wife knew what was up, told him not to go, even threw him out of the house to make her point  <br>2. He threw off his four kids on Father's Day<br>3. He blew off his job, uh GOVERNOR of a southern, conservative state<br>4. He flew to another continent, possibly spending state $$ for the trip<br>5. He had sex with a person other than his wife  <br><br>It's her business and her life, so of course, Jenny can stay with him if she wants to.   He doesn't want to 'keep it together'   What's left to stay with?   <br><br>It looks pretty simple to me.  Other than straight-up gossip, this story IS over.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_10:23:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11830026, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837233": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He didn't even spell the OSMONDS name correctly but is trying to pimp the fairytale that the Jacksons ripped off them?? Ya know.....haters really need to just back the fuck up when all they've got is the HATE and not a logical argument in the world.<br><br>Hell....how much further ahead is MJ??<br><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selli...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:02:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11836822, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11831603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Little Hope for G.O.P. to Support Health Bill <br>By CARL HULSE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN<br>Published: June 26, 2009 <br><br>WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressional Republicans are finding much to dislike in Democratic health care proposals, illustrating the immense difficulty Democrats face in fashioning an overhaul that can attract enough Republican support to be portrayed as bipartisan.<br><br>Republicans\u2019 primary objection is the Democrats\u2019 push for a public health insurance plan that would serve as an alternative to private coverage. Republicans say such a plan would cause the private insurance market to unravel. <br><br>There is also the potential 10-year price tag of $1 trillion or more for the overhaul, coupled with the prospect of new taxes or fees to offset the cost. And Republicans see elements of the Democratic plans as government intrusion into personal health care decision making.<br><br>Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, said he was unaware of any House Republican inclined to support the Democrats\u2019 proposed legislation. <br><br>Asked how many Senate Republicans could sign on to developing Democratic plans, Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, author of a Republican alternative, said: \u201cI think right now, none. Zero.\u201d<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/health/policy/27repubs.html?ref=todayspaper\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/health/policy...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_11:23:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11839295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just don't know what else would make him say that, LOL. Yeah, those two groups were family groups, and they were in the public eye before the Jacksons, but how does that make the Jacksons \"clones\"? It would be just as untrue, but he maybe could have said with at least a tiny bit of fake \"credibility\" that they were clones of the Five Stairsteps, but the fact that he'd choose the (can't stop laughing) Osmonds and the damn <i>Cowsills</i> is more than telling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_17:40:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11838254, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11841345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and he was pretty.damn.big in life. So you know he is going to be HUUUUUGE in death.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_19:24:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11839033, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11830753": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The person who loaded the video on YouTube. If you see \"more videos\" by this person, you will notice that there are other videos with similar captions. You can also get a hint of this person's view of it all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_10:33:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11830653, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm with you, TCG.  (well, aside from calling her 'snatch'...)<br><br>The Argentine's boyfriend sent the e-mails to 'The State\" (local newspaper in SC)  She's divorced with two of her own kids.  She told Sanford she had a man, but that she loved Sanford.  <br><br>Who knows what her motives are.  I agree that she may have just played him, 'cause she certainly knew who he was.  She may have liked the distance and the 'international flavor' of the 'romance'   But what the hell would she do with him there?    Does he even speak Spanish? <br><br>As far as I can tell, Sanford made his $$  based on his wife Jenny setting him up for political office.  Without Jenny, and probably without the Governor's office, what does he have besides some SERIOUS baggage?  <br><br>So if it's really love, they sound made for each other. <br><br> Too much drama for me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_13:23:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11833072, "depth": 5, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11838296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "every time the Osmonds came on TV, I left.  Likewise, when a  prepubescent M.J. starting singing about \"love\".  Went and listened to \"Chain of Fools\", or some John Coltrane.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:52:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837233, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WOW! I never thought about this possibility! It could be an All-Star affair.<br><br>Myth, where did you hear about this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_11:53:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11831982, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11831646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Coroner: No Sign of Trauma, Foul Play in Jackson's Death<br>Finding Cause May Take Weeks; Fans Grieve Worldwide<br><br>By Ann Gerhart and Ashley Surdin<br>Washington Post Staff Writers <br>Saturday, June 27, 2009 <br><br>As thousands gathered and wept near Michael Jackson's star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, Los Angeles authorities yesterday bore down on the grim task of learning what killed the pop superstar, at 50, as he was about to embark on a lucrative 50-concert comeback tour. <br>Police seized a car used by a cardiologist who had been with Jackson when paramedics answered a 911 call at the singer's rented mansion Thursday. <br><br>The Los Angeles County coroner finished a three-hour autopsy yesterday and found no signs of trauma or foul play. <br><br>But spokesman Craig Harvey said a cause of death might not be known for four to six weeks, pending results from toxicology, pulmonary and neuropathology tests. He said Jackson had been taking some prescription drugs, but he refused to identify them. <br><br>Detectives talked briefly with cardiologist Conrad R. Murray Jr. and planned to question him more extensively, police said, but the department has not opened a criminal investigation. <br><br>\"His car was impounded because it may contain medications or other evidence that may assist the coroner in determining the cause of death,\" police spokeswoman Karen Rayner said. The cardiologist had been hired less than two weeks ago by concert promoters to accompany the singer to London, Jackson associate Tohme Tohme, a physician, told the Los Angeles Times. <br><br>Murray is a native of Grenada and a 1989 graduate of Meharry Medical College in Nashville; he is licensed to practice in California, Nevada and Texas, state records show. His public record in California, where he was licensed in 2005, indicated no formal investigations involving him. Several civil judgments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, have been issued against him in recent years, according to Nevada and Minnesota court records. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602672.html?wpisrc=newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_11:25:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11849567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Prince has \"it\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_07:25:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11834936, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837792": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now I'm rolling on the floor laughing now. Giirrrlllll!! Candle in the Wind is branded only for Diana.  Elton will come if he has a new song to debut, dedicate to Mike and make a whole lotta money off of it he'll be there two.<br><br>New genuises: lets bring in Alicia,R. Kelly, India Arie, Josh whats-her-face, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, hell!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:25:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835670, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11841379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Webb, you, bringing it!<br><br>\"Keep it up bitch. Keep it up. Your son Luke's hook-ups may eventually dry-up.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_19:25:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835311, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That is so breathtakingly sad......how pathetic is that quote? It certainly speaks to their mindset. They get the big eye-roll from me.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:06:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11833318, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11831670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Governor\u2019s Wife Is Hurt but Unbowed<br><br>As Jenny Sanford headed off for a boating trip, the day after her husband, Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina, told the world he had been unfaithful, she met the throng of reporters waiting outside her South CarolAm I O.K.?\u201d Mrs. Sanford repeated, from the driver\u2019s seat of a vehicle. \u201cYou know what? I have great faith and I have great friends and great family. <br><br>We have a good Lord in this world, and I know I\u2019m going to be fine. Not only will I survive, I\u2019ll thrive.\u201d<br>It was, friends and former aides say, classic Jenny Sanford \u2014 strong willed, steely, anything but a victim. Mrs. Sanford, a former New York investment banker, largely gave up her professional life and turned to helping her husband\u2019s political career, but those who know her well say she was also never one to abandon her sense of identity, her direction, or her own opinions. <br>In a vacation home, all inquiring about her emotional condition.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/us/27jenny.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/us/27jenny.ht...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_11:26:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11838327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OH MY GAWD............The Jacksons should take them to court NOW over that mess...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:54:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11838240, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11830653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Curious who captions the videos...What's up with that? <br><br>MichelleCare Michelle Obama pimps Socialized Medicine", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_10:28:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just no U2.  Who am I kidding, it will be the normal cast of characters plus Madonna.  We'll have:<br><br>Black Eyed Peas<br>Beyonce<br>Justin Timberlake<br>Elton John live from somewhere else<br>Puffy<br>Mary J. Blige<br>Stevie Wonder<br>A special taped 2009 version of We Are The World with all the original artist. <br>Usher<br>Chris Brown<br>Jonas Brothers<br>A group of child dancers doing the moonwalk <br>Miley Cyrus<br>Rihanna<br>Britney<br>A taped message from Celine Dion<br>U2<br>Madonna<br>Slash and Lil' Wayne doing \"Dirty Diana\" at the end of which<br>Diana Ross will appear.  She will sing \"I'll be There\" backed up be the Jacksons.<br><br>Jamie Fox and Eddie Murphy will fight over hosting duties.<br><br>That's my prediction anyway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_13:27:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832562, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11842450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know it!!! As far as I'm concerned, when band camp commences at Famu, Bama State, Hampton, Howard, Grambling, Southern, TN St., Al A&M, Skeegee, NC A&T, Jackson St, etc....DAMMIT IT BETS TO BE NUTHIN BUT MICHAEL JACKSON FROM MORNIN TILL NIGHT - freshmen better come in and the first piece of sheet music they get better be \"I Want You Back\"!!<br><br>Seriously, there are enough songs between MJ and the Jackson 5 that a radio station wouldn't even repeat a song for 3 or 4 days!! Why aren't they recognizing!?!?! This is a prime opportunity to teach the babies about actual songs that mean some shit instead of this dreadful crap by the likes of Hurricane Chris!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_20:03:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11840993, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11836822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If anyone was ripping off anyone, it was the Osmonds ripping off The Jackson 5. The Cowsills? Never heard of 'em and I doubt the Jacksons did either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:41:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835646, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11842457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "YOU AINT RIGHT!!!! ROFLMAO!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_20:04:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11841953, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Certainly you mean by August 2010...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:08:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11833022, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837168": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They're not playing it enough for me. The program directors at V103, 104.1, 107.5 AND 107.9 bout to get some nasty emails from me and some other folks I know. At least V103 had a fabulous lunchtime mix going...but as far as I'm concerned, it needs to be Michael Jackson/Jackson Five 24-7 till he is buried.<br><br>And dammit every HBCU BETTER dedicate every halftime show as well! Especially the big classics!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:59:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11834977, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know...isn't the likeness eery?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:10:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835415, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11836328": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Republicans are right for the most part. High end management and rainmakers will have health insurance(it will be very upper crust) for their families but the average worker is going to get dropped the minute the employer can. From an employers point of view the varability of premiums is not going to change and nor is the time spent every year looking of another one worth it. The employer/owner will either pokcet the money or put it to productive uses. the employee knowing they have it is not going to wish upon a miracle to be healthy enough to have it.<br>It would be nice If they just admitted it and got it over w/.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:33:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11831603, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maureen Orth thinks that she is set-for-life.  She can say whatever she wants and has immunity due to the untimely death of her own husband.  <br><br>Jeff Immelt (CEO of GE) and Jeff Zucker (CEO of NBC) must have made special promises to her.  Her son, Luke, gets exposure on NBC NEWS programming that the most highly-trained journalists from the top schools of journalism would kill for.  It's all pie-in-the-sky...right?<br><br>Keep it up bitch.  Keep it up.  What goes up must come down.  Sympathy is a diminishing asset.  The Jeffs aren't always going to be the CEOs of these publicly-traded companies.  Someday, a POC might be running that company--a POC who just so happens to be a MJ Fan and saw what you did in the aftermath of MJ's death.  <br><br>Oh, a Black CEO of GE/NBC is inconceivable?  It's impossible, right?  Just like a Black President was 9 months ago, right?<br><br>Keep it up bitch.  Keep it up.  Your son Luke's hook-ups may eventually dry-up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:49:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832096, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK! *coughValeriePlameDramacough*<br><br>Remember when Maureen threw a hissy fit because Arianna Huffington didn't join the Tim Russert Was Journalism's Jesus Tour? Arianna didn't care for Tim but she didn't take that opportunity to trash him, like Maureen is doing MJ. Arianna stayed classy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_11:58:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11831556, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11832754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I would LOVE to hear the new material he was working on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:28:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832562, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11849651": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think love for Maria had anything to do with the price of rice in China. It boiled down to Maria laid some good bilingual sunshine ***** on him and he lost his ever loving mind.  Been sniffing behind her ever since.  <br><br>but love. . . . nowhere in that equation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_07:36:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11830574, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "actually the Osmonds achieved fame first<br>they were featured on shows like the Andy Williams show from 1962-1969 but they weren't household names<br>it wasn't until the Jacksons achieved stardom first in 1969<br>that the Osmonds came out as clones in 1971 with one bad apple<br>sounding much like the Jackson 5<br><br>and that was the Osmonds downfall<br>they couldn't move pass the bubblegum pop sound<br>and thats why they were left behind and Donny didn't have<br>much solo success they couldn't move past child singers<br>the Jacksons proved they weren't just child stars<br>and that they could write and produce their own material", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:09:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11836822, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11835327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just HAD to show you all this. I got the ad in the mail yesterday. What do you think?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.danburymint.com/collectibles/prod/President-Barack-Obama-End-Table_12479.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.danburymint.com/collectibles/prod/Pr...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_14:50:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Shazza", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11842501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "teeheehee.....why you lettin the cat out the bag Sepia?? LOL...that's supposed to be kept undercover.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_20:06:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11842088, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11841953": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>well the song was offered to the Jacksons first<br>but they turned it down LOL</i><br><br>Ah....so, it was like reverse chit'lins?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_19:40:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11839245, "depth": 7, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11830735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was thinking the same thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_10:32:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Micheline", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11830653, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11850192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "See, that's what I'm thinking Val...this is an ultimate case of  LUST.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_08:26:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11849651, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11849682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yep she is impacting Luke's career.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_07:38:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11841379, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11839443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Have you read Orth's <i>Vanity Fair</i> articles on Jackson?  I thought that they were credible.  She and Diane Dimond were saying that he had a serious drug problem on top of playing with young boys.<br><br>I don't think this is hate.  I think some of this is based on the facts she garnered about him since the Nineties.<br><br>Believe me, I think Timmeh was a load of fat, hot air.  And I wish I had his son's connections.  But Orth is not entirely coming out of left field.<br><br>For me, Michael Jackson died a long time ago, just like Elvis died a long time ago before the drugs and the megalomania did him in.  I am sorry he is gone.  Really.  But some bad news is harder to swallow than others.  I don't think that it points to some \"black pathology\" either.<br><br>Just my two cents.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_17:49:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832879, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11842522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"He might just get counted in the 2010 Census.\" <br><br>YOU<br>AINT<br>RIGHT!<br><br>BWA HAHAHAHA!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_20:08:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11839219, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11840993": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dem rattlers better sho-nuff show-out!  Co-sign on MJ radio-24-7.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_19:04:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837168, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Steele gets schooled:<br><br><blockquote>    Marie Kaigler-Reese, a Ph.D student at Michigan State University, said that is not enough. <b>She said the party takes African Americans like herself and trots them out to show they care about blacks but does nothing to address matters like corruption in Detroit\u2019s City Hall.</b><br><br>    (Republicans) \u201care out of touch,\u201d she said, noting her son has become so disenfranchised with the party he has become a Democrat and is running for office in Ohio. \u201c<b>Michael Jackson is dead. God rest his soul. I am not going to be the Michael Jackson of the Republican Party. You will not use me until I am dead</b>.\u201c<br><br>Her comments drew thunderous applause from those in attendance and a standing ovation from Steele. He admitted more needs to be done and said the visit is an example of how the party is not giving up on people who may not agree with it.</blockquote><br><br><a href=\"http://www.detnews.com/article/20090626/POLITICS02/906260404/1361/search/Steele-to-minorities---Don-t-write-the-Republican-Party-off-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Source</a> I can't help but wonder why the hell she was there. And Michael Steele is so extra and full of shit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_13:01:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11835879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok,<br><br>Now someone has to tell me how to save the picture of that. <br><br>Come on!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_15:13:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11835327, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you guys see where the kid that accused Michael Jackson of molesting him in 1993 is saying he lied for his father", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_13:31:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11849713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "doesn't matter.  the more they do that the higher the sales on his records.<br><br>All they are doing is elevating Michael higher but opposite from what they wanted to accomplish.<br><br>wait and see.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-28_07:41:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11829841, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11833086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For real! WTF is up with her hatred?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_12:48:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11832847, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837943": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"And the Jackson 5 were just Osman or Cowsills clones.\"<br><br>Oh, my...it always slips out, doesn't it?<br><br>The Jackson 5's first big hit, \"I Want You Back\", was <i>soul</i> music. Nothing like the Cowsills, which was sort of a pop-folky kind of group, and the inspiration for the Partridge Family, or the Osmond Brothers, who I remember (until they successfully ripped the Jacksons off) appearing on the Andy Williams show in striped jackets and butcher's hats, doing barbershop quartet tunes. The first R&B hit (pre-Motown) the Jacksons had, \"Big Boy\", was basically a doo-wop ballad. Look up the track listing on their first Motown album, or go listen to their version of Parliament's \"I Betcha\" off their second album and then come back and tell us they ripped off the...Osmond Brothers?? Are you kidding, or did that \"Hey, look at me, I'm not like those other ones\" contrarianism kick in involuntarily, like some kind of Tourette's?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11837211, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11837363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jenny Sanford is bout to be a cult shero...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_16:09:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11836470, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11829758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From Icebergslim:<br><br>Friday, June 26, 2009<br>Governor Mark Sanford's wife told him don't go see his lover <br>Man, you can't write this any better. for real.<br><br><br>South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford sat in her oceanfront living room Friday, recalling how her husband repeatedly asked permission to visit his lover in the months after she discovered his affair.<br><br>\"I said absolutely not. It's one thing to forgive adultery; it's another thing to condone it,\" Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press during a 20-minute interview at the coastal home where she sought refuge with their four sons. They were her first extended comments on the affair.<br><br>She said that when her husband, Gov. Mark Sanford, inexplicably disappeared last week, she hoped he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail, as his staff told those who inquired about his absence. That he had dared to go to Argentina to see the other woman left her stunned.<br><br>You mean to tell me that the Governor of South Carolina had to ask permission to go to Argentina? And was told NO?? But he went anyway? Does this smell like reconciliation with wifey to you?<br><br>\"He was told in no uncertain terms not to see her,\" she said in a strong, steady voice. \"I was hoping he was on the Appalachian Trail. But I was not worried about his safety. I was hoping he was doing some real soul-searching somewhere and devastated to find out it was Argentina. It's tragic.\"<br><br>The Sanfords had separated about two weeks ago. She said her husband told the family that he wanted some time away to work on writing a book and clear his head. The first lady said, \"I had every hope he was not going to see her.\"<br><br>\"You would think that a father who didn't have contact with his children, if he wanted those children, he would toe the line a little bit,\" she said.<br><br>Sanford's wife is not playing. And let us not forget that he just totally BLEW OFF, Father's Day with his boys, BLEW OFF trying to make it right with his wife, BLEW OFF any family time. Sanford decided that he wanted to be with the woman he loves and that is Maria in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Simple as that.<br><br>Sanford, a modern day, KING DAVID.<br><br>\"When I found out in January, we both indicated a willingness to continue working on the marriage, but there's not room for three people in a marriage,\" she said. \"I've done everything in my power possibly to keep him from going to see her and to really make sure she was off the table, including asking him to leave.\"<br><br>About an hour after Jenny Sanford talked of her pain and feelings of betrayal, her husband brushed aside any suggestion he might immediately resign, citing the Bible and the story of King David \u2014 who continued to lead after sleeping with another man's wife, Bathsheba, having the husband slain, then marrying the widow. read more here....<br><br>And what about Jenny and the boys? I would say that Jenny Sanford has been more than magnanimous here, seeing that her husband was caught not only cheating but lying to her. I commend her if she wants this to work out, that is the marriage, but I definitely don't blame her if she wants to move on because of lack of trust and just straight up disrespect.<br><br>This story is far from over.<br><br><a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/06/governor-mark-sanfords-wife-told-him.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/200...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-27_09:29:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11837439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMBAO. 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			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

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

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

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

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





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



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
	this.reader = reader;
	this.writer = writer;
	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=saturday_open_thread_181' +
		'&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/saturday_open_thread_181/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='	+ 'saturday_open_thread_181'
			+ '&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/saturday_open_thread_181/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">121</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/saturday_open_thread_181/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/saturday_open_thread_181/">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:23259683" 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/saturday_open_thread_181/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:23259683" 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:23259683" 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'				: 'saturday_open_thread_181',
			// 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/saturday_open_thread_181/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='	+ 'saturday_open_thread_181'
			+ '&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='	+ 'saturday_open_thread_181'
			+ '&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='		+ 'saturday_open_thread_181'
				+ '&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/23259683/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';
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<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11833318">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11833318" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11833318" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11833318" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11833318" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833318" class="dsq-comment-message">Steele gets schooled:<br><br><blockquote>    Marie Kaigler-Reese, a Ph.D student at Michigan State University, said that is not enough. <b>She said the party takes African Americans like herself and trots them out to show they care about blacks but does nothing to address matters like corruption in Detroit’s City Hall.</b><br><br>    (Republicans) “are out of touch,” she said, noting her son has become so disenfranchised with the party he has become a Democrat and is running for office in Ohio. “<b>Michael Jackson is dead. God rest his soul. I am not going to be the Michael Jackson of the Republican Party. You will not use me until I am dead</b>.“<br><br>Her comments drew thunderous applause from those in attendance and a standing ovation from Steele. He admitted more needs to be done and said the visit is an example of how the party is not giving up on people who may not agree with it.</blockquote><br><br><a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20090626/POLITICS02/906260404/1361/search/Steele-to-minorities---Don-t-write-the-Republican-Party-off-" rel="nofollow">Source</a> I can\'t help but wonder why the hell she was there. And Michael Steele is so extra and full of shit.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11837301">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11837301" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11837301" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837301">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11837301" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837301" class="dsq-comment-message">That is so breathtakingly sad......how pathetic is that quote? It certainly speaks to their mindset. They get the big eye-roll from me.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11832531">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11832531" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11832531" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832531">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11832531" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832531" class="dsq-comment-message">Good grief...she is so freaking FLAWLESS. Yeah, if I had these legs and that skin y\'all couldn\'t tell me shit either. I\'d have a \'tude just on g.p.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cupnsUDyjuA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cupnsUDyjuA</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11832958">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11832958" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11832958" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832958">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11832958" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832958" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda I said the same thing when I saw it. Now that she is older, is Naomi Campbell still toned?<br><br>This brings up another subject that crossed my mind about the video.  Can we have a real honest discussion about Mike\'s "assexuality" or do we need to wait until after the funeral?<br><br>Naw, y\'all I haven\'t been drinking Mike\'s Jesus Juice.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11835912">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11835912" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11835912" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835912">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11835912" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835912" class="dsq-comment-message">I will bet money that he and Naomi hooked up.  Strait, gay, asexual, everybody wanted Naomi.  My gay friends in the 90s have said Naomi would be the woman they would have sex with.  She was (and still is) that hot.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11838656">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11838656" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11838656" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11838656">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11838656" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11838656" class="dsq-comment-message">Possibly. Mike was just a boy that got confused over time because he didnt have a childhood. He was the most appealing teenage boy that a girl could want, had all the qualities. The way he looks at women in videos looks legitimate. He has not had one baby-momma come forward that we don\'t know about, none from the early years. Know men have come forward to say they were lovers. The assexuality thing is still baffling. But so is his relationship with Bubbles. Just got confused with the stardom mess up.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11830441">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11830441" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11830441" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11830441">rorysmomma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11830441" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11830441" class="dsq-comment-message">God bless the dead.  I just hope that they realize that in this media age that we can find out about everyone\'s dirt after death.<br><br>Michael Jackson was a tortured soul.  Shoot if folk can find a way to justify white folks that lose it and shoot folks behavion, well then they should be able to cut poor michael some slack.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11830653">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11830653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11830653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11830653">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11830653" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11830653" class="dsq-comment-message">Curious who captions the videos...What\'s up with that? <br><br>MichelleCare Michelle Obama pimps Socialized Medicine</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11830735">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11830735" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11830735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11830735">Micheline</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11830735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11830735" class="dsq-comment-message">I was thinking the same thing.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11830753">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11830753" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11830753" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11830753">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11830753" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11830753" class="dsq-comment-message">The person who loaded the video on YouTube. If you see "more videos" by this person, you will notice that there are other videos with similar captions. You can also get a hint of this person\'s view of it all.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11831956">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11831956" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11831956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11831956">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11831956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11831956" class="dsq-comment-message">How  Gauche.  One can only surmise, the person who captioned that video isn\'t a proponent for government healthcare.<br><br>Whomever, wrote the caption, thinks they can label the First Lady a pimp.  We see you GOP operatives, we see you.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11834998">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11834998" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11834998" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11834998">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11834998" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11834998" class="dsq-comment-message">Wasn\'t a fan, but I got the video, which is what I wanted.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11829683">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11829683" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11829683" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11829683">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11829683" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11829683" class="dsq-comment-message">In case you missed Icebergslim\'s smackdown of Maureen Orth:<br><br>Friday, June 26, 2009<br>Maureen Orth is one bitter pill, truly she is, from morning joe (Video) <br>For a woman who lost her husband a bit over a year ago tragically by a heart attack, her venom on Michael Jackson is stunning. NBC/MSNBC cried on television for over a WEEK in remembrance of her husband Tim Russert, yet she was all over television yesterday and today like she knew Michael Jackson, personally, when in reality SHE DID NOT.<br><br><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/06/maureen-orth-is-one-bitter-pill-truly.html" rel="nofollow">http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/200...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11829841">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11829841" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11829841" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11829841">eclecticbrotha</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11829841" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11829841" class="dsq-comment-message">MSNBC was dancing on Michael\'s grave less than 5 minutes after the story broke. They seem to be inviting people like Orth onto their network to pile on and trash Michael for maximum benefit.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11833114">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11833114" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11833114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11833114" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11833114" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833114" class="dsq-comment-message">Because that goddamned Pat Buchanan told \'em to - mofo.  I\'m surprised they haven\'t paraded Pat out to give his "take" on the \'King of Pop.\'  I\'m surprised Pat STILL doesn\'t have his own show.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11849713">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11849713" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11849713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11849713">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11849713" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11849713" class="dsq-comment-message">doesn\'t matter.  the more they do that the higher the sales on his records.<br><br>All they are doing is elevating Michael higher but opposite from what they wanted to accomplish.<br><br>wait and see.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11832096">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11832096" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11832096" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832096">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11832096" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832096" class="dsq-comment-message">What is this woman\'s problem? She\'s not simply reporting on MJ\'s death. Her comments are coming from a place hate. She actually sat up there and said the way he died was "great" for someone like MJ. WTF? And the only one who had the courage to call her on it was John Ridley. <br><br>And to think that MSNBC damn near canonized her husband, when the reality was that he was in bed with the right just as much as the rest of the rest of them MSM. Tim Russert didn\'t have the decency to call out Don Imus for the crap he said about his friend, Gwen Ifill (called her a cleaning lady) or the Rutger\'s women\'s b-ball comment. So, she really needs to fall back. Way back.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11835311">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11835311" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11835311" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11835311" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11835311" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835311" class="dsq-comment-message">Maureen Orth thinks that she is set-for-life.  She can say whatever she wants and has immunity due to the untimely death of her own husband.  <br><br>Jeff Immelt (CEO of GE) and Jeff Zucker (CEO of NBC) must have made special promises to her.  Her son, Luke, gets exposure on NBC NEWS programming that the most highly-trained journalists from the top schools of journalism would kill for.  It\'s all pie-in-the-sky...right?<br><br>Keep it up bitch.  Keep it up.  What goes up must come down.  Sympathy is a diminishing asset.  The Jeffs aren\'t always going to be the CEOs of these publicly-traded companies.  Someday, a POC might be running that company--a POC who just so happens to be a MJ Fan and saw what you did in the aftermath of MJ\'s death.  <br><br>Oh, a Black CEO of GE/NBC is inconceivable?  It\'s impossible, right?  Just like a Black President was 9 months ago, right?<br><br>Keep it up bitch.  Keep it up.  Your son Luke\'s hook-ups may eventually dry-up.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11841379">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11841379" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11841379" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11841379">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11841379" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11841379" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb, you, bringing it!<br><br>"Keep it up bitch. Keep it up. Your son Luke\'s hook-ups may eventually dry-up."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11849682">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11849682" class="dsq-comment-message">yep she is impacting Luke\'s career.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832847">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832847" class="dsq-comment-message">" So, she really needs to fall back. Way back."<br><br>Way the FUCK back.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11833086" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11833086">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11833086" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833086" class="dsq-comment-message">For real! WTF is up with her hatred?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11833348">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833348" class="dsq-comment-message">ive been a Michael Jackson fan for over 25 years years <br>and i know Michael has two types of fans<br><br>1. fans who love him and his music and will defend him with their voices<br><br>2. fans who love him and his music and will defend him by kicking azz<br><br><br>Michael Jackson\'s death sparks bus brawl<br>Reuters<br><br>  <br>       <br>          <br><br>Fri Jun 26, 10:35 pm ET<br><br>MIAMI (Reuters) – A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson\'s death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday.<br><br>The bus was moving through the city of North Lauderdale on Thursday when passenger James Kiernan received a text message about Jackson\'s death on his cell phone, and he read it aloud on the bus, the Broward County Sheriff\'s Department said.<br><br>The unidentified bus driver opined that "Michael Jackson should have been in jail long ago," prompting Kiernan, 60, to retort that "the world just lost a great musical talent," the police report said.<br><br>It said the last remark enraged another passenger, Henry Wideman, who started a swearing match with Kiernan, then pulled out a knife and chased Kiernan down the aisle with it.<br><br>The driver called his dispatcher and pulled over near a convenience store to wait for sheriff\'s deputies, who arrested Wideman, 54. He remained in jail on Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<br><br>(Reporting by Jane Sutton; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)<br><br>i was really upset this morning<br>but when i saw this <br>i laughed <br>i know it was wrong to laugh but i did feel better afterwards</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11850279" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11850279" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11850279">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11850279" class="dsq-comment-message">See, that\'s a lot of hate bubbling over right there. Pulling a knife on someone because they appreciated MJ\'s contributions to the entertainment industry.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11831556" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11831556" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11831556">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11831556" class="dsq-comment-message">ice issued a fitting smackdown.<br><br>Just because cable didn\'t dig up and display any dirty laundry on brother Timmy, doesn\'t mean he didn\'t leave a few out of the wash..... Just sayin.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832241">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832241" class="dsq-comment-message">OK! *coughValeriePlameDramacough*<br><br>Remember when Maureen threw a hissy fit because Arianna Huffington didn\'t join the Tim Russert Was Journalism\'s Jesus Tour? Arianna didn\'t care for Tim but she didn\'t take that opportunity to trash him, like Maureen is doing MJ. Arianna stayed classy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11832879" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11832879" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832879">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832879" class="dsq-comment-message">I remember it.  Orth\'s not getting enough attention.  If she wants it, she\'ll sure enough get IT if she doens\'t sit the fuck down and curb that bitching haterade.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11839443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11839443" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11839443" class="dsq-comment-message">Have you read Orth\'s <i>Vanity Fair</i> articles on Jackson?  I thought that they were credible.  She and Diane Dimond were saying that he had a serious drug problem on top of playing with young boys.<br><br>I don\'t think this is hate.  I think some of this is based on the facts she garnered about him since the Nineties.<br><br>Believe me, I think Timmeh was a load of fat, hot air.  And I wish I had his son\'s connections.  But Orth is not entirely coming out of left field.<br><br>For me, Michael Jackson died a long time ago, just like Elvis died a long time ago before the drugs and the megalomania did him in.  I am sorry he is gone.  Really.  But some bad news is harder to swallow than others.  I don\'t think that it points to some "black pathology" either.<br><br>Just my two cents.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11842107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11842107">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11842107" class="dsq-comment-message">Appreciate your two cents, blksista.<br><br>Most folks, especially his fans were pretty intune with Michael\'s shortcomings.  One need only look at him to see he was troubled.<br><br>What I object and loathe is immediately after Michael Jackson was pronoucned dead, folks like Orth jumped on his drugs and pedophilia charges.  That\'s not new.  I, for one, already knew about this.<br><br>What gives Orth the creds to paint the idea that Michael Jackson dying the way he did was"good" the way he\'d want to die?<br><br>Tim Russert wasn\'t a fucking saint by any stretch.  He had MSNBC and NBC chronies to elevate his ass. They touted his Catholisism and family values. We saw what they wanted us to see.<br><br>I don\'t read Vanity Fair.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11843357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11843357" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11843357" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>What gives Orth the creds to paint the idea that Michael Jackson dying the way he did was"good" the way he\'d want to die?</i><br><br>Because Jackson had been quoted variously as saying that he was going to go like Elvis, or that he was  expecting it, or that it would not be so bad.  Even Lisa Marie Presley spoke of his morbid thoughts, and she was married to him, as well as being a friend since childhood.  Orth and Diane Dimond merely reported on things like this like everyone else.  Both of these reporters followed and examined the cases to the point where they are considered experts on them.<br><br>You could say that the panel--I saw it too--was trying to temper the mood of the fans, not damn Michael with faint praise, so to speak.  His personal life was hell, and in a lot of ways,<b> he was responsible for that hell.</b>   It\'s a cautionary note that when we say we want to be like somebody (John Belushi, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe), to take care that we don\'t give in to the darkness that destroyed them.<br><br>Like I said, Saint Timmeh was no favorite of mine.  And while I think that I feel Michael\'s loss, my view of him is not like those who are sitting in the street, bemoaning their loss(es) (I\'m sure that Jackson isn\'t the only thing they\'ve lost this year) with nothing out there to help them to listen to reason.  <br><br>I remember when he had a nose.<br><br>I remember when he told us to get it together or leave it alone, and to keep on looking through the windows.<br><br>I remember when he was the Scarecrow in <i>The Wiz</i>.<br><br>I remember the <i>Motown 30th Anniversary</i>on TV, when he did the moonwalk.<br><br>I remember the time.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11833087" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11833087" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833087" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t care for Tim Russert - ever.  He was a class I panderer.  I resent the fact that people thot he was objective.... pfft...he wasn\'t.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11829772">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11829772" class="dsq-comment-message">Tribute to Mike:<br>"Got to Be There for Mike"<br><br>Got to be there, got to be there <br>In the morning <br>When she says hello to the world <br>Got to be there, got to be there <br>Bring her good times <br>And show her that she\'s my girl <br>Oh what a feeling there\'ll be <br>The moment I know she loves me <br>\'Cause when I look in her eyes I realize <br>I need her sharing her world beside me <br><br>So I\'ve got to be there <br>Got to be there in the morning <br>And welcome her into my world <br>And show her that she is my girl <br>When she says, "Hello world!" <br>I need her sharing the world beside me <br><br>That\'s why I\'ve got to be there <br>Got to be there where love begins <br>And that\'s everywhere she goes <br>I\'ve got to be there so she knows <br>That when she\'s with me, she\'s home <br><br>Got to be there <br>Got to be there</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11834977" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11834977" class="dsq-comment-message">Day Two...Lord have mercy.  He\'s gone.<br><br>I was driving around listening to the killa-MJ mixes on local radio this morning.  I did not want to get out of the car.<br><br>I\'m so thankful that I don\'t live in the city where I grew up with this music.  It would be too much to handle.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837168">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837168" class="dsq-comment-message">They\'re not playing it enough for me. The program directors at V103, 104.1, 107.5 AND 107.9 bout to get some nasty emails from me and some other folks I know. At least V103 had a fabulous lunchtime mix going...but as far as I\'m concerned, it needs to be Michael Jackson/Jackson Five 24-7 till he is buried.<br><br>And dammit every HBCU BETTER dedicate every halftime show as well! Especially the big classics!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11840993" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11840993" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11840993" class="dsq-comment-message">Dem rattlers better sho-nuff show-out!  Co-sign on MJ radio-24-7.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11842450">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11842450" class="dsq-comment-message">You know it!!! As far as I\'m concerned, when band camp commences at Famu, Bama State, Hampton, Howard, Grambling, Southern, TN St., Al A&M, Skeegee, NC A&T, Jackson St, etc....DAMMIT IT BETS TO BE NUTHIN BUT MICHAEL JACKSON FROM MORNIN TILL NIGHT - freshmen better come in and the first piece of sheet music they get better be "I Want You Back"!!<br><br>Seriously, there are enough songs between MJ and the Jackson 5 that a radio station wouldn\'t even repeat a song for 3 or 4 days!! Why aren\'t they recognizing!?!?! This is a prime opportunity to teach the babies about actual songs that mean some shit instead of this dreadful crap by the likes of Hurricane Chris!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11839033">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11839033" class="dsq-comment-message">Mike\'s going to be bigger in death than he ever was in life.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11841345" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11841345" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11841345" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11841345" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11841345" class="dsq-comment-message">and he was pretty.damn.big in life. So you know he is going to be HUUUUUGE in death.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11829758">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11829758" class="dsq-comment-message">From Icebergslim:<br><br>Friday, June 26, 2009<br>Governor Mark Sanford\'s wife told him don\'t go see his lover <br>Man, you can\'t write this any better. for real.<br><br><br>South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford sat in her oceanfront living room Friday, recalling how her husband repeatedly asked permission to visit his lover in the months after she discovered his affair.<br><br>"I said absolutely not. It\'s one thing to forgive adultery; it\'s another thing to condone it," Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press during a 20-minute interview at the coastal home where she sought refuge with their four sons. They were her first extended comments on the affair.<br><br>She said that when her husband, Gov. Mark Sanford, inexplicably disappeared last week, she hoped he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail, as his staff told those who inquired about his absence. That he had dared to go to Argentina to see the other woman left her stunned.<br><br>You mean to tell me that the Governor of South Carolina had to ask permission to go to Argentina? And was told NO?? But he went anyway? Does this smell like reconciliation with wifey to you?<br><br>"He was told in no uncertain terms not to see her," she said in a strong, steady voice. "I was hoping he was on the Appalachian Trail. But I was not worried about his safety. I was hoping he was doing some real soul-searching somewhere and devastated to find out it was Argentina. It\'s tragic."<br><br>The Sanfords had separated about two weeks ago. She said her husband told the family that he wanted some time away to work on writing a book and clear his head. The first lady said, "I had every hope he was not going to see her."<br><br>"You would think that a father who didn\'t have contact with his children, if he wanted those children, he would toe the line a little bit," she said.<br><br>Sanford\'s wife is not playing. And let us not forget that he just totally BLEW OFF, Father\'s Day with his boys, BLEW OFF trying to make it right with his wife, BLEW OFF any family time. Sanford decided that he wanted to be with the woman he loves and that is Maria in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Simple as that.<br><br>Sanford, a modern day, KING DAVID.<br><br>"When I found out in January, we both indicated a willingness to continue working on the marriage, but there\'s not room for three people in a marriage," she said. "I\'ve done everything in my power possibly to keep him from going to see her and to really make sure she was off the table, including asking him to leave."<br><br>About an hour after Jenny Sanford talked of her pain and feelings of betrayal, her husband brushed aside any suggestion he might immediately resign, citing the Bible and the story of King David — who continued to lead after sleeping with another man\'s wife, Bathsheba, having the husband slain, then marrying the widow. read more here....<br><br>And what about Jenny and the boys? I would say that Jenny Sanford has been more than magnanimous here, seeing that her husband was caught not only cheating but lying to her. I commend her if she wants this to work out, that is the marriage, but I definitely don\'t blame her if she wants to move on because of lack of trust and just straight up disrespect.<br><br>This story is far from over.<br><br><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/06/governor-mark-sanfords-wife-told-him.html" rel="nofollow">http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/200...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11830026" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11830026" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11830026">Mothsmoke</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11830026" class="dsq-comment-message">He repeatedly asked her permission to see his lover after she discovered the affair!?  She\'s done everything in her power to keep him from seeing his lover!?  Clearly Sanford is in love with "Maria" and has been making that clear to Mrs. Sanford -- in one way or another -- since she discovered the affair.  For the life of me, I can\'t understand why they are still together.  <br><br>And...her story is not sounding to kosher to me.  Both parties DID NOT indicate a willingness to work on the marriage when one party repeatedly asked permission to see their lover.  She\'s got the media on lock and I\'m not mad her.  Elizabeth Edwards could use her media training.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11830574" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11830574">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11830574" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not trying to make her a martyr and of course, I don\'t know everything that goes/went down in this marriage, but it seems clear that Jenny has done everything to try to keep it together.  <br><br>IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO!   And he\'s tangoing in Argentina.  <br><br>What is a woman, wife, mother of four supposed to do when the man, husband, father is so obviously in love with another?  And even if it\'s not love, it clearly some serious tango \'cause he has lost all ability to reason.<br><br>1. His wife knew what was up, told him not to go, even threw him out of the house to make her point  <br>2. He threw off his four kids on Father\'s Day<br>3. He blew off his job, uh GOVERNOR of a southern, conservative state<br>4. He flew to another continent, possibly spending state $$ for the trip<br>5. He had sex with a person other than his wife  <br><br>It\'s her business and her life, so of course, Jenny can stay with him if she wants to.   He doesn\'t want to \'keep it together\'   What\'s left to stay with?   <br><br>It looks pretty simple to me.  Other than straight-up gossip, this story IS over.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832415">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832415" class="dsq-comment-message">So......what in the hizzee did that chick in Argentina DO?!?! WHAT THE HELL did she put on Mark Sanford?? Roots?? Is she a geechee woman and put a potion on him? What?? Damn...this man straight pulled a "hello, put your mom on the phone...I ain\'t NEVA coming back!"...she is Sunshine for real!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11833072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11833072">texascowgirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833072" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmmmmmm, not necessarily. She\'s just new snatch is all. Newness creates and excitement all on it\'s on. We also shouldn\'t assume that Ms. Argentina is "in love" with the Governor. Some women only want to be mistresses. Mistresses get all of the fun and none of the resposiblily, which is probably why so many second marriages that result from adulterous relationships fail and don\'t last as long as first marriages. Affairs are always illusions. This woman doesn\'t really know him and he doesn\'t really know her. For all we know she\'s down in Argentina thinking "Damn, I sure hope his ass isn\'t planning on moving down here". Also I hear the emails were discovered by her beau so she might be trying to save a relationship of her own. Apparently she was in agribusiness and Sanford met with reps from her company. Girlfriend was probably just trying to secure business deals and has no use for a soon to be ex-governor with 4 kids who\'s political career is over.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11833677">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833677" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m with you, TCG.  (well, aside from calling her \'snatch\'...)<br><br>The Argentine\'s boyfriend sent the e-mails to \'The State" (local newspaper in SC)  She\'s divorced with two of her own kids.  She told Sanford she had a man, but that she loved Sanford.  <br><br>Who knows what her motives are.  I agree that she may have just played him, \'cause she certainly knew who he was.  She may have liked the distance and the \'international flavor\' of the \'romance\'   But what the hell would she do with him there?    Does he even speak Spanish? <br><br>As far as I can tell, Sanford made his $$  based on his wife Jenny setting him up for political office.  Without Jenny, and probably without the Governor\'s office, what does he have besides some SERIOUS baggage?  <br><br>So if it\'s really love, they sound made for each other. <br><br> Too much drama for me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11849651">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11849651" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think love for Maria had anything to do with the price of rice in China. It boiled down to Maria laid some good bilingual sunshine ***** on him and he lost his ever loving mind.  Been sniffing behind her ever since.  <br><br>but love. . . . nowhere in that equation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11850192">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11850192" class="dsq-comment-message">See, that\'s what I\'m thinking Val...this is an ultimate case of  LUST.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11830483" class="dsq-comment-message">Today is National HIV Testing Day. To find a testing site near you, click here:http://directory.poz.com/napwa/<br><br>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l6zMpuvBnho&hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l6zMpuvBnho&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;<br><br>-------<br><a href="http://panafya.com/" rel="nofollow">http://panafya.com/</a><br>Fitness, health & wellness for black women</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11831603" class="dsq-comment-message">Little Hope for G.O.P. to Support Health Bill <br>By CARL HULSE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN<br>Published: June 26, 2009 <br><br>WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are finding much to dislike in Democratic health care proposals, illustrating the immense difficulty Democrats face in fashioning an overhaul that can attract enough Republican support to be portrayed as bipartisan.<br><br>Republicans’ primary objection is the Democrats’ push for a public health insurance plan that would serve as an alternative to private coverage. Republicans say such a plan would cause the private insurance market to unravel. <br><br>There is also the potential 10-year price tag of $1 trillion or more for the overhaul, coupled with the prospect of new taxes or fees to offset the cost. And Republicans see elements of the Democratic plans as government intrusion into personal health care decision making.<br><br>Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, said he was unaware of any House Republican inclined to support the Democrats’ proposed legislation. <br><br>Asked how many Senate Republicans could sign on to developing Democratic plans, Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, author of a Republican alternative, said: “I think right now, none. Zero.”<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/health/policy/27repubs.html?ref=todayspaper" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/health/policy...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11836328">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11836328" class="dsq-comment-message">The Republicans are right for the most part. High end management and rainmakers will have health insurance(it will be very upper crust) for their families but the average worker is going to get dropped the minute the employer can. From an employers point of view the varability of premiums is not going to change and nor is the time spent every year looking of another one worth it. The employer/owner will either pokcet the money or put it to productive uses. the employee knowing they have it is not going to wish upon a miracle to be healthy enough to have it.<br>It would be nice If they just admitted it and got it over w/.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11831646" class="dsq-comment-message">Coroner: No Sign of Trauma, Foul Play in Jackson\'s Death<br>Finding Cause May Take Weeks; Fans Grieve Worldwide<br><br>By Ann Gerhart and Ashley Surdin<br>Washington Post Staff Writers <br>Saturday, June 27, 2009 <br><br>As thousands gathered and wept near Michael Jackson\'s star on Hollywood\'s Walk of Fame, Los Angeles authorities yesterday bore down on the grim task of learning what killed the pop superstar, at 50, as he was about to embark on a lucrative 50-concert comeback tour. <br>Police seized a car used by a cardiologist who had been with Jackson when paramedics answered a 911 call at the singer\'s rented mansion Thursday. <br><br>The Los Angeles County coroner finished a three-hour autopsy yesterday and found no signs of trauma or foul play. <br><br>But spokesman Craig Harvey said a cause of death might not be known for four to six weeks, pending results from toxicology, pulmonary and neuropathology tests. He said Jackson had been taking some prescription drugs, but he refused to identify them. <br><br>Detectives talked briefly with cardiologist Conrad R. Murray Jr. and planned to question him more extensively, police said, but the department has not opened a criminal investigation. <br><br>"His car was impounded because it may contain medications or other evidence that may assist the coroner in determining the cause of death," police spokeswoman Karen Rayner said. The cardiologist had been hired less than two weeks ago by concert promoters to accompany the singer to London, Jackson associate Tohme Tohme, a physician, told the Los Angeles Times. <br><br>Murray is a native of Grenada and a 1989 graduate of Meharry Medical College in Nashville; he is licensed to practice in California, Nevada and Texas, state records show. His public record in California, where he was licensed in 2005, indicated no formal investigations involving him. Several civil judgments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, have been issued against him in recent years, according to Nevada and Minnesota court records. <br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602672.html?wpisrc=newsletter" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11831670">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11831670" class="dsq-comment-message">Governor’s Wife Is Hurt but Unbowed<br><br>As Jenny Sanford headed off for a boating trip, the day after her husband, Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina, told the world he had been unfaithful, she met the throng of reporters waiting outside her South CarolAm I O.K.?” Mrs. Sanford repeated, from the driver’s seat of a vehicle. “You know what? I have great faith and I have great friends and great family. <br><br>We have a good Lord in this world, and I know I’m going to be fine. Not only will I survive, I’ll thrive.”<br>It was, friends and former aides say, classic Jenny Sanford — strong willed, steely, anything but a victim. Mrs. Sanford, a former New York investment banker, largely gave up her professional life and turned to helping her husband’s political career, but those who know her well say she was also never one to abandon her sense of identity, her direction, or her own opinions. <br>In a vacation home, all inquiring about her emotional condition.<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/us/27jenny.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/us/27jenny.ht...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11831982">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11831982" class="dsq-comment-message">Breaking News: The Michael Jackson Concert WILL go on. Madonna might take the stage in London.<br><br>Major Co-sign! Pay off Mike\'s bills and leave some money for the 3 kids.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11841139">moja31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11841139" class="dsq-comment-message">a tribute concert would be great, if done right; but i can\'t help but be a bit irked that most of the folks clamoring to participate in these events would have run from him like the plague just last week. so much of it just seems just like more attention whoring from some of these celebs, and i imagine that these shows will end up being more about <em>them</em> and their ego driven nonsense, than really about paying tribute to the legendary entertainer that michael was. i hope the money at least goes to his kids, i really feel for them and how their life has forever been changed.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832157">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832157" class="dsq-comment-message">WOW! I never thought about this possibility! It could be an All-Star affair.<br><br>Myth, where did you hear about this?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832378">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832378" class="dsq-comment-message">I forget where I read yesterday, but the article stated that the people didnt want refunds, they wanted tribute concerts instead....that\'s incredible! I\'m hoping the biggest names in the biz sign on for it.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11836126" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11836126" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, people forget how MJ was LOVED around the world. He was dogged here but everywhere he was IT! They\'d sold 2M tickets in 1 hr. Nobody can do that!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832562">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832562" class="dsq-comment-message">MSNBC half an hour ago. The are trying to get the all star line up together.  I sure hope that it will be a benefit for Mike\'s bills and children. Now I don\'t mind Madonna being so choked up.<br><br>AND now they are saying there is footage of the rehearsals with new songs. Mike WILL be Martyred and we need to take back NEVERLAND so he can enshrined.<br><br>Mike will be bigger in death that ever in Life. You know how that goes (ask Elvis).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11833740">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833740" class="dsq-comment-message">Just no U2.  Who am I kidding, it will be the normal cast of characters plus Madonna.  We\'ll have:<br><br>Black Eyed Peas<br>Beyonce<br>Justin Timberlake<br>Elton John live from somewhere else<br>Puffy<br>Mary J. Blige<br>Stevie Wonder<br>A special taped 2009 version of We Are The World with all the original artist. <br>Usher<br>Chris Brown<br>Jonas Brothers<br>A group of child dancers doing the moonwalk <br>Miley Cyrus<br>Rihanna<br>Britney<br>A taped message from Celine Dion<br>U2<br>Madonna<br>Slash and Lil\' Wayne doing "Dirty Diana" at the end of which<br>Diana Ross will appear.  She will sing "I\'ll be There" backed up be the Jacksons.<br><br>Jamie Fox and Eddie Murphy will fight over hosting duties.<br><br>That\'s my prediction anyway.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835066">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835066" class="dsq-comment-message">Amd what a concert it would be.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835670">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835670" class="dsq-comment-message">There is no denying these artist put on a good show, they just always put on a good show for every event, all the time.  They are the KTEL Presents of good shows. I wonder if there are others that could be called upon.<br><br>But if it is this group, I wonder who will sing what.  <br><br>I have Jonas Brothers with ABC, Miley Cyrus with Rokin Robin, Justin doing Remember the Time and Lady in My Life.  Chris Brown getting Billy Jean.   Usher doing Rock with You.  BEPs will do Wanna be Startin Something.<br><br>Elton will do one of his own songs dedicated to Mike.  The night MJ died Elton preformed "Don\'t Let the Sun Go Down on Me", dedicated to him.  I think that is perfect. Instead of, you know, "Candle in the Wind".</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837792">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837792" class="dsq-comment-message">Now I\'m rolling on the floor laughing now. Giirrrlllll!! Candle in the Wind is branded only for Diana.  Elton will come if he has a new song to debut, dedicate to Mike and make a whole lotta money off of it he\'ll be there two.<br><br>New genuises: lets bring in Alicia,R. Kelly, India Arie, Josh whats-her-face, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, hell!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837992">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837992" class="dsq-comment-message">Please, Elton hasn\'t had a new song since 1994 (slight exaggeration).  He just keeps singing the classics.  I don\'t mind.  I still love him.  As Vanessa William\'s character on Ugly Beatty said "give that queen enough money and he\'ll dedicate \'Candle in the Wind\' to anybody."<br><br>If Jennifer Hudson sang Ben...I\'m tearing up just thinking of it.  And Joss Stone could pull of something from the Off the Wall album or before.  She does great with soul, not so well with pop.<br><br>R. Kelly needs to stay home.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11839173">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11839173" class="dsq-comment-message">Ben, the song about the rat, I just never could relate to.<br><br>R. Kelly and Rick James have both been modern day geniuses.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837439">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837439" class="dsq-comment-message">LMBAO. Just so ALL the money goes to Katherine and the 3 kids, they can bring Bubbles if they want who was Mike\'s long time companion.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832754">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832754" class="dsq-comment-message">I would LOVE to hear the new material he was working on.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11833022">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833022" class="dsq-comment-message">ALSO, there was discussion about HOW MANY cities the body would be going to. Gary IN wants him there and London wants him there. This is gonna take longer than James Brown\'s burial. Maybe they\'ll bury him by his birthday in August.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837337">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837337" class="dsq-comment-message">Certainly you mean by August 2010...LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11839219">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11839219" class="dsq-comment-message">Hopefully...the more time it takes to make these funeral arrangements, the longer its gonna take to bury him. He might just get counted in the 2010 Census. We need to take time to make him a martyr. TAKE BACK NEVERLAND!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11842522">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11842522" class="dsq-comment-message">"He might just get counted in the 2010 Census." <br><br>YOU<br>AINT<br>RIGHT!<br><br>BWA HAHAHAHA!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11832987">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11832987" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s time to televise the Supreme Court<br>By John Amato Saturday Jun 27, 2009 6:45am<br><br><br>This topic comes up once and a while, but I think it\'s good to get out there again because it\'s all about transparency. Why won\'t the Supreme Court allow cameras into the process? I know being on TV could affect some of the court, but if they are so solid in their understanding of the law then why should it matter? We need to be able to see how they conduct themselves and how major decisions are handed down.<br><br>Arlen Specter says he will push for cameras in the high court. I think that\'s a great idea even though Joe Sestak looks to be a solid challenger for his seat and is for the public option also.<br><br><a href="http://thirdbranch.crooksandliars.com/john-amato/its-time-televise-supreme-court" rel="nofollow">http://thirdbranch.crooksandliars.com/john-amat...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11833083">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833083" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah so we can really see what a binbo Unca Clarence truly is.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835393">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835393" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.  This should be CSpan 5 or something.  Not only would it offer transparency it would be educational.  I don\'t need to see how each independently deliberates, but the actual proceedings would be interesting.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11833619">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833619" class="dsq-comment-message">Love Ya Mike! Don\'t Wanna Let You Go...<br><br>"Never can say goodbye<br>No no no no, I<br>Never can say goodbye<br><br>Even though the pain and heartache<br>Seems to follow me wherever I go<br>Though I try and try to hide my feelings<br>They always seem to show<br>Then you try to say you\'re leaving me<br>And I always have to say no...<br><br>Tell me why<br>Is it so</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11833833" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11833833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11833833" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11833833" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you guys see where the kid that accused Michael Jackson of molesting him in 1993 is saying he lied for his father</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11834112" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11834112">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11834112" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11834112" class="dsq-comment-message">Are these recent statements?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11834146" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11834146" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11834146" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I just posted the blog people are getting it from. I don\'t know if I believe it though, if it were true it would be on more than one website.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11834129" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11834129" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11834129" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know how credible this site is but <a href="http://trashselector.com/evan-chandler-i-lied-for-my-father-im-sorry-michael/" rel="nofollow"> Here is the article</a>.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11834443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11834443">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11834443" class="dsq-comment-message">Another thing Mr Obama needs to change:<br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/health/research/28cancer.html?hpw" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/health/resear...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11834936">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11834936" class="dsq-comment-message">3 MUSICAL GENIUSES IN OUR LIFETIME<br><br>** Must have made SIGNIFICANT IMPACT thru charismatic performance/composing; had to have international cross over appeal who could make the world go wild. There have ONLY BEEN 3 (period)and in this order:<br><br>1-Michael Jackson<br>2-The Beatles<br>3-Elvis<br><br><br>Okay, all of the Prince and Elton Fans make your arguments. Do they have the "it" factor?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11835646" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835646">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835646" class="dsq-comment-message">I think making Michael Jackson #1 is a little over the top.  Until "THRILLER" came out I found him unlistenable.  And the Jackson 5 were just Osman or Cowsills clones.<br>I still prefer Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Arethra, Louis Armstrong, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, JIMI, among others over M.J.  (yeah, I\'m old, old school).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11836822">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11836822" class="dsq-comment-message">If anyone was ripping off anyone, it was the Osmonds ripping off The Jackson 5. The Cowsills? Never heard of \'em and I doubt the Jacksons did either.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837233">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837233" class="dsq-comment-message">He didn\'t even spell the OSMONDS name correctly but is trying to pimp the fairytale that the Jacksons ripped off them?? Ya know.....haters really need to just back the fuck up when all they\'ve got is the HATE and not a logical argument in the world.<br><br>Hell....how much further ahead is MJ??<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selli...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11838199">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11838199" class="dsq-comment-message">Just in case the haters didn\'t look at the list...<br><br>The categories were broken down as follows <br>    * 1 Over 100 million copies<br>    * 2 40–49 million copies<br>    * 3 31–39 million copies<br>    * 4 26–30 million copies<br>    * 5 20–25 million copies<br><br>Michael Jackson is in every category except 40-49.  <br><br>Maybe that\'s because "Thriller"  is the ONLY ALBUM in the "Over 100 million copies sold"  and there isn\'t a category in between.<br><br>Looks like they made a category just for him.   <br><br>HATERS, we see you...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11842088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11842088">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11842088" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11842088" class="dsq-comment-message">And he sold ALLLLLLLLLL them albums without:<br><br>a) deep discounting them so that folks would be induced purchase them<br><br>b) the record company buying up albums<br><br>Yep, this isht is what\'s going on with some of today\'s so-called "top artists".</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11842501">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11842501" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11842501" class="dsq-comment-message">teeheehee.....why you lettin the cat out the bag Sepia?? LOL...that\'s supposed to be kept undercover.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11838652">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11838652" class="dsq-comment-message">The #2 is 60 million behind.....nuff said.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11838296" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11838296">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11838296" class="dsq-comment-message">every time the Osmonds came on TV, I left.  Likewise, when a  prepubescent M.J. starting singing about "love".  Went and listened to "Chain of Fools", or some John Coltrane.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11837367" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837367">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837367" class="dsq-comment-message">actually the Osmonds achieved fame first<br>they were featured on shows like the Andy Williams show from 1962-1969 but they weren\'t household names<br>it wasn\'t until the Jacksons achieved stardom first in 1969<br>that the Osmonds came out as clones in 1971 with one bad apple<br>sounding much like the Jackson 5<br><br>and that was the Osmonds downfall<br>they couldn\'t move pass the bubblegum pop sound<br>and thats why they were left behind and Donny didn\'t have<br>much solo success they couldn\'t move past child singers<br>the Jacksons proved they weren\'t just child stars<br>and that they could write and produce their own material</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11836068">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11836068" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah I like \'em all too BUT the criteria is international cross-over appeal. The reason Mike is #1 is because he is the first artist that non-blacks crossed over too. Blacks fell out over the Beatles and Elvis because there were no other choices at the time.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837211">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837211" class="dsq-comment-message">WHAT?? Stop taking those drugs or get some better ones. That line about the Osmond (you didn\'t even spell the name right and talking shit) or whoever the hell the Cowsills were is a dead giveaway that you are  hallucinating.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11837943" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837943">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837943" class="dsq-comment-message">"And the Jackson 5 were just Osman or Cowsills clones."<br><br>Oh, my...it always slips out, doesn\'t it?<br><br>The Jackson 5\'s first big hit, "I Want You Back", was <i>soul</i> music. Nothing like the Cowsills, which was sort of a pop-folky kind of group, and the inspiration for the Partridge Family, or the Osmond Brothers, who I remember (until they successfully ripped the Jacksons off) appearing on the Andy Williams show in striped jackets and butcher\'s hats, doing barbershop quartet tunes. The first R&B hit (pre-Motown) the Jacksons had, "Big Boy", was basically a doo-wop ballad. Look up the track listing on their first Motown album, or go listen to their version of Parliament\'s "I Betcha" off their second album and then come back and tell us they ripped off the...Osmond Brothers?? Are you kidding, or did that "Hey, look at me, I\'m not like those other ones" contrarianism kick in involuntarily, like some kind of Tourette\'s?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11838254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11838254">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11838254" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you kidding, or did that "Hey, look at me, I\'m not like those other ones" contrarianism kick in involuntarily, like some kind of Tourette\'s?<br><br>OMG.............*dead*</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11839295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11839295">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11839295" class="dsq-comment-message">I just don\'t know what else would make him say that, LOL. Yeah, those two groups were family groups, and they were in the public eye before the Jacksons, but how does that make the Jacksons "clones"? It would be just as untrue, but he maybe could have said with at least a tiny bit of fake "credibility" that they were clones of the Five Stairsteps, but the fact that he\'d choose the (can\'t stop laughing) Osmonds and the damn <i>Cowsills</i> is more than telling.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11838240" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11838240">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11838240" class="dsq-comment-message">one bad apple <br>had to argue with a girl at work that it wasn\'t J-5 <br>it was the Osmonds<br>and if that song wasn\'t a J-5 rip off LOL<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R9FI3OybSA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R9FI3OybSA</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11838327" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11838327">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11838327" class="dsq-comment-message">OH MY GAWD............The Jacksons should take them to court NOW over that mess...LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11839245" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11839245">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11839245" class="dsq-comment-message">well the song was offered to the Jacksons first<br>but they turned it down LOL<br><br> the music could pass for J-5 but not the voices in my opinion</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11841953">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11841953" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11841953" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>well the song was offered to the Jacksons first<br>but they turned it down LOL</i><br><br>Ah....so, it was like reverse chit\'lins?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11842457" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11842457">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11842457" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11842457" class="dsq-comment-message">YOU AINT RIGHT!!!! ROFLMAO!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11837740" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837740">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837740" class="dsq-comment-message">cowsills were the family that the tv show "the partridge family" was based upon.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11838471" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11838471">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11838471" class="dsq-comment-message">The 3 musical geniuses have ALL had "it"; that intangible factor that only comes 3 times in a generation. You can\'t define it, can\'t really describe it other than to know it\'s a charismatic quality that draws men to them. Michael is so special because of his raw talent, creative, ability to sing, dance and compose.  When he was a teenager, young white girls, in the early 70s, passed stone out over him. What other artist has that happened with?  Tell me? Donny Osmond never broke away from his brothers only with Marie. They did go international, but he didn\'t remain contemporary. The 3 artists I identified had music that has been timeless and outlived them. Donny Osmond\'s music only attracts a certain age group today. We\'ve learned more about Elvis in the years since he has been dead than while alive. All 3 artists/group had character flaws, but when they took the stage, it was all God-given musical genius.<br> None other compare.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11852041" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11852041" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11852041">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11852041" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11852041" class="dsq-comment-message">I think what makes MJ extraordinary amongst genius musical talent is that he is multigenerational..he spans more than one generation, unlike Elvis and the Beatles...that is what makes him so transcendent. There is no other musical talent of the modern era with that type of span...we have to go all the way back to Beethoven to find one.<br><br>Interestingly, as a child musical prodigy, he also had a father who was a stern taskmaster and disciplinarian.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11849567">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11849567" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11849567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11849567">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11849567" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11849567" class="dsq-comment-message">Prince has "it"</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11835141">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11835141" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11835141" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835141">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835141" class="dsq-comment-message">U. of I. admissions scandal: Pressure builds on university<br>Lawmaker calls for resignations of top officials<br>By Sara Olkon and Jodi S. Cohen | Tribune reporters <br>June 27, 2009 <br><br><br>Alumni and public officials reacted with everything from anger to shrugs Friday as they heard new e-mail revelations about the intertwining of clout and admissions at the University of Illinois law school.<br><br>Documents released Thursday showed that in a four-year period the law school enrolled at least 24 "special interest" students -- individuals who gained admission under the sway of the politically connected. And in one e-mail exchange, the chancellor appeared to be seeking jobs for law school graduates in exchange for the admission of a student with poor credentials but the backing of the governor, documents show.<br><br>State Rep. Mike Boland (D-East Moline), chairman of the state House Higher Education Committee, renewed calls Friday for the resignation of U. of I. Chancellor Richard Herman, Trustee Lawrence Eppley and any high-ranking officials involved in giving special treatment to well-connected students.<br><br>Boland says he is troubled that at least a half-dozen people were copied on e-mails regarding efforts to secure the jobs, but none of the documents released show anybody objecting to it.<br><br><br>"Where were the trustees?" Boland said. "That\'s their job, to protect the university. These people\'s attitudes kind of floor me."<br><br>Alumnus Martin Tasch, a graduate of the law school class of 1985, in private practice in Chicago and Oak Brook, called the revelations "very disappointing."<br><br>"It\'s unfortunate but not surprising because of the climate of Illinois politics," Tasch said. "U. of I. is considered one of the top law schools in the country, and I hope it doesn\'t tarnish its reputation."<br><br>But Jason DeJonker, who graduated in 2000 and practices bankruptcy and financial restructuring for Seyfarth Shaw, said he didn\'t think the U. of I. handled the situation differently than any other school.<br><br>"I think those kind of things happen at every university in the United States," he said. "I don\'t even know if it bothers me that much. I guess I am just more realistic."<br><br>U. of I. spokesman Thomas Hardy said it is too soon to say whether anybody will be held accountable. "The commission process will move forward, and I think all of this will be reviewed as the [state admissions] commission issues its findings and recommendations."<br><br><br><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-college-clout-law-school-27-jun27%2C0%2C2922935.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-co...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11837135" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11837135" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837135">Miranda</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11837135" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837135" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmph....(rolls eyes, crosses arms, purses lips)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11835943" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11835943" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11835943" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11835943" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835943" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like white protectionism as per usual, but if this had been about "passing thru" a bunch of Black students this would be on Fixed Noise right now. They\'re lawyers and should know these emails aren\'t secure. Nothing will be done about it either - except some students may think about attending another school (where they probably do the same thing). Wasn\'t Bush a C student? Does anyone still think he actually got C\'s? Plus your town has a particular style of corruption. That was made clear to me even after being there for one day!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11836714">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11836714" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11836714" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11836714">RobM</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11836714" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11836714" class="dsq-comment-message">Was this at Urbana or Circle Campus in Chicago?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11837219">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11837219" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11837219" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837219">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11837219" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837219" class="dsq-comment-message">The law school and med school are at Urbana.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11835327">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11835327" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11835327" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835327">Shazza</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11835327" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835327" class="dsq-comment-message">I just HAD to show you all this. I got the ad in the mail yesterday. What do you think?<br><br><a href="http://www.danburymint.com/collectibles/prod/President-Barack-Obama-End-Table_12479.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.danburymint.com/collectibles/prod/Pr...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11835879">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11835879" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11835879" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835879">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11835879" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835879" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok,<br><br>Now someone has to tell me how to save the picture of that. <br><br>Come on!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11836011">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11836011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11836011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11836011" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11836011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11836011" class="dsq-comment-message">Do a screen capture.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11849560">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11849560" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11849560" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11849560">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11849560" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11849560" class="dsq-comment-message">use MW Snap3<br><br>You can copy, save and resize anything.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11837106">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11837106" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11837106" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837106">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11837106" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837106" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh hell naw.....ROFLMAO!!!!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11838386">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11838386" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11838386" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11838386">Shazza</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11838386" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11838386" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah I showed it to my husband who was like uh...no! LOL!</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11835415">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11835415" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11835415" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835415">Shazza</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11835415" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835415" class="dsq-comment-message">And is there for real? I\'ve never seen a doll THAT perfect!<br><a href="http://www.danburymint.com/collectibles/prod/Michelle-Obama-Inaugural-Doll_12568.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.danburymint.com/collectibles/prod/Mi...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11835813">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11835813" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11835813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11835813">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11835813" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11835813" class="dsq-comment-message">I know...isn\'t the likeness eery?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11851975">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11851975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11851975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11851975">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11851975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11851975" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow...that is pretty.<br>Think I will order one.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11836470">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11836470" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11836470" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11836470" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11836470" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11836470" class="dsq-comment-message">Today\'s Conversation Burger King Repeat Offender: First It\'s Baby Got Back, Now It\'s Deep Throat <br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/qod8fx" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/qod8fx</a> <br><br>Today\'s Conversation Jenny Sanford New Role Model for Women Who\'ve Had Enough <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nu6fzq" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/nu6fzq</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11837363">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11837363" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11837363" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837363">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11837363" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837363" class="dsq-comment-message">Jenny Sanford is bout to be a cult shero...LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11851935">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11851935" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11851935" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11851935">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11851935" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11851935" class="dsq-comment-message">Yepper. Four little boys, too?  Sanford looks sooo bad every time folks see that picture.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11851925">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11851925" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11851925" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11851925">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11851925" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11851925" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice write up H&F...Sanford is definitely her own woman. She is independently wealthy, a Georgetown graduate and former WallStreet Exec...the woman knows who and what she is...in fact..she is quoted as saying \'I didn\'t think he had it in him"...after he requested to go see Maria and she said..NO and threw his but out.<br><br>I am particularly impressed by her focus on her children\'s character. It has to be a awful burden to raise FOUR sons, knowing their father is an adulterer to respect not only women, but themselves as well. She is focused and I believe she will be successful even though she will need some type of male role model for them, hopeful she has good brothers.<br><br>BTW, the second sentence in the last paragraph  reads \'weigh sacrifices\' instead of outweigh.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11837178">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11837178" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11837178" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11837178">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11837178" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11837178" class="dsq-comment-message">AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!</div>\
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	 </li>\
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